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Annual Report Volume 1 • Issue 2 • Fall/Winter 2005

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ON CAMPUS Comings and Goings Nichols College Means Business with International Accreditation Paul Caprera Receives Red Cross International Humanitarian Worker Award Would You Like Beans with That?

Students Experience the World

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COVER STORY Remembering the Vendetti Years Stadium Project: Vendetti Field Donors Nichols Dedicates Lombard Dining Hall 2005 Alumni Awards 2005 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

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FEATURE—Annual Report 2005 Gift Clubs Alumni (Giving by Year) Groups Board of Trustees 2004–2005 Volunteers Milestones

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ALUMNI A View from the Hill Nichols Grad Portrayed by George Clooney in New Film Class Notes Catching up with Art Assad ’65 Catching up with Paul Wigglesworth ’86 Catching up with Lisa Kimball ’02 Socials Nichols Remembers

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Bridging the Past and Present Coach, teacher and mentor Mike Vendetti

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IKE VENDETTI AND HIS WIFE, JOAN, EPITOMIZE the spirit of Nichols College. As football’s winningest coach, Mike led the Bison to five victorious New England Football Conference championships. As teacher and mentor, he ensured that lessons learned on the field were as meaningful to students as those learned in the classroom. An innovator, Mike advanced women’s athletics with the introduction of basketball, softball and Debra M. Murphy Ph.D. field hockey programs. His service to Nichols spanned 24 years and generations of students, and the prevailing sentiment among former athletes is that Coach Mike really cared about his players.

While raising their three sons on campus, Mike and Joan opened their home and their hearts to the sons and daughters of Nichols. The Vendettis fostered close personal bonds that contributed to the success and well-being of the students under their watch. With words of encouragement or a comforting home-cooked meal, they shared in the hopes, joys and frustrations of our students and gave a deeper meaning to the term “Nichols family.” To this day, Mike and Joan maintain relationships with many of our graduates.

At Homecoming 2005, in a fitting tribute to Coach Mike, the new multipurpose field was dubbed the Michael J. Vendetti Field. In an impressive display of gratitude, more than 70 former players returned to campus to support Mike on this special day. They were proud of the spectacular new home of the Bison but even prouder that the new field would commemorate Mike’s place in Nichols history and in their own lives.

Vendetti Field is important because it is a poignant representation of the past. But it is also a powerful symbol of the present and future. In our continuous efforts to provide students with the tools they need to succeed in all of their endeavors, we are strengthening our commitment to athletics and making additional investments to enhance our competitiveness as well as the overall college experience.

Transforming the football field into a multipurpose, state-of-the-art sports arena has been part of a continuum of projects designed to update our facilities and to reinforce the fact that athletics is a rewarding, meaningful and integral co-curricular activity. In 2000, we opened the Recreation and Athletic Center which has vastly improved our basketball, volleyball, intramural and recreational athletics programs.

Also, to the relief and joy of many, we recently replaced the playing floor in Chalmers Field House.

Our men’s and women’s basketball teams got another boost this year with the hiring of full-time coaches. And there is more to come.

We are on the threshold of a new era in Nichols athletics, one that is shaped by our respect for tradition and the need for advancement. The Michael J. Vendetti Field is the perfect bridge between the two, and the best way to show that Bison spirit is alive and flourishing on the Hill.

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Comings and Goings The Nichols College Board of Trustees welcomed new members in the spring and fall. Mary DeFeudis serves on the boards of UMass Memorial Foundation, Hope Lodge, and the Worcester Chapter of the American Red Cross. She is also an owner of the Worcester Tornadoes. Bruce C. Ginsberg is president, CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of MooBella, LLC, an innovative ice cream machine vending and distribution company.

He earned BS and MBA degrees at Boston College. Kurt R. Harrington ’74 serves as the chief financial officer for Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Virg.

He earned a BS at Nichols and is a certified public accountant. Gurbachan (GB) Singh, MD, is a retired practicing surgeon who worked at the Fallon Clinic in Webster, Mass., since 1971.

He also serves on the boards of the Webster Five Cents Savings Bank, Hubbard Regional Hospital, and the Commerce Insurance Company and is a member of the United Way. Trustees James Coghlin ’67 and Phillip Collins ’66 were named the national chairs of the College’s President’s Leadership Society. The society, which comprises donors who contribute $1,000 or more each year to Nichols, is an increasing emphasis of the College’s fundraising activities and the new chairs say they will focus on its growth in the coming year.

