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CONTENTS CLASS NOTES

PROFILES

p. 61 Patricia ’81, MA’83, and Brian Cummins ’82 p. 69 Rory Cuddyer ’11

ADVANCING BOSTON COLLEGE

p. 74 A Note of Thanks

p. 75 Strength in Numbers

UPCOMING

EVENTS

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▶ December 10 Winter Wonderland ▶ December 17 Honoring BC Veterans with Wreaths Across America ▶ January 19 Webinar: Top 3 College Savings Strategies

1948

NC 1950–1953

The fifth great-grandchild of Al DeVito and his late wife, Eileen, was born on August 4, 2016, to Jonathan and May DeVito.

Correspondent: Timothy C. Buckley buckbirch@verizon.net 41 Birchwood Lane Lincoln, MA 01773

65TH REUNION

1949 As I write, all ye members of the Class of 1949, we are looking forward to November 3 for our annual memorial Mass, which will include the other classes of the ’40s. This event is sponsored by the Alumni Association, as was our Memorial Mass last year, which was well attended by many alumni. The Mass and reception are to be held at Barat House on the Newton Campus near the location of last year’s Mass and reception. Several years ago we had a class dance at the Barat House; the band was Baron Hugo’s, and I can still hear him singing “Oh to Be Eighty Again,” which generated much laughter from all present. • We received notice of the passing of our dear classmate Ed Tedesco on July 22 at the age of 96. Ed was born in Italy and immigrated to the United States with his parents in his early years. He served in the Army in World War II in North Africa and Italy. While in Italy, he was severely wounded and later returned to light duty. He was honorably discharged with a Purple Heart and came to Boston College to study with many others of the “Greatest Generation.” Later, after studying architecture, he became an architect and eventually cofounded his own architecture firm. Ed’s wife, Loredana, predeceased him in 2014. He is survived by his six children and seven grandchildren. All of us in the Class of 1949 were truly blessed by our friendship with Ed. May he rest in peace. • AMDG. Correspondent: John J. Carney jjc1949@bc.edu 227 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester, MA 02125; 617-825-8283

1950 The Class of 1950 has lost Brendan Fleming, MA’53, who passed away on May 28. Brendan had been a math professor at UMass Lowell and its predecessor, Lowell Technological Institute, for 40 years, before his retirement in 1996. He was also a member of the Lowell City Council for 23 years, during which time he was instrumental in the preservation of the city’s historic districts, and he served briefly as mayor. A veteran of World War II, Brendan served in the Navy in the Pacific before coming to BC. Predeceased by his wife, Bernice, Brendan leaves 3 daughters— Marybeth Holak, Ann Marie Crafts, and Patricia Quigley—and 4 sons—Thomas, Martin, Edward, and James Fleming, SJ, MEd’84—as well as 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

Correspondent: Bob Chandler bob.chandler1950@hotmail.com 43 Pine Hill Road Chelmsford, MA 01824; 978-449-9720

June 2–4, 2017

Congratulations to Gerry Fisher Di Cristina NC’53 and her husband, Vic, on their 60th wedding anniversary! Gerry writes: “Our daughters really put one over on us: a weeklong family reunion of 32 people!” • News has come of the death of Julie Thurber Sutherland NC’53 in March. She is survived by her husband, Malcolm, three sons, and five grandchildren. Please keep Julie and her family in your prayers. • Our sympathy goes also to Monsie O’Brien Clifton NC’53 on the death of her husband, Peter. Please keep Monsie, her 4 children, and her 13 grandchildren in your prayers.

Correspondent: Ann Fulton Coté NC’53 171 Swanton Street, No. 79 Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-8512

1951 Boston College Alumni Association classnotes@bc.edu Cadigan Alumni Center 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

1952 65TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Bill Bond and wife Elaine have moved to Bentley Village in Naples, FL. Bill edits an international finance magazine, and he also reads to the blind in connection with the local PBS TV station. • Gene Youngentob and wife Alane celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Gene and Alane, now 85 and 80, respectively, are busy with their nine grandchildren. • Times are changing in my family. My son Frank is now director of global equity capital markets for Credit Suisse based in London. Patrick has been a Navy SEAL for 12 years now and continues to be a part of the outstanding work done by that organization.

Bob and his wife, Maria, continue with their filmmaking in California. As I write this they are in Bolivia in connection with a documentary they are working on.

Correspondent: Frank McGee fjamesmcgee@gmail.com 3 Webster Square #314 Marshfield, MA 02050; 781-834-4690

1953 Gerry and John McCauley had a quiet summer but did travel a bit and played in two New England croquet tournaments: a three-day tournament in Greenwich, CT, in June, and another three-day tournament in Marion.

Gerry writes: “No trophies were won, but the cocktail and dinner socials, following the very competitive games, are always worth the trip.

We will head to Florida in December for the winter and pursue a trophy or two there.” • As for me: the arrival of my granddaughter Christine Schmitt at BC marks the beginning 47

of the third generation of Eagles for our family! Christine is the child of my daughter Anne ’85 and son-in-law Christopher Schmitt ’87. • Ending on a sad note: On January 9, we lost our classmate Thomas Fitzgerald, who had been a resident of Medford, Watertown, and, most recently, Bridgewater. He is survived by his wife, Rose, four children, and five grandchildren. • We are also sorry for the loss of Connell School of Nursing alumna Frances Shea Adams on July 14. Frances was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy who served in Korea and Vietnam before retiring in 1972. She is survived by her sister Claire Shea Bach ’56, brother and sister-in-law Richard and Joan Shea, and niece Susan Bach.

• We have also lost William McSweeney, of Overland Park, KS, who passed away on June 28. He is survived by his wife, Anne; children Anne ’79, William, Siobhan, Arthur ’83, and Sean ’84; 12 grandchildren; and 2 sisters.

Correspondent: Jim Willwerth jammw19@aol.com 19 Sheffield Way Westborough, MA 01581; 508-366-5400

1954 Once again we begin by noting the passing of several of our classmates. Mary Smith Hansell, Ed Rubbico, Tom Young, and John McGreenery have left us. Also, Lenny Matthews called to tell me that Nancy Moreschi, wife of the late John Moreschi, passed away in August. • As I write, we are looking forward to our memorial Mass on Sunday morning, October 30, on the Newton Campus. I will report on that in our next issue. • Our classmate Fr. John Wallace fell ill at his mission in Honduras and is now receiving treatment at the University of Colorado Medical Hospital in Aurora. He is residing at a church near the hospital. I had the opportunity to talk to John recently, and he said that he was beginning to feel stronger.

We look forward to seeing you, John, when you return to Framingham. • I called Jim Cisternelli, one of BC’s outstanding athletes of our time. As with many of us, he has had health problems but still manages to get around. Jim may be the only person in the country to have played in the College World Series and hockey’s Frozen Four, and he also spent some time with the BC football team.

Jim played at a time when most BC athletes lived at home while going to class, practicing, and playing. He would get back to his home in Walpole late at night; he did not have a car so commuting was not easy. As we talked, he recalled that when the hockey team was playing some of their away games he waited for the team bus to pick him up near his home. Contrast the experience of BC athletes then with today’s players, their training tables, dorm rooms, conditioning coaches, and tutoring services. • Send news.

Correspondent: John Ford jrfeagle@verizon.net 45 Waterford Drive Worcester, MA 01602; 508-755-3615 48

NC 1954 On a hot afternoon, Helen Badenhausen Danforth emailed me from her deck overlooking the Ipswich River. She was watching a group of her visiting grandchildren on their way to the beach or out on her son’s boat. The highlight of her summer was a visit from classmate Helen Ward Sperry Mannix; Wardie and her daughter spent a weekend with Helen in July. They had a fun reunion, and they decided that music keeps them going. They hope to get together again to play four-hand piano pieces. Helen is involved in a woodwind trio, and they played at a local arts festival. She also substitutes for the organist at her church and is busy learning new pieces for a winter recital. During the hot summer days, she and her dog swim in a saltwater creek. She notes: “It’s a good life.” • In an email from Geneva, Switzerland, Mary Evans Bapst told of a “grace-filled weekend” in July when relatives stayed with her to remember her sister, Caroline, who died in May. There were 10 siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles, some of whom had never met. Mary writes: “There was instant recognition of deep family links— including striking physical resemblances— and it’s reassuring to foresee that these ties will endure in coming generations.” Please remember Mary and her sister in your prayers.

Mary is looking forward to a three-week study course in the Holy Land with her Bible-study colleagues next Easter. • Delma Sala Fleming described her busy summer in an email.

There weren’t many boating days, she reports, because she was involved in planning the October 1, 100-year anniversary celebration of the Ponce, PR, Convent of the Sacred Heart.

There were many activities scheduled. The largest gathering was at a private club, Club Deportivo de Ponce, where Delma and her classmates went in their convent days. • Lucille Joy Becker is doing well and reports that she spent some time at her daughter’s beach house in Charlestown, RI. • In a phone call, Maureen Cohalan Curry said her family had a wonderful family reunion in Pennsylvania in July. • Our Daly family reunion was held in August; our daughter, Ann, who lives in London, traveled the farthest to participate. • Many thanks to those who contributed to this column, and more news is always welcome.

Enjoy the fall!

Correspondent: Mary Helen FitzGerald Daly 700 Laurel Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091; 847-251-3837

1955 Correspondent: Marie Kelleher mrejo2001@yahoo.com 12 Tappan Street Melrose, MA 02176; 781-665-2669

NC 1955 It is nice to know that our column is read by graduates from other classes as well as the Newton Class of ’55! I heard from another Newton alumna, Dina Cockerill Burke NC’66, whom I knew from my hometown, Manhasset, NY, who had read the column.

She reminded me that I had influenced her to go to Newton College. Dina is now living in Savannah, GA. • I then heard from classmate Mona Mullen Russell, who lives in Michigan, reporting the passing of her sister, Cappy Mullen McGoldrick, from cancer in December. Cappy leaves two children; her husband predeceased her. Mona reminded me that their father, Judge Mullen, had given our graduation address on June 6, 1955. Mona and Cappy were good college friends at Newton, along with Mary Jane Moyles Murray. I called Mary Jane and encouraged her to call Mona.

Mary Jane and her husband, Gerry, have three grandchildren: One is a BC graduate, another is a Harvard alum, and the third is a Harvard undergraduate. • Pat Leclaire Mitchell continues to cheer on her high school grandchildren in hockey tournaments.

Her oldest granddaughter has finished her first year at Columbia University. Pat’s sons Andrew and Matthew turned 50 and 49 this past summer. Pat spends the summer at her lake house in Webster. She keeps in touch with Mary Chisholm Sullivan and Mary’s sister Pat. • I look forward to hearing from more of you with news for our next issue.

Correspondent: Jane Quigley Hone janeqhone@msn.com 207 Miro Place Port Washington, NY 11050; 516-627-0973

1956 John Flaherty, now retired, was a sales and marketing manager for Cornell Dubilier Electronics. Rita, his wife of 56 years, passed away in March 2015; a nurse, Rita was an alumna of BC’s Intown School. John is an active member of St. Francis of Assisi Church and the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and he also spends much time with his 6 children and 11 grandchildren. He lives in Frisco, TX, which, he reports, is one of the two fastest-growing cities in the country, and the new home of the Dallas Cowboys—but, he asserts, he has been a fan of the New England Patriots since 1960, and he still follows BC sports! • Another Eagles fan, Frank Furey, was looking forward to a lot of football in the fall.

He writes: “I will be watching BC and Holy Cross in the stands with my two grandsons, John Dooley, a sophomore at BC, and James Dooley, a freshman at Holy Cross, along with Fran Dooley, a junior playing tight end for BC High. Let the games begin!” Frank lives in Winchester. • Kathleen Donovan Goudie recently relocated to Reston, VA. She finds Virginia lovely, but, she writes, “I miss Massachusetts!” • David Reagan, of Lakeville, reports that he and several Bristol County BC alumni sadly attended the funeral of classmate Tom Burke, JD’62, in July. Among those present were Mary Deane and John Paul Malloy, James Hughes ’57, and Carolyn Kenney Foley, as well as others from the Dartmouth area.

Boston College Alumni Association classnotes@bc.edu Cadigan Alumni Center 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

NC 1956 Correspondent: Patricia Leary Dowling sadmpl@gmail.com 39 Woodside Drive Milton, MA 02186; 617-696-0163

1957 60TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Hello, members of the great Class of 1957! My name is Norma DeFeo Cacciamani, and I am hoping to fill the shoes of our departed Class of ’57 correspondent, Frank Lynch. Please send me your notes by email to altonorma @gmail.com, or mail to 135 Franklin Street, Arlington, MA 02474. • Ed Brickley wrote: “On June 7, several members of the Class of ’57 enjoyed a day of golf at the challenging, hilly, and scenic Presidents Golf Course in Quincy. The event was coordinated by Joe McMenimen, Jim Devlin, Paul Daly, and Joe Burke, along with other classmates. The day was made extra special through the kindness and generosity of Paul and Irene Daly, who hosted the entire group at their lovely home after the golf concluded. The après-golf gathering at the Daly residence provided an opportunity for reminiscing, storytelling, and marvelous camaraderie.” • Can you believe that we will be celebrating our 60th reunion this year? The class board of directors is working diligently on this—more to come. • Please continue to send your class dues to Bill Tobin, MBA’70, 181 Central Street, Holliston, MA 01746.

Correspondent: Norma DeFeo Cacciamani altonorma@gmail.com 135 Franklin Street Arlington, MA 02474; 781-648-6784

NC 1957 60TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Vin and Vinnie (Murray) Burns are busy downsizing their house in Maine for sale as they move into their “Barn House” nearby, where they lived many years ago. Come October they will return to Florida for the winter. • Carol McCurdy Regenauer hosted a visit in Brewster with Jan Black Rohan McKillop and her new husband, Jim. They toured Nantucket, ate lobsters, and enjoyed catching up on an eventful year. Jan and Jim moved on to Connecticut to visit family and then to their winter home in Hilton Head, SC, where Carol will visit next season. • It’s hard to keep up with the activities of Neil and Joan (Hanlon) Curley, who forwarded a picture taken in Fort Myers with Florida Governor Rick Scott and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney at a Republican rally. Joan and Neil are county chairs of the Republican Executive Committee. Joan has also published her ninth children’s book! What energy! • Exciting news: We may have a first (are there others?)—Diane Russell McDonough and husband Barry, JD’57, are great-grandparents to Mary Eleanor “Nora” Kelly, born to their granddaughter in

Virginia. Diane anticipates visiting soon. She also reports that their condo near Needham Square has worked out well; they recently moved after living for 40 years in a larger house just down the street. Diane plans to visit Michelle McGarty Madden in Newport, RI—please send along news, Diane! • On to the sad news: Liz Doyle Eckl lost her husband, Chris “Kit” Eckl, unexpectedly while on vacation in Florida in June. Kit was a loyal spouse of our class and the Sacred Heart community, attending reunions and visiting many classmates. Ellie Pope Clem attended Kit’s funeral in Reston, VA, representing so many of us, and sent along a glowing obituary and program highlighting Kit’s work in news, PR, and the energy industry. (Ellie also hosted her grandson from England during August at home in DC and Charlottesville.) • As many of you may know, our classmate (my roommate for three years) Elaine Conley Banahan passed away in April after a long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis, which she handled with characteristic patience, grace, and faith. Elaine had become an active member of Opus Dei during her 50 years in Ireland. She leaves four children—two in the United States and two in Ireland—all involved in the horse industry, which had become her passion. Elaine and husband Percy bred and raced thoroughbreds, claiming many winners worldwide, including Military Attack, who won the title Hong Kong Horse of the Year in 2013. • Here at home, prayers are asked for Kate McCann Benson’s husband, Bill, who is ill in Hanover, NH, and for all classmates and families who have health issues.

Correspondent: Connie Weldon LeMaitre lemaitre.cornelia@gmail.com

1958 Marian Bernardini DeLollis hosted her annual season opener in May, and before I knew it, it was time to attend our summer luncheon at Wianno and get ready for fall. Marian spends half the year in California, where she winters with her son Stephen and his wife, Lien, and son Ethan (2). Back on the East Coast Marian is kept busy with her grandson Grayson (5), the child of her daughter and son-in-law, Karen ’88 and Mark McLean ’88. • Tony ’71 and Joyce (Ryder) Rizzuto savored every day of their vacation at their home on Prince Edward Island with their family: daughter Alexis Rizzuto ’92 and her husband, Alex Herbstritt ’92, MA’96; Karen Rizzuto ’96; and son Peter and his wife, Holly, and children Nicholas and Leah. They spent several fun days on the beach in front of their “Beach House,” and at Greenwich Park on the provincial seashore. Nick and Leah loved their day at Shining Waters, the local water park, and they all enjoyed several wonderful meals at local seafood restaurants. Tony continues to work for a task force to address issues of child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth. In his spare time, he collects antique toys for yet another career when he finally “retires.”

Joyce and Tony are hoping to find a smaller home in the Dracut area to complete their downsizing. • Virginia DeGenova is enjoying time with grandchildren Ryan and Erinn.

Erinn completed high school in three years

under the current “educate yourself at home with the state’s internet curriculum.” He also took college courses while in high school and was off to college in September.

• Now our friends Tony ’59 and Bea Capraro Busa are healthy enough to fly to Italy to hear their granddaughter Lauren sing with the Manchester (NH) choir for the pope as he closes out the Year of Mercy. Many family members are going on the trip, which will undoubtedly result in lifelong memories. • I’ve heard from classmates who have moved to better enjoy retirement. George Bishop has moved to Pocono Pines, PA. He retired as the owner of a sales agency that served the Atlantic states. Jack Dillon has moved to Ocean Bluff—and if you’re in the Plymouth area, check out his son’s restaurant, Dillon’s Local Fine Food. MaryAnn and Bill Ryan sold their Swampscott home (after 44 years) and moved to Collierville, TN, to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Bill’s farewell words to all: “Stop in!” • Meanwhile, Ernest Caponi continues to search for his Italian roots and is happy to share his findings if you ask. • It was nice to hear from Paul Fennell, who is doing well and is able to dance three or four times a week. You would put a few of us to shame, Paul! • Our summer luncheon at Wianno was a winner, as usual, thanks to Barbara Cuneo O’Connell, Pat Brine O’Riordan, and Dottie Sollitto Hiltz.

A special thanks to Marilyn and Jim Quinn for providing such an awesome venue. I understand Pat is taking a cruise to Italy. It was nice to hear from Barbara and husband John ’55; they are so proud of their grandson who graduated summa cum laude from BU and started law school at Columbia in the fall. Dottie stays busy with her church work and as president of the Cape Cod Chapter of the BC Alumni Association. • Just a quick summary of the luncheon: The group at Table 1 probably planned their golf plays and then set up a date for lunch. This group included Barbara and Dick Shea, Lois and Richard McArdle, Dorothy and Tom Pickette, Jackie and Jack Kudzma MBA’70, and Lavinia and Joe Giardina. Several nurses and others gathered at Table 2: Pat Brine O’Riordan, Carol Brady Vigliano, Paul and Moira (Feeley) Lyons, Dave and Eileen (Teahan) Quigley, John and Barbara (Cuneo) O’Connell, and Nancy and Sheldon Daly. Table 3 comprised educators Don Agnetta and Cynthia Plumb, Roland and Joan Downing Lachance, Virginia DeGenova, Marian Bernardini DeLollis, Joyce Ryder Rizzuto, Dottie Sollitto Hiltz, and Elaine and Dan Cummins, while the Busas, Joyce and Paul Maney MBA’66, Mary Ann and Robert Moll, and John and Ellen (Chambers) Rooney made up Table 4. And at Table 5, it was nice to see Dorothy and Frederick Steeves, MBA’72, and Marilyn and Leo McCarthy as well as Dick Simons and Jim Quinn. Not the usual reunion talk. On this beautiful day at Wianno, discussions started with carpools to BC, who attended whose wedding, and which supermarket had the best salmon, and ended with feeding birds and how much enjoyment we got from watching them. Not a pill was mentioned. The afternoon concluded with a picture of three whose friendship dates back to first grade at Mount Trinity: Bea Busa, Paul Maney, and 49

John Rooney. • Heads up! We are planning the events for our 60th reunion in 2018! We could plan a breakfast before the Christmas chorale concert on Sunday, December 2, 2018, if someone would volunteer to chair the event. BC has planned a luncheon on Saturday, usually the first weekend in June, and we have a contact person at BC to help with our 60th reunion. Let me know if you have any suggestions, and I will relate them to the board. • We are collecting class dues for 2017 and 2018, which we will use to subsidize many of our activities. This will be our final collection, so it is your chance to catch up and also write a good-bye to Jack McDevitt—whom we thank for handling our class monies for so many years. Along with your dues of $25, send your suggestions for the 60th reunion to Jack at 28 Cedar Road, Medford, MA 02155.

Correspondent: Joan Downing Lachance joanchnc@comcast.net 62 Nicod Street Arlington, MA 02476; 781-646-7029

NC 1958 Summer vacation news was spirited. MJ

Eagan English, MEd’59, loves summer, the beach, and dips in the ocean. Caring for her husband, Paul, who had a stroke two years ago, keeps her busy. She still takes painting classes, goes on day trips with the local senior group, and tries hard to give her springer spaniel, Kate, the attention she thinks she deserves.

MJ sends love to all NCSH’58. • Mary Azzara Archdeacon enjoys summer family vacations, which she has been doing every other year since 2008. This year 17 of them gathered in a house in Southampton. This is Mary’s Christmas gift to them, and grandchildren as well as adults love being together for a week.

• Sheila Hurley Canty enjoyed a day at the beach with Mickey Cunningham Wetzel and several of her children and grandchildren.

Sheila underwent knee surgery in April and reports she feels like a new person now. She is very proud of her oldest grandson, who just graduated from a master’s program at Fordham and is leaving for the Czech Republic to play basketball for the CR team.

Maybe we will see him in the next Olympics!

• Jo Kirk Cleary commiserated about the difficulties of scheduling family vacation when the grandchildren are older, although her grandchildren have been frequent visitors to the Cape, some on day trips as three of them drive now. They will be together on the Cape for Billy’s birthday, and then their families will be off on a trip to Croatia. Jo and Billy plan a trip to Montana near Yellowstone, where Jo’s daughter Paula and her husband have a condo that they haven’t seen yet. They will travel with Jo’s brother Paul and plan to play a lot of golf. No golf for Jo, though. She will enjoy the scenery and a book in the old rocking chair, as she broke her arm in June. Yard work and gardening came to an abrupt halt, but she is recovering with physical therapy once a week. • I enjoyed exchanging emails with Rhoda Ackerson Weyr, Susie Kennedy Baxter, and Sue Fay Ryan, who checked in, but said: “No news this time.” I also talked with Kate Glutting Arcand, who is battling vertigo 50

but continues to do service work in the soup kitchen in Portland. She hoped to get to the family house in Cohasset in the summer. • In May, I had a long letter from Mary Keating McKell, who does not use email. Mary stays in touch with her 91st Street friends, although, she says, their visits are all too brief. Mary’s husband is on dialysis, but he has managed to stay out of the hospital for a year. Mary resigned from her work at the Vanderbilt Museum, which she loved, after 16 years.

She said it was a painful wrench but she felt she was more needed at home. She fell there in late October, but fortunately nothing was broken. She was soon driving again, but realized it was time to scale back. Her family motto has become “Stand tall. Don’t fall.” Mary sees Mary Azzara Archdeacon once a month for lunch and sent a wonderful picture of them enjoying St. Patrick’s Day in Huntington at Finnegan’s Pub. • In August, as I write, we are off to Martha’s Vineyard for our family vacation. We will be missing several of our older (working) grandchildren, but going down the line we will have with us Arthur (University of Maryland), Meredith (DePaul University), David and Nathan (St. John’s Prep), Kelly (The Lawrenceville School), and Danny (Burlington Middle School). And of course their parents!

Correspondent: Patty Peck Schorr dschorr57@verizon.net

1959 Lucie and George Giersch live in Virginia Beach, VA. They have three kids: Janet also lives in Virginia and has a 13-year-old daughter. Ryley Marie is a cheerleader and an honor student. Mike is in Pennsylvania and has a 14-year-old son, Jordan, who visited his grandparents for a week this past summer. Jordan is a big, strapping kid who could be playing football in the fall. Youngest son Chris also lives in Pennsylvania; he has a 6-year-old, Adam, who is an all-star swimmer—we’ll be watching him as he progresses. • Jack Magee is playing a lot of golf in Virginia and South Carolina. • Barry McGrath loves the weather in Carlsbad, CA. He has become a master chef and is enjoying retirement. • Kathy Desmond Hogan is battling cancer. Hubby Vin Hogan ’60 is taking good care of her in Enfield, CT. Please keep Kathy in your prayers. • As for me, in July I visited the least-traveled national park in the 48 states, Isle Royale National Park. The reason: It is closed for five-and-a-half months during the winter when Lake Superior freezes over. But it is a pristine site to visit. There are some 78 moose and 2 gray wolves among the smaller animals on the island. You can board a ferry in Grand Portage, MN, for a two-hour trip to the island, which is in Michigan; five hours later you can sail back. If camping is your thing you can do that also. In June, I flew to Portland, OR, to visit the University of Portland, which was my second choice for college. It is run by the Holy Cross fathers who also run Notre Dame, Stonehill College, and King’s College, and has a beautiful campus on the Columbia River. Buzz Stroud, associate athletic director, showed me around the campus to see many of the athletic

facilities. The next day, I met my group in Seattle, and we went to Chihuly Garden and Glass museum, Safeco Field for a game, the Butchart Gardens in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Bainbridge Island, and the University of Washington, where we visited the spectacular Suzzallo Library Reading Room and saw the Bhutan, one of the world’s largest books. Seattle has really grown as a city since my last visit 20 years ago! • I am very sorry to report the passing of my co-correspondent, George Holland, MS’61, on August 10. I first met George and his wife, Marilyn, at our 50th BC reunion, and we enjoyed a pleasant relationship writing this column over the past several years. George was a fine person and a loyal alumnus, and we will all miss him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Marilyn and their family.

