Boston College Magazine, Spring 2014

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Table of Contents

46 Alumni News & Notes 48 Class Notes 1930s, 1940s 1950s 1960s

1970s 1980s 1990s

2000s 2010s Graduate schools

63 Alumni Profile: William Oates ’78, P’07 67 Alumni Profile: Joy Olaes Surprenant ’93 69 Alumni Profile: Christine Ann Denny ’05, MS’06 72 Obituaries 74 Light the World Campaign News

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NINTH ANNUAL DAY OF SERVICE

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BC Serves in Record Numbers new york city

More than 23,000 lowincome seniors, women with infants, and children received food packages thanks to the Eagles in Los Angeles.

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an inspiring effort, more than 500 BC alumni, families, and friends joined together to make the world a better place.

BC’s Ninth Annual Day of Service was incredibly successful as Eagles everywhere assisted others through timely and impactful projects, including tutoring children, cleaning parks, and feeding the less fortunate.

“This experience was quite rewarding,” said Alexander Hoffarth ’13, who volunteered in Rochester, N.Y., with his parents, Alice Adams Hoffarth ’83 and Steven Hoffarth, MS’90, P’13, ’15, ’17. “While we have watched Eagles games together this year, this was an opportunity to share our BC bond in an active and practical manner.”

Actor Josh Duhamel pitched in with NYC alums as they cleaned a city park damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Return Home to the Heights. From Anywhere.

In just a few short months, a new online community will launch on www.bc.edu/forbc and completely change how you interact with Boston College.

The first thing you’ll notice is a simpler log-in process. Next is the new preference center that enables you to select your interests and geographic location to determine what BC news

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and events you see and how you receive them. Other improvements include complete mobile and tablet responsiveness, an easily searchable alumni directory, and access to exclusive career networking tools, just to name a few.

Watch for the official launch this summer, and bookmark www.bc.edu/forbc today.

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Pops on the Heights

Parents’ Weekend

Homecoming

Join the Boston Pops Orchestra for an unforgettable night in support of student scholarships.

An autumn tradition filled with activities for the entire family.

Alumni, parents, and families will return to the Heights for a renewed tradition of football and fun.

Learn more or register for these and other Alumni Association events at www.bc.edu/forbc.

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alumni news South Carolina alumni helped build an oyster reef along their state’s coastline.

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panama Eagles in San Diego came together to help spruce up a local Jesuit school.

Children in Panama received physical, educational, and spiritual guidance during a fun-filled morning with local Eagles.

Eagles in Boston gathered at the Cadigan Alumni Center to make inspirational signs for this year’s Boston Marathon.

View more pictures from BC’s Day of Service at www.bc.edu/dayofservice.

¡Bienvenidos, Puerto Rico!

Hundreds of Eagles gathered in Puerto Rico for the ceremonial beginning of a new Alumni Association chapter

On

April 14, the Boston College Alumni Association proudly welcomed the newest member of its growing chapter program with the addition of Puerto Rico.

The chapter’s official inauguration was celebrated with a reception featur-

The Puerto Rico Chapter leaders with Joy Haywood Moore ’81, H’10 and John Mahoney ’79, MA’85.

ing more than 200 Eagles; Joy Haywood Moore ’81, H’10, associate vice president for alumni relations; and John Mahoney ’79, MA’85, director of the office of undergraduate admission.

Eric Pérez-Ochoa ’86 and Glori Álvarez ’88, P’16, along with founding member Hector Vina ’80, lead the

enthusiastic volunteer group in Puerto Rico, and their aim is to reconnect the alumni and parents living on the “Isle of Enchantment” back to Boston College. The chapter is already off to a great start, joining more than 30 other chapters and cities in BC’s Ninth Annual Day of Service.

Learn more about the Alumni Association’s Chapter program at www.bc.edu/forbc. www.bc.edu/alumni

class notes Your participation matters.

1934–1943

Boston College Alumni Association classnotes@bc.edu Cadigan Alumni Center 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Lenahan O’Connell ’34 passed away peacefully on January 5 at the age of 100. He leaves three children, four grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, and a brother. An attorney and a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Army, Lenahan served as a judge advocate officer in the southwest Pacific during World War II and, for more than 60 years, he practiced at his family’s law office, O’Connell & O’Connell. He served as state assistant attorney general from 1949 to 1953. He also served as treasurer of the Boston University Law School Association, a trustee of the Social Law Library, a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, president of the board of trustees of the Boston Public Library, and a past commander of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

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1944 reunion year

Correspondent: Gerard L. Kirby kirbyjerry143@gmail.com PO Box 1493 Duxbury, MA 02331; 781-934-0229 Here is something you might enjoy if you are on the Internet: Google “New York Rangers” and go to “lineup.” Here you will find a biography of John Moore, whom you may recognize as the son of our classmate Bob Moore. What a pleasure it would be for Bob, who is no longer with us, to see how successful John is in his chosen career.

We can only imagine the joys the two of them must have shared as John first began playing hockey and then rose to the top of the ladder as defenseman for the Rangers.

A great accomplishment for both of them.

• On a sadder note, our numbers are again diminished—this time by Henry Fidrocki and John Cataldo. Henry was in the College of Arts and Sciences, so I didn’t get to know him well, although we did have a lot of friends in common and so knew each other socially.

John was among those in our class who also was in the BC High class of 1940 and therefore a friend of so many years; we shared the same class in 1936 and saw each other often right through to our graduation in 1944.

Our careers took us in different directions, but we did meet at seminars though the years.

John was a winner from the start. Always kind. So thoughtful. What a nice man. • Just a short time ago, it seemed as though our 70th reunion was a long, long time in the future.

And now, at this writing, it is just a couple of months away. We haven’t planned any special activities—lunch, perhaps, will be about it.

Please let me know if you think you might be

able to attend; I hope you will be able to make it. • Peace.

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1945

Boston College Alumni Association classnotes@bc.edu Cadigan Alumni Center 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 We are deeply saddened at the passing of our correspondent David Hern, and we thank his son Joseph Hern, JD’80, for the following tribute: The incumbent Class of 1945 reporter, David A. Hern, died in Boston on January 23 after a brief illness. He was born in 1923 in Dorchester, the youngest and last surviving of 10 children of Joseph L. and Anne (Donahoe) Hern. Dave was educated at St. Peter School, Dorchester, where he met Clare Dunn, whom he would marry in 1951, and at Boston College High School. He then took the streetcar to the Heights in September 1941 to follow his brothers Kevin ’31, Gerald ’32, and Laurence ’36. After completing his first two years at BC, Dave joined the Navy and qualified as hospital apprentice first class. He was attached to the Sixth Marine Division as a medic and saw action at the Battle of Okinawa. He landed with his Marine unit in Japan in late August 1945, days before the surrender at Tokyo Bay, and remained in Japan until 1946. Following discharge from the Navy, Dave returned to BC and graduated in 1947 with a degree in economics. Along with so many BC students who enrolled in the early ’40s only to have their college years interrupted by the Second World War, he pioneered the “Five-Year Plan” and “Six-Year Plan” that are now so popular among college students, if not their parents. Dave spent nearly four decades as a reporter for the Associated Press, the Boston Traveler and Sunday Herald until the Traveler’s 1967 demise, the New Bedford Standard Times, the Cape Cod Standard Times, and the Lowell Sun, ending with the Associated Press in 1988.

For most of his career he reported on politics, covering the Massachusetts State House and national political party conventions of 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1988. Dave was an avid tennis player into his middle 80s, a pond hockey player into his 70s, and a lifelong BC hockey fan. Ray Helmick, SJ, PhL’57, of BC and James Hosie, SJ, STL’66, of BC High represented Dave’s alma maters at the concelebrated funeral Mass at St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury, his parish for 57 years. In the eulogy his son said, “He was shaped by his Catholic education—first at St. Peter’s, where he met Clare Dunn, and then at BC High and BC. His Jesuit education was his lodestar.” In addition to his wife, Dave leaves behind 7 children, including sons David Jr. ’74 and Joseph JD’80; 16 grandchildren, including grandson Brian JD’11; and 6 greatgrandchildren. The Hern family is grateful for the condolences of classmates Paul Dawson, Bill Hamrock, Tom Loftus, John McCarthy, Paul Paget MSW’49, and Charlie Rogers, and lifelong friend Joe Panetta ’44.

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1947

Correspondent: Richard J. Fitzgerald PO Box 171 North Falmouth, MA 02556; 508-563-6168

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1948

Correspondent: Timothy C. Buckley buckbirch@verizon.net 41 Birchwood Lane Lincoln, MA 01773 Francis Cassani, MA’53, died on November 19, 2013. He grew up in Chelsea and lived in Weymouth for 61 years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal during the Battle of the Bulge. Frank went on to a 36-year career in education, during which he served as principal of four different schools, and, after retiring in 1985, he remained involved in his field through the Johnson Early Childhood Center, where he volunteered his time reading to children. An active member of Immaculate Conception Parish, where he taught CCD for many years, he was also a member of their choir and served as the director of the men’s choir for over 40 years. Frank leaves his wife, Marie; children Richard and Anne Conner; five grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter, Isabella Marie Cassani. His grandson Rev. John Cassani celebrated his funeral Mass. • Al DeVito welcomed a second great-grandchild, born in Hoboken, NJ, on January 11 and given the name Emmeline Marie. She joins Callan Barrett, first great-grandchild of Al and his late wife, Eileen, and a wonderful extended family.

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1949 reunion year

Correspondent: John J. Carney JJC1949@bc.edu 227 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester, MA 02125; 617-825-8283 On a cold evening here at beautiful Savin Hill by the sea at the end of February, I try to gather my thoughts for another class notes column, only this time it is for the start of the 65th anniversary of our graduation from dear old alma mater! In the previous notes, I tried to mention all those fortunate enough to have joined together at the anniversary Mass last October; I hope I included all those who were present. As the Irish would say, “It was a grand affair!” Since then, I have received a few letters; here is the latest news from our classmates. • On December 18, we received a letter from Ira Mogul, our official class representative from Naples, FL. Ira has been given a life membership in the Naples Players; he has been on the stage at the Naplesarea community theater for 34 productions and is still as active as he can be. Congratulations, Ira, from all your classmates! We miss you in the Boston area. (I have Ira’s address and phone

and will be glad to provide them to any Class of ’49 member upon request.) • Ernie Ciampa sent me obituaries of Bill Butler of Braintree and Jack Cahill of Londonderry, NH, and I also received a copy of Jack’s obituary from John Wissler ’57, MBA’72, retired former alumni director.

Jack was very active with the band and musical groups at BC. We extend our condolences to his wife, Louise, and family. Bill was a decorated veteran of World War II, serving with the 357th fighter squadron of the Air Corps. He will surely be missed by his nine grandchildren and his great-grandson; our prayers and sympathy go out to them all. • We are looking forward to a successful 65th anniversary reunion year, and I will try to keep all informed of our progress. In the meantime, stay well! AMDG.

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1950

Correspondent: Bob Chandler bob.chandler1950@hotmail.com 43 Pine Hill Road Chelmsford, MA 01824; 978-449-9720 Larry Delaney was awarded first place in the men’s 80-and-over age division of the 14th Annual Eastern Bank Flutie 5K Road Race in Natick last October. In the same race, BC alumna Phyllis Mays, MS’02, won the women’s competition in this age group. The event benefits the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, founded by Doug Flutie ’85 and his wife, Laurie. You may view a photo of our prize-winning classmate together with Phyllis, Doug, and Laurie on the BC alumni online community at http://www.alumniconnections. bc.edu. Larry, a retired surgeon, is chairman at Massachusetts Doctors Group in Natick.

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Correspondent: Ann Fulton Coté NC’53 11 Prospect Street Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-8512 As I write these notes, I am looking at a lot of snow outside my window. There is some comfort in knowing that, when you read this, the snow will be gone. I hope the new year has started off happily for all of you and will continue so to be. • I have not had news to share from my classmates, but, sadly, my own news is that my husband, Owen, died suddenly in his sleep on January 3. We had a wonderful Christmas season with family.

We believe Owen died peacefully, at home, untethered by medical equipment, and was spared a long decline. I have heard from many of you, and I am most grateful.

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1951

Correspondent: James Derba jjderba@aol.com Brookhaven at Lexington 1010 Waltham Street Lexington, MA 02421; 781-538-6502 It was good to hear from Frank Kelley, who returned to BC to earn his MEd in 1959 and went on to a 60-year career as a teacher and

track and field coach at Wilmington High School. • Do we have other teachers and/ or coaches among us? Please write to me at the above address; I look forward to hearing news from you!

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1952

Correspondent: Frank McGee fjamesmcgee@gmail.com 1952 Ocean Street Marshfield, MA 02050; 781-834-4690 I spoke with Jim Callahan in late February. He was in Naples, FL, for the winter with his wife, Carol, along with Kathy and Barry Driscoll and our class president, Joe O’Shaughnessy, and his wife, Anne. Jim reported that the Southwest Florida Chapter of the BC Alumni Association sponsored a reception at the Ritz Carlton in Naples for University President William P. Leahy, SJ. Estimates of attendance were between 400 and 500. Fr. Leahy celebrated the Mass and then addressed the group. Jim said that Father’s remarks were a powerful reminder of Christ’s call for living the holy life every day. A reception followed at Vanderbilt Beach. Dave Murphy and Bill Bond were also in attendance. Jim indicated that former basketball great Tim O’Connell and his wife had arrived in town, and Jim was looking forward to meeting him. • For the record, I’d like to set out here our class officers: Joe O’Shaughnessy, president; Bruce Desroisers, first vice president; Paul Nolan, second vice president; Jim Callahan, treasurer; and Tom Megan, assistant treasurer. • I had a nice conversation with Leo Johnson. He is now living in Bourne. Leo has a nephew who is 6 feet 6 inches and a senior at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, where he plays basketball. • Plans were finalized for our traditional class spring trip. The gathering will take place June 17–19 at the White Mountain Hotel in North Conway, NH. Because I am writing this in February, I will provide, in the next issue, a review of the trip.

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1953

Correspondent: Jim Willwerth jammw19@verizon.net 19 Sheffield Way Westborough, MA 01581; 508-366-5400 Several classmates have sent notes on how they’ve been spending their time since our 60th anniversary: Gerry and John McCauley are in West Palm Beach playing croquet in tournaments at the National Croquet Center.

Gerry finished second in the Beach Club Invitational in Palm Beach in January. • Isabella Butkiewicz and Peg Burke Crawford are also enjoying the sunshine in Florida. Peg met with Helen Hickey Wade in Concord just after Christmas and hopes to have a larger gathering in the spring. She reports that Helen left New London, CT, after many years.

• “Eleanor and I have recently returned from a trip to Italy and Sicily, great vacation,” reports Sal Venezia. • Jack Costa wrote that he and Mimi (Iantosca), MS’59, have been enjoying their season tickets to hockey and are happy to see the team ranked No. 1 after winning www.bc.edu/alumni

their fifth-straight Beanpot. Jack added: “We’ve also managed to visit every exhibit at BC’s McMullen Museum with Dick Curran, MBA’70, and Judy Golden and are looking forward to the next exhibit. Thank God Mimi and I are both healthy. We’re now at the stage where our children are thinking about when they can retire, and the grandchildren are employed throughout the country as well as in the Peace Corps.” Jack also added that now that we are past our 60th anniversary, he thought there was some talk about having a joint get-together with say, the Classes of 1954, 1955, and 1956? • Walter Corcoran’s son Joe ’83, MEd’90, sent a nice note on his father’s behalf. Joe writes: “On February 20, he and my mom, Janet, will celebrate their 60th anniversary! My folks will gather with us, their seven children, and (most of) their 31 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren at the Old Colonial in Norwood Center.” One of Walter’s grandchildren, Matt Corcoran ’13, became a BC alumnus at the baccalaureate Mass in December, the closing event of the Sesquicentennial celebration. • Dick Horan reports that once again, in February, classmates from BC High ’49 and BC’53 had dinner at the Royal Palm Country Club in Naples, FL. They were Msgr. Paul Ryan and his cousin Peg Kelly, Joan and Dick Horan, and Claire and Ray Kenney JD’58. The following day, Dick and Paul enjoyed a round of golf. Msgr. Paul continues his parish work by working weekends at St. Catherine’s Parish in Norwood. • Speaking of BC High, I heard from Joan D’Arcy Sheridan, MEd’63, whose brother Bishop John D’Arcy passed away in February 2013. John also was in the BC High Class of ’49—and he was almost BC’53 as well. Joan writes that John “was accepted at Boston College. It was the school he loved and always wanted to attend, but he chose instead to enter St. John’s Seminary. Later he became Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend (Notre Dame country), but he never lost his love for BC. Several times a year he returned to the family home in Brighton, and he would drive up to BC, park on Commonwealth Avenue, and make a visit to St. Mary’s Chapel. • Fr. Larry Drennan reports: “Here at this end, one moves along the road of retirement, but we continue to serve, ‘pinch-hitting’ like David Ortiz for our relatively overworked pastors. I do love it. RIP all the ‘dear ones’ who will not be with us at our 61st.”

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1954 reunion year

class participation goal: 172 Correspondent: John Ford jrfeagle@verizon.net 45 Waterford Drive Worcester, MA 01602; 508-755-3615 It seems that each quarter, we are faced with an ever longer list of classmates who have left us; where once the column was news of events in the lives of classmates it increasingly becomes a necrology. As we become fewer in number, it becomes especially important that we gather together at our 60th reunion on Saturday, May 31. Dick Foy, Paul Sally MA’56, Ed O’Brien, Jim Donahue, Leo Walker MBA’65, Anthony Forgetta, William Glover, Harris Jameson, Bob Kiley MA’58, John Krim, John Shyne, Richard Stanton, and Albert

Youngclaus have now left us. Leo Walker had an unusual route to BC. He was a World War II Navy vet who transferred to BC from John Carroll University for his junior year. With the advent of the Korean War, Leo volunteered for service once again. He served three years as a first lieutenant, returning to BC to finish his undergraduate degree and later his MBA. His son John ’82, JD’85, is a Double Eagle. Most of our information about deceased classmates comes from BC, but often we first hear from classmates: thanks to Tom Skehan for the information about Jim Donahue, to Dick Foley for news of Ed O’Brien, and to Tom Murphy for his report on Dick Foy. • Frank McLaughlin, MA’57, recently finished a 52-year career as a BC faculty member. Frank grew up in Boston and graduated from Roxbury Memorial High School. He worked as a draftsman and enrolled in BC’s evening college (now the Woods College of Advancing Studies). After taking time out for service during the Korean War, he completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and, at the prompting of the chair of the economics department, he went on to MIT to earn his PhD, all the while raising a family. He returned to BC as a faculty member, spending the rest of his academic life there. Frank and Clare (Carr), MEd’73, raised 11 children, 9 of whom graduated from BC. Currently they have five grandchildren attending the University. • Lou Totino, MBA’65, has made arrangements for our annual memorial Mass to be held at Trinity chapel on the Newton Campus at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 12. Brunch will follow in Barat House. If you have questions about this event, please call Lou at 781-329-9612.

and answer their questions. When I spoke with Lucille Joy Becker in Connecticut, she said her son got her first computer for her.

Lucille commented, laughing, that she is “now coming out of the Stone Age and entering the Computer Age.” • It’s hard to believe that in June it will be 60 years since we, the Class of 1954, received our degrees from Newton College of the Sacred Heart, assembled on the lawn in front of Duchesne. In an email from Puerto Rico, Delma Sala Fleming said that her “years at Newton will never be forgotten,” and that she had many good memories of dear friends, some who came and spent time with her. Delma and her family have been invited by a friend—the dean of marine biology at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez—to spend a day on board the USS Nautilus. Nautilus is the Navy’s first nuclearpowered vessel and is now doing deep-sea research. Delma observed that the submarine was commissioned in September 1954—the same year as our graduation. She and her family will be there for the 60th anniversary celebration of the commissioning. • I had a long phone chat with Maureen Cohalan Curry, who had some observations about our years at Newton College 60 years ago. She said it was a wonderful experience, what with the college being small and having small classes. We had good friends, both in our own class and in classes ahead and behind us. Case in point: Maureen remarked that she recently had a call from Alice Ann O’Brien Clifton NC’53. There was good interaction in academic and social activities at Newton. • For those of us who have experienced a challenging winter season: Think spring! • Please send news.

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NC 1954 reunion year Correspondent: Mary Helen FitzGerald Daly 700 Laurel Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091; 847-251-3837 During the holidays, I received cards and greetings from Evie Higgins Beveridge, Mary Magdalen OSC, Lucille Joy Becker, Maureen Cohalan Curry, and Helen Sperry Mannix. In her card, Sr. Mary Magdalen noted that she is receiving emails from younger people asking about life in her monastery, and she finds using email makes it easy to give them information

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1955

Correspondent: Marie Kelleher mrejo2001@gmail.com 12 Tappan Street Melrose, MA 02176; 781-665-2669 In August, Anne and Norb Timmins hosted a lobster fest for the members of the BC Club of Cape Cod. Norb is a member of the Nominating Committee of the club, and Joe Donahue was elected president during

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the most recent elections. On November 4, the club held its annual Mass for deceased members, with Fr. Steve Koen ’54, MEd’60, as the celebrant. Luncheon followed the Mass.

The day’s program was organized by Joe and Mary Donahue. At the Christmas luncheon, Joe presented a donation for the residents of Campion Health Center in Weston to Robert Levens, SJ, who is rector at the center. • Having not yet learned to say “No,” Charlie Costello is serving as the treasurer of several organizations. He reports that Anne and he are doing well. • Al and Joan Gospodarek Lett were in California for a family wedding in November. While there, they spent a week with their daughter Kathy and her family. They also had lunch with Mary Jane Kelly Dempsey. Mary Jane had previously joined Walter Wright, Barbara (Wincklhofer) Wright’s husband, in trips through the San Juan Mountains when he and Barbara visited in July. • Jean O’Neil, MS’63, will receive the Excellence in Nursing Education Award from the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses at their convention in April. Jean is being recognized for her involvement in theory, clinical, and online teaching from the baccalaureate level through the PhD, as well as continuing education, while teaching at BC. • Sadly I share the news that Vincent Milano died on September 30, 2013. He had been an engineer at Raytheon and was a Grand Knight in the Knights of Columbus.

Also, Tom Driscoll died on October 31. He too had been an engineer at Raytheon. Winifred Ryan’s MA’58, mother went home to God on September 26. Mrs. Ryan was 104 years old.

Mary Rose McCarty Griffin’s husband, John, also entered eternal life. Please pray for them and for Jane Milano, Carol Driscoll, and their families as well as Winnie Ryan! Also please pray for our classmates who are ill or who have heavy hearts. • Please send news.