Deborah Mayerson joined the staff as director of advancement. She most recently served as director of institutional advancement at the Longy

What’s Afoot in Operations Management

Professor Timothy Liptrap, a Rotarian,

On October 19th, 50 students from

recently started a chapter of Rotaract

Professor Art Duhaime’s Operations

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Management class took a tour of the

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Linemaster Switch Corporation facilities

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Nichols students were shown all facets

business students to network into the

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(Above: left to right) Seniors Brent Newhall, Nick Slocum, and Mike Carven don their safety goggles to lead a team “hurrah.”

(Above: top, left to right) Brian Perry, WebsterDudley Rotary co-advisor; Alex Arsenault; John Gilberto, Nichols Rotaract president; Andrew Jolda; Professor Timothy Liptrap, co-advisor (bottom, left to right) Hillary Scott; Bryan Muenzner; Cory Ververis

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Horror in the Library On October 30th, Halloween on the Hill got a lot scarier with the addition of a special storytelling event. A standing room only crowd gathered in the Library at 11 p.m. for an hour’s worth of traditional macabre by master storyteller, Nichols Library Director Jim Douglas. The stories were deliciously chilling!

(Left) Jim Douglas and friend stand before a portrait of Nichols Academy founder, Amasa Nichols.

Lending a Hand On behalf of Nichols College students, faculty and staff, President Murphy presented the Red Cross of Central Massachusetts chapter with a check for $6,985.31 (which included a generous contribution from Board of Trustee member Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69) to help serve the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

How Time Flies Faculty and staff were honored for years of service at the 2005 Employee Appreciation Luncheon on October 11th.

Symposium Focuses on Respect Al Toney was keynote speaker for the Advanced Leadership Symposium held on September 25th. Charlyn Robert, director of athletics, organized the program to provide Nichols students with a support system for a safe and respectful living and learning

School of Music in Cambridge, Mass., and before that, in development capacities at Brandeis University, Babson College, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Mayerson earned a BA degree in English and education and an MA degree in communications management at Simmons College in Boston.

Reverend Conrad Pecevich, who served as the Nichols College chaplain since 1989, has been assigned by the Diocese of Worcester as pastor of St. Paul’s Parish in Blackstone, Mass. As chaplain, Fr. Pecevich offered an interfaith approach to help support the spiritual needs and development of Nichols students. Said Brian McCoy, EdD, dean of student services, “From invocations to benedictions, and everything in between, Father Conrad has been a source of inspiration, a compassionate ear, and a true role model of how important it is to give of one’s self for the betterment of others. His presence as our chaplain will be greatly missed.” Fr. Pecevich will continue his teaching duties in the undergraduate day program.

The College named Wayne-Daniel Berard, associate professor of English, to the position of director of spiritual life/college chaplain. Dr. Berard, an interfaith peace chaplain with the Peace Abbey in Sherborne, Mass., has been a member of the Nichols faculty since 1986. In addition to this role, Berard will continue teaching and serving as Humanities Program Chair for 2005–2006 academic year.

Physical Plant Director Paul Newman MBA ’01 has accepted a new position with the firm of Richards, Barry, Joyce and Associates. In his new capacity, he will serve as property manager, overseeing the maintenance of a large office complex, the construction

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of a new building, and the relocation of offices to the new building once construction is complete. Newman came to Nichols as a ServiceMaster employee in 1998 and was named director of physical plant in 2000. During his tenure, he oversaw the construction of Remillard Hall and the new Athletic Center, the renovation of Budleigh Hall and numerous other renovation projects on campus. He has also been a rugby coach and class advisor.

Laura Robinson, reference/ instructional services librarian, has taken a library position at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Robinson worked closely with students, faculty and staff in and out of the classroom as instructor, class advisor, newspaper advisor, cast member, and in various other capacities. Last April, the Student Government Association honored her with their 2005 Appreciation Award.

“We are so proud to see scholarship awards going to such dedicated, hard-working and worthy students,” states Diane Gillespie, director of Admissions and Financial Aid, about this year’s recipients.

“These scholarships often make the difference in a student’s persistence through graduation.”

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(L to R, front row seated): Richard D. Collins, Jennifer L. Reagan, Jessica L. LaFortune.