Correspondent: Robert Latkany latkanyr@shoffdarby.com 203-354-6200

NC 1959 Joan Coniglio O’Donnell’s annual visit to Cape Cod was motivation for a smaller group than the previous year to meet for lunch at the Dan’l Webster Inn in Sandwich. Pat Sweeney Sheehy, Nancy Maslen Burkholder, Maryjane Mulvanity Casey, Joanne O’Connor Hynek, Patty O’Neill, and Joan enjoyed catching up with each other and for the most part avoided political discussion. • From Block Island, Helen Craig Lynch sends birthday wishes as well as wishes for good health to all of you who have turned 80 or who are about to reach that milestone—and the same wishes for us much, much younger ones. Two children, five grandchildren, three dogs, and a cat were keeping her busy. Her Block Island neighbor Dotty Bohen Graham called with the news that she and husband David have built a small cottage on the west side of the island overlooking New Harbor but have yet to make the move. She reports that Ellie Carr Hanlon was back in Narragansett, RI, for the summer and is doing well. • Jane Gillespie Steinthal writes that she and husband Jack and their whole family are “thriving”—what good news! • Dan and Joanne (O’Connor) Hynek are enjoying their new status as Canadian “residents.” They plan to spend time with their daughter Adrienne, who resides in Toronto. • Patty O’Neill continues to travel the world in search of new birds and new sights: Last May it was Taiwan, eastern China with sightseeing in Shanghai, and then a few days in Arizona in August, with a ticket in her pocket for Bolivia in September. • Janet Chartier O’Hanley called from Bowling Green, KY. She is doing well and continues to rave about the area. • Bill and Sue (Sughrue) Carrington were enjoying their summer, playing tennis, vacationing in Maine, and enjoying a minireunion with their children’s families despite having faced serious health problems. Sue was diagnosed with metastatic (stage IV) melanoma on Good Friday with a grim prognosis but was eligible for an immunotherapy trial to which she has responded well: A scan showed all tumors either smaller or gone. Treatment continues for the foreseeable future with certainly a good prognosis. A few weeks after Sue’s diagnosis,

Bill suffered a pulmonary thrombosis, but fast emergency care brought him through, and he was playing tennis as Sue wrote her news for the class. • We’re happy to report that Janet Chute is now recuperating from a recent surgery, having progressed from rehab to living with her sister until able to return home. So lots of prayers, everyone, for Sue, Bill, and Janet. • There is sad news as well. Jeanne Schaeffner Deevy wrote that her best friend and significant other, Harry, died suddenly last winter and that her wonderful dog, Lucy, died in July. Jeanne is struggling with the pain of these losses that we can only hope that our prayers and friendship can help to alleviate. We have also learned that Gail Gallagher died last winter after a long battle with cancer. She had left her longtime work at Bergdorf’s in New York City and was living with her sister Susan Gallagher Trainor NC’61 in Pennsylvania. • And the sad news continues. Just as we meet the submission deadline, we learned that Mary Kelley McNamara’s son Gregory died unexpectedly on August 22. He had apparently been in perfect health. His two sons both attend Boston College. We send our prayers and our love to Mary and her family. In the face of these losses we remain grateful for the friendships of our classmates and the mutually supportive prayers we share.

Correspondent: Maryjane Mulvanity Casey 75 Savoy Road Needham, MA 02492; 781-400-5405 Correspondent: Patty O’Neill pattyoneill@verizon.net

1960 Sorry to start off this issue on a sad note, but we were all moved by the sudden passing of our class president and Navy veteran, Joe Carty, this past July. Joe died while swimming off his beloved Cape Cod. In addition to being our longtime class correspondent, Joe was one of the forces behind many of our class events and celebrations over the last 56 years. We are in our debt to you, Joe. Our condolences go out to Joe’s wife and 1960 classmate, Grace (McLaughlin). Quite a few of our classmates were able to attend Joe’s funeral services in Scituate, which were presided over by his and our good friend and classmate, Leo Shea, MM. • We also lost another class stalwart in the person of Double Eagle and South Boston native Jim Hayes, who died on August 1. An Army veteran, Jim had a highly successful career in the financial world and was a longtime member of the BC Wall Street Council. • Speaking of Fr. Leo, I can also report that he was spotted in the stands at the BC–Georgia Tech football game in Dublin, an experience I was personally fortunate enough to share along with several other members of the class. • Dave Langzettel continues as a member of the church choir at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Maine, founded, incidentally, by our classmate Fr. Steve Concannon. Dave and wife Wanda have lived in Saco for 30 years. He still claims to be an active jazz trumpeter. • Pauline (Fogge) Leonard reports that life is good in Riverside, RI, where she lives with her husband, Bob Fricker. Traveling,

gardening, and flowers are her passions along with her nine grandchildren. • Another “Rhody” (I guess there is such a word), Ken Cahill, of North Kingstown, tells me that he keeps running into BC grads in various corners of our smallest state. Most recently he found time to chat with classmate Paul Payson along a local bike trail. Paul resides in Wakefield, the next town over. • That’s all for now, folks. • Sláinte.

Correspondent: John R. McNealy jmcnealy@juno.com 109 Kimball Road Rindge, NH 03461; 603-899-2844

NC 1960 News from Stella Clark O’Shea: Each summer her roommate Norah McGinity Frei comes to visit Point Lookout, Long Island, and they enjoy time with Marie Settembrini Kelly. For the last 20 years, Stella has spent a golfing week with Kathleen Runkle O’Brien at her Kiawah Island, SC, home and frequently gets to New York City to have lunch with Jane Wray Ryan and Martha Miele Harrington.

In September 2015, Stella and her husband, Rick, spent a week on Nantucket with Carol Johnson Cardinal and her husband, John.

Stella is still working at her catering business, and Rick manages a 55-acre thoroughbred horse farm in Old Brookville. They live on the farm and enjoy a “peaceful,” if busy, life.

• Pat Winkler Browne had a busy summer running golf tournaments and chairing her parish’s CCD camp—arts and crafts with a biblical theme for many ages. She and husband Dick attended our mutual high school’s 60th reunion and then went on a trip out west. I opted for a cruise with my daughter MJ from Venice to Barcelona; we especially loved Sorrento, Pompeii, and Cassis. • Lynch School of Education alumna Agnes Sullivan O’Brien, MEd’62, CAES’88, and Connell School of Nursing alumna Joyce Dwyer ’60, MS’64, hosted a luncheon that included Pat McCarthy Dorsey, Carole Ward McNamara, Mickey Mahon MacMillan, Elaine Holland Early, and Julie O’Neill, who brought Sheila Marshall Gill. I spoke with Sheila just before the luncheon, and she said she missed seeing her old friends. What a nice treat for all! • When Berenice Hackett Davis and I were up for a visit at Pat McCarthy Dorsey’s, we toured the new athletic facility at Newton Country Day School. Wow! Berenice, Brenda Koehler Laundry, and I went to a NCDS party at Carnegie Abbey in Portsmouth, RI—a very nice party, and it was lovely to hear about the school and the RSCJs. • Mary-Anne Hehir Helms had a fall, followed by a stint at the hospital, rehab, and assisted living. She is due to return home any day. • Our dear friend Michaelene Martin Barrett, of Niantic, CT, died on August 22, after a long illness. She was the mother of five and grandmother of four, and the devoted sister of Howard Martin, whom she had raised. She was happy in her little house near the beach. • Enjoy the holidays. Send news!

Correspondent: Sally O’Connell Healy kmhealy@cox.net 4061 Cape Cole Boulevard Punta Gorda, FL 33955

1961 This is the year we celebrated our 55th reunion. With 40 percent of our reunion class generously contributing to BC, over $800,000 was raised this year. The class dinner was held in the Cadigan Alumni Center, with about 100 people attending. This was the main event, featuring a presentation by Mike Duffy, OFM, who spoke about his work in Philadelphia with homeless families and running a meals program. Part of the success of the program is treating with respect the people who use the services. Meals are provided not in cafeteria style but as a sit-down meal where volunteers bring the food to the tables and serve it family style and on linen tablecloths.

They also provide other services in education and health. Also, it was announced that Jack Joyce, MBA’70, H’16, was recognized for his service to BC, when he was presented with an honorary degree at this year’s graduation.

• Dan Cohen mentioned that he is a proud member of the American Legion. • Bill Downey came to BC after four years in military service and majored in finance at the Carroll School of Management. He began his career in commercial real estate in Cambridge, then switched to banking, beginning at Cambridge Trust Company and retiring from Citizens Bank. He and his wife, Andrea, have lived a retired life in New Hampshire for the past 20 years. They have three children. They have done some traveling—to California, Florida, Rio, and London. Bill is an avid hunter in Maine, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. • Robert Kearns traveled around the United States for a year after he left the Army. Upon graduation he went to the Bay Area of California, where he worked in middle management for General Motors and two other companies. After 15 years, and for the next 25 years, he operated his own business selling professional equipment to broadcasting companies. He has been married for over 50 years to Maureen (Shields) ’63. They have two children. • Mary Ann DiMario Landry, who has been very active with our class activities, has been doing a lot of traveling, most recently to the British Isles. She has also visited 45 states and wrote that the other 5 are on her “bucket list.” • Another traveler, Margaret Leigh, writes: “I am a retired teacher, counselor, principal, and chief of education for the Panama Canal Zone Schools in Panama. I have traveled the world and am now retired in Florida. I keep in touch with many of my friends from the dorm at Beacon Street.” • Charlie McCarron majored in economics at BC. After college he went into the military and then into the foreign service before starting his own trucking business in Lowell. He is now retired and lives in New Hampshire, where he raises huskies; in fact, seven of them have received awards at dog shows he attends across the country and in Canada. • Brian Cummins ’82, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, reminds us to remember BC veterans. He reports that in December, the Washington DC alumni chapter will host Wreaths Across America Day to lay wreaths at the graves of BC alumni interred at Arlington Cemetery, including our classmate Capt. Joseph X. Grant. Those in the chapter have been laying wreaths every December for 51

several years now. Joe died in 1966, exactly 50 years ago, come November, in Vietnam and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry.

Correspondent: John Ahearn jjaeagle@hotmail.com 872 Massachusetts Avenue #407 Cambridge, MA 02139

NC 1961 Our 55th reunion was a wonderful, memoryfilled, encouraging, and blest time. Overall, 29 of us attended at least one event: Brigid O’Sullivan Sheehan, Juliana Fazakerly Gilheany, Patsy Keating, Betsy Eads Thomas, Ellen Macdonald Carbone, Ruthie O’Neil Kenney, Alice Dresser Pusateri, Gail Giere Collins, Barbara Feely O’Brien, Mary Sue Flanagan, Gael Sullivan Daly, Kathy Hall Hunter, Gay Landrigan Clasby, Rosie Hanley Cloran, Joan Donohoe O’Neil MAT’90, Faith Mead Bertrand, Mookie Stehling Kamps, Sr. Judy Vollbrecht, Maryann Morrissey Curtin, Micky McQueeny Matthews, Linda Gray MacKay MA’04, Elaine Fitzgerald Shea, Maureen Mahoney Nolan, Cathy Chester Dingell, Ellen Mahony King, Paula Keane Teeling, Janet Miele, Beth Good Wadden, and Missy Clancy Rudman. That’s over 25 percent of our graduating class. I think that is mind-boggling. We met on Friday evening under a tent between Barat and Stuart for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. We pushed tables together to create “our corner” under the tent and enjoyed the start of our weekend.

• Brigid greeted all on Saturday morning as we met for coffee at Barat prior to our conversation group, Looking Back/Moving Forward. Juliana was our moderator, keeping us on track. She is well practiced, as she is a professor at NYU and Fordham. Discussion and comments covered careers and work, and how our lives/positions have changed over the years: single life, missionary life, and living through widowhood and divorce. Many of us started out in one career—e.g. teaching— and then turned to office management, real estate, managing an ice-skating school, or helping and caring for single mothers and their babies. There was a discussion of how the death of a child or the disabilities of a child gave new direction to our lives, and another on drugs and alcohol and how they affect lives. Would you believe a program was initiated by one of our classmates for babies (addicted at birth) being rocked and consoled by homeless men? It happened.

Classmates are involved in their communities: volunteering for various organizations, tutoring elementary school children, teaching ESL classes, leading Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and working in hospice. Comments abounded that we were so fortunate in the time we graduated: We had no student loans, finding jobs was easy, our degrees were our entrée to the world and to life. Some commented too on how Vatican II changed the church and our lives. Newton College and the sisters gave us a wonderful foundation. • At noon we again met under the tent for a tea party. The tables were set with teapots filled with beautiful flowers, and we dined on tea sandwiches, sweets, etc. Dinner at Putnam 52

House was elegant, with more classmates attending. Flowers, candlelight, and delicious food contributed to a wonderful evening. • At Sunday Mass in the chapel, our deceased members were remembered. • I want to thank my “Ambassador Committee” for all the help they gave me in contacting our class. Brigid and her committee did wonders too. NB: We had many commenting that they were looking forward to our 60th reunion! Our thanks to Boston College for keeping us “in the loop.”

We came away with wonderful memories.

Correspondent: Missy Clancy Rudman newtonmiz@aol.com 1428 Primrose Lane Franklin, TN 37064

1962 55TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Thank you, BC baseball, for providing us with a thrilling season. Congrats to Coach Gambino ’99! Eileen and Bill Novelline invited us to share dinner and watch a game as the team moved closer to an Omaha trip.

You can imagine the reminiscing that took place as Bill and Frank Faggiano talked about their experiences. Several classmates said they had their bags packed. • Gerry Greely, Chuck Chevalier, and Paul Comeau call regularly to say hi. Paul and his wife, Cynthia, live in Hollywood, FL, and Paul continues to teach and coach. Gerry and his wife, Mary Anne, have made some pretty amazing motorcycle trips across the country. Chuck enjoys catching up on news of teammates.

• Barbara Connor Flaherty reports: “Retirement is a special gift in life, and I am trying to enjoy every minute of it.” She and husband Tom have eight grandchildren in Massachusetts and Florida. Retirement allows them to share most of their special occasions, sporting events, and celebrations.

Sharing in the excitement of a New York premiere is an exciting event, and Barbara had that opportunity at the March opening of Hello, My Name Is Doris, a film coproduced

by Kevin Mann, the son of her late sister, Ellen Connor Mann ’64. • Nick Morcone, OSB, reports that construction on the guest house at Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham has begun. • Many thanks to Bill Lundregan, JD’67, for hosting a marvelous luncheon in Marblehead at the Corinthian Yacht Club in June. • Also in June, John and Joan (Mullahy) Riley experienced the true Irish tradition of “Céad Mile Fáilte”—a hundred thousand welcomes—in taking their children, along with their spouses and children, to Ashford Castle in County Mayo for a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They report that it was a glorious experience for all 33 members of the Riley family, and a treat to meet Nancy and Jack Joyce ’61, MBA’70, H’16, and their family at the castle. • The campus continues to develop and change. The newest dorm, located on the corner of Comm. Ave. across from St. Ignatius, opened its doors to students this fall. • Speaking of changes, after 45 years in one house we’ve moved to a condo closer to BC. We’re still decluttering! • We ask that you join us in prayer for our classmates who

are seriously ill. If you know of a classmate who has died, please send us an email or call and tell us something about the person so we can include it in the notes. We’re sure others would be grateful. • Hugh Mahoney passed away in May after a yearlong battle with cancer. Hugh’s first love was his wife, “Willie,” and family. History and genealogy were lifelong interests as well as spinning stories about his Irish roots. Although corporate positions took him to many states, he remained close to the relationships formed while attending BC and BC High. Our condolences to his family. • Wishing you good health and happy, peaceful days. This San Diego–type weather will change soon. Our 55th reunion is approaching. As always, we would love to hear from you.

Correspondents: Frank and Eileen “Trish” Faggiano frank@faggianoconsulting.com 33 Gleason Road Reading, MA 01867; 781-944-0720

NC 1962 55TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

VV Martin had her “farewell to Boston” performance at the Club Cafe on June 20. She then wrote all about her year leading up to it. While visiting friends in Palm Desert last September, she looked at some homes, and, she writes, “When I saw what was available for half the price of my Watertown condo, I decided to make the move. I have two brothers and their families all in California. And since my health is reasonably good, and I’ve always wanted to live there, I decided this was the time.” She sold her condo in three weeks, “came out to Palm Desert on Memorial Day weekend, and bought this house (three bedrooms, two baths, two-car garage). Everyone else is downsizing, but I’m upsizing! May even have room to buy a baby grand piano!” She then took a three-week trip to Europe, and after visiting Paris, she flew to Nice on July 2 for the Zonta Convention. Zonta is an organization of business and professional women that she’s been involved with for many years; she was a delegate at the meeting and had a lovely time in Nice. Good luck in your new home, VV, where you’ll undoubtedly connect with three other classmates in Palm Desert: Joanna Bertsch Yaukey, Cathy Power Schibli, and Kris Wildman Brennan. • It is with deep sadness that I have to report that another of our classmates has passed away.

Donna Coughlin Carroll died on August 21, leaving husband John, 4 children, and 10 grandchildren. Donna and John were always faithful attendees at our reunions, and over the years she had stayed very close to several friends from the Newton Class of ’62. • Barbara Jones attended the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference this past July. She thoroughly enjoyed it, saying it was very stimulating and informative. From there she visited with a couple of friends in Montana, Joanne Meehan Berghold among them. Joanne is still busy with her photography and continues to enjoy life in that beautiful part of our country. • Other news from Montana comes from Judy Bertsch Ritter, who sold her home in one day. She and husband Bob are

downsizing with their two beloved dogs and finding that not all condos love dogs as much as they do. • I have just this weekend celebrated my first grandchild’s wedding. One down and 12 to go! The groom was born and raised in France, so we all had to polish up on our French. It was an incredibly happy time. What a gift to still be alive for this happy occasion. • I’m thrilled to report that the planning for our 55th is under way, and Anne Gallagher Murphy is heading the Reunion Committee. It promises to be a great success, and having all of you return will be what will make it so much fun.

Our hope is to once again put a class directory together, so someone will be getting in touch soon for updated contact info.

Correspondent: Mary Ann Brennan Keyes keyesma1@gmail.com 26 Ridgewood Crossing Hingham, MA 02043

1963 In June, South Boston’s Paraclete Center recognized Paul McDevitt by naming its main hall in his honor. At the dedication ceremony, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh WCAS’10 lauded Paul for devoting his entire life to people, adding: “Paul McDevitt, you made a huge difference in my life, to be able to be in the position I am in today.” Paul had long worked on behalf of those suffering addiction, mental illness, and poverty. In 1984, he founded Modern Assistance Programs, which helps Boston-area individuals and families recover from the effects of those afflictions. He wrote recently: “I’ve helped more than 80,000 families…I find it so rewarding. I love what I do. With some hard work, people can live the fullest lives.” Paul began his career as a high school teacher in Boston, and in 1967 he became the youngest person ever elected to the Boston School Committee. He later was active at the Paulist Center in Boston and went on to chair the board of Project Bread and to help lead Bridge Over Troubled Waters, the Gavin Foundation, and Haley House, among many other organizations. He was also a second lieutenant in the Massachusetts National Guard. Sadly, Paul passed away on September 12. He leaves his wife, Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump ’78; two sons; two grandchildren, and siblings Catherine Lent, Marie Biggs, and Daniel McDevitt ’70. • Helen Peloquin McManus, of Southborough, has had a long career in many areas of nursing and has found direct care to be “the most challenging and the most rewarding.” God bless Helen, who intends to not soon retire. • St. Thomas?

Aquinas? No; U.S. Virgin Islands: Joe Hosie has retired—49 years after his U.S. Army discharge and an international banking career with Chase and a spinoff. Joe invites classmates: “Call me if visiting our Caribbean paradise.” • Only Bentley University baseball coach—ever—and just their second athletic director? Inductee into eight halls of fame? Longest-active tenured college baseball coach in the country? This is Bob DeFelice, former Eagles catcher and varsity baseball team captain, who went on to the Red Sox minor league—and recently won victory No. 757 in his 48th season as head baseball coach at Bentley University. Bob was also the founder of the Eastern Collegiate

Football Conference and has served as its commissioner. He joined Bentley from his alma mater, Winthrop High, where he had been head football coach for 17 years; during his tenure, the Vikings were four-time Northeast Conference football champs, saw a 33-game winning streak, and took two Super Bowl titles.

Bob was inducted into the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1986. Take a home-run trot, Bob, still hitting ’em out! • Alameda, CA, resident Pamela Prime is thrilled to report that her first grandchild is enrolled at the Heights. Pamela directs the Institute of Catholic Spirituality and Spiritual Direction in the Stockton, CA, diocese and will be concluding a three-year training program in December. She celebrated her 75th birthday with family in France. • On August 5, a segment on Norwood local Fox 25 TV’s Zip Trip included mention of Dave Kelley’s Lewis Grille, with Dave elucidating his 16-ounce beer, “Bucket,” and the leviathan “Lewis Burger.”

Iconic status validated—all hail! • In June, the Special Libraries Association (SLA) awarded Jim Matarazzo, MA’72, its highest honor, the John Cotton Dana award. Jim is dean and professor emeritus of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston. Active with SLA since 1964, Jim received multiple awards from the organization over the years and in 2015 was inducted into the SLA Hall of Fame. He retired from Simmons in 2002 but continues to teach courses on organization and management of special libraries, and he is the coauthor of three articles slated for publication this year and next. (Thank you to Molly Spore-Alhadef ’65 for sending this item. Jim and Molly were colleagues working at Bapst Library while undergrads at BC.) • Email please: what’s up, what’s old, what’s new.

Correspondent: Ed Rae raebehan@verizon.net 209 Winter Street Westwood, MA 02090

NC 1963 This is a big year for us in the Newton Class of 1963: Most of us turn 75 this year!

• Carolyn McInerney McGrath took the role of birthday fairy and hosted a 75th birthday party for eight of our lucky classmates on Cape Cod this past summer. It was held at the Wianno Club in Osterville, where Carolyn and her family were staying. Each guest received a lei and shared a birthday cake following lunch. The attendees included Marie Craigin Wilson, Maureen Kane Allman, Joan Engel Sundstrom, Mary Jane Becherer Ferson, Judy DeMarco, Margie Dever Shea, and Carol Donovan Levis. Can you imagine how much fun it was? • Patty Lyster Vitty and her husband, Rod, have abandoned Quechee, VT, and moved to gentler climes—beautiful Naples, FL—as full-time residents. • Anne Gallagher Southwood reconnected with an old high school classmate from Westerly, RI. They recently returned from a trip to Bermuda, where they had a great time. Anne is still involved with the Voice of the Faithful.

• Maureen Lambert Roxe, Jo Egan Maguire MA’72, and Carol Donovan Levis ran into each other in Newport and had some free time so they had brunch together. Great talk and fun. • Suzy Bell Trowbridge and her

husband, Jim, stayed with Delia Conley Flynn en route to Nantucket. Carol Donovan Levis and her husband, John ’63, joined them for a fun dinner.

Correspondent: Colette Koechley McCarty colette.mccarty@gmail.com 1512 Arboretum Trace Cary, NC 27518; 919-233-0563

1964 By the time you read this, The Great Comet of 1812 should be on Broadway. It was written

by Bob Bent’s son-in-law Dave Malloy. • In October, Steve Duffy organized a reunion of the Peace Corps volunteers who served with him in Ecuador. • Mike Ford, SJ, MDiv’75, is now minister of the Jesuit community at Holy Cross, switching from a similar job at BC. • Dan Polvere writes: “Not a bad way to spend part of Father’s Day! I went to Seattle to speak before the SOBs—The Sound of the Baskervilles—the Seattle Sherlock Holmes Society, on the subject of William Gillette’s contribution to our image of SH.” Gillette’s caricature of Holmes appeared in Vanity Fair in 1907. This was as exalted a tribute as anyone could receive in Victorian/Edwardian England. • And from Bob Filiault: “Just enjoying my retirement. Grandkids are in high school or soon will be. Two of them are 4.0 or better. One is No. 5 in her freshman class of 597 students. I told her that I was No. 5 in my high school class but we only had 100 students, so I guess she has me beat.

Just added another grandson, 6-month-old Hudson. He is a big dude already. I keep buying him BC outfits while his dad opts for the LA Dodgers.” • Jay McArdle writes: “I have moved my store, Cape Leisure, a seller of patio and casual furniture, from Marstons Mills to Mashpee Commons North Market, and I am building a new home in West Falmouth.” • Roy Corso, of Norfolk, reports he is “happily retired for the past five years from the insurance industry.” He and his wife, Marilyn, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last September. • Jim Spillane, SJ, MA’68, MDiv’76, attended the 22nd World Forum of the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools in Nairobi last July. The main focus of the meeting was finding practical ways in which this global organization can help the newly emerging Jesuit business schools in Africa.