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NC 1955

Correspondent: Jane Quigley Hone janeqhone@msn.com 207 Miro Place Port Washington, NY 11050; 516-627-0973 As many of our classmates turn 80 this year, we send good wishes to each one. Some of us exchange birthday cards, and the most recent one went out to Carra Quinlan Wetzel, who lives in Powell, WY. Carra has a son, who also lives in Wyoming, and three daughters, who live in three different states. • We heard from Francie Johnston Diebboll that she keeps busy with her 7 children and 11 grandchildren. Her husband, Bob, and her son John are no longer living. Francie spends summers on an acre of land in the country in Michigan. She sounds as energetic as ever. • Ed and Winnie (Weber) Hicks are settled in Venice, FL, full-time. • Our granddaughter Elizabeth, who lives in Manhasset, NY, spent the spring session of her junior year at an environmental program in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia—quite an experience! Elizabeth will begin her senior year at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. As always, I keep in touch with Pat Leclaire Mitchell. Both of us would love to hear from our other classmates.

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1956

Correspondent: Steve Barry sdmjbarry@verizon.net 102 Brooksby Village Drive, Unit 304 Peabody, MA 01960; 978-587-3626 Bob Halloran sent me a reminder of his note of July 2012, which I totally missed: Betty and John Moore, MA’59, celebrated the inclusion of their daughter, Ellen Marmur, on New York magazine’s list of “Best Doctors.”

Ellen is a dermatologist in New York City.

John is the retired chairman of the English department at Penn State. Bob also reports that John Galvin ran his record attendance for BC football to 365 straight games: quite an accomplishment as one approaches “four score”! • Several classmates had lunch with Ann Connor, who recently retired from the BC Alumni Association. Ann had been in charge of arranging our reunions and other events. Carolyn Kenney Foley had set up the luncheon at a Chestnut Hill restaurant. Those attending included Betty Ann Casey; Claire Hoban McCormack; Carol Hines Gleason; Bea ’62 and Peter Colleary; Barbara Cuneo O’Connell ’58, who is a friend of Ann’s; and Marie and me. • Again we note sadly the passing of a number of classmates and their relatives. Carolyn Kenney Foley reports the deaths of Dan Buckley’s wife, Amy, in November, and Wallace Peck, of Norwell, in December. From Leo Power, MA’64, MBA’72, we learned that James Finneran, MEd’59, of South Dartmouth, passed away in April. Others we have lost include Margaret Miller Ahonen of Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, and Centerville, in June; Asgeir Asgeirsson, of Andover, in October; Robert Austin, of Billerica, in November; Frank Duley MEd’60, of Kennebunkport, ME, in December; Frank Fitzpatrick, of Watertown, in January 2014; Rev. John Mark Hannon, of Hanson, in October (Fr. Hannon did not stay to graduate with us because he entered St. John’s Seminary); Thomas Naughton, of Boston, in October; Marvin Pocharski, of Moody, ME, in October; and Paul Tobin, of Sarasota, FL, in October. Please keep them and their families in your prayers. • A reminder: You can log onto the alumni online community to read and post news of family, accomplishments, travel, retirement, etc.

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NC 1956

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

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1957

Correspondent: Francis E. Lynch franko929@comcast.net 27 Arbutus Lane West Dennis, MA 02670 Spring has sprung, and the World Series baseball champions, the Boston Red Sox, are

back at Fenway Park to win another! • Our 57th year since graduation is now in full gear.

In January, the class held a winter event—a gathering at the BC men’s hockey game against Notre Dame on a Saturday afternoon at Conte Forum, preceded by a reception in the president’s box. • The 63rd annual Laetare Sunday celebration was held on March 30.

Please stay tuned for other events later this spring and beyond. • The class extends its sincere sympathy to the family of Carlton Purcell, who passed away on January 6 in Punta Gorda, FL. • Your continued prayers are requested for Bill Donlan MA’60; Dotty and George Hennessy; Kathy and Paul O’Leary; Lorette Hurley and Bob Tiernan MS’59; and Jim and Betty (Scanlon) Turley. • Kindly remit your annual dues of $25 to Bill Tobin, MBA’70, 181 Central Street, Holliston, MA 01746. Keep your loyalty alive for the great Class of 1957.

Ad majorem Dei gloriam: for the greater glory of God.

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Correspondent: Connie Weldon LeMaitre lemaitre.cornelia@gmail.com What a winter we had—no matter where we live! Let’s hope by the time you read this column we will be complaining of the heat! Some of these snowy nights are so reminiscent of our gorgeous Newton campus in the 1950s: the brisk, snowy walk up the hill from Duchesne after an evening in the library—or more likely, after a gab fest in Hardey or Cushing or Stuart. What a lovely era to look back upon! How fortunate we were to have landed in such a special place. • A few loyal scribes sent along messages this time around. Nancy Harvey Hunt is returning to Texas to embark on a Royal Caribbean cruise out of Galveston with her daughter, son-in-law, and three grandchildren. Sounds glorious about now, says Nancy, as long as there’s no sickness aboard! • Vinnie Murray Burns tells of life in Florida: She plays golf each week with the ladies and claims her golf is terrible, but she loves lunch, fresh air, and socializing! Isn’t that what sports are all about? Daughter Susan has been in rehab for six months awaiting replacement for another hip. Vinnie is 45 minutes away, so she and Vin are on the road a lot, helping out. They have three graduations this year— Vin is still waiting for a grandchild to attend Holy Cross; none yet. • Liz Doyle Eckl and Ellie Pope Clem met for their traditional birthday celebration (a big one soon for many of us?!). Liz is in three book clubs but fits in lots of volunteer pursuits and far-flung family gatherings—with six children living coast to coast. Speaking of book clubs, mine here in my home town has been meeting for 43 years! We had a 40th-anniversary celebration and listed the 450 books we had read (of course we remember very few, but we had a great secretary). We seem to remember the wine and desserts better than the discussions. Ellie writes of their vacation house in Charlottesville, where two of their children live—lots of woods, mountains, and even bears! Ellie had also visited her brother, a retired priest at Notre Dame, who served 56 years in Bangladesh missions. • Our very loyal Tim Smith (widower of Connie Hanley www.bc.edu/alumni

Smith) continues to keep us up to date on his life in Waccabuc, NY, in their antique house and barn, with gardens and animals! He still works part-time using his deep knowledge of woods in interior and exterior design and as a part-time farmer and keeper of the land. He says he thinks of the Newton Class of 1957 as family, as you all and the college meant so much to Connie and to him.

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Correspondent: David Rafferty bcbusa58@bc.edu 2296 Ashton Oaks Lane, No. 101 Stonebridge Country Club Naples, FL 34109; 239-596-0290 Many thanks to Paul Greene for hosting our annual Florida luncheon at the Worthington Country Club in Bonita Springs. More than 42 were in attendance, which is very good, considering the number of years that have gone by since graduation. Following are some comments from classmates at the luncheon.

• Gail and Bill Sweeney enjoyed seeing Marilyn and Leo McCarthy, Mary Ann and John Dooley, and Pat and Jack Nee, MBA’66.

Jack Nee sings with the Quincy Choral Society and had the opportunity to perform in several events in Europe. The Nees’ oldest grandchild is graduating from the University of Colorado in May. Both parents are BC grads. • June and Bill O’Rourke spend six months in Hampton, NH, and six months in Naples, FL. They have two children and three grandsons. • Cathy and Jack Rooney, from Norwell, have 5 children (all BC grads, 1982–1989) and 17 grandchildren. Jack spends four days a week at the South Shore YMCA. • Al and Camille St. Pierre continue to enjoy their life in Naples and are the proud grandparents of eight.

Camille is our class photographer. • Mary Ann and Bob Moll have nine grandchildren. Their eldest grandson, Peter, is a first-year student at Harvard Medical School. • Barbara and Dick Shea have 5 children and 14 grandchildren.

Dick is still recovering from a total knee replacement and is looking forward to getting back on the links. • Jan and Dick Hartigan have three children and eight grandchildren.

• Jackie and Jack Kudzma, MBA’70, are enjoying another Naples winter of sunshine, beaches, and golf. • Jack and Betty (Leary) Horrigan have three sons—one in Franklin; one in Simsbury, CT; and one in Seattle— and five grandchildren. Jack and Betty live in Avon, CT. • Congratulations to Paul Dolan, who was honored by the town of Milton for 50 years of service. They named a street after him: Paul Dolan Avenue! • Cynthia and Don Agnetta are planning an Alaskan cruise this summer and will be hiking on Mt. Rainier. • Cecilia Doherty and husband Jim ’57 have 6 children and 11 grandchildren. They spend three months of the year on Hutchinson Island in Stuart, FL. • Carol and Tom Kurey live in Belleair, FL, and Brookfield, WI. The Kureys have a new grandson, adopted by their daughter Mary Louise and her husband, Brian. Their other daughter, Elizabeth, is a surgeon with the U.S. Air Force stationed in Germany. • Barbara Quigley wrote of her many pleasant memories of her experience in the BC nursing program. • Bob and Eileen Plunkett, MS’70, PhD’91, are looking forward

to the arrival of their 12th grandchild. • Lois and Dick McArdle are enjoying the many BC get-togethers, between the BC alumni club in Naples and the Class of ’58 events. They are happy that their eldest daughter, Ellen ’79, has moved back to Boston, and two of their grandchildren are attending Dartmouth, where their father received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business. • Dick McArdle and Dick Hartigan have formed a Naples BC’58 lunch club. The group meets once a month, and all ’58ers are welcome. Attendees at the first luncheon were Dick Hartigan, Dick McArdle, Jack and Jackie Kudzma, Bob Pickette, Dick Shea, Jim Quinn, and yours truly. • Rita Nolan, MA’60, has retired from Stony Brook University and moved to the environs of Southampton. She expects to complete her memoir there under the guidance of longtime mentor and friend Bob Halloran ’56. • Tom Lynch attended the Class of ’58 luncheon in Bonita Springs, FL, in March and was pleased to be reacquainted with Joe Gabis and Tom Lane, DEd’88, whom he first met as a freshman on the football field many years ago. • I need to hear from you; please let me know what is going on in your lives! And don’t forget your class dues: Please send $25 to our class treasurer, Jack “Mucca” McDevitt, at 28 Cedar Road, Medford, MA 02556.

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Correspondent: Rosemary Stuart Dwyer rosemarysdwyer@yahoo.com Imbued with a giving heart, Kate Glutting Arcand has for a long time cared for hospice patients. She continues her volunteering at the local hospital and soup kitchen in Portland, ME. She is happy to report that her son Ted and his wife, Laura, have adopted a daughter, Stephanie, who is 8 years old and a “sweetheart.” • Judith Young Runnette has recovered from a foot operation in January that immobilized her for several weeks, keeping her from traveling, which she loves. Her trips have included visits to her son and grandson in California and to Florida and Vermont to spend time with her daughters. She also traveled to Tanzania last year with Helen McLachlan Smith. They are now planning to travel to St. Petersburg and Moscow or to Morocco this year. Quite the adventurers!

• Jane Dick O’Kieffe has retired from doing medical research at Walter Reed Medical Center. Her husband, Donald, continues there in spite of endless new demands that electronic medical records impose. Their lives are busy with their son’s and daughter’s four children in the local area and their new grandchild who lives in Hong Kong. Jane and Donald try to visit there once or twice a year.

This winter they spent 10 days skiing with the whole family in Aspen, and they look forward to 1-year-old Charley taking to the slopes in another year or two. Jane also keeps her days filled with a book club, a Bible class, and a women’s club in Washington DC, where a continuous series of stimulating lectures and tours provide perspectives on the daily world known as “Inside the Beltway.” • Patty Peck Schorr has lived a truly Sacred Heart life, having served as teacher and administrator at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, NJ, from 1984 to 2004 and as a trustee of Princeton Academy of the

Sacred Heart, a K–8 all-boys school. For the last six years, she has been the board chair of the Village Charter School in Trenton, NJ. The faculty at Newton certainly inspired her with an educational calling! Life on the home front also keeps her busy, with 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She and Dave celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary last year in Hawaii. The last time Dave was there was during the attack on Pearl Harbor, where his father was stationed. • Thanks to these classmates who responded to the request for news. We are hoping to hear from the rest of you. Patty Peck Schorr has offered to share the class correspondent’s duty. If you would be willing to help, please let me know, and I will notify her. • Hope the spring will bring you much happiness!

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class participation goal: 320 Co-correspondent: George Holland bmw0324@msn.com 244 Hawthorne Street Malden, MA 02148; 781-321-4217 Co-correspondent: Robert Latkany latkanyr@shoffdarby.com 203-354-6200 I received sad news from John W. Fitzgerald of the death of Joseph Hayward on December 3, 2013. Joe and his wife, Brenda, lived in Milford, PA. They had a son, two daughters, and four grandkids. Joe retired as director of group insurance from Prudential. Joe and John grew up in the projects of Southie and attended BC High and BC together. One of Joe’s daughters got married in California, and John and Tina Fitzgerald (Regis ’63), who celebrate their 50th anniversary in June, hosted Joe and Brenda at their home of 33 years in Walnut Creek, CA. Joe had previously attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. John and Tina have five kids—Tina, Sean, Sheila, Danielle, and Francesca—and six grandkids. The great thing is that they all live within a 50-mile radius. John retired in 2001. • I just attended my 47th-straight Super Bowl. The weather was 49 degrees at kickoff.

The game was terrible, but the hoopla was great! Paul McCartney was sitting in a box 10 rows behind us. If the game had been a day later or three days later, it would have been a disaster; I am suggesting to Commissioner Goodell to not award the Super Bowl to any northern city that does not have a domed stadium. Also, in December, I went to the Barclays Center in beautiful downtown Brooklyn to see the Eagles play VCU. My son Bobby and his three oldest kids—Brian, Amanda, and Lukie—were with us. Sitting across from us were Judge Al Naclerio ’71 and his daughter Michele ’09, who is a speech pathologist in Westchester County. Al and his wife, Susan, live in White Plains, NY, and their son Stephen ’05 lives and works in Boston. Teammate John Magee was named BC’s representative for the Class of 2014 for the annual Men’s Basketball Legends Class.

The Legends were honored at this year’s ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament brunch held on March 15 in the Guilford Ballroom of the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel in Greensboro, NC. Some of the others honored this year 56 class notes

were Dave Bing, Tree Rollins, John Lucas, and Pat Garrity. Congrats to Jack from his fellow Class of 1959 alums for this great honor. • Reunion news: On Friday, May 30, there will be a dinner for all classes, a Taste of Boston, for $50 per person. On Saturday, May 31, there will be cocktails and dinner—the Class of 1959 55th Anniversary Party—in Gasson 100 at 6 p.m., also at $50 per person. Dorm rooms in Stayer Hall (where we were for the 50th) will be available.

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NC 1959 reunion year Correspondents: Maryjane Mulvanity Casey and Patty O’Neill pattyoneill@verizon.net 75 Savoy Road Needham, MA 02492; 781-400-5405 We have a very peripatetic class. Yours truly (Patty O’Neill) spent a month in Ethiopia this winter visiting 12th-century Orthodox Christian rock churches chiseled into the ground, drinking coffee with traditional tribe people in their mud-wattle, thatched-roofed huts in the far southwest, and, of course, adding to her bird list, now standing at 6,250-plus species. Helen Craig Lynch, Sue Macksoud Wooten, Dolores Seeman Royston, and Lois O’Donahgue McKenna recently returned from Paris and are now off on another adventure, heading to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where they will explore the environs while enjoying the balmy climate. And Dan and Joanne O’Connor Hynek celebrated Dan’s 80th birthday with a trip to Poland and also traveled to Florida to visit Carmen Casellas DeMoss in The Villages; to Toronto and Austin to visit daughters; and to Savannah, GA, to visit a sister. • Several of our classmates are in Florida, either as sunbirds or as permanent residents: Janet Chartier O’Hanley, Sandy Sestito Pistocchi, Bonnie Walsh Stoloski, Karen Mullin Winter, Helen Craig Lynch (whose husband, Jack, has a part-time law-teaching gig), Maryjane Mulvanity Casey, and Patty O’Neill are all spending at least a few weeks in Naples; and Pat Sweeney Sheehy and KC Conway Morrish are on the east coast. • Stephanie Landry Barineau reports that her husband, Bill, is progressing well after his stroke a year ago, with thanks for prayers and the help of her children, two of whom live in the Houston area and a third who lives in Florida but gets to Houston often. • Jane Gillespie Steinthal, who reports a great recovery from a fractured hip and a surgery, is grateful for the prayers of friends and family. She has visited with John and Sheila (Lane) Malafronte and Bob and Meg (Dealy) Ackerman and also stays in touch with Barbara Johnson Moran, Sandy Sestito Pistocchi, and Joan Coniglio O’Donnell. • Janet Franz Egan continues to ride and goes to Virginia to fox hunt—but now in second field instead of first. She is looking forward to our 55th reunion and is thinking about having a class party again at her home in Annisquam—a good reason to come to Reunion. And yes, all of us vibrant, smart Newton grads who have made it well into our 70s need to show up at Newton for the reunion, not only to renew our friendships, but also to show our alumnae just how youthful and full of life we all are. We hope to see you in May! Reunion dates are

May 30–June 1. Plan to celebrate with our classmates. It will be wonderful to reconnect and reminisce together. • May everyone enjoy a delightful summer of relaxation and new adventures. After our arctic winter, it will be most welcome!

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Correspondent: John R. McNealy jmcnealy@juno.com 109 Kimball Rd. Rindge NH 03461; 603-899-2844 My thanks to those who have sent words of encouragement as I begin writing the quarterly class notes. But I need to hear from more of you about what of interest is happening in your lives. I have tried to contact many of you directly but have been stymied by a lack of current mailing or email addresses for many of you. I invite you to go to bc.edu, click on “Alumni,” and then on “Stay Connected.” You can update your contact information and also check or enter class notes of your own at this site. It is important that we get up-to-date contact information from everyone before our upcoming 55th anniversary next summer. Or send them to me and I will have them posted. • Among those who have been in touch, Carolyn Duffy Winer recently returned from her second trip to Jamaica with a small, informal group of alumni. She would love to have several more BC grads join her on next year’s foray. • I was about to comment on the nearly total lack of information from Connell School of Nursing grads when I received a nice note from Ruth Wright Kee. She and husband Bob are settled in Pennsylvania. They recently returned from a magnificent trip to Athens, where they visited their son Rob, who is assigned to the American Embassy there. Now let’s hear from more of the Connell School ladies. • The ubiquitous Fr. Leo Shea recently returned to the site of his final missionary assignment in Jamaica; while there, he was the guest of the archbishop of Kingston. Fr. Leo also journeyed to Southern California, where he was hosted by Bob Winston. I also ran into him at February’s Beanpot Tournament. • Speaking of hockey, Teddy Doherty, Class of 2016, grandson of the late Ed Doherty, continues to shine for the high-flying Eagles!

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Correspondent: Sally O’Connell Healy kmhealy@cox.net 4061 Cape Cole Boulevard Punta Gorda, FL 33955 We recently received the sad news of the death of our former classmate, Judith Cagney, RSCJ, on November 3, 2013. When I was last in touch with Judy, she was doing social work in New York City. Judy transferred from Newton to Barat College, from which she graduated and where she later served as president.

Shirley Miller, RSCJ, wrote: “We are grateful for Judy’s life of generous love, commitment to the Society’s mission, her friendship, her expertise, and her goodness.” (Sr. Miller is director of Mission Advancement for the

Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada.) • Berenice Hackett Davis visited Grace Tamm Escudero in Maryland over Christmas. • Sheila Marshall Gill and I recently chatted. Sheila sends regards to all.

She is doing well and enjoys living with her daughter. • My husband, Kev, and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on December 28. Our children and grandchildren were at the Mass, and they treated us to a cruise from Chile to French Polynesia.

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Correspondent: John Ahearn jjaeagle@hotmail.com 872 Massachusetts Avenue #407 Cambridge, MA 02139 After BC, Mike A’Hearn went on to get his PhD in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin. His specialty is in comets, and his career as a professor of astronomy at the University of Maryland included serving as principal investigator to the NASA Deep Impact mission. He also worked on an astronomy program for the Learning Channel and another for the Discovery Channel. He has spent a lot of time traveling throughout the world and now, semi-retired, enjoys his work as professor emeritus and research professor at the University of Maryland.

Mike and his wife have three children. • Attorney Phil Davis is still practicing law at Davis & White. After BC, Phil went on to BC Law nights, then transferred to and graduated from Suffolk Law School. He has two children. • After majoring in physics, John Gavin went into the Navy and worked in their nuclear program. He went on to get a master’s in physics from Tufts. Most of his career was in interference filters and coding optics. He is now retired from Polaroid. He has 8 children, one of them a Jesuit teaching at Holy Cross, and 20 grandchildren. • John Gallivan went on to the University of Toronto to study philosophy. He was one of the first volunteers in the Peace Corps, teaching high school English in Turkey and working as a Washington headquarters staffer. He served as point person for the U.S. Civil Service Commission, and he has now been with Health and Human and Services for 48 years.

He and his wife, Catherine, have three kids, all of whom graduated from Georgetown, and seven grandchildren. • Attorney John Cinella is now retired. In June 2013, he was awarded the Robert F. Lucas Award from the East Middlesex Bar Association in recognition of his commitment to the legal system, devotion to community service, loyalty to his colleagues, and compassion and respect for all. • Bob Ritchie was in Vietnam as a Foreign Service officer until 1969 and was called back from Washington to support the U.S. effort to evacuate the embassy in Saigon. Shortly thereafter, he was on the State Department’s team to follow the private evacuation of Vietnamese children from an orphanage, known as Operation Babylift. • Anne Manning Ackerman and her husband have adopted eight Vietnamese orphans. www.bc.edu/alumni

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Correspondent: Missy Clancy Rudman newtonmiz@aol.com 1428 Primrose Lane Franklin, TN 37064 We are keeping Johanna, Maryann Morrissey Curtin’s granddaughter, in our prayers.

Johanna was in a very serious auto accident in early January. • Don and Betty (Hitchins) Wilson celebrated their 50th anniversary with a trip to Italy in October and November.

• Marylou Fortin Derose-Girotti married Bill Girotti, a longtime family friend, on November 30. She said: “Life is good, heading to New Smyrna Beach, FL, for three winter months. Still love playing bridge and following the market.” In February, Juliana Fazakerly Gilheany wrote: “I am giving a speech in Palm Beach on February 18 at the Coudert Institute on highlights of the Supreme Court.” She was hoping to meet any classmates who live in the area. • Gay Landrigan Clasby’s husband, John, died on September 16 after an 18-month battle with cancer. Our prayers go out to Gay and her family. • Judy Vollbrecht, RSCJ, is still busy with her works of mercy. Do not forget to keep her “Apron” filled. • Bob and I had dinner with Tom and Mary (Nolan) Calise over New Year’s at the Cape. All is well with their seven grandsons. • Keep in touch. When I receive news from classmates (in between publications of the magazine), I share it with those whose email addresses I have. Make sure my email address is in your file; otherwise my messages may come up as spam.