(L to R, back row): Professor Paul Lambert, Dr. Joseph Baratta, Dr. Thomas Smith, Dr. Edward G. Warren, Paul M. Caprera, Andrea K. Montgomery, Nicholas E. Ross, Elizabeth M. Draper, Dr. James L. Conrad, and Professor Emily F. Thomas

Patrolman Durfee at Your Service Herb Durfee, Nichols College public safety director for 27 years, visited with current Director Bob Montville. While touring the campus recently, Durfee reminisced about his days as the sole patrolman and noted how much has changed. “I have many fond memories of a lot of people who have passed through here,” he said.

Durfee is currently enjoying his retirement in Florida.

Scholarships Make a Difference!

Some of this semester’s recipients of alumnisupported scholarships stand on the steps of Conrad Hall. Scholarships awarded include: James L. Conrad Memorial; Dean Robert Eaton Memorial; Edwin L. Hubbard Faculty; George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation; James C. Gahan IV; James Dunbar; Joan E. Fels; John F. Birch; John R. Suleski, Jr.; Professor Keith Corkum; Robert B. Kuppenheimer; Russell E. Fuller; South County; Daniel Van Leuvan; Wigglesworth.

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Nichols College Means Business with International Accreditation

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n September 15, 2005, the Board of Commissioners for the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) granted accreditation for Nichols College business and business-related degree programs, including Nichols Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), and Associate in Business Administration degrees (ABA). Nichols offers BSBA specialization in accounting, business communications, criminal justice management, economics, finance, general business, general business education, human resource management, management, management information systems, marketing, and sport management.

“We are pleased to be recognized by IACBE,” states President Debra M. Murphy, PhD, “and look at this accreditation as an affirmation of the quality of our business degree programs. We feel confident that the accreditation further demonstrates the ability of Nichols College to meet the high expectations of students and employers.”

Specifically, IACBE commended Nichols for providing students with opportunities to experience international business in the community and noted that the faculty is dedicated to developing wellrounded business students. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean Alan J. Reinhardt, PhD, notes that “IACBE accreditation gives our faculty a well-deserved vote of confidence,” and complements Nichols successful November 2004 comprehensive ten-year site visit by the oldest regional accrediting organization, New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

IACBE promotes and supports quality business/management education worldwide through accreditation and outcomes assessment.

The accreditation process involves review of the business program curriculum as well as faculty credentials and measured outcomes of student success. There are 164 accredited IACBE members in seven countries.

Professional accreditation is important to Nichols mission to provide the best practical business education in New England and an indication of Nichols “academic rigor,” comments Associate Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies Herbert B. Armstrong.

“It’s an important assurance to our students that they are, indeed, receiving an excellent business education.”

President Debra M. Murphy and Senator Richard T. Moore were on hand to congratulate Paul at the breakfast.

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Receives Red Cross International Humanitarian Worker Award You may have read Nichols junior Paul Caprera’s story “Nichols Soccer Sends a Message of Hope to India” in the last issue of this magazine.

In recognition of his efforts, Caprera received an International Humanitarian Worker Award from the American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts at its annual commemorative Heroes’ Breakfast on September 9th. The breakfast honored everyday heroes to mark the fourth year of healing from September 11th. Award recipients were chosen because they were “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.”

Paul Caprera has spent three Christmas breaks working at an Indian orphanage and school in the rural agricultural village of Visakhapatnam. He lives with his family in Southbridge, Mass., and is a proud member of Nichols soccer team!

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n Tuesday, October 25th, the entire campus participated in an Oxfam “Lunch to Stop Hunger.” The purpose of the lunch was to raise student consciousness about the impact of poverty on people around the world.

As Nichols students, faculty, and staff entered the dining hall, each received one of four colored tickets. Based on the color received, dining experiences varied to reflect the reality of hunger worldwide, as follows: 1. BLACK: 60 percent, representing those suffering from malnutrition or close to starvation, received only rice and 1 cup of water.

2. TAN: 25 percent received only rice, beans, and water to represent those living at a subsistence level.

3. YELLOW: 10 percent got a typical U.S. middle class lunch of turkey wraps, chips, soda and dessert.

4. BLUE: 5 percent had waiter service, linen table cloths, and all-you-caneat prime rib, baked potatoes, salad, and apple pie.