He gave two presentations on ecotourism and poaching of elephants in Africa. Jim teaches at a Catholic university in Tanzania. • Bob Scavullo writes: “Last July, Sheila and Steve Magula took 24 hours out of their Northern California wine country expedition to spend time with Barbara and me at our house in the Alexander Valley.” • Last summer several members of the class attended a Boston Pops concert. A special thanks to Ursula Maglio Lyons and Ellie Rupp Downey, with planning assistance from Maureen Gallagher Costello. • Margaret Yatch “Peggy”Cristiano passed away on June 14 at age 73. She leaves two children and four grandchildren.

Correspondent: John Moynihan moynihan_john@hotmail.com 27 Rockland Street Swampscott, MA 01907 53

NC 1964 I’m sorry to report that two of our classmates died this past spring—Jan Vosburgh Zak, on April 18, in Madison, CT, and Martha Springer, on March 18, in New York City. Jan was a lifelong resident of Connecticut. Her early working career centered on specialized meeting planning and conferences in Connecticut and New York. She had recently served on the board of Shoreline Village, a community of seniors living independently at home. Jan’s husband, Ken Zak ’63, died in 2012. She is survived by her daughters, Christine “Ceci” Zak ’80 and Sarah Zak Borgman ’93, and her three grandchildren.

Martha was a member of our class through junior year, after which she transferred to New York University, graduating in 1965.

She lived in France for two years and then worked at the United Nations Secretariat in New York for 28 years. She retired in 2001.

Our condolences to her brother, Philip, of Virginia. • Cathy Dolan Miskell got in touch to say how saddened she was to learn of the death of her college roommate, Ann Marie DeNisco L’Abbate. • After 35 years in San Jose, CA, Gayanne Telerico Peckham and her husband, Jack, are moving to Scottsdale, AZ, to be closer to one of their sons. Gay writes: “During our retirement we have traveled extensively and are ready to settle down to continue enjoying our three children and eight grandchildren, ranging in age from 7 to 21.” • I can’t resist sharing this story about my daughter-in-law’s father, Sherman Caviness.

He and his band of Golden Gate Transit drivers have become something of celebrities in San Francisco. They just released a CD of bus-driving songs, written by Sherman, and played and recorded by a band of bus drivers.

The musicians are all current or retired Golden Gate Transit drivers, who call their band Bad Transfer. Sherman, a guitarist who had been a professional country musician, started playing during breaks between routes, other drivers/musicians started to join in, and it became a rotating jam. Besides a front-page “Lifestyle” article in the Marin Independent Journal, they’ve also been interviewed on the local PBS station. Plus, they’re good! I love this story.

Correspondent: Priscilla Weinlandt Lamb priscillawlamb@gmail.com 125 Elizabeth Road New Rochelle, NY 10804; 914-636-0214

1965 Molly Spore Alhadef writes that she is still working as a librarian and will celebrate the 50th anniversary of receiving her MLS degree from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College Library School and the start of her professional career at Boston College. As an undergraduate Molly worked in Bapst Library for Brendan Connolly, SJ, who was then its director, together with Jim Matarazzo ’63, MA’72, who also went on to a career in library and information science. Molly now lives in California. • Dennis Hanlon sent a note with the sad news of the death of our classmate Robert Kelly in March. Bob had lived in North Carolina with his wife, 54

Olga, and he was the brother of another BC alumnus, the late Thomas Kelly ’66. Bob was also a proud graduate of BC High School. • Condolences to the family of our classmate Eugene McCarthy, also a Double Eagle, who died on May 27. Gene was a sales rep for Nabisco for many years and also a longtime Little League coach. • Irv Goss sent an email telling of the death of George Tyson in June.

George had a successful naval career, retiring as captain. He was the founder and president of Hyperion Inc. in Alexandria, VA. George will be remembered by many as the pianist and musical director of our Junior Week musical, Guys and Dolls. Our condolences to his wife, Sue, and their two daughters. On a happier note, Irv will begin his 15th academic year of teaching at the Mario Gabelli School of Business at Roger Williams University.

In the fall, Boston College welcomed their third-generation and oldest grandchild, Allie, as a freshman. • Congratulations to Mary and Jeff Somers, JD’68, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August.

• Congratulations also to Rita ’77, MS’78, PhD’88, and Peter Olivieri, MBA’66, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 11 with family and friends. They are very proud to have two grandchildren, Chad and Jessica, who entered the freshman class at BC in September. They will be joining another granddaughter, Allison, who is now in her senior year. Rita (olivierr@bc.edu) and Peter (olivieri@bc.edu) would love to hear from you.

Correspondent: Patricia McNulty Harte patriciaharte@me.com 83 Church Street, No. 1 Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-1187

NC 1965 Sincere sympathy to Pat Noonan Walsh on the passing of her husband, Brendan Walsh, PhD’66, in Ireland where they had lived. Brendan was a PhD student at BC and taught at Newton during our time there. • Marylou Comerford Murphy spent a quiet summer with her husband, Andy ’64, as he recovered from a knee replacement. She was looking forward to a busier fall when she hoped to catch up with classmates. • Sandra Thaxter continues to work full-time for the nonprofit Small Solutions Big Ideas.

This past summer SSBI sponsored a New Jersey teen who wanted to assist Kenyan girls in learning technology and programming skills. You can check out SSBI’s great work at smallsolutionsbigideas.org. • Cathy Lugar’s summer activities included rowing and physical therapy. Cathy continues to remain strong in her efforts to come back from a stroke. I hear tell she can frequently be seen walking to restaurants or just strolling in her neighborhood. • Checking our Facebook page, I see that Mary McGinn and Marti Schickel Ibrahim shared coffee and great conversation in Bonnet Shores. • Margaret Schmitt Schmidt recently returned from a cruise to Hungary, Slovakia, and Germany.

• Linda Mason Crimmins enjoyed the role of matriarch in the Tennessee mountains at a five-day family reunion with 27 members of her family. Activities included hiking, swimming, and rafting and the traditional

family cooking contest. The Mason family is filled with great chefs! • The 2016 Olympics included three Sacred Heart alumnae representing the United States. Katie Ledecky (Stone Ridge) raked in the medals as she blew her opponents out of the water (pun intended!). At this writing the women’s polo team, including KK Clark (Sacred Heart Prep), were well on their way to a medal. Lia Neal (Convent of the Sacred Heart) brought home a silver medal as a member of the U.S. women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Sacred Heart women rocked! Three athletes and they all won medals! • Please join our Facebook page, Newton College of the Sacred Heart 1965, established by Marti Schickel Ibrahim. Post pictures, personal stories, and general stories of interest to our classmates. Don’t wait for an invitation to send news. You can send it any time, and I will save your news for the next issue. • Enjoy every day!

Correspondent: Linda Mason Crimmins mason65@bc.edu 3902 MacGregor Drive Columbia, SC 29206

1966 Greetings to my fellow Golden Eagles; we have been invested, honored, fed, partied, and hugged, all while marveling at the joy of being together again at our 50th reunion in June. Congratulations to all who made it, and fond greetings to those who were so much in our thoughts at the Heights on that weekend.

The BC Alumni Association certainly knows how to do reunions! We shared so much news with each other; I wish I could give an update on all. Here are some highlights received from classmates. • Connell School of Nursing alumna and artist Joan Garity was featured, along with one of her paintings, in the fall 2015 issue of the UMass Boston Retired Faculty Newsletter. In the article, Joan describes the joys of retirement, volunteering, pursuing the arts, and refining life interests in this life chapter. • James Andary (fresh from a trip to Alaska), Bill Fallon (rekindling connections with his fellow sports fans), and Elaine Paras Conway MS’71 (looking forward to joining the BC Naples, FL, group in the winter) were excited to share their enthusiasm for their time at the reunion and ties to BC. • In the flow of our lives even wonderful reunions cannot stop the sadness of our losses, and we join the loving families and friends of Paul Marshall, who died suddenly on July 22, and Veronica “Ronni” Casey, wife of Walter Casey, who passed away on June 22—both shortly after enjoying the reunion.

They were with us then, and they and their families remain in our hearts and prayers. • Arnold Garber also checked in with an update on his recent retirement as an executive with Dunkin’ Donuts after starting his career in advertising. A veteran of Vietnam (BC ROTC) and an ardent BC loyalist, Arnie and his wife of 50 years, Marsha, are enjoying their children and grandchildren and life in an active adult community in New Jersey. • We received a note from Brian Cummins ’82 alerting us to an event on December 17 at Arlington National Cemetery, sponsored by the Washington DC alumni chapter, called

Wreaths Across America, to lay wreaths on the graves of BC alumni. This year they are recognizing our classmate John Coll, who died in Vietnam, and are inviting his family and other BC Vietnam-era members to recognize his valor and service to our country. They welcome any of us in our Golden Eagle year to join them, making this a capstone event.

Correspondent: Diane Connor dconnor14@comcast.net

NC 1966 On the days and nights of June 3–5, 73 members of the Newton College Class of 1966 (plus quite a few spouses and partners) celebrated our 50th reunion. It was truly a wonderful event—everyone I talked to said they thought it was the best ever! I want to offer special thanks to my incredible committee; every member volunteered to take on responsibilities and then flawlessly executed those jobs without reminders—what an incredible group of women we are! So thanks and thanks again to Susan Korzeneski Burgess, Ann-Marie Carroll, Anne McCarthy Conlon, Susi Marion Cooney, Sandra Puerini Del Sesto, Judy McCluskey Flood, Ros Moore, Karen Carty O’Toole, Mary Donahue Stearns, Dorie Norton Weintraub, and Louise Mazyck Woodruff. Highlights of the weekend included the pinning ceremony on Friday— an elegant lunch at Boston College with every detail seen to. I had the privilege of reading the names of our classmates as each woman was called up onto the stage to receive her golden anniversary pin (an image of the Newton seal) from BC President William P. Leahy, SJ. Art professor Tomie dePaola, who taught at Newton for four years—the same four years we were there—was in attendance at the pinning ceremony (we gave him his own pin on Saturday night) and throughout the weekend. He was a charming, sprightly, thoughtful, and beloved guest—what a great addition to our celebration! Friday night we joined other Newton reunion celebrants (or, more precisely, they joined us—since our numbers so dominated!) under a tent between Stuart and Barat for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. We then split into separate groups to enjoy dinner and/or conversation at a variety of hotels, restaurants, and Airbnbs.

Saturday we had our traditional coffee and conversation, with classmates rotating tables (we had the entire first floor of Putnam) to discuss meaningful topics such as, How are you redefining/reinventing yourself in your 70s? What are you doing to maintain your overall health and well-being? What is your legacy? Do you think of yourself as a spiritual person? Why did you choose Newton, and how has that choice impacted your life? After that we had a delightful tea-party-themed lunch, again in the tent.

(And each event in the tent had a different color scheme, different tablecloths, different flowers—and vases!—and wonderful, creatively served food!) Saturday night saw our class party, again in the tent, with a live 1960s/1970s cover band (and we still got out on the dance floor). • We recognized those who had come the farthest—Jocelyn Beck Hoy (from Santa Cruz, CA) received the

domestic distance award, and Betty Wahn Goletti (from Rome, Italy) the international distance award. Mary Jo McCarthy received an award for being a first-time attendee, and Joan Candee Rentsch, Margie O’Brien Vail, and yours truly were recognized for having attended all 10 reunions. My committee and Tomie dePaola presented me with an original Tomie painting—what an honor and something that I will treasure always.

(Talk about provenance—he autographed it to me by name on the side of the canvas!)

• And I offered an original rap to the class.

Here’s part of it: “I’m gonna make a toast to my sisters, the sixty-sixers./It’s been 50 years (hard to believe it)/Since we left here (can’t conceive it)./You go, girls/’Cause you left this location/Of your graduation/With high aspirations/To use your education/ And your imagination/To be an inspiration/ To colleagues and to children/Of the next generation./You earned this celebration!/And you not gettin’ older, you gettin’ bolder/Bold and courageous/And a little bit outrageous!”

• Sunday we wrapped up the weekend with a lovely Mass and brunch; Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, headmistress of Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, gave the reflection after the Gospel. We recognized our 12 deceased classmates by name at the Mass, and on a display board that we brought to each event, so they were with us throughout.

• In summary: lots of laughs, a few tears, a little dancing, a lot of great conversation, some serious reflection, wonderful food and drink and organizational detail from Boston College, and recognition that we are a truly amazing class! • Stay tuned to future issues for class notes—though I only received class notes forms from a handful of people. Send an email to tell me what you’re doing— especially if you didn’t come to Reunion. And definitely plan to attend the 55th!

Correspondent: Catherine Beyer Hurst catherine.b.hurst@gmail.com 333 Atwells Avenue, #211 Providence, RI 02903

1967 50TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

We all must be busy getting ready for our 50th reunion because our mailbag is empty.

• Fortunately, the following classmates have formed the Social Committee for the reunion: Charles MBA’70 and Mary-Anne (Woodward) Benedict, Al and Cindy (Rae) Butters, Bob Galibois, Jack Keating, John Keenan, Don MacDonald, Leo McHugh, Marty Paul, Bill Risio, and John St. George. How about adding your name to the list? Just contact me (Charles), or Meg Butler ’03 at the Alumni Association (617-552-8518). Additionally, a core group is being put together for the Class Gift Committee. These two groups will form the overall 50th Reunion Committee. Already planned are the Academic Convocation in September (over by the time you read this), a basketball game/reception, and a hockey game/reception. There will be the Veterans Remembrance Mass and Ceremony in November, a Christmas concert by the

University Chorale, and possibly, a reception and visit to the exhibition at the new McMullen Museum of Art, as well as some concerts. Looking way down the road, there will be the Commencement Toast with BC seniors on May 18, and we will take part in the Commencement ceremony as the honor guard on May 22. (Remember when we served as Commencement marshals at our 25th with top hat and tails? We have pictures to prove it!)

Thanks to those who have sent in pictures and other memorabilia, which we intend to display at the reunion. They look great—please keep them coming! We will return them if you want them back. • If you are planning to attend our 50th, please start thinking about hotel reservations, etc. Lodging will be available on campus with details to follow later. If you stay on campus, you won’t need to drive, and you can take that power nap if needed. We have only one shot at this, so let’s make the most of it! Let’s have some fun!

Correspondents: Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict chasbenedict@aol.com 84 Rockland Place Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464

NC 1967 50TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Since I last wrote, we have learned that plans are indeed being made for our 50th reunion.

Events are being organized for June 2–4, 2017, that will bring us together for what should be a festive gathering of the Newton College Class of 1967. Some of you got a head start on getting together, though. • Back in April, Christina Crowley, with husband Peter Hobe, attended the LA taping of the game show Says You!, which included panelists Paula Lyons and her husband, Arnie Reisman.

The foursome then spent a weekend visiting the Berkeley sites and “enjoying a great dinner at Chez Panisse café, our local magnet for foodies and Alice Waters fans.” • Sue Keiser Koller actually came east from Colorado before beginning her Canadian train trip, and during the summer was in New York for the first time in about 12 years. She had lunch with Mary Ann Peters Giffuni, Rosemary Ryan Brennan, Marianne Cuiffo Stineman, and Barbara Gada Wells. They had a terrific time reminiscing and catching up. In fact, Sue and Barbara hadn’t seen each other since graduation 49 years ago! • Barbara Gada Wells had an early fall visit with her roommate Bea Miale Jackson, who came from California to Connecticut. They then traveled to see Anne Caswell Prior on Cape Cod. • During July, Marianne Bracken O’Neil had a “classmate lunch” with Rosemary Sperber Blasé and Mary Onie Jackson Holland. We had lost contact with Rose in recent years, but now she is back on our email list. • If anyone else isn’t getting occasional extra class news via email, do get in touch with me. You might have then heard in late June about a brief sighting of Noreen Connolly (in the crowd) on 60 Minutes during a segment about the wonderful work St. Benedict’s Preparatory School is doing for the hardworking young men in Newark, NJ. Her news production class visited New York 55

City to tour the CBS News studios and meet Scott Pelley, who did the reporting about the inner-city, all-boys school’s achievements.

In addition to teaching, Noreen also advises the school newspaper, started and “advises” a student vegetable garden, and works some in the development office. • Noreen isn’t our only class gardener, though. Maureen Dailey McFalls Young has served as president of the Garden Club of Allegheny County for the past two years. The 100-year-old group was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council earlier this year, with Maureen appearing in a video about the club. • Now that some of you have started down memory lane, I hope plans to return to Newton are in the works as well.

And if you can’t be there in person, drop us a line to share in our gatherings. • More next time. Happy holidays for now!

Correspondent: M. Adrienne Tarr Free thefrees@cox.net 3627 Great Laurel Lane Fairfax, VA 22033-1212; 703-709-0896

1968 Greetings, friends! • After 20 years as chair of the marketing and business law department at Villanova University, Greg Bonner is stepping down from his chair duties. However, he plans to continue to teach in the Villanova School of Business for several more years until his retirement. After BC, Greg served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He earned his PhD from Temple in 1984 and joined Villanova in 1986. • Rabbi Kenneth Block and his wife recently had a great trip to eastern Tennessee so that Kenneth could officiate at a JewishCatholic wedding. He has also officiated with Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, and other Protestant ministers during the year. On this trip, he and his wife visited Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Kenneth writes: “The combination of natural sights and tourist attractions make this an ideal location for a vacation. Purely by accident, I drove the Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap in both directions in our rented Mustang. We even bought the T-shirts to prove it! Being retired gives me time for swimming and golf, and officiating at interfaith weddings provides me with something of interest to do.” • Our class was truly saddened to learn of the passing of Duane O’Connor last May. He had been a resident of Murrells Inlet, SC. Duane was a loyal and enthusiastic fan of all things BC, and his smile and hearty laugh brightened every Eagle-related event. Our prayers are with his family. • Happier tidings next issue, we hope.

Correspondent: Judith Anderson Day jnjday@aol.com The Brentwood 323 11500 San Vicente Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049

NC 1968 Kathy Hastings Miller welcomed two new grandchildren in the last three months, bringing her up to a total of four. Emily Elizabeth DiMiero arrived in April, with 56

Sloane Kathleen Haire joining the clan in July.

Kathy is very fortunate in that all three of her children—Courtney, Doug, and Claire—have purchased homes in Scarsdale within walking distance of her. Kathy volunteers as a docent at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich while continuing to “hone” her golf and bridge games. She plans to travel to Africa next August with Ellen Mooney Mello. • Bernie ’68 and Martha (Harrington) Kennedy sold their Garden City condo and are making plans to move soon to the west coast of Florida. • Recovering from a broken wrist, Marge Gaynor Palmer recently visited Donna Deeley, who has a home in Colorado. • On a sad note, Ellen Meehan Murray, who was a freshman with us, passed away in July. While raising her two children, Ellen completed her undergraduate degree and earned a master’s in social work from Fordham. She counseled women living in shelters and did clinical work with men at Part of the Solution (POTS) in the Bronx, a transitional residence and food pantry for the poor and homeless. A resident of Irvington, NY, Ellen is survived by her husband of 47 years, Bob; a daughter, Erin; a son, Griffin; and five grandchildren.

Correspondent: Jane Sullivan Burke janeburke17@gmail.com

1969 Sue Budassi Sheehy, PhD’10, has returned to the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, after a year as a visiting scholar at BC, where she was director of the Collegiate Warrior Athlete Initiative. Sue, an associate professor at USU, teaches in the Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing and serves as faculty in Operation Bushmaster and Operation Gunpowder (combat surgical and leadership skills field exercises). She also continues her work with wounded post 9/11 veterans at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, which is on the same military base as USU. Sue resides in West Laurel, MD. • I heard from Tim Graham, who told me that he, John Esposito, Dan Denihan, and Danny Meehan JD’72 had been meeting once a year to play golf on the course at Yale University. It is kind of a New York/New Jersey against Boston match—like the Yankees versus the Red Sox. They have played four times, and each side has won two matches. The Graham/Esposito team currently holds the trophy. They have a great time and do a lot of reminiscing about their BC days. Tim and his wife, Bitsy (Vogel), live in Natick and have two daughters and three grandsons. • I am sorry to announce the passing of three classmates: Lee Norton Kelly died on May 24. Lee held a master’s in education from Boston State College and taught in the Boston Public Schools and in Neponset before moving to Worcester in 1976.

She later served as director of education at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, director of development at Notre Dame Academy, managing director of the New England Club Managers Association, and executive director of the association’s David Meador Foundation. Sympathy goes to her husband, David Kelly; daughter Katherine; and grandchildren Michael and Matthew.

• John Ferraro died on July 13 following a two-year battle with cancer. John worked as a comptroller for several companies, including Wonder Bread and Shawn Systems, and was a project manager at EMC. Sympathy goes to his wife, Connell School of Nursing alumna Mary (Connelly), and to his children Christopher, John, and Melissa. John was also survived by seven grandchildren. • Bill DeFranzo passed away on July 31 after a brief battle with cancer. Bill was in ROTC while at BC and served in the U.S. Army. He retired from Liberty Mutual Insurance after 43 years as a senior systems analyst. Bill is survived by his children Lauren, Susan, and David and grandson William. • I hope you are enjoying autumn. Please take the time to let me know what is new in your life.

Correspondent: James R. Littleton jim.littleton@gmail.com 39 Dale Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

NC 1969 Condolences are offered to Carol Romano Tuohey and her family on the death of her 99-year-old father, Richard Romano. Carol spent many a weekend caring for her dad, especially after Hurricane Sandy when he did not want to leave his home. Our sympathies to you, Carol. • I wish I had some exciting fun news to share with all of you, but it all depends upon you and your circle of friends.

Please take a moment and send me a bit of news. I would be overjoyed!

Correspondent: Mary Gabel Costello mgc1029@aol.com 4088 Meadowcreek Lane Copley, OH 44321

1970 Hi, gang! While you will be reading this some months later, it is being written in late summer. Thus it is exactly 50 years from the time when the Class of 1970 was saying good-bye to all that had come before and planning to head out into a new world from Chestnut Hill. For all of you, especially those who still find yourselves on campus from time to time, please take a minute to think back half a century and remember something from those first few months at the Heights. If you do, send your thoughts along so we can all share a memory from that time so long ago. • Of course thinking back on those hope-filled days makes all the more poignant the news I will share of several who arrived on the campus with us in September 1966, whom we shall not see again. In midAugust, Jennifer Colton passed away after a long battle with cancer. Jenny spent over 30 years as a clinical research nurse at the University of California, San Francisco. She is survived by eight siblings and many nieces and nephews. • Another of our very caring nurses, Susan Cotter Lukosius, of Hockessin, DE, passed away in April. Susan had lived in several states with her late husband, Ed ’68, before settling in Delaware in 1990, where Ed worked for DuPont. She is survived by her son, Stephen. • Judge David Turcotte

passed away in April after a brief illness. Like so many of us, Dave attended law school, graduating from Suffolk in 1974. He practiced most of his life in the Somerset/Dartmouth area until his appointment in 1994 as an associate justice of the district court, where he served until his retirement in 2012. He is survived by his wife, Mary; daughter Caroline; and two grandchildren. • Larry Watts passed away at his home in Ashland in February.

He is survived by his wife, Gloria, and son, Jonathan, also of Ashland. Larry had worked for a number of years in payroll processing at ADP in Natick. • Peter Malatesta, a graduate of the New England College of Optometry, passed away in May. He and his wife, Madeline, had lived in Melrose until the early 1990s, when Peter moved his practice to Florida. Besides Madeline, Peter is survived by his son, Craig; his mother, Mary; and his brother, Paul. • Thankfully not all of the news is sad as we do have a couple of classmates earning kudos this time. University Chaplain Fr. Tony Penna, MDiv’74, MEd’75, became a Facebook sensation when a talk he gave at the Class of 2016 Senior Toast went viral after being posted by the Campus Ministry. His talk, based on the true story of a fighter-pilot’s life being saved by a parachute, reminded the graduates that none of them have gotten there alone; there were many people along the way who had packed their parachutes and prepared them for the life ahead. • John Bronzo, JD’74, retired from his law practice, is enjoying life as an author with the publication of his novel, Mary Bernadette, Secrets of a Dallas Moon, in August 2015. Best of luck in the new career, John! • Let me close by again asking you to take your thoughts back 50 years and pass along one vivid memory from the first few months of your life-changing journey at Boston College.

Correspondent: Dennis Razz Berry mazzrazz1@aol.com

NC 1970 It seems it’s the season for replacements: Joan O’Callaghan is getting a new hip; Kathy Sheehan is recovering from a new—or reconstituted—ankle; and, after cataract surgery, I have what my daughter calls a “new eye.” How wonderful to live in a time when science and medicine make these miracles possible! • Joan O’Callaghan hosted a lovely luncheon for DC alums. Susan Zapf, in town for the summer, is enjoying retirement after League of Conservation Voters fundraising.

She lives near Del Ray, FL, and volunteers for the local library. After retiring from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Clare Cuddy taught the Bill of Rights to high school students at DC’s Newseum, then retired anew to provide support for her mother. Lanie Odlum is thrilled her daughter is returning from the West Coast to attend Georgetown’s business school. Kerry Kilcullen Carter plans to visit Tempe, AZ, where her daughter is a museum geologist/curator. She hopes to take a “spirit tour” of Native American sites. Meg Finn sells real estate in Takoma Park, MD, in conjunction with son Daniel. Marcia McGrath Abbo enjoys dividing her time between DC

and Florida. Soon we hope to see Katchy Clarke-Pearson, when she visits DC for a conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics. • Harriet Mullaney enjoyed touring Ireland, especially Ballymullen where in the 11th century her surname originated: “It was a beautiful spot, and the sun even came out for a bit!” she writes. • Karen DiSalvo Bachman, MAT’74, retired from clinical social work in public schools, finds herself busier than ever.