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Correspondents: Frank and Eileen (Trish) Faggiano frank@faggianoconsulting.com 33 Gleason Road Reading, MA 01867; 781-944-0720 As mentioned in prior class notes, members of the Class of 1962 meet for an informal luncheon on the last Friday of each month at the BC Club in Boston. All are invited to attend. Our current mailing list has over 30 classmates who have expressed an interest in attending. We average 8 to 10 classmates each month. Those attending on January 31 were Bill Lundregan JD’67, Joyce Francis McDevitt, Ron Reilly, Larry Sanford, Paul Deeley, Paul McNamara JD’65, John Shea, and Frank Faggiano. If you are interested in attending, please email Bonnie David at bonniej.david@us.pwe.com. • Paul Deeley reported that his brother Robert, a wellregarded auxiliary bishop of Boston, was recently appointed bishop of Portland, ME,

by Pope Francis. The installation ceremony in February was attended by Archbishop Vigano, the apostolic delegate to the United States; Cardinal Sean O’Malley; and many bishops, priests, and dignitaries. Congratulations to Bishop Robert, his brother Paul, and the Deeley family. • Congratulations are extended to Dick and Bea (Hanley) Lee, who celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with a cruise through the Panama Canal. Rev. Wally

Blackwood, MSP’73, who performed their wedding, was also able to take the cruise.

• Jeanmarie Hanagan Johnson is enjoying retirement and being a grandmother in New Hampshire. Bea and Jeanmarie continue to be the best of friends, a relationship that began while they were students. They are in constant touch, talking by phone nearly every day. • From our Golden Anniversary Yearbook we learned that Charlie Driscoll lives with his family in Middleton. After his career as our star hockey goalie, Charlie became a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps for eight years before starting a 30-year career in marketing with IBM. He married Carol Ann Bartsch and has two children and eight grandchildren. Since 2002, Charlie has been executive secretary of the Massachusetts High School Hockey Coaches Association.

His illustrious hockey career includes being named assistant captain of Team USA in 1963 and Boston Globe Coach of the Year in 1974, 1980, and 1993. In addition, Charlie has been inducted into the Malden Catholic Hall of Fame, the Wakefield High School Hall of Fame, and the Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame. Charlie says playing for coach Snooks Kelley ’28 and BC for four years was an honor and a privilege.

• Classmate John Eagar emailed news that John McLoughlin (“Moose” to those of us who knew him) passed away on February 5. John said that, after BC, Moose earned his JD from the University of Baltimore and then was a district court judge for the State of Rhode Island from 1994 until his retirement in 2007. Earlier, he was a state assistant attorney general in Rhode Island and practiced law privately. We’re thankful that Moose and his wife of 48 years, Margaret, attended our reunion and met with many classmates. Our condolences to Margaret. • We look forward to hearing from you.

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Correspondent: Mary Ann Brennan Keyes makmad@comcast.net 26 Ridgewood Crossing Hingham, MA 02043 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! That’s not what too many of us from the Midwest to the East Coast were singing, but it sure is what we got the winter of 2014. It’s been one snow storm after another, and those who escaped to warmer climes often remind us of how lovely and warm their winter has been. Joanna Bertsch Yaukey, Kris Wildman Brennan, and Cathy Power Schibli are in Palm Desert, CA, and Katie Fishel McCullough and Ginger Wurzer O’Neal are in Arizona—all spending days on the golf course, swimming, and maintaining their youth. For years, Joanna Bertsch Yaukey and Judy Bertsch Ritter were inseparable, and now Judy lives in Montana, where it’s been below freezing more than she’d like to admit! Joe and Toni (Lilly) Roddy are heading to Palm Desert to visit friends and hope to see Joanna, Kris, and Cathy while there. Then they are heading to Arizona, where they will visit Katie and Ginger. After that whirlwind trip, they are heading to Florida, where they will be staying with Anne Crowley Kelly in Stuart and Ellen Markey Thurmond in Naples. It’s nice that so many

of us are empty nesters with extra bedrooms for traveling classmates. • Anne Gallagher Murphy has once again organized the snowbirds on the west coast of Florida, some of whom go for just a couple of weeks, others for a couple of months. • Barbara Fortunato Hurley is joining a few of us in Siesta Key for a week after visiting with her sister in St. Augustine. While she’s there, she may very well bump into Jackie Bosch Guarrera, who lives there year-round, or Maureen Slattery, who spends time there each winter. Maureen wrote: “Last winter, we were on Anastasia Island, off St. Augustine, again for six weeks.”

Maureen continued with her adventures and travels: “We visited England last spring and had a lovely reunion with my three cousins in London, then another fabulous reunion with my sister and her husband in Devon.

We visited Schumacher College, an ecological educational center that grants graduate degrees in ecology. It is where my sister has lectured. In June, I went on my annual pleinair painting week down in Metis, Quebec, with 12 painters. We stay at a painter friend’s home and go outdoors each day, painting river, mountain, and field scenes. Well, 2014 promises more of the same: Florida and Metis again with gusto. Then in late June, we head for France for a month.” • Bill ’60 and Jackie Gegan Mooney are thrilled they chose this year to enjoy the winter in their home in Sanibel, FL. They will return when it warms up in New England to check on the progress their sons are making on the renovation of the summer home Bill enjoyed as a child. • Robbie Von Urff Sweeney escaped to Florida for a girls’ vacation with her daughters. Robbie continues to work and is kept very busy with her children and grandchildren. • After selling their home of many years, John and Mary (Gallagher) Staunton rented for a while as their new home was under major renovation.

Although they are still in Cohasset, they are now happily settled not far from where they started out and feeling very lucky to have their two daughters living nearby. • While most of us have downsized, Jack and Mary Martha (Pallotta) Llewellyn have moved from Hingham to a 60-acre farm in Topsfield. They have renovated the main house, and their son and his wife are living a stone’s throw away in another house on the property. Her two sons run a business from the second story of the barn, which also serves as home for her daughter and son-in-law’s horses. Mart and Jack seem to be thriving, surrounded by family. Her daughter and her family live only a couple of miles away, and, when her daughter is working with her brothers, Marty is back in the routine of carpools and homework with Missy’s three children. All that cooking and child care will either age her or keep her very young (she’s always looked about 16). • Keep me posted on all your news!

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Correspondent: Matthew J. McDonnell matthew.mcdonnell.esq@gmail.com 121 Shore Avenue Quincy, MA 02169; 617-479-1714 I heard from Gerry Farrell, JD’66, with rave reviews for our 50th. He was so pleased he wants to repeat the celebration every 58 class notes

year! Gerry continues in private practice, which includes his twin daughters, Ann Farrell, JD’94, and Christine (Farrell) Grochowski, JD’94, who both followed Gerry to BC Law—as twin classmates, no less. Gerry also serves as attorney for the Town of Wallingford, CT. He sees a lot of Bob O’Neill ’68, JD’71, the town’s Washington DC lawyer. Gerry has reminded him not to miss his own reunion. • I regret to inform you of the passing of John D. “McGoo” McGourthy Sr. on January 31. John resided in Mequon, WI, and Boynton Beach, FL. He was an outstanding scholarship football player at BC. Shortly after graduation, he married his high school sweetheart, Judy Colladay.

He served his country as a Navy lieutenant during the Vietnam War. After his service, he joined Raybestos Corp. in their executive program. Within a few years, he decided to strike out on his own. He moved his family to Milwaukee and founded Thermoset Inc. His company was extremely successful, and this afforded him the opportunity to donate to and support numerous charities and Irish causes.

John is survived by his wife of 50 years, Judy; 6 children; and 11 grandchildren. Everyone knew this “larger than life” Irishman, and all agree he was always the life of the party. He will be missed by the entire BC family. All of John’s football teammates wish No. 61 a fond goodbye and God bless. • By the time you read this, we will have been to our reunion party as well as the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Naples, FL. I will report on the festivities in the next column. • I always look forward to hearing from all my classmates!

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Correspondent: Colette Koechley McCarty ckm2@mindspring.com 106 Woodhue Lane Cary, NC 27518; 919-233-0563 Paris in the spring: Sound good? It did to a group of us who’ve planned a trip to the City of Light in early May. The happy travelers include Carol Donovan Levis, Penny Brennan Conaway, Sheila Mahony, Maureen Meehan Sennot O’Leary, honorary Class of ’63er Barbara Jones NC’62, and moi (ouch!). What began as an idle idea firmed up quickly—perhaps it was the endless winter. • Otherwise, things have been quiet, as far as I know—please let me know of any regional plans and get-togethers. • Happy spring to all.

Wish there were more to report—c’est la vie.

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to get her, but, when I returned to the States to begin grad school, I knew that endeavor needed more focus than had been given my deplorable BC studies, so I had to write and beg her forgiveness for not being able to keep my word. She, in turn, married a Canadian (Kline), and we had no further contact until our 25th BC reunion, prior to which I’d reconnected with several Bahian mutual friends in New York City; they put me in touch with Mercy in Calgary, where I went spring-break skiing the year after the ’88 Calgary Olympics. We had a week together, but it didn’t look feasible, as she was taking care of her sick, and now deceased, husband. Widowed Canadian nurse Mercy and I reconnected on LinkedIn, and, when I moved back to my house last November after my tenant left, Mercy told me she would be back in Bahia in January if I wanted to come for a visit. Last January I packed my bags and headed south.” You will get a chance to meet the lovebirds at Reunion. • Check out the website for the Clough Center at BC, which was started five years ago with an ambitious mandate from our visionary benefactors, Gloria, MDiv’90, MS’96, and Chuck Clough.

The center aims to provide exceptional educational opportunities to BC students and to create a vibrant intellectual environment for the entire academic community, with special focus on the study of constitutional democracy in the 21st century. If you live in the Boston area, think about attending a Clough Center event. For more information, go to www.bc.edu/centers/cloughcenter. • Jim Spillane, SJ, MA’68, MDiv’76, is back at St. Augustine University in Mwanza, Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Victoria, teaching tourism. He just got a three-year renewal of his contract. • Don Collins recently led an informal group of BC alumni who traveled to Kingston, Jamaica, to work at the Mustard Seed Community, a home for severely disabled children founded by Msgr.

Gregory Ramkissoon, MA’81, MA’82. • Larry Blake, DEd’93, died on February 1. He began a lifetime of service at BC High in 1967, when he joined the mathematics department, and in 1983 he became the first lay principal at the school. Also, in January 2012, we lost John Cahill of Ocala, FL, formerly of Hanson. Predeceased by his wife, Rita, John left two children and six grandchildren. • I am happy to report the arrival of Leo Allen Moynihan, born on February 20 to son Brian and his wife, Lara Handler. This is the fifth grandchild (four boys) for Judy and me. • Don’t forget Reunion. Be there or be square.

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NC 1964 reunion year Correspondent: Priscilla Weinlandt Lamb priscillawlamb@gmail.com 125 Elizabeth Road New Rochelle, NY 10804; 914-636-0214 It is with great sadness that I tell you that Jennifer Whalen, the daughter of Tom and Carol Sorace Whalen, died this past December. Please remember her in your prayers. The death of a child is singularly heart-rending, as many of you have found. I know that Carol and Tom will find consolation in knowing that all of us are with them, spiritually, if not physically, at this time. •

OK, here’s what keeps the column viable: news from a classmate checking in for the first time! Sheila Donohue Boes, aka “Chip” to us at Newton, reports that she is living at The Landings in Savannah, GA. The day she wrote to me, she was going to have lunch with Camille Revelle Hebert. Remember Camille? She was at Newton with us for two years. Chip says: “My biggest surprise was to find my ‘little sister,’ Dina Cockerill Burke ’66, here. She has lived here for many years, as her husband, Richard, helped develop The Landings. I keep in touch with several classmates at Christmas, Jill Schoemer Hunter being one of them. My daughter lived near her in California, but we never got together. There is never enough time! I really look forward to seeing everyone at the end of May.” • Well, I went on an African safari last fall, and it was terrific! I went for the zebras and came home enamored of the elephants.

Who knew? Yes, zebras are very attractive, but elephants have personality! If you haven’t already been there, put Africa on your bucket list. Fun coincidence: The safari tour company I used is based in Newton. Next, I’m hopping off to Australia and New Zealand (terrible pun, I know, but somehow irresistible), right after I turn in this column. • I know we’re a little older now (just a little), but I still love this comment from David Steinberg, the comedian and director, born in 1942 (sound familiar?). When asked, last year, how old he was, he said he was “69, but with the windchill factor, it’s 70!”

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Correspondent: Patricia McNulty Harte patriciaharte@me.com 83 Church Street, No. 1 Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-1187 The BC Alumni Association, Cape Cod Chapter, is sponsoring a sunset dinner cruise on Thursday evening, July 17, 2014. The cruise leaves from Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis, MA. Since many of us are spending some time on Cape Cod this summer, we thought this might be an opportunity to get together, reminisce, start to think about our 50th reunion, and celebrate that ’65 is still alive. The Lobster Roll has set aside a block of seats for ’65 alums. More details will follow when the “official sign-up” is available.

If you’d like to join us, contact Rosemary Thomas MacKinnon at rtmackinnon@ comcast.net. • Bill and Kathy McVarish Carpenter have moved to Bourne and bought a house; they are now settled in and would welcome classmates who might like to visit.

Bill’s grandchildren range from a college freshman to a 4-year-old. Kathy’s daughter, Tricia, has two girls (13 and 11), and son Sean ’95 has two boys (8 and 6). Kathy and grandson Brian (6) shared a birthday cake for their November birthdays. She and Bill plan to spend part of the winter in Sarasota, FL. • Joan Gherson Glendinning sent an email saying she had moved from Edinboro, PA, to Milton, FL, which is in the panhandle near Pensacola. • Janet Kearns and I talked in February, and she related to me that, when we were seniors, her late husband, Fran Kearns, and the hockey team won the Beanpot and the ECAC and came in second in the Nationals.

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It is exciting to realize our hockey team has won the Beanpot this year for the fifth time!

Tradition continues. Fran and Janet had been living in The Villages, north of Orlando, and Fran had put up a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Janet and Fran have a son, Brian, a graduate of Lehigh University, and a daughter, Sharon, a graduate of Stonehill College. Sharon also lives in The Villages. • Neal Harte and our daughter Suzanne ’02 were at both Beanpot games, where Neal saw Ed Lonergan and Frank Previte. • Paul Raymond spent a week in Palm Desert, CA, with Steve Colucci and George Gingerelli and their wives. They all have time-shares at the Marriott there. George retired to Las Vegas and is very involved with his community’s theater group in Henderson. In June, he will be producing a play he wrote. Steve married Marie Thonis ’66 and is still practicing internal medicine in Riverside, CA. Paul retired from his practice in general dentistry in June 2012. Paul wrote that next year’s trip will be in January, and any classmate in the area is welcome to join them in starting off our 50th anniversary reunion. • We end on a sad note: An email from Jeff Somers, JD’68, let us know of the death in January of our classmate, Bob Perrotti.

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Correspondent: Linda Mason Crimmins mason65@bc.edu 3902 MacGregor Drive Columbia, SC 29206 I hope you all managed to stay warm and shoveled out during the wild winter! Gay Friedman sends warm greetings from her extended stay in Florida, and Kelley Burg missed it all in Hawaii, where she lives permanently. Kelley’s mother celebrated her 102nd birthday in 2013! I must admit that I too dodged all the snow, ice, and earthquakes in South Carolina while enjoying the balmy weather in Costa Rica. The clouds over the Poás Volcano parted long enough for me to finally see the crater, and I also was able to conquer my fear of heights and swing on the “Tarzan Swing” 140 feet in the air. Can skydiving be next? • P-J Mikita McGlynn spent a week skiing in Park City, UT, in February. She too was buried in snow and ice in Florham Park, NJ, and, when she left Utah, the temperature was 30 degrees warmer there than in New Jersey! • Dottie O’Connell Cherry has done it again! Her English Springer Spaniel GCH Cerise Dixieland Duchess won the Best of Opposite Sex in the Best of Breed competition at the 2014 Westminster Dog Show. Wish I were able to include a picture of this beautiful dog! Congratulations, Dottie!

• We send our best to Cathy Lugar, who continues to recover from a stroke suffered in April 2013. Cathy is entering phase two of therapy, with exercise on rowing machines.

She thanks all who have cheered her on.

• Gay Friedman spent Thanksgiving with her sister and her family in New England following a very successful golf season in 2013. She won so many tournaments last year that she was able to buy a new driver! • Betsy Warren Werronen and husband Frank have completed downsizing and have moved to the Turnberry in Arlington, VA. • Pat Noonan

Walsh sends birthday wishes from Dublin to all classmates who will be celebrating a “significant” birthday. Pat enjoyed a threegeneration celebration of Christmas in San Diego. The whole family then headed up the coast to enjoy Disneyland, the elephant seals in Monterey, and her niece’s wedding, in which all seven grandchildren were attendants. And yes, Pat also traded a very gray, windy, and wet island for the warm California sunshine. • Happy spring to all!

Please keep the news coming!

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Boston College Alumni Association classnotes@bc.edu Cadigan Alumni Center 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Many thanks to Lorraine Fornal Yardan for the following news of the Class of ’66: “Graduates of the BC School of Education Class of 1966 met for their annual ladies luncheon on January 4. Attendees included Mary Halligan Shann MEd’68, PhD’69; Maryjo Struzziery Fleming; Maureen Glenn Lyons; Judy Burns Downes; Jane Liddell Gould; Joan McAuliffe Walsh; Nora Moriarty Moran; Mimi Tharp Powers; and Lorraine Fornal Yardan.

Due to inclement weather, Eileen Ahearn Connors MSW’95, Janice Ryan Barrett, Kathy McMenimen MEd’74, Patsy Sullivan Murphy, and Pam Haley Duffy were unable to attend.

The luncheon has been scheduled yearly since our graduation from BC. Allison Shorey, daughter of the late Nancy Scullen Farland, has attended in her mother’s place and has enjoyed listening to the many stories and memories we all share as classmates. Pictures of spouses, children, and grandchildren are updated each year. We all respect the passing of time and appreciate the growth and success of our families and friends. Mimi Tharp Powers has been instrumental in contacting classmates and planning the reunions. For anyone interested in joining us, her email is mm8628@aol.com.”

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Correspondent: Catherine Beyer Hurst catherine.b.hurst@gmail.com 333 Atwells Avenue, #211 Providence, RI 02903 Kathy Brosnan Dixon and classmates held a minireunion in New York City before Christmas. She and Judy McCluskey Flood, Judy Mullen Connorton, Sheila McIntyre Barry, Sharon Cuffe Fleming, and Susi Marion Cooney enjoyed an event-filled 24 hours, visiting several exhibits at MoMA, dining in Greek and Indian restaurants, strolling through Central Park before breakfast, walking down Fifth Avenue to the Theater District, and attending a compelling matinee production of The Snow Geese and a fabulous benefit concert at Carnegie Hall. Kathy writes: “Best of all, we had a wonderful visit together, curled up in our pj’s in our hotel suite, chatting our heads off!” • Jane Cass O’Leary is still working as a consultant with the Boston public schools

after her retirement 10 years ago. She works about 100 days a year, coordinating the state testing programs at East Boston High School, which leaves her plenty of time to spend at her and Jack’s summer home in Wareham, and to get south a few times a year. In the fall, she and a friend traveled to Portugal, and they also go to Paris every January “for the sales!

Mostly look, not buy!” she says. • Lucy Fortin Khoury writes: “It took until I turned 65 for me to find my true calling in my professional work as a psychotherapist. I meet with returning soldiers, marines, and airmen to assist with mental health issues. I’ve worked in Germany and Korea and at many bases in the United States. I’ve struggled all my life to understand Vietnam, so I had to bear witness to what it is now.” • If you’re not a part of our Newton ’66 Facebook family, please consider joining! There are 52 of us who participate, and we discuss everything from Downton Abbey episodes to various potential travel locations to politics, religion, and social mores. We share photos of ourselves and our grandchildren, seek prayers for friends and family, and support each other through hip and knee surgeries. What a wonderful community we are!

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Correspondents: Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict chasbenedict@aol.com 84 Rockland Place Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464 Bob Wilde held a reunion in Tampa, FL, of those who went through Army OCS with him in 1968. Attending classmates were Blake Murray, Chuck McCann, and Kenny McDonnell. • Those present at the game to celebrate with Jerry York, MEd’70, CAES’73, on his 950th hockey win were Bob Slattery, Paul White, Frank Salimbene, Charlie Reilly, Jerry Madek MA’69, Tom Marchitelli, John Keenan, and Charlie MBA’70 and Mary-Anne Benedict. • Please offer prayers in memory of our classmate Robert F. Cartwright. Originally from Brooklyn, Bob was an economics major at BC and earned his MS from Cleveland State University. Bob was living in Coral Valley, IL, with his wife, Susan, to whom the class extends its condolences.

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Correspondent: M. Adrienne Tarr Free thefrees@cox.net 3627 Great Laurel Lane Fairfax, VA 22033-1212; 703-709-0896 Currently we are still trying to rid ourselves of this challenging winter: winds, snow, ice, subfreezing temperatures or unseasonably warm ones. No matter where, life certainly has been out of the ordinary. I hope all stateside alumnae are doing better now and that our international classmates have had a good three months. • At least one of us managed to escape the eastern cold. I heard from Mary Onie Jackson Holland; she and her husband, Tom, reside in New Jersey. Their two sons and three grandchildren live in the Baltimorewww.bc.edu/alumni

Washington area, so they travel there, but their trip last January took them to the more summer-like climes of South America. Mary Onie and Tom joined three other couples, whom they had never met, for a two-week adventure from Chile across into Argentina and ending in Rio. It was a “wonderful trip,” she reports, one with a very interesting twist: One evening in Santiago, Chile, the Hollands were dining with one of the other couples when Mary Onie discovered that the other lady also was a Newton College graduate: Dina Cockerill Burke NC’66, whose home is in Georgia! Although they hadn’t known each other in school despite the overlapping years, they found that they knew many of the same people. Such a coincidence! • Also back in January, Deborah Carr let us know that Sr. Faine McMullen was celebrating her 100th birthday. Sr. McMullen has had a very impressive life. She was active in civil rights and social justice projects during her years at Newton and later in Boston, Washington, and New Orleans, and she’s devoted her life to her religion, education, and the extended RSCJ community. Deborah has stayed in touch with Sr. McMullen over the years, visiting her in Albany, NY, at Kenwood. Just last year, she went with Patty Lawlor Webster for another visit with this amazing woman, who is now at Teresian House, the Sacred Heart retirement community. Thanks to those of you who sent Sr. McMullen birthday greetings after our electronic message went out. • Marcie Cormier Clarke wrote to thank everyone for the messages and support you sent while she recuperated from her fall last year. • These interim class news bites do get disseminated, but only if you tell me. I hope I have current email addresses from everyone. I will respect your wish, if you don’t wish to share your address further, but if you aren’t on the list, please contact me. I’m glad to add requests for prayers as well. • For now, enjoy your summer! God bless.