Professor Wayne-Daniel Berard acted as master of ceremonies, and with microphone in hand, he went from one designated area to another asking students to share their reactions to the lunch. “The fact that you are here today shows that you’re concerned,” he said, “that you want to learn more about our world of inequality and that you want to make a difference.”

Students heaped ketchup on their rice to make it more palatable. A few eating turkey wraps empathetically passed their chips to friends eating rice. But, everyone eating prime rib with the fixings left food on their plates, and some even complained about being “stuffed.”

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Jerome Edgerton doesn’t seem to enjoy the rice and beans.

Six of 30 lucky individuals who got a fine dining feast, from left to right: Liz Alvarez, Angela Beahn, Professor Colleen Colles, Director of Human Resources Rick Woods, Jose Cora, and Branden Nyhaug.

several staff admitted to ordering takeout Chinese or gorging themselves on Halloween candy. This is what a few of our students had to say as they left the dining hall: “Our school needs to be more appreciative for what we have. This was a great way to put world hunger in perspective.” Maria Kowarick “I learned that we all need to be more grateful and thankful.” Doug Patterson “I’m taking comfort today just knowing that someone in Worcester is benefiting from my missing lunch today.”

Aashish Patel Nichols Campus Services of Sodexho took the money that would have been spent on a regular luncheon in the dining hall and used it to purchase baked hams, cases of potatoes, and vegetables for the Worcester County Food Bank.

“We are pleased to provide this food to needy families in the Worcester area,” said Dennis Santelli, Sodexho’s general manager. “And don’t worry about our students because they feasted on a specialty dinner of sirloin tips that evening to make up for their meager lunch!”

Nearly 35 million Americans live below the poverty line. In the world, one in

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Nichols College Cross Campus Critical Issues Program

Unique to Nichols College is the Cross Campus Critical Issues Program (CCCIP) that focuses the entire campus on a critical issue for three weeks. From October 17th through November 2nd, “Global Debt and Poverty” was examined in over 40 classes from a variety of perspectives and with focused coursework.

Concurrently, Nichols students raised funds for Hurricane Katrina victims.

In addition to the “Lunch to Stop Hunger,” there was an October 19th panel discussion on “The Cycle of Debt in America,” and an October 27th symposium “Can Poverty Be Starved Out of Existence?”

CCCIP Chair Professor Mauri Pelto comments, “Where else do you have faculty from every department, from accounting to criminal justice, all discussing the same critical issue of global debt and poverty? This program is a galvanizing call to all Nichols students to actively participate in the concerns of our world.” ■

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Innovative Teaching Techniques Energize Nichols Classrooms

As the College’s greatest asset, professors inspire and energize the Nichols campus. Although challenged daily to meet the needs of a diverse group of students, they demand the most from their students, and as a result, have developed techniques to make learning practical and relevant.

Field trips, alumni connections, collaborative student activities, and teaching across disciplines greatly enhance the meaning and retention of information.

Our professors take students seriously. And their ongoing focus on improving teaching methods sets the Nichols experience apart. Here’s a “peek” into three innovative classes that are on the forefront of Nichols instructional renaissance.

Life Tables and Cemeteries rofessor Thomas Duncan’s Environmental Science students enthusiastically piled out of their cars and once in teams, headed in different directions. They were tasked with gathering data from the tombstones in Corbin Cemetery on Dudley Hill. Each gripped a “Life Table Data” sheet for the purpose of examining survivorship by gender and age at death.

Dr. Duncan’s passion for his discipline is contagious. “I genuinely enjoy explaining things to people,” he says, “and I believe that this enthusiasm is a very important component of my ability to ‘hook’ my students and hold their interest long enough to implant some important facts and concepts.” During graduate school at Boston University, he discovered that analyzing data from local cemeteries effectively taught the fundamentals of demographics and risk assessment and enhanced the curriculum.

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The ravages of time, acid rain and bird droppings have made many of the early tombstones, meant to be lasting memorials, illegible. A national tombstone transcription project is currently underway to record as much data as possible before history is lost. In a related project, Vice President of Administration Sue Tellier is attempting to record all of the data at Corbin Cemetery and has been collecting text from grave markers. Professor Duncan and his class eagerly await the data at project completion.

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Professors Davis and Downs will be featured on the WTAG radio program “Worcester Academically Speaking” on December 8th and 15th.

