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HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHTS Hundreds of Eagles returned to the Heights Oct. 17–18, to celebrate the revived tradition of Homecoming Weekend. BC was narrowly edged out by Clemson, 17-13, but spirits remained high among the Eagles who traveled near and far. To view photos of the exciting weekend, visit bc.edu/homecomingphotos.
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the student body at Boston College continues to diversify, so too does the Alumni Association’s chapter program. From long-standing chapters with large popula-
tions like London, to new, emerging ones such as Hong Kong, international chapters are thriving. There are now 16 international chapters helping Eagles stay connected to their University—five of which have been created within the last year. Despite
being an ocean—or two— away, opportunities to engage with BC continue, due in part to the efforts of alumni volunteers. Just last month, Eagles gathered with University representatives in South Korea, China, and the Philippines to hear about the latest developments on campus.
BC hasn’t forgotten about its domestic Eagles either! Find a chapter in your area at www.bc.edu/chapters. 50
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p. 53 Barbara Gould Henry NC’53 p. 71 Gunnar Esiason ’13 p. 60 Advent Reflections p. 62 Reunion Weekend p. 64 Winter Wonderland
1944 Good friend Tom Hazlett and I used to joke about how close the Class of 1944 column was getting to the front of the class notes section. First we were four pages from the front, then the top of page three, etc. You get it. Suddenly, or so it seems, the column is at the top of the first page. How could this have happened? How could it not have happened? And now we have lost two more of our classmates: Paul Dunn, on April 6, and Joe Krebs, MA’49, on June 24. Paul, as you will remember, was the most genial and selfless of men. And Joe, at the top of any class, had a most rewarding career as mathematics professor at BC for 47 years, concurrent with service in the U.S. Naval Reserve, with awards, honors, and commendations in both. And now both of these most deserving of Eagles are soaring high. • Peace.
Correspondent: Gerard L. Kirby kirbyjerry143@gmail.com PO Box 1493 Duxbury, MA 02331; 781-934-0229
1947 CAMPAIGN UPDATE
p. 74 Spotlight on Student Formation
Correspondent: Richard J. Fitzgerald PO Box 171 North Falmouth, MA 02556; 508-563-6168
1948 Correspondent: Timothy C. Buckley buckbirch@verizon.net 41 Birchwood Lane Lincoln, MA 01773
1949 UPCOMING
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Learn more or register for these and other events at www.bc.edu/forbc.
▶ Dec. 3 Webinar: Bridges and Barriers to Reentering the Workforce ▶ Dec. 6 Winter Wonderland ▶ Feb. 3 Webinar: The Quarter-Life Crisis ▶ May 29–31, 2015 Reunion Weekend
Correspondent: John J. Carney jjc1949@bc.edu 227 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester, MA 02125; 617-825-8283
1950 65TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 On June 9, the Class of ’50 had its annual golf outing at Squirrel Run Country Club in Plymouth. The group comprised two teams: Gerry Curtis, Victor McInnis, Ted Quinn, and John Sullivan made up the first team, and the second team consisted of Gerry Daly, Larry Vienneau, and guest Dick McLennan. The Daly team won, and a great time was had by all. The teams enjoyed a wonderful day of golf followed by a delicious lunch. Thanks to Gerry for organizing the outing. • I received a note from Faith Buckley ’59 about the passing of her brother, our classmate John Paul Buckley, MS’52 (Paul as he was known to his family and friends). Paul, formerly of Silver Spring, MD, died on January 16. He graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from BC, and completed his PhD studies at Catholic University. Paul moved to Silver Spring to begin his 40-year career with the Navy and to raise his family with his wife, Virginia. Upon his retirement, Paul received the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service
Award, the highest honorary award the Secretary of the Navy can confer on a Department of the Navy civilian employee, for his exemplary performance for the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon. Paul was a lifelong sports enthusiast, and he loved working in his garden and spending time with his family. • It is with sadness that I pass on news of the death of fellow classmate Charles Drane, of Reading, on July 6. His daughter Nancy ’94 writes: “Charles’s ties to BC ran deep. His wife, Joan, worked at BC for many years in the physics department, and his two children, Nancy Drane and Charlie Drane ’95, MEd’02; son-in-law Dana Colarulli ’95; and daughter-in-law Elena Gourlis Drane MEd’04, all hold degrees from BC. Son Charlie is also a vice principal at BC High. Charles served in the military during the Korean War at White Sands Proving Ground, NM. After receiving advanced degrees from MIT and Harvard, he spent his career as a physicist at Hanscom Air Force Base. He leaves four grandchildren (future Eagles, let’s hope): Emily (7), Ailinn (6), Alexandra (5), and Braeden (3).” • We also mourn the recent loss of Richard Burke, William Fogarty, Francis Kennedy, William O’Neill, James Stapleton, Paul Tucker, James Waldron, and Theodore Zagaeski. • I am looking forward to another great football season for BC. I still have my four season tickets (40 years and counting) and will be tailgating with my daughter Lynne Chandler Spirito ’85 and granddaughter Lindsay Spirito, Class of 2015, as well as other family members and friends. I will look for my fellow classmates on campus!
Correspondent: Bob Chandler bob.chandler1950@hotmail.com 43 Pine Hill Road Chelmsford, MA 01824; 978-449-9720
NC 1950–1953 65TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 It is just about mid-August as I write these notes. I hope you have enjoyed the summer thus far. As I have been very busy preparing to move from our home of 43 years, there has been no time for extended time away. But I managed a brief respite with the children in Newport, RI, where I took Eliza Coté, age 13, to see the Breakers, to get a flavor of the life reflected in Downton Abbey. She is enthralled by the entire series. • I had a letter from Pat Walsh McGrath NC’50, in which she described her effort to reconnect with classmates and poignantly shared the sadness of losing friends. Each of us could have written a similar letter. Pat reported that Claire DeBlois Canning NC’50 has been taking two courses a semester for many years at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. Her commitment has been recognized by membership in a senior group called Salve Regina Circle of Scholars. Because of illness, Claire has moved from her former home in Portsmouth, RI, to Atria Aquidneck Place, in the same town. Please contact me for her address; she would love to hear from you. • Barbara Ann Gould Henry NC’53 was featured in an article in the Boston Globe Magazine— the supplement in the Boston Sunday Globe—on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The article was titled “In a Classroom That Made History.” Barbara recalls some of her experiences 51
teaching an African-American child, Ruby Bridges, in a classroom by themselves in New Orleans after all the white children had withdrawn. Barbara still gives talks on her time with Ruby in the context of this historic period in our country.
Correspondent: Ann Fulton Coté NC’53 11 Prospect Street Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-8512
1951 Bob Halloran ’56 wrote to inform us of the passing of his longtime friend and our classmate Paul Falvey, who died from Alzheimer’s disease in August. Paul had a lengthy career with Macy’s and maintained homes in the Garden State and in the Big Apple.
Correspondent: James Derba jjderba@aol.com Brookhaven at Lexington 1010 Waltham Street Lexington, MA 02421; 781-538-6502
1952 Every now and then I dust off my Sub Turri and take a trip down memory lane. This time my attention was drawn to a copy of a newspaper column written by Dave Egan, also known at the time as “the Colonel.” The column’s headline announced: “BC to Drop Football After 1952 Season.” I thought that this should be filed under the heading “Don’t believe everything that is written in a newspaper.” I also came across great photos of the staff members of the Stylus and Guidepost, including Elmer Zirkel, Joe Chisholm, Dick McCabe, and Gerry Beaulieu—and of course, of our class book. We truly had a tremendous team organizing and publishing Sub Turri: Frank Dooley JD’55, editor; Tom Cummiskey, business manager; George Gallant, managing editor; George Burke and Jack Donovan, subscription managers; Jack Murray and Bob Early, advertising managers, and Joe Efron, Art Cudmore, Jack Maloney, Paul Donovan, Bill Bond, Mike Waldron, and Edward R. F. Sheehan (who went on to become a distinguished, award-winning reporter and author. There is so much more to recall. I recommend that you dust off your copy of Sub Turri and go over the memories with your kids and grandkids. • I would also like to note here the tremendous job our class officers are doing carrying on the great work of Roger Connor. Joe O’Shaughnessy continues as president, along with first VP Bruce Desrosiers, second VP Paul Nolan, treasurer Jim Callahan, and assistant treasurer Tom Megan. • On a personal note: Tom McElroy and his wife, Regina (my sister), have now raised $1.7 million for the Thomas McElroy Jr. ’80 Memorial Soccer Scholarship Fund. Senior Cole DeNormandie received the award this year at a ceremony at BC in September. My son, Navy SEAL Patrick, has been awarded a Bronze Star and a Gold Star in lieu of a second award for valor. He has been a SEAL for 11 years. • Please send me news of your families.
Correspondent: Frank McGee fjamesmcgee@gmail.com 1952 Ocean Street Marshfield, MA 02050; 781-834-4690 52
1953 Our annual alumni memorial Mass is fast approaching. It will take place on Sunday, November 2, at 9:30 a.m. in Gasson Hall on Main Campus. Once again, this year our annual Class of 1953 Mass will be celebrated in conjunction with the annual BC Alumni Memorial Mass. Following the Mass, there will be a Class of 1953 luncheon starting at noon in the Faculty Dining Room in McElroy Commons. This year’s menu is roast beef and seafood Newburg, and there will be an open bar. • Peg Burke Crawford reports that plans for a reunion of her classmates from the Connell School of Nursing were nearly rained out. Anne Saunders Fitzgerald, Marie Courtney Hester, and Peg were the only ones who braved the heavy rains to get to Legal Sea Foods Restaurant, where the group had planned to meet. Peg also reported that she recently visited the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, with her two daughters. One of them, Kathleen, is a 1979 graduate of Boston College. Peg said they were determined to include this destination in their vacation itinerary because it is reported to be America’s biggest mall. • Jim Wholly offers some thoughts on our classmate Fr. Larry Drennan, who died recently: “I was especially blessed to have Frs. Larry and Tom follow one another as curates at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Needham. Heaven is surely a better place now. Especially the choir.” Indeed, Fr. Drennan sang with the Singing Priests, a group of clergymen who performed at functions in the Boston diocese and also throughout the United States. He was also a great golf enthusiast and loved hitting the links with fellows both young and old. And as a priest, Fr. Drennan always regarded his parishioners as his family, and he remained active even after retirement, assisting or saying Mass at many churches throughout the diocese. Fr. Drennan will be remembered by many who knew him as a truly friendly and genuinely welcoming priest, who loved being with people and was loved by them in return. Fr. Drennan, a frequent contributor to class notes, wrote in the Spring issue: “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.” Amen, Fr. Larry.
Correspondent: Jim Willwerth jammw19@verizon.net 19 Sheffield Way Westborough, MA 01581; 508-366-5400
1954 This will be a short column, as I am just back from vacation, and the deadline for submitting news is upon us. • Our classmate Ray MacPherson recently sold his insurance agency and moved on into retirement after more than 55 years in the business. All the best, Ray! • Since last writing, I’ve have news of the deaths of three classmates: Marion Kiernan, Eugene Lawlor, and Manny Mello MSW’58. I hope you were able to make it to the Class of ’54 memorial Mass and luncheon on Sunday, October 12, in Trinity Chapel on the Newton Campus, to remember these and other classmates we
have lost. • Please send me news about yourself by telephone, snail mail, or email.
Correspondent: John Ford jrfeagle@verizon.net 45 Waterford Drive Worcester, MA 01602; 508-755-3615
NC 1954 Mary Magdalen, OSC, sent news that her monastery in Jamaica Plain is planning to move. When she entered in 1955, she was one of 60 sisters. At this time, there are 14, and they need a smaller monastery and a new start. She says a place one-third the size of the present monastery would be adequate, but property is scarce in the Jamaica Plain area. They have been looking at land near the BC Law School in Newton—a location that would have many memories for her! • Mary Evans Bapst emailed from Geneva, Switzerland, where, she writes, the summer weather alternated between unseasonal cold with heavy rains and recordbreaking heat, with no time to adjust in between. A major event for her recently was the gathering, near Montreal, of her family’s bilingual clans after the death of her sister. Assembled were some 60 family members, representing four generations and including a few relatives who never had met each other. She said it was “a wonderfully enriching experience based on our common faith and our love of music as an expression of hope, joy—and fun! An affirmation of new life.” • In August, Delma Sala Fleming and her family took their boat to explore Mona Island, located in Mona Passage—called the Galápagos of the Atlantic—between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Delma enjoyed the trip and hopes to visit Mona Island again. • I had a nice telephone chat with Lucille Joy Becker in Trumbull, CT. • Please send news to share with our classmates for the next edition.
Correspondent: Mary Helen FitzGerald Daly 700 Laurel Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091; 847-251-3837
1955 60TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Summer, lobster, the Atlantic Ocean—all of these words came together for Barbara (Cuneo) ’58 and John O’Connell as they went on a lobster cruise out of Sesuit Harbor. They were joined by Mary and Dick Renehan. • Jean O’Neil, MS’63, recently went to a meeting of the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education. It was sponsored by the University of Minneapolis and held in Minneapolis. • I recently heard Kevin Griffin interviewed by Dan Rea on WBZ. Kevin is the son of Mary Rose McCarty Griffin and her late husband, John. Kevin was also interviewed extensively by the print media because of the dispute regarding the ownership and management of a food market chain and the response by the employees. He is the owner and publisher of The Griffin Report of Food Marketing. • Dick Drew sent word that Dick and Mary Renehan held their annual minireunion in Chatham. Joining Dick and his wife, Alice, at the reunion were Peggy and Arthur McCarthy, who came from
Venice, FL; Pauline LeBlanc Doherty ’60 and Paul Croke MBA’62; Jeff Hayden MBA’63 and his wife, Pat; and Sheila and George Snider. They were also joined by Virginia Donahoe (widow of Gerry Donahoe) and her new husband, Jack Pacheco. • In August, Paul Croke competed in the Tobin Golf Tournament at the Hatherly Country Club in Scituate. • “Children of Mary redeemed by your Son...” Because I am about to write about the death of two of our classmates and because, as I write, the Feast of the Assumption was celebrated four days ago (August 15), these words from the song “Mother Beloved” by Daniel Lord, SJ, came to mind. I believe that Mary came and assisted Paul Comeau and Jean Mullen O’Farrell in making the journey into eternal life. Jean died on June 8, and Paul died on July 9. Please remember them and their families in your prayers. • Dick Drew also sent word that a favorite math professor, Joe Krebs ’44, MA’49, died this past summer at the age of 91.
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Ruby and I both had hearts free of prejudice.” —Barbara Gould Henry NC’53
Correspondent: Marie Kelleher mrejo2001@gmail.com 12 Tappan Street Melrose, MA 02176; 781-665-2669
NC 1955 60TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Our 60th reunion will be upon us in 2015. Shall we get together one more time? I would love to hear from all of you. Please let me have your thoughts by phone, email, or snail mail. Correspondent: Jane Quigley Hone
janeqhone@msn.com 207 Miro Place Port Washington, NY 11050; 516-627-0973
1956 Marge Callahan was featured in a front-page article in the Daily Item of Lynn as a volunteer for Catholic Charities’ Companions to the Aging. This program promotes friendship for seniors with little or no family who have few friends or visitors. Volunteers go through four training sessions on communication skills and on recognizing signs of elder abuse or dementia. There is a great need for many types of volunteers, so check locally for opportunities. • Norbert Michaud, MA’57, recently had one full knee replacement and plans to have another one soon. He had been playing tennis, but that has most likely ended. Norbert, whose first wife died seven years ago, lives in Baltimore with his second wife. • David Finnegan, JD’60, retired in December 2013 after more than 18 years at a DC law firm. In 1995 he retired after 36 years with the U.S. Interior Department, serving legislative committees of the House of Representatives. His wife, Ann Marie (Maguire) Finnegan, is a retired Fairfax County teacher. They have lived in Northern Virginia since 1960. • Leo Power, MA’64, MBA’72, reports that classmates who signed up for our tour of the Peabody Essex Museum included James Glynn, Pierre Godefroy, Frank Greco, Peter Higgins JD’59, Lucille and Jack Kennedy, Colin MacGillivray, Carol Hornbeck Rennie, Guy Rizza, Mary and Vincent Ruth, Tom M. Sullivan, Tom Stouter, Eleanor Whalen Tross, and
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s a student at Girls’ Latin Barbara Gould School in Boston, and then at Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Barbara Gould Henry learned to value people “irrespective of class, » MAJOR: History community, or color,” she says. » Currently: Retired When asked if she’d teach in a desegregated school in New » Living in: West Orleans, she never hesitated. Why Roxbury, Mass. would it matter? She found out. “On Monday, November 14, 1960, my husband went with me; we had to park a distance from the school because of the mobs. I had to make my way through that raging sea of protesters to the front barricade, where I met a policeman and gave him my name,” she recalls. “My whole life, in a way, had prepared me for that moment.” No other teacher at William Frantz Elementary School was willing to teach an African-American child. Most white parents had pulled their children from the school; so on that first day, Barbara met the child who would be her only student for most of the year: six-year-old Ruby Bridges. “I fell in love with her,” Barbara remembers. In the midst of the turmoil raging outside the school, Barbara was determined to give Ruby the best possible first-grade experience. “I was the gym teacher, the music teacher, everything. We created our own oasis of love and learning.” Years later, Barbara and her courageous pupil were reunited— on Oprah. Barbara, who often speaks about her experience, says that the amazement today’s students express gives her hope for the future. “It’s wonderful that children find my story so strange,” she says.
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Regina Strain Venditto. • Ann and Jim Doyle have bought a plot in Pine Hill Cemetery in Morristown, NY. (Marie and I bought one several years ago.) They also bought a stone from a family business in Canton, NY, and, at Jim’s request, ite acquilae was etched on the back of the stone. When asked, they explain the Latin translates as “Go Eagles”! • Carolyn Kenney Foley emailed that our classmate Bishop Francis Irwin, MSW’70, is recuperating from knee surgery. • A reminder: You can log onto the alumni online community to read and post news of family, accomplishments, travel, retirement, etc.
Correspondent: Steve Barry sdmjbarry@verizon.net 102 Brooksby Village Drive, Unit 304 Peabody, MA 01960; 978-587-3626
NC 1956 Correspondent: Patricia Leary Dowling sadmpl@gmail.com 39 Woodside Drive Milton, MA 02186; 617-696-0163
1957 This past June 11, our class reached 57 years from a most memorable Commencement Day, and we all were ready for the world, going into all walks of life. • The great Class of 1957 enjoyed a wonderful turnout of 64 classmates and friends at the annual clambake at Mahoney’s Garden Center in Falmouth on August 5. The weather was spectacular, and it was a great celebration for all. A very special thanks to Doris and Paul Mahoney for again hosting the class. Doris and Paul are truly remarkable, generous people, and have been for many years. • I am now—in August, as I write—looking forward to autumn events at BC. The fall BC vs. Maine football game will take place on September 20, with a Mass, cocktails, and dinner prior to the game. Also, a nine-day trip to Switzerland and Lake Como in Italy is planned for October. I will report on these events in the next issue of the magazine. • Dick Michaud has extended a home invitation to any classmate who might travel to the Greensboro, NC, area, home of the ACC. He assures us that he has plenty of room for visitors. • The class extends its condolences to Richard Clarke on the loss of his wife, Marilyn, who passed away on May 23 in Oceanside, CA, and to the family of Leo Floyd, who died unexpectedly on July 17 in Shrewsbury. I’d also like to mention the loss of William B. Neenan, SJ, H’08, VP and special assistant to the president of Boston College, who died suddenly on June 25. Fr. Neenan was truly a man for others. • Your continued prayers are requested for Bill Donlan MA’60, Dotty and George Hennessy, Kathy and Paul O’Leary, Lorette and Robert Tiernan MS’59, and Jim and Betty (Scanlon) Turley. • Please remit your dues of $25 for the new academic year to Bill Tobin, MBA’70, 181 Central Steet, Holliston, MA 01746.