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Correspondent: Judith Anderson Day jnjday@aol.com The Brentwood 323 11500 San Vicente Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049 Greetings, classmates. This is quite the milestone year for most of us BC’68ers, as many of us will be joyfully attending our 50th high school reunions. Laughter and fond memories will be shared by those of us fortunate enough to be attending these rites of passage in our life’s journeys. These ties of friendship from our youthful days are among our most cherished, aren’t they? And then, just four short years from now, our class will be gathering at the Heights, honored as Golden Eagles. In just a blink of the eye, the time has flown—wow! • We note with sadness the passing of Isabel Karpicz Plowright in February. Originally from Peabody, Isabel was a resident of Trevose, PA, and a nurse at Wood Services. She was a member of the Churchville Photo Group and the Churchville Nature Center. We offer our deepest sympathy to her daughters, Jessica and Sarah; her sonin-law, Dan; her grandson, Alfred; and her brother, Joseph Karpicz ’71. • Dick Campbell,

JD’05, sent us a lovely tribute to his friend and colleague Bob Howe, who passed away on February 8 and was buried at the National Cemetery in Bourne with an appropriate Marine honor guard at hand; in 1969, Bob was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism as a Marine infantry officer in Vietnam. A BC High alumnus, Bob was a Double Eagle and, together with his wife of 45 years, Janice, an extraordinary benefactor of Boston College and BC Athletics. Dick writes, in part: “Bob Howe was a man for others as the Jesuits trained him to be. He was all about service to his high school, his university, the Marine Corps, and his community. He served as chairman of the board of trustees at BC High at a very difficult time for the Roman Catholic Church.

Bob’s philanthropic efforts were manifold and manifest: BC athletic scholarships, Marine Corps scholarships, Golfers Against Cancer, and more. Bob was first and foremost a family man: I met his dad at a charitable golf tournament years ago. Bob introduced me to him and then whispered in my ear that “he likes to have a beer with the guys.” I do not see a lot of middle-aged men taking their elderly fathers to golf tournaments. Bob was always focused on Chris, Stephanie, and Jenn and his grandchildren [and] he liked to joke about his home in Barnstable as the kids’ hotel on the Cape. Bob Howe was brilliant, witty, loyal, considerate, generous to a fault, courageous, and true to his family and friends.” You may read the full text of Dick’s eulogy on the BC alumni online community at http://www. bc.edu/alumni/association/community.html.

• It was a very slim mailbag for this issue of Boston College Magazine. Please send me a note with any news you’d like to share!

Services. Altogether, Marge and Allen have five grandchildren, ranging in age from 12 to 2— and they still find time to ski and snowmobile, while summers are spent swimming and boating at their camp nearby. • Margo Rodgers Greenfield retired in July 2013 after 37 years as a trial lawyer with the National Labor Relations Board. Now she works in a part-time position as special counsel to the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. She says she thoroughly enjoys working at the intersection of criminal justice, urban development, and workforce equity, doing advocacy instead of direct service, and she relishes the excitement of learning and doing something new. Additionally, Margo is a published author, writing short stories about the fractures in family life and the elusive efforts of reconciliation. Her husband, Dan, has moved his forensic practice to the house, and there are visits from the grandchildren, so Margo catches a spare moment whenever she can to compose her stories. • Lastly, Judy Brophy Delahunty of New Britain, CT, died in late November 2013. Judy had been a highly esteemed and passionate art teacher at Southington High School. She recently retired, spending her free time enjoying the beach in Naples, FL. She is survived by husband PJ, two sons, a step-daughter, and eight grandchildren.

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Rachel (Fredette) Schiffman is a professor and associate dean for research at the College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Her research interest is in early childhood intervention programs with a specific focus on family health, infant mental health, and social emotional development, with home visitation as a service delivery model. She is the recipient of the Lucie S. Kelly Mentor Award of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society for her excellent work in mentoring nurses. • I regret to announce the passing of Stephen Conway, of Bedford, on November 18, 2013. Steve earned his medical degree from Tufts University in 1973. Prior to his retirement in 2003, he spent 25 years as a selfemployed ophthalmologist. Sympathy goes to his wife of 40 years, Lorraine; sons Stephen and Christopher; daughters Anne and Emily; and granddaughters Layla Rose and Eleanor. • I hope you all are planning on attending our 45th class reunion this spring! I look forward to seeing you during Reunion Weekend, May 30–June 1.

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Correspondent: Jane Sullivan Burke janeburke17@gmail.com I hope that, as you read this column, you are busy enjoying outside activities and perhaps attending your 50th high school reunion and not experiencing frigid temperatures, snow drifts, multiple flight delays or cancellations, or even perhaps falls on black ice. Good riddance to the winter of 2014! • Margaret Connorton Reilly is still working as a health-care research consultant and busy studying Spanish. She is proud of her eight grandchildren, two of whom live close by in New York City, two in Virginia, and four in California. Margaret and her college roommate Anne Mulligan Hartmere have been walking the Met, determined to see every work of art in the building while they can. • Allen and Marge (Smith) Mitchell have been living in Maine since the mid ’80s when they purchased a construction company.

They still own it, and Marge works as the office manager. She has a real estate license and sometimes buys houses to fix up and sell or land on which to build, and she also helps clients find land on which to build. Their most interesting project was building the HGTV giveaway house in 2001 in Northport, ME. One daughter, a physical therapist, lives nearby, while another daughter resides in Raleigh and teaches autistic children. A son who graduated from BC in 2000 lives in Hanover and is a bond analyst for Massachusetts Financial

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class participation goal: 390 Correspondent: James R. Littleton jim.littleton@gmail.com 39 Dale Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

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NC 1969 reunion year Correspondent: Mary Gabel Costello mgc1029@aol.com 4088 Meadowcreek Lane Copley, OH 44321 First of all, a very big thank-you goes out to all who donated to our 45th Reunion Class Gift in honor of our deceased classmates. I was overwhelmed by your response. And if you 62 class notes

wish to and have not yet done so, it’s not too late to donate. • Noreen Weaver Shawcross writes that she recently retired from her last position as chief of housing and community development for the State of Rhode Island, having spent 20 years in child-welfare work and 11 in housing and homelessness. Now she volunteers, doing the same kind of work. Noreen and her husband, residents of Narragansett, have three daughters and seven grandchildren. They also own a home in Bonita Springs, and while in Florida this past winter, Noreen reconnected, after many years, with Judy Randall Gittleman. • Carolyn Wahlig Szostek retired in 2012 after 42 years at St. Francis Preparatory High School in Fresh Meadows, NY. She taught Spanish for 22 years and then spent the next 20 years as assistant principal. Carolyn’s husband passed away in 2009 after 38 years of marriage.

Their daughter was married in 2012 and is now finishing her PhD in Italian literature at NYU. Since retiring, Carolyn has visited many parts of the world. She’s been to Alaska, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Greece, and Turkey, and she is looking forward to a safari in Africa and a trip to Australia and New Zealand. • Carol Murphy Starkey and her husband recently moved to Madison, CT, to be near their grandsons, whom they care for almost daily. On weekends they spend time at their home in Ludlow, VT, where, even though they are technically retired, they work at Okemo Mountain. They love meeting new and interesting people. In her spare time, Carol does stained- and kiln-formed glass work and exhibits at a local gallery. She loves being retired because, she says, you get to be yourself and your responsibilities are more voluntary. Well said, Carol! • Cara Finnegan Groman, MBA’74, emailed that her daughter was married last June. Her son is developing his real estate career with his new brother-inlaw. Cara and her husband live in Dover. She is often pampered at Bella Santé Day Spas, a side venture for her husband. Recently Cara earned her Master Gardener certification— she’s in charge of landscaping! She writes that she is busy but grateful for her many blessings. Aren’t we all? Come to our reunion!

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Correspondent: Dennis Razz Berry mazzrazz1@aol.com Jan (Geist) Krause Greene’s first novel, I Call Myself Earth Girl (Soul Rocks Books, 2013), was published this past summer, and she has been doing readings and signings in the greater Boston area. Jan is a former teacher and newspaper columnist.

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Correspondent: Fran Dubrowski dubrowski@aol.com In our last column, owing to lack of space, I gave short shrift to Jeanne Stansfield Provencher’s lovely message, so here is more of her report: Jeanne’s newfound interest in photography led her to join a regional club,

where she forged strong friendships with talented photographers. Now she is honing photography skills for a planned trip to Italy. Son Matthew, a financial consultant, and his wife, Jennifer, a preschool teacher, live in Charlotte, NC, with Jeanne’s three grandchildren—all captured in lively, candid shots for Jeanne’s holiday letter.

Jeanne delights in seeing them. Son Ryan works in the LA film industry and, with husband Scott, owns two rescue dogs and volunteers countless hours to charities—not unlike his mom. Jeanne cooks for a men’s shelter through the local BC alumni club and encourages classmates to consider BC service groups. Through them, she learned that Kitsy Smith Neubeck had retired with husband Steve in the same South Carolina community as Barbara Warner Zapp and her husband, Brian; all enjoy this chapter of life. • Patti Bruni Keefe welcomed her 15th and 16th grandchildren: Tabitha (in London) and Hannah (in Boston). Her youngest, Paul, graduated from high school where, for his senior project, he worked with a professional composer to set four poems to music. He now studies composition at the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Hear his violin and piano composition on YouTube: anodieadventure. • Kathy Sheehan traveled with Smithsonian Journeys to Central Europe’s capitals: Warsaw, Kraków (OK, not a capital), Budapest (her favorite), Vienna, Bratislava, and Prague. “First stop was Warsaw, leveled by the Nazis in 1944 and now home to post-war Soviet architecture (i.e., gray concrete boxes).” When the Soviets departed, Poles “painted the gray boxes orange, green, and blue—not on trend, but you work with what you’ve got.” She found Polish job creation inspirational: When the socialist economy lacked consumer goods, Poles “created jobs for ‘people who stand in line.’ Retirees would do so for a fee, catching up with each other and creating ‘an ad hoc social club.’ ” Kathy retires in July and moves to DC, where she hopes to entertain many guests. • Kathy O’Mara Fanning celebrated turning 65 by cutting back to four weekly workdays to spend time with her first grandchild, Avery Grace, who is now 7 months old—an experience that leaves her feeling exhausted but blessed. Kathy is heavily involved in parish and volunteer activities and recently saw Andrea Moore Johnson, Katie O’Shea McGillicuddy, and Barbara Coveney Harkins; all are doing well.

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Correspondent: James R. Macho jmacho71@bc.edu In November 2013, the work of composer and BC drum corps alumnus Jim Centorino, MS’75, was featured in a performance at the Lawrence Public Library. Jim’s composition “Three Dreams, for Violoncello and Piano,” a piece in three movements, was performed by cellist Joel Moerschel of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Lisa Caliri, a Boston Conservatory faculty pianist. Jim and his wife, Susan, attended the concert in which Jim’s work was accompanied by works from Barber, Beethoven, and Schumann. • Paul Krueger has joined the faculty at Landmark High School,

an independent boarding school catering to students with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia. He will be working at the high-school level as an academic case manager. After BC, Paul earned his MEd and EdD at Boston University. He served as an English teacher and curriculum director in the Beverly Public School system for 21 years and then as the headmaster at Medford High School for 14 years. Paul retired in the summer of 2012 but decided to seek a new position that included advocacy for young people. He found the opportunity that he sought at Landmark.

In addition to his work, Paul enjoys playing the piano, running, and working out at the local YMCA. • Paul Bakstran writes to provide updates on several classmates, all of whom came to BC from Marian High School. The Marian High Class of 1967 sent 22 graduates to BC, and their experiences together at both of these schools forged lifelong friendships.

Bob Marshall is a retired telecommunications executive. He and his wife, Karen, split their time between Hyannis and Florida. They have three children and five grandchildren.

Mike Carter ’72 is a professor of history at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Framingham. They are the proud grandparents of two grandchildren. Ed Supple manages Supple Insurance in Natick.

His son has recently joined the company. Bob “Taps” Thacker manages his law practice in Framingham. He and his wife, Arlene, live in Ashland, and they are proud to have three grandchildren. Richard Byrne also manages a law practice in Framingham, where he lives with his wife, Debbie. John Conaty teaches at his alma mater, Marian High School. Paul Bakstran is a retired finance executive, and he and his wife, Annette, live in Berlin, MA. Both Paul and Ed Supple serve as trustees for Marian High School. • Bill and Rita (Mullane) Cashman, MST’80, report that although they wanted their children to be Eagles, both decided to become Hoyas and graduated from Georgetown. Son Michael works as a consultant at Bain Corporation in Boston, and daughter Ann Marie works in human resources at Liberty Mutual, also in Boston. Bill also reports with sadness that their friend and best man, George Morin, who attended BC with them for their first three years, passed away last March in Florida. Rita and Bill are both contemplating retirement; Rita has been working as a high school math teacher at Salem High School and is planning to retire in June. Bill works as an equal employment manager for the U.S. Coast Guard in Boston’s North End. • On a very sad note, Fred Voss reports that Dennis Dranchak passed away on September 6, 2013. Dennis was a history and philosophy major at BC, and he went on to teach algebra and calculus for 41 years at his alma mater, Holy Cross High School in Burlington County, NJ. Dennis is survived by his wife, Maddy; daughter Bridget; son Dennis; and grandsons Chris and Ian. He will be sorely missed by them, by the “boys” from Mod 42B, and by many, many others.

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Correspondent: Melissa Robbins melrob49@sbcglobal.net It has been quite a winter for those NCSH’71 women from New England, but even those in www.bc.edu/alumni

the Mid-Atlantic and the South have not been spared. For my husband, Mike Lombardo, and me the winter has been warmed by the birth of our first grandchild. I have been apologizing to friends who were already in that role for not being appropriately enthusiastic when they shared their news. The night of January 7, I pulled my first “all-nighter” since the birth of my own children, staying awake 29 hours waiting at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. The light of our lives arrived at 6:53 a.m. on January 8. Since then we have been visiting back and forth every week. In March, I will begin babysitting one day a week to help with our daughter’s return to work as a clinical art therapist. • Other friends have shared exciting news with me. Eileen McIntyre welcomed a daughter-in-law into the family when her son Jesse got married in September. • Mary Ryan Dean traveled back to Memphis to meet her new granddaughter.

I believe she is now the proud grandmother to four little ones. • Mary-Jo Dolliver Taddie enjoyed holiday visitors who traveled from North Carolina, Maine, and Niagara Falls to the somewhat warmer climate in Largo, FL. • Marie Robey Wood continues to devote her time and energy to the welfare of wounded warriors. She is presently working in the Washington DC area for a nonprofit called the Sergeant Sullivan Center. Their mission is “to serve those veterans who return home from deployment with multiple physiological illnesses.” • Thank you to those folks who have been sending me information for this column. Hopefully, more participants will join the ranks once they thaw out enough to send me an email.

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Correspondent: Lawrence Edgar ledgar72@gmail.com I didn’t hear from or see many classmates this past quarter, so I’m trying a different method. I went back to the most recent alumni directory and found that there are seven members of the class who sent in pictures and brief descriptions of their careers. • Charles Barr, who was my neighbor in Fenwick Hall as a freshman, sent a picture of his six children.

He’s an attorney in Bethel, CT, specializing in the field of reinsurance. • Tom Bougus, who was the leading rusher for the Eagles when we were seniors, wrote from Hilton Head Island, SC, where he has one of his two retirement homes. He sold a business that he had founded to promote sports events and retired there and to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. He sees his former teammate Ray Rippman, who retired to Hilton Head from a teaching career. • Michael Cifrino is living in Arlington, VA, and is retired from both of his two careers. He was general counsel of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and traveled around much of the world, negotiating arms control agreements. Later, he was the North America general counsel with the British defense company Cobham PLC. His wife, Peggy, has worked for former Secretary of State Colin Powell. • Robert Hlasny works at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. He’s the director of clinical services and the associate director of the Counseling and Human Relations Center

there. He and his wife, Linda, live in Laconia, NH. • Ronald Hood is a tax attorney in the Cape Cod town of Mashpee. He’s retired from the IRS, for which he worked as a trial attorney in Washington DC, Dallas, and Boston. His wife, Xiaoni, was a physician in China. • Dick Mucci, MA’74, is retired from New York Life Insurance Company, where he was chairman and CEO. He and his wife, Rosalie, live in a waterfront condo in Boston. They’re regular tailgaters at BC football games, and two of their three children attended BC. Lee Anne (Emery) and Stephen Roach have retired to Oro Valley, AZ. Stephen was a project manager with Caterpillar, Inc. • I did hear from one class member, Kevin Greeley, who reports that he’s retired from a career as an accountant with Blue Cross Blue Shield and lives in Woburn. • My condolences to the family of Joseph Capone, who passed away on September 26, 2013. He was a high school science teacher and resided in Plymouth. Also, condolences to the family of Dennis Dranchak ’71, who was a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society and later a high school teacher in Delran, NJ.

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Correspondent: Nancy Brouillard McKenzie newton885@bc.edu Please keep in our prayers Claire Kondolf, RSCJ, who passed away in January. Many remember Sr. Kondolf from her years at Newton from 1963 to 1971, when she served as treasurer and director of development at Newton College of the Sacred Heart. Please read her life story at https://rscj.org/about/ memoriam/claire-kondolf-rscj. • Following Alice LaSala McDougall’s passing, Mary Ann Van Gemert Curran sent a note to share with us a little about Alice’s life. Originally from Larchmont, NY, Alice went to Ursuline School, elementary and secondary, before attending Newton. She earned an MBA in marketing from Babson and stayed in the Boston area for the rest of her life. Alice worked in marketing for software companies.

Her hobbies included visiting seven continents and over 60 countries, dancing

competitively, and hiking. Alice’s husband, George, passed away in 1992. • News from Mary-Catherine Deibel: “Now that UpStairs on the Square has finished its gala goodbye, I am happily pursuing my new position as associate director of donor relations at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Here I am helping to promote Longy’s emerging mission in bringing music to underserved young audiences, demonstrated by this year’s ‘Sistema Side by Side’ series of concerts, with an orchestra composed of El Sistema students from underserved neighborhoods playing side by side with Longy conservatory students.” • Mike ’72 and Meg Barres Alonso enjoyed 2013, particularly time spent with their grandsons Trevor and Pearce, who just celebrated his first birthday. • We are starting an Associates of the Sacred Heart chapter in the greater Washington DC-MarylandVirginia area. Associates are women and men who are attracted by and live the spirituality of the Society of the Sacred Heart.

Read more at https://rscj.org/who-we-are/ associates. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. • Take care, and please send along Newton news for our column.

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1973

Correspondent: Patricia DiPillo perseus813@aol.com Greetings from the Ice Planet! If you live here in New England, all you see is snow, and all you do is shovel it or otherwise remove it. And it’s 50 degrees in Sochi. Go figure. • It’s been quiet since the holidays, so it was great to have news from Robert Boova: In March 2013, Bob was appointed chief of cardiovascular surgery at Jeanes Hospital and professor of surgery at Temple University School of Medicine.

Bob returned to Philadelphia from Ohio, where he was associate professor of surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and a member of the Division of Cardiac Surgery, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, in Cleveland. He specializes in offpump coronary bypass surgery; structural heart disease; minimally invasive cardiac

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surgery; and the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. • Don’t forget to submit anything newsworthy to me or post it on the BC alumni online community. We want to know all your news! • Keep warm and stay dry!

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Correspondent: Kate Novak Vick kate@vick.net Hello, all. There’s not too much news this issue, but I did hear from a few of you!

Kathy McDonough Hindenhofer reported that, along with Joan Garrity Flynn and Mary Sue Ryan McKenna, she had the pleasure of attending Patrice McGurk McAuliffe’s daughter’s wedding in Stamford, CT, this past September. They all had a fabulous time, and everyone agreed that Kerry, Patrice’s daughter, was a beautiful bride. • Peggy Publicover Kring, who lives in Jacksonville, FL, and Judy Reach Condit, MA’75, had a wonderful lunch together at the Columbia Restaurant in St. Augustine in January. Judy and her husband, Rick, are now official Florida residents. • Don’t forget to keep me posted on your comings and goings!

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1974

reunion year class participation goal: 480 Correspondent: Patricia McNabb Evans patricia.mcnabb.evans@gmail.com As I write this, there is still over a foot of snow in Foxborough, but it makes me very happy thinking that by the time you read these notes, it will be warm and sunny! With our reunion right about the time Boston College Magazine will come out, I hope everyone will have a great time visiting with “old” friends at our 40th! • I received a nice note from Jack McNealy, who is the class correspondent for the Class of 1960. He wanted to share the news that our classmate Joan Reidy had led an informal group of BC alumni to Jamaica to volunteer at the Mustard Seed Community, a home for children with severe disabilities.

He writes that Joan is already looking forward to next year’s trip and would love to recruit a few more alumni. • If you see Bob and Marie (Sheehy) Grip at Reunion, I hope you wish them a happy 40th wedding anniversary on June 1! Bob has been the main news anchor at WALA-TV in Mobile, AL, since 1984; he has taught broadcast journalism at Spring Hill College (the third-oldest Jesuit college in the United States) for 25 years, and he also serves on the board of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh and is a past president of the Thomas Merton Society. Marie was director of development for the Mobile Ballet for many years and now serves on their board.

Marie and Bob have two daughters: Erin and her husband, Jeremy, and their 1-year-old son live in Baton Rouge, while Mary Kate and her husband, Brien, and their 2-year-old son reside in Cleveland, TN. • While so many of us are looking to relax a bit more, cutting back from work, or planning to retire, Brian “Gig” Michaud has just started his third career.

After retiring from the Navy with the rank of

captain, he followed up with 33 years in the bus industry, first as president and CEO of Michaud Bus Lines, then as the area general manager for the international bus company First Student Inc. Now he has completed an intensive nautical training course, passing the five required exams to earn his captain’s (master’s) license to captain inspected vessels for hire up to 200 miles offshore. Gig served on four Navy ships and was the commanding officer of the reserve crew of the USS Miller in his last tour of sea duty. He assumed his new position this spring. Thanks, Gig! • Jim and I are doing well, and in January we were blessed with another granddaughter, Grace Isabelle, when our daughter Elizabeth ’04 and her husband, Nick, became first-time parents. Life is pretty good! • Please take a couple of minutes to drop me an email and let me know how you are doing.

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NC 1974 reunion year Correspondent: Beth Docktor Nolan beth.docktor.nolan@bc.edu Life is good for Kathy Renda Flaherty, MAT’79, CAES’79, and her husband, Mike ’77, who are also the proud grandparents of Leah (3), Teddy (1), and baby Michael, who was only four months old as of this past Christmas! Kathy and Mike are also looking forward to our 40th reunion this May, as I am too! Hope to see you there! If you can’t make the reunion, please write to me so I can let everyone know what you have been up to these 40 years (ouch!).