She lives in West Hartford, CT, where she volunteers, supervises new social workers, and sings with the West Hartford Women’s Chorale, a non-audition, community chorale she cofounded 11 years ago for 70 singers of all ages and backgrounds (whwchorale.org).

She and husband Jim traveled to Australia, New Zealand, and Iceland and took a Baltic cruise to Scandinavia and St. Petersburg.

They also spend time in Naples, FL, and Bay Head on the New Jersey Shore. Both children are close by: Andrew is a successful arborist and landscape business owner, and Carolyn works for Northwestern University in Manhattan. No weddings or grandchildren yet! She stays in touch with Mary Connolly, Mary Beth McQueeney, and Chickie Villano, who returned to the bench part-time to help with backlogged juvenile cases. • Please pray for Rita Houlihan’s mother, who passed away: “On her last day, concerned about hate in the world, she told her family: ‘Everybody be good to everybody.’” A good thought for all!

Correspondent: Fran Dubrowski dubrowski@aol.com

1971 Thanks to Mark Holland for providing the following details of the reunion events.

On Saturday evening, June 4, the Class of 1971 celebrated its 45th anniversary with a smashing dinner party held at the magnificent Irish Room in Gasson Hall.

Just a few years ago, Gasson was beautifully renovated, and it was the perfect venue for our reunion party. Approximately 70 classmates and guests were in attendance, dancing the night away to the “greatest hits” of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The party was a tremendous success thanks to the hard work of the Events Committee chaired by Donna Henderson-O’Brien. Assisting Donna were committee members Peter Cardia, Barbara Lucas Delutis, Jim Engler MS’76, Helen Walsh McCusker, Michael Power, Joe and Mary (Keefe) Rull, and Kathy Cooney Sasonoff MS’92. • Earlier on Saturday evening, Fr. Leahy hosted the 1863 Society reception, which was attended by all the reunion classes.

Mark Holland, chair of our 45th Reunion Gift Committee, announced that our class had secured 334 gifts, amounting to $9.5 million, representing a 27-percent class participation rate. Supporting Mark in this successful fundraising effort were a collection of tenacious committee members, including Tom Burke MBA’81; Dave Castiglioni; Mike Costello; Brian Curry; Jack Finning; Bobby Foley; Chris Gorgone; Bobby Griffin; Donna Henderson-O’Brien; John LaMattina; Jim Lozier; Bobby Maguire; Dave McAuliffe; Steve McParland; Frank O’Hara; Donna Qualters; Bill Reilly; Don Ricciato MEd’73, PhD’00; Bob

Sartini; and Bob Sliney. The Gift Committee reached out to classmates using snail mail, email, Facebook, telephone, and smoke signals. They did a fabulous job. • Much earlier in the day, the Alumni Association held a 5K Fun Run. Rumor has it that Bill Reilly won the race “going away.” The only problem was that Bill changed the finish line from St. Mary’s Hall to the Tam O’Shanter Lounge! Another reunion morning event, the Yoga Hour, kicked off at 9 a.m. I am pleased to report that two members of the Class of 1971 were selected from all of the returning alumni to lead the class. Congratulations to Bobby and Janet (Pierni) Griffin. Participants told me that Janet looked terrific in her lululemon yoga pants, and her “reverse lunges” were picture-perfect. However, most agreed that Bobby’s “angry cat” could use a little work. • Thanks to all of our classmates who volunteered to make our 45th so special.

Next on the agenda is the 50th, our golden anniversary. Go, Eagles! • Tom Henneberry MBA’74, John Mashia, Russ Pavia, Charley McBride, Joe Collins, Vin Costello, and Gregg Sees had their own reunion in Newport, RI, in mid-May. Everyone stayed at Tom’s summer home. Activities included cookouts, area tours, cocktails, and dining at Tom’s favorite restaurant, the Clarke Cooke House.

The group closed the evenings with vigorous competition playing Trivial Pursuit. The group hopes to get together again in the not-too-distant future. • Marisa Labozzetta’s collection of linked short stories, Thieves Never Steal in the Rain, about love, loss, and the supernatural, is now available on Amazon.com. Marisa is a two-time Eric Hoffer Award winner and a John Gardner Fiction Book Award finalist. Her other works include the novels Stay with Me, Lella, and Sometimes It Snows in America, and the shortstory collection At the Copa. Visit Marisa at marisalabozzetta.com. • My thanks to the classmates who have sent emails. Please send me a quick update by either emailing me directly or posting online at bc.edu/alumni. I look forward to hearing from you and my best wishes for the holidays.

Correspondent: James R. Macho jmacho71@bc.edu

NC 1971 To all the women who attended our 45th NCSH reunion, I extend a heartfelt “thank you!” I am sure there are many good reasons why folks don’t attend reunions, but if yours is a simple, “I won’t know anyone,” scratch that out right away. Graduating from Newton College of the Sacred Heart created a bond that you may not know exists until you arrive on the Newton Campus and feel the flood of memories cascade through your consciousness. From the Saturday morning group discussion chaired by Eileen McIntyre and Jean McVoy Pratt, titled “Reboot, Rediscover, Reinvent,” to the class dinner held at Putnam House, and Sunday’s special Mass in Trinity Chapel, followed by brunch in Stuart, Reunion Weekend was a wonderful renewal of friendships. In this modern era of social media we all vowed to keep in touch and plan more frequent, casual gatherings.

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Perhaps additional classmates will choose to reconnect at those. • So ends the pep talk, and here are the specifics on people who came from near and far. Several ladies from Massachusetts attended: Theresa Concannon Trapilo, from Boston, is still working for Harvard as research administrative manager at Boston Children’s Hospital. Eileen McIntyre, from Hingham, keeps busy in retirement by visiting her extended family; traveling with her husband, Roy Harris, as he promotes his recent book and receives honors like the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors; and her latest endeavor, writing a column in the Hingham Journal for the local League of Women Voters. Mary Kay Higdon Cox, also from Hingham, is enjoying spending time with a new grandchild in New Jersey, and Terri Mazzarelli Mills, from Concord, recently retired as a Spanish teacher with the Bedford Public Schools.

Now Terri has more time to spend with her five grandchildren. From Connecticut, we had Kate Foley, from Ledyard, who is retired from the state’s Department of Social Services and enjoys trips to visit family in various parts of the United States. She is looking forward to meeting a new great-nephew in South Bend, IN. JoAnne Kennedy, MBA’76, is living in New Canaan and still working in finance in New York City. Chris Moran is from Stamford and keeps busy in retirement with her home renovation. I am the final Connecticut resident, living in Stonington, and looking forward to complete retirement after 44 years of teaching, 37 of which were full-time. • Moving down the East Coast, we were able to reconnect with Claudia Marini White. She is living in the Philadelphia area with her husband, Michael (who actually braved attending the class dinner as the only male), enjoying her fifth year of retirement, and busily spending time with family and friends, including celebrating the weddings of her two children. Elise Gillette came up from Bethesda, MD, where she has been retired since 2007. She spends her time giving back by volunteering at a senior wellness center that her parents had frequented. Jean McVoy Pratt is living the good life on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where she retired 10 years ago. She remains active with a local group called Forum for the Lively Arts and has participated in Mountains to the Sea, a 500-mile bike ride from the mountains of North Carolina to Nags Head on the Atlantic Ocean. And representing the Southwest was Jackie Forbes Bleckner, from Phoenix, where she continues to work at her software technology company. Look for her on LinkedIn. • These are just a few of the reunion highlights. Conversation never lagged while we all shared the ups and downs of life since May 30, 1971. The lighthearted weekend ended with Jean McVoy Pratt dancing her farewell to piano tunes from The Sting. Here’s hoping we’ll see even more classmates at our 50th reunion. • In addition, I received two emails from classmates who could not attend. Susan Alfano Nkinyangi sent news that she and her husband retired to Kenya after working for over 30 years for the U.N. with different country postings. In their retirement, they are trying to promote 58

affordable tourism and have opened a luxury tented camp at Meru National Park in Kenya.

They also run a hotel for meetings and conferences and have studio apartments in Nairobi. Theresa Mak Hsu wrote in July that she and her husband had just returned to their London flat from their retirement home in Monaco. Her three children graduated from Harvard, Yale, and Columbia and are now living in Connecticut and New York.

They were planning a big celebration for her husband’s birthday in Steamboat Springs, CO, where they spend part of every summer. It is no wonder that some of our classmates did not make it to the reunion! • Thanks for all the news. Let’s continue to keep in touch.

Correspondent: Melissa Robbins melrob49@sbcglobal.net

1972 45TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Congratulations to Vin Shanley on being inducted into the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame. Vin was the captain of the Eagles hockey team that earned the 500th career win for Coach John “Snooks” Kelley ’28. Vin is a partner in a Boston law firm. He joins his teammate Tom Mellor ’73 as a Hall of Fame member. Tom was with our class for his first three years at BC before joining the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won a silver medal in Japan. He’s now an investment manager in Boston, after having played professionally with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. • The Hall of Fame includes three other members of our class: defensive end turned Massachusetts state trooper Mike Mucci, wide receiver/kick returner turned Massachusetts probation officer Ed Rideout, and soccer star turned psychologist Charlie Mundhenk, MEd’75, PhD’80. Another outstanding athlete, Bill Haggerty, is a managing director at China Centric Associates, a consulting firm based in Cleveland. Bill was our class’s best pitcher.

• Thanks for all the updates for this issue.

Brendon Shea writes that he continues to work as a banker in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. • Robert Hlasny is the director of the Fischler Counseling Center at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire and also maintains a private practice as a psychologist. • Dan Jasinski is an Air Force veteran who teaches technology classes at Austin (TX) Community College. • Art Makar is executive director of Fight for Sight, which funds research in the area of vision problems. Also, he’s chair of The Players, a New York-based theater-support group. • Gerald McDonough retired as a civil servant and has opened an attorney/consultant office in Cambridge. • In January, Charles Smith was appointed circuit court judge for the 19th Judicial Circuit by the Illinois Supreme Court. He’s married to classmate Michele (McNamara). • Condolences to the families of two classmates who have left us in recent months: Kevin King, who was a bank executive in Simsbury, CT, passed away on June 6, and William Fornaci, who was a businessman in Hawthorne, NJ, passed away on March 25. • Condolences also to

the family of John McLaughlin ’50, STD’59, MA’61, the renowned host of the TV show The McLaughlin Group for the past 34 years.

Correspondent: Lawrence Edgar ledgar72@gmail.com

NC 1972 45TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

In June, the World Association of Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart hosted the first international AMASC Youth Conference with the Stuart Center in Washington DC as part of their midterm mandate meeting.

Rhonda Raffi Meegan NC’75 and I met individually with different groups of students and answered their questions about the meaning of our Sacred Heart education in our lives. • In July, Joe and I visited St. Louis. The Shrine of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ, a pioneer missionary of the Society of the Sacred Heart, overwhelmed me. Following that visit, I went to see the RSCJ United States–Canada Archives. Srs. Lyn Osiek and Mary Lou Gavan gave me a tour of the collection. Both welcome Sacred Heart memorabilia for the archives. Yes, I was able to see where the archives keeps Newton College memorabilia in a locked drawer. Sr. Gavan personally wrapped each donation in beautiful paper to preserve them.

• While in St. Louis, Joe and I visited Pam Rice Boggeman NC’75 and her husband, Jay, and Pam’s brother Tim. In 2018, the society and the city of St. Louis will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, who came to St. Charles, MO, from France and founded the first free school west of the Mississippi in September 1818. Pam wants to remind all Newton College alumnae, especially all her friends from Duchesne, to come to St. Louis in 2018.

• Take care. Please send Boston College your updated information for our 45th reunion and send me your updated news. Thanks.

Correspondent: Nancy Brouillard McKenzie newton885@bc.edu

1973 Hi, all! Although I have not put the beach chair and sunglasses away, I know that the crisp days of fall are not far off. I had so much info for our last issue, I had to save some for this time, so here goes. • In June, Jack McDonald was promoted to VP of student engagement at the University of New England, where he is also director of athletics. Before joining UNE last year, Jack spent 20 years as director of athletics at Quinnipiac University, where, among many other accomplishments, he was instrumental in the school’s progression to become an NCAA Division I institution. He also served as director of athletics at the University of Denver. Early in his career, Jack, who had been a track-and-field star as an undergrad, served as BC’s first full-time track coach and later as assistant athletic director. He was inducted into the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1982. • Rick Collins, a principal

software engineer, is looking forward to retirement in December after 36 years at Raytheon. He writes: “Little did I know when I got my degree in geology that I would spend most of my career writing software for radar and missile systems!” • Gary Gibson is also anticipating retirement. He writes: “Some 43 years have passed since I left the Heights, but I am very grateful for those four years at BC. I have spent 20 of my work years developing software and another 20 years as a professional housepainter, thoroughly enjoying both of these professions. At age 66, I will retire this year. My wife, Ellen, and I have been happily married for 40 years and have five grown children and eight grandkids.

After 37 years in Ann Arbor, we plan to spend some significant time with our other grandkids in California and Virginia. We will likely settle in Virginia or possibly back in Michigan if we can escape the brutal winters there. Boston College has had a profound impact on my life, and I will be forever grateful. I especially wish to thank Professor Peter Kreeft for his guidance and wisdom at a crucial time in my life. I have never been the same since I met him. He opened my mind to the truth and forever changed how I think, evaluate, and live as a Christian.”

• Already enjoying some leisure time is Connell School of Nursing alumna Kathleen Annulli; she has been fully retired for two years and is enjoying life in Northern Virginia. • Thanks to those who sent in connections to classmates, and to everyone else, keep them coming!

Correspondent: Patricia DiPillo perseus813@aol.com

NC 1973 In June, your correspondent was lucky to have another minireunion with Joan Stuckey Mitchell, Kathy Sullivan Murray, Anne Rafferty Crowley, Liz Regan, Peggy Publicover Kring, and Susan Badwey Viveiros NC’74. We had a wonderful three days visiting Newport, RI. Bucking the trend toward retirement, three of our group have new jobs! Anne, who has had a long career in public service, joined the staff of Vision 2020 at the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership, Drexel University College of Medicine. Peggy, who retired two years ago after 35 years in public education, was approached to help an elementary school in need of a complete academic turnaround.

She took the challenge and is back at school as a principal. Liz, who spent 30 years as a litigation paralegal in large law firms, is now the full-time case director for the New England Innocence Project, where she previously volunteered. • In July, Mary Kay Goode Fausey and her husband, Bill, visited with Nancy O’Neil Beebe, her husband, Don, and their daughter and son-in-law. Nancy and Don are still busy with their law firm in Norwich, CT. All four are proud grandparents. Mary and Bill also spent a weekend with Marilyn Kenney Shaw and her husband, Dana, at their beautiful home in Hanson. • Joan Brouillard reported in from New Hampshire to let us know that Alice Bene Kociemba published her first poetry collection, Bourne Bridge, earlier this year. Alice has long been writing

and reading poetry. She was the guest editor of Common Threads, a publication of Mass Poetry, and is the director of Calliope, a poetry reading series in West Falmouth. Alice is a psychotherapist with more than 40 years of experience working with individuals, couples, young adults, and families. You can find Bourne Bridge on Amazon.com.

Correspondent: Kate Novak Vick kate@vick.net

1974 I hope you are doing well! Thanks to everyone who responded to the July blast email from the Alumni Association requesting news for this issue of Boston College Magazine.

• For the last several years, Marilyn Burke Collins has been the director of business development, health care, at ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions. Her position requires her to travel quite a bit, and vacation trips have included visits to the Great Salt Lake; Pagosa Springs, CO; the Poconos; and Banff, Canada. Marilyn and her husband, Michael, reside in Farmington, CT. • Thomas Mahoney is the principal of Pope John High School in Everett, where he works closely with good friend and our classmate Steve Hoover. Steve serves on the school’s board of trustees. • After three years in Sweden serving as the first Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University, Mark Gibney is back in the United States, where he is the Carol Belk Distinguished Professor at UNC-Asheville. Mark is the author of several books addressing humanitarian issues, and his website, WatchingHumanRights.org, is devoted to reviewing and analyzing humanrights films. After BC, Mark earned his JD from Villanova and then a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan. • Our growing family is doing well. I would love to hear from any classmates who made the trip to Ireland for the football game in September—who went? Any stories to share?

• Take care, and please write!

Correspondent: Patricia McNabb Evans patricia.mcnabb.evans@gmail.com

NC 1974 Your class correspondent, Beth Docktor Nolan, has been remiss in submitting class notes.

However, Marion Flynn has not! Marion reconnected with Peggy McDonnell, RSCJ, who lives in a northern suburb of Chicago. Sr. McDonnell, who, you may recall, was a nurse on the staff at Newton College, has been active with open housing and public works during her long career. Marion was recently elected treasurer of the national board of the Women’s Ordination Conference, which advocates for the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. They have a presence in Rome, and Marion is cautiously optimistic about Pope Francis’s recent thoughts on women deacons. • Please send news and updates.

Correspondent: Beth Docktor Nolan beth.docktor.nolan@bc.edu

1975 Hello, classmates! I hope you all had an enjoyable summer filled with memorable times with family and friends.

• Congratulations to Mary Ellen Joyce, who was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Mary Ellen is executive director of Brookings Executive Education, a partnership of the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and Washington University in St. Louis. • Jaime Aponte-Parsi, JD’78, and his wife, Laura, have been practicing law in their own law firm in San Juan, PR, since April 2001. Previously Jaime worked in major law firms, while Laura was executive director of a nonprofit agency.

Laura, who holds a master’s degree in nonprofit management and an LLM, is now working toward an SJD and has completed the academic credits. Their daughter Victoria Isabel began her studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this fall; she plans to major in aerospace engineering.

Daughter Laura Cristina is working toward her master’s degree in Slavic languages at the University of Chicago. • Wishing you all the very best. Take care, and please continue to send news and updates.

Correspondent: Hellas M. Assad hellasdamas@hotmail.com

NC 1975 Lots of news from all over the world, starting with Helen Fox-O’Brien, who continues to enjoy her investment work and associated travel for the Church Pension Fund. Helen, husband Dana, and their daughters enjoyed their first trip to Ireland last summer: “Contrary to the stereotype of mediocre cuisine accompanying spectacular Irish scenery, we found Galway and Dublin to be ‘happening’ cities with great restaurants and, of course, pubs for every taste.” Helen and Barb Trayers Athy met for a long-promised “catch-up” dinner in New York City and made a pact to continue their conversation, long before the next reunion! • Good news from Laura Zerbinati, who recently “celebrated” the first anniversary of a horrific accident while visiting Marseille when she fell in the hotel lobby, fracturing both ankles. After surgery, complete with six screws and titanium plates, and convalescence in Italy, Laura has fully recovered. “Moral of the story: watch where you put your feet…keep safe; don’t travel alone. God bless.” • Congratulations to Sandy McDonald Jones, who is now operating Sandy Jones Jewelry at Charles Willis, a gift and bridal registry store in Atlanta! • In July, Mary Pasciucco had lunch with Maura Nicholson DeVisscher, whose son Luke is now working in Boston. Mary and her husband, Mark McCue ’75, have a daughter, Morgan ’17, at BC; son Andrew ’11 spent his freshman year on the Newton Campus in Cushing; and Morgan and her sister, Cara, went to Newton Country Day School, so Mary “has spent many years crossing the campus and attending events in the chapel!” • Margaret Caputo retired over three years ago and has been doing her best to “up” her time spent traveling: “In December, I cruised to the 59

eastern Caribbean with Crystal Cruises, and then again in March/April on a 16-day transatlantic, which I loved. My favorite new spot was the Azores.” Margaret also visited friends in Lake Tahoe (spectacular weather and gorgeous views), and has more trips planned. She is “enjoying the freedom that retirement offers to me.” Sounds great, Margaret! • From Iowa, Posey Holland Griffin happily reported a fun get-together while back east! Anne McCormick Hubbard hosted Beth Reifers, Jackie Regan McSwiggan MEd’76, Mary Ellen Quirk, Ann Vernon, Kim Lucchesi Marshall, Enid Hatton, and Posey at the Rowayton Yacht Club for a potluck on a perfect evening on the water. Posey writes: “We caught up, laughed a lot, and celebrated summer and how great we all look (it’s a Newton thing, don’t you think?). It was utterly wonderful to be together.” • It is with deep sadness that we note the passing of our classmate Elizabeth “Winky” Casey Cullen on August 17, 2016. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Correspondent: Karen Foley Freeman karenfoleyfreeman@gmail.com

1976 Our 40th reunion was well attended, and a great time was had by all! Blessed with great weather, the event was memorable. Many have written to say how much they enjoyed it. The ’76 hospitality suite was again a huge hit, and many memories were rehashed among classmates. Our departed classmates were honored in a remembrance area. The Reunion Committee did a fine job. See ya’ll in 2021! • Geraldine Townsend Sanderson is a dedicated nurse and was nominated several times and honored in the Boston Globe’s Salute to Nurses. Gerry works for Norwell VNA and Hospice, the only independent nonprofit home health-care and hospice agency serving the South Shore. An anonymous family, grateful for Gerry’s care and compassion for their mother, established the Gerry Sanderson Education Fund in her honor. Gerry serves on the committee overseeing the fund, which enables home health aides and clinicians to pursue further education in nursing and other health fields. Congratulations for a wonderful legacy are in order! • Wayne Sparrow penned a touching remembrance of himself as a “naive and nervous incoming freshman,” and expressed his gratitude to Professor James Bowditch, his guidance counselor, for advice and direction that transformed his life for the better. No doubt Wayne has paid it forward! • After publishing her first book about losing weight, Susan Cushing, a general dentist, penned Have No Fear of the Dental Chair!, a guide for reducing anxiety among dental patients. She has specialized in treating fearful and phobic patients and is hoping it will be beneficial to dental schools and patients in dental reception areas. Congratulations! • Robert, MA’77, and Marian (Wu) Howie are the proud parents of four—Elizabeth Howie Dank, Alexandra Howie Stark, John R.R. Howie ’11, and Madison Howie—as well as the grandparents of two boys and two girls, ages 1 to 4. Rob is a managing director at 60

C Space/Omnicom, vice commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, and vice chairman of the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton. The Howies reside in Marblehead.

• Please say a prayer for all ’76ers with serious health problems! Please drop a line! • God bless.

Correspondent: Gerald B. Shea gerbs54@hotmail.com

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history in any sport. Dan graduated summa cum laude, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and was named Middlebury’s student-athlete of the year. Wow! He is now working at Morgan Stanley in New York. Bob also reports that golf is “still fun,” and he enjoys playing with classmate Bob Flaherty. • Many thanks to the above four for writing in so I can keep all of you in the loop about the comings, goings, and yahooing of some of your fellow classmates. Tag—your turn!

Correspondent: Julie Butler julesbutler33@gmail.com

Correspondent: Nicholas Kydes nicholaskydes@yahoo.com

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1977 June 2–4, 2017

1978 Happy autumn, everyone! This time of year always reminds me of those back-to-college days of yore. My youngest is starting his junior year at the University of Colorado in Boulder, but that doesn’t seem possible—aren’t I still a college student?! Anyway, I want to thank some fellow former students and classmates for sending me some newsy items. • John Discenza reports that he and at least three of his Mod 10-A roommates are planning a week’s trip to Tuscany in May to celebrate their collective 60ths. “We have our villa rented!” he wrote. Sounds like an awesome plan, John!

• Glenn Kaplinsky wrote that his son was starting middle school in September. Glenn says his offspring excels in all sports and was chosen for the gifted and talented art program.

Glenn is now retired after a varied career, primarily as an attorney and college professor.

He chalked up a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctoral degree in history as well as a JD. “I wish I could say that I have retired to Sussex Downs where I keep bees, but that would be Sherlock Holmes,” Glenn quipped. • Marie Cadigan looked at the last issue of this magazine and decided to write because 2016 was a biggie for those of us marking age 60 (gulp!). To celebrate this milestone birthday year, a group of BC ’78 women got together on the Cape for a long weekend in May. In addition to Marie, the girls’ weekend included Joanne Beck Rose, Nancy “Pies” Cardone, Anne Marie Nisby Forbush, Nancy Gardiner Thibault, Helen Proszowski Hedberg, Marie Marinelli Hedberg, and Mary-Ellen Delude Sexton. Unfortunately, Patti Killeen Fouhy and Wendy Curtis Clarke were unable to join them.

Marie said they all had a great time boating, eating, drinking, walking the beach, and reminiscing. “It’s so great to have friendships that have lasted so many years,” she wrote. • Bob Pierce, JD’86, sent me an email, jogging my memory that, once upon a time, he and I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert with Rich Thompson. Bob lives in Newton and started a law firm 21 years ago with his BC Law School classmate Bill Mandell, JD’86. Bob continues to play with his band, Downtime, and performs numerous gigs a year, including playing in Paris the last two years. He has one son, Dan, who graduated in May from Middlebury College. Bob says Dan had an amazing career as a student-athlete, playing safety for the football team; he is the only twotime Academic All-American in Middlebury

Correspondent: Peter J. Bagley peter@peterbagley.com

1980 Congratuations to our classmate Diane Eckland Van Parys on being elected to the Boston College Alumni Association Board.