Professor Duncan and students Nathan Perkins, Kristen Harmon and Jennifer Greene, review a tombstone in the Corbin Cemetery.

lenges students’ mental models in a most intriguing way. Today, students can better imagine life on the Hill by walking among the Corbin tombstones of families, such as Nichols and Conant, who helped shape the history of the College.

Connecting Science with the Business of Risk English records as far back as 1512 show that war funds were raised by selling annuities to their citizens, but it wasn’t until 1693 that the English astronomer and scientist, Edmund Halley (of Halley’s Comet), made a significant breakthrough in actuarial science. Using a new theory of probability, he analyzed the meticulous, age-at-death records of Breslau, a Polish-German town, and created the first modern life table.

Collecting cemetery data helps students better understand how population biologists can assist actuaries to design insurance plans, determine premiums and predict profitability. Professor Duncan challenges his students to find out why Corbin data indicates that women between the ages of 20 and 40 had a significantly greater risk of death than their male counterparts. In fact, before 1875, many women died in childbirth.

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perhaps more importantly, it is one thing that cannot be taken from a person who already possesses it.”

An example of knowledge as power: “In the last 50 years in the United States, there’s been a 78 percent decrease in the death rates of children between the ages of 1 and 4 years and a 68 percent decrease in children’s deaths between the ages of 5 and 14 years,” comments Professor Duncan (showing several Excel graphs as proof ). So maybe – just maybe – he conjectures, legislation requiring childproof containers, mandatory car seats, and bike helmets is effectively increasing life expectancy and improving the quality of life.

One family plot in Corbin left a particularly strong impression on Professor Duncan and his class. “Next to a man’s and a woman’s tombstones, there were three little ones,” he recalls. “All three had the same name as the father’s, followed by ‘Jr.’ The mother’s death date and that of the third son were the same.

Those five graves show the trials that family endured.” It’s an image none of his students is likely to forget.

Collaborative Teaching Leads to Collaborative Learning n Tuesday nights, two dynamic program chairs straddle two exciting disciplines to teach The Psychology of Advertising. What exactly makes this class so popular with upperclassmen?

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Dr. Thomas C. Davis (psychology) and Professor Lawrence D. Downs (marketing) have carefully crafted a seminar format and critical learning environment that breaks the lecture teaching norm and improves student outcomes.

“It’s truly a collaborative partnership,” comments Dr. Davis. “We agreed that we wanted our students to learn and have fun.” While the professors started talking several years ago about the benefits of team teaching, it took many thoughtful planning sessions to establish measurable student-oriented learning objectives for the course and determine how each student would be measured.

Davis and Downs also agreed that all students need to be better consumers of psychological information (and misinformation), including advertising.

Specifically, as advertising becomes more focused and sophisticated, consumers need to be able to make rational decisions about the products they buy and the services they purchase. Psychology in advertising has long been used as an effective means to attract customers and influence their choices. Understanding the underlying concepts that affect human psychology can help a company better sell their product or alternately can help a customer understand marketing strategies that influence their decisions.

“We taught our students how to critically analyze advertising and to peel away the underlying layers of psychological theory and identify exactly why

an advertisement works or not,” comments Professor Davis. “A good commercial is similar to a good movie with a beginning, middle and end,” states Professor Downs. “The selection of content and its presentation is no different than producing a movie but within a shorter amount of time.”

On the first day of class, students receive detailed course objectives, a topic schedule, team presentation evaluation forms, and information on assessment. Then, the class is divided into six teams of approximately five students each. All teams research a given topic on contemporary issues in advertising using the internet, textbooks and publications.

Each week, three teams present their findings to the class in PowerPoint using a case-analysis/discussion approach, as the other three teams write and submit papers. Presentations are evaluated through peer and instructor feedback; orientation papers are evaluated by both professors. Topics examined each week include compliance techniques, Maslow’s hierarchy, operant conditioning and schedules of reinforcement, classical conditioning, subliminal perceptions, and the use of humor.

The semester begins with a discussion of the PBS Frontline videotape “The Persuaders” to introduce students to the field of study. In the first weeks, Davis and Downs “model” an appropriate presentation in class, and students are given an “eye-opening” assignment to keep a 24-hour advertising journal so that each can assess one’s exposure to advertising.