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1975

Correspondent: Hellas M. Assad hellasdamas@hotmail.com Despite being located in various places around the country, a group of BC women has worked hard to maintain friendships that began in CLX, Howard Johnson’s, and the Hillside apartments: Brett Capshaw, Mary Iandoli, Mary Morley, Ann Hayden, Ann Crosson Tyler, Kerry Sullivan, Laura Mentch, Mary Pat McEnrue, Gina Kernan MSW’80, and Lynn Fallavollita Hennigan MSW’91 have convened in Yellowstone, Ithaca, Acadia, Vermont, Virginia, California, and Williamstown. Recently, at an art opening for a selection of Ann Hayden’s work in Silver Spring, MD, the group re-established contact with Janet Dunn, who hosted a September gathering on the Cape. They said the lobster in Brewster was superb! Brett Capshaw retired from Connecticut’s Court Support Services Division as a regional manager for adult probation after 28 years of service. Mary Pat McEnrue is semiretired from California State University, Los Angeles, and Laura Mentch from Bridger Medical Clinic in Bozeman, MT. Sixty isn’t so bad! • Tom Cannon is doing well and continues working in the commercial real estate business in New York City. He enjoyed a recent trip to Italy and France with the American Bar Association. His two sons are both in school, the oldest at West Virginia University, and the youngest at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, NJ. Tom looks

forward to spending time at his Florida home fishing and relaxing. • Michelle Marrone Paton, MEd’79, just completed her EdD in educational leadership and management at Northeastern University. Her dissertation was titled “Addressing Respect in Elementary School Children.” She continues as principal at Sherman School in Warwick, RI, enjoying the challenges that each day brings. She and Doug, who is retired, celebrated 35 years of marriage last September. Her daughter Brigette was married in June to Matthew Spina and is a special educator in Woonsocket, RI. Her other daughter, Regina, and husband Peter Armon live in Cheshire, CT, where Regina practices law with the firm of Nuzzo & Roberts. Michelle and Doug enjoy seeing Regina Kernan, MSW’80, and Daniel Gallery ’74 for dinner when schedules coincide. • Please stay in touch.

I wish you all a happy spring and summer!

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Correspondent: Mary Stevens McDermott mary.mcdermott@cox.net

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1976

Correspondent: Gerald B. Shea gerbs54@hotmail.com Alas, another loss: Thomas Montenero, of North Reading, died at his home last December. A longtime resident of Everett, where he maintained his dental practice for over 30 years, Tom graduated cum laude from BC with a degree in biology. He was also a graduate of Malden Catholic High School and Tufts Dental School. He is survived by his wife, Daryl; children Thomas Jr. and Diana; and five siblings. • It was nice to receive a shout-out from Edward Liptak, another former denizen of Welch Hall, who said he enjoys this column and advises us to “carry on!” Ed is a partner at Carson Boxberger LLP in Bloomington, IN. • Rev. August Thompson, MEd’76, longtime friend and “honorary” member of the Class of ’76, is enjoying retirement in Pinesville, LA, and hopes to finish his memoirs this year. He was very active in the civil rights struggle. A Web search shows him featured in Ramparts magazine, among others, in the 1960s.

He was permitted to construct a beautiful chapel in his home, which no doubt is used all the time. He remains active and is well known in the community. • Here’s hoping to hear from you all soon! Have a healthy and happy spring and summer! God bless!

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1977

Correspondent: Nicholas Kydes nicholaskydes@yahoo.com Pete Cronan and I connected through LinkedIn and followed up with a few telephone calls to catch up. Pete is entering his 27th year in the broadcast booth for BC football. Winged time is fleeting; it seems www.bc.edu/alumni

like yesterday we were knocking heads on the football field. He still keeps in touch with Coach Yukica, Barry Gallup ’69, and other football buddies through the BC Football Mentoring Program. Pete is regional VP for Merrill Corporation; he’s been with the company for 15 years. Merrill provides “Best of Breed” services to litigious companies in conjunction with their internal and external legal teams and should not be confused with Merrill Lynch. Pete and his wife, Debbie, a grad of St. Elizabeth’s Nursing School, Class of ’76, whom he met at the Ark, have three children: Allyson ’05, Nicholas ’07, and Ashley, UMass ’09. On December 13, 2013, Pete became a grandfather for the first time! Congratulations, Pete and Debbie, from the Class of ’77! • It is with great sadness that Donna (Schott) Schnitker ’77, MEd’81, and I share the news of the death of Sharon (Iannucci) Gerlach on January 23. Sharon and her sister Janet Curren co-owned Portobello Jewelers of Newport, RI, for the past 32 years. Sharon, who lived in Middletown, RI, was struck by a pickup truck as she was crossing the street in the Bellevue-Memorial Boulevard area of Newport, near Portobello Jewelers. She was deeply loved and respected by the Newport community, which she also generously served by donating jewelry to nonprofit organizations for silent auctions.

Sharon and Donna were roommates in the Hillside apartments their junior and senior years and have remained lifelong friends, not allowing the distance of Sharon’s living in Rhode Island and Donna’s in Texas to keep them apart. Post-graduation, Sharon and Donna shared an apartment with Deb Schiavo, MBA’82, in Watertown while they attended graduate school. The last time Sharon and Donna got together was during the summer of 2013, at Portobello Jewelers, when they created Donna’s 30th wedding anniversary ring. Besides her husband and parents, Sharon is survived by her children, Jennifer Gerlach of Quincy and Matthew Gerlach of Middletown, RI; her brother, Frank; her sisters, Carol, Janet, and Lori; her sister-in-law, Penny; and 10 nieces and nephews. Our prayers go out to Sharon and her family; may God’s grace and infinite love shelter them all. • Please send your updates so you can keep in touch with your classmates! • May all good things find the path to your door.

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1978

Correspondent: Julie Butler Evans JulieButlerEvans@gmail.com R.T. Rybak recently completed his third term as mayor of Minneapolis and in January began a new job as executive director of Generation Next, an organization with a goal of closing the achievement gap between white and minority students. Before becoming mayor, R.T. had been a Star Tribune development reporter and worked as development director of the Minneapolis Downtown Council. He was also head of Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc., a news-content start-up. Among his many accomplishments as mayor, he helped create the City of Lakes Loppet, a cross-country ski race that has helped gain Minneapolis recognition as a winter destination; supported the redevelopment of an old Sears building

into the Midtown Exchange; created the STEP-UP summer jobs program, which pairs inner-city youth with employers—particularly downtown businesses—and has helped 16,000 kids obtain summer jobs; and helped clean up the city’s downtown area.

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1979

reunion year class participation goal: 550 Correspondent: Peter J. Bagley Peter@PeterBagley.com

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1980

Correspondent: Michele Nadeem michele.nadeem@gmail.com Reflection is something I challenge our class to practice. We are blessed to have experienced BC for our academic education and to have benefited also from so many other types of learning and takeaways, including lifelong friendships. Here are classmates’ reports of getting together. • BC roommates Ingrid Akerblom, Peg O’Brien Bernhardt, and Nancy (Stelkovis) Sterling spent their spring break at Peg’s second home in Woodstock, VT. They were joined by Peg’s youngest son and Nancy’s daughter. Peg’s older son is a freshman at BC. Peg and her husband, Ted Bernhardt ’76, own Right at Home, a regional in-home care franchise with 375 employees and offices in Bedford and Groton. Ingrid enjoyed an extended break after taking a buyout from a senior position at Merck. She’s dividing her time between her homes in Montana and near Philadelphia while planning her next career move. Nancy celebrated her 20th anniversary at ML Strategies, part of Mintz Levin, where she’s senior VP of strategic communications, specializing in crisis communications and Boston based. • More classmates rendezvoused in Vermont! Since 1977, attorney Vin Petrozzo, of Huntington, Long Island, has organized an annual class ski trip. In this, their 37th year, they returned to Sugarbush’s Hyde Away Inn. Music was provided by Chris Kelly and members of our own class’s Red House Band, alias “Friends of Bob,” including Brian Marra, Pete Bosco, and Chris Jenner ’81. The usual suspects joined in: Tom Enright, Tom Bouregy, Chuck Cavas, Dermot Doyle, John Morris, Ken Croft, Bill Richardson, Scott Hughes, and Tim Connors ’79. Surprise attendees included Brendan Canavan, now promising to join annually, and Tom and Betsy (Lidell) Glazer. A great time was had by all, and this crew keeps on rockin’. • Others went south. “We held a short yet truly enjoyable early-winter reunion in Naples and Bonita Springs, FL, hosted

by Mike Devine and Bill Mangan,” reports Kevin Grimm. Additional Kool and the Gang members joined in: Bill Cain, Kevin Grimm, Matt Kane, Tom Lamb, Peter Mayer (from London), Steve Shay, and Chris Simmons.

The crew kept themselves busy between golf, beach, hilarious dinners, and countless games of “washers” at the Devine house. Bill Mangan summarized: “Boys, had this crazy dream that a bunch of middle-aged men believed they were 18 again.” Toasts were

made in memory of lost “Gang” members Dick Jennings and Bill Mahoney. • And it couldn’t be our class if there was no report of leadership greatness! Margaret Napolitano Freije has been named VP for academic affairs and dean of the College of the Holy Cross. A prominent mathematician and leader in Jesuit higher education, she is the first woman to hold the top academic post at the college. She is the recipient of a number of grants and awards. She lives in Worcester with her husband and has three children. • Seeing classmates? Please share news of your get-togethers as well as reports of achievements or other reflections.

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1981

Correspondent: Alison Mitchell McKee amckee81@aol.com Drew Caola started his career at Arthur Andersen, then worked for Hewlett-Packard in a variety of leadership roles over 25 years, primarily in financial services. He is currently executive VP and chief operating officer of Emergency Medical Associates in Parsippany, NJ. He lives in Bridgewater with his wife of 27 years, Kathleen, and three children, Katie, Andrew, and Robert. • Congratulations to Jim Shea, who is now business development/ sales/marketing strategy consultant at Shea Strategic Partners in Charlotte, NC. • One of the disadvantages of not hearing from you is that I am forced to write about myself!

As many of you know, I have faced some significant health issues this past year. I am eternally grateful for the support of the BC community as I was embraced in a cradle of prayer while facing numerous procedures and treatments. Please forgive me if I did not respond to your card or email. At times, I simply could not keep up responding to everyone—a very comforting problem to have!

Know that I sincerely appreciate all the prayers and well-wishes. You helped me through some very difficult times. While it will be a while before I can say all is behind me, I did end the year on a positive note, and our family spent Christmas and New Year’s visiting our oldest child in South Africa. Following that trip, she was in Boston in February exploring future options (she has decided to attend Stanford to obtain her MBA and her master’s in education), which gave me a good excuse to venture north. We visited with my high school friend and BC classmate Bob Shea, and Fr. Neenan, H’08, and Fr. Himes hosted us for a wonderful dinner at BC’s Roberts House, where we reminisced and received some very sage counsel. When flying out of Logan, the TSA representative checking my ID asked if I went to BC. I was somewhat taken aback, but she explained that she is a BC alumna, Class of ’81, and recognized my name from this column! Given the long line behind me, I was somewhat flustered and failed to get her name. She quickly told me that she works for a trade association during the day and works a TSA shift beginning at 3 a.m. to pay for her three children’s college tuition bills. Mystery lady, I know you are reading this and hope you will email me so that I can identify my new unsung hero in a future column!

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1982

Correspondent: Mary O’Brien maryobrien14@comcast.net Cindi Bigelow wrote to share that her daughter graduated last spring from college in DC and is in her first year of teaching in Denver through Teach For America. She is working hard in her classroom to meet the demands and challenges of teaching. Cindi’s son is in his third year of college in Virginia and recently completed a notoriously difficult semester in the commerce school. Bigelow Tea just finished the most successful year in its history and hopes to duplicate that next year. Cindi recently got a new puppy, a Havanese called Beans, who is a welcome addition to the family. Cindi is looking forward to seeing everyone at our class reunion in three years! • Congratulations to Anthony Vaccaro, who was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests in the Episcopal Church in December 2013 at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago

by Bishop Jeffrey Lee. Among those present to share his day were Valerie (Williamson) Uehlinger; Jack Crowe; Fr. John Stasiowski ’61; George Winchester, SJ, ’62, MA’63, STL’66; and Bob Braunreuther, SJ, ’55, STB’66. • Mike Mancini met up with Mod 7A college roommates and close friends in November to watch the BC Eagles beat Virginia Tech on a beautiful spring-like, 70-degree day. Mike and his crew visited the current student occupants of Mod 7A and met up with Chris Cowan, who traveled up from Delaware; Mike Fichtner, who currently resides in Florida; Kerry Cannon of Connecticut; Tom Quinn; Tom McDermott of New Jersey; Scott Sassone; John Faherty; and John Lamb ’83, who now lives in Chicago.

They had a great time and hope to make it an annual event. • Patricia Santelle shared that in December she was elected a managing partner of the firm White and Williams LLP and chair of the executive committee for a three-year term. This is the first time in the firm’s history that a woman will be in that role. Patricia, who has been with the firm since 1990, became a partner in 1995 and was elected chair of the 65-lawyer commercial litigation department in 2011. • In the last few months, I have read a few books by Jennifer Close ’01, not realizing she was a BC grad. If you are looking for a light-hearted read, try one of her novels. I have read Girls in White Dresses (Knopf, 2011) and The Smart One (Knopf, 2013). • The class extends sympathy to the family of Roger Jerome Frechette, of Branford, CT, who passed away on October 22, 2013. • It was great to hear from so many people. Keep the news coming!

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1983

Correspondent: Cynthia J. Bocko cindybocko@hotmail.com I’m still catching up with your news that didn’t fit in the last few columns! • From Maggi Burns Rogers: “I am in my 30th year as a letter carrier for the USPS in Providence, in my 25th year happily-married to Dale, and still living in Pawtucket. Our baby, Wendy, is beginning her senior year at Brown, and our son Tyler (Brown ’12) is pursuing a PhD in American studies at Yale. I have two lovely bonus children, Nathan

and Emily, who were the prize in the cereal box of marriage. I saw my dear college chum Cathi (Havican) Montano ’82 this summer for the first time in several years. I often see Brian Carroll ’84 and his wife, Michele. Brian’s roommate and my BC beau Bob Sauro ’84 and I met up with another roommate, John Carpenter ’84, last August for the Springsteen concert at Fenway. My roommate Alice McCarthy ’84 and I met in the North End for dinner and always wonder aloud how the dozens of other roomies are: Pammu, Madwoman, Sherry, Babs, Annie, Leslie, Lynn, Nanette—you know who you are! I am on Facebook, as is Alice—look us up! • Jim ’81 and Tara Duggan Pangakis dropped off their son Nick to join the BC Class of 2017.

Their daughter Katina ’13 is a veterinary student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Tara continues to work at Hewlett-Packard in basically the same training job that she interviewed for as a BC senior way back in 1983. • Paul Hines, of Columbus, OH, reports that his BC roommate Steve de Groot and his wife, Linda, recently came back to BC to drop off their daughter Danielle at Cushing Hall on the Newton Campus; Danielle joins the BC Class of 2017 in the School of Arts and Sciences. • Bruce Lockwood sent this update: “I have been on the BC campus a few times in the past couple of years, attending University Chorale concerts, a football game, and a basketball game. My family and I have lived in Cape Elizabeth, ME, for the past 16 years. My wife, Ann, and I have two children, Rachel (16) and Andrew (13). I have owned my business, Portland Research Group, a fullservice marketing research consulting company, for 13-plus years. We work with all types of clients, from big corporations such as IBM, Bose, and L.L. Bean, to small local and regional organizations, including some nonprofits. I just finished four years as president of the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, a huge pipe organ that resides in Merrill Auditorium in Portland.

The organ has 6,857 pipes and is currently undergoing a $2.4-million renovation. I am entering my 10th year on the board. • Kim and Joy (Ibraham) Donohue, of Hopkinton, are proud to share that their son Daniel is a 2013 graduate of BC’s Carroll School of Management.

He recently accepted a position in Boston with an exciting start-up company, OwnerIQ. • Paul Connaghan writes: “I am in Las Vegas with my beautiful wife and two daughters. We love it and really enjoy the ‘other side’ of Vegas, like the community events, concerts, great friends, parks, restaurants, libraries, golf courses, and the surrounding mountains and natural beauty. My law partner and I enjoy success with the Connaghan|Newberry law firm. We primarily represent small businesses and individuals in class-action lawsuits and appeals, and in transactions and litigation involving business, real estate, and more.”

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1984

reunion year class participation goal: 670 Correspondent: Carol A. McConnell bc84news@yahoo.com Greetings! Our reunion is here! • In May, J.P. Hansen’s bestselling hardcover book, The Bliss List: Discover What Truly Makes You Happy— Then Land Your Dream Job, is being released in paperback by Reader’s Digest/Penguin. • Judith

William Oates ’78, P’07

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he Boston Globe welcomed Bill Oates to his new job as head of technology for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a long article outlining all the troubled projects, vacant positions, and outdated systems he would be called upon to fix.

“It’s hard for government to innovate, no question. But it can be done,” says Oates. After seven years as chief information officer for the City of Boston, he speaks from experience.

“The right kind of IT can make a big difference in the way people interact with their government; it can also make government much more responsive,” he explains. “Despite the Despite the challenges, Bill Oates is eager to challenges—or maybe because of move Massachusetts’ Information Technology them—it’s exciting work.”

Division forward.

As a biology major at BC, a career in information technology wasn’t on Oates’s radar. “But BC did set me on the path that led me here, in several ways. I began to see myself as a leader at BC, I learned to think creatively, and I began to understand the importance of putting my gifts to work so that they benefit others,” he says. what is the secret to success?

what is your next goal?

People are a tremendous resource; collaboration both inside and outside your organization drives new ideas and makes change possible.

I’ve got a long list of specific ways in which we want to upgrade the state’s technology.

Ultimately, I want to ensure we build a strong culture of innovation.

For more of our interview with William Oates, visit www.bc.edu/alumniprofiles.

Masterson Butler, a certified nurse midwife for the last 16 years, has completed her doctor of nursing practice degree. Judith moved from a private medical practice in upstate New York to Tucson, AZ, where she works at a midwiferyrun birth center with hospital privileges. Judith writes that her wonderful husband has been very supportive of her efforts. She also has three adult children living in different parts of the country. Judith still plays the flute and is in a local community philharmonic orchestra.

She enjoys the outdoors, especially hiking.

• Richard Stefanacci’s foundation in honor of his son, Richard, continues to grow and can be found at Go4theGoal.com. Richard’s godson, Alexander Warshauer, will graduate from BC in 2014 and go on to medical school.

• Tom Egger is in his 21st year working as an ER physician at Emergency Physicians Professional Association in Minneapolis.

The group has grown to 150 physicians.

Tom is back competing in triathlons; he qualified for nationals and placed fifth in his age group in the short course at Milwaukee.

He also competes in Nordic ski racing and ski marathon races. His son Thomas Jr. is in his third year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and has rowed heavyweight crew varsity for three years. He hopes to do a fivewww.bc.edu/alumni

year commission with the Marines, followed by two years of graduate school and then medical school to become a neurosurgeon. Andrew, Tom’s 18-year-old son, is a senior at BenildeSt. Margaret’s. He is having a successful year in Nordic skiing: He took second at sections and competed as one of the top five skiers in the state. He is aiming for the Junior National Nordic team and competing in the nationals at Stowe, VT. Tom’s son Matthew is a seventhgrader and a hockey player, cross-country runner, and Nordic skier. He is also working on his Life Scout rank and aiming to attain Eagle rank next year. • Juliette Fay is a novelist and enjoys connecting at book events with classmates and fellow authors J.P. Hansen and Sandra Williams. Juliette’s husband, Tom ’83, is an attorney in Boston, and the couple live in Wayland with their four children. Juliette is looking forward to our reunion. • Stephanie Anne Chisholm is the publisher for Fairfield Today, a monthly magazine. She loves her work, selling the publication to advertisers, building relationships, and writing articles. She has four children: Michael Joseph is a senior in high school, Julianne is a freshman, Thomas is in seventh grade, and Grace Noelle is in third grade. • Jay Sullivan’s book, Raising Gentle Men: Lives at the Orphanage Edge (Apprentice House,

2013), about BC grads living in Jamaica as part of the Jesuit International Volunteer Program, was selected by the University of Scranton as the “Royal Read” for 2014. It will be required reading for all freshmen and incorporated into the school’s curriculum as a way of promoting Ignatian principles of service to others. The book has raised almost $20,000 for the work of the Jesuits and the Sisters of Mercy in Kingston. • I wish you all the best and hope to hear from you again.

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1985

Correspondent: Barbara Ward Wilson bww415@gmail.com Kevin ’80 and Cindy (Hockenhull) McCahill and their family have relocated back to the East Coast from California and are living in New Hampshire. They have three kids: Matthew is in 10th grade, Jack in 9th grade, and Julia in 6th grade now. • Julie McLaughlin is also busy with children; she has twins, who are now 7 years old. • Lonnie Quinn was instrumental in making the Super Bowl a special event for two out-of-luck fans. Nicole Hill and Sarah Agerup, of Seattle, appeared on TV with CBS 2’s Lonnie Quinn. Nicole was carrying a cardboard sign explaining that her wallet had been stolen at San Francisco International Airport en route from Seattle to New York City. It just so happened that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was watching Lonnie’s broadcast, and NFL officials contacted the CBS 2 newsroom to offer the women some new tickets. Thanks to Lonnie for making the dream of seeing a Super Bowl come true for two big fans. • Heisman hero Doug Flutie held his annual celebrity bowling tournament in January in Dedham.

The benefit for the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism is always a big draw for current and former sports heroes, and this year’s guest list included Pats alums Eric Alexander, Rick Buffington, Garin Veris JD’98, and Jon Williams; Channel 5 anchor Susan Wornick; former Revs player Taylor Twellman; New Edition’s Michael Bivins; and Chris Lambton of The Bachelorette. Congratulations to Doug for continuing efforts to raise money for such an important cause. • I recently started a new

job: I am working for First Union Rail, a company owned by Wells Fargo that is in the railcar and locomotive leasing business. The group that I manage is in Rosemont, IL, and I still live in the Bay Area, so I am traveling a lot. I am having a lot of fun and really like working for Wells Fargo. • Best wishes to everyone for a happy spring and summer!

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1986

Correspondent: Leenie Kelley leeniekelley@hotmail.com Hi, everyone! What a fantastic night in BC basketball—big upset over No. 1 Syracuse! Awesome game, Eagles! This victory reinforces the BC fan motto: You gotta believe to be a BC fan! Unfortunately, I am finishing my column after a tough loss to Miami, so remember our other motto: Win or lose, we love our Eagles! No worries: The hockey team remains a dominant force and should have another epic season in the Final Frozen Four. Good luck, Eagles, in hockey and all sports. Now back to our class news, but the sports update was too amazing to overlook. • I hope everyone had a fun holiday season and is enjoying the winter. I am happy to see the monster cold and nonstop snow disappear and look forward to warmer golf and beach weather. • It is great to see so many of our classmates sending their children to BC, and I had the pleasure of hearing from two whose daughter is now at BC: Andy and Debbie (Cattley) Macaulay write that they are very proud to share that their daughter, Ashley Macaulay, is graduating from Boston College in May 2014. She is a finance major in the Carroll School of Management. Following graduation, Ashley will move to New York City, where she has accepted a position with Goldman Sachs. Andy and Debbie currently reside in South Africa, and their son Andrew attends Northeastern University in Boston.