Correspondent: Francis E. Lynch franko929@comcast.net 27 Arbutus Lane West Dennis, MA 02670 54
NC 1957 Molly McHugh O’Grady has had an exciting year. She received the President’s Call to Service Award, including a letter and certificate from President Obama, for her 15 years of service to RotaCare, an indigent patient clinic, which has more than 100 volunteer doctors, nurses, social workers, and clerical staff. Molly’s job is to gather patients’ financial info so they can obtain free medicine from pharmaceutical companies. Not only that, Molly has been inducted into the Atlantic Beach Club’s Tennis Hall of Fame! (Unfortunately, her tennis years are behind her, owing to recent shoulder problems, etc.) • And here’s yet another classmate to be proud of: Mary Winslow Poole. She was invited by the University of Maryland to a symposium on Katherine Anne Porter and gave personal reminiscences of the renowned author, who lived with her family when Mary was young. Mary has several of the Porters’ letters to Mary’s mother. On the lighter side, Mary recalled having the mumps as an 8-yearold together with the famous author—adding quite a personal touch to the academic symposium! Mary continues to teach a literature course at the Lifelong Learning Institute at American University—and she takes classes there, where she loves meeting interesting people. • Meanwhile, Joan Hanlon Curley has just finished her eighth children’s book, which is at the publisher now: Malcolm the Muscovy Duck of Naples, Florida, for K–3 readers. Her writing keeps delighting children, book after book. It looks like our classmates are not sitting in their rocking chairs but using the skills those Sacred Heart nuns hoped to drill into us! • Our sympathy goes to Elaine Conley Banahan on the loss of her husband, Percy, last spring after 50-plus years of marriage. Many classmates visited Elaine and Percy over the years and enjoyed special Irish hospitality (though I, for one, was happy when the peat fire was a thing of the past during those chilly rainy days!). Unfortunately, Elaine is dealing with health issues herself, so keep her in your prayers. Barbara Lowe Eckel, MSW’59, reported on a fine conversation across the Atlantic with Elaine to reminisce on our first year in Stuart Hall as freshmen many years ago! • On another sad note, one victim of the recent plane crash in Ukraine was a Sacred Heart nun returning to Australia. Such a loss to her mission and the world.
Correspondent: Connie Weldon LeMaitre lemaitre.cornelia@gmail.com
1958 Many thanks to Bea Capraro Busa and Joan Downing LaChance for serving as guest scribes for this issue, while your correspondent, Dave Rafferty, convalesces. Their column follows. • Our summer luncheon was a huge success, with 58 classmates in attendance. A very special thanks to Barbara Cuneo O’Connell, Dottie Sollitto Hiltz, and Pat Brine O’Riordan for all their work in putting together this event, and we cannot thank Marilyn and Jim Quinn enough for providing such a great venue. • Lovey and Joe Giardina enjoyed the 100th anniversary celebration of the Cape Cod Canal from their home on Mashnee Island. • Carol Brady Vigliano continues her nursing career, managing her private care company. Carol’s granddaughter Alex was planning on touring
BC in October. • John ’55 and Barbara (Cuneo) O’Connell celebrated their granddaughter’s graduation from law school last spring. • Eileen and David Quigley had a family reunion in Hyannis. All 5 children and 10 grandchildren had a great time. • Now on the BC Cape Cod board, Dottie Sollitto Hiltz also keeps busy with her work at Christ the King Parish on the Cape. • Pat and Jack Nee, MBA’66, met their grandson Ryan in Washington DC after he had biked across the country for disabled children. Great work, Ryan! • It was great to see Ellen Every Yavel and Maureen Sullivan Bader. A warm welcome to Maureen on her move back to the East Coast. Ellen hopes she and husband Bob will make the Florida luncheon next year. • We are glad Lois and Dick McArdle were able to visit their son at “Pamet Band” in Truro while on the Cape. • Deacon Tony ’71 and Joyce (Ryder) Rizzuto enjoyed a three-week vacation at their summer home on Prince Edward Island with their children and spouses and their grandchildren. They also traveled to Accra, Ghana, where Tony spoke at an AISA conference on child abuse prevention initiatives. • Tom Hassey and Pat Stafford say they are glad to be in this area instead of the rain-soaked Carolinas. They will be back before the snow flies. • Lynne and Paul Dolan and Marilyn and Leo McCarthy send well-wishes to Dave Rafferty and say they hope to see him in Florida, where he is recuperating. Joyce and Paul Maney, MBA’66, also wrote to wish him well. Paul says he has a picture of Dave taken 60 years ago when he was at BC High. Now that is worth seeing! • We also heard from Dot and Pete Steeves, MBA’72, who wish us all the best in the coming year. • Mike Daley’s granddaughter Emilee Daley is a sophomore at BC and a member of the women’s basketball squad. Mike says she had a great experience as a freshman, averaging 13 minutes per game. Her younger sister just committed to play basketball for the University of Pennsylvania. • Joe Cavanaugh writes that it was “good to be back at our wonderful Wianno luncheon.” Claire and Larry Cummings also hope we keep coming to Wianno; they say the food is great, and the view is wonderful. Claire and Larry were looking forward to a visit from their granddaughter, who just received her master’s in environmental engineering. They also have two grandsons at Iowa State. • Barbara and Dick Shea are proud to share news of their granddaughter Megan Shea. Megan, who played field hockey at UNH and earned All-America honors, has taken a job at Columbia as an assistant coach in field hockey. Barbara and Dick hope to see you all in Florida. • Peggy and Frank Meissner celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past June at a party given by their children. They renewed their vows, officiated by the priest who originally married them. They were surrounded by family and friends, including BC classmates Pat and Jack Nee, Marilyn and Leo McCarthy, and Gail and Bill Sweeney. • Plan ahead to attend the Christmas Chorale, December 5–7; the McMullen Museum exhibit in the spring; and the Florida luncheon on March 5, 2015. This is the last call for you to send your email address, as we plan to send all the class information in this manner. If you don’t have a computer, please let us know, and we will find a way to keep you in touch. • Please send your dues to Jack McDevitt, 28 Cedar Road, Medford, MA 02155. • If you have news or comments, please contact Bea Capraro Busa at bcbusa58@bc.edu, 781-862-4482, or (in Florida) 239-514-7526;
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or Joan Downing LaChance, joanchnc@ comcast.net or 781-646-7029. • Condolences of the class go out to Paul Kingston on the death of his wife, Claire (Malis) ’59, and to the family of our classmate Joseph Lundy, who died on March 19, 2013. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families. • Remember the Class of ’58 in your prayers.
Correspondent: David Rafferty bcbusa58@bc.edu 2296 Ashton Oaks Lane, No. 101 Stonebridge Country Club Naples, FL 34109; 239-596-0290
NC 1958 Since our 55th reunion, I have often thought of the memories we shared, our camaraderie, and our expressions of what our Sacred Heart education meant to us. When Jo Kirk Cleary and Rosemary Stuart Dwyer announced they were stepping down as correspondents, my heart told me this was a void that needed to be filled. According to my reckoning, we are 47 strong! God willing we will be graced to join together again for our 60th, but in the meantime let’s stay in touch via this column. Please send me your news. • Maureen Ronan reports that, living on Cape Cod, she has discovered folk art. She has taken classes at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit and is painting folk art scenes. She has three sons and eight wonderful grandchildren. Myles is a senior VP with Bank of America, Paul is on his way to becoming a lawyer, and Tom, a veterinarian, received his PhD in microbiology from Washington University in St. Louis. • This past summer, while visiting my son James ’92 in Scituate, I was blessed with an unexpected chance meeting with Kate Glutting Arcand. It was a joyous reunion. • Until our reunion in 2018, keep those cards and letters coming!
Correspondent: Patty Peck Schorr dschorr57@verizon.net
1959 The Class of ’59 celebrated the end of a reunion year in style. Peter McLaughlin reports: “As the culmination of our 55th reunion, our class had a reception and dinner, with dancing, at Gasson Hall on May 31, a fun evening attended by more than 70 classmates, spouses, and friends. Jim Marrinan, MSW’61, won the prize for the farthest distance traveled. Meredith West ’97 from the BC Club provided lively music, which kept many of us not only entertained, but also moving on the dance floor. For our reunion year, we are happy to announce that over $3.6 million has been pledged/paid. Our participation rate exceeded 44 percent. Thanks for your loyal support!” • Boston College will miss the great enthusiasm of Fr. William B. Neenan, H’08, who died on June 25. It was an honor to have met him. The Class of 1959 expresses sympathy; may he rest in peace with our Lord. • Your correspondent, Bob Latkany, has lost his brother, Peter. Bob writes: “Losing an only brother is not easy to deal with, especially when he was your mentor for over half your life. Peter Latkany, along with some friends and family, started and ran five factories in Brooklyn, dealing in piece goods for apparel manufacturers. They 56
employed over 300 people from the early 1950s for over 30 years with very little turnover. After his wife died in 1988 from Alzheimer’s at age 57, Peter became involved in the game of bridge. During the last 26 years, he became a bronze grand master and then a silver grand master; he was just 300 points from becoming a gold grand master when he died suddenly on June 12. Over the past 30 years, we switched roles as I became his mentor. We never had a cross word between us. May he rest in eternal peace. But on a happier note, my grandnephew Louis Tullo ’09 and his wife, Melissa, just had their first child, my great-grandnephew, Elliot Matthew Tullo, on August 12.” • Correspondent George Holland adds, “We are saddened to learn of the passing of William Driscoll in Myrtle Beach, SC, on June 26. Bill was a highly decorated colonel, a recipient of the Legion of Merit, and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife, Florence, and two daughters and their families. We are also saddened to report the death of Claire Malis Kingston on July 7, several months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. In addition to her husband, Paul, she leaves three daughters and their families. Claire was an active alum and a cherished classmate who will be dearly missed.
Correspondent: George Holland bmw0324@msn.com 244 Hawthorne Street Malden, MA 02148; 781-321-4217 Correspondent: Robert Latkany latkanyr@shoffdarby.com 203-354-6200
NC 1959 As we move into our mid- and late 70s, most of us have been fortunate to maintain good health and enjoy our summers in various delightful spots along the coasts and elsewhere. • Ellie Carr Hanlon reports that she and Bill are well as are their growing families: Their eldest granddaughter is a senior at Tulane, their eldest grandson is a sophomore at the University of Colorado, and the third in line—another grandson—is at the University of Vermont. Not yet in college is a granddaughter who is at Loomis Chaffee in Connecticut, two boys who are high school seniors, and another who is in seventh grade. The Hanlons keep the airlines busy! Most exciting, however, is that their son’s architectural firm made the cover of the July issue of Architectural Digest! • Nancy Maslen Burkholder took time from her very busy summer, crammed with grandchildren and many activities, at Westport Point to send best wishes to Newton Class of 1959 friends. In March 2015, she will be making her third (“and last?” she asks) trip to Olancho Province in Honduras with 21 others from her parish. Nancy notes: “There is so much poverty and illness all over the world, but I think Honduras tops the list.” • Gini Little Waterman-Casey’s Cape Cod home was the setting for a delightful August luncheon. Enjoying the delicious food and animated conversation were Pat Sweeney Sheehy, Janet Chute, Joanne O’Connor Hynek, and Maryjane Mulvanity Casey. What fun to spend this time together! • We are happy to pass along this news from the Eire Society of Boston: In 2012, the Eire Society honored Kathleen Kingston Lawlor, MA’63, by making a contribution in her memory as past president and an officer of the
society. The contribution was to the Special Collections Fund at BC’s Burns Library. Two books—Princes, Prelates and Poets in Medieval Ireland, edited by Seán Duffy, and Irish Women’s Fiction: From Edgeworth to Enright, by Heather Ingman—were selected by the librarian, with Kathleen’s name on the bookplates, and recorded in the Burns Library catalogue. • The Newton Class of ’59 has established a prayer chain, and we have been busy praying for several class members who are dealing with various issues: Sandy Sestito Pistocchi appears to be making a good recovery from a leg injury earlier in the summer, Stephanie Landry Barineau has had a knee replacement, and another classmate who seeks our prayers is battling Parkinson’s disease. Sandy and husband Al have sold their house in Fairport, NY, and are moving permanently to lovely Naples, FL, just as Janet Chartier O’Hanley is seriously considering a move from Naples to Kentucky. • Our warmest wishes to all for a lovely holiday season.
Correspondent: Maryjane Mulvanity Casey 75 Savoy Road Needham, MA 02492; 781-400-5405 Correspondent: Patty O’Neill pattyoneill@verizon.net
1960 55TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 It’s hard to believe we are now approaching the 55th anniversary of our BC graduation. As of this writing, we look forward to a fine turnout for the October Mass and luncheon on the Newton campus, and we have received tremendous interest in our two major 2015 events: the Florida Reunion (the week of March 17) for our Florida residents, snowbirds, and those who just want to get away, and the formal Reunion Weekend on campus May 29–31. If you haven’t registered yet for the new alumni online community, you can do so at www.bc.edu/community. • Jim O’Brien has just published a magnificent pictorial history of the first Emerald Isle Classic football game between BC and Army back in 1988. Jim was a driving force in setting up that game. • Jean Belval Decastro’s home on Lake Winnipesaukee was the site of a recent alumnae-only “happening.” The ladies, all former occupants of the 1750 Beacon Street dorm, settled in for a few days of reminiscing and camaraderie while enjoying Jean’s gracious hospitality. The Class of 1960 was represented by Rosanna Dawson Gagne, Sally Stearns Healy, Gerri Amore Karle, Eileen O’Sullivan O’Connor, Louise Aubuchon O’Hanley MEd’76, Karen Moynihan Patria, Louise Boyle Swiniarski PhD’76, and Edie Cackowski Witherell. • I received a terrific note from Bruce Morse; he’s finally retired after 40 years with the Bedford school system, followed by a stint with the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board. • Allan McLean tells me that Walter Colantuono can still be found racing aboard Allan’s boat, Eagle. • Scituate was the site for a late summer minireunion of BC and Newton College classmates. Among the many attendees were Paul Croke ’55, MBA’62, and Pauline LeBlanc Doherty; Joe and Grace (Mclaughlin) Carty; Sharon and Peter Johnson; and Missy (Clancy) NC’61 and Bob Rudman. • Our condolences go out to the families of the following classmates whom we lost this past spring: Alfred Sweenie,
of Braintree, on April 11; William Burns, of Chelmsford, on April 12; John Keegan, of Nashua, NH, on May 16; John Lyons, of South Yarmouth and Naples, FL, on May 23; and Glenda Cotter Miller, of Fairhaven, on May 26. • Personally, I am hoping to again join an informal group of BC alumni and friends this January on a mission trip to the Mustard Seed Communities in Kingston, Jamaica, a home for severely disadvantaged children. This annual trip, initiated several years ago by Bob Hart, MSW’62, MTS’03, welcomes participants from any class year. For further information or for questions about reunion activities, feel free to contact me directly. Hopefully, by the time you read this we’ll be headed for another bowl game. • Sláinte!
Correspondent: John R. McNealy jmcnealy@juno.com 109 Kimball Rd. Rindge, NH 03461; 603-899-2844
NC 1960 55TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 We’re sad to report the death of our classmate Linda McGann O’Callaghan on May 21 in Burlington. Linda was married for 51 years to John O’Callaghan, who died in November 2013. She is survived by two daughters and a son, five grandchildren, and her sister, Joan Lavery. Sally Heffernan Watson Anderson passed away on May 3 in Arizona. Sally was a graduate of City House in St. Louis and a classmate of ours at Newton in our freshman year. She was active in AASH both in St. Louis and in the Scottsdale, AZ, area. Sally is survived by her children, Joe and Bob Watson and Ann Goldie. Please remember Linda and Sally in your prayers, along with Fr. William Neenan, who usually said the Mass for the Newton reunions. He was a great friend of the Religious of the Sacred Heart. • As I write this in August, Eleanor Coppola Brown and her sister Mary are off on a cruise to Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and Russia. Berenice Hackett Davis, Brenda Koehler Laundry, and I attended the Sacred Heart party at the Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth, RI. Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, headmistress of Newton Country Day School, hosts this party, as well as a similar party on the Cape, every summer. Blanche Hunnewell and Mickey Mahon MacMillan attended the latter. Mickey and I plan to play in a duplicate bridge tournament, at different levels, in Rhode Island at the end of August. Mickey is a skilled player and teacher. I am a newbie at duplicate. • Pat Winkler Browne has volunteered to head the committee for our 55th anniversary in May. Please send her any suggestions. • A group of us who are working on the reunion were invited to BC’s Academic Convocation for the freshmen. We marched in the parade and attended the lecture by Dave Eggers, the author of The Circle, which is required reading for this year’s incoming freshmen. We are also reading the book, which was provided to us by Boston College. • We hope to have a good turnout for our reunion. Please begin to call your friends and plan to come. • Send us your news!