During a Nichols All Campus meeting on October 11th, Davis and Downs told teaching colleagues that extensive planning was necessary to provide the “scaffolding” for their active learning course structure. They offered practical advice on how to form groups, solve problems, and evaluate and grade student participation. In addition, they said they treated the class as if it was a graduate-level course and kept communications professionally “informal.”

“Both teachers brought something different to the class,” comments one student on his course evaluation. Other feedback included student enjoyment of the lively and meaningful discussion and how collaborating in groups mirrored real-life work situations. By assuming control over their own education, students got pleasure out of teaching each other in an atmosphere that felt “natural.” “Students never got out of class early,” laughs Professor Downs.

“In fact, discussion usually continued well into the night.”

Learning Through LINC ichols College is piloting the LINC program this semester for first-year students who want more out of their academic experience. LINC, Learning In the Nichols Community, is a community of 17 students who live on the same floor of the same residence hall and attend three classes together.

Their professors integrate the classes, reinforce work and skills needed for each course and design a unique experience for students to guide and mentor them through college.

The program was introduced to Nichols

by Joan Giblin, assistant director of housing and residence life, who brought the idea from a previous employer, Santa Clara University, where a similar program has a significant impact on retention. She piqued the interest of Associate

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“LINC offers a robust academic experience,” says Giblin. Students are required to complete the same coursework as their peers, but their college experience is supplemented by field trips and other opportunities to learn outside of the classroom. For instance, in October, Professor Libba Moore and the group were given a personal tour of Atlas Distributing Inc., a full-line beer and beverage distribution company serving Central Massachusetts, by its president, Nichols alum, Joe Salois ’98. The class was treated to lunch, complete with a sampling of beverages from Atlas’ nonalcoholic product line. Salois explained the mission of Atlas and detailed the logistics of sales, delivery, merchandising and customer service.

“Joe Salois spoke very highly of a Nichols College education and encouraged our LINC students to work hard and stick it out,” says Dr. Moore. “He was a gracious host, and we thank him for sharing his real-life experience.”

With its personal and academic opportunities for enrichment, LINC aims to bring the small college experience to a higher lever. Says Giblin: “This is very supportive environment and a way for freshmen who don’t necessarily play a sport or join a club to feel immediately connected to college.” The LINC program is off to a great start. ■ (Far left) President of Atlas Distributing Inc., Joe Salois ’98 with Professor Moore’s LINC students

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espite a vigorous effort, the rain could not dampen the spirits of Nichols alumni during Homecoming 2005, September 16th and 17th. The weekend was filled with alumni events, sports, and family fun. From the first-ever 65th reunion to the dedications of Vendetti Field and the Lombard Dining Hall, Homecoming had it all, and more. This year’s event was combined with Family Day so alumni could mix and mingle with students and their families.

The Alumni Awards Ceremony / Hall of Fame Induction on Friday evening kicked off the weekend of activities, which featured the President’s Breakfast, reunion celebrations for the classes of 1940 and 1955, campus tours and a variety of Bison sporting events on Saturday. In a gesture of heartfelt appreciation, the College dedicated the dining hall to David ’65 and Susan Lombard whose generous contribution of $1 million funded major improvements and renovations to the facility. Donning white chef hats, the Lombards were praised for their committed service and support to Nichols. Just prior to the football game, more than 70 football players, representing the class years of 1962 through 1986, joined Mike Vendetti and his family on the new multipurpose field for the naming of the Michael J. Vendetti Field, the state-of-the-art home of Bison football, soccer, lacrosse and field hockey.

Alumni and families braved hay-covered mud to catch an array of activities at the Registration Tent, including hand-writing analysis, tarot card readings, face painting, photo key chains and, of course, food. The Class of 1950 took the prize (Nichols champagne flutes) for the most in attendance. Celebrations continued long into the night.

Thank you to the alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff for making Homecoming 2005 a success. We hope to see you on October 13th and 14th for Homecoming 2006!

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Remembering

Director of Athletics Charlyn Robert, Coach Michael Vendetti H ’81, and Head Football Coach Bill Carven ’94

A Message from Coach Mike to the Nichols College Community Thank you. The dedication of the Vendetti multipurpose field was a most enjoyable occasion. It was a day all Nichols athletes and future athletes have been waiting for. Many people are responsible for this occasion—the trustees, President Murphy, faculty, coaches, staff and friends. My wife and boys deserve a big acknowledgement for giving me support in good times and bad.