The Macaulay family is looking forward to spending time back at the Heights and catching up with old friends. Thanks for the update, Debbie and Andy! Your life sounds so exciting, and I hope you get back to BC soon for a visit. Congratulations to Ashley and to any of our classmates with children graduating

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from Boston College, or any college, this year.

• Michael Rowan ’89 writes to us about his friend Ken Pfeiffer. Ken was recently elected to serve as grand junior warden of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Massachusetts. This is an incredible honor and achievement. Ken is now one of the highest-ranking officers in the third-oldest Masonic jurisdiction in the world.

Congratulations, Ken, and good luck with your new office—an outstanding national achievement. • Please keep the emails, texts, and calls coming! I will be happy to include your news in our column, and I really appreciate the updates. I hope everyone has a great spring—see ya in the summer. Go BC!

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1987

Correspondent: Catherine Stanton Schiff catherine87@bc.edu Hello! I hope you’re all doing well. • Kathryn O’Sullivan’s new mystery novel, Murder on the Hoof, is scheduled for release by St. Martin’s Minotaur in May 2014. This, as well as her previous novel, Foal Play, which won the St. Martin’s Minotaur/Malice Domestic Best Traditional Mystery Novel prize, are both set on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Kathryn heads the drama program at the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College. She is also an awardwinning screenwriter, producer, and costume designer. Her plays Lot Lizards and Moving Day were included in Best American One-Act Plays of 2011 and Best American One-Act Plays of 2014, respectively, and her musical, Mae!: The Life and Times of Mae West, has been staged at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and at the Meade Theatre at Flashpoint in Washington DC. • It is with sadness that I write about the passing of our classmate Dick Kelley, MA’89, who was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, just over two years ago. Dick got his master’s degree in ’89 and two years later got a job at BC’s sports media department, where he worked for over 20 years. Dick’s love of BC was unparalleled, and he will be missed by all who knew him.

• I am also sad to report the passing of our classmate Richard Porter O’Donnell, of Brighton, on October 27, 2013. Richard served for many years as a security advisor for the New England Patriots organization. • And finally, it has been a pleasure and a privilege to serve as your class correspondent for the past 25-plus years, but I have decided that the time is right to pass the torch. My new role at the Edrington Group requires extensive travel and, with Jaclyn heading off to college in the fall, this seemed like the right time, although it is bittersweet. I am happy to say that I am putting the column into great hands, passing it to my friend Lou Imbriano, whom you can email at imbriano@bc.edu. I wish you all the best, and look forward to seeing you at the next reunion.

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1988

Correspondent: Rob Murray murrman@aol.com The email blast worked! Thanks to all who took the time to send an update. • Jeff Korgen,

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MA’95, MSW’95, works with Catholic social ministries and has published a comic book that highlights the plight of Hispanic migrant workers. Google “Wage Theft Comics” for a link to Jeff’s outstanding work! • Jim Cantwell, JD’94, is a state representative for the 4th Plymouth District in Massachusetts. Jim is married and has a son, Christopher, who is looking at BC as a potential college choice in four years. In February, Jim joined the ranks of former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and former Associate Attorney General of the United States Wayne Budd ’63, H’13, by being honored for his public service as “Citizen of the Year” by Massachusetts real estate leaders Jack Conway & Company. • Staying in the political arena, Representative Karyn Polito is seeking the office of lieutenant governor in Massachusetts with gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker. A mother of three as well as a small-business owner and a former public servant, both in her hometown of Shrewsbury and in the state legislature, Karyn launched her campaign with Baker in December 2013. Check in with Karyn’s campaign at www.karynpolitoforlg.com for the latest news as the November election approaches. • Finally, Kim Johnston Brooks sends in her first update in 25 years! Kim met her husband, Tim Brooks, at the BC-Army game of senior year. Tim was a West Point cadet and the brother of Kim’s roommate Maureen Brooks. The young couple married a few years later, spending the early ’90s in Germany, where daughter Meghan (Harvard ’14) was born. Three sons followed: The oldest, Brian, just finished his freshman year at BC, serving as president of Duchesne West, writing for the Heights, and rowing crew. Second son John is following in Dad’s footsteps and will be a “plebe” at West Point this fall. The youngest, Stephen, just finished seventh grade at DexterSouthfield School in Brookline, where Kim teaches. Tragically, her husband, LTC Timothy P. Brooks, died in May 2004 after exposure to “supposed bad stuff” while serving with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. The family relocated back to Massachusetts after Tim died.

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1989 reunion year

class participation goal: 670 Correspondent: Andrea McGrath andrea.e.mcgrath@gmail.com OK, classmates! With less than three months until our 25th reunion (May 30–June 1), I am dedicating this column to as much reunion information as I can share! The official website is up and running (www.bc.edu/alumni/events/ reunion.html), and you can purchase tickets any time before May 22. Those interested in on-campus housing should RSVP as soon as possible. Any questions? Email the reunion team at reunion@bc.edu. We also have an “official” Facebook page for our class, which I encourage you to check out for updates and announcements. Just search for “Boston College Class of 1989” in Facebook groups, and elect to join! I look forward to seeing you all in May! And now a few updates. • Andrea Munster Yoch (andrea@yoch.com) writes that she recently accepted a new job with Minnesota United FC as the VP of business development, with responsibilities for sponsorships and marketing for the NASL team. Andrea and her husband, Steve ’87, were looking forward

to bringing their high school junior to visit BC this March as part of their college tour of the East Coast. • Margot Burns Gyorgy (margot@ sustainwayne.org) writes to say that she is happy to be living back in her hometown of Wayne, ME, after moving numerous times with her husband, photographer Dean Gyorgy. Margot is the director of Sustain Wayne, an organization dedicated to sustainable ways of living that promotes strengthening community bonds and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. She also provides spiritual direction for women seeking to create a closer connection with God and recommends Spiritual Directors International as a great resource for those interested in finding a spiritual director. Dean and Margot’s oldest child, Emma, will be heading off to college in the fall, leaving her brother Matthew (15), sister Nina (10), Corgi pup Ivan, and fat cat Moxie at home. Margot is hoping to join the reunion festivities this spring. • Stephen (Klakowicz) Pemberton received a Trumpet Award (www. trumpetfoundation.org) this January (along with Alfre Woodard, Charles Ogletree, and others). This honor was created to recognize outstanding accomplishments of blacks and others who have succeeded against great odds and inspired success in others. Steve is currently VP and chief diversity officer at Walgreens.

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1990

Correspondent: Missy Campbell Reid missyBC90@comcast.net Classmates, I am sitting here at my computer writing our class notes as close to a foot of snow is falling from the sky. As a teacher, I enjoy staying home on the occasional snow day to have fun with my children and “work” in my pj’s! As I type, I realize that by the time you read this note, we will be basking in the warm sunshine, and for that, I am equally grateful! Please tell me what you have been up to this winter and spring, or submit a note to the magazine for the first time! I know many of us look forward to receiving our alumni magazine and staying in touch. • Martin Nathan earned his BC degree in psychology. He has been a substitute teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District for the past 12 years. Currently, he is enrolled at Cal State, Los Angeles, to get his teaching certificate and has passed the CSET. Feel free to connect with him at markos_nathan@yahoo.com. Good luck, Martin! • Patrick Hurley, JD’93, is an attorney with the Wheaton, IL, law firm of Huck Bouma PC, where he has worked since 2000 in the areas of general civil litigation and family law. He is also the president of the DuPage County Bar Association for 2013–14. Patrick lives in Hinsdale, IL, with his wife, Cara Lanza Hurley ’96, and their children, Jonathan (6) and Caroline (3). In his spare time, he enjoys coaching Jonathan’s soccer and tee ball teams.

• Keep your news coming!

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1991

Correspondent: Peggy Morin Bruno pegmb@comcast.net I hope everyone has had a wonderful spring and is looking forward to a great summer www.bc.edu/alumni

with family and friends. Please be sure to send along news of classmate visits as well as any family news! • Huge congratulations to Sean Salene, who was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. Joining him on his big day were his old friends and roommates Heming Nelson and Amul Thapar, both of whom were with Sean when he was commissioned a second lieutenant aboard the USS Constitution the day after we graduated from Boston College 22 years ago. Sean has orders to leave his current staff job and return to the operating forces next summer. He has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa; on the Horn of Africa; and in various places in the contiguous United States. Sean would also like to relay the news that Robert “DJ” Simon and his wife, Deanna, welcomed the birth of their second daughter, Sigrid, in December. Sigrid joins her elder sister, Freja. The Simons live in Arlington, VA. DJ travels a great deal with work, and, happily, Deanna also has an adventurous spirit: She packed up Freja and went with DJ to Finland this past fall, and she has also traveled with him to China and Europe. • Andrea Utz Gallivan is living in Yarmouth, ME, with her two children, Shanti (11) and Kai (8). She is currently teaching middle-school French and Spanish. • Patrick Geraghty joined the Redwood City (CA)–based law firm of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley PC as a partner. He was previously with Hackensack (NJ)–based Harwood Lloyd LLC. Patrick concentrates on maritime litigation and transactions, with an emphasis on cases involving admiralty law, commercial transportation, and maritime insurance. Active in the legal community, he is a proctor of admiralty in the Maritime Law Association and an adjunct professor of admiralty law at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark. Patrick earned his JD in 1995 from Seton Hall University School of Law and his MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

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1992

Correspondent: Katie Boulos Gildea kbgildea@yahoo.com Thanks so much to those who have contacted me with their updates. If you have something you would like to share with your former classmates, please email me; I would love to include your news. Thank you, and I hope to hear from you all soon! • Dimitrios Angelis recently accepted a new position as the U.S. CEO and chairman of OTI America Inc., an international public company that specializes in cashless payments. To celebrate, he got to ring the NASDAQ closing bell in January.

Dimitrios lives in Chatham, NJ, with his wife, Helen; their three children, Zachary (6), Jeremy (4), and Zoe (1); and their Chesapeake Bay retrievers. • Diana Ermini had a beautiful and healthy baby girl, Valentina, on September 16, 2013, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Diana is the director/head of marketing at OnForce, an IT workforce services company in Lexington. She is also the president-elect of the American Marketing Association, Boston Chapter. • Tim Dooling was selected by the board of directors to become president of Callahan Chemical Company, one of the

largest chemical distribution companies in the United States. Tim has worked at Callahan for more than 20 years. He lives in Mansfield with his wife, Christine Hoar Dooling, and their three children: Thomas (13), Erin (11), and Sarah (10). • Carolyn Gillan Gill recently went back to work at Gemm Learning in Westport, CT, after taking 12 years off to raise her children. She and her husband, Joe, live in Fairfield with their three children: daughters Reilly (14) and Rory (12) and son Rowan (8). Reilly will start high school in the fall and hopes to be an Eagle in the Class of 2022! In November, Carolyn got together in New York with many of her former roommates and classmates, including Jocelyn Keaveney, Mary Tamisiea Knott, Kathy Keating Winters, Elizabeth Isacco Perkins, Gretchen Kuss, Barb King Thompson, Kristyn Martin Stricker, and Amy Dietrich Caravela.

• Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner, JD’95, was reappointed by the Supreme Judicial Court justices to a three-year term on the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Advisory Committee on Professionalism. This committee is charged with implementing SJC Rule 3:16 on practicing with professionalism, requiring a mandatory course on professionalism for lawyers newly admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Ingrid is the assistant general counsel of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in Boston.

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1993

Correspondent: Laura Beck laurabeckcahoon@gmail.com Happy spring, BC’93! Here’s hoping, after a brutal, long winter, especially for you in the Northeast and Midwest—and even for us in Texas and Georgia! • You guys have been pretty quiet out there, which means I may be forced to share updates on you myself, or worse, make things up. So please do keep me posted on happenings in your lives! • BC’93 had a big night at the Golden Globes, with Amy Poehler giving Boston College a shout-out, and then winning best actress in a comedy and receiving the award from Chris O’Donnell ’92. How cool was that? • Stefanie Martinez was appointed by the governor of Nebraska to be a judge in Nebraska County Court for the second judicial district. She also observed the 9/11 trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. How funny that Stefanie is in Nebraska, and our two Nebraska classmates, Pat Lawler and Patrick O’Neil, are in New York City and Boulder, CO, respectively. • Sharad Sahu is president of the medical staff at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ, all thanks to his humble start as UGBC senator! • Sandy Chen Dekoschak, our former class correspondent for many years, is doing great with her business, Westborough Wicks. She moved the store to the Natick Mall just in time for the holidays. She and her husband run the small local business, which focuses on the allnatural soy candles they hand-pour and make themselves in more than 80 scents. They also carry other handmade eco-friendly gift items.

Go visit Sandy next time you are at the Natick Mall! • Molly Burke Hamilton’s book, Animals on Parade, is on Amazon and a favorite at our house already. Beautiful drawings and

art, all done by Molly, accompany poems about animals as well as facts that make it interesting even to discerning tweens. • Kathleen Haley is wrapping up two and a half years as my favorite Spice Girl: She was director of corporate branding and communications at McCormick, the spice company. While there, she led the opening of McCormick’s only retail store, and she also led the 125th anniversary program that included raising $1.25 million for United Way to feed those in need. Kathleen is leaving Baltimore to head back to Boston to work for a health-care start-up. I’m very excited to know she will be present at every future bar golf gathering! • I’m sure there are more BC’93ers running, but for now, best wishes to Christine Fahey, Erin Chute Gallentine, and Jennifer Flynn Jarbeau in the Boston Marathon! Awesome! I’m still feeling a little nervous that I committed to the Falmouth Road Race this coming August. You, Mike Greene and Dan Walsh—are you guys raring to go? • I will close with a funny story: I was one of only three BC’93ers at BC’s bowl game, along with Deanna Villegas Lopez (whom I never saw) and Lou DiPietro, JD’96, who was there with wife Nancy (McNamara) ’94. Well, it was an ugly game, and at dinner afterwards, I made some snarky comment to this group wearing BC gear about how were they still smiling even after that game? The dad in the group gently let me know that the two young men in the group had played that day. Ouch! They were gracious about my footin-mouth moment, and it turns out, the kind dad was Diane Cashman’s brother, and one of the players was her nephew Jim Cashman.

There I am BC’93, doing you all proud every chance I get! • Until next time….

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1994

reunion year class participation goal: 505 Correspondent: Nancy E. Drane nancydrane@aol.com Hello, Class of ’94. Have you purchased your Reunion tickets yet? Reunion Weekend is May 30–June 1. Go to www.bc.edu/alumni/ events/reunion.html to register for reunion events, culminating in a gathering in front of beautiful Bapst Library to celebrate our 20th (gulp...) reunion. Also consider supporting the Class of 1994’s reunion gift campaign, which has a goal of 26 percent of our class— or 505 classmates—making a gift to BC

by June 1, 2014; go to www.bc.edu/giving/ reunion/reunion2.html. I hope to gather lots of news from you all at the reunion, but in the meantime, some news: Erin (Miller) Spaulding is the president of the Connecticut Chapter of Achilles International. Three years after suffering a head injury, she ran her first half marathon, the 2013 Walt Disney World Half Marathon. • Elaine Chin, MA’96, welcomed her second son, Koah Lin, in February. Koah joins big brother Logan, who turned 4 in March. Elaine and her husband, Esson Lin, live in Manhattan’s Battery Park. • Dan Brown and Colleen McGee ’99 were married in San Francisco on May 26, 2013.

Class of ’94 guests included Ernie Palazzolo, Eric Tennessen, Dan and Ally (Resha) Hayes, Pete Lynch, Joe Healey, Paul and Jen (Helin) Colone, Chuck Fortin, Jay Colbath, Chris 70 class notes

MBA’06 and Sarah (Bradshaw) Wise, and Christian Teja. Other guests included Sarah (Rees) Carroll ’93, Jenny (Henderson) Sullivan ’95, and Lindsay Field ’99. On February 25, Dan and Colleen welcomed their first child, Ryan James. Congratulations! • Happy spring!

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1995

Correspondent: Kevin McKeon kmckeon@gmail.com In August 2013, Christine (Wischusen) McCoid began a new job as principal of Hazlet Middle School in Hazlet, NJ. She had been assistant principal at Union Catholic High School for 10 years and made the jump back to public school, where she began her teaching career. She and her husband, Rob, have two sons, Ronan and Patrick, and they live in Cranford, NJ. • Lisa Nickerson is a partner at The Preserve at the Bay Club LLC. In December, she and her team broke ground at a new development, a 22-acre masterplanned neighborhood within the Bay Club community. The residential country club community, located in Mattapoisett on Buzzard’s Bay, will contain 34 singlefamily homes constructed in three different styles. Lisa is also the founder and principal of Nickerson People Relations LLC and Nickerson Real Estate Partners LLC. • Stradley Ronon of counsel Julia Rafferty has been appointed to the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Campaign Cabinet for 2013–4. Julia is a member of Stradley Ronon’s litigation, life sciences, and emerging companies practice groups, focusing her practice on general litigation, primarily in the areas of products liability and mass tort. Also a member of the firm’s healthcare IT practice group, she is active in the growing area of mobile health.

• Kevin Duffy is an officer and a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was recently promoted to lieutenant colonel and selected to take command of a squadron of Ospreys, the newest aircraft in the Marine Corps fleet.

Kevin will be leading this squadron as part of a large Aviation Combat Element (ACE) with more than 500 Marines throughout an eightmonth deployment on the USS Boxer this fall.

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1996

Correspondent: Mike Hofman mhofman12@gmail.com So you’re probably going to a lot of 40th birthday parties these days. A friend of mine joked that each new evite was like the sound of the cannon from The Hunger Games—you just look up to the sky to see who has fallen this time. Among others, Megan (Storz) Pagliaro has crossed this milestone, and she did it in style—being the guest of honor at a great surprise party in January. Molly Thilman Smith, Tom Adams, Loretta Shing (carrying a bag designed by Poppie Harris), and I were all there, as was Megan’s brother Erik ’98 and his wife, Courtney (Murray) Storz ’97. Megan is doing great. She and her husband, Jeff, have three kids and live in Madison, NJ. Jim Roth was at Megan’s party too and, a few weeks later, he and his wife,

Shane, welcomed their second son, Carter Robert Roth. He joins big brother Nathan (3).

Jim and his family live on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. • In other news, John King was recently promoted to chief marketing officer at Fallon, the Minneapolis ad agency. To celebrate, he took a trip to Florida that sounds as if it was a lot of fun—something about swimming in a mermaid pool at the Ft. Lauderdale resort. • Finally, Bill Lyons and I had dinner in February.

Bill is working in Malibu for a foundation that supports a series of progressive causes. He says it’s nice to walk out of work and be only a few feet from the beach. That sounds like the ideal way to spend one’s 40th year on the planet.

Happy birthday to all!

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1997

Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com Eric ’98 and Meredith (Byrne) Lussen welcomed daughter Colette Caroline on October 11, 2013. She joins big brothers Jack (3) and Shep (2). The family lives in Dallas. • Last year, Erin Brennan married her longtime boyfriend, Luke Gutelius; they met 10 years ago on Nantucket. They have a son named Matthew. Erin continues to teach third grade in New York City, and Luke is the founder of Townpool.com. • Drew and Danielle (Furino) Acerra welcomed daughter Avery Grace on May 3, 2013. Avery joins big sister Addison (5), who adores her baby sister. The Acerras moved to Northport, NY, this past May and are enjoying life in the suburbs after many years in the city. When not spending time with family and friends, Danielle travels the globe as a senior director and head of events at AXA Equitable in New York City, and Drew helps keep the power on for Long Island through his work as a journeyman lineman for National Grid.

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1998

Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com DJ MacAloon and his wife, Jenn, welcomed a second daughter, Sloane Elizabeth, on November 4, 2013. DJ wrote: “Between Leah (27 months) and Sloan, I have my hands full.”

• Aimee (Moitz) and Rich Fiorito welcomed their third child, Lily Ann, on September 23, 2013. Big sister Ashlee and big brother Matthew were excited about the addition to the family. In addition to parenting, Aimee is a genetic counselor for Kaiser Permanente, and Rich is an operations product manager at Affymetrix. • We remember with sadness our classmate Maura Barry DeVito of Newtonville, who passed away on November 23, 2013. • Singer-songwriter Courtney Leigh Heins was honored with an IMEA Award for Country Song of the Year at the 2013 IMEA Awards in November 2013 in Ashland, KY. Her single “Bright Blue World” (cowritten by producer Jordan Higgins) from the album of the same name was also featured in July’s Music Connection magazine. Other winners included Sheila Raye Charles, daughter of Ray

Joy Olaes Surprenant ’93

“I

grew up giving back,” says Joy Surprenant, recalling a childhood filled with volunteerism. As a mother herself, Surprenant wanted to instill those same values in her son. But she couldn’t find volunteer opportunities for young children. So she took matters into her own hands, founding the nonprofit Catching Joy. “We organize hands-on community service projects so kids can feel the joy of giving. That Jesuit phrase ‘men and women for others,’ which is so important at BC—it starts with children for others,” explains Surprenant. Her son, Maxwell, now nine, is Catching Joy’s Joy Olaes Surprenant ’93 with her son Maxwell at youngest board member and came up the Boston Chapter’s 2014 Day of Service project. with the organization’s slogan: “You got it, you give it!”

As part of BC’s recent Day of Service, Catching Joy organized a multigenerational effort at the Heights to make posters for runners of this year’s Boston Marathon as well as survivors of the 2013 marathon bombing. what is your next goal?

what is your fondest bc memory?

Catching Joy is about to celebrate its fifth anniversary. We’ve grown so much, so fast!

That shows what a need there is for what we do, and I’m excited about the future.

Oh, meeting my husband, Michael ’93!

what is one thing everyone should do while at bc?

BC has so many amazing opportunities. I truly feel the joy of giving myself—I want others to feel it too.

For more of our interview with Joy Olaes Surprenant, visit www.bc.edu/alumniprofiles.

Charles, for Christian Song of the Year and Broadway’s Eden Espinosa for Pop Album of the Year. Courtney’s music has been heard on numerous TV networks, including WE, Bravo, and the Discovery Channel, and she has performed at the Sundance Film Festival, the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and SXSW. Her CD “Bright Blue World” and her other albums are released through her own label, Refolk Music, and are available at iTunes, CD Baby, and other music outlets. • Frank Stamos, CTO of Student Nation, the Boston-based start-up he cofounded with Ari Kalos last autumn, was profiled in the Boston Herald in February 2014. The company offers college students a new social app that bills itself as “the Facebook for this generation, sprinkled with a touch of Google and a dash of Groupon.”

The free app is exclusively for students and aims to bring them together through real-time engagement and entertainment, including the latest videos and music, while offering discounts and incentives from area businesses. It also provides access to news from BC’s website; live radio feeds from college stations; photo galleries; and event listings with real-time directions and ticket purchasing, as well as the ability to see which of your friends is going. www.bc.edu/alumni

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1999

reunion year class participation goal: 560 Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com Greetings, members of the Class of 1999! • Reagan (Barrett) ’02 and Ryan Driscoll, JD’02, welcomed their first child, a son, Charlie, on October 18, 2013. The family lives in Boston.