Correspondent: Sally O’Connell Healy kmhealy@cox.net 4061 Cape Cole Boulevard Punta Gorda, FL 33955
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At BC, Jim Lind majored in history and government with the idea of teaching. He went to Walpole as a sub, and after he was hired by the Walpole school system, he spent his career teaching special needs students in the high school. He also coached the baseball, basketball, and golf teams. Jim married a Walpole girl, Eleanor Radzwill ’59, MA’62. After 36 years in Walpole, he happily retired to Palm Coast, FL, where he spends his time playing golf. He enjoys traveling and recently returned from a river cruise in Europe. • Chris Kelly majored in accounting and was in ROTC. He was assigned to Walter Reed Hospital as a financial officer, and while in Washington, he earned his MBA from George Washington University. After he left the Army, he worked for Alexander Grant and then for Arthur Andersen. After 20 years as CFO of the American Institute of Architects, he retired. Chris and his wife, Joyce, enjoy travel and have been to nearly every country in the world. Chris continues to enjoy his retirement, planning trips and following college hockey as an avid fan. • Frank Montillo majored in chemistry at BC and went on to get his master’s from Holy Cross and his PhD from RPI. For 27 years, he worked in research at IBM, where he met his wife, Charlotte; they now have two children and four grandchildren. Frank also worked for Mitsubishi for two years, and now he is enjoying retirement in the Raleigh, NC, area. At first, he played a lot of softball for teams; now his big love is his work with tropical fish (he owns 50 tanks). He is the president of the Raleigh Aquarium Society and has won a few of the top prizes in breeding tropical fish. • Tom Trayers majored in biology, received a degree in earth sciences, and went on to earn a master’s degree in education. He taught in the Tewksbury school system for six years and later at Fisher College for four years. For 13 years, he ran a blood analysis program for Bioran in Cambridge. Tom retired from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Occupational Safety. He and his wife, Frances, have two kids and one grandchild. • After BC, where she majored in elementary ed, Pat Booth McDonnell married and went with her husband, Michael, to Fairfield, CT, where he taught at Fairfield University. Pat began her 35-year career in teaching elementary school 50 years ago, when she taught for a year at Sandy Hook School—yes, the famous one. She is now retired and loves it. She has three children and nine grandchildren, and she has taken them— individually—on extensive foreign trips; China and Europe have been among their destinations. She was active with the Fairfield Education Association and the Association of Retired Teachers of Connecticut (ARTC), serving on the executive boards of both organizations. Last year, Pat received an award from the ARTC for outstanding community service. In her spare time, she is an AARP driver safety course instructor, was president of the Widow/ Widower Club, serves on the Bridgeport St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee as a past vice chair, and helped paint the city’s water hydrants for its 375th anniversary. She also enjoys water aerobics and is an avid gardener.
With sadness, we report that Mary Loretto Dillon died on July 20 after a brief cancer illness. She was renowned for breeding and showing champion Doberman pinschers.
Correspondent: John Ahearn jjaeagle@hotmail.com 872 Massachusetts Avenue #407 Cambridge, MA 02139
Correspondent: Missy Clancy Rudman newtonmiz@aol.com 1428 Primrose Lane Franklin, TN 37064
1962 Our class explorer and adventurer, Jerry Greely, motorbiked from Lake Worth, FL, to Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, AK, and back to Florida, having traveled more than 12,841 miles. He was a participant in the Florida/ Alaska Motorcycle Run, which raises funds for deaf babies and their families so they can learn to communicate through sign language. Jerry reports that Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay was 34 degrees, with 40-mph winds and a polar bear alert outside the motel, and the road north of Coldfoot, AK, was treacherous. A motorcyclist a few hours ahead of him lost his life when his motorcycle flipped off the road and landed in permafrost. Jerry received the VIP tour of Fort Greely at Delta Junction, where our military troops survive in the coldest place on our continent, 65–70 degrees below zero in the wind. Jerry’s words: “It was a trip of a lifetime!” • Edward Dwyer is a professor of literacy studies at East Tennessee State University’s College of Education in Johnson City. He and his wife, Evelyn, have a bright shining star in their lives, Caroline Elizabeth Dwyer, who was 4 in June. The family was looking forward to their annual summer trip to Cape Cod. • Barbara Conner Flaherty and her husband, Tom, grandparents of eight, were in San Diego recently to attend the ASA national softball tournament and see their eldest granddaughter, Devyn Flaherty, of Sarasota, FL, play shortstop. Barbara said it was a pleasure to be with Devyn and her older brother, Connor, in different surroundings. • We heard from Dan Coffey, one of 80 young men who sang in the BC Glee Club in the summer of 1961. Eighteen of these men, many from the Class of ’62, were selected to entertain those at U.S. army bases in West Germany and were in Berlin when the Wall was first put up. In August, members of this Glee Club and their wives had a reunion. The Glee Club rehearsed some of the 1960era songs, lunched in the faculty dining room with their wives, and later performed a concert in Lyons Hall. Steve Barry, Joe DiBernardo ’64, Gerry Dyer ’62, and Dan Coffey took part in the reunion. Dan lives in Florida and comes to Boston every three or four years. This year he met with Tom Lawless and Chris Crisafi. • We send our best wishes to all and look forward to hearing from you.
Correspondents: Frank and Eileen “Trish” Faggiano frank@faggianoconsulting.com 33 Gleason Road Reading, MA 01867; 781-944-0720
NC 1962 As summer winds down, I hope to see Barbara Fortunato Hurley, who is vacationing on Cape Cod with her daughter and her 57
family. She is enjoying her time in Orleans and totally relaxing after escaping work for a bit. For several summers, she has spent at least a week at Chautauqua in southwestern New York State, enjoying lectures, theater, and symphony. Each week has a different focus and this year, for the week she was there, the theme was literature and authors. Sounds to me like a fun week of SWC without the tests! • Barbara Jones visited for a few days, and then we spent a couple of nights with Mary Martha Pallotta Llewellyn at her new home in Topsfield. Grace Kane Kelly joined us, and we marveled at the busy household with much of Marty’s family living either on the property or very nearby. Barbara then traveled to the West Coast and Montana, visiting friends along the way. She had a chance to see Joanne Meehan Berghold in Montana and said that Joanne’s latest photography book was slated to be published in October. Aside from traveling around, showing their dogs, Joanne and her husband, Bill ’69, continue to enjoy dancing, which, if I remember correctly, they were pretty good at 50 years ago! • In December 2013, a new fountain on the campus of Fordham University was dedicated to Carolyn Dursi Cunniffe. After two years at Newton and a year at the Sorbonne, Carolyn received her undergraduate, master’s, and PhD degrees from Fordham. The administration building, which is the center of Fordham’s campus, has been named Cunniffe House in honor of Carolyn’s husband, Mo, a devoted alumnus and benefactor. It was a thrill for me to be included in a tour of the Fordham campus with Carolyn, Mo, and Pamela Hayes (headmistress of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, CT). Our tour guide was a most delightful, warm, and interesting person—who just happened to be the president of Fordham, Joseph McShane, SJ, BA/MA’72. • This past summer, Alaska was a destination for a few of our classmates. Pat Beck Klebba and her husband, Jack, chose a cruise, and Edwina Lynch McCarthy and her husband, Dick, decided to go on their own with trips to Talkeetna, Denali, and Seward. • Patti Joyce Figge is on the go all the time it seems, visiting siblings, children, and grandchildren from one coast to the other, in addition to spending some time on the Cape and Nantucket last summer. • Peggy Bailey Lamontagne and Mary Gallagher Staunton, both of whom have recently moved, came for a very spur-of-the-moment lunch in July. • Many our classmates have moved since the 50th reunion, so I anticipate our putting together a new directory at some point before the next reunion. Along with some news, please send me any new contact information.
Correspondent: Mary Ann Brennan Keyes makmad@comcast.net 26 Ridgewood Crossing Hingham, MA 02043
1963 This column is being written in the dog days of August, complete with the debilitating hot and hazy sunshine sapping the strength of the author to try and come up with something original. I have heard very little this summer from classmates, most of whom I am sure are likewise affected. In any event, my wife, Eileen (Dervan) ’64, and I had the pleasure of attending her 50th this year at BC. A few of our classmates who attended are also married 58
to a member of the Class of ’64, including Ed Rae, who is married to Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick) Rae ’64, and Eleanor (Pieroni) Walsh, who is married to Kevin Walsh ’64. It was a great follow-up to our 50th, but… (fill in the blanks). • As we recover from this summer’s heat, I hope to hear class news from you. Please remit your cards, letters, and emails. • God bless!
Correspondent: Matthew J. McDonnell matthew.mcdonnell.esq@gmail.com 121 Shore Avenue Quincy, MA 02169; 617-479-1714
NC 1963 This past summer there was a gathering of Sacred Heart alumnae in Osterville (Cape Cod, for you out-of-staters): Carolyn McInerney McGrath and Carol Donovan Levis from our class as well as Mary Ann Brennan Keyes NC’62 and Elia Capone Marnik NC’64, MEd’66, attended—it sounded lovely. • Also on the Cape this past summer were Suzie Bell Trowbridge and her husband, Jim, who visited Delia Conley Flynn, MEd’70, in Falmouth. The Trowbridges were en route to Nantucket. • Liz Madden and Molly Tobin are planning a Newton gathering in New York in November. I hope many of you can attend. • Perhaps some of you remember Perry Cook, who attended Newton her freshman year. Perry found that she missed California too much and transferred there to finish. When I realized she lived not too far from our son Matt, we reconnected. She became a therapist specializing in marital and family therapy. She now lives in Ventura, CA. • On a sadder note, Marjorie Reiley Maguire sent on the obituary of Maura Smith Burke, who died on May 30. Maura was a graduate of the 91st Street Convent of the Sacred Heart. She had a distinguished career as a science and technical editor associated mainly with Digital Equipment Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Her husband predeceased her, but she leaves two sons: John and James. By the way, her son James knew to contact Marjorie when he found the email she sent to Maura with our reunion pictures. James taught for a while at BC. Our condolences to the Burke family. • I’d love to include your news in the class notes—just send them on to me!
Correspondent: Colette Koechley McCarty ckm2@mindspring.com 106 Woodhue Lane Cary, NC 27518; 919-233-0563
1964 Eileen DeAngelis, of Hamilton, sent me this note: “My brother George DeAngelis, a classmate of yours, died in 2009. His ‘roomie’ visited his grave in Hamilton recently and left a note and sunflowers. We, his family, would love to know who did this. What a wonderful gift to us on the fifth anniversary of his death. Thank you so much!” • Joan Rapp writes: “A group of about 12 of the women alums from the School of Education met for lunch in Newton recently to ‘relive’ the highlights of the 50th and to just stay in touch. They have been meeting almost every year for about 20 years.” • For the fourth year in a row, Bob Scavullo spent the month of July teaching summer school at Xavier High School in Chuuk, Micronesia. Several of our classmates helped fund the costs of Xavier’s summer
school. • Dan Keleher, MEd’69, completed his eighth consecutive Pan-Mass Challenge to benefit cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute—110 miles on Saturday and 80 on Sunday. • Joe Cronin is an actor in Portland, OR. His most recent gig was in The Devils by Dostoevsky. • Bob Fuicelli plays guitar and banjo with a Denver bluegrass group called the Lima Street Band. • Enjoying the June Sandwich Fest in historic Sandwich Village on Cape Cod were Marilyn and Joe Gilboy, Therese (Scimone) ’65 and Bill Flynn, Jerry and Bill Collins MA’67, Susan and Arthur Doyle MAT’66, Sue and Bill Maffie, Mary and Bob Smith, and Jane and Bob Bent. The event celebrated Sandwich’s 375th anniversary. Bill Collins is chair of the Sandwich Historic District Committee. • In August, Sam and Dani (Stonebridge) Zona celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Mattituck, Long Island, and in September, Marie and Walter Rossiter celebrated their 50th with a gala pig roast in Maryland. • Brian Condon and his family welcomed grandson Dylan Oliver Kraft in May, six weeks ahead of schedule. After five weeks of newborn intensive care, Dylan returned home and is doing well. • We remember the following classmates, whom we have lost in recent months: Brian Brooks retired as senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked for 40 years. He was a former president of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs. Walworth “Wally” Johnson, of Dover, NH, died of ALS in March. After serving in the Navy in Vietnam, Wally owned and operated Johnson Hardware for 30 years. Arthur Lothrop, MAT’66, an English professor at Bristol Community College for more than 35 years, passed away in June.
Correspondent: John Moynihan moynihan_john@hotmail.com 27 Rockland Street Swampscott, MA 01907
NC 1964 It’s official, I’m a grandmother! Tessa Nicole Caviness, born on July 15, is responsible for making me one of those women with baby pictures on her phone, her computer, her refrigerator. Jill Schoemer Hunter told me that you become a new person when you become a grandmother, “so pick your new name very carefully, because that is what you will be called forever.” I have. And I’m not sharing, due to the risk of being called it by anyone other than my granddaughter. • I am very happy to report that we reached our goal for our 50th Reunion Class Gift to the Newton College Class of 1964 Scholarship. This is a one-time scholarship, in memory of Sr. Gabrielle Husson, MA’51. The amount raised will now be applied to a scholarship for a young woman studying at BC this fall. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. • Mary Jane Larkin wants you to know that the AASH (Associated Alumnae & Alumni of the Sacred Heart) national conference will be held in Boston April 9–12, 2015. The theme is “Philanthropy from the Heart,” and the event is both spiritual and social. If anyone would like to help, contact Mary Jane at 617-479-3543. • I’m still receiving emails from classmates who couldn’t attend the reunion, but who are thoroughly enjoying reading The Well: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, colloquially known as “the Bio Book,” put together from the returned
questionnaires. The book was distributed at the reunion and also sent to anyone else who returned the questionnaire. From Anne Marie Peckham Russell: “Although I was unable to be with everyone, the individual classmate reflections on our years at Newton certainly made me feel included and brought back warm memories.” Lynne Dignum Sisk wrote: “I had such fun reading it. I loved all the Newton memories and learning about the lives of so many classmates. I am sorry I had to miss the reunion, but our new granddaughter arrived on May 14—you never know when babies will decide to make an appearance.” The best, though, was from Sue Bellanca Walsh: “Poor Jack! With no dinner in sight, he ate the remainder of his club sandwich from lunch when I couldn’t get my head out of the yearbook. After reading so many very deeply personal writings, I now realize that what we all shared binds us as a group of women intertwined through shared experiences.” Helen Hannon reports that she is doing very well. She is enjoying The Well and says “it certainly brought back memories of old friends and good times at Newton.” • Finally, a quote from Anna Quindlen: “Old is wherever you haven’t gotten to yet.” Our 50th reunion proved that we haven’t yet gotten too old.
Correspondent: Priscilla Weinlandt Lamb priscillawlamb@gmail.com 125 Elizabeth Road New Rochelle, NY 10804; 914-636-0214
1965 50TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 It’s hard to believe that our class is going to be celebrating our 50th reunion this spring! John Griffin and Frank Previte are the chairs of the 50th Reunion Committee. If you would like to join the committee, please contact the Alumni Association, or send me an email at the address above, and I will forward your name. • In July, many of our classmates enjoyed the Lobster Roll cruise from the Cape. Among those present was Rosemary Thomas MacKinnon, who reports that many of our classmates from the Connell School of Nursing were also on the boat. In addition to Rosemary and her husband, Jack ’62, the group included Steve and Donna Doyle Sutton, Phil and Marie (Formichelli) McCarthy, John ’64 and Ann (Coleman) Statdler, Elaine Boucher Gustafson, Kathy Edwards and husband Dick Agnitsch ’64, Nancy Brox Jones, Sheila Lynch Joseph, Jim and Ev (Kelly) Savage, Beth McCarroll Winmill MS’70, Mary Jane and Marcel Poyant, Marcia Lee McGowan, Jack JD’68 and Judy (Flanagan) Connor, Shelby and Janet (Hunt) Mudarri, Bill and Kathleen (McVarish) Carpenter, and Wally MA’67 and Mary (McNamara) Coyle. • We do not have many notes for this issue, so I hope as the year progresses I will receive news from many more of you. • On a very sad note, John Frechette passed away in July after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. We offer his wife, Pat, and children our prayers and sympathy.
Correspondent: Patricia McNulty Harte patriciaharte@me.com 83 Church Street, No. 1 Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-1187
NC 1965 50TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Greetings! As we inch closer to our 50th reunion (actually we are rolling toward it), you will find more information coming your way via this column, emails, and notices from BC. The reunion is May 29–31, 2015, and includes activities on all three days. If you would like to be part of the Reunion Planning Committee, no matter where you live, contact Shannon Ollerhead at BC at 617-552-1445. Let’s all help the effort by contacting classmates and making plans to attend. As happened the last time, I will keep a running list of those who let me know that they are planning to attend. • Mary Ratchford Hesselgrave’s typical week includes swimming, spinning, hiking, yoga, horseback riding, studying Spanish, and a ride in husband Fred’s 1966 Mustang GT convertible, plus pastoral care and pet therapy at a hospital and a nursing home. Whew! Their wonderful rescue dog, Matti, recently encouraged a patient who is recovering his ability to speak to come up with some new words, including smile. • Margaret Schmitt Schmidt and her husband have taken cruises to the South Pacific and the North Atlantic this year. Most interesting in the Pacific were Easter Island and Pitcairn Island and in the Atlantic, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Margaret continues to win her six-year battle with bone cancer. • Mark and Lisa (Pustorino) Edmiston enjoyed Venice prior to a food and wine trip to northern Italy. They stayed at a wine estate near Lake Garda and visited wineries, a balsamic vinegar maker, and a cheese maker. They even had cooking lessons at the estate and ate fabulously throughout the trip. • Joan Wienk Gallagher enjoyed a wonderful vacation in Puerto Rico with eight of her grandkids and her California daughter and son-in-law. They did a little of everything— ocean swimming, surf boarding, kayaking, sailing. • Nancy Philpott Cook’s son, D. Jeffrey Cronin, was married on June 28 on Cape Cod. • Yours truly spent a wonderful week in the North Carolina mountains in April with my “kids” and grandkids and another fun week in June on the Outer Banks at an extended family reunion. • Thanks to all who sent news. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in May 2015!
Correspondent: Linda Mason Crimmins mason65@bc.edu 3902 MacGregor Drive Columbia, SC 29206
1966 Boston College Alumni Association classnotes@bc.edu Cadigan Alumni Center 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
NC 1966 Two minireunions, celebrating our 70th birthday year, took place this past summer. In July, Sandra Puerini Del Sesto, Pat Ryan Grace, Beth Gundlach, Barbara Childs Hall, Joyce LaFazia Heimbecker, Cathy Beyer Hurst, and Joan Candee Rentsch gathered in Lake
Geneva, WI, and Chicago at the homes of Carolyn Cassin-Driscoll. The group took boat tours and lakefront walks, cooked fabulous potluck dinners, and enjoyed each other’s company. Later, in Chicago, we all got a chance to meet Carolyn and Jack’s new granddaughter, to walk and boat in Chicago, and to see the great Magritte exhibit at the Art Institute. We also linked up with Maureen Dwyer Smith and her husband, E.B.— Maureen had seen a Facebook post that we were visiting Chicago and contacted us (via Facebook) to arrange lunch at the Art Institute after our visit there. It added another wonderful turn to our already terrific visit. • In August, Sheila McIntire Barry, Judy Mullen Connorton, Susi Marion Cooney, Kathy Brosnan Dixon, Sharon Cuffe Fleming, and Judy McCluskey Flood traveled to Quebec, where they toured the old and new cities, visited the falls, and ate in excellent restaurants. How wonderful for all of us to have friends of more than 50 years’ standing! • Carolyn Cassin-Driscoll and Jack were blessed with another grandchild right after our Chicago visit—they left the next day for North Carolina so they could be there for the birth. Also on the grandchild watch, Sandra Puerini Del Sesto and Richard welcomed their fifth grandchild—daughter Lia’s second son in 13 months. • Jane Cass O’Leary reports that she is feeling great after a knee replacement. I believe there are quite a lot of new knees and hips keeping the Class of 1966 active! And if the pictures from Chicago and Quebec that were posted on Facebook are any indication, we sure don’t look 70. (Or, as Gloria Steinem should have said, “This is what 70 looks like!”) Happy birthday to all of us! (Even those stragglers who will not turn 70 until 2015.)