Way to go, Diane! • Double Eagle Jackie Gannon Somerville, PhD’09, is currently SVP of patient care services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Jackie was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing last fall.

• Also in Connell School of Nursing news, Judy Kelly is VP of patient care services/ CNO at Milford Regional Medical Center.

She is married with two children and lives in Holliston. Daughter Jennifer, who is also an RN, works at MGH and is a student in BC’s CRNA program, Class of 2017. Her Eagle Mom is very proud! • Keith Mathews reports that he had a wonderful time at the recent Reconnect II Reunion weekend. “It’s always great seeing former friends, classmates, and institution leadership including AHANA Trustees Hon. Darcel Clarke ’83 and Juan Concepcion ’96, MEd’97, JD/MBA’03; former Trustee Wayne Budd ’63, H’13; and new Trustee Steve Pemberton ’89, H’15. Great job, AHANA Alumni Council and staff. Ever to Excel!” Keith served on the Alumni Board from 1995 to 1997. He is currently the area director of N2 Publishing. • BC roommates Eileen O’Brien McLaughlin and Barbara Van Loo Flodberg recently got together and gave a Facebook shout-out to their other roomies. • Classmates joined together in Ireland to cheer on BC versus Georgia Tech at the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin. We won’t discuss who won—let’s just say that the weather was lovely for a football game across the pond!

Classmate Amelia Duggan had quite a special trip, as she got to see her daughters Molly ’19 and Haley ’19 perform in the BC Marching Band during the game. • At the time of publication, there is an unofficial minireunion planned following the Walk to Defeat ALS in Connecticut. Mary Larkin will be joining John and Nancy (D’Alfonso) Frates along with other classmates. Please write and let me know if you were part of the Class of 1980 support team.

• I look forward to hearing from you so I can update our classmates on what is happening with you. In the meantime, live life to its fullest, and let’s give thanks for being here.

Correspondent: Michele Nadeem michele.nadeem@gmail.com

1981 Congratulations to Edward Kornack, whose daughter Michelle graduated from BC as a member of the Class of ’16 with a degree in math and economics. Edward celebrated 30 years since opening his dental office in Norwood and 25 years with the Dover Fire Department, with the last 10 years at the rank of lieutenant. • Many thanks to Rob Goddu, who cycled in the Connecticut Challenge again last summer to support and honor cancer victims. As Rob notes: “We’ve lost classmates to this disease, and others are fighting it with an Eagle’s soaring grace and determination as we speak.” Started

by BC alum Jeff Keith ’84, the Connecticut Challenge helps those fighting cancer to build their health, strength, and selfconfidence through physical, nutritional, and spiritual/well-being support. • Dave Clark has participated in the Run to Home Base at Fenway Park for the past six years. Over $18 million has been raised since the start of the program, and all funds benefit brave veterans battling traumatic brain injury and other invisible wounds of war. This year, Dave’s son, daughter, and son-inlaw also completed the race. They had a great time despite the fact that it was 80 degrees at start time! • For those of you who missed it and are wondering how our 35th reunion was, I have to tell you that you missed one heck of a party! Kudos to our Reunion Committee, who did an exceptional job of planning our class party and raising funds for our generous class gift! I was amazed at how many old friends were in attendance— more than I could catch up with during the weekend. The Keyes North (my freshman dorm) contingent showed up in full force!

Not surprisingly, Greg Clower, Bob Cucuel, Ed Fogarty, Jim Gorga, Joe Harkins, Peter Hoyt, Brett Kellam, Tim Laughlin, Phil Murray, Gary Raymond, and Jim Reilly led the charge in herding the troops. Many gathered at Durgin-Park on Friday night to reminisce about our first visit there during orientation in 1977 with our FAs! Others gathered in the North End and met up with the rest of the gang later that night at the Durgin-Park bar. Our Saturday night party at the Heights was packed and filled with laughter and great memories. Following the weekend I heard comments like: “This weekend was like we were all on a comedy tour! I haven’t laughed that hard in years and years!” and “What a great weekend! Thank you all who organized it. I loved seeing everyone and so wish I was closer to get together more often.” I was touched by the number of people who thanked me for my service as class correspondent for the past 35 years, but I was even more grateful to those who commented that my column keeps them in touch with BC and that my urging to attend the reunion was a principal reason they decided to come! There is no better way to thank me. With the help of God, I will see you at our 40th!

Correspondent: Alison Mitchell McKee amckee81@aol.com

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BC has an outstanding tradition of ‘citizen-soldier’ military service to honor and affirm.”

—Brian Cummins ’82

Remembering BC Heroes

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hank goodness for the Patricia ’81, MA’83 handshake of peace,” says Lt. Col. Brian Cummins ’82. and Brian ’82 It’s how he met his wife, Patricia ’81, MA’83. “I kept seeing her at Mass at St. Mary’s Chapel,” he recalls. » Live: Fairfax, Va. “I started in a back pew and moved up until she couldn’t avoid me.” » Years of military service: 23 Over Brian’s U.S. Army career, the » Family resided in: couple relocated around the world England, Germany, while raising five children, including Korea, and the U.S. Maureen ’08 and Erin ’11.

Now back together in civilian life for a second time, after Brian served an additional tour in Iraq, the Cumminses have worked to identify members of the BC community buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

“Schools don’t keep burial records,” explains Brian. “We researched what we could, reached out to families, and continue learning names.”

Lt. Gen. Hugh Drum, BC Class of 1898, for whom Fort Drum in New York is named, is the earliest known Eagle interred at Arlington.

Every December, the Cumminses partner with Wreaths Across America to volunteer with local BC chapter members to place wreaths and BC banners at alumni gravesites and share photos with loved ones.

“We start with a story about one of the people we are remembering, and then fan out across the cemetery,” says Patty. “It’s a very moving day that reminds us of our connections to BC, our Jesuit and Catholic faith, and our identity as Americans.”

Cummins

» T o share information about BC alumni buried in Arlington National Cemetery, email bcvets@alumni.bc.edu.

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There were no updates this time around— let’s do better for the next issue. Please send me a quick email; it doesn’t take long, and we’d love to hear your news!

Correspondent: Cynthia J. Bocko cindybocko@hotmail.com

June 2–4, 2017

Grace Cotter Regan, MA’08, completed her fourth year as head of school at St. Mary’s, a Catholic college preparatory school for students in grades 6–12 in Lynn. In June, Grace was honored as a 2016 Woman of the Year by Lynn’s Shoe City Lions Club at its 19th annual dinner and awards program at the Danversport Yacht Club. Grace traveled to Paris with her sister Kelly Cotter ’85 and to China for educational purposes. Grace and her husband, Bernie Regan, are the proud parents of two college athletes: Luke attended Bowdoin, and Bartley recently graduated from Stonehill. Grace is looking forward to our class reunion! • Glenn Reed shared that his son James ’16 graduated from the Carroll School of Management this past May. Glenn says he has been filled with great joy in returning to BC over the last several years, and he enjoyed sharing the thrill of Commencement with his son. Commencement weekend was also highlighted by James’s commissioning as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He will serve our country over the next four years as a member of the infantry. The Reeds are praying for James with pride. During the ceremonies, Glenn shared a laugh and conversation with his former law professor David Twomey ’62, JD’68, who is still an active member of the BC Law faculty! • Lisa Kennedy Edmondson is happy that after 28 years of living in LA, Europe, and Singapore, she has returned with husband Kirk to Manhattan—where they met and fell in love in 1983 when he broke her toe playing Ad League softball in Central Park.

They have returned because Kirk is now general manager of a new Lexus brand space in Chelsea. Lisa is seeking a full-time job that will allow her to use her experience in HR, organizational development, leadership, and communication skills coaching. She is thrilled to be home and is renewing old friendships with her BC classmates and creating new memories. • Mike Ellis has been delivering weekday morning traffic and weather reports for over 26 years on radio stations in Boston (Mix 104.1) and in southern New Hampshire (WZID) as well as in New York and Michigan. Mike, who earned his master’s of social work in 1997, has worked in the substance abuse and addictions field for the last 18 years. • In my role as a Boston Public School educator, I kept busy this past winter with a group of educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Lesley University, Stoughton Public Schools, and Westfield Public Schools working together as members of the Massachusetts Reading Association’s Studies & Research Committee. In collaboration, we worked on an article titled “Examining Close Reading Through a Practitioner’s Lens.” It was published in the summer issue of the MRA’s Primer magazine.

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1984 Greetings! • Last spring, Melissa Baker’s daughter Lindsey ’17 received an Ever to Excel Award, the Saint Ignatius Award for Personal Development. BC hosted a reception, and all enjoyed meeting the other recipients and hearing their stories. Melissa’s son, Christopher, is a freshman at the University of Southern California. Luckily, USC has the same colors as BC! In May, Melissa met with classmates in Connecticut for a reunion luncheon. Those attending were Mary Ellen Quigley Breen, Liz Zima Cottrell, Anne Marie Santos, Jeannette Donnelly LeTourneau, and Therese Dinnan Esposito. • After working for the past several years at the George Washington University Counseling Center as a staff clinician, Marietta Phillips has returned to Anchorage, accepting a position with the University of Alaska as the student success counselor in the Dean of Students Office. • Janet Huetteman returned to Boston in September to take a position as assistant professor of marketing at Lasell College in Newton. She is looking forward to reconnecting with classmates in the area. • Brian Carroll finished his eighth Ironman race in Klagenfurt, Austria. He is also celebrating his family’s newest BC Eagle, son Keith— Class of 2020! • David Belcher, who graduated from Albany Medical College in 1990, is a pediatrician on the South Shore. He and his wife, Kathleen, have four children. David travels yearly to Haiti to do a medical clinic and every other year to Belize to do a medical mission. Of BC, David writes he mostly remembers studying in Bapst Library, where he spent a lot of time. He is thankful for the opportunities BC gave him. • Helen Lin Sun was in Boston over the summer for her 32nd reunion with her BC roommates. She writes that she found the campus beautiful and was impressed by the library and the architecture of the Cadigan Alumni Center. • Gary Ferreira’s daughter, Nicole, graduated last May from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Gary’s twin daughters, Amy and Allison, are now BC freshmen in the Carroll School of Management. • Carolyn Anderson Kirk lives in Gloucester, where she was mayor for seven years. Last year she joined the administration of Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito ’88. Carolyn and her husband of 27 years, Bill, have two children: Sam, a sophomore at Merrimack College, and Baylee, a junior at Gloucester High. • A fun-filled vacation celebrating 30th wedding anniversaries, sailing to St. Barts, St. Martin, and Anguilla, was enjoyed by Robin and Susan (Palmer) Monleon, Jim and Teri (Francis) Chisholm, Jen and Ed Murphy, and Denise and Jim Fitzgerald ’83. • On December 15, 2015, our classmate Kathleen Meagher died in a scuba diving accident

in Nevis/St. Kitts. Kathleen was a doctoral candidate in educational leadership at William & Mary and worked as the director of secondary education for the Arlington (VA) Public Schools. Earlier, Kathleen was director of elementary education in the Palo Alto school district. She is survived by her partner, Ann Dunkin; parents Richard and Joan Meagher; sister Sharon ’82; and brother Rick and family.

Correspondent: Carol A. McConnell bc84news@yahoo.com

1985 Correspondent: Barbara Ward Wilson bww415@gmail.com

1986 Hi, 1986 Eagles! Wow, what a reunion—best one yet! It seemed like everyone was relaxed, confident, and happy and in a great place in their personal and professional life. There was a lot of energy and love in Corcoran Commons that June 4th night, and you could just feel the excitement and instant reconnections! The entire weekend was a blast, and staying in the dorms really brought us back to college life and added to the reunion experience. I saw lots of people and heard lots of stories, but I’d like you to write in with the news you want to share about your BC gang. I am happy to publish any story, long or short; I just want everyone to feel included in our class notes. If you missed the reunion, this is a great way to catch up and reconnect before our next reunion. Our 30th reunion was beyond amazing and I’m so glad that so many classmates turned out for the event. • Here are the updates I have received from some of our 1986 Eagles: James “Jamie” Sullivan, who has been practicing law in Connecticut for 25 years, is the coauthor of Connecticut Legal Ethics and Malpractice, the only book in the state on that topic. He regularly represents lawyers in disciplinary matters and legal malpractice cases, and he has been listed as a Super Lawyer in Connecticut Magazine for the last eight years. He regularly runs the Boston Marathon, which he did as a senior long ago. He had a great time at the reunion catching up with the boys from Duchesne, including Pete Clifford, Andrew “Doc” Docktor, and Bob Fanning. • Ed Lynch is building new connections to BC. He writes: “Eagles are overflowing in my household.

My son is going into his junior year, and my daughter was admitted to the graduate program.” • Stephen Bolger now lives in Bordeaux, France, with wife Lisa and children Etienne-Jacques (13) and Verlaine (11). Stephen writes: “I left the world of industrial minerals and technology back in 2009 to create a company that allows anyone with a passion for wine to produce their own barrel of luxury Bordeaux wine. On July 3, VINIV was featured on the front page of the New York Times Sunday business section (nyti.ms/29aquZy).

I stay in touch with a few BC pals, and the family will be vacationing for a few days with Matthew Mudd in DC. A few old BC cronies might come down as well. If anyone passes

through Bordeaux, do let me know!” • Please keep the news coming and thanks again. We had a total blast at the 30th and can’t wait for the 35th. I think we should pick a date each year and have minireunions at Devlin’s in Brighton—an amazing kickoff to Reunion Weekend again!

Correspondent: Leenie Kelley leeniekelley@hotmail.com

1987 30TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Correspondent: Lou Imbriano louis.imbriano@bc.edu

1988 Amy Mahoney Rockett submitted quite possibly the best idea for a 50th birthday I’ve ever heard! Her family, including husband Peter Rockett ’83 and four children, engaged in a three-generation, good ol’ fashioned pie fight. No injuries were reported besides intense belly laughing and some muchneeded hair washing. Amy added that months later she is still finding bits of whipped cream in the family’s door frames. Luckily, she added a picture for me because I was having a hard time imagining the cleanup indoors, but I can confirm the big event took place outside. • Our class continues to increase the number of BC students and alumni. Mary Kate McMahon McFadden will be returning to campus frequently from Minnesota to visit daughter Molly ’19 and son Sean ’20. • Meanwhile, Pat and Colleen (Daly) Coffey’s daughter Tara is also in the Class of 2020.

Her sisters Ashling ’13, MEd’14, and Catriona ’16, are also BC alumnae, and baby sister Tess is already planning on being in the Class of 2030. • Don Preskenis has been living in Raleigh, NC, since 2005 and is an EVP and chief audit executive with First Citizens Bank. Wife Tina works as an educator with the Wake County Public School System. Don enjoys watching the Eagles play locally in ACC games when not visiting sons Ryan at the University of South Carolina and Devin at Cardinal Gibbons High School. • Stephanie Callas Skedros has joined the Alumni Affairs and Development Department at Harvard, working as the director of graduate school of arts giving.

She just celebrated 25 years of marriage to Jim, enjoying the milestones of their three daughters: Anna (UNH ’17); Francesca (George Washington University ’20); and Rebecca, who is a junior in high school.

Correspondent: Rob Murray murrman@aol.com

1989 More great updates this quarter. Keep ’em coming! • After eight years as superintendent of schools in Knox County, Jim McIntyre (mcintyrejamesp@yahoo.com) stepped down in July, transitioning to his new role as an assistant professor of practice and director of the Center for Educational Leadership at the

University of Tennessee. He and his family are delighted to be able to stay in Knoxville through the end of high school for their sons—James is a sophomore, and Ryan is starting ninth grade. And Jim is thrilled to be able to stay in the field of education!

• Michelle Carlow (michellecarlow16@ gmail.com) is now working at Accenture, by way of its acquisition of the Beacon Consulting Group, and is part of the new asset management consulting practice in North America. Exciting times ahead! • After 25 years at Accenture, last year Jackie Principe Canney (jacqui.canney@walmart. com) assumed the lead HR role at Walmart, with her family living between Bentonville, AR, and New Jersey. Jackie writes that while she had a great career with Accenture, the opportunity to work with Walmart was an amazing opportunity “to help associates grow—whether it’s in their first jobs or to have long careers.” • Joseph Iocono (jiocono@ uky.edu) began his 14th year at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where he is chief of pediatric surgery. He also finished his MBA last year in hopes of understanding healthcare finance better. His daughters are both in college (Centre College and Xavier), and his wife, Susan, just completed a second degree in fashion design and marketing. Joe invites anyone who wants to see some horse racing at Keeneland or go on a bourbon tour to get in touch! • In May, Jennifer Delinks Pease began her new job as chief probation officer at the Edgartown and Nantucket District Courts, where she is managing the operations of two probation departments. Jennifer, who began her career with the Massachusetts Trial Court in 1995 as a clerical employee at Falmouth District Court, holds a master’s degree in educational counseling from Bridgewater State University. • Kalana (Yodh) ’90 and Paul Mordarski are excited to announce that their son Christian enrolled at the Heights in the fall. Christian is a 2016 graduate of Bishop Feehan High School. Paul and Kalana reside in Mansfield with their four children: Christian (18), Paige (16), Brendan (14), and Lydia (12). • Go, Eagles!

Correspondent: Andrea McGrath andrea.e.mcgrath@gmail.com

1990 Hello, classmates! Thank you to those who have sent in updates! We love to hear your news. • Troy Clarkson continues his work in local government as Hanover’s town manager, acting as the town’s chief executive. He recently established and serves as president of the nonprofit Sober Living Foundation, an effort dedicated to raising funds and awareness for addiction treatment. He also continues his charitable work as president of Carousel of Light, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and operating a hand-carved, antique carousel in Falmouth. He writes actively as an avocation and is nearing publication of his second book, a compilation of daily inspirational quotes. His first publication, Succanessett Snapshot, continues to do well. Troy recently enjoyed lunch with BC alumni from many generations at the BC Club of Cape Cod’s annual luncheon.

• Adrian Trotman is an itinerant contract speech and language therapist. He is living a charmed life, meeting great people and helping them improve their communication skills. Work and play have led him to Australia, England, Singapore, and Saipan, as well as many of these fine United States. • John Stillwaggon, MA’94, had the pleasure of reconnecting with Rich Cherkerzian on a recent trip to London. Rich introduced John to Dukes Hotel—where Ian Fleming came up with James Bond—and its famous martinis.

Rich is quite the English gentleman! • Greg and Erika (Lynch) Redmond returned home after two years living abroad in London with their four children—Aisling (18), Ella (17), Gregory Jr. (14), and Ryan (10)—and are now settled back in their home in Wellesley. While in London, they enjoyed seeing Mike ’89 and Amy (Fay) Kopfler ’89, MEd’90, and their four girls. Erika has started a new position at Babson College in student health services.

She successfully recertified as an adult health nurse practitioner upon her repatriation.

Greg continues to work for MetLife and enjoyed hosting former roommate Greg Montana and his wife last spring when they toured BC with their children. Additionally, they were joined by Paul Whiting in July for a golf tournament. Erika has enjoyed seeing her former roommate Jennifer Labus when she is in Beantown on business, as well as Kelly O’Neill Levy, a judge in New York City, and Tawanna Edwards, who now lives in England. Greg and Erika have sent their first child off to Catholic University of America, but say they have three more chances to hatch an Eagle!

Correspondent: Missy Campbell Reid missybc90@comcast.net

1991 What an amazing reunion we had! Twentyfive years have gone by, but people picked up right where they left off! It was wonderful to catch up with so many friends while meeting new people that we may not have known 25 years ago! • News is slow once again as it seems like everyone caught up at the reunion! Keep the notes coming! • John Jones is working in Wilton, CT, at Blue Buffalo, an organic pet-food company. He has been married for 21 years and has three kids, ages 18, 16, and 14. The eldest just finished her freshman year at Case Western in Cleveland.

John spends his free time working on projects around the house, trying to stay in shape (still rowing occasionally), and helping out the youth lacrosse program in Ridgefield, where he has lived for 15 years.

Correspondent: Peggy Morin Bruno pegmb@comcast.net

1992 25TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Hi, everyone! Thanks so much to those who sent in their recent news. I would love to hear from the rest of you! Please send me your updates so I can share your news with our classmates. Thank you. • 63

Dean Morretta sent in the following note: “I live in Bedford, NY. Since 2008, my wife, Beth, and I have owned our own wine shop, Vintology, in Scarsdale. My twin sons are beginning college this year: One is going to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, and the other to Boston College, Class of 2020.

Our youngest child will be a sophomore in high school. Beth and I have been happily married since 1995!” • Catherine Del Buono writes: “My traveling video installation, Voices, was invited to show at the Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, OR, in July. Accompanied by a panel discussion, the project aims to bring awareness to the epidemic of domestic violence through the visual medium and by having a conversation with the community.

Local NBC news affiliate KGW invited me and an advocate from the local domestic organization, Bradley Angle, to be on the 7 p.m. news segment to discuss the project.”

More information about Catherine’s work can be found at voicesproject.info. • Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner, JD’95, is the assistant general counsel for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Her recent article, “Continuing the Journey of Seeking to Ensure Inclusivity,” was published in the summer 2016 issue of Dimensions, the EOHHS diversity newsletter.

Ingrid, who has a background in unconscious bias training in the private sector and the Massachusetts legal community, is a faculty member of the EOHHS Mentoring, Aspiring Supervisors, Succession Planning (MasSP) program. In April, she presented for MasSP’s director track on “Best Practices to Ensure Inclusivity and Accessibility” with Jonathan O’Dell, assistive technology manager/ training specialist, EOHHS Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Ingrid is also working on the design and implementation of unintended bias trainings for the EOHHS agencies (e.g.

Department of Public Health, Elder Affairs, Mental Health, etc.). To that end, in July she and Jonathan presented “Unintended and Unconscious Bias” to EOHHS trainers and diversity officers.

Correspondent: Katie Boulos Gildea kbgildea@yahoo.com

1993 Happy fall, BC’93! We start off mourning the loss of Edmonds Hall (thanks, Dave Frankel, for the heads-up). It had a good run! It will be replaced by a new recreational center. • Congrats to the always kind, always with a smile Tim Barrett, who is now CFO at Pine Street Inn, a Boston homeless services agency where I bet many of you volunteered at some point during your BC years. No surprise Tim continues to do good like this, every single day. Tim has served as controller, real estate project director, and director of accounting over the past 11 years at Pine Street. Previously, he held financial positions at Volunteers of America–Massachusetts, Teradyne, Boston Scientific, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He did change things up and got his MBA at the other BC, Babson College. • I heard from Nick Arrigo, who earned his master’s in healthcare administration from USC earlier this 64

year. Nick got married in July 2015 and will be moving to Seattle before the end of the year. Nick, it was great to hear from you! • Jennifer Boyle Mehta is now counsel for Tucker Company Worldwide in Haddonfield, NJ. She received her BS in nursing from BC’s Connell School but went on to earn a JD in 2005. • Kaleen Morel Barbera, who was in the Carroll School of Management, also a marketing major like me, but in honors (not like me), lives in Naperville, IL, and is a managing partner with JAM Consulting Group, which specializes in professional coaching and training. Kaleen has two daughters: Sophia (11) and Sabrina (18), a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. • In the last issue, I wrote of Pat Tuohey hosting Pat Laundry, MBA’02, on his MLB ballpark tour. But apparently Pat Tuohey is also couch surfing with BC’93, as Dennis Schaeffer shared. Something about an Imposition Tour?

Pat Tuohey has visited Patrick and Allison (Hughes) Goddard as well as the always fullof-hilarity Chris Yvars. • Nina Horan shared that Kim Annick Mitchell was selected by the Property Brothers to be the design lead on season 5 of HGTV’s Buying & Selling. For more on Kim’s work, see kaminteriordesign.com. • Erica LePore gave a shout-out to Dave Fromm’s new novel, The Duration, which several other BC’93ers have also read and loved. Sounds like a must-read; congrats, Dave! • Sean Russell married Lauren Fitzgerald in August at Lake Louise in Canada—with the most gorgeous scenery and wedding pictures I think I’ve ever seen! • I already shared on our Facebook group that the entire BC’93 Austin contingent—five of us—got together to see stand-up comedian Gary Gulman when he was here. You are truly talented, Gary, and make me laugh every time, but remember, there is no more Uber in Austin. So fun to also see Michelle Peckham Decker, Jennifer Bologna Grogono, and Brian and Erin (McGee) Tuohy! • I’ll close this time with some of your Edmonds memories. That so many of you remember your room number all these years later is impressive! Alyssa Kimmel Bailkin, MEd’00, reminded me that Edmonds residents could watch the football games from their rooms. Dave Tubman’s nextdoor Edmonds neighbor, Laurie (Opozda) ’92, became his wife! He and Julie Fish Eubanks both mentioned pumpkin tosses, and Seth Karm reminded us of the “Quiet Floor.” Pete Hogan, MBA/JD’98, lived in Edmonds for two years, but he was the only one of us to live in the Mods after we graduated! • Chris Conti moved his daughter into Newton this fall and is sad she’ll never experience Edmonds—and likely happy she won’t ever have Pete Hogan as her RA! • Until next time, BC’93! Keep the updates and memories coming. I love them all!