But the main ingredient was the Nichols athletes. Without them we would not be here. Without them we would have no team. They were fabulous people, win, lose or draw. It was enjoyable to reunite with them.

The students are included for they were always supportive.

Two people I’d like to thank and mention are Marty Power and Bill Fraser. They did a great deal of organizing over the phone from Houston.

Also, Bill, thank you for keeping us laughing all night at The Lodge.

To all, thank you. May all the teams have a great deal of success on the field. It’s the “best of the best.”

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the Vendetti Years During Friday night’s festivities, Coach Bill Carven ’94 presented Coach Mike Vendetti H ’81 with a treasured picture from the past. Take a look at those “big white socks!”

Coach Mike and his wife, Joan, sit with their three sons and their families to watch the game.

Bob MacPherson ’71

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lthough it was many years ago, I can still remember a rainy day in November when Coach Vendetti had the team practice despite a relentless rain storm. As we were getting drenched, he told us this was good preparation in case it rained for Saturday’s game. Although it was a miserable afternoon, Coach said practicing in the rain should be fun, and to prove his point, he dove into a big puddle of water. To this day, I can still see him in my mind diving into that puddle, looking at us with a big grin. Through his ac-

tion, he was telling us he wouldn’t have us do anything he wasn’t willing to do.

I remember this day vividly, but more importantly, I best remember that Coach Vendetti always cared about his players, and to all of us, he was a big man with a big heart.

Richard “Vin” Becker ’64

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ike is a very thoughtful person and always looked after his players. I can remember when I used to help him during the basketball season by staying after our practice to referee intramural games for him. Afterwards, he

Coach Mike’s football captains traveled from as far away as California to attend the dedication.

would take me to whichever dorm he was managing at the time and his wife, Joan, would make pizza for us to eat. We did not get paid to referee these games for the intramural program, and Mike would always say this was his way of thanking us for our efforts. By the way, the pizza was excellent, and the glass of wine that went with it was always good as well.

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The home stands were packed!

Jim Giroux ’86

Marty Power ’78

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oach’s intensity, emotion and excitement for what he did was always evident. It was extremely important to him that we did well and improved whether we were on the football field or track.

look back fondly at my four years at Nichols. I was there because of Coach Mike. Coming from a very large family, I was responsible for paying my way through college. Coach Mike ran the work study program and helped

with financial aid. Nichols was a good choice for me, as a commuter, plus, I got to play football, which I might not have been able to do somewhere else.

I know Coach helped dozens of other athletes in similar fashion. He encouraged a used book exchange to help defray book costs. He had athletes scattered through the College working in the kitchen, the library, proctoring the dorms. Basically, he facilitated college for a lot of us who otherwise might not have attended. Coach built a winning program at Nichols by organizing a fine staff and recruiting good kids using limited means. He worked hard and the results showed. He was not always about hard work, though, and could enjoy a good joke with the boys. If you needed a good kick to get studying, he gave it. If you needed help, he was always there. In my memory bank Nichols College is synonymous with Coach Mike and those are happy memories. ■

Stadium Project Vendetti Field Donors Track Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. ’67 Scoreboard Coca-Cola Co. End Zones -Underhill Dormitory Mark B. Alexander ’72 Donn E. Bleau ’73 J. Paul H. Gauvin ’72 David G. Hale ’75 William H. Littleton ’74 Peter L. Lynch ’74 Victor A. Pelletier ’73 Jose L. Velutini ’74 -Martin J. Power ’78 Five-yard Lines Class of 1971 David W. Cuffe David E. Irons Francis J. Lovell Robert P. MacPherson Jr. John J. McNamara

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Douglas A. Newman Ronald J. Spokis Gary P. Walsh C. Curry Wilford

Signage Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. Southbridge Savings Bank

Class of 1977 Mark F. Brisebois John R. & Linda Calcagni Francis J. DeRosa Jr. Richard S. Driesbaugh Edmund H. Fournier Charles (Wes) W. Gregory III Michael Keefe Peter S. MacLeod

Bleachers ($1,000 and over) Andrew H. Baker ’48 Randall V. & Donna Becker ’83 Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. ’42 John R. Brown ’65 Dennis F. Bruning ’85 Frank R. Burns