Correspondent: Catherine Beyer Hurst catherine.b.hurst@gmail.com 333 Atwells Avenue, #211 Providence, RI 02903
1967 Elaine Finnegan Murphy, originally from Scituate, writes that after living in Canada and California over the past two decades, she has returned “home” to Massachusetts. She and her husband, Richard (Holy Cross ’66), now reside in Belmont. Elaine was recently reunited with her South Street dorm-mates Ann McGuire O’Brien and Anne Doherty. They are still looking for Anne’s roommate Judy Lorden Lillis and are planning many more reunions. • We note with sadness the passing of Ed Guilfoyle Jr., of Weymouth, and also of Peter J. Heffernan, of Arlington. Ed was an accounting major, originally from Quincy, and Peter earned his MBA from Babson College. The class extends its condolences to Ed’s wife, Marilyn, and daughter Erin ’98, and to Peter’s wife, Louise, and daughters Mary ’88 and Veronica ’98. • The class has scheduled some great events leading up to our 50th reunion. In September we had a Duck Boat Grand Tour, which included a 90-minute water/land excursion; lunch at Game On, a sports bar; and a tour of Fenway Park. Classmates signed up were Charles MBA’70 and Mary-Anne (Woodward) Benedict, Al and Cindy (Rae) Butters, Marty Paul, Don and Susan (Kelley) MacDonald MA’68, John St. George, David Gay JD’70 and wife Trisha Marshall Gay NC’68, 59
Gerry Baker, Dan Kelly, Jack Keating, W. Paul White, Brad Bigham, and Mary Downey Logue. • The Class Committee is planning a cruise from Boston to Bermuda (and back) for early next June. Please check the alumni website for details. • Have wonderful holidays with friends and family!
Correspondents: Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict chasbenedict@aol.com 84 Rockland Place Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464
NC 1967 As a follow-up to Josie Higgins Rideg’s note from the last column, she did indeed head off to Chile, and her daughter’s family, as the World Cup activities moved into Brazil. It is always a treat to read her news blurbs. She is concerned with it being too cool to swim and garden while we swelter our way through our summers. Oh, the differences of being in different world hemispheres! • Faith Brouillard Hughes spent time in Israel on a tour with her sister and brother-in-law and a group from Holy Cross. She reported there were many interesting sights to see, and they traversed troubled areas safely. • So, what is up with the rest of you? I didn’t hear about any classmate gatherings over the summer. I am sure most of us are busy with our own families and activities though. They say “no news is good news,” but not for this columnist. Perhaps you will find time over the holidays to update us with your news. Or maybe you are keeping in touch with each other through the links that the class email directory provides. If anyone is not on the list currently and would like to be, please get in touch. It did enable us to hear about “someone’s special birthday celebration” so college friends could send greetings as well. In fact, we all are approaching another of those “big zero” birthdays. Hope it is festive for all. And requests for prayers are also welcome anytime, too. For now, take care and God bless.
Correspondent: M. Adrienne Tarr Free thefrees@cox.net 3627 Great Laurel Lane Fairfax, VA 22033-1212; 703-709-0896
1968 In the 1960s, only a handful of us lived at Greycliff Hall, the BC women’s dorm. Our strictly enforced rules reflected Victorian propriety in all its absurdity, but the stalwart sisterhood that emerged from that time and place survived and flourished into stellar womanhood both professionally and personally. Our bonds of friendship remained strong. Sadly, in May, we lost another from our original Greycliff group: Mary Correa was an associate professor emerita in the department of management and business at Skidmore College. She earned her MSN in psychiatric nursing from Yale and her PhD in business management from Purdue before joining the Skidmore faculty. Mary pioneered the mentoring, coaching, and leadership program for her students in the management and business department. She also helped found the Skidmore International Affairs Program. Upon her retirement in 2009, she was honored by her colleagues for her professional brilliance as well as for her joyful, enthusiastic, and energetic devotion to her 60
students. Mary was an avid athlete who loved ice dancing, tennis, skiing, and hiking. We offer our sincere sympathy to her sisters, Anne and Louise, and their families. • Reid Oslin, MSP’71, has a new book coming out this fall: He and Tom Burke ’71 are coauthors of Tales from the Boston College Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Eagles Hockey Stories Ever Told (Sports Publishing, 2014). The book, an anecdotal history of hockey at BC, is currently listed on Amazon.com and will be in bookstores in early October—just in time for the Eagles’ home-ice opener. Reid is also the author of two books on BC football: Tales from the Boston College Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Eagles Stories Ever Told (Sports Publishing, 2013, originally published in 2004) and Boston College Football Vault: The History of the Eagles (Whitman Publishing, 2008).
Correspondent: Judith Anderson Day jnjday@aol.com The Brentwood 323 11500 San Vicente Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049
NC 1968 After more than 30 years in the same home, Tina Cahill Mattimore recently downsized to a town house in Islip on Long Island, where husband Tim, JD’70, practices law. Tina established her own interior design company 20 years ago. Information regarding her beautiful work can be viewed on the web at www.tcmattimoreinteriors.com. Son TJ is an attorney with an international company in Boulder, CO. Tina’s twins, Molly and Matt, are both in New York City. Matt, who works in financial services, is married to Mel, and they have one son. Molly has an executive position in a nonprofit dedicated to solving homelessness in the city. Tina reports that Deb Raven Libaire resides in Beaufort, SC, and Anne Cleveland Court lives in Europe, playing lots of tennis and taking courses wherever she roams. • In August, Ellen Flynn organized a retirement dinner for Pi Fogel Mansur. After her very successful career as a top executive of the National Hockey League, Pi plans on enjoying her leisure time in Naples, FL, and Bridgehampton, NY. • Marge Gaynor Palmer visited with Larry ’68 and Marcy (McPhee) Kenah, who ventured to Colorado during the summer.
Correspondent: Jane Sullivan Burke janeburke17@gmail.com
1969 In September, Lucien Morin was chosen by his peers for inclusion in the 21st edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2015) in the areas of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights. Lou is a partner at Rochester, NY–based McConville, Considine, Cooman & Morin, where he heads the firm’s bankruptcy and real estate practices. A frequent guest lecturer to bar association and realtor groups, Lou was named a 2012 Leader in Law by the Daily Record, and he was also selected for inclusion on the 2014 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list, recognizing excellence in the practice of law.
Correspondent: James R. Littleton jim.littleton@gmail.com 39 Dale Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
NC 1969 Jen Daly, the daughter of Jill Hendrickson Daly, was honored at the first annual Beauty’s Top Talent Awards sponsored by CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women). She was recognized for her impressive performance, leadership potential, and the impact she makes in the beauty industry and at her company, Unilever, where she works as a senior brand manager for TRESemmé. • Alicia Silva Ritchie writes that she continues to live in Washington DC, where she went right after Newton to attend grad school. She and her husband, Daniel, have been married for 42 years. Both are retired from international economic development work. Daniel worked at the World Bank and Alicia at the InterAmerican Development Bank. Now they are both busy volunteering and grandparenting. Their daughters, Elena and Cristina, are married and living in Los Angeles and Washington DC, respectively. Grandchildren include Sebastian (3), Ivy (18 months), and Cecila (15 months). Alicia sees several Newton alums, as she and Laurie Bryan, Kathy McCarthy, Kathy O’Connell, Jessica Twaddle Packard, Marge McGah Scanlon, Kathy Bednarz McLoughlin, and Martha Verrier McCarthy frequently get together as a group. Think about coming to the 50th. I am drumming up attendees right now. • Ana Perez Camayd’s daughter graduated from New College of Florida in 2010 and started in a neuroscience PhD program at MIT that fall. She was elected to the Executive Committee of the MIT Graduate Student Government, where she chaired orientation. • Susan Power Gallagher’s son and his wife recently had a baby boy, Edward Gallagher IV. • Cara Finnegan Groman’s daughter and her husband also recently had a baby girl, named Amelia. Congratulations! • With sadness I tell you of the death of Donna Delahanty in late 2013. She is survived by a brother and a sister and several nieces and nephews. • Got news?
Correspondent: Mary Gabel Costello mgc1029@aol.com 4088 Meadowcreek Lane Copley, OH 44321
1970 45TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Hi, gang! • As I write these few words, the fall season is just around the corner; by the time you read them, the season may have passed. But the important note is that this is our 45th reunion year; surely many events are coming up. All you retirees with time on your hands better plan on at least one excursion to the Heights! • Speaking of retirees, I appreciated the note from Dave Harrigan, JD’73. Dave graduated from BC Law in ’73 along with your favorite columnist and practiced in New York and New Hampshire for many years before reinventing himself as a high school social studies teacher for a few years. He is now fully retired, and with his wife, Jane Tarricone Harrigan ’75, enjoys traveling, particularly to Tucson in the winter. He also tells about his burgeoning career as a guitarist, so be sure to ask him about that next June. • With all the attention that the Boston Marathon tragedy and the resulting One Fund for the victims received last year, there was little notice of the key role played by our own Paul Connolly. Paul, who retired from a distinguished banking career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, served as the CFO of the fund. The size and efficiency of fundraising and distribution of those funds by that organization serves as a national model for what can get done in the nonprofit world when everyone, including the public and private sectors, want it to happen. Paul distributed $61 million to the survivors and their families. • Mike Estwanik is on the move. No big deal, you say, with his many planned trips he’s always going somewhere. But this time it’s his own move from the Big Apple to the hills of Telluride, CO. He’ll still be organizing his famous travel club, JAUNT, and other creative activities, including plans for a Telluride American Songbook festival. More on that to come. • Speaking of those making a name for themselves out west, we have Tom Gallagher, who, after a stint in the Massachusetts Legislature many years ago, has been a substitute teacher in the San Francisco school system for 25 years. He has published a book, Sub: My Years Underground in America’s Schools (Coast to Coast Publishing, 2014), which has been well received, with a number of positive written reviews. It is available on Amazon.com. • Remember the 45th is upon us—time to plan your trip back to Chestnut Hill.
Correspondent: Dennis Razz Berry mazzrazz1@aol.com
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Garvey Reilly for long walks, talks, and health-care information; Susan Zapf for ‘just for fun’ outings; and Mary Jo Pucci Orsinger and husband Victor for being most caring neighbors. From DC, Joan O’Callaghan sent spirit-boosting cards and cookies, also providing updates to Claudia Richardson Nedrow, Treacy Kirkpatrick, Chickie Villano, and Mary Downs-Walsh—all of whom lent immeasurable support; and Fran de La Chapelle and RSCJs offered ongoing prayers and best wishes.” Marcia thanks all who attended Bobby’s DC funeral Mass, Miami reception, or Boston burial, including also Cathy Cronin Latourelle, Jeanne Brindamour Lucas, and Tish McGuigan Connolly. Marcia remembers Bobby as “one-in-a-million.” We think of her in much the same light and wish her a peaceful journey to recovery. • Please pray also for Jane Garvey Reilly, whose husband, Mike Elder, passed away from cancer in December 2013. • Barbara Coveney Harkins sends news from California, where she and Tec Manalac Jose visited college friends and Barbara’s son Cormac in San Francisco. Barbara sends congratulations to Liz Gibbons, who was honored at a formal dinner in Campbell, CA, as Citizen of the Year 2013. Around 500 people attended and thanked Liz for her many years of service on the planning board, assisting the library, and supporting civic projects. Liz is now campaigning for city council, so we wish her luck! • Carol DeLisi Muratore and husband Joe ’67 completed a wonderful trip to London and Paris and plan on visiting Liz in San Francisco. • Annie Impink Hall and husband Jim welcome us to Signal Mountain, Chattanooga, their home since 1975. Annie helps daughters Molly, a mayoral aide, and Katie, a lawyer, with their four children; volunteers for the public schools and the Chattanooga History Center (which is opening a state-of-the-art museum this year); and serves as county Democratic Party secretary. Her entry for the “you-can’t-make-thisstuff-up” category: A candidate she helped support for town council is Sr. Fran de La Chapelle’s nephew! What a small world! • It’s official! Kathy Sheehan retired from AT&T in July. Best wishes for a fun-filled retirement!
Correspondent: Fran Dubrowski dubrowski@aol.com
1971 Correspondent: James R. Macho jmacho71@bc.edu
NC 1971 Correspondent: Melissa Robbins melrob49@sbcglobal.net
45TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Marcia McGrath Abbo’s husband of 25 years, Bobby, died of leukemia on Easter 2014. In testament to the bonds formed at Newton, she is grateful to all the Newton friends who supported her and him with an outpouring of love and assistance: “Throughout the year and a half of Bobby’s health downs and ups, I had constant encouragement to be strong and hopeful from many Newton classmates. While in Florida, I especially appreciated Penny Poor Dolara for sharing meals and laughter; Jane
1972 I got still another reminder of my student days recently: In December 1971, the group Sha Na Na performed at BC at Roberts Center. The crowd was so enthused that there were no fewer than seven encores. I always thought I’d never see that number exceeded, but this past summer Paul McCartney did just that at his concert at Dodger Stadium. They were both great shows! • I have some more news from former BC shortstop Fred
Flynn. The oncology nursing intern program that he funds is up to 11 interns, 6 of whom are students in BC’s Connell School of Nursing. They were located at five different hospitals, including Massachusetts General. Fred is planning to attend another BC baseball alumni golf outing and expects to meet former teammate Bill Medea ’71 there. • I heard from two of my former double (BC and Dartmouth) schoolmates: John Doherty continues to work in the consulting department of PricewaterhouseCoopers but has moved from its office in Chicago to Baltimore. His wife, Jill, is in charge of fundraising at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Jack Harrington continues to work as the CFO of a nonprofit organization in Manhattan, and this past spring, he hired actor Leonardo DiCaprio to speak at its annual convention. He then left on a tour of Italy along with his wife, Kathy, and a group of family members. • I made my annual birthday call to Mike Spatola, who’s still the chief fundraiser for BC Law School. Mike is getting closer to his goal of seeing all five of his daughters graduate from BC. Four have already done so; the youngest is a senior this year. Mike’s father, Tim Spatola ’44, attended Commencement at BC last spring and was pleasantly surprised at the number of his classmates who attended. • Francis Gormley reports that his son Alexander, who was a lacrosse star at the University of Maryland, is continuing his career as a college coach in that sport.
Correspondent: Lawrence Edgar ledgar72@gmail.com
NC 1972 Eileen McGowan and Peter Bernett live in Belmont. When not working, Eileen tends their garden, and Peter is busy making furniture in his workshop. Eileen went back to school and got her doctorate from Harvard in 2004, with a focus on the power and functioning of mentoring relationships. Ever since, she’s been commuting—just three miles—into Cambridge to her job as a fulltime faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, teaching in both research and practice-based doctoral programs in education. In May, when we last exchanged emails, Eileen was headed to son Patrick’s wedding on June 7. Patrick lives in Colorado. Her daughter, Catherine, just completed her first year in the PhD program in clinical psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. Eileen writes: “So, there is incredible joy in my life that provides ballast to the loss of dear friends like Maureen (Curry) Lesuer.” • Maureen Kelly keeps sending me emails advocating retiring and playing golf; however, she has yet to include her golf scores. • For 10 days in June, two Holy Cross ’72 alumni, Jim Hayes, SJ, and Rabbi Norman Cohen, led a tour of Israel planned for their classmates and their spouses but later opened to other Holy Cross graduates as well as their spouses and friends. That tour brought together five Newton College alumnae, along with spouses: Dennis and Kathy Hickey Barrie, James and Mary Sullivan Tracy MTS’10, Gregory and Joan Garrity Flynn NC’73, Faith Brouillard Hughes NC’67, and Joe and me. Kathy reports: “Dennis and I joined the gang and truly enjoyed the trip of a lifetime. We couldn’t have imagined a more powerful series of days and events and 61
insights. We certainly tried to remember the many resources from our SWC days!” And Mary writes: “We saw and did so much more than we had expected: from swimming in the Mediterranean, the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea, to exploring one Roman ruin after another (Herod was a very busy man), to visiting the Golan Heights, where, in close visual proximity to Syria and Lebanon, we learned about the situation on the ground. Fr. Hayes celebrated Mass for us outside on the Mount of Beatitudes and inside at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, both highlights of the trip. One particularly memorable afternoon, the 40 of us walked and prayed the Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa, a narrow street in Jerusalem crowded with markets, as the Muslims responded to their call to prayer. Three weeks after our return, our first grandchild, Liam Joseph Sullivan, was born to our daughter Anne (Holy Cross ’00) and her husband, John. We are thrilled with our new role!” • Kathy Barrie also reports: “Recently, I was just charmed to visit a retrospective of the artwork of Sr. Corita Kent, such a presence in Boston in those days and an influence on all the art students at Newton.” Kathy urges us to see this exhibit, “Someday Is Now: The Art of Corita Kent,” as Corita’s work really reflects the time and yet looks so fresh and relevant. The show travels from Cleveland to the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh in January and will be in California at the Pasadena Museum of California Art next summer. • For my next Ignatian Volunteer Corps assignment, I will be working at the Catholic Mobilizing Network. You can read more about the organization at www.catholicsmobilizing.org.
Correspondent: Nancy Brouillard McKenzie newton885@bc.edu
1973 I am happy to report that Eagles finally have something to “crow” about: In May, Jack McDonald was presented with the 2013–2014 Under Armour AD of the Year Award by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Jack is director of athletics and recreation at Quinnipiac University. Since joining the school in 1997, he has built a broad-based Division I athletics program comprising 21 varsity sports, and 31 Quinnipiac teams have won conference championships, with 20 qualifying for the NCAA and national tournaments. Under his guidance, in 2013, Quinnipiac gained membership to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and successfully bid to host the 2014 NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four. Also active in philanthropy, Jack has overseen fundraising programs for the Quinnipiac community and charities and has also raised funds in his own community with the Irish Eyes are Miling (Cheshire Relay for Life), the Labor Day Movie Night (Petit Family Foundation), and the Gurnet Saquish Beach Run (Gurnet Saquish Fire Fund). Already a star while at BC, Jack was track and field captain in his senior year. He was the first Eagle to run a “four-minute” mile and won three New England championships in this event; he was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1982. After earning his master’s from Springfield College in 1984, he returned to BC to become its first full-time track coach and then was appointed assistant director 62
of athletics in 1986. In 1990, he was named director of athletics at the University of Denver. Jack lives with his wife, Linda, and their four sons—Brian, Jim, Jack, and David—in Cheshire, CT. Great news from the Heights this time! • Enjoy the fall, and go, Pats!
Correspondent: Patricia DiPillo perseus813@aol.com
NC 1973 My inbox is a bit empty right now, but I am happy to say that I heard from Maureen Lynch. Maureen reported that her daughter, Caitriona Foley, graduated from Northeastern University in April with a degree in international business. Donna Heuchling joined Maureen and her family and friends at a graduation celebratory dinner in the North End. Caitriona will stay in the Boston area and has joined EMC, in Franklin, in sales and marketing. Maureen is still in Ireland, where she is HR director at MCS Kenny, a leader in the subsea drilling industry. • Since I am so short of news from others, here’s my current story: My husband, James, and I are still busy with our second career, running J. Stockard Fly Fishing, an online retailer. Being very active on the Web helps keep us young. Our son, Charles, is a second-year MBA candidate at Cornell and just wrapped up his summer internship at Bayer. Daughter Sarah lives in Somerville, where she is a technology strategy consultant and racks up plenty of frequentflyer miles. • Please email me. I want your news for my next column!