Correspondent: Laura Beck laurabeckcahoon@gmail.com

1994 Thanks to those of you who responded to BC’s request for information. Please keep those notes coming! • Brenda Crudo Milouchev wrote that she is entering her fourth year as the youth and family minister of St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church in Rumson, NJ. Brenda and her husband of 18 years, Toma, have three children: Andon (11),

Armand (8) and Andreana (6). They had an adventurous summer, traveling cross-country from New Jersey to Yellowstone National Park, stopping along the way at the Louisville Slugger Museum, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the OZ Museum in Kansas, Mount Rushmore, and the Mitchell Corn Palace, before going on to visit BC classmate Jennifer Cantore Eichorn in Chicago and Jennifer Burkart Pohlmann ’95 in Morgantown, WV. What a trip! • Alfonso Chavez is focused these days on judicial accountability efforts on both the local and federal level. He lives in Los Angeles. • John ’92 and Jennifer (Andrews) Hayes live in Albany, NY. They recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary by taking their kids, Emma ’20 and Jack, to London and Paris. They are thrilled that their daughter has joined the BC community.

Go, Eagles! • James Maloney, MBA’03, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, is an engineer deployed in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as officer in charge of Task Force Power. He will be returning home to Upton soon to his wife, Leanne, and kids—Brandon, who will be starting college in the fall, and Maria, who will be a sophomore in high school. Thank you for your service and sacrifice, James. • Finally, congratulations go to Team BC+1, who finished their 3,000-mile race in 6 days, 13 hours! The team, including coach Bob Willix, Jeff Caulway, Mark DeNatale, and Matt Pumo, raised over $150,000 for Zamela, a not-forprofit organization focused on supporting in-need youth athletes (www.zamelayouth. org). See their Facebook page, BC+1, for more about their incredible race and effort!

Correspondent: Nancy E. Drane nancydrane@aol.com

1995 Lisa Nickerson is a multiple-industry award winner, a sought-after speaker, and a devotee of professional and community service. She and her company, Nickerson PR, aim to help organizations drive social change and improve the communities in which they live and work, and they were voted Banker & Tradesman’s Best PR agency of 2013, 2014, and 2015. This year, the Nickerson team adopted KeepSmilin4Abbie, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about and preventing anaphylaxis. Nickerson also completed a brand refresh for KeepSmilin4Abbie and created a website to help inform others of this lifethreatening disease. • Jim Fanning and his wife, Polly Lagana ’96, recently relocated to Zurich with their three boys, Griffin, Jake, and Declan. Jim has been with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for over five years, leading the enterprise sales business in New York, and he is now the AWS country manager for Switzerland. • Jason and Tina (MacAllister) Epstein recently moved to Potomac, MD, with their children, Sam (9), Miles (7), and Allister (4). Jason is the new PGA director of athletics at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda.

Tina continues to work for Appellation Ventures representing Esser Wines. They all are excited to be living in the DC area! • Jen Egan Siler relocated her family from Maryland to Tampa in 2012 to escape winter weather and spend more time on the beach. After 11

years with her previous company, Jen started working for Kforce in May 2015 and just got promoted to director of sales enablement and proposal services. Jen and her husband, Ed, have a daughter, Izzi, who’s in third grade. • Allison Hardiman Renna, MEd’00, completed the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon in under 13 hours this past summer. She was supported by many people, including sons Michael and Jack, daughter Kaylee, and husband Matt MBA’06. Out of 2,300 participants, Allie came in 765th overall and 26th in her division. Way to go!

Correspondent: Kevin McKeon kmckeon@gmail.com

1996 It was great to see so many familiar faces at our 20th reunion party in June under a tent on Bapst Lawn. Kathy Day organized the event and did a terrific job. • The first people I saw were Mike Cappiello and his wife, Maura Cappiello Hazelton, who live in New Jersey and have three daughters. Mike just completed an MBA, which he is happy about although he joked that studying for finals at our age takes some perseverance. • John Nash, Scott Tower, Sean Lynch, Jamie Cesarano, Brian Campbell, and Jay Zavislak were in a little cluster making fun of each other; it was really satisfying to hear that their jokes haven’t changed very much. • It was great to see all the different paths people have taken.

Matt Keis is a venture capitalist in Boston.

Justice Smith is an academic coach for the football program at Arizona State. Sha-Sha Shiau works in TV and film in New York City.

Bryan Payne founded a recruiting company in Atlanta. Ryan Harper is a comedy writer in New Orleans. Roxanne Valentino, forever the Golden Girl, is a neurologist in Nashville.

John Andrews is CEO of a tech company in Boston. Juan Concepcion, MEd’97, MBA/ JD’03, an attorney, serves on BC’s Board of Trustees. • We retold Negril spring break stories with John Dempsey, John Boyt, Tom Adams, Julie Allen Holbrook, Suzanne Geden, Loretta Shing, Matt Keswick, Molly Thilman Smith, Megan Storz Pagliaro, and Daphne Smith Gaudet. Sean Greene teased me (nicely!) for not always writing class notes.

Scott Knox and I laughed about living in Jamaica Plain as roommates after school. Lee Fitzpatrick, Nina Jung, and I reminisced about meeting on Newton Campus in fall 1992.

Meena Popat LaRonde graciously took a photo of Jay Reichle, Bill Lyons, and me. Loretta, Bill, Suzanne, Matt Keswick, and I ended the night at Mary Ann’s, which still smells the same.

A bunch of other classmates were scattered around the bar, along with alumni from other classes and even some current grad students.

• It was a fun weekend and a reminder of how fortunate we were to go to a school with a strong sense of community and continuity, even if there are now a few new buildings in the middle of the Dustbowl, and the Mods all seemed to have been renumbered. See you all in five years, if not sooner!

Correspondent: Mike Hofman mhofman12@gmail.com

1997 20TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Holly Schwartz Pomraning recently left the Wisconsin Department of Justice to take a position as an in-house attorney at Great Lakes Higher Education. Husband Michael works at Trustwave as a director of engineering. Holly and Michael welcomed their fifth child, Thomas Otto, on November 2, 2014. He joins siblings Geoffrey (15), James (13), William (8), and Katherine (6). The Pomranings live in Madison, WI. Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com

1998 In November 2015, Paulette Tucciarone Cazares and husband Jeremy (Notre Dame ’98) welcomed their fourth child, Corina Tucciarone Cazares. Paulette is a commander in the Navy and was able to enjoy the Navy’s new extended maternity leave. She is now back at work at the Naval Medical Center San Diego, where she is a psychiatrist and associate director of Women’s Mental Health.

Jeremy is in his eighth year as group manager for Avanade Inc. • After eight years at Drake University in Des Moines, where he led the university in a successful $200 million comprehensive campaign, Paul Secord, MEd’98, was recruited for the position of VP of university relations at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX, a liberal arts university with an exciting new president.

He, wife Deborah, and their children— Charlotte (11) and Patrick (8)—moved to Georgetown (north of Austin) to embark on the next chapter in their lives. • On May 15, 2015, Colleen McGuire married her best friend, Joe DePasquale (Wentworth ’97).

Their daughter, Charlotte Mary, was their beautiful flower girl, and they celebrated the day among family and friends at Mirbeau Inn in Plymouth. On November 3, 2015, they welcomed their second child, Connor Joseph “CJ,” into this world. In February, Colleen accepted a new role as chief of staff for Go to Market Operations at EMC’s Primary Storage group. She’s been with the company for nine years, and this promotion was presented to her during her maternity leave. She says she could not have taken on the role if it weren’t for her supportive husband, who was recently promoted to VP of operations at ColoSpace. At the same time, Colleen and Joe sold two homes and spent the year building their dream home in Foxboro. • Last year, Geoffrey Gamble graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a PhD in computer science. He says his years of studying comp-sci with great professors at BC set him up perfectly to achieve this goal.

• Joshua Sullivan and his wife celebrated the birth of their daughter, Lilli, on September 19, 2015. They live in Framingham with their four children. Joshua opened a law firm, Sullivan & Young, in downtown Boston this past spring. • Ellen Jackman and Trevor Uprichard were married in August 2014 in Trevor’s native Northern Ireland. They met

while working in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2012. Ellen recently became a deputy district attorney for San Bernardino County, CA. • Ken and Beth (Rodenhauser) DuBuque, MBA’04, welcomed their second son, Ryan Francis, on August 6, 2015. Ryan joins big brother Logan (3). Beth and her family live in Charlestown, and she is VP of marketing at Fidelity Investments. • Shane and Renee (Biancardi) Pierce welcomed a healthy baby boy, their third child, to their family on May 6, 2016.

Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com

1999 Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com

2000 I have so much wonderful news to share this time. It always amazes me to learn about the exciting accomplishments and life events that are happening with our classmates. • Jeffrey Robinson reports that life is wonderful and adventurous in Alaska.

He is a partner in the law firm Ashburn & Mason in Anchorage, where he litigates commercial real estate disputes and runs an active trial practice. Jeffrey and his wife, Hanley Smith Robinson, have two girls, Bridget (3) and Maggie (1). Jeffrey welcomes all inquiries from fellow BC classmates wishing to travel through the great far north!

• Jim Kim is a commercial realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Blake, Realtors, in his hometown of Albany, NY. He specializes in helping business owners and landlords buy, sell, and lease commercial real estate properties. He also runs two successful online companies focused on helping people protect their financial and physical health. In his spare time, Jim is a volunteer with Junior Achievement and the Albany County Medical Reserve Corps. • Timothy Nolan has received the Family Wealth Advisor designation from Morgan Stanley. This designation allows him to focus on intergenerational estate and financial planning along with the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next.

• James “Buzz” Winchester was recently named director of in-house counsel for the Quikrete Companies based in Atlanta.

Buzz is a graduate of DePaul Law School and spent a decade working as an attorney in the Chicago area before moving home to Atlanta. • Patrick Purcell is now SVP of sales and business development at Bostonbased Dirty Water Media. In this role, Pat is at the helm of some major plans for growth and development for the emerging new media company. • Maureen Dowling Pollack returned to BC over the summer and toured our beautiful campus with her husband and two daughters. She says she could not believe how much has changed—and while she was impressed by the new buildings and campus development, her girls could not believe that there was a Dunkin’ Donuts on campus! • 65

Earlier this year, Rachel Daniels Cunningham was given the title of content marketing director at Bop Design. She also completed her first sprint triathlon. Rachel lives, works, and plays in San Diego with her husband, Bradley. • Jamie Quiros recently earned his Certified Financial Planner designation and was accepted as a NAPFA advisor. • Lauren Peterson was married to Kevin Furlong, a Santa Clara University graduate, at the Mission Santa Clara on October 3, 2015. • Lisa Herskowitz Rager and her husband, Eric, welcomed their second child, William Owen, on February 19. William joins big brother Samuel Egan in their new home in Oakland, CA. • Erica Sandman Hall and her husband, Ryan, welcomed their newest daughter, Emory, born on February 25. She joins big sisters Summer (8), Kaia (6), and Tatum (3).

The family recently moved back to Northern Virginia from Tampa, FL. Erica’s husband is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. • Christine Dziadul-Ferramosca and her husband, Frank, excitedly announce the birth of their first child, Natalie Stella, on May 11. • Hugh O’Kane and his wife, Arianne, welcomed their new daughter, Teagan, on July 14. Teagan joins big siblings Hugh, Jack, and Anna at their new house in Upper Brookville, Long Island. • James Maher and his wife, Kristina Konnath, MSW’01, welcomed their fourth child, Fiona, this year. Fiona joins her sisters Nieve (7) and Grace (5) and brother Seamus (3). Jim is the founder and senior partner at Maher & Spang in Winchester. • Andrew Sullivan and his wife, Janean, welcomed their third daughter, Mallory. Mallory joins older sisters Nora (5) and Lucy (3). • Thanks for sharing your news. Remember you can send me an email directly or post your news on the alumni online community in the Class Notes section.

Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com

2001 Hello, classmates! Just a couple of notes to share this time. • Attorney John Schuster just opened a new law firm called Caliber Law SC in Wisconsin. John holds both a JD and an MBA, and his law group focuses its services on business law, real estate, litigation, and planning. • Paul Zukauskas was inducted into the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame for his football accomplishments and career. In addition, he and his wife, Claire (Sullivan), MA’09, welcomed their third child, Michael, at the end of June. Michael joins big sisters Molly and Maeve. • I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Keep those announcements coming!

Correspondent: Sandi Birkeland Kanne bc01classnotes@gmail.com

2002 15TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Congratulations to Brian and Martha (Plante) Frydl, who are happy to announce the arrival of their second child, Dominic Joseph, born on March 22. He joins big sister Marie Seraphine 66

(2). The Frydl family resides in Rockville, MD. Martha also recently moved to a new position in the Solicitor’s Office in the U.S. Department of Labor: She is now a regulatory attorney in the Plan Benefits Security Division, providing advice on ERISA and some ACA matters. • Erin Humphries and Nic Costa were married in a beach ceremony in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, on July 20, 2015. In attendance were Ellen (Rains) ’04 and John Dorney.

Erin and Nic live outside Boulder, CO, where Erin founded Big Red Marketing, a brand management and marketing consulting firm, and Nic works for Lockheed Martin. • In July, Mimi Hasenkopf Stevinson was promoted to executive director of principal gifts and advancement initiatives at the University of Denver, where she has worked since 2012. She manages the university’s relationships with its most generous donors and is leading planning efforts for the next philanthropic campaign. Mimi curls at the Denver Curling Center and played on Team Colorado at the Pacific International Cup in Vancouver in April. She lives in Arvada with husband Sean and daughters Natalie and Shelby. • Ford Curran is celebrating 12 years at BU’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, where he designs advertisements and publications, restores historic photographs and letters, and hosts celebrity receptions that have included Lauren Bacall, Geena Davis, Keith Lockhart, Ralph Nader, Leonard Nimoy ’53, Robert B. Parker, Mary-Louise Parker, Dan Rather, Susan Sarandon, Forest Whitaker, and Elie Wiesel.

Ford and his wife, Kamiko, have two children and live in Weston. • Tim Dube and his wife, Sara, celebrated son Elliott’s first birthday at Lincoln Park in their Capitol Hill neighborhood in DC with Lang ’03 and Lisa (Rauseo) Le ’03, MSW’04, and their children, and many others. Tim began a new role as a senior policy advisor with the Department of Health and Human Services in September, and Sara is the project director of the Pew Charitable Trust’s Results First program. • Brian and Lauren (Fallon) Pineo welcomed their third child, a daughter, on April 5. She has two big brothers, one born on December 6, 2012, and the other on February 26, 2014. • Tiffany Anzalone married Christopher McCasland, of Bethesda, MD, on January 1 at a small beach ceremony in Pompano Beach, FL. On May 29 the couple welcomed their first child, a boy, Brooks Snow McCasland. Brooks is the first grandson of Fanancy and Debra (Mericantante) Anzalone ’77. • Cate Guimaraes married Richard Hoggard on September 27, 2014, on Fishers Island, NY. The couple met while both were living and working in Hawaii. The bridal party included classmates Katie Miller Connors, Yabome Kabia Casper, and Leslie Marino Cardona. Guests at the wedding included 2002 graduates Moira Kelleher Whitmarsh, Tom and Kathleen (Wack) McCabe, Mary Fitterer, Lisa Cashel Janeway, Claire Dennison Cosenze, Kristen Borsari Bell, and Kate Kennedy Thomas. Friends from other classes included Elizabeth Burke Cashel ’83, Charles Kehres ’00, Nicholas Connors ’01, Danielle Mancini Davis ’03, and Linda Borden MSW’13. More recently the couple had the joy of welcoming their first child, Elizabeth Grace, into the world on February 19. Lizzy is keeping her parents very busy and has been a wonderful addition to their family.

Cate teaches high school math at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, in Columbia, SC, and Rick is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Jackson.

Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com

2003 After medical school and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, Julie Romero has now completed a fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and joined Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates in New York. • Mark ’04, MS’12, and Katie (O’Hara) Cintolo, MA’05, welcomed baby Emily Christina on July 7. She joins big brother Ryan (4) and big sister Anna (2). The happy family resides in Reading. • Naitnaphit Limlamai is a doctoral student in a joint PhD program in English and education at the University of Michigan. Naitnaphit’s goal is to teach high school English teachers at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Correspondent: ToniAnn Kruse kruseta@gmail.com

2004 Elizabeth Sartori Bresnahan, and her husband, Craig, welcomed a baby girl, Emily May, on April 27, 2016. The couple and their future Eagle live in Needham. • Kristi Palmsten and her husband, Eric Magnuson, welcomed a baby girl, Anamaija Grace, in March. The family resides in San Diego. • Callie Kozlak is working in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, as a Leadership for Educational Equity Public Policy Fellow. • Former award-winning Walsh Hall RAs and best buds Nairi Aprahamian, Emily Brady MA’07, Christina Kim, and Stephanie Iannucci Waite ’05 held their annual weekend reunion in May. Nairi hosted the girls in Boston, where they talked and laughed all weekend as per usual! Other activities included cooking a fun stir-fry dinner, walking to the local park and jungle gym, and kayaking and paddleboarding on the Charles. There was also a stop at the Heights for a trip down memory lane— noting observations of the new buildings on campus, shouting “We Are BC!” across the not-so-much-anymore Dustbowl, and finally attempting a timed, jumping self-we in front of O’Neill Plaza (outtakes available upon request). As with every reunion, it’s never a sad good-bye, it’s always a “see you later!”

Be sure to check out #eaglesonthewarpath.

Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com

2005 Nate Doornekamp writes that he and wife Leah welcomed Vivienne Sheri into the world on June 1. She is their second child and first girl. • In May, Eun Chong “EJ” Thorsen was elected the first Korean American president of the Queens County (NY) Women’s Bar Association. EJ is a litigation associate at

the Lake Success–based law firm Vishnick McGovern Milizio. Last year she was appointed to the New York State Commission on Statewide Discipline; she also serves on the Committee on Character and Fitness for the 2nd, 10th, 11th, and 13th Judicial Districts.

She is EVP of the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York and a board member of the St. John’s University School of Law Alumni Association, the Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, and the Korean American Youth Foundation. EJ resides in Forest Hills. • Felix and Stephanie (Miles) Klock welcomed their first child into the world on July 24 in Paris, France: Logan Xavier is doing well and is proudly sporting a BC onesie. • Hugh, MEd’06, and Meggie (Gavin) Galligan baptized their son Thomas Gavin at St. Susanna’s church in Dedham on June 5. Classmates Steve Fitzgerald and Kathryn Brennan, MEd’06, sponsored as godparents. Thomas’s older brother, Hugh Martin, cheered the loudest in the church.

Correspondent: Joe Bowden joe.bowden@gmail.com Correspondent: Justin Barrasso jbarrasso@gmail.com

2006 On June 27, 2015, Richard Rossi and Meghan Landy were married at the Church of the Resurrection in Rye, NY. A reception for 250 of their closest friends and family followed at the Shenorock Shore Club, where groomsmen Robert Heins and Brian Mickelson were among the many BC Eagles in attendance.

Fellow BC’06 wedding guests included Brian Ahn, Jordy Clements, Sarah Greenwood, Brian P. Kelly, Daniel Milligan MBA’14, Patrick Mulhearn, Max Podell, Alexandra Selby, Victor Silva, Shaun Ulloa, and Michael Vitale. The newlyweds honeymooned on Italy’s Amalfi Coast before returning to their home in Manhattan. • The National LGBT Bar Association selected Matthew Putorti as a “Best Under 40” for 2016, recognizing the 40 best LGBT lawyers in the United States under the age of 40 who have “distinguished themselves in their field and demonstrated a strong commitment to LGBT equality.” Matthew is a litigation associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in New York City. • In May, Marianne Tierney FitzGerald, PhD’16, doubled her Eagle status when she received her PhD in theological ethics from the Graduate School of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.

Marianne, a Margaret O’Brien Flatley Fellow, focused her dissertation on Latin American human rights, service learning, and social justice. Marianne’s family is extremely proud of her hard work and her new status—joining her dad, Joe Tierney ’72, JD’76, as a Double Eagle! • Cristina Velocci Hochkeppel moved across the country from New York City to Silicon Valley with her husband, Jesse ’05, who started a one-year pain-management fellowship at Stanford in August. • In October 2015, Eamonn Kelly had a double lung transplant.

He has suffered from cystic fibrosis since birth, and his physical abilities had become more and more limited over the years. The lung transplant gave him a new chance at life,

and he recovered remarkably quickly with the support of his wife, Elana Alfred. He and Elana celebrated his six-month anniversary by running in the BC Race to Educate 5K, which benefits Saint Columbkille Partnership School, where Eamonn teaches. He has continued running; he was training for a 10K in the fall.

Elana and Eamonn were also very excited to purchase their first home, in Dedham. • Andrew, JD’16, and Alyson (Boulanger) Smith welcomed their son, Andrew William Smith Jr., into their family on December 2, 2015.

• Ryan Brown is now corporate counsel for global operations with Rosetta Stone Ltd. • Nicholas Ford, MEd’07, married Rachel Forte on June 25 in Seattle. Nicholas recently became principal of Our Lady of Fatima School in Seattle. • Christine Smith is working in the financial services industry, marketing and distributing financial service products to individuals and business owners. She is expanding and growing her team nationwide and is looking forward to connecting with more staff and alumni. • On July 2, Kiernan Laughlin married Jillian Ohlenschlaeger at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Babylon, NY, with a reception following at the Venetian Yacht Club, also in Babylon. Eagles in attendance included groomsmen Michael Galvin and Daniel Scali as well as Lindsay Lachky Kenworthy ’13, Bob Keogh, Sara Porter, Mary Mycroft ’08, and Ryan Valle MBA’12.

• Dave Krueger was married on April 23 in Houston. He and his wife, Lucy, were joined

by Eagles Brian Wildermuth (groomsman), Mark Cardarelli, Ben Hux, Steve Oliveira, and Blake Uyeno. • Jeff and Sarah (Schultz) Lazar welcomed their third child and future Eagle, James Jeffrey, on March 27 in San Diego.

James spent 22 days in the NICU, and the Lazars are happy to have him home!

Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu

2007 10TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Joseph ’08 and Shannon (Keating) Kwiatek, MEd’09, welcomed with love their son Keating Ignatius, who was born on July 14, 2016. • Kevin Dziubek married Ipek Akinci on June 25 in Istanbul, Turkey. The couple celebrated their wedding at the St. Esprit Cathedral in Taksim Square before continuing with a dinner and reception at the Esma Sultan Mansion on the European shores of the Bosphorus. Kevin and Ipek would like to extend a special thank-you to groomsmen Leigh Tinmouth JD’10, Michael Anello, Michael Schuler, and Mark Fahey and fellow BC alumni Michael Boyle, Petra Hiigel, David Lin, Soma Kesthely, and Haynes Ko ’04 for joining the celebrations. The couple honeymooned in Tanzania and Zanzibar before returning to Amsterdam, where they currently reside and welcome all their friends to visit in the future!

• Rita Calvo recently wed Pete Shah (Ball State ’02) in a private ceremony at the Palazzo di Grimaldi in Naples, Italy. The ceremony was officiated by Fr. John Domino Lombardi. The newlyweds are topping off their wedding

celebration with a move to New York for Rita’s job as a wealth advisor at CPK Capital Partners. • Melissa Gerdung, MS’08, married Charles Osterberg in Healdsburg, CA, on July 23. The wedding party included fellow Eagles Carrie O’Connor, MSW’11, and Michaela Zanello. Other classmates in attendance were Lisa Velte, Sandra Simich, Lara Kapura, and Alex Rios. • In September, Karla Loya-Stack was named chief program officer at Young Women’s Preparatory Network, a nonprofit agency that provides funding to eight all-girls, college preparatory public schools in Texas attended by economically disadvantaged students. Karla joined YWPN from Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas, where she was chief program director, and before moving to Texas, she was an elementary world language teacher in the Brookline public schools.

Correspondent: Lauren Faherty Bagnell lauren.faherty@gmail.com

2008 Congratulations to Lauren Zaccone and Matt Carney, who married on July 9 in a beautiful ceremony in Weehawken, NJ. The wedding party included Megan Green, Thayer Surette, and Alan Zaccone ’13. Other Eagles in attendance included Jess Kelly, Meghan Hillmeyer Lloyd, Ryan Aspell, Sarah Carter Kostecki, Kathryn Dill, Amanda Engborg, and Jay ’02 and Celeste (Sedo) Tini ’02. • In 2016, Karen Schreiner, MA’10, a secondgrade teacher in Oakland, CA, was awarded Teaching Tolerance’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is given out every two years to five educators nationally who work to reduce bias in the classroom and promote a social justice lens to their teaching. • Robert Jones was recently hired as the Nature Conservancy’s global aquaculture lead. He is responsible for launching and managing a new global program to ensure that aquaculture develops in an environmentally sustainable way, with initial projects located throughout the United States as well as Indonesia, Belize, Australia, and Tanzania.

• Lauren Weaver began her first semester at Georgetown Law this fall. Prior to returning to school, she taught kindergarten in the District of Columbia Public Schools through Teach For America, eventually becoming a vice principal at Tubman Elementary School, and conducted educational research as a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea. She intends to use her law degree to continue advocating for quality education for all children. • Kat Sullivan was recently voted the No. 2 Best Electronic-Trading Salesperson on Wall Street

by Institutional Investor. • This past July, Small Wars Journal published a research paper by Craig Noyes, MA’13, on the Islamic State.