• Seth Robbins was recently made partner at the law firm Todd & Weld LLP. He has been with the firm for the past eight years. Seth lives in Middleton with his wife, Monet, and son, Blake. • Daniel Gonzalez was recently elevated to partner at the Miami law firm Meland Russin & Budwick. He joined the firm in 2003 and previously was of counsel. He has also served in various leadership capacities for several professional and community organizations and is currently president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida. Daniel earned his law degree from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law.

• Hilary Graham LaFoley and her husband, Ryan, welcomed their third child, Iris Verkamp LaFoley, on August 1, 2013, in Bozeman, MT. Her siblings, Francie (4) and Martin (2), are so excited to have a little sister! • Bill and Sarah (Heffernan) Lundell, MBA’05, welcomed two baby girls, Keira and Ella, on July 10, 2013. They join older brother Liam (5). • Christopher ’97 and Tara Ferragamo welcomed a son, Brady James Ferragamo, in August 2013. Brady joined older brother Rian and sisters Brenna and Keira. • Please keep the notes coming!

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2000

Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com Another spring has arrived in the Boston area, and with it come some amazing accomplishments and news from Class of 2000 members. • In September 2013, Matt Ramsey joined the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Dermatology and is now a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Matt’s research laboratory studies the normal process of skin cell turnover required to maintain skin integrity and examines how the normal regulation of growth is altered in the development of skin cancer. Excitingly, his first hire was also a BC alum, Rebeca Cardoso ’13! • In December, Charles Rogers was elected to partnership at law firm Bingham McCutchen, where he is a member of the Corporate Practice Group. He advises on public and private crossborder corporate, debt, and equity investment; corporate finance; and restructuring transactions. Charles works in the firm’s Hong Kong office. • In February, Jennifer Welter became the first woman to play in a men’s professional football league in a non-kicking position. Jen plays for the Texas Revolution.

Her contributions, including three rushes for a loss of one yard, helped lead the team to a 64-30 victory over the North Texas Crunch. You can read more about her accomplishment on the USA Today Sports “For the Win” website.

• Leanne Simpson Flynn and her husband, Christopher, welcomed a son, Mason William, on June 11, 2013. He joins older sisters Makayla (6) and Meghan (4). The family resides in Norton. Leanne works for Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI, as a pediatric nurse practitioner. • Mike and Megan (Collier) Reilly welcomed son Matthew Richard on December 8, 2013. Matty joins proud big brothers Jack (5) and Danny (3). The family resides in North Kingstown, RI. • Kaitlen McGillivray Murphy and her husband, Richard, baptized their son, John Steele Murphy, at St. Ignatius on December 21. John was born on July 3, 2013, in Santa Monica, CA, and named after his greatgrandfather John Steele, a former director of the BC Career Center. • Keep that news flowing, Class of 2000. We all love to hear it!

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2001

Correspondent: Sandi (Birkeland) Kanne bc01classnotes@gmail.com Ah...the distinct smell of mulch filling the gardens around the Quad can mean

only one thing: Springtime has arrived! • Congratulations to Marc Cusano, who was named partner at his Quincy law firm in January. The firm will now be called Cody, Cody, Cusano & McCarthy LLC. Marc serves clients in estate planning, estate and trust administration, elder law and Medicaid planning, asset protection, business succession, charitable giving, and special needs and disability planning. • Tara Rupp married Dana Berwick on Long Island on December 7, 2013. Amy (Woodbury) Tease, Julie Golia, and Caron Mineo served as bridesmaids, and Charles Allen, SJ, ’65, MA’66, PhL’66, officiated at the ceremony.

Other BC guests in attendance included Marisa Consolla Fava, Meredith Berkel McLennan, Susan McNally, JW Carpenter, Christian Vardeleon, Joe Fava, Alex Dick ’00, Beth (Becker) Sutton ’00, and Neil Sutton ’99.

Tara works at Axiom Technology Group and Dana at Fairfield University. The Berwicks make their home in Connecticut. • It is with pleasure and joy that Olivia McMahon Racette and her husband, Ryan, announce a new addition to their family: Antone William Banner Racette was born on February 4. He joins big sister Alexandra (4) at home in Plymouth. Proud uncle and fellow BC alum James McMahon ’00 was there to welcome him home! • Camille Burckhart and her husband, Marcos Cordero, welcomed a new “princesa” into their family on February 10.

Helena Camila joins big brother Markus Cordero Burckhart (4) at home in Puerto Rico. • In the immortal words of Porky Pig: “That’s all, folks!” Keep those updates coming! I love hearing from you.

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2002

Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com Michael and Julie (Little) Schortmann welcomed their second child, a son named Dylan Michael, on January 17. Dylan joins big brother Matty (2). • It was wonderful to see so many classmates at the Beanpot this year. Please email me any announcements you would like to include in our section of the magazine!

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2003

Correspondent: ToniAnn Kruse kruseta@gmail.com Justin and Leslie (Dalaza) Mattson welcomed their daughter Eleni Brooklynn to the world on November 25, 2013. Leslie is an internal medicine physician at DuPage Medical Group after having completed medical school and residency at Loyola University Chicago.

The happy family resides in the suburbs of Chicago. • Elizabeth Cafiero married Fabricio Fonseca on November 10, 2013, in the bride’s hometown of Plainview, NY, at the Episcopal Church of Saint Margaret.

A celebration of their marriage followed with a reception at the Venetian Yacht Club overlooking the Great South Bay in Babylon, NY. Eagles in attendance were Kadan Swift Sample, Alissa Chang Bain, Kristen Renzulli, 72 class notes

Gina Yianopoulos, Jennifer Lally, Christine Negri and Luke Elliott ’04, Eamonn and Erin (Fitzpatrick) Aiken, Kaitlin Mara, Marta Capasso LaRusso, Lili De Petrillo, Nicole Farina, Robert Giancola, Mark Bushee, and current BC Law students Marija Ozolins and Erik Stier. Class of 2003 parents in attendance included Nora and Richard Renzulli, Karen Chang, and Jeannine and Christos Yianopoulos. Elizabeth and Fabricio honeymooned in Mexico’s Riviera Maya and now reside in Somerville. • Carl and Lizbeth (Dalaza) Hingst welcomed their first child, Andrew Philip, on March 10, 2013. Lizbeth and Carl reside in Midland, MI, where Lizbeth works as a hospitalist physician with MidMichigan Health, and Carl works as a chemical engineer Six Sigma Black Belt at Hemlock Semiconductor.

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2004

reunion year class participation goal: 650 Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com Proud parents Matt ’01 and Julie (McCartney) Mainelli welcomed a baby girl, Kathleen Joanna, on February 12. • Tracy Clifford married Chris Esbrook in Chicago on January 4. In attendance were Ben ’03 and Laura (Sanchez) Cross, Matt and Julie (McCartney) Mainelli, Gillian Scanlon Imbriglia, Serene Saliba Murphy, and Christian Auty ’02. • Ben and Laura (Sanchez) Cross and welcomed Dylan Cash Sanchez Cross on October 29, 2013. Dylan joins big brothers Jackson (4) and Julian (3). • Robert and Robin (Leck) Shoemaker are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Katherine Ann. She was born on May 18, 2013, in Cincinnati. • Nicholas Vitanza, now a physician, is soon heading to California. He writes: “I am finishing my pediatric oncology fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, during which I had several research publications and was awarded a research grant through the American Society of Hematology. I just accepted a position at Stanford’s Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, where I will be both seeing patients and working in a basic science laboratory.”

In February, Nick was awarded a Young Investigator Award by the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) for research that he will be presenting at the annual ASPHO conference. • Sarah McGarrell, MA’06, JD’10, is an associate at Gennari Aronson LLP in Needham. Previously, she was counsel at Seaside Investments. • In March 2013, Kristi Palmsten received her doctor of science in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. Also, the Society for Epidemiologic Research awarded Kristi the 2013 Abraham Lilienfeld Student Prize, which recognizes excellence in student research.

After graduating, Kristi relocated to San Diego and is researching medication safety during pregnancy as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, San Diego. • Lauren McEnteggart O’Neil has accepted an attorney position at DreamWorks Animation, in the television business and legal affairs department. • Timothy Williamson, MA’05, was recently promoted to associate director of athletics at Harvard University.

Christine Ann Denny ’05, MS’06

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2005

class participation goal: 570 Correspondent: Joe Bowden joe.bowden@gmail.com Correspondent: Justin Barrasso jbarrasso@gmail.com Anna Schleelein and Clarence Darrow Richardson were married on November 2, 2013. John Crowley-Buck, MA’08, officiated at the ceremony, which was held at the Hyatt Boston Harbor. Bridal attendants included Kate Holman ’06, Dominique Burke, and Anna Sangalang ’07. Michael Sangalang served as a groomsman, Ryan O’Regan and Chris Burke served as ushers, and fellow Eagles Lisa Schleelein MEd’73; Brian McLaughlin ’04, JD’08; Katie McKinley; Doug Murphy; and Katie (Mihalko) and Chris Therrien MS’06 also joined the celebration.

• Lauren Trask Millovitsch has been selected by her peers to Super Lawyers’ 2014 North Carolina Rising Stars and Business North Carolina’s 2014 Legal Elite. The attorneys chosen for inclusion in these publications are considered by their peers to be the best practitioners in their respective fields, and fewer than 3 percent of the attorneys in North Carolina were named to these lists. Lauren is an associate at Blanco Tackabery, where she focuses her practice on estate planning.

• Last November, Jessica Wuebker joined the law firm of Goldberg Segalla as an associate in its Philadelphia office. She is a member of the firm’s professional liability practice group. Jessica earned her JD in 2009 from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was associate editor of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law. She was a Fulbright Fellowship recipient, serving as an international relations department intern at Dresden City Hall in Germany, and a Pembroke College visiting law student at Oxford University. Before joining Goldberg Segalla, she was an associate with Eckert Seamans LLP. • In January, Laura Kenyon published her first novel, Desperately Ever After, which she describes as “One part Sex and the City, two parts Desperate Housewives, and three parts Brothers Grimm.”

Set in a modern city modeled after New York, the book reintroduces characters from classic fairy tales such as Cinderella and Rapunzel and continues their narratives, picking up where the traditional stories left off. Laura is an award-winning journalist, and her stories and articles have appeared in Kiwi Magazine, Westchester Magazine, Just Labs, Serendipity, and The Improper Bostonian as well as in newspapers and at PrickoftheSpindle.com.

She resides in Connecticut with her husband and their silver Labrador retriever. Connect with Laura on her blog (laurakenyon.com) or on Facebook (laurakenyonwrites).

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2006

class participation goal: 620 Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu Chris and Courtney (Hopkins) Carter welcomed their son, Grayson James, on June

C

hristine Denny credits BC with making her a scientist.

“Freshman year, I worked as an undergrad research assistant in Thomas Seyfried’s neuroscience lab, and I was immediately hooked—I knew I was meant to be a researcher,” recalls Denny.

Now an assistant professor at Columbia Medical Center, she won a 2013 National Institute of Health Director’s Early Independence Award for her groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease. Often termed the “skip-the-postdoc” award, the funding will allow her to set up her own lab—a significant accomplishment for an earlycareer researcher.

Christine Ann Denny found her passion for Denny has developed a technique to research, her career, and even her husband label cells that encode individual in a BC biology lab. memories in the brains of mice, and will study how those memory-bearing neurons change as mice age. Ultimately, her goal is to identify new avenues for developing therapies that might halt, or even reverse, the process of memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.

“BC encouraged me to try to make a difference; I hope this research will do that.” what was your favorite class at bc?

I loved every science class I took.

what is your favorite spot at the heights?

Higgins Hall, where I found both of my great loves—my research and my husband,

Jason Chalifoux ’05, MS’06. Who knew the biology department could be so romantic?

how do you relax?

There isn’t a ton of downtime! But I love to snuggle with our kitties and walk our dogs.

For more of our interview with Christine Ann Denny, visit www.bc.edu/alumniprofiles.

16, 2013, at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Chris is an associate at Bingham McCutchen, and Courtney is taking some time off from her work as a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology at Northeastern University to enjoy a year at home with Grayson. Grayson is also enjoying the company of his godparents, Jeff, MS’07, and Kate (Patten) Cook, and many other friends from the Class of 2006!

The family resides in the South End of Boston. • Sage and Morgan (Woodcock) Withrow, MEd’07, recently welcomed their first child; adorable Reagan Mary was born on December 26, 2013. • Chris Pizzo and Jenny Schreiber were married on January 11 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Palm Beach, FL. The wedding Mass was officiated by Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, ’69, MDiv’82, associate professor of philosophy in BC’s College of Arts and Sciences. A black-tie reception followed for 250 guests at the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, also in Palm Beach. Eagles in attendance included best man Luke Howe, groomsmen Ben Nauman and Brad Easterbrooks ’07, and friends Ryan Galligan, Chris Robinson, Tyler Gaffney, and Natalie Dale ’09. Chris is the executive VP and general counsel of Patriot National Insurance Group, a national provider of workers www.bc.edu/alumni

compensation insurance and related services.

Jenny is a marketing specialist and former AmeriCorps Promise Fellow in Orlando, where she led community programs designed to promote volunteerism and advocacy for the homeless. The couple reside in Lighthouse Point, FL, and are extensively involved in the local community by serving in leadership roles at civic and charitable organizations, including the American Heart Association and Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale.

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2007

class participation goal: 640 Correspondent: Lauren Faherty Bagnell lauren.faherty@gmail.com Anne DiSalvo and Chris Dahl (College of William and Mary ’01) were married on August 3, 2013, at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore.

Caitlin Corrieri and Elizabeth Genovese were bridesmaids. Alumni in attendance included Sarah Saniuk, Theresa Zaleski, Will Dorsey, Lindsey Day, and Yosef Seddiq. Anne and Chris are both attorneys and reside in Baltimore.

• In November, Juliette Jaewon Song joined

the New York office of Cozen O’Connor’s subrogation and recovery department. Juliette, who was previously with Weg & Myers, earned her JD from American University’s Washington College of Law, where she worked with the Women and the Law Clinic and the Innocence Project. She was also a MarshallBrennan Fellow and a mentor for first-year law students, and she clerked with the Honorable Brian F. Holeman of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

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2008

class participation goal: 675 Correspondent: Maura Tierney mauraktierney@gmail.com Connell School of Nursing alumnae Bridget Lynn and her sister Jenny Lynn ’05 recently completed advanced practice and graduate degrees. Bridget earned her MBA from Villanova in May 2013, and Jenny earned her MSN-nurse practitioner degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and her DNP from Villanova in 2013. Both now practice at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. • Cassandra da Costa, JD’13, and Patrick Denice were married on September 14, 2013, at St. Joseph’s Parish in Seattle.

Eagles in attendance included bridesmaid Kristan Palmer Mullane ’10, Brian Mullane, Sabrina Benedict, Kasia Cannella, Lisa Cook Benoit, and Dave Benoit. Patrick and Cassie live in Seattle, where Patrick is a doctoral candidate and researcher at the University of Washington, and Cassie will be an attorney.

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2009 reunion year

class participation goal: 1,000 Correspondent: Timothy Bates tbates86@gmail.com Cassandra Paolillo is completing her final year at Suffolk University Law School, where she is editor in chief of the Journal of Health & Biomedical Law. She and her husband, AJ, live in Brighton. • Jason and Bridget (Charles)

Maley were married on August 4, 2012, and have now moved from New Orleans to Philadelphia. Jason, who graduated from BU in 2009, has begun his residency in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Bridget is an RN at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. • This past summer, several other classmates also tied the knot: Joseph Fazio and Connell School of Nursing alumna Amanda Largi were married on June 22 and are now living in White Plains, NY, and Kara Kimbell married Eric Bechtle on June 29 in Newport, RI. Also, Allison and Ian McIntire were married on July 5 in Golden, CO. Ian writes: “Great friends, lots of family, and the best memories.”

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2010

class participation goal: 675 Correspondent: Bridget K. Sweeney bridget.k.sweeney@gmail.com In November, Amanda Keele started a new job as a tax accountant at Advance Publications.

• Nicole DellaRocco is currently enrolled at Brown University working toward her master’s degree in education policy. • Kate Casey recently returned from a cross-country grassroots campaign, raising awareness for women’s rights in overprivileged communities throughout the United States. She is currently working as a social worker in Boston, focusing on elder affairs. • Congratulations are in order for Kristin Stobo, who married Eric Sanderson ’08 on September 1, 2013, in Kennebunkport, ME. Fellow Eagles in attendance included bridesmaids Leah Gunning and Laura Stokes and groomsmen Kerry Fino ’08, Gregory Herrle ’08, Michael Leen ’08, and Todd Sanderson ’03. Also attending were Samantha Covelle; Kasey Cullen; Brian Gaulzetti; Ruth Spangler Herrle ’08; Eung-Mi Lee ’09; Ashley McLaughlin Leen ’08; Alex Lofredo ’07, MEd’08; Laura Mintel ’11; Meaghan O’Hara; Caroline Sullivan; Anna Szatkowski; and Carolyn Zippilli. Kristin is a registered nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Eric is a chemist at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

The couple currently live in Waltham.

You loved your Boston College experience—and you loved those who made it meaningful.

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2011

class participation goal: 600 Correspondent: Brittany Lynch brittanymichele8@gmail.com Kelli Stacks and Molly Schaus made Eagles everywhere proud, representing the U.S. women’s ice hockey team at the Sochi Olympics. Although Canada defeated the United States 3–2 in the finals during overtime, Kelli, Molly, and fellow Eagle Alex Carpenter ’15 walked away with silver medals.

This was Kelli and Molly’s second Olympics, both having competed in the 2010 Vancouver Games. Congratulations, Kelli and Molly!

• Ariel Belgrave was recently promoted to associate global people and communications strategist from senior analyst, corporate development, at JPMorgan Chase in New York City. She is excited about the opportunities and the challenges her new position offers.

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2012

class participation goal: 525 Correspondent: Riley Sullivan sullivan.riley.o@gmail.com MK Downer will be enrolling at the Harvard School of Public Health in the fall for her master’s in public health. MK has lived in Boston since graduation and has been working as a research assistant at Harvard. • Marianna Driscoll took a position as a nurse at Beth Israel this past fall after working at a hospital in New York City after graduation. • Kasey Preskenis currently works at BC in the finance department and enjoys continuing her connection to the BC community. • Kathleen Fitzgerald works as a personal trainer in the Boston area and has been enjoying working at various clubs and gyms. • Since last spring, Kat Brandenburg has been living in San Francisco, working for Google. She is roommates with Jackie Durant, who works at One Medical Group. • Katy Pizza is also living in San Francisco and works as an inventory planner for Gap Inc. • Maggie Ritter Good is a business analyst at Target in Minneapolis. • Emily Mendes works for the dean of the New York University School of Law and is looking to pursue a career in higher education. She lives in Manhattan with Mia Neagle, who works for Warby Parker. • Bridget O’Brien moved to New York City last summer and works at Unilever. She spent a year in Boston after graduation, working for Deloitte. • This past fall, Hillary Marshall began working at Domini Social Investments, a firm that specializes in socially responsible investing in New York City.

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2013

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class participation goal: 575 Correspondent: Bryanna Mahony bryanna.mahony@gmail.com Danielle Gerard joined Schneider Associates, a Boston-based public relations and

integrated marketing agency, as an account coordinator. In this role, she is responsible for day-to-day account administration and media outreach. Danielle majored in communication at BC and had also gained experience as a Web communications intern at AmeriCares and as a marketing and public relations intern at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. • In February, Olga Khmylev returned to her native Russia to spend a month in Sochi, working for the NBC production team at the Olympics. She was assigned to the opening ceremonies and also worked in the hockey venue. Long a hockey enthusiast, Olga is the daughter of former Buffalo Sabre and Olympian Yuri Khmylev, who won a gold medal as a member of the Modified Team at the 1992 Winter Games in France. • Mike Yu is now a member of Franciscan Outreach Volunteers in Chicago.

The one-year program is based on the values of service, community, spirituality, and simple living. Volunteers live and work at Franciscan Outreach, a nonprofit agency providing emergency and long-term services to Chicago-area residents who are homeless, poor, and marginalized. You can follow Mike’s experience on the blog he wrote for the Franciscan Outreach website.

carroll school gsomdean@bc.edu Fulton Hall, Room 315 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 After completing his master’s at BC, Frederick Taylor, MBA’79, moved to New York City, where he has been working ever since. For the past seven years, he has been a managing director and portfolio manager at MJX Asset Management. He and his wife, Barbara, reside in a small community in Westchester County, Bronxville, NY. Catch up with Fred at fred.taylor@mjxam.com. • In January, Arif Bhimani, MBA’03, joined Middlesex Savings Bank’s metro commercial banking team as a commercial banking officer. A 13-year veteran in banking, Arif previously worked for Echo Bridge Capital in Boston, where he was responsible for portfolio management and investment management, and for State Street Bank.

connell school Correspondent: Katy Phillips katyelphillips@gmail.com Amy O’Meara, MS’06, was recently awarded a DNP from Drexel University. She has a new position as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She also serves as a nurse practitioner with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.

gsas Correspondent: Leslie Poole Petit lpoolepetit@gmail.com In January, two alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences received promotions at the law firm Farrell Fritz. Joseph La Ferlita, MA’98, was made a partner at the firm, where

he focuses his practice on estate planning and the administration of estates and trusts.

Joseph earned his LLM in taxation from New York University School of Law; his JD from St. John’s University School of Law; and his BS from Fairfield University. He resides in Locust Valley, NY. Also, his BC classmate Matthew D. Donovan, MA’98, was promoted to counsel. Matthew is a commercial litigation attorney concentrating in business litigation and partnership disputes. He earned his JD from the University of St. Thomas School of Law and his BA from Marquette University. Matthew resides in Scarsdale, NY.

gssw Correspondent: Elizabeth Abbott Wenger gsswalumni@bc.edu; lizabbott@gmail.com Shaun (neé Sue) Bartone, MSW’94, teaches Theory of Social Work Practice, a full-year course, and Intro to Community Practice, a half-year course, at Dalhousie University School of Social Work in Halifax, Nova Scotia. • Jeffrey Yarvis, MSW’94, was recently promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. He was also awarded the “alpha designator,” recognizing his scholarship at the full professorial level. Jeffrey currently serves as the chief of family behavioral health, social work, and family advocacy at Fort Hood, TX. These services are the largest of their type in the U.S. Army. Continuing his scholarship, Jeffrey recently published an article on secondary trauma in military primary care and mental health providers in the journal Military Medicine. • Jacki Hillios, MSW’96, PhD’13, was a panelist at the first Drug Policy Reform Conference at the White House, hosted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Jacki helped design and implement a new and innovative program called Phoenix Multisport, a sober active community for those recovering from addiction. She helped to develop, launch, and evolve the program while working on her PhD at BC’s School of Social Work. In August, the program received a $750,000 grant from SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) to expand programming to serve those recovering and their families, with a specific focus on serving recovering mothers and military/veteran families. • Erin McAleer, MSW’05, and Amy Vosburg-Casey, MSW’01, JD’01, are the 2014 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, in recognition of their contributions to the social work profession.