Correspondent: Kate Novak Vick kate@vick.net
1974 Correspondent: Patricia McNabb Evans patricia.mcnabb.evans@gmail.com
NC 1974 Our 40th reunion news notes continue, thanks to Patty Devlin Driskel, who transcribed your notes! In your own words, here they are. • Elizabeth Mullaney writes she is “still in Worcester, living in a small, urban, historic district and trying to become fluent in Spanish, and a die-hard progressive with a son still in college. Life is good.” • From Kathleen O’Brien Tracy: “I am taking care of my mother full-time and so happy to have this opportunity. I have been an education administrator for 22 years and now live in Windsor, CT.” • Johanna Ferry Laadt writes that she is “thrilled to be celebrating our 40th. This can’t be possible. We are all so blessed. Our son, John ’13, is working for the mayor’s office as a community liaison in Allston-Brighton, and our daughter, Sarah, is a sophomore at Loyola in Maryland.” • Martha O’Donnell Rogers and her husband, Chip, JD’75, have five children. She writes: “Our children are all well. The youngest is transferring to BC after a wonderful freshman year at Fordham. We have four boys. One is married and looking forward to starting a family. Chick, the oldest, is working for Frahan Capital in Connecticut. Mary ’12 is working for a consulting firm, Changing Our World. She lived in Dallas and now works for the same firm in New York City. David
graduated from BC in May 2014.” • Jean O’Leary Gaffney and her husband, Mark (Notre Dame ’73), live in Pelham Manor, NY, where they’re active sailors, tennis players, and swimmers. They also have a home on Nantucket, where they love to host family reunions. Jean has worked for 35 years in employee communications for a variety of employers, including Verizon Communications and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Mark, an attorney, continues to practice litigation law in the New York area. Jean and Mark have been to many NCSH reunions but concluded that the 40th was the best event. “It was fabulous to see so many old friends again,” she writes, and they look forward to many more Newton Class of ’74 reunions. • Cathy Comerford Smyth and her husband, Peter, live in Milton and are the parents of three children: “Nancy ’01 (married mother of five) lives in Denver; Colin (married father of one) lives in Hingham; and daughter Kathleen (single) lives in LA. We have a home on Cape Cod (Harwich Port) and are always happy to have visitors. I am a geriatric social worker at MGH. We keep busy with work, travel, and family. Lots of fun to see Newton friends again.” • More 40th reunion notes follow next time, with our class thanks to Patty Driskel for deciphering our handwriting!
Correspondent: Beth Docktor Nolan beth.docktor.nolan@bc.edu
1975 40TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Please mark your calendars for our upcoming 40th reunion, May 29–31, 2015, at the Heights. It will be a great opportunity to reconnect with friends, share memorable experiences, and be part of a fun-filled weekend. Highlights will include special events, a reunion Mass, and the class party. As always, on-campus housing will be available. • Juliana McGovern retired from IBM this past April after a 32-year career. She plans to begin working in Roxbury at the Sister Mary Hart Children’s Program, an after-school program, in September. She is looking
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forward to this service-focused experience, which will include coordinating volunteers from BC’s 4Boston program. Over the past several years, she has been involved with the New England Ignatian Volunteer Corps as a regional council member, serving as chair for the past two years. Juliana enjoyed connecting with classmates Pat Casey, MEd’81, and Anne O’Connor Kane, MS’77, PhD’99, who served with her on the New England IVC Council. Pat has been working for Maguire Associates, an education consulting firm in Concord, for the past 20 years. She has two grown children and a happily retired husband. Pat has enjoyed lots of great travel experiences and most recently visited South America. Juliana also had the pleasure of meeting classmate Liz Fay McMahon, who recently retired as the regional director of the New York City IVC. IVC is a Jesuit-sponsored volunteer program throughout the United States for men and women 50 and older. It combines service and spirituality in a volunteer commitment two days a week over 10 months. If you would like more information on the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, take a look at www.ivcusa.org. • BC day at the Saratoga, NY, racetrack on August 16 was a huge success! I enjoyed meeting fellow alumni, dining on an incredible buffet, and watching two days of horse-racing excitement. • Please take a few minutes and email me with any news. I would love to hear from you. • Best wishes to all for a joyous holiday season and a great start to a wonderful new year!
Correspondent: Hellas M. Assad hellasdamas@hotmail.com
NC 1975 40TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Correspondent: Mary Stevens McDermott maremcd@gmail.com
1976 Alphonse Fazio, of Sewickley, PA, passed away suddenly last June. Al earned his BS in finance, magna cum laude, and then returned home to the Pittsburgh family business, Diamond Wire Spring Company, a designer and manufacturer of custom compression, extension, torsion, and die springs. Al contributed to the successful growth of the company over the course of almost 40 years; when the company expanded to Tyler, TX, it was Al who got it up and running, staying there three years. He did the same in South Carolina. He loved the Beatles and was an amateur drummer, fondly nicknamed “Ringo” by his siblings, and a pair of drumsticks rests with him. He loved museums and libraries, and with his brother, Frank, attended a parade two days before his untimely passing. He was a devoted brother, especially to his two sisters. His true passion was writing; several of his short stories were published, and a novel had been completed at the time of his death. He is survived by five siblings and many nieces and nephews. • The family of Peter Frates ’07, a former BC baseball player suffering from ALS, had a huge hand in the wildly successful ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. John Mara and the New York Giants got on board in a big way and, of course, challenged the New York Jets, who
also responded! In the same period last year, the ALS Association raised about $25,000. This year’s effort, as of this writing, has raised $41.8 million. Incredible! To finally beat Lou Gehrig’s disease may be in sight sometime sooner if the challenge continues. • May you all have a healthy and happy autumn. Go, Eagles, and God bless!
Correspondent: Gerald B. Shea gerbs54@hotmail.com
1977 In August, Peter D’Arrigo was elected to the board of trustees of MGH Institute of Health Professions. Peter is president of the wholesale produce distributor D’Arrigo Brothers, the company his grandfather and great-uncle founded in Chelsea in 1923, and which was later expanded to California and New York. Peter is also president of New England Produce Center in Chelsea, one of the largest produce markets in the world. He lives in Lexington with his wife, Pam. His daughter, Lauren D’Arrigo, graduated from the MGH Institute’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program in 2014.
Correspondent: Nicholas Kydes nicholaskydes@yahoo.com
1978 Correspondent: Julie Butler julesbutler33@gmail.com
1979 Joe and Terry (Wasiuk) Cordo are enjoying their children, Steve ’07, John ’10, and Mike ’11. Joe writes: “Steve married Kelly O’Leary ’07 in 2013, and they live in the Boston area. Both Mike and John are living and working in Manhattan. We still lead full careers in the Boston area and enjoy weekends at our Cape Cod home. And we’re still actively involved at BC. I’m starting my 14th year as a board member of the BC Technology Council— and we’re still close to several BC friends.”
Correspondent: Peter J. Bagley peter@peterbagley.com
1980 35TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Correspondent: Michele Nadeem michele.nadeem@gmail.com
1981 Ellen DePaul Fisher and her husband, Thomas, live in Boston, where Ellen is a project manager at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. • Joe Harkins orchestrated another minireunion last spring: He and Ed Fogarty, Tom Cingari, Phil Brown, Rob Goddu, and Jim Gorga assembled at the Beacon Theatre in New York City to bid farewell to the Allman Brothers Band! • Congratulations to Greg Clower on organizing the enormously successful second annual BC-Philly golf outing in July at the Philadelphia Country Club. Greg, Joe Harkins, Phil Murray, Phil Brown,
Bob Cucuel, Brett Kellam, Tim Laughlin, Jim Gorga, Chris Foy MBA’86, John “Bags” Battaglia MBA’92, and Vin Caraher represented our class well (we’d like to think, anyway!). As I write, Greg is planning the annual Animal Cup (“collegiate golf’s most cherished prize”) tournament at Gary Raymond’s Cape Cod compound before Brett Kellam’s September Parents’ Weekend tailgate at the Colorado State game. When not emailing the Keyes North gang and planning golf tournaments, Greg is a senior VP and private client advisor at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management! • I realize it is not news to most, but with a heavy heart I acknowledge the passing of my beloved friend and mentor Bill Neenan, SJ, H’08, who was, and will always be, the Eagle of all Eagles. My friendship with Father began during his first year as the dean of Arts and Sciences. During the 1980–1981 academic year, Tom Anzuoni and I were appointed student representatives to a committee with faculty and administrators to study the core curriculum. The group held a weekend retreat at the Andover Inn at Phillips Exeter Academy. Father offered to drive Tom and me to the retreat, and that car trip solidified a friendship that lasted nearly 35 years. Father loved to recount the story of the drive that had us making a “left at the Sullivan Tire sign” to get on I-93 North—a feat that entailed our crossing six lanes of traffic once we realized we were upon the sign. “Only in New England would someone give you directions like these! Hahaha!” I can still hear him chuckling. He passed away just steps away from the spot in Roberts House where he had suggested we take a “selfie” with my daughter and me during our last visit together on a snowy night last February. He was as sharp and witty as ever. It was a night to remember. Good-bye, friend—until we meet again!
Correspondent: Alison Mitchell McKee amckee81@aol.com
1982 My daughter Caroline and I happened upon Blue Bunny Books and Toys in Dedham one Saturday afternoon and were delighted to see classmate Paul Reynolds and his twin brother, Peter, mingling with the customers. The Reynolds family runs and owns this lovely children’s bookshop. It is an absolutely delightful shop with many wonderful books and gifts. It is also home to the varied collection of books illustrated, written, and autographed by Peter. Paul recently wrote a children’s book, and Peter contributed the illustrations. The book, Going Places, was published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Congratulations to Paul for completing this endeavor with his brother, who is a New York Times best-selling illustrator. You can purchase the book on the website at bluebunnybooks.com—or visit the store, which I recommend. You will not be disappointed. Paul and Peter were the most gracious of hosts and treated every customer as if they were best-selling authors. The compassion and time they devoted to the youngest of customers was worth the visit alone. • In April I (Mary McAleer O’Brien) was awarded the Sylvia D. Brown Scholarship from the Massachusetts Reading Association for a proposal on building stamina and a passion for books through independent reading and 63
response. The two-day conference was wonderful, and I had the opportunity to hear speakers such as Lucy Calkins, Nancy Frey, and many more. The event is held each April for educators, and I recommend it. Learn more at massreading.org and more about individual councils at massreading.org/councils-2. The MRA is a branch of the International Reading Association, which you can learn more about at www.reading.org.
Correspondent: Mary O’Brien maryobrien14@comcast.net
1983 John Dorn closed his hospital-based practice of chiropractic medicine and is engaged in the solo practice of civil litigation law. Dorn Injury Law has offices in Osterville, Marion, and Wellesley. • Paula Bradley Batchelor joined her friend and former roommate Cyndy Uhron ’82, who is the proud owner of a beautiful Jersey Shore beach house. Paula, Sue Kevey Falvey ’82, and Donna Martirano Mahoney ’82 christened Cyndy’s lovely new home with a roommate reunion weekend of sun, fun, and rooftop dancing! With scrapbooks in hand, the foursome quickly blurred the lines between the celebration of old memories and the creation of new ones. • Clare (Connelly) ’84 and Peter McDonagh celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. They have been living in Latrobe, PA, for the last five years after spending five years in the New York–New Jersey area. Pete has been employed for the past 29 years with United Parcel Service, where he is an air division manager, and Clare is a registered nurse in the Latrobe area. They have three children: Kimberly (20), who is in her senior year at Boston College and also runs track; Pete III (17); and John (16). • The old gang from St. Gabe’s had their annual get-together. Participants included Patrick Tyrrell, Lou Giovannone, Gordon Farkouh, Steve “Mig” Migridichian, Joe LaRocca, John DiBenedetto, and Lillian Colon Davis. This tradition has continued for six consecutive years. • Since 2010, Peter Soukas has been at Brown Medical School, where he established the Vascular & Endovascular Medicine Fellowship Program and is director of vascular medicine and the interventional peripheral vascular labs at the Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals. • John “Shank” Shannon writes about a BC tailgate at the LA Coliseum. John Frasca and Joe Pierry both reside in Southern California, where John sells homes in the San Diego area for Century 21, and Joe is a successful lawyer in the San Pedro area. Others who joined the group included Joan (Malloy) and Richard “Murph” Marra. John Shannon has been at Oracle for the past three years, managing multiple large development data centers in the Northeast. • A number of classmates gathered for a 30th reunion party: George “Geo” Shannon, Brian McDonald, Greg Schneider, Kevin Connors, Kevin Cummings, Freddy Harris, Lou Bortone, George Karalias (artist of the original keg T-shirt and one of the party organizers), and John Conceison. Other good friends who joined the celebration included Sherry Lee Howlett Hogan, John Frasca, Tommy Choquette, Joan and Rich Marra, Joanne Cancro, Catherine O’Neil, and Erin McLaughlin.
Correspondent: Cynthia J. Bocko cindybocko@hotmail.com 64
1984 Greetings, classmates! Here’s the news. • Philip Cate Huckins, MAT’85, PhD’95, has begun the master of divinity program at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. • Stephanie Anne Chisholm is the publisher of the monthly magazine Fairfield Neighbors, produced by Best Version Media. She is also publishing a second magazine called Greenfield Hill Neighbors, which rolled out in July. Both magazines are distributed in Fairfield, CT. Stephanie’s children are growing fast: Her oldest son, Michael Joseph, is a senior in high school; Julianne is a freshman; Thomas is in seventh grade; and Grace Noelle is in third grade. • Last June, the Catholic Press Association named Jay Sullivan’s book, Raising Gentle Men: Lives at the Orphanage Edge, the 2014 Best Book from a Small Publisher. • With sadness, I report the passing of two of our classmates. Robert Hagearty passed away on May 28, with family and friends by his side. Our classmate was also a graduate of Millis High School and held an MEd from Cambridge College. He performed in improv and stand-up comedy for over 20 years, most recently at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, and he also lived in California for many years. Robb taught middle school math in LA and in the Boston Public Schools and most recently worked at UMass Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion. Also, our classmate Claire Burke passed away on December 25, 2013, in Arlington. Claire leaves her husband, Chip, and children Eva and Griffin. Claire graduated magna cum laude, with a double major in English literature and studio art. She received the Macomber Award, given to the graduate demonstrating outstanding performance in the fine arts. She spent her junior year abroad studying at St. Clare’s, Oxford, in England. She was an award-winning artist and exhibited her work in many galleries and venues throughout the region. Both of our classmates will be missed. • Thank you for your updates and emails as we keep the Class of 1984 strong! I hope you will respond with your news and especially to the mailings that I have been sending! The new BC alumni online community is now up and running, and I hope you will all keep in touch. Please write soon!
Correspondent: Carol A. McConnell bc84news@yahoo.com
1985 30TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Correspondent: Barbara Ward Wilson bww415@gmail.com
1986 Hi, everyone. I hope everyone had an awesome summer and is now enjoying a colorful fall full of BC football and tailgating. • Well, for me, the 50th-birthday celebrations are still the highlight of 2014, with vacations, golf outings, parties, and just fun phone calls with former BC roommates and friends. It is a blast to catch up and relive the old memories. In addition, I just love hearing how successful we have all become, both personally and
professionally, thanks to our BC education. • Here’s a shocker: I went to another 50th-birthday party—this one was for Tim Buckley in Fairfield, CT. It was a “keg party,” hosted by his wife, Susan Frigerio Buckley ’87, and kids Jack, Katherine, and Ronnie. What a flashback to BC days this was with the following crew: Pete Vanderslice, Jim Sheehy, Jim Walsh, Bob Duran, Chris Massaro, Leenie Kelley, Beth Hoffman Driscoll MEd’87, and Maureen Gaughan. It was an old-school “all-nighter” keg party, complete with people camping in tents on the lawn of Tim’s childhood home. It was a blast and a great night of reconnecting and storytelling! • Also, I had the chance to visit Tom and Lisa (Terry) Furlong in Lyme, CT, at their family beach house. It was great to see their three kids—Pete, Ryan, and Tommy—and I promise I will get Wendy Bicknell Leone, MEd’90, and Linda Cox Bush together for a beach day next summer. What an awesome setup right on the beach! • Everyone, just keep “living the dream,” and keep me posted on your BC adventures with classmates. Here is my final shout-out for our classmates toasting the 29th anniversary of our 21st birthday! Please keep the news coming, and go BC!
Correspondent: Leenie Kelley leeniekelley@hotmail.com
1987 The Boston College Alumni Association recently elected several new members to its board, among them our classmates Ileana Jimenez Garcia and Thomas Livaccari. They will serve three-year terms. • Sue Singer reported the passing of Ann Murray Paige on March 16 from breast cancer. In the decade before her death, Ann, who had worked as a TV reporter in Maine, became an active advocate for breast cancer awareness, writing books, founding a blog—Project Pink—and, together with her sister, creating a documentary, The Breast Cancer Diaries, about her battle with the disease. In 2013, Massachusetts General Hospital named Ann among The One Hundred individuals and organizations who have dedicated themselves to making a difference in the fight against
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this disease. • We also lost our classmate Leon “J.R.” Kearing, who passed away on July 28 in Fort Walton Beach, FL, where he had recently been living. He leaves his sister, his girlfriend, a niece, and a nephew.
Correspondent: Lou Imbriano imbriano@bc.edu
1988 I don’t have any updates to share this time, but I do have a video I’d love to share with the class of the night the BC basketball and cheerleading squads stole the show from rock legends like Peter Gabriel and Jackson Browne in Tokyo! Head to YouTube and search for “Japan Aid 1986–Final– Revolution.” The BC “performers” start showing up at about the four-minute mark, and there are many great close-ups as the cheerleaders began a kick-line that ended the concert. How, you may be thinking, did the basketball team end up performing in a rock concert in Tokyo? Well, we were actually there to play Georgia Tech and SMU, but these bands were on our flight and staying in the same hotel. We exchanged game tickets for backstage passes with the roadies, and the rest is music history (thanks to no one really paying attention to who got onto the stage!). I’m just bummed the camera didn’t catch my huge Japanese bow!