• Dylan Hayre, JD’11, MEd’11, was recently appointed co-chair of the Democratic State Committee’s Affirmative Action and Outreach Committee and also began as an associate and the director of development and external relationships at Dhar Law, a Charlestownbased law firm. • We also welcomed several new baby Eagles this past summer! Shannon (Keating) ’07, MEd’09, and Joseph Kwiatek welcomed with love their son Keating Ignatius, who was born on July 14. Dave 67

and Ellen (Westley) Brace welcomed their baby boy, Conor James, into their family on July 27. Tim, MA’09, and Jennifer (Ferreris) Manning, MA’09, welcomed their second son, Owen Michael, on May 31. Eric and Janice (Pardue) Gregerson, welcomed their first child, Olivia Elise, on June 8.

Correspondent: Maura Tierney Murphy mauraktierney@gmail.com

2009 Correspondent: Timothy Bates tbates86@gmail.com

2010 Michael Curley and Katie Forberg were married on August 29 in Chicago. The bridal party included Jenny Driscoll, Katie Faughnan, Patrick Curley ’06, Matt Leimetter, Kevin Alexanderson, James Melia ’11, Sal Cipriano MA’11, and Steven Gadsden. Many other 2010 graduates were in attendance, making the dance floor as hot and heavy as Mod 22-B. • Peter Kwiatek, MA’12, married Jenna Sattar, MA’13, at St. Ignatius Church on July 9. The couple met in 2011 while in graduate school at BC; both currently work at the University. • Christine Peters Andrews recently celebrated her one-year anniversary working for the VA Boston Healthcare System. Christine and her husband, Craig, have also welcomed their first child, Paige Emily, born on April 3, 2016.

• Andrew Chung and Andrew Syvertsen made an amazing trip to the Electronic Daisy Carnival in June, fulfilling a goal they had set together soon after graduation to dance the night away under the electric sky! • Amy Peters and Michael Polark were married on April 2 at St. Ignatius. A couple dozen BC classmates attended. Unsurprisingly, the Liberty Hotel dance floor was electric. Contrary to popular belief, Amy and Michael did not spend their wedding night in Edmonds. • Andrew LaVenia married David Parish in September 2015 in Lewes, DE, surrounded by fellow graduates Katherine Kollef Beaumont MA’14, Emmaline McCourt, James Mitman, and Kelsey Lescop ’11. • Megan Grandmont had a busy and exciting few months academically and professionally. Last spring she attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Houston, where she and her colleagues presented on digital, collaborative writing. She was also looking forward to the publication of a scholarly webtext on audio rhetoric, cowritten with colleagues, in the online journal Kairos this fall. In May, she graduated from Salem State University with master’s degrees in English and teaching, and she is now teaching English at Newburyport High School. • Heather Janson and Joe Messina, who met during their junior year on South Street at BC, were married on Long Island on July 16. The bridal party included Christina Bellock MEd’11, Lauren Nageotte, and Krista Carter, and groomsmen included Tom Rose and Jeff Elliott—all former roommates of the couple. Joe and Heather are now living and working in New York City, Joe at Morgan Stanley and Heather at NYU. • Since receiving her MFA in creative 68

writing from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers at Eastern Washington University in June 2015, Casey Guerin has been published in the Spokane Inlander, the Charles River Review, F(r)iction, and Railtown Almanac: A Spokane Prose Anthology. She is currently teaching literature and creative writing at Sacred Heart University. • Michelle Crowther married Michael Glennon (other Comm. Ave. school ’10) on September 19, 2015. Eagles in attendance included maid of honor Catherine Cypher and her mother, Denise JohnstonCypher ’77; bridal comrade and sonnet reader Katie Forberg Curley; Michael Curley; Andrew and Stephany (Benoy) Kunzweiler; Danielle Lozier; Colin Kunzweiler; Jennifer Thomasch; Bennett Applegate; Matthew Leimetter; Steven Bichimer; and Colleen White ’11. • Jennifer Chen Weston-Murphy began her MBA studies at NYU’s Stern School of Business in fall 2015, and husband Michael Weston-Murphy graduated from NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in May. • Nicholas Pintauro recently opened a naturopathic medical practice at Oneida Holistic Health Center in Marlborough, CT. Naturopathy, a form of nonexclusive complementary health care, treats conditions by supporting the body’s innate self-repair processes through natural therapies and nutrition. Nicholas can remember filling out his BC application and writing about his first experience as a child using naturopathic medicine to cure longstanding chronic ear infections. Now here he is, 25 years later, ready to treat others with naturopathic medicine! • Megan Koch married Eric Schraedley (Rutgers ’05) on May 21 in Philadelphia. Among her bridesmaids was BC Eagle Allegra Borghese. • Bennett Applegate and Jen Thomasch were married on August 27 in Cohasset. Members of the bridal party included Stephany Benoy Kunzweiler, Danielle Lozier, James Lange, Dante Devoti, and James Huerta ’11, MA’13. There were over 30 Eagles in attendance, including the bride’s parents and the best man. Ben and Jen live in Chicago.

• Two more Boston College Eagles have tied the knot! Brian Corsi and Cameron Vahanian were married in Saratoga Springs, NY, in May. The two met junior year at BC through mutual friends and currently live and work in Boston.

Correspondent: Bridget K. Sweeney bridget.k.sweeney@gmail.com

2011 Michelle Foley and Dzmitry Perr were married on September 25, with John McDargh of BC’s Department of Theology officiating. Dzmitry writes: “John played a pivotal role in our Boston College experience, and we are so grateful that he agreed to be part of our wedding ceremony. Our nine-year relationship started at the 2007 Freshman Convocation. Upon graduating in 2011, we moved in together and lived in Connecticut for two years. Currently we reside in Portland, OR, where Michelle is a labor and delivery nurse, and I work for a local gluten-free bakery. We invite anyone visiting Portland to reach out for a coffee or a cider.” You may reach Dzmitry at 203-536-5267.

Correspondent: Brittany Lynch brittanymichele8@gmail.com

2012 5TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017

Hannah Feeney married Nathan Adams in July at the Art Institute of Chicago. Many BC friends were in attendance, including maids of honor Erin Boyce, MA’14, and Jess Rolincik and bridesmaid Samantha Diorio. Hannah is entering the fourth year of her PhD program at Michigan State University, and her husband works in consulting. • Erin Mara married Avery Brooks ’10 in Rye, NY, in July. The wedding party included BC friends, and many other Eagles were in attendance. • Trotter LaRoe has returned to the United States after living, working, and studying in China and Taiwan for two and a half years. He was a higher education consultant/counselor while in China and is now eager to join the U.S. workforce. Currently he is at a local advertising agency working as an information architect—“A far cry from the subject matter I studied as an English major and Chinese minor!” he writes. He looks forward to developing in this career path. • Charlie Wood and Kelly Roy ’13 were married in Milwaukee in July and enjoyed celebrating their wedding with many BC friends. The couple reside in Seattle. • Annie Orlowski married Max McGuire on May 30. Many BC alumni were in attendance, including members of the Boston College Acoustics from the Classes of 2011– 2015. Good times were had by all! • Zachary Desmond is coproducing and codirecting Uprivers, a Patagonia Foundation–funded documentary exploring transboundary mining and local indigenous resistance movements in the Pacific Northwest.

Correspondent: Riley Sullivan sullivan.riley.o@gmail.com

2013 On August 20, Bryanna Mahony and John Robertson tied the knot at St. Ignatius, just steps away from where they first met sophomore year. The two were surrounded by family and friends, including several fellow Eagles: Michael Neal; Colin McConarty; Steve Nicholas; Rob Raimundo; Derek Robinson; Chris McLaughlin; Pat O’Donovan; Doug Greig; Tommy Osborne; Sahaan Sozhamannan; James St. Onge; Sarah Wolfe; John Griffin; Mike Yi; Molly McCarthy ’12, MEd’13; Anthony Gigliotti; Kimberly Edouard ’14; Chenille Morrison ’14; and Taylor Cwiertniewicz ’14.

Correspondent: Bryanna Mahony bryanna.mahony@gmail.com

2014 Cristy Garciamendez-Mijares has been accepted to the Cross-National Doctoral Course joint PhD program at Tohoku University in Japan and Heidelberg University in Germany.

She is the first person from the Americas to be admitted to this program. Her research will focus on the bioethical challenges that will emerge from the “robotization” of the healthcare sector. Cristy will spend a year in Japan

and two years in Germany after completing her master’s thesis in transcultural studies at Heidelberg University. • In May, the ladies of Ignacio A-31—Michelle Cunningham, Lani Frankville, Clara Kim, Charlotte Parish MEd’15, Ally Rottman, and Christine Zhao—got together in perfect attendance for the first time since graduation. The ladies celebrated and mourned Michelle’s upcoming move to Seattle.

Many hours were spent on a comfortable couch, much Chipotle was consumed, and tears of laughter and sadness were shed. Also, they watched Trainwreck while drinking wine and eating Oreo cake. • Daniel Klemmer writes that he has been out in Cincinnati (the Big Apple of the Midwest) “slinging flavor grenades” at Rhinegeist Brewery. He reports that BC’s young alumni movement is strong and thanks all who have come to visit. Keep your eyes peeled for his beer in Boston later this year! • Jonathan Linder is enjoying living in New York City and working as a bank examiner for the U.S. Treasury Department. • On August 7, John Thompson attempted to climb every 4,000-foot mountain in New England in under a week to raise funds for cancer research and to honor his late grandfather, who passed away from kidney cancer in December 2015. No one has successfully climbed all 67 mountains in such a short time. More information can be found at his website: 4kersforkidneys.com.

Correspondent: Jenn Howard howardjlk@gmail.com

2015 In addition to completing the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities at the University of Chicago, Tyler Wilkinson received a U.S. Fulbright grant to France for the 2016–2017 academic year. He will live and work in Lyon as an English teaching assistant. Tyler says that, alongside his previous study of French language, film, and culture, the country’s rich intellectual history and unique demographics attracted him to the opportunity. He looks forward to the possibility of working with a large Maghreb/Muslim population in the suburbs, where, he reports, there is great need to affirm love and pluralism among secular and religious communities. In his free time, Tyler looks forward to traveling as much as possible throughout southern and eastern Europe and completing JD/PhD applications. • This past summer, Emily Wise concluded her year of service in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Oakland, CA, where she worked as an RN at the Native American Health Center. Emily will continue her nursing career at the Family Birth Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. • Mary Aidan Hanrahan successfully completed her Master of Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and she accepted a position to teach seventh- and eighth-grade history at Chinook Middle School in Bellevue, outside Seattle. • Rami El-Abidin, bassist for the Boston College–based band Juice, enjoyed a summer of success with his fellow band members Ben Stevens ’18, Kamau Burton ’17, Christian Rougeau ’18, Daniel Moss ’17, Miles Clyatt ’17, Chris Vu ’17, and Michael Ricciardulli ’17. Juice claimed $20,000 after winning the Land the Big Gig competition

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Boston has a unique brand of innovation—we’re not San Francisco or New York, and that’s the story I want to tell.”

—Rory Cuddyer ’11

The Startup Czar

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ory Cuddyer ’11 is an expert Rory on his native city. He grew up in South Boston, graduated from BC High, and majored in English and philosophy at Boston » Lives: Charlestown, Mass.

College. He’s been a community organizer in Jamaica Plain and West » Likes: Politics and Roxbury and lives in Charlestown. philosophy Now he’s helping to transform the » Watches: Eagles football city he loves.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh ’10 named Rory Cuddyer the city’s firstever startup manager in 2015. In this role Cuddyer leads StartHub, a regional program attracting new businesses to Boston, earning him the nickname “startup czar.”

Cuddyer says his goal is to build a supportive and innovative business climate. Whether talking with existing small-business owners and startups or encouraging the 50,000 annual graduates from local universities to stay in the city, he’s addressing concerns around economic policy, housing, and quality of life. “We want to make sure that entrepreneurship can thrive in every sector and across the city,” he says.

The city has always had a culture of innovation, according to Cuddyer. “Over the past 10 years, Boston has changed dramatically,” he says, “It’s becoming a tech hub.” He sees the Seaport area—and its Innovation District—as a model for other neighborhoods.

While at the Heights, Cuddyer thought law school was in his future.

A year as a paralegal convinced him otherwise. Campaign work for Walsh and U.S. Senator Ed Markey ’68, JD’72, led him to a career he is passionate about, one he hopes leaves a lasting mark.

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at the 11-day Summerfest in Milwaukee. The ensemble recorded their debut album in April.

Juice kicked off another promising year in Boston with a performance at the Brighton Music Hall in September. • Congratulations to all, and please continue to share your good news and accomplishments!

Correspondent: Victoria Mariconti victoria.mariconti@gmail.com

2016 Hello, Class of 2016! • My name is Abby Regan, and I will be writing class notes for the Class of 2016! I recently made the move out to Denver, CO. I accepted a position as a neonatal intensive care nurse at Denver Health Medical Center. • Also relocating is Kaitlin Adams, who is moving to San Francisco to work at an analytics startup.

• And a bit further afield: Sarah Schmidt and Jasha Lilaj traveled to the mountains of Valbone, Albania, while working with the Albanian Human Rights Project, a nonprofit organization aiming to document narratives of those detained during the Albanian Communist regime. • In September, Michelle Kornack was selected by Citizens Bank for its Early Career Development program in commercial banking. Michelle, who majored in economics and mathematics at BC, joined 19 other recent college grads in the yearlong training program, which involves classroom instruction and credit analysis writing. • This summer, Daniel Sundaram cycled across the United States in support of the nonprofit Bike and Build to raise awareness for affordable housing. Daniel left from New Haven, CT, on June 1, and completed his trip in Half Moon Bay, CA, on August 14. The trip spanned over 78 days and 4,100 miles. He and others worked on 16 different affordable housing building sites along the way. • Marisa Maneri, who majored in psychology at BC, will be spending the next nine months in Moshi, Tanzania, working with White Orange Youth and St. Timothy’s School as a global advocate fellow through Mama Hope. White Orange Youth is a peer-to-peer education and outreach program that focuses on the conversation on HIV/AIDS and the LGBT community in Moshi. St. Timothy’s School addresses the need for quality education in their community. • I look forward to keeping our class connected! Hopefully, I’ll see some of you when I make the trip back to the Heights for football season! Please continue to send me updates via Facebook or email.

Correspondent: Abby Regan reganab@bc.edu

bc social work Delores Smith Davis, MSW’53, retired from medical social work in 1991 after 20 years at the University of Washington Medical Center.

She has since became involved in presentations and teaching on writing life stories, and she was recently published on writing life stories.

• Lynn Huber, MSW’07, MA’07, was recently promoted to director of clinical development at North Shore Counseling Center in Beverly.

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PEACE program (mandatory education for divorcing parents in Massachusetts) and the Endicott College internship program. She gives trainings and lectures on self-injury to other clinicians, school teachers and guidance counselors, and college students. In April 2015 Lynn—who also holds an MA in pastoral ministry from BC’s School of Theology and Ministry—was ordained, along with her husband, and they have a church plant plan for a community church serving low-income families in Beverly. • Miriam Silverstone, MSW’16, is currently employed at Bridgewater State Hospital, a psychiatric facility under the Department of Corrections, working with individuals with severe psychiatric disorders. • Bill Kirkpatrick, MSW’78, was recently promoted to VP of operations for the PACE Organization of Rhode Island, overseeing operations of its three adult day centers. • Tanya Fitzpatrick, PhD’92, is living and working as a researcher in Montreal.

She recently edited a book titled Treating Vulnerable Populations of Cancer Survivors: A Biopsychosocial Approach (Springer, 2016).

• Estela Perez, MSW’77, wrote a chapter on working with Latinos in the book Social Justice in Clinical Practice (Routledge, 2014). • Jennifer Ward, MSW’07, is working as a licensed graduate social worker in the Washington DC area. She has been employed with the Fairfax County government as a social services specialist/social worker. • Nancy Slamin, MSW’74, is executive director of the Newton Wellesley Weston Committee for Community Living, an agency providing residential and social-work services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. • Linda O’Rourke, MSW’74, retired in September 2015 after 42 years of social work service as a CEO for multiple agencies on the East Coast.

In retirement, she keeps in touch with her social work roots by volunteering with local Catholic Charities food banks. • We had a great time at a mini BCSSW reunion in San Francisco in June. Cindy Snell, director of career services, got together with alums Leah Goldsmith Branson MSW’12; Bianca Gregori MSW’14; Colleen Ferrans MSW’16; Emma Hayes Daftary, MSW’09, MA’09; Dan Becker MSW’12; Meagan Demitz MSW’09; Shane O’Neil-Hart MSW’14; Megan Padilla MSW’12; and Erin Hillier MSW’06. • Join the BCSSW LinkedIn group to reconnect!

Correspondent: Elizabeth Abbott Wenger gsswalumni@bc.edu; lizabbott@gmail.com

carroll school Amanda Scipione, MBA’08, was recently promoted to VP, relationship manager, at Fidelity Institutional’s Chicago office. As a member of the Clearing and Custody division, Amanda is responsible for consulting with registered investment advisors who leverage Fidelity’s platform on ways to grow and build a sustainable business. • Jim Foley, MBA’07, is in his second year of working for NetSuite in its Boston Seaport District office. Jim and his wife, Ann, are living in Marblehead with their two sons, Harry (3) and Bobby (1). They are parishioners at Our Lady, Star of the Sea, and were looking forward to the start of the college football season to cheer on the

Eagles! • Paul Backalenick, MBA’87, is proud to announce that he has published his first novel, Development. • Upon graduation, Nicole St. Jean, MBA’14, relocated to Washington DC to work at AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical’s U.S. corporate headquarters. At the end of 2015, she was promoted to associate director, precision medicine business development, leading transactions for drug/diagnostic deals in the field of cancer, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases. This year, she had the opportunity to travel to the UK and Spain to lead a training event and contribute to the launch of one of AstraZeneca’s new cancer medicines. Nicole continues to stay active in DC, including completing the Cherry Blossom 10-mile run this past spring. She stays in touch with her BC MBA peers through trips back to Boston, and with classmates who have also relocated to the DC area, sharing career challenges and success stories and exploring new city living in the nation’s capital. • James Bacon, MBA’76, retired as managing director at Putnam Investments and is now executive director at The 1911 Trust Company, a family office on the North Shore. He also serves on the boards of Boston Private Bank & Trust and the Hospitality Insurance Group as well as on the boards of two nonprofits: the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute and the Shalin Liu Performance Center. Jim resides on the North Shore with his wife, Gale, and is proud to continue the BC tradition, as two of their three children have BC degrees.

Correspondent: John Clifford clifford.jr@gmail.com

connell school Lauren Brown, MS’15, is now a nurse practitioner in the urogynecology department at UMass Memorial Hospital. Also since graduation, she and her husband, Greg, welcomed a new baby, Finlay, to their family.

They live in Chestnut Hill.

Correspondent: Katy Phillips katyelphillips@gmail.com

law school Class Notes for Law School alumni are published in the BC Law Magazine. Please forward all submissions to Vicki Sanders at the address below.

Vicki Sanders sandervi@bc.edu 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02459

lynch school Robert Gerardi, DEd’80, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his 34th birthday and is still working seven days a week selling vintage sheet music on eBay—and loves doing it, he reports. • Mary Ann Gadoury-Snider, MEd’86, was recently appointed a deputy commissioner for the Rhode Island Department of Education.

• Erez Miller, PhD’98, writes from Rehovot, Israel. A professor at Achva Academic College School, he was recently nominated for chair

of the education division at the Liberal Arts BA program, and he has become a member of the Israeli National Debating Association.

• Inspired by Miss America competitor Abby Curran as well as her work in BC’s Campus School, Michelle Wynn, MEd’99, founded the Miss Unlimited pageant, an event for girls with disabilities in San Francisco. Having just finished a third successful year, she is now planning to organize a pageant on the East Coast. • Anne Lutz Fernandez-Carol, MAT’01, writes: “My book Schooled: Ordinary, Extraordinary Teaching in an Age of Change (Teachers College Press, 2015), coauthored with my sister, Brown University professor Catherine Lutz, has won a Society of Professors of Education book award. The recognition is a testament to the inspiring educators from across the U.S. we profiled in the book.” • From Tulsa, OK, Ginger Lewis, MEd’03, writes: “As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I recently decided to go public with my history in order to try and help others. I’ve launched ToPrevail. org, an organization dedicated to advocating for survivors, facilitating support groups, and lobbying for legislative change to eliminate the statute of limitations that currently inhibits victims from seeking justice. I’ve been asked to speak to various groups and organizations and look forward to facilitating the healing of my fellow survivors. Ever to Excel!” • Brian Samble, MA’11, has accepted a new position as assistant dean of the college at Franklin & Marshall College. • Elysha Greenberg, MA’13, recently completed her PsyD in clinical psychology from William James College. She is now in a postdoctoral fellowship, working with infants, children, teens, and families through support, outpatient, and inpatient treatment settings. Since graduating from BC, she has also traveled to Guatemala and Haiti to provide mental health support as well as to Hong Kong for a conference. She plans to travel to Kenya next summer to help a developing community there through mental health prevention and promotion work. • Choobe Maambo, MEd’15, reports from Lusaka, Zambia, where he teaches 10th-grade mathematics, noting that he especially enjoys the topics from Euclid’s Elements, a course he took with Professor Keane at BC. A Jesuit priest, Choobe is also enjoying his pastoral work: serving in local parishes and giving retreats, among other activities, for the church in Zambia. • Alyssa Frey, MA’16, started a new role as a graduate admissions counselor at Merrimack College, where she will recruit students for the School of Education & Social Policy.

Correspondent: Marianne Lucas Lescher mariannelescher@yahoo.com

morrissey school After more than 15 years of teaching English, Ellen Burke, MA’60, was granted a sabbatical year, which she decided to spend in Germany, learning a new language. Ellen writes: “I was a passionate pilgrim. I listened to German radio, attended German films, plays, and operas, and talked with anyone who had the patience to follow the meanderings of my wayward sentences. I made many discoveries—Mahler, Schiller, Lessing, Kleist, Brecht, Rainer Fassbinder, and Werner Herzog, and

intensified my interest in old friends— Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss.

My sabbatical year gave me a richness of experience that exceeded what I had imagined as I nodded over piles of student essays on long and dark winter afternoons. I had begun a journey with the German language that I knew would never end.” • Edward Mahoney, MA’70, has self-published a fictional memoir of his early life, Young Eric Malone: New England Stories, 1950–67. The book comprises coming-of-age short stories about the happiness and anxieties of life in the times of Ted Williams, Vatican II, and the Vietnam War. See newenglandstories.com for more information. • Anne Marie Stevenson, SND, PhD’76, is director of communications for the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur internationally, responsible for two websites and a printed publication. She has served four terms in province leadership for the order. • Michael Rosenkrantz, MA’81, recently returned to the United States after having lived and worked in India and Nepal since 2009. He is now the assistant women’s wheelchair basketball coach at the University of Arizona. • Andrew Malionek, MA’96, has been appointed principal of St. Peter School in Cambridge. • After working for many years in the biomedical industry, Atreyee Gupta, MA’02, switched careers to become a travel writer. She is currently the managing editor and head writer behind the digital publication Bespoke Traveler, with completed projects in Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia as well as a successful collaboration with Expedia. Atreyee has also been a contributor to various travel and lifestyle magazines.

Correspondent: Leslie Poole Petit lpoolepetit@gmail.com

stm In June seven STM alumni were ordained as priests as part of the U.S. Jesuits’ ordination class of 2016. Jason Brauninger, SJ, MDiv’16; Roy Joseph, SJ, MDiv’16; Andres Vall-Serra, SJ, MDiv’16; and Juan Carlos Rivera Castro, SJ, MDiv’16, were all ordained at St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis. Kevin Spinale, SJ, MDiv’16, and Christopher Ryan, SJ, MDiv’16, were ordained at Fordham University Church in New York City, and Javier Diaz, SJ, MDiv’16, was ordained at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parish in Spokane, WA. • Sandra Dorsainvil, MA’10, recently published a devotional booklet titled Walk with Generosity, a spiritual journal that invites the reader to reflect on the impact of generosity in his or her life. • Dave de la Fuente, ThM’12, began the PhD program in systematic theology at Fordham University this fall. • John Ahern, MA’94, is currently the assistant principal of religious identity and mission at Rostrevor College in South Australia. • Ann Penick, MA’08, continues her work as a licensed mental health clinician at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata, MD. Ann resides in Alexandria with her husband.

School of Theology & Ministry stmalum@bc.edu 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800

wcas Neil Cronin ’03 sent me a reflection of his 41 years at Boston College. He began his career at BC working on the grounds crew. A year later, he moved on to a job in the electrical shop. Among his numerous accomplishments while at BC, Neil received a GED, served six years in the Air Force, attended Newman Prep to study a language and brush up on his math, attended flight school at Wiggins Airways and received a commercial pilot’s license, and received certification in facilities management through the Building Technology Program at Northeastern University. Neil and his wife, Patricia, raised six children; they, as well as a son-in-law, all attended Boston College: Mary Beth Cronin ’89, Sheila Cronin Vasquez ’94, Neil Cronin Jr. ’95, John ’93 and Karen (Cronin) Tobin ’95, Trisha Cronin ’97, and Brian Cronin ’97. Neil reports that he took classes with some of his children, and the challenge was to see who received the top grade. With great pride, Neil was allowed to present each child with their BC diploma. Neil states that he cares deeply for BC and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni and the pride that both the Facilities Management department and the grounds crew take in caring for the beautiful buildings and the campus grounds. In recent years, Neil and Patricia have had health issues, but the family is strong and selfless in providing support and care. Also, congratulations are in order as Neil and Patricia celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past year. • Congratulations also to Michael McCarthy, MS’03, who was recently named VP of administration and finance at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill and Lawrence. Michael resides in Middleton. • Please feel free to mail or email news.