Erin serves as director of cabinet affairs in Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s office. Amy is an attorney at the Georgia Appellate and Educational Resource Center and advocates for justice for those in the criminal system in Georgia. Watch the event videos at http://bit.ly/1fWbLhU. • Thank you and congratulations to everyone who shared news of their accomplishments over the past year! I love hearing from you all and passing on your news to our fellow classmates. Please continue to send notes that you would like to share with your former classmates to me at lizabbott@gmail.com so that they can be included in future columns! www.bc.edu/alumni

law school Vicki Sanders

sandervi@bc.edu 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02459 Class notes for Law School alumni are published in the BC Law Magazine. Please forward all submissions to Vicki Sanders at the above address.

lynch school Correspondent: Marianne Lucas Lescher mariannelescher@yahoo.com

stm School of Theology and Ministry stmalum@bc.edu 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800 Congratulations to Jocelyn Collen, MDiv’12, this year’s staff recipient of Fairfield University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Vision Award. Paul Lakeland, chair of Catholic Studies at Fairfield, introduced the award saying: “In all these capacities, Jocelyn has shown imagination, generosity, and fortitude in equal measure.... She is the best kind of mulier fortis, a strong woman.” Jocelyn is a campus minister at Fairfield University, her alma mater, where she has served since 2012.

We’re so proud of you, Jocelyn!

wcas Correspondent: Jane T. Crimlisk ’74 janecrimlisk@yahoo.com 37 Leominster Road Dedham, MA 02026; 781-326-0290 I received a very nice note from Jean Walsh Bryant ’54, along with some pictures she took at a BC In Town reunion several years ago at Alumni House in Newton. Jean states: “We’ll never forget these folks and the good times we mixed with education. I heard from Fr. Woods at Christmas time—he is so wonderful. I’m no longer a snow bird— I’m staying in on Cape Home now that I’m an old lady!” Jean traveled last year to hold her third great-grandchild in Washington State. Her other great-grandchildren, Ione Gormley and Riley Krueger, live in Indiana.

Jean works two afternoons a week at St. Joan of Arc’s thrift shop. • Fred Bryson ’77, of Waltham, is retired from Raytheon, where he worked as an accountant. He reports that his daughter Kathleen Bryson Mulcahey ’87 has two children; the elder, Kaitlin Mulcahey ’12, is a legislative aide to Massachusetts State Representative Tom Stanley. Fred is proud to say that all three generations have a graduate from the Woods College of Advancing Studies!

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1930s

Lenahan O’Connell, Esq., ’34 of Jamaica Plain on January 5, 2014.

1940s

Arthur H. Pare, SJ, ’50, STB’61, MA’54, of Weston on October 18, 2013.

Edward J. Ryan ’50 of Murrieta, CA, on January 19, 2014.

William J. Zahka ’50 of Swarthmore, PA, on September 12, 2013.

John A. Casey ’51 of Osterville and Jupiter, FL, on March 26, 2014.

Gerald F. Russell ’40 of State College, PA, on February 24, 2014.

Anthony J. Daniele ’51, MA’63, of Weymouth on January 9, 2014.

John J. Bagley ’41 of Sarasota, FL, on October 13, 2013.

Vincent J. DeBaggis ’51 of Franklin on January 17, 2013.

Edward R. McCarthy ’42, MSW’47, of Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Holden, on January 27, 2014.

Elizabeth Duffley Forsyth WCAS’51 of Weymouth on January 18, 2014.

James F. O’Donnell ’44 of San Francisco, formerly of Washington DC, on January 4, 2014.

Lawrence J. Essember ’45 of Loveland, OH, formerly of Peabody, on January 12, 2014.

David A. Hern ’45 of West Roxbury on January 23, 2014.

Anthony A. Abruzzese ’47, MEd’49, of Jamaica Plain on March 23, 2014.

Theodore J. Moss Jr. ’47 of Red Bank, NJ, on January 9, 2014.

Francis J. Cassani ’48, MA’53, of Weymouth on November 19, 2013.

Robert E. Farrell ’48 of Macedonia, OH, on May 24, 2013.

Generoso M. Alfano ’49 of Wilmington, formerly of Wakefield and Revere, on February 20, 2014.

Henry G. Barry ’49, MEd’56, of Westwood, formerly of Newton and New London, NH, on March 21, 2014.

John Cahill ’49 of Londonderry, NH, on January 2, 2014.

Frank C. Colletta ’49 of Quincy on February 24, 2014.

Henry Erhart, SJ, PhL’49, of Merion Station, PA, on August 3, 2012.

John J. Kelley ’49 of West Roxbury on February 11, 2014.

Owen S. McHarg Jr. ’49 of Yarmouth Port on January 9, 2014.

John T. Prince ’49, MEd’51, of Brighton on January 22, 2014.

1950s John B. Casserly ’50 of Kensington, NH, on March 3, 2014.

James C. Harte ’50 of Salt Lake City, UT, on January 31, 2014.

William G. Logue ’50 of South Dartmouth and Marco Island, FL, on February 26, 2014.

John H. Melville ’50 of Port Saint Lucie, FL, formerly of Goshen, NY, on February 11, 2014.

John A. Gilberto ’51 of Springfield, VA, on March 4, 2014.

Richard F. Foy ’54 of Hanover on February 14, 2014.

Estelle A. Tetreault ’58 of Riverside, RI, on December 29, 2013.

Francis J. Greehan ’54 of Boynton Beach, FL, on January 7, 2014.

Michael H. Bowler Jr., MSW’59, of Towson, MD, on January 18, 2014.

William G. Hunter ’54 of South Dennis on September 7, 2012.

Joseph B. Hayward ’59 of Milford, PA, on December 3, 2013.

Edward J. O’Brien ’54 of Naples, FL, and Osterville on February 4, 2014.

Francis G. Mazzola WCAS’59 of Scituate, formerly of Newton, on February 22, 2014.

John H. O’Brien, Esq., JD’54, of Boca Raton, FL, on January 4, 2014.

John N. O’Malley WCAS’54 of Stuart, FL, on December 24, 2013.

Paul J. Sally Jr. ’54, MA’56, of Chicago, IL, on December 30, 2013.

Joseph T. Fleming, Esq., ’55 of Wellesley Hills on February 11, 2014.

Charles A. Hershman ’51 of Sharon on January 30, 2014.

John C. Killian ’55 of Rhinebeck, NY, formerly of Poughkeepsie, NY, on February 8, 2014.

Bernard F. Hurley, Esq., JD’51, of Los Altos Hills, CA, on February 9, 2014.

George L. Malone ’55 of Brewster on March 1, 2014.

Kenneth W. Lyons ’51 of Brick, NJ, on February 6, 2014.

William A. Neilan ’51 of Somerset on January 21, 2014.

Carmine R. Santaniello, Esq., JD’51, of Providence, RI, on February 20, 2014.

Paul C. Wenger ’51 of Manchester, NH, on February 14, 2014.

John E. Campbell ’52 of Chelmsford, formerly of Acton, on March 4, 2014.

John Leonard Carey, MA’52, of New York, NY, on January 7, 2014.

Joseph E. Carr ’52 of Middletown, RI, on January 26, 2014.

Anne Marie (Morey) Delisle ’52 of Fall River on January 27, 2014.

Robert R. Devoid ’52 of New Bern, NC, on January 8, 2014.

Nicholas F. Gallinaro ’52, MBA’63, of The Villages, FL, on March 17, 2014.

Robert W. Quintal ’55 of North Andover on February 7, 2014.

Kenneth F. Coffey ’56 of Norwood on February 25, 2014.

Edwin J. Cook Jr. ’56 of Quincy on January 16, 2014.

Frank M. Fitzpatrick ’56 of Watertown, formerly of Newton and Hyannis Port, on January 10, 2014.

Henry H. Harvey ’56 of Litchfield, CT, on January 2, 2014.

Joseph Lo Piccolo ’56, MSW’58, of Brookline, formerly of Bennington, VT, on November 28, 2013.

Joan Coleman Ward ’56 of Alpharetta, GA, formerly of HoHo-Kus, NJ, on December 21, 2013.

John J. Barone Jr., MSW ’57, of Shrewsbury on March 16, 2014.

Gloria Baravella Brackett ’57 of Still River on September 23, 2013.

Albert R. Leary, MEd’57, of Bismarck, ND, on February 9, 2014.

Anthony N. Micelotti ’52 of Framingham on January 31, 2014.

Joseph J. Lyons Jr. ’57 of Cotuit on January 11, 2014.

Joseph L. Miett ’52 of Waterford, CT, formerly of Andover on December 13, 2013.

Carlton L. Purcell ’57 of East Falmouth on January 1, 2014.

Robert H. Quinn, Esq., ’52 of Dorchester and Cataumet on January 12, 2014.

Lawrence J. Vachon ’52, MS’55, of Belle Vernon, PA, on March 9, 2014.

John T. Beaver ’53 of Falls Church, VA, on January 15, 2014.

William G. Brooks Jr. ’53 of Westwood on March 2, 2014.

Frank A. Rodrigues, Esq., JD’53, WCAS’73, of Somerset on February 17, 2014.

Francis A. Sullivan Jr. ’53 of Manchester, CT, on June 12, 2013.

William H. Sullivan ’57, MBA’67, of North Fort Myers, FL, on March 3, 2014.

Donald J. Hughes Jr. ’58 of Newark, OH, on March 16, 2014.

Richard McCafferty, SJ, PhL’58, of Los Gatos, CA, on March 18, 2013.

Joseph F. O’Donnell Jr. ’58 of Mashpee and Silver Spring, MD, on January 18, 2014.

Gerald F. Rourke ’58, MS’60, MBA’66, of Cary, NC, on February 9, 2014.

Mary Murphy Shields ’58 of Marco Island, FL, formerly of Boston, on January 7, 2014.

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John D. Pisacreta ’59 of Winchester on December 5, 2013.

Arthur F. Sullivan Jr. ’59 of Houston, TX, on March 4, 2014.

Margaret Keeley Woods WCAS’59 of Hingham on November 11, 2013.

1960s Judith Cagney, RSCJ, NC’60 of New York, NY, on November 3, 2013.

Edward P. Doherty ’60, MBA’73, of Medfield on December 20, 2013.

Lawrence L. Donovan ’60 of Cambridge, formerly of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, on January 7, 2014.

John S. Holland, Esq., JD’60, of South Yarmouth, on January 15, 2014.

Edward P. Kelleher Jr. ’60 of Monterey, CA, on February 15, 2014.

Priscilla Spear WCAS’60 of Fort Myers, FL, and Marshfield on January 12, 2013.

Paul E. Clancy Sr. ’61 of West Harwich, formerly of Brockton, on February 7, 2014.

Martha M. Daschbach Dougherty, MS’61, of Allendale, NJ, on February 27, 2014.

Jean Therese Jackson, MS’61, of Marquette, MI, on January 22, 2014.

Richard J. Mooney ’61 of Westford on March 18, 2014.

Milton H. Raphaelson, Esq., JD’61, of Holden on February 9, 2014.

John F. Sisk, Esq., JD’61, of Hanover on March 3, 2014.

John J. Gallagher Jr. ’62 of San Antonio, TX, on February 24, 2014.

John M. McLoughlin, Esq., ’62 of Saunderstown, RI, on February 5, 2014.

Richard C. Lavin ’63 of Shallotte, NC, on February 1, 2014.

John Dee McGourthy Sr. ’63 of Mequon, WI, and Boynton Beach, FL, on January 31, 2014.

Arthur D. O’Brien, MBA’63, of Peabody on March 3, 2014.

Robert H. Patterson, MBA’63, of Delaware Township, NJ, on November 6, 2012.

Joseph H. Porter, Esq., JD’63, of Norwood, formerly of Newton, on January 8, 2014.

John Mark Blanchette Jr. ’68, MA’69, of Sudbury and Santa Monica, CA, on March 4, 2014.

John Raybould ’63 of Billerica, formerly of Malden, on September 29, 2013.

John F. Carey ’68 of South Dennis, formerly of Bolton, CT, on February 28, 2014.

Robert B. Stimpson, Esq., JD’63, of South Yarmouth, formerly of Fort Myers, FL, and Wellesley, on January 31, 2014.

Richard T. Horstmeyer ’68 of Yorba Linda, CA, on February 7, 2014.

Lawrence D. Blake ’64, DEd’93, of Winthrop, on February 1, 2014.

Lucille J. Antonacci Peterson ’68 of Prospect, CT, on February 27, 2014.

George J. Callahan Jr. ’64 of Walpole on November 6, 2013.

Michael F. Crowley Jr. ’64 of Middletown, RI, on August 21, 2012.

Phyllis V. Gallo Davies ’64 of North Andover on February 3, 2014.

David J. Gullen, Esq., ’64 of Laguna Beach, CA, on December 5, 2013.

Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, ’64, MA’65, BD’71, H’09, of Weston on February 7, 2014.

Dorothy A. Pacyna ’64 of New Britain, CT, on January 1, 2014.

Nancy Hall Sandercock ’64 of Warwick, RI, and Spring Hill, FL, on January 7, 2014.

Mary Rehill Schell ’64 of Greensboro, NC, on September 26, 2012.

Eleanor T. Sline, CAES’64, of Walpole on March 6, 2014.

Salvatore D. Armenio ’65 of Worcester on January 22, 2014.

Edward Joseph Biggane, SMA, MA’65, of Tenafly, NJ, on October 6, 2013.

Robert W. Howe ’68 of Barnstable and Naples, FL, on February 8, 2014.

Isabel T. Plowright ’68, MEd’70, of Trevose, PA, on February 3, 2014.

Peter F. Shahpazian ’68 of Cumming, GA, on January 24, 2013.

Dennis G. Carey ’69 of Waterford, CT, on May 20, 2013.

Carl T. Carlson, MA’69, of Fargo, ND, on February 18, 2014.

Joan Libucha NC’69 of Fall River on March 22, 2014.

Mark T. Regan ’69 of West Roxbury on March 14, 2014.

Michael V. Sartori ’69 of Cape Cod and Brighton, formerly of West Hartford, CT, on February 18, 2014.

1970s Gerard Bolduc, OMI, MDiv’70, of Belleville, IL, on January 7, 2014.

Paul R. Sidel, Esq., JD’70, of Needham on December 20, 2013.

Julie K. McDevitt, MEd’71, of Mashpee on December 28, 2013.

Katherine Irwin Best, PhD’72, of Southborough on January 11, 2014.

Peter E. Flaherty ’65 of Cohasset on January 23, 2014.

Maureen Curry Lesuer NC’72 of Plymouth, formerly of Wellesley, on January 9, 2014.

Robert A. Perrotti, Esq., ’65 of Hamden, CT, on January 20, 2014.

Eileen J. Dunne ’73 of Chelsea on February 26, 2014.

Edward W. Pyne Jr. ’65 of Norwell on February 2, 2014.

Thomas M. Lally ’73 of Carlsbad, CA, formerly of Amesbury, on December 11, 2013.

John J. Wasner, MSW’65, of Milton on January 26, 2014.

Peter C. Pappas ’74 of Westwood on March 9, 2014.

Nancy Anne Scullen Farland ’66 of Blacksburg, SC, on April 10, 2012.

Barbara S. Peirce, MS’74, of San Pedro, CA, on January 5, 2014.

Thomas J. Grady, Esq., JD’66, of Westerly, RI, on February 1, 2014.

Christine Sullivan Wilkins ’74 of Orr’s Island, ME, on January 11, 2014.

Jeffrey C. LaPointe, Esq., ’66 of Quincy on February 15, 2014.

John Tong Sub Pack, MA’66, of Monroe City, MO, on February 18, 2014.

Elizabeth J. Benn, MEd’89, of Ridgefield, CT, on February 4, 2013.

1980s

Patricia A. Jacobs, PhD’95, of Billerica, formerly of Natick, on December 13, 2013.

Alexandra C. Kirkpatrick, MSW’80, of Salem, formerly of Westport, on March 15, 2014.

Michael C. Sweeney ’80 of Gloucester on December 22, 2013.

Wayne G. Harris ’81 of Uxbridge on January 13, 2014.

Glenn M. Driscoll ’82 of Raleigh, NC, on January 20, 2014.

Claire C. Burke ’84 of Arlington on December 25, 2013.

Richard W. Kelley ’87, MA’89, of Brighton on February 13, 2014.

Sharon E. McCaul ’87 of East Haven, CT, on January 12, 2014.

Mary T. Luins Small, PhD’87, of Albuquerque, NM, on March 10, 2014.

1990s Joyce P. Bradley ’90 of Dedham, formerly of West Roxbury, on January 4, 2014.

David Richard Keller, MA’90, of Salt Lake City, UT, on December 28, 2013.

Deborah A. O’Connell ’92 of Randolph, NJ, on February 17, 2014.

Patricia J. Rice WCAS’92 of Medway on March 3, 2014.

Tamara L. Minikus ’99 of Astoria, NY, on September 4, 2012.

2000s Matthew C. Rogan ’07 of St. Louis Park, MN, formerly of White Haven, PA, on January 7, 2014.

Kevin T. Burke ’09 of Ellicott City, MD, on February 24, 2014.

2010s Samuel O. Mott ’10 of Ketchum, ID, on December 10, 2013.

Nicholas John Modico ’13 of Putnam Valley, NY, on March 21, 2014.

David M. Wessling ’70 of West Tisbury on January 19, 2014.

Robert P. DelSignore ’65 of Princeton on March 17, 2014.

Robert T. Nealon Jr. ’65, MBA’78, of Pocasset on February 3, 2014.

Diana Cabral Vallis ’77 of Reading on December 21, 2013.

Theresa E. Griffith Jeraldi, MSW’78, of Amesbury and Watertown on February 8, 2014.

Walter J. Konjolka, Esq., JD’78, of Waban and Pittsburgh, PA, on February 3, 2014.

Jacquelyn Griffin Brisson ’79 of Wayland on March 15, 2014.

Claude L. Fontaine ’79 of Arlington and Dennis on January 18, 2014.

Jay W. Weinberger, MBA’79, of Westwood and Arlington on September 21, 2013.

boston college community deaths Peter Airaisan, of Lexington, South Carolina, professor in the Lynch School of Education from 1968 to 2008, on April 10, 2014. He is survived by his children Lynn ’91 and Gregory, three grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.

Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, of Weston, professor of New Testament since 1972, on February 7, 2014, at age 73.

He is survived by his brother Edward.

Richard Kelley ’87, MA’89, of Brighton, Athletics assistant director of media relations since 1991, on February 13, 2014, at age 48. He is survived by his parents Ann and Edward; brothers Ted and Patrick; nephews Michael and Ryan; and nieces Emma and Meghan.

John X. Doherty, MA’75, of Roslindale on January 9, 2014.

Robert J. Sullivan, CFX, PhD’75, of Melrose on November 9, 2013.

Thomas J. Azar, Esq., ’67 of Swansea, formerly of New Bedford, on February 4, 2014.

Eileen Elizabeth Riordan, PhD’76, of North Smithfield, RI, on February 28, 2014.

Mary Augusta Von Drehle, DC, MA’67, of Washington DC, on February 14, 2014.

Sharon Iannucci Gerlach ’77 of Middletown, RI, on January 23, 2014.

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.

www.bc.edu/alumni

GARY WAYNE GILBERT

Essential Elements How Scientific and Scholarly Discoveries Fuel Academic Excellence In his role as vice provost for research and academic planning, Thomas Chiles promotes faculty and student inquiry within and across academic disciplines.

Below, the DeLuca Professor of Biology shares how key campaign investments are driving research excellence at Boston College.

Why is research vital to the University’s academic mission?

At our core, all BC schools are educating students to be leaders who solve societal problems in a responsible way, and our research actively supports that mission. We have faculty and students investigating renewable energy, designing tools to detect and treat diseases, and leading national discussions on education reform, among other key areas.

How does top-caliber research translate to the classroom?

How do Light the World donors advance research at the Heights?

We have seen time and again that the best scholars are often the best teachers. This cuts across disciplines, whether it’s math, political science, chemistry, or history—whenever you have faculty actively engaged in original research, they bring that same passion to the classroom.

To attract the best students, we have to give them access to scholars and teachers who can challenge them and help open doors throughout their careers as well as empower them to conduct their own original thinking and research.

That’s what this is all about: helping our students realize their fullest potential.

Our donors have already funded 22 endowed professorships, which positions us to recruit and retain accomplished faculty members.

We’ve also seen campaign donations—of all sizes—go directly to our labs and research centers to support innovative scholarship, including significant support for undergraduate research.

These investments are paying off, with noticeable increases in awards and other recognition for our students, faculty, and the University as a whole.

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Read more from Chiles, including plans for a multidisciplinary research symposium to launch next year, at www.bc.edu/ltw.

CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE The Light the World campaign seeks to raise $1.5 billion for vital priorities, including enhancing academic excellence through critical support for research and other learning initiatives.

news briefs uLeading Women—The Council for Women of Boston College has launched a bold new initiative that will galvanize the national conversation on women and leadership. Through a significant Light the World campaign effort, the Council will establish the CWBC Colloquium, inviting history-making women to consider contemporary issues through the lens of women’s leadership. The Colloquium will engage students, alumni, and the global community through a series of dynamic public events, strategic curricular enhancements, and robust faculty-student interactions.

Add your voice by visiting www.bc.edu/supportCWBC. uEarly Risers—David Miele and Jennifer Erickson are the first faculty members named to endowed assistant professorships created through the Sesquicentennial Challenge, which recognizes outstanding junior faculty. Miele, who studies self-regulated learning in the Lynch School of Education, was named to the Buehler Sesquicentennial Assistant Professorship. Erickson, an international security expert in the Political Science Department, was named to the White Family Sesquicentennial Assistant Professorship. The University plans to endow 10 such chairs through campaign gifts.

Focus on Research

At

Boston College, faculty and students conduct innovative research into cyber security, organ donation, social inequality, and other issues facing society.

With ongoing and critical support from Light the World campaign donors, this important scholarship reinforces BC’s reputation as a leading research university and has attracted a growing number of government, foundation, and corporate grants. These highly competitive awards are a point of pride and promise, spurring BC’s academic enterprise to even greater heights.

Here is a look at select achievements since the campaign began:

Recognition and Awards

128 New inventions reported

11 Sloan Research Fellowships

5 National Institutes

of Health Career Awards

15 National Science Foundation Career Awards

549 Undergraduate research opportunities (in 2013)

Total Awards and Grants: $141 million From government, foundation, and corporate sources School of Theology and Ministry: $600K

Office of the Provost

Law School: $500K Other: $250K $21M Lynch School of Education

College of Arts & Sciences $56M

$38M

Graduate School of Social Work: $6.5M

$14M

Connell School of Nursing: $4M

Carroll School of Management

Source: Office of Vice Provost for Research

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For today’s STUDENTS. For tomorrow’s LEADERS. Support Boston College and spark success at the Heights.

Gary Wayne Gilbert

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