Correspondent: Rob Murray murrman@aol.com
1989 After a fabulous 25th full of so many stories, individual updates are once again coming in. Please send me yours today! The BC online community has just been revamped, and now everyone can register “fresh.” Go to www. bc.edu/community and sign up today! Of course, you can always just email me directly as well. • Anthony Boomer Dell (boomerdell@ gmail.com) writes in to say that he and his wife, Michelle, have been living in Pacific Palisades, CA, with their two young children, Noah and Liliana, for the past three years after several years in Seattle (each move precipitated by a new job for Anthony). “Who knows where we’ll go next—or when. We’ll keep flowing with it as we always do. Peace and light to all,” Anthony writes. • Gina Signorello, JD’92 (gina.signorello@hp.com), is now VP and deputy general counsel at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, CA. She and her husband, Chuck Katz, JD’93, and their two children, Matt and Nate, live in Palo Alto. • Fred Capone (michele@caponelaw.net) was recently elected Ward 1 city councilor in Everett, which has changed to a unicameral government after almost 100 years. Fred and his wife, Michele (Simione) ’90, have a law practice in Everett, where they are raising their children, Zachary (14) and Gabrielle (13). Fred serves as chairman of the board of St. Anthony School, sits on the parish council, and coaches the girls’ basketball team. He is also a trustee of the Italian American Association of Everett and serves as chairman of the Scholarship Committee. Each year, he and his wife provide two scholarships to deserving students. • Megan Carroll, JD’92, became the executive director of the Irish Pastoral Centre (IPC) in April after serving nonprofit arts organizations for 20 years. 66
Megan credits her strong interest in Ireland and Irish abroad with the opportunities given by her parents and grandparents, all of whom were very involved with the American Ireland Fund. Megan serves as a board member and treasurer of the Charitable Irish Society and as a member of Irish Network Boston, the Boston Irish Business Association, and the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers. Megan is looking forward to increasing awareness of the center as a resource for both longstanding Irish Americans and the Irish who are new to the United States.
College, and they have three children: Conor (9), Abigail (7), and Declan (5). Conor and Abigail swim for the Red Bank YMCA Rockets and did great at the state championships last February. Declan, a proud pre-K grad, was heading off to school this fall with his siblings. Frank says “hi” to all classmates and hopes to see everyone at our 25th reunion! • My BC girls’ weekend is booked for November, and by the time you read this, I hope to have seen many familiar faces! • Reach out to me via email or on Facebook. I’d love to hear and share fun news!
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Correspondent: Andrea McGrath andrea.e.mcgrath@gmail.com
25TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Michael Baroni is living in “Surf City”— Huntington Beach, CA—and serving as general counsel to Palace Entertainment. Palace has 38 water and amusement parks in the United States, including Story Land in Glen, NH; Lake Compounce in Connecticut; and Water Country in Portsmouth, NH. Michael was recently elected secretary of the Orange County Bar Association, a position that will lead to his serving as president of the Association in three years. Next year’s OC Bar president will be Ashleigh Aitken ’97—Go, Eagles! • Maureen Harrington has practically made it to San Francisco–native status, since she has lived in that city for over 20 years! She is a partner in the firm of Greenfield Draa & Harrington LLP, where she has been since 2000. Her primary area of practice is civil litigation, with focus on trial work in the area of business and commercial real estate disputes. On the “giving back” side, Maureen has enjoyed successfully representing elderly clients in elder abuse cases, including financial elder abuse. For the last three years, she has been president of the board of The Laurel School in San Francisco—the only private K–8 school in San Francisco serving children with learning disabilities and learning differences. Maureen says it is fulfilling and challenging to work with dedicated educators confronting the challenges of serving the needs of children who require small class sizes and individualized instruction to thrive. Maureen and husband Bob recently celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary, and they have a 13-year-old son, Timmy. During a recent trip back to visit family, Maureen was able to catch up with Christine DeGraan Martiny and her family in Marstons Mills on Cape Cod. After a career in PR, Christine is enjoying raising her two adorable daughters with her husband, Gilman. • Fred ’89 and Michele Simione Capone have a law practice in Everett, where they live with their children Zachary (14) and Gabrielle (13). Zachary was starting Malden Catholic High School in the fall. Michele is a trustee for the Everett Public Libraries and a 10-year member of the Friends of the Everett Public Libraries. She also served on the Shute Library Capital Campaign Committee and on the Everett Literacy Committee. Fred and Michele recently celebrated his successful city council race—and their 20th wedding anniversary. • Frank Doogan, MA’92, is living in Shrewsbury, NJ, and has finished his 20th year teaching middle-school history! His wife, Colleen, is a 1992 graduate of Elizabethtown
Correspondent: Missy Campbell Reid missybc90@comcast.net
Thank you so much to those submitting notes. It is greatly appreciated! I am sure many of you are getting together over the course of the holidays, so please keep us posted on your alumni connections. • Jonathan Mulrooney and Alicemarie Hand are living in Sherborn with their two daughters, Grace (9) and Anna (8). Jonathan is in his fourth year as chair of the English department at Holy Cross, and Alicemarie is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston. Jonathan and Alicemarie have been very involved with the TargetCancer Foundation, which was founded in April 2009 by their good friend and our fellow classmate Paul Poth after he was diagnosed at age 38 with a rare cancer that affects about 2,500 people annually in the United States. Paul died in August 2009, but his organization continues, providing over $400,000 in rare cancer research funding over the past five years. The fifth annual TargetCancer Gala, which is attended by many of Paul’s friends and BC alumni, will be held in Boston on November 6. You can get more information by visiting the TargetCancer Foundation website at www. targetcancerfoundation.org, or by contacting Jonathan or Alicemarie. • This past March, Karen McCarthy Andrew, Tina Lyons Cerrito JD’96, Maureen Tarbell Chase, Jen Cheesman DeSena, Rebecca Cudd Geier, Candice Kirkiles Imwalle, Maureen Mahoney, Bernadette McCarthy, Katie Kinsella Murphy, Suzanne
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O’Halloran, and Katie Strecker Saville met up in the Dominican Republic for a winter getaway/birthday celebration. It was great reminiscing about our days at the Heights while relaxing under the Caribbean sun. A fun time was had by all! • Congratulations to Luly Castellanos de Samper, who was recently named a board member of the Boston College Alumni Association. She will serve a threeyear term. • It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of the loss of two of our classmates. Eric Olson, husband of Angela (Ng) and father of Andrew and Macrae, passed away on August 23 in Ridgewood, NJ. Joe Indelicato passed away on August 24 in New York City. He is survived by his parents and extended family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to both Eric’s and Joe’s families.
Correspondent: Peggy Morin Bruno pegmb@comcast.net
1992 Thank you so much to those who sent in updates. If you have something to share with your former classmates, please send me an email at kbgildea@yahoo.com. Thank you! I hope to hear from you soon. • Walter “Wally” Schneider is an attorney in Bayonne and Jersey City, NJ, who concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation and workers’ compensation. He recently was appointed to the City of Bayonne’s mayoral transition team after supporting the newly elected mayor, a Democrat, in his successful underdog campaign to unseat the city’s prior administration. Wally is active in Hudson County politics and serves as a member of the Hudson County Republican Committee. • Elizabeth Meola Aaron became the principal of Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ, this past summer. She squeaked in finishing the coursework for a PhD in American studies at Rutgers-Newark just before taking on the role of assistant principal last year. She is optimistic enough to think she can pull it off over the next couple of years. Husband Michael Aaron continues to work in advertising and marketing in New York. Elizabeth and Michael have lived in Maplewood for 17 years. Their (future Eagle?) sons, Nicholas and Henry, are 11 and 8 and happily took in a BC football game in September. • Rick and Nicole (Carelli) Kwak live in Venice, CA, with their two sons, Erickson (9) and Nixon (5). Rick has been at Content Media Corporation, a film, TV, and digital company, for the past 10 years. After taking a leave from her career in film production to start their family, Nicole went back to work last year for Particle, a film and TV product-placement company. A highlight of the Kwak family’s summer vacation was taking their boys to Boston College for the first time and showing them the campus and all their old haunts. • Heather Gilmartin just graduated with a PhD in nursing from the University of Colorado. She will be starting a postdoctoral nurse fellowship at the Veterans Health Administration in Denver in the fall. She lives in Vail with her husband and two children. • Pam Prendergast Cameron and her husband, Doug, live in Chicago with their three sons: Angus (7), Max (6), and Hamish (4). After teaching elementary school for many years in Boston, Houston, and Chicago, Pam has recently started a new career in real estate.
Correspondent: Katie Boulos Gildea kbgildea@yahoo.com
1993 First, sending some love up to Fr. Neenan, H’08, who had such a profound and personal impact on so many of us in the Class of ’93. How many of us heard “Hello, friend,” many times in our four years? As Sharon (Grazioso) Katz said best: “He left quite a legacy of kindness, love, and peace.” • Now on to class updates: Bethzaida “Betzy” Sanabria-Vega was recently appointed first justice of the Chicopee District Court in Massachusetts. She has been serving as a district court judge for the Massachusetts Trial Court since September 2010. Congrats, Betzy. • Nick Donohue has repatriated (his words!) to Minneapolis with his wife, Heather, and twin 6-year-olds (who are cuties!) after 25 years in Boston and New York City. Nick is continuing to work for JPMorgan Chase—and should look up Roshini Rajkumar, who seems to own Minneapolis! A communication coach, speaker, author, and former TV broadcast, Roshini also hosts News & Views on CBS Radio in Minneapolis. • Danielle “Dani” (Caracciolo) Burke, MEd’94, has been living all around the world, literally, since college thanks to husband Joe’s work. They and their three kiddos—Natalie (11), Joseph (9), and Audrey (4)—are off next to London for four years with the U.S. embassy. Dani wants to know whenever any BC ’93ers are in jolly ol’ England so they can get together for some tea and crumpets. OK, that was me. Dani would likely prefer to meet up for a pint. • Kim “Scout” Flynn has some fun updates on her roomies: Kristen Rackley Miale is president of Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine and was recognized as one of 50 people shaping Maine by Maine magazine. Christina Sherman Martin was promoted to director of marine operations at Nantucket Boat Basin. As for Scout, she’s finished the coursework for her doctorate, and her dissertation has been approved. She is writing a historical-fiction novel, which she intends to defend in April. She hopes to be Dr. Scout Flynn by May 2015. Good luck! • Cara McNally recently worked on a project at WGBH (Channel 2 Boston) as a digital assessment content editor, which involved writing image descriptions for visually impaired students. • Gary Gulman was planning a 14-city tour in the fall. Called “It’s About Time,” it will end with his third onehour comedy special of the same name. By the time this issue comes out, Gary will be winding things down, but you could catch him in Toronto on November 29 and 30, Boston on December 5, or New York City on December 13. Learn more at www. garygulman.com. • I hope everyone had a fun summer. Twenty years after many of us had crazy weekends in Newport, RI, several BC ’93ers had a reunion there. In early June, Tara Medeiros Oliveto, Amy Donovan Milligan, Amy Gage Piselli, Jessica Hughes Amante, Kelly Lenzmeier Page, Min Yoo, Jennifer Williams Riley MBA/MSW’98, Rachel Mahoney Cronin, Jennifer Flynn Jarbeau, and Julie Raynor Quinn reunited with fun dinners and beach trips. The girls used the time to talk about all that’s happened since graduating from the Heights. Visiting their old stomping grounds brought back many memories of nights at the Pelham and the Landing. What happens in
Newport stays in Newport! • Tara Medeiros Oliveto and Jen Williams Riley kept it going, meeting up again on Cape Cod for a day at Mayflower Beach with their children. Jennifer is the mother of Anna (11) and Evan (7), and Tara’s children are Dillon (7) and Keira (5). It was a great day filled with football, sand castles, boogie boarding—and moonshine! • As I write, I’m gearing up for my summer in Falmouth, as we do every year, including the road race, where I’ll be on the sidelines again. I didn’t get a number, so no seven-mile run for me. But I’ll be cheering on Christine Fahey, Mike Greene, Rob Carroll, and likely other BC ’93ers I always see. Good luck to the runners, and here’s to a great fall for all, especially for BC football!
Correspondent: Laura Beck laurabeckcahoon@gmail.com
1994 What a fantastic summer! I hope you all enjoyed weather as beautiful as we had on the East Coast. You must have been enjoying the summer, because I didn’t receive many class notes. On the other hand, I enjoyed countless Ice Bucket Challenge videos. I like to think we at BC started a social media sensation! • Just one note for now: Congratulations to Eddy Arriola, who was appointed by President Obama as the new chairman of the InterAmerican Foundation (IAF). This is the agency that vets organizations and sources U.S. government grants to grassroots groups throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Eddy, who has served as an IAF board member since 2012, is the founder and chairman of Miami-based Apollo Bank. He previously cofounded and served as managing director of Inktel, a call-center company also based in Miami. • Please don’t forget to drop me a note and share all your family news and adventures!
Correspondent: Nancy E. Drane nancydrane@aol.com
1995 20TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Scott Livingston is spending time back in the Boston area after Horst Engineering’s acquisition of Sterling Machine in Lynn. He hasn’t had time for Hub sightseeing but has traveled all over New England and beyond for sports (triathlon, cyclo-cross, mountain biking, and ultrarunning) with his spouse, Debbie, and their two young children. Home base is in Bolton, CT. You can follow his “Life Adventures” at www.scottlivingston.net.
Correspondent: Kevin McKeon kmckeon@gmail.com
1996 My old mod roommate Tom Adams and Josh Wallin were married in a gorgeous evening ceremony at Tom’s family home in Freehold, NJ, on August 7. Andrew Fellingham, one of our other roommates, officiated (he was really good!). Guests included Andrew’s wife, Crissy Callaghan; Loretta Shing; Josh and Julie (Allen) Holbrook; Jeff and Megan (Storz) Pagliaro; and Anna Zintl. The exchange of 67
vows was particularly cute, with soft-spoken Josh whispering “I do,” while Tom said his part in a booming voice for all to hear. And a fun BC fact: Tom’s parents, Tom ’68 and Andrea (Dantzler) Adams ’69, met at and graduated from BC, and his cousin Kelley Adams was in our class as well. Tom and Josh live in New York City. Tom is a senior director of planning in the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, and Josh oversees events at BlackRock. Congrats, Tom and Josh! • Congrats to Larry Hare, who recently received the Glenn Sharp Award from the Athletic Equipment Managers Association, honoring him as the National Athletic Equipment Manager of the Year. Larry is currently the assistant athletic director in charge of equipment operations at the University of Kansas. He got his start in the field at Conte Forum 22 years ago this fall, when he served as a men’s basketball manager for the team that included Billy Curley ’94, Howard Eisley ’94, and Gerrod Abram ’94. Larry’s wife, Jennifer, is a high school teacher, and they have two kids: Mason (10) is in fifth grade, and Elizabeth (8) is in third grade. Larry writes that he recently saw classmates Mike Allen and Matt Kosiorek, and that they are well. • Finally, how great was that BC win over USC? It reminded me of the Coughlin years back when we were in school. Lots of classmates were at the game, including Tom Gallagher (who celebrated his birthday that weekend), Jason Hill, John Nash, Matt Keswick, Mariessa Longo, and John Boyt. Go, Eagles!
Correspondent: Mike Hofman mhofman12@gmail.com
1997 Tim Doyle recently published a novella, All Kinds of Places. The story revolves around a 38-year-old lifelong traveler who must return home to his native Washington DC and live a normal existence. (Find out more at bit.ly/ AllKindsofPlaces.) A former reporter with Bloomberg and Forbes, Tim now works at Discovery Communications as senior director of corporate affairs and communications. He lives in Chevy Chase, MD, with his wife, Marla, stepsons Matteo (10) and Luca (8), and daughter Romy (2). • Christopher Ferragamo and his wife, Tara (Krissik) ’99, welcomed their fourth child, son Brady James, on August 5, 2013. Brady joins big brother Rian (8) and sisters Brenna (5) and Keira (3). Christopher is currently a partner with the law firm of Jackson & Campbell in Washington DC and lives in Northern Virginia. • Amit Dogra and his wife, Karen, welcomed into the world their third child and first boy, Kaleb Raj, on June 23. Big sisters Amalia (5) and Deven (3) love their little brother. Amit started at HighTower Advisors as the head of East Coast relationship management in February, working in New York City. Amit, Karen, and their family live in Valley Forge, PA.
Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com
1998 Salma Mavany Barrett and her husband, Thomas, welcomed their third child, Leilah Autumn, on November 17, 2013. Leilah is 68
an absolute joy in their life. Their oldest daughter, Ava, entered first grade in the fall in Newton, and son Khazi just graduated from preschool in the spring with his buddy William, son of another BC Class of ’98 mom. Salma says: “Life is moving fast, but I am trying to slow down and absorb the calm in life, and the beauty in life that my children teach me every day.” • Brendan Levesque and his wife, Laurel Bernini, celebrated their 10th anniversary in August. They have five children—four boys and a beautiful daughter: Owen (8), Bryce (7), Reid (5), Trent (2), and Marion (who turned 1 in September). Laurel has been teaching for the Boston Public Schools for over 14 years and earned a master’s of education from Simmons College in 2007. Brendan works in downtown Boston for HighVista Strategies. They currently reside in Westwood. • In August, Kevin Plavan passed away suddenly. I have fond memories, especially from freshman year, of his brilliance in all things—in academics and his mischievous ways. Many of his friends posted wonderfully touching sentiments on his Facebook wall.
Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com
1999 We hope everyone had a great fall and a chance to get back to campus for a football game. • Some exciting things are going on with members of the Class of 1999! Congratulations to Matt O’Keefe, who launched his own performance apparel company called RedLine Gear (www. Redlinegear.com), focused on creating cool and high-quality T-shirts and shorts targeting fitness and CrossFit. This little venture has evolved from a small experiment into a really successful start-up. Karen Symanowicz partnered up earlier this year with Matt, and together they are doing some really amazing things. Be sure to check out the site. • My wife, Laura, and I (Matt Colleran, MBA’06) welcomed our third child, Kennedy Elizabeth, on the Fourth of July. Kennedy joins our wild household, which already included older brother Jack (2) and big sister Riley (4). • Brett Harrington was recently made partner at the accounting and consulting professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brett has been with PwC since graduating from Boston College. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Audra, son Brady, and daughter Ashley. • Daniel Gonzalez, a partner at the Miami law firm Meland Russin & Budwick, has been honored as a 2014 Florida Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in the category of bankruptcy/business litigation. The recognition is based on factors including peer nominations, evaluations, and independent research. • Please keep the updates coming. We love hearing from all of you!
Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com
2000 15TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Congratulations go out to Erik DeMarco and his wife, Erin, who welcomed their first child,
Shane, on May 7. Shane was born at St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton. The family resides in Charlestown. • Best wishes also go to Kevin Boland and Kerrie Caulfield-Boland: Along with big brothers Kyle (6) and Kevin Patrick (3), they welcomed a new addition to their family in October 2013—a little girl, Kayla Eileen. Kerrie writes: “Everyone is enjoying the pink frenzy that has taken over our home!” • Please don’t forget to send me your news so I can share it with the rest of your classmates. Also, save the date for our 15th reunion: Come back to the Heights May 29–31 and enjoy the festivities!
Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com
2001 Hello, classmates. I hope autumn is treating you well. • Joe and Marisa (Consolla) Fava welcomed a daughter, Annabel Jean, on September 25, 2013. She joins big brother Ben (3). The family lives in Swampscott. • Proud parents Kerry and Kevin McCartney’s son Jack was born on April 22. Jack joins older brother Quinn (3) at home in Baltimore. • John and Christine (Judware) Cope are excited to be moving to Bennington, VT, where John is joining Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putman Physicians’ general surgery practice at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. John graduated from his general surgery residency at Baystate Medical Center in June 2013 and completed a fellowship in surgical critical care at Hartford Hospital in June 2014. • Brad Marxer and his wife, Lauren, are new parents to baby girl Lina Noelle, born on June 7. • Ernie Kappotis married Jennifer Attaide (Northeastern ’07) on June 21 in St. Ignatius Church. Ernie’s brothers Eric and Dante ’05 served as best men, and Don MacMillan, SJ, ’66, MDiv’72, officiated at the ceremony. Joshua Johnson and Brian Brickley ’02 were also part of the wedding party. Ernie is a stock market regulator in Boston for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and Jennifer is an ESL teacher at Welch Elementary School in Peabody, where she educates Portuguese- and Spanishspeaking children. The newlyweds live in Peabody and remain BC football season ticket
holders! • Elizabeth Collins is coauthor of Why Moats Matter: The Morningstar Approach to Stock Investing, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2014. • Theresa (Madison) Monteiro and her husband, Joe, are now parents to six little ones! Twins Maria and George were born in June and welcomed home by big siblings Luke, Charles, Amelia, and Raphaela. • Keep those updates coming! Have a wonderful holiday season.
Correspondent: Sandi Birkeland Kanne bc01classnotes@gmail.com
2002 It has been so wonderful to see so many classmates participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge! What a fantastic way to support fellow Eagle Pete Frates ’07! • Congratulations to Martha Plante Frydl and her husband, Brian, who are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Marie Seraphine, on St. Patrick’s Day. The couple reside in the suburbs of Washington DC. • Congratulations also to Liz Babinski Baker and her husband, Brent, who welcomed their first child, Tessa Katherine, on January 3. Tessa’s middle name was chosen especially for Liz’s sister, Katie Babinski Thompson ’05. The Bakers reside in Waltham. • Alison Kristen Simons, MBA’09, and Oscar Jose Augusto celebrated their marriage on June 14 with a backyard Brazilian BBQ wedding in Milton. The bridal party included Kerry Walsh ’03 and Antonio Augusto. Capt. Fr. John Simons officiated at the ceremony. • I am sorry to report that our fellow classmate Ryan S. Read of Austin, TX, passed away on March 28. We offer our prayers to his family.
Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com
2003 Mark ’04, MSF’12, and Katie (O’Hara) Cintolo, MA’05, and big brother Ryan welcomed baby Anna Kathryn into the world on May 29. • Nate and Katie (Foody) Proulx welcomed daughter Bridget Mary on March 8. Bridget joins big sister Erin. The happy family lives in Philadelphia. • Andrew Del Boccio and his wife, Kathryn, welcomed their second daughter, Margaret, on St. Patrick’s Day. Margaret joined her older sister, Eleanor, and the rest of the family only two months after their relocation to Johannesburg, South Africa, where Andrew continues to work for Pricewaterhouse-Coopers as an associate director in the Capital Markets Group. After more than six years in London, all are enjoying the reintroduction of regular sunshine into their lives. • Andrew and Alissa (Chang) Bain welcomed their second daughter, Charlotte Jane, on June 4. Big sister Amelie turned three in May. • Meaghan Traverse and her husband, Christopher Cox, welcomed John Christopher Traverse Cox into the world on March 23 and into their new home in Annandale, VA. The new parents are happy, exhausted, and completely in love with their little one.
Correspondent: ToniAnn Kruse kruseta@gmail.com
2004 Congratulations to Fr. James Hairston, who was recently named a board member of the Boston College Alumni Association. He will
serve a three-year term. • In baby news, congratulations to Tim, MA’05, and Christine (Burns) Williamson on the birth of twins, Breanna and Adam. Fellow ’05ers Tom Carco and Kate Eaton, MSW’06, are the godparents. Tim is working as the associate director of athletics at Harvard University. • Brianne Moskovitz Baxa and her husband, Phil, welcomed their son, Skyler Timothy, into the world on July 9. • My husband, Russ Pool ’95, and I welcomed our son, Albert James “AJ” Pool, on July 28. AJ is looking forward to joining the BC Class of 2036!
Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com
2005 10TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 Lane Marmon has been selected to the 2014 Connecticut Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. • Sara Mehltretter Drury recently was named to NerdScholar’s “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire” list (see more at www.nerdwallet. com/nerdscholar/40-under-40). Sara is an assistant professor of rhetoric at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN. • Nate Doornekamp and his wife, Leah, welcomed Arthur Scott Doornekamp into the world on May 16, 2014. • Chris Russo and his wife, Ashley Lott, welcomed their first child, daughter Elise Lott Russo, on May 21. The family resides in Jersey City, NJ. • Katherine Lee married Colin Sheen (BU ’01) on August 2 at St. Augustin’s Catholic Church in Newport, RI. The ceremony was officiated by classmate Fr. Ryan Connors. Katie’s BC roommate Christine McCarthy, MA’06, served as a bridesmaid. A reception for 150 people followed at Belle Mer, also in Newport. The couple reside in Stamford, CT, and New York City. • Clelia Castro-Malaspina was married to Michael Gore on July 26 on Bainbridge Island in Washington. Eagles in attendance were Skip and Allison Bensley Paul, Gina Chung, Heather Matheson, Caitlin Riley, Kyle Corigliano ’04, Veronica Korb, Alicia True, Jessie Rosen Luchow, Lindsey Cei, Brendan Vuolo, Maureen Dollinger ’04, and Katherine DeWeese Bennett JD’09. Patrick Downes and his wife, Jessica Kensky, attended the ceremony virtually via Facetime. Clelia is now a literary agent at Seattle-based Martin Literary Management, specializing in representing books for children and young adults. • David and Sara (Sairitupa) Tollerud welcomed their first child, Nathan Quinto Tollerud, on June 14. • Ryan Marsh married Natalie Patey (a BU alumna), whom he met through fellow Eagle Liz Kerrigan. Julie Cummings Marsh ’03, MSW’05, was a bridesmaid, and the groom’s party included Ronny Derosa, Jared Burke, Colin Carey MBA’11, and Mike Bruyette. Bill York ’70 attended, along with videographer Mike Porco. • Deborah Gross married Matthew Michels on May 31 at Bonnet Island Estate in Manahawkin, NJ. The maid of honor was Deborah’s good friend Nicole Beaulieu. The groom’s brothers Jonathan and Tucker served as best men, and another brother, David, was among the groomsmen. The couple honeymooned in Greece and now reside in Hoboken, NJ. Deborah majored in English and music at
BC, where she was also involved with theater; she was a member of the Chorale and the Hello… Shovelhead! sketch comedy group, and she wrote and performed in an original play, Mabel’s Able. After leaving BC, she was employed by Oxford University Press as a copywriter for advertising and promotions, and she now works for Scholastic Corporation as a merchandising manager. Matthew, who earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Fairfield University, is employed by J.P. Morgan in the liability-driven trading group.
Correspondent: Joe Bowden joe.bowden@gmail.com Correspondent: Justin Barrasso jbarrasso@gmail.com
2006 Christina Vetre married Jorge Salazar on July 20, 2013, in a bilingual ceremony in West Chester, PA. Linda Swank was a bridesmaid, and in true BC form, the Mass was celebrated by a Jesuit friend of the family, Rev. John Swope. Christina is a high school English language learning teacher, and Jorge is a community organizer for an immigrant rights organization. The two live in Downingtown, PA, and were excited to celebrate their one-year anniversary this past summer!
Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu
2007 Proud parents Carlos and Lisa (Bernabei) Munoz, JD’10, welcomed their first child, Henry Francis, on June 5, 2014. • Brandon Solarana and Krystyna Orzechowski ’10, who first met in Mod 28A, were married on June 7 at Holy Comforter–Saint Cyprian Roman Catholic Church in Washington DC. As it was a double Eagle wedding, Boston College was well represented: Alumni included groomsman Chase Courtland Frazee Smith, bridesmaid Sakina Sojar ’10, Jeffrey Picard ’06, William Walsh ’05, Alexander Packer, Brittany Newton ’10, Alexander Jansen, Amanda Cowie, Andrew Faughnan, Brian Tichenor, Christen McHaffie, Ryan McHaffie, Dennis Reardon, Jonathan Wolff, Michael Jones, Thomas Chandler ’09, Alexandra Heinz ’10, Jeffrey Nafash ’10, Jennifer Bress ’10, Brendan Beatty ’11, Jessica Sobrino ’10, Miriam Bischoff ’10, and Ted Brisbin ’10. The couple live in Washington DC, where Brandon works for the Department of State as a foreign affairs officer, and Krystyna is completing her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Correspondent: Lauren Faherty Bagnell lauren.faherty@gmail.com
2008 Sean and Nicole Hickey are happy to welcome their third child and first daughter, Natalie Morgan. She was born on her mother’s birthday!
Correspondent: Maura Tierney mauraktierney@gmail.com
2009 Denis Boulanger was accepted to New York University’s Stern School of Business and 69
began his studies there in September. • Matthew Porter has been promoted to capitol bureau chief for WCIA 3, the CBS affiliate for Springfield and Champaign-Urbana, IL.
Correspondent: Timothy Bates tbates86@gmail.com
2010 5TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 In August, Andrea Dropkin was recognized by Workforce magazine as a 2014 Game Changer. Andrea, who is manager of university relations and contingent workforce at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, designed and launched the Cubist Campus Champions program, which partnered the company with a dozen universities to create campus ambassadors who promote the company to job-seeking students. She joined Cubist in 2009 as an HR intern while she was still a student at BC. • After graduating from BC, Stephanie Parker went on to Northeastern University School of Law, earning her JD degree in May 2013. As a law student, she interned at various places, including the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington DC. Upon graduating and passing the Massachusetts bar exam, she was hired as an associate attorney at O’Connor, Carnathan and Mack LLC in Burlington, where she currently works, practicing in the area of general civil litigation. • Alexandra Shabanian graduated from Emerson College in June with her master’s in integrated marketing communication. She is currently putting her degree to work as an assistant account executive at Hill Holliday. • Christopher Scullin is currently taking a leave from Bain Capital Private Equity and joining the Harvard Business School Class of 2016. • Diandra Sciarappa and Michael Murphy are happy to announce their recent marriage. The couple met during Diandra’s freshman year at Boston College. Diandra studied psychology and communication at BC and then went on to earn a master’s in communication management from Emerson College. Michael graduated from Framingham State University with a degree in history and secondary education. The couple married on May 31 at Saint Joseph’s Church in the bride’s hometown of Medford with two fellow Eagles by her side: Stephanie Parker as maid of honor and Eva Franco as a bridesmaid. The couple honeymooned on St. Lucia. • Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the Class of 2010’s five-year reunion, May 29–31, 2015!
Correspondent: Bridget K. Sweeney bridget.k.sweeney@gmail.com
2011 Correspondent: Brittany Lynch brittanymichele8@gmail.com
2012 In August, Dano Kennedy, SJ, pronounced his first vows into the Society of Jesus. Cara Snajczuk, who was among those at the ceremony, reports: “Dano has spent the last two years as a novice in the Midwestern Province of the Jesuits. Eighteen of Dano’s BC classmates shared in the festivities in St. Paul, 70
MN. They included Matt Barchick, Stephen Byrnes, Sean McIntee, Ben Schneeman, Michael Scichili, Christopher Schuele, Mark Dornauer, Abby Stemper, Matthew Cullen, Tess Nicholson, Erin Butler, John Kelly, Kelley McKenna MA’12, Alli Gabbert, Dave Cronin, Chris Mario, and Tim O’Keefe. Next, Dano will be studying philosophy at Saint Louis University as a Jesuit scholastic.” • In June, Megan Rauch completed her two-year commitment to Teach For America. As a corps member, she taught high school English, writing, and publications at Mojave High School in North Las Vegas. During this time, she also earned her master’s in education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Megan has relocated to the Chicago area, where she is working on her master’s in journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Correspondent: Riley Sullivan sullivan.riley.o@gmail.com
2013 In August, Charles Rechtiene was selected as a winner of the Whiteboard Innovative Challenge, sponsored by Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business. For two weeks in June, Challenge team members drove a truck wrapped in whiteboard material through the streets of Boston, searching for the best innovators, ideators, and change agents to participate. Charles, an analyst at J.P. Morgan in Boston, submitted his winning idea of “dynamic pricing” in response to the challenge’s first question: “How would you use technology to solve a problem you face every day?” Charles’s submission was selected from more than 100 submissions by a judging panel consisting of D’Amore-McKim Innovation faculty.
Correspondent: Bryanna Mahony bryanna.mahony@gmail.com
2014 In July, Jaclyn Reveley joined O’Neill and Associates as executive assistant to CEO Thomas P. O’Neill III ’68. In her new position, she provides client and administrative support, facilitates political fundraiser activities, and coordinates philanthropic giving for the company. Earlier, she was a public relations intern at O’Neill, and she also worked as a research assistant at the Center for Irish Programs at Boston College and as a team representative for Superfly Marketing Group. Jaclyn majored in history and human development at BC and was also actively involved in the community, working as a middle-school soccer coach at Newton Country Day School. Originally from Palm Beach, FL, she currently resides in Boston. • Also in July, Virginia Kerrigan joined Avison Young, a Torontobased commercial real estate services firm, as an associate, focusing on tenant and landlord representation. She follows in the footsteps of her father and fellow BC alumnus, Jack Kerrigan ’72, who is a principal and managing director of the firm’s Boston office. Virginia previously worked with companies in commercial real estate and related industries, and she is actively involved in various industry and charitable associations, including NAIOP, the Commercial Brokers Association, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Virginia resides in Boston’s North End. • Class of 2014, share your news in Class Notes! Email your submission to us at classnotes@ bc.edu, or post it on the BC alumni online community at bc.edu/community—where you can also include a picture, if you wish. • Also, we are seeking a correspondent to represent your class in these pages. If you would like to serve in this role, reporting news of the Class of 2014, please contact us at classnotes@bc.edu.
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carroll school In May, Ed Harris, MBA’09, joined the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board as VP of marketing and communications. The nonprofit organization is devoted to spurring tourism throughout Montgomery County, PA. Ed was previously a marketing director at eBay, and he earlier led marketing teams and oversaw branding at Destination Maternity Corp., Under Armour, Timberland, and Converse. He is also an adjunct marketing professor at St. Joseph’s University and serves as a board member of Bike and Build, a nonprofit that uses cross-country cycling trips to raise awareness for affordable housing. • John Clifford, MBA’10, has joined EnerNOC as a strategic business development manager out of their Boston office.
Correspondent: John Clifford clifford.jr@gmail.com
connell school Correspondent: Katy Phillips katyelphillips@gmail.com
gsas Correspondent: Leslie Poole Petit lpoolepetit@gmail.com
bc social work Tom Broffman, PhD’02, has been appointed field education director for the BSW program at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, beginning in September. Tom has been a professor at ECSU since 2002. • Abby Soriero-Durand, MSW’12, is an oncology social worker in cancer care services at Day Kimball Hospital in Connecticut. Abby was featured in the Hartford Courant Reminder News for cowriting and receiving a grant for her clinic from Pink Aid. • Anthony Agostinelli, MSW’62, has retired after 25 years of teaching social work and social and health sciences at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. He was previously associate director of the United Way of Southeastern New England, executive director of the Urban Coalition of Rhode Island, and director of urban affairs in the executive offices of the mayor of Providence. Anthony recently published his first mystery novel. • Daniel Nakamoto, MSP’77, has been named
executive director of the Mental Health Association of Greater Lowell, a Massachusetts nonprofit that serves to promote mental health, prevent mental illness, and improve care and treatment of the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. Correspondent: Elizabeth Abbott Wenger gsswalumni@bc.edu; lizabbott@gmail.com
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In 70 years, when I am 93 years old, I want to be able to look back on my life and know that I have an enormous collection of unforgettable experiences. I want people to say, ‘Wow. That guy Gunnar Esiason has lived a great life.’” —Gunnar Esiason ’13
lynch school Ashley Fee, MEd’09, married Conor E. Reeves, of Garden City, NY, on August 2. The wedding took place at the Church of St. Anne in Garden City and was followed by a reception at the Garden City Country Club. Among the many Boston College alumni in the wedding party or attending the festivities were Michael R. Fee ’79, Elizabeth Begly Fee ’79, Lyndsay Fee ’08, Michael Fee Jr. ’11, Kevin T. Fee ’71, Kevin T. Fee Jr. ’00, Courtney Fee Butler ’05, Christy Fee Kaskey ’89, and Michael J. Fee ’93 and his wife, Suzanne Sorial-Fee ’93. • In May, Brian Samble, MA’11, graduated from the University of Tennessee with a PhD in higher education administration. His research focused on the design of a world-class university in Denmark, where he traveled earlier this year.
Correspondent: Marianne Lucas Lescher mariannelescher@yahoo.com
stm School of Theology & Ministry stmalum@bc.edu 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800
woods college In September, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth named Kevin Coughlin, MS’00, senior VP of system development. Kevin has been managing health systems and physician networks for 15 years, most recently as senior VP at Elliot Health System in Manchester, NH, where he was responsible for strategic planning and operations of the Elliot Physician Network and Ambulatory Services. Earlier, he was COO for the Boston Medical Center Faculty Practice Foundation, and he also worked in various administrative positions at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Correspondent: Jane T. Crimlisk ’74 janecrimlisk@yahoo.com 37 Leominster Road Dedham, MA 02026; 781-326-0290
Living Life to Its Fullest
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don’t think I would ever Gunnar trade my life for a different one,” says Gunnar Esiason. “I really do like who I am.” Diagnosed at the age of 2 with » MAJOR: English cystic fibrosis (CF), an incurable » Currently: Program genetic disorder that severely Director, Boomer compromises the lungs, Gunnar Esiason Foundation Esiason has already outperformed expectations—then, CF patients » Living in: Plandome, N.Y. could hope to reach the age of 20 if they were lucky. Now 23, Gunnar is a passionate spokesman for CF patients, blogging in unflinching detail about life with the disease at gunnaresiason.com. Soon after Gunnar’s diagnosis, his mother and father, broadcaster and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, founded the Boomer Esiason Foundation to heighten CF awareness and support its research and treatment; it has since raised over $100 million. Gunnar has been a CF “poster child” most of his life and values the opportunity to show others how active, productive, and joy-filled life can be. “I have the best family—including my amazing sister, Sydney, who just graduated from BC—and friends I could ever ask for,” he says. “I had the best four years of my life at Boston College. I work, I coach, I was an athlete growing up and I still love to play sports—my dad and I love playing hockey together. I live a great life.” “Cystic fibrosis has taught me to be resilient,” says Gunnar. “I don’t take no for an answer, and I know I can be whatever I want to be.” What’s next? “Law school!”
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OBITUARIES boston college alumni deaths
1940s John J. Costello ’39, MEd’41, of North Andover on January 16, 2014. Charles J. Ahern ’42 of Arlington on September 9, 2014. Joseph F. Krebs ’44, MA’49, of Peabody on June 24, 2014.
James J. Hamrock ’51 of Canton on July 24, 2014.
William J. Collins ’56 of Lowell on July 27, 2014.
1960s
William F. Hanrahan ’51 of Rockville, MD, on June 15, 2014.
Richard T. Day ’56 of Manchester, CT, on July 22, 2014.
John A. Case, MEd’60, of South Yarmouth on July 4, 2014.
Joseph P. Kane ’51 of Marshfield on August 26, 2014.
Paul B. Dorsey ’56 of Canton, formerly of Milton, on August 22, 2014.
Nicholas D. Mastronardi ’60 of Mamaroneck, NY, on August 18, 2014.
John W. Kane, Esq., JD’56, of Quincy, formerly of Stoneham, on August 11, 2014.
Michael A. Nardolillo, MSW’60, of Albany, NY, on April 2, 2014.
Marietta Mahoney, SND, MA’51, of Worcester, formerly of Cambridge, on September 1, 2014. Francis J. O’Hara ’51 of Bedford on November 25, 2013.
Thomas J. McAuliffe ’56 of Saugus, formerly of Boston, on August 4, 2014.
Vivian Y. Chartier ’61 of Lincoln, RI, on July 6, 2014.
Anthony L. Bruno ’45, MA’47, of Revere on April 6, 2014.
Anthony R. Santo ’51 of Eagle Lake, FL, and Norwalk, CT, on July 9, 2014.
John J. Havlin ’45 of Brewster on August 24, 2014.
John A. Venti ’51 of Walpole on September 2, 2014.
John J. McCarthy ’45 of Wayland on September 22, 2014.
John E. Fitzgerald ’52 of Framingham on July 25, 2014.
Thomas M. Moran ’45 of Houston, TX, on July 20, 2014.
Dorothea M. Hannon WCAS’52 of Quincy on June 17, 2014.
Power Fraser Jr. ’47 of Greenwich, CT, on July 23, 2014.
Lewis E. Jones, Esq., LLB’52, of Naples, FL, on June 18, 2014.
Erle S. Myers ’48, MSW’50, of Watertown on November 28, 2013.
John K. Kennedy ’52 of Canton and Dennis Port on June 22, 2014.
Leonie M. Sheehan, SSND, WCAS’48, MEd’76, MA’52, of Wilton, CT, on July 19, 2014.
Nicholas J. Pellegrino ’52, MS’54, of Braintree and Harwich Port on June 20, 2013.
Charles S. Carroll Jr. ’49 of Houston, TX, on February 17, 2014.
Phyllis Dustin Smith ’52 of Humarock on August 15, 2014.
John E. Grainger ’57 of Falmouth on July 10, 2014.
John G. Emmons ’49 of Crystal Beach, FL, formerly of Cohasset, on August 17, 2014.
Joseph C. Hogan Jr. ’62, MS’67, PhD’69, of Belmont on May 22, 2014.
Nicholas J. Spagnolo, CSS, MA’52, of Lexington on December 25, 2013.
William E. O’Neil, Esq., JD’57, of Naples, FL, and Westwood on August 3, 2014.
Donald J. Pirozzi ’63 of Hilton Head Island, SC, on July 30, 2014.
John J. Gearin ’49, MA’54, of Arlington, formerly of Boston, on August 22, 2014. Joseph L. Medina ’49 of Billerica on July 8, 2014.
1950s Joseph J. Diminick ’50 of Mount Carmel, PA, on July 2, 2014. Charles J. Drane ’50 of Reading on July 6, 2014. Francis J. Lydon ’50 of Canton on June 21, 2014.
Lillian F. Bannon ’53, MEd’57, of Taunton on July 8, 2014. Lawrence J. Drennan ’53 of North Weymouth, formerly of Medford, on August 10, 2014. Paul F. X. Moriarty, Esq., LLB’53, of Abington on July 3, 2014. Francis A. Mullen ’53 of Hot Springs, AR, on July 27, 2014. Theresa F. Cussen, MEd’54, of Dorchester on July 6, 2014. John E. Fenton Jr., JD’54, of Andover on August 24, 2014.
Robert W. Densmore ’61, MBA’66, of East Dennis on August 27, 2014.
John E. McManus ’56 of Georgetown on August 8, 2014.
Frank G. Dewar, Esq., JD’61, of Waltham on July 25, 2013.
Gerald F. O’Neill, JD’56, of West Harwich and Worcester on June 24, 2014.
Ernest A. DiMattia Jr. ’61 of Stamford, CT, on June 26, 2014.
Thomas E. Palmer Jr. WCAS’56, MBA’61, of Bonita Springs, FL, on June 1, 2014. Alice M. Shea ’56 of Melrose on July 28, 2014. Mary Morrissey Sweeney WCAS’56 of Arlington on December 25, 2013. Kathleen Gosselin Wingsted ’56 of Mashpee on August 24, 2014.
Eileen McCauley Perrotta ’57 of Norwell on July 19, 2014. Robert D. Burke ’58 of Raynham, formerly of Brockton, on July 1, 2014. Neil P. Campbell ’58 of Centerville, formerly of Needham, on November 25, 2013.
Lionel A. Gagnon Jr. ’61 of Hamilton, OH, on February 3, 2014. Mary Gummere Hall NC’61 of Falmouth, ME, on August 3, 2014. Ann M. Maughn ’61 of Weymouth on August 5, 2014. Pauline D. Fournier, SUSC, WCAS’62, of North Attleboro on July 7, 2014.
Elizabeth A. Tormey, MEd’63, of Yarmouth on September 15, 2014. Eleanor McMorrow Barbara ’64 of Denver, NC, on November 25, 2013. Jeffrey P. Cooper ’64 of Narragansett, RI, on September 5, 2014. Anthony J. Demasco ’64 of Westbury, NY, on August 11, 2014.
Marie Lucille Fournier, OP, MA’58, CAES’74, of Sabattus, ME, on June 28, 2014.
Jane Bender Gentzler, MS’64, of Cleveland, OH, on September 15, 2014.
John J. Kirwin ’58 of Harwich on April 5, 2014.
Barbara T. Brine, MSW’65, of Centerville on August 22, 2014.
Lucille K. Kozlowski, Esq., JD’58, of Nashua, NH, on August 4, 2014.
John D. Frechette ’65 of Naples, FL; Toledo, OH; and Mashpee, on July 29, 2014.
Alfred E. McCooey ’50 of Wakefield, RI, on September 18, 2014.
Eleanor O’Brien McManus WCAS’54 of Harwich on June 1, 2014.
Leo D. McKillop ’50, MEd’54 of Hollis, NH, on August 1, 2014.
John V. Moreschi ’54 of Quincy and Dennis on September 12, 2014.
Joseph T. Lundy ’58 of Saint Paul, MN, on March 19, 2013.
Sull Slaine, Esq., JD’50, of Boca Raton, FL, on May 16, 2014.
Paul A. Burke ’55 of Swampscott on July 31, 2014.
Arthur W. Volpe Jr. ’58 of Rehoboth on July 24, 2014.
Gerald A. Sullivan ’50, MS’56, of Middlesex, NJ, on August 3, 2014.
Paul J. Comeau ’55 of Melrose on July 9, 2014.
Robert E. Coyne ’59 of Merrimack, NH, on August 2, 2014.
Francis G. Bane ’51 of Belmont on September 17, 2014.
Maurice E. McCarthy ’55 of Duxbury on September 4, 2014.
William J. Driscoll ’59 of Sunset Beach, NC, on June 26, 2014.
James J. Capone ’51 of Bristol, CT, on June 23, 2014.
Daniel J. Reilly Jr. WCAS’55 of Rockland on September 12, 2014.
Joseph E. Hagan ’59 of Billerica on September 16, 2014.
Paul Falvey ’51 of New York, NY, and Manasquan, NJ, on August 12, 2014.
Albert D. Sullivan Jr. ’55 of University Place, WA, on June 23, 2014.
George L. Harkins ’59 of Douglasville, GA, on July 16, 2014.
Neil P. Trumbour ’66 of Hudson, formerly of Waltham, on July 8, 2014.
Richard E. Frates ’51 of Barrington, RI, on July 9, 2014.
Paul J. Carey ’56 of Needham on August 20, 2014.
Claire Malis Kingston ’59 of Milton, Brewster, and Estero, FL, on July 7, 2014.
Charles H. Vaughn Jr. ’66 of New Rochelle, NY, formerly of Pelham, NY, on September 5, 2014.
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Louise M. Pare ’65 of Lewiston, ME, on July 14, 2014. Henry C. Riley, MBA’65, of Westwood; Dennis; and Sarasota, FL, on July 22, 2014. William A. Garrigle, Esq., JD’66, of Moorestown, NJ, on July 15, 2014. Beverly Burt Nichols, MSW’66, of Mobile, AL, on July 4, 2014.
Annmarie Sullivan Cupoli ’67, MS’69 of Tampa, FL, on March 12, 2012. Peter J. Heffernan WCAS’67 of Arlington, formerly of Cambridge, on June 30, 2014. Natalie M. Mara ’67 of Pittsfield on August 9, 2014.
Barbara A. Kreckie ’75 of Quincy on September 2, 2014.
Brian J. Leslie, Esq., JD’94, of Wallingford, CT, on July 1, 2014.
Theodore S. Graboski ’01 of Bayside, NY, on July 24, 2014.
Anne Marie Simpkins NC’75 of Maple Shade, NJ, in September 2014.
Lee R. White, MSW’94, of Salem, formerly of Newton, on June 22, 2014.
Darby Stott, MBA’02, of Boston on September 12, 2014.
James A. Doyle, PhD’76, of Quincy on August 3, 2014.
Virginia G. Rice, MSW’95, of Chestnut Hill on September 1, 2014.
Dympna Smith, RSM, MEd’67, of Mashpee on September 7, 2014.
Mary Anne Huddleston, IHM, MEd’76, of Monroe, MI, on August 2, 2014.
JoAnne Bucci DiJulia ’68 of Wilmington on December 5, 2013.
Kenneth W. McGrath, MBA’76, of Amherst, NH, on July 17, 2014.
Michael E. Dowling ’68 of Marana, AZ, on December 26, 2013.
Gregory S. Watterworth ’78 of Southbury, CT, on July 18, 2014.
Michael T. MacNeil ’68 of Londonderry, NH, on June 17, 2014.
Michael K. McNulty ’79 of Naples, FL, on June 11, 2014.
Leo J. Mahan ’68 of Edwardsville, PA, on July 14, 2014. Patrick J. Murphy, Esq., ’68 of Arlington on August 4, 2014. Donna M. Delahanty NC’69 of Newton on November 24, 2013. Maria Isabel Franco, SSD, MA’69, of Taunton on July 27, 2014.
1980s David J. Fenton Jr. ’80 of Hingham on July 8, 2014. Sheila Becker Gailius ’80, MA’12, of Milton on March 9, 2014.
Thomas L. Langstone ’69 of Holbrook on July 22, 2014.
Carolyn M. Johnson Trosdal, MSW’80, of Bluffton, SC, on July 7, 2014.
Patricia Ryan, SSND, MA’69, of Wilton, CT, on July 28, 2014.
Joseph J. Dowd WCAS’81 of Boston on August 14, 2014.
1970s Mary T. Shevlin Murray, MA’70, of Braintree on June 19, 2014. Marie Sally Cleary, MA’71, of Amherst on December 2, 2012. Alice Jeghelian, PhD’71, of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Boston, on June 21, 2014. John S. Mooney ’71 of Hampstead, NH, formerly of Atkinson, NH, on July 19, 2014. Douglas W. Mulaire ’71 of East Hampton, CT, on September 8, 2014. Thomas J. Roan ’71 of Stoughton on July 1, 2014. Mary E. Guerrera Congo ’72 of Brighton on April 6, 2014. Alice Cataldo Araujo WCAS’73 of Stoughton on August 8, 2014. Amelia Mae Irvin, MEd’73, of Media, PA, on July 30, 2014. John K. Primeau, PhD’73, of Venice, FL, and Providence, RI, on August 1, 2014.
Janice E. Mercurio Hasty ’81 of Cambridge on May 30, 2014. Carol A. Sunde, MSW’82, of Charlestown on June 21, 2014. Lyyli Joan Cox Brown, CAES’83, of Sharon on August 7, 2014. Donna M. Bielski WCAS’84 of Dorchester, formerly of Needham, on June 29, 2014. John J. Lysaght Jr. ’84 of Manhasset, NY, formerly of Louisville, KY, on August 28, 2014. Constance T. Murray ’84 of Cos Cob, CT, on June 16, 2014. Holly Nesmith Fordyce, MSW’86, of Carlisle on August 12, 2014. Jodie Ann Limon Montoya ’86, MA’86, of Orleans on July 15, 2014. Jacqueline Hannon Mansfield ’87 of Medway on September 9, 2014. Tracy Schier, PhD’87, of Hudson, NH, on August 14, 2014. Mary Catherine Howley Quirk ’88, MS’13, of Hyde Park on September 25, 2014.
Mary P. Barnard ’74 of Jessup, MD, on August 13, 2014.
1990s
Philip G. Freeman ’74 of Englewood, NJ, formerly of Lynn, on August 10, 2014.
Joseph J. Indelicato ’91 of New York, NY, on August 24, 2014.
Timothy B. Rhatican, Esq., ’74 of Plano, TX, on August 4, 2014. John F. Sweitzer ’74 of Forest Hills, NY, on June 29, 2014.
Eric S. Olson ’91 of Ridgewood, NJ, on August 23, 2014. Elizabeth V. Earls, MA’92, of Kingston, RI, formerly of Worcester, on August 12, 2014.
Scott R. Gamache ’97 of Franklin on September 3, 2014. William Prospero, SJ, MDiv’97, of Milwaukee, WI, on September 8, 2014.
Alison M. Pochebit ’07 of Barrington, RI, on June 27, 2014. Catherine Mason Reynolds, MA’07, MSW’07, of Osterville on September 20, 2014. Marlene L. Bryant, PhD’09, of Liverpool, NY, on January 16, 2014.
Kevin John Plavan ’98 of New York, NY, on August 15, 2014. Brian Thomas Lynch ’99 of North Plainfield, NJ, on April 28, 2014.
2000s Maura J. Driscoll, MSW’00, of Dedham on September 4, 2014.
Editor’s note: In the Summer issue, we mistakenly listed Richard S. Tyrell Jr. ’81 among our deceased alumni; it was his father, Richard S. Tyrell Sr. ’50, whom we lost on May 10, 2014. We regret the error.
boston college community deaths Patricia Branowicki, of Upton, PhD candidate at the Connell School of Nursing, on August 29, 2014, at age 55. She is survived by her husband, Michael; parents Aldor and Carol; siblings Joseph, James, Michael, and Karen; and many nieces and nephews. Benjamin David Clarke, of Brighton, English PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, on September 11, 2014, at age 31. He is survived by his parents Derrel and Eileen; siblings Kaythryn, Stephen, Michael, and Karina; grandmother Elanore; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Richard Landau, of Peabody, employee in the development office from 1979 to 1981 and 1984 to 1995, on October 4, 2014, at age 85. He is survived by his wife, Ann; daughters Ruth and Esther; and grandchildren Ruby Jane, Samuel, Abraham, Nathan, and Mierka. Carol Anne MacIntyre, of Allston, staff assistant in the Office of the President since 2001, on August 14, 2014. She is survived by her siblings John, Douglas, William, and Virginia; and several nieces and nephews. James McInnis, of Plymouth, groundskeeper since 1986, on August 24, 2014, at age 67. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; son, Joseph; and sister Patricia Pfeiffer. Katherine McQuade Toig, of Brookline, graduate student in the Connell School of Nursing, on September 19, 2014, at age 33. She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey; son Cole; parents Thomas and Joan; and siblings David and Blake. 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. 73
SPOTLIGHT The Center for Student Formation Guiding Eagles Through BC and Beyond
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tudent formation is a hallmark of BC’s Jesuit, Catholic mission, encouraging students to fully explore and integrate their intellectual, social, and spiritual talents as they journey through college. Since 2009, the Center for Student Formation has served as home to the University’s efforts. Led by Director Mike Sacco, the center offers retreats, peer mentoring, and other initiatives to help Eagles connect and reflect.
Most programs are offered at little or no cost to students, enabling all to benefit from these rich resources. The center is an integral part of the University’s commitment to student formation, which remains a key priority of BC’s Light the World campaign. Here, a look at how the center helped guide students along their path last year:
MENTORING AND RETREATS Last year, nearly 600 students participated in the center’s signature programs: a three-day Halftime Retreat and two year-long mentoring groups, the Freshmen League for men and Ascend for sophomore women.
Freshmen League for Men
200 Participants 50 Junior and senior captains
3,950 Examens* completed last year
Ascend for Sophomore Women
64 Participants 16 Senior mentors 95% rated
their experience as “extremely beneficial”
Halftime Retreats
207 Participants 40 Student leaders 90% Said Halftime
was “well worth my time”
* A Jesuit practice of prayer and self-reflection
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CAUSE FOR
3 Full-time staff at the Center for Student Formation
15 Student assistants 24 Public presentations on student culture and formation
15 Cross-campus partnerships, including AHANA student programs, Prison Arts Outreach, Xcel leadership training, and more
24,670 Student hours spent on retreats offered through the center and its partners
144 Staff hours coaching students to give effective retreat talks
24,954 Alumni, parents, and friends have made Light the World campaign gifts to support BC’s student formation initiatives and Jesuit, Catholic heritage
REFLECTION Back cover: Campus statue of St. Ignatius made possible through the generosity of Sally Engelhard Pingree and the Engelhard Foundation
BY THE NUMBERS
Three Eagles share how the Center for Student Formation informs their lives at the Heights and in the world: Kellie Murray ’16 A nursing major, Kellie has attended Ascend, Halftime, and other retreats.
“Student formation programs like these were a big part of what drew me to Boston College. I looked forward to my Ascend meeting every week and appreciated being able to give and receive feedback from other women the same age and going through the same experiences. It was a safe space to talk about meaningful topics—classes, dating, body image—and the senior mentors were wonderful resources for insight.”
Jerome Wright ’15 A psychology major, Jerome is both a Halftime leader and a Freshmen League captain this year.
“Mentally and spiritually, these programs truly helped me become the man I am today. They taught me to be more authentic in my relationships, to see how my decisions shape my identity, and to ask not just ‘What do I want from life?’ but ‘What is my purpose?’ As a mentor, I can pass those lessons on to new students and help them find their own niche.”
Dr. Michael Zavaski ’07 Originally a business major, Mike switched to biology after a service trip helped him find his calling. Now a urology resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, he has been an alumni volunteer at Halftime retreats and is a Light the World donor.
“The BC retreats and service trips I experienced still guide my life and, now that they’re part of the Center for Student Formation, I know even more students are being helped. I use those same lessons when mentoring medical students, who often aren’t sure of their own path. ‘What am I good at? What brings me joy? What does the world need me to do?’ Those questions will always be a part of me.”
The Light the World campaign has now raised $1.3 billion toward its $1.5-billion goal for vital priorities, including student formation and BC’s distinctive Jesuit, Catholic heritage. 75