Correspondent: Jane T. Crimlisk ’74 jtcrim24@gmail.com 37 Leominster Road Dedham, MA 02026; 781-326-0290

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OBITUARIES boston college alumni deaths

1940s

Joseph A. Lavoie Jr. ’42 of Lynn, formerly of Newburyport, on July 14, 2016.

Joseph T. Nolan ’42, MA’49, of Newton on July 25, 2016.

Ellen Dalton Scannell, MSSW’42, of Barrington, RI, on August 28, 2016.

Edward J. McEnroe, PhD’43, MEd’51, of South Yarmouth on September 5, 2016.

Henry P. Jancsy ’45 of Melrose on September 15, 2016.

Joseph Bornstein ’46 of Needham on August 14, 2016.

John R. Dolan ’46 of Swampscott on August 16, 2016.

Eugene L. Blackwell ’48 of Manchester, CT, on July 13, 2016.

Elaine Gomatos Bucuvalas, MSW’48, of Watertown on May 13, 2016.

William P. Noonan ’48 of Milton on September 20, 2016.

Joseph Veaner ’48 of West Palm Beach, FL, on September 12, 2016.

John J. Brosnahan, Esq., ’49, JD’55, of Fairfax, VA, on July 27, 2016.

Joseph F. Cotter ’49 of Hingham on August 3, 2016.

James J. Harrington ’49, MEd’67, of Manchester-by-the-Sea on September 16, 2016.

Edward Anthony Kaunelis ’49 of Norfolk, CT, on August 5, 2015.

Robert W. Lynch ’49 of Somerville on September 27, 2015.

Paul T. McCarty, SJ, ’49, STL’61, of Weston on May 28, 2016.

Rosemary C. Pfeifer WCAS’49 of San Diego, CA, on July 3, 2016.

Edward J. Tedesco ’49 of Gloucester on July 22, 2016.

Fred T. Willett ’49 of Westwood on August 20, 2016.

1950s

David E. Aznavoorian ’50 of Winthrop on June 30, 2016.

William E. Flynn ’50 of Methuen on April 28, 2016.

Thomas A. Holgate, MA’50, of Syracuse, NY, on June 11, 2016.

Peter J. Hopkins, Esq., JD’50, of Nashville, TN, on July 1, 2016.

Victor A. McInnis ’50 of Cotuit on September 22, 2016.

Francis X. McLaughlin, Esq., ’50 of Kensington, MD, on September 20, 2016.

John McLaughlin ’50, STD’59, MA’61, of Washington DC on August 16, 2016.

Francis X. Moran ’50 of Somerville on June 22, 2016.

Charles F. Smith ’50 of Chelmsford on June 20, 2016.

George A. Carbin ’51 of St. Louis, MO, in February 2016.

Thomas H. Curley Jr. ’51 of Framingham on September 1, 2016.

Richard E. Daly, Esq., ’51, JD’60, of Salem on February 7, 2016.

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Joseph J. DiPietro ’51 of Lynnfield and Naples, FL, on September 2, 2016.

George J. Donatello ’51 of Bellingham, WA, on February 1, 2016.

Donald O. Follen ’51 of East Dennis on August 3, 2016.

John F. Glynn ’51 of Chicago, IL, on August 6, 2016.

Martha Quinn Kenney, MSW’51, of Bloomfield, NJ, on August 9, 2016.

John A. MacDonald ’51 of Beverly on August 23, 2016.

Leo J. McCabe ’51 of Medfield on August 3, 2016.

John Robert McCarthy ’51, MA’53, of Plymouth in July 2016.

Thomas F. O’Brien ’51 of Lynbrook, NY, on July 3, 2016.

Thomas J. Quirk ’51, MSW’57, of Placitas, NM, and Guilford, CT, on May 7, 2016.

Stephen D. Ryan ’51 of Acton on February 8, 2016.

James F. Shea ’51 of Springfield on September 7, 2016.

Eugene R. Capuano ’52 of Everett on July 28, 2016.

Patricia Child-Foley ’52 of Milton on July 28, 2016.

Richard H. Fallon ’52, of St. Louis, MO, on June 8, 2016.

James W. Gorman ’52 of Yarmouth Port on August 28, 2016.

John J. Hansberry ’52 of Charlestown, formerly of Dunwoody, GA, on June 21, 2016.

Charles P. Jones ’52 of Topeka, KS, on September 22, 2016.

Francis J. O’Hearn Jr. ’52 of Waltham on September 23, 2016.

Hugh H. O’Regan ’52 of Hyannis on September 4, 2016.

James D. Twohig ’52 of Naples, FL, formerly of Scituate, on May 13, 2016.

Frances Shea Adams ’53 of South Weymouth on July 14, 2016.

John R. Gravallese ’53 of Peabody on June 22, 2016.

William L. McSweeney ’53 of Overland Park, KS, on June 28, 2016.

Helen Murphy Miller ’53 of North Miami Beach, FL, on September 6, 2016.

Charles F. Parker, MEd’53, of Norwood on October 9, 2015.

Roger E. Perfetti ’53 of Braintree and Naples, FL, on August 15, 2016.

Paul E. Rowe Jr. ’53 of East Hartford, CT, on June 15, 2016.

Doris A. Scanlon ’53 of Holyoke on July 10, 2016.

Marcel R. Viger, Esq., JD’53, of Kennebunk, ME, on August 10, 2016.

Alice Logue Lawler ’54 of Osterville on May 15, 2016.

Walter F. Maguire, Esq., JD’54, of Milton on August 12, 2016.

Richard S. Payne, Esq., JD’54, of Larchmont, NY, on July 12, 2016.

Geraldine Boudreau Perez ’54 of Northampton on September 16, 2016.

Francis R. Proctor Jr. ’54, MSW’61, of Framingham on July 6, 2016.

John C. Shannon ’54, MA’60, of Woburn on February 14, 2016.

William F. Tiernan ’54 of Poway, CA, on January 23, 2016.

Vincent A. Drosdik ’55 of New Sharon, ME, on July 8, 2016.

Constantino S. Giannotti, MA’55, of Toscana, Italy, in July 2016.

John G. Hennessey ’55, MBA’68, of Needham on August 22, 2016.

William J. Lewis WCAS’55 of Littleton, formerly of Chelmsford, on June 9, 2016.

Gabrielle D. Martel ’55 of Sacramento, CA, on August 20, 2016.

John J. McGreenery ’55 of Cotuit on July 20, 2016.

John D. O’Sullivan ’55 of Needham on December 27, 2015.

Thomas F. Burke, Esq., ’56, JD’62, of South Dartmouth on July 1, 2016.

John P. Clancy ’56 of Chelmsford on August 27, 2016.

John F. Corbett Jr. ’56 of Whitman on July 24, 2016.

James M. Dewire ’56 of Cambridge on July 30, 2016.

Virginia Melea Dowd ’56 of San Antonio, TX, on September 2, 2016.

Fred L. Hickey ’56 of Waltham on September 22, 2016.

Paul Keohane ’56 of Barnstable Village on July 31, 2016.

Thomas G. Leonard ’56 of Grafton on March 20, 2016.

John J. McDonnell ’56 of Dover on June 20, 2016.

David F. Moriarty ’56 of Springfield on August 1, 2016.

Charlotte Hebert Pelletier ’56 of Fall River on July 2, 2016.

Joan O’Leary Shaw ’56 of Hingham on August 5, 2016.

Zygmond L. Slezak, MSW’56, of Hagaman, NY, on August 31, 2016.

Nichola M. Tauraso ’56 of Frederick, MD, on August 7, 2016.

Merton E. Thompson III ’56 of Yarmouth Port on June 16, 2016.

Richard J. Walsh ’56 of Marshfield on April 28, 2016.

Donald J. Cappelletti ’57 of Palm Beach, FL, on September 29, 2015.

Vincent J. Fabucci ’57 of Lynn on August 1, 2016.

Margaret J. Kenney ’57, MA’59, of Quincy on July 5, 2016.

Anne Trainor Kent WCAS’57 of Concord on January 25, 2015.

Warren J. Little ’57 of Washington, NH, on July 23, 2016.

Robert D. MacDougall ’57 of Waltham on June 7, 2016.

Carol Stover Shea WCAS’57 of Sherman, TX, on June 20, 2016.

Francis J. Brown WCAS’58, MBA’61, of East Falmouth on July 19, 2016.

Joseph L. Clasby ’58 of Ayer on June 6, 2016.

James D. Considine ’58 of Lowell and Wells, ME, on June 5, 2016.

John P. Doyle, MA’58, of Creve Coeur, MO, on July 2, 2016.

Raymond F. Goulet ’58 of Marlborough on July 3, 2016.

Jane Cowsill Lautieri ’58 of Cranston, RI, on June 11, 2016.

Joseph R. Linnehan ’58 of Waltham and Mattapoisett on August 30, 2016.

Robert E. McCarthy ’58 of Everett on September 20, 2016.

Robert D. Whoriskey, Esq., JD’58, of Larchmont, NY, on July 2, 2016.

Richard E. Bachman, Esq., JD’59, of East Bridgewater and Naples, FL, on June 29, 2016.

William A. Benson, MS’59, of Hanover, NH, on August 25, 2016.

Joan Borgioli ’59 of Melrose on August 18, 2016.

Robert J. Desautels ’59 of Florence on July 20, 2016.

Anthony J. DiRe ’59 of Rocky Hill, CT, and Plainville on August 1, 2016.

Roderick W. Downie ’59 of Dorchester on March 17, 2016.

George E. Holland Jr. ’59, MS’61, of Malden on August 10, 2016.

John J. Joyce ’59, MEd’61, of Hudson on August 4, 2016.

Jean A. Kinnare ’59 of Guilford, CT, on August 15, 2016.

1960s

Michaelene Martin Barrett NC’60 of Niantic, CT, formerly of Maplewood, NJ, on August 22, 2016.

Richard J. Burke ’60 of Charlestown on June 2, 2016.

Joseph R. Carty ’60 of Norwell and Eastham on July 19, 2016.

Donald F. Duffy ’60 of Waltham on August 30, 2016.

William C. Emsley, MSW’60, of Taunton on July 6, 2016.

John M. Franco ’60 of Burlington on June 7, 2016.

Harriet Stevens Hannigan ’60 of Stoneham on July 10, 2016.

James John Hayes ’60 of Boston and Westport on August 1, 2016.

Thomas J. Kane, MA’60, MSW’61, of Saco, ME, on June 20, 2016.

Daniel P. Leahy WCAS’60 of Lowell on August 10, 2016.

Paul J. Lynch ’60 of Jacksonville, FL, on March 24, 2016.

Gerald P. Sullivan ’60 of Falmouth on June 26, 2016.

Joseph F. X. Donovan, MA’61, PhD’83, of Dedham on September 4, 2016.

Walter T. Evans, Esq., JD’61, of Silver Spring, MD, on February 27, 2016.

James R. Foran, MBA’61, of Cherry Hill, NJ, on June 20, 2016.

Michael J. Murphy, MSW’61, of Shaker Heights, OH, on July 22, 2016.

Francis S. Russell ’61 of Readville on December 26, 2015.

Thomas R. Welch Jr. WCAS’61 of Wellesley on September 2, 2016.

John F. Zirkel ’61 of Honor, MI, on July 13, 2016.

Donna Coughlin Carroll NC’62 of Winchester and Osterville on August 21, 2016.

Beatrice Moynihan Colleary ’62 of Medford on March 28, 2016.

Charles J. Duddy Jr. ’62, MEd’64, of Medway on July 13, 2016.

Peter K. Feeney ’62 of Centerville on May 15, 2016.

Albert F. Harrington ’62 of Tewksbury on May 13, 2016.

Robert T. Kiernan ’62 of Lancaster, PA, on July 3, 2016.

Richard L. Lafreniere ’62 of O’Fallon, IL, on August 7, 2016.

Ann M. Lynch ’62 of Exton, PA, on July 20, 2016.

Hugh D. Mahoney ’62 of Venice, FL, on May 14, 2016.

Barbara Plociennik Agostinelli, MEd’63, of Portsmouth, RI, on July 15, 2016.

James E. Cradock ’63 of Mount Pleasant, SC, on May 10, 2016.

Robert S. Kennedy, Esq., JD’63, of Encinitas, CA, on June 1, 2016.

William R. Lallas ’63 of Manchester, NH, on June 20, 2016.

Thomas J. MacDonald, MBA’63, of Nashua, NH, on September 15, 2014.

Paul F. McDevitt ’63 of Housatonic and Boston on September 12, 2016.

Paul R. Solomon, Esq., JD’63, of Boynton Beach, FL, on August 12, 2016.

Joseph W. Valentine, MSW’63, of Santa Rosa, CA, on May 27, 2016.

Margaret A. Cristiano ’64 of New York, NY, on June 14, 2016.

Charlene Palladino NC’64 of Wakefield on March 21, 2013.

Frank E. Richichi ’64 of Bellingham on August 8, 2016.

Stephen M. Richmond, Esq., JD’64, of Newton on August 22, 2016.

Martha Springer NC’64 of New York, NY, on March 18, 2016.

Arthur A. Brown, MA’65, PhD’76, of Falmouth, formerly of Roslindale, on January 14, 2015.

Allen W. Dalton ’65 of Essex on June 14, 2016.

Frederick E. Danker, MA’65, of Framingham on August 7, 2016.

George J. Fitzgibbons Jr. ’65 of Wallingford, CT, on August 22, 2016.

William W. Hamilton, MA’65, of Cherokee Village, AR, on November 18, 2015.

Robert J. Kelly ’65 of Matthews, NC, on March 7, 2016.

Martin B. Lane, MSW’65, of South Windsor, CT, on June 24, 2016.

Catherine Devine Maher ’65 of Marshfield on August 16, 2016.

Russell Sullivan Jr., MA’65, of Topsfield on September 5, 2016.

James D. Cashman ’66 of East Kingston, NH, on August 7, 2016.

William R. Hersey, MA’66, of Milford, NH, on September 4, 2016.

Nancy Parkhurst Kling NC’66 of Kennebunkport, ME, on September 2, 2016.

Leo B. Lind, Esq., ’66, JD’69, of Concord, NH, on July 22, 2016.

Paul C. Marshall ’66 of Sudbury on July 22, 2016.

Joseph A. Recomendes ’66 of Naples, FL, and Hanover on July 13, 2016.

Thomas W. Royles Jr. ’66 of New Gloucester, ME, on June 24, 2016.

Brendan M. Walsh, PhD’66, of Dublin, Ireland, on May 19, 2016.

Judith Marchese Barta ’67 of Garland, TX, on August 5, 2016.

Cheryl A. Douglass ’67 of Woburn on June 20, 2016.

Doris Liguori, MS’67, of Edgewater, NJ, on July 5, 2016.

William R. McKenna ’67 of Hilton Head Island, SC, on August 8, 2016.

Florian Wawrzyniak, MA’67, of Northfield, VT, on July 24, 2016.

Ann K. Gallagher ’68 of Stoneham on November 29, 2015.

Walter G. Hiltz, Esq., ’68 of Dedham on July 16, 2016.

James J. Marcellino, Esq., JD’68, of Milton on June 30, 2016.

Ellen Meehan Murray NC’68 of Irvington, NY, on July 21, 2016.

William J. Power III ’68 of West Roxbury, formerly of Marlborough, on August 3, 2016.

Robert B. Sayers ’68 of Treasure Island, FL, and Harwich on July 24, 2016.

Luis-Ricardo Alonso, MA’69, PhD’75, of Arlington, VA, on October 25, 2015.

Robert H. Bertin, MEd’69, of Frederick, MD, on July 10, 2016.

William G. Defranzo Jr. ’69 of Hampton, NH, on July 31, 2016.

John L. Ferraro ’69 of Framingham on July 13, 2016.

Maureen Dugan Gallagher, MEd’69, of Vienna, VA, on August 7, 2016.

Maureen Beringer Moir, MS’69, PhD’76, PhD’87, of Worcester on August 4, 2016.

Ellen B. Young WCAS’69 of Rockland on September 9, 2016.

1970s

Jennifer A. Colton ’70 of Duxbury on August 19, 2016.

Peter M. Dalton ’70 of Swampscott on June 23, 2016.

Katherine M. Keane ’70 of Bridgeport, CT, on July 25, 2016.

Dorothy Hoyle Kelley ’70 of Scripps Ranch, CA, on June 9, 2016.

Mary P. Powers, MEd’70, of Watertown on June 16, 2016.

Rosalind E. Rowley, MEd’70, of Watertown on April 14, 2016.

Norma R. Deziel, MEd’71, of Tryon, NC, on August 19, 2015.

T. Frank Kennedy, SJ, ’71 of Newton on August 19, 2016.

Barbara Milan Masser, MS’71, of East Greenwich, RI, on August 28, 2016.

Linda Veldheer, MEd’71, of Columbia, SC, on May 20, 2016.

William J. Fornaci ’72 of Hawthorne, NJ, formerly of Longwood, FL, on March 25, 2016.

Kevin King ’72 of Simsbury, CT, on June 6, 2016.

Kathleen B. Marshall, MEd’72, of Hanover, NH, on September 14, 2016.

Robert J. Oliver WCAS’72 of Hingham on July 6, 2016.

Alfred B. Cenedella, Esq., JD’73, of Naples, FL, on July 27, 2016.

Albert S. Kirklys WCAS’73 of Revere on July 29, 2016.

Charles Philip Piekarski ’74 of Ashburn, VA, on June 6, 2016.

Patricia Simoff Connolly, MEd’75, of Whitman on June 18, 2016.

Elizabeth Casey Cullen NC’75 of Cold Spring Harbor, NY, on August 17, 2016.

Eleanor A. Giusti, MEd’75, of East Walpole and Nantucket on November 8, 2015.

Robert B. Henry, MA’75, PhD’78, of Mars Hill, NC, on August 28, 2016.

Joseph P. LaRaia, PhD’75, of Salisbury, NH, on December 18, 2015.

Marie L. Norton ’75 of Weston on July 28, 2016.

Mary T. Pilkington-Casey, MSW’75, of Concord, NH, on June 20, 2016.

Anne Marie P. Ferris ’76 of Glastonbury, CT, on August 29, 2016.

Donald Chou, Esq., JD’77, of Laguna Niguel, CA, on June 23, 2016.

Mary B. DeRouen, CAES’77, of New Orleans, LA, on June 15, 2016.

Deborah Molick Ginder ’77 of Mendota Heights, MN, on February 19, 2016.

James E. Goggin WCAS’77 of Reading on August 11, 2016.

Joseph W. Roissier Jr. ’77 of Bonsall, CA, on August 3, 2016.

Stephen M. Scheller ’77 of Coppell, TX, on September 3, 2016.

John T. Denny, OSA, ’79 of Bryn Mawr, PA, on June 20, 2016.

1980s

Catherine D. Humphreys, MS’80, of Fitchburg on July 25, 2016.

John F. McClay Jr. ’80 of Abington on May 20, 2015.

Douglas D. Scott, Esq., JD’80, of Boulder, CO, on August 11, 2016.

Rosa Barrios Botaish ’81 of Franklin on June 19, 2016.

Martha Ries, Esq., ’81 of Seattle, WA, on May 29, 2016.

James D. Collins, PhD’82, of Yarmouth Port on August 8, 2016.

Karen L. Dutkowsky, MEd’82, of Cooperstown, NY, on May 5, 2016.

Elizabeth Burns Kirby ’82 of Hingham on July 6, 2016.

Suzanne Bissonnette, MSW’84, of Cumberland, RI, on May 1, 2016.

Janet Sullivan Corkery, CAES’84, of Westwood on March 1, 2016.

Janet Mary Gainey, MEd’86, of Bonita Springs, FL, on June 20, 2016.

Frederick H. Tape ’86 of Athens, ME, on July 18, 2016.

Joan McQuiston Twiss, PhD’86, of Craftsbury, VT, on August 5, 2016.

Mary Teresa Phayre Tramonte ’87 of Woburn on September 13, 2016.

Constance L. Wade, MSW’87, of New Smyrna Beach, FL, on June 27, 2016.

Frances Zubryd, MEd’87, of Bennington, VT, on May 27, 2016.

Helen G. Dunn WCAS’89 of Falmouth on August 25, 2016.

Richard Ling ’89 of Highlands Ranch, CO, on May 4, 2016.

1990s

Theresa Fitzpatrick Doyle, PhD’90, of West Roxbury on August 16, 2016.

Peter J. Walsh III ’92 of St. Cloud, FL, on August 7, 2016.

Ruth Ice, MSW’93, of Fort Collins, CO, on July 22, 2016.

Cynthia Ann Rouleau, SND, MEd’97, of Worcester on August 29, 2016.

James P. Connors ’98 of Portland, ME, on August 17, 2016.

Caroline Knowles Clapp, MSW’99, of South Berwick, ME, on July 31, 2016.

John Driscoll, MEd’99, of Lynnfield on August 13, 2016.

Jessyca Katz, MSW’99, of Cumberland, RI, on May 25, 2014.

2000s

Lorna A. Fortier ’03, MA’05, of Winchendon on October 17, 2015.

Michael M. Tatosian Jr. ’03 of Lewiston, ME, on February 11, 2016.

Carolyn Seery, MEd’08, of Winchester on July 1, 2016.

2010s

Andrew M. Burke WCAS’15 of Westwood on August 5, 2016.

BOSTON COLLEGE COMMUNITY DEATHS Joseph Abely Jr. ’50, of Sea Island, Georgia, University Trustee from 1976 to 1983 and 1985 to 1993, on May 31, 2016, at age 87. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Conlon Abely; their children, James Christopher Abely and Karen Latham; granddaughters; nieces; and nephews.

T. Frank Kennedy, SJ, ’71, of Weston, faculty member in the music department since 1988 (chair from 1992 to 2003 and 2005 to 2008, Peter Canisius Professor of Humanities and Music from 2006 to 2014), director of the Jesuit Institute from 2002 to 2014, rector of the Boston College Jesuit Community from 2008 to 2014, on August 19, 2016, at age 67. He is survived by his brothers Peter and Steven, and sisters Kristin, Tracy, and Isabel.

Joseph T. Nolan ’42, MA’49, of Newton, theology department faculty member from 1973 to 2001, on July 25, 2016, at age 95. He is survived by a niece and two nephews.

The “Obituaries” section is compiled from national listings as well as from notifications submitted by friends and family of alumni. It consists of names of those whose deaths have been reported to us since the previous issue of Boston College Magazine. Please send information on deceased alumni to Advancement Information Systems, Cadigan Alumni Center, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 or to infoserv@bc.edu.

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advancing boston college

A Note of Thanks Meet Neenan Society member Maureen Cullum ’84

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rom her earliest memories, Maureen Cullum ’84 loved to sing. She joined the University Chorale at BC, and even now as a busy finance executive, she finds time to perform with jazz troupes and choirs around Los Angeles.

“That’s how I stay true to myself,” says Cullum, a member of BC’s Neenan Society, which recognizes those who make consecutive annual gifts to the University.

“Boston College helped turn a childhood hobby into an enduring passion that sustains and enriches my life. I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Today

Here, Cullum reflects on her 31-year history of giving to her alma mater: How did you begin as a donor?

I made my first gift to Boston College in my senior year, and I’ve been giving ever since. I started small while my career was just taking off, but in recent years I’ve been able to give more. Even if you give $25 a year—it makes a difference for BC and honors our commitment to live as “men and women for others.”

Why do you make annual support a priority?

In so many ways, Boston College is still a living, active part of my life. It’s only natural for me to give consistently, not only out

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of gratitude but also to pass the baton to the next generation. It’s the largest and most important charitable contribution I make each year.

What do you choose to support at BC? I have generally made my gifts unrestricted, because I want BC to have the greatest flexibility in today’s ever-changing economic climate. However, I did recently designate a gift to the University Chorale to help with their last international tour. We took similar trips during my four years with the chorale, and I wanted to do what I could to ease the burden on the students.

What would you say to other alumni considering an annual gift?

If you can look at your life and see BC’s influence in your career, your family, your spirituality, or yourself—then give back! It’s a simple but meaningful act of gratitude that helps other students have the same opportunities and experiences we enjoyed at BC.

Strength

Numbers

IN

The Impact of Annual Gifts At Boston College it’s not about how much you give, it’s about how many alumni, parents, and friends stand up for BC’s outstanding students and distinctive mission.

Annual giving in the 2015–2016 academic year:

Gifts of

$10

$100 51,930 donors gave $128.2M

0

or less

totaled more than $2M

Class reunion The William B. Neenan, S.J., Society recognizes BC’s most loyal donors, those who give in consecutive years.

33,005 members

63.5% Percent of BC donors who are Neenan Society members

As part of their reunion, classmates work together to raise funds for their reunion class gift.

6,352

alumni supported their reunion class gift

50%

$6.9M

of the Class of 2011 gave in honor of their 5th reunion

raised by the Class of 1986— a new reunion giving record!

The 1863 Society honors leadership donors who have made contributions of $1,000 or more.

8,026 members

Gave

$105M for Boston College

Show your support today at www.bc.edu/give.

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FOR NOW. FOR ALWAYS.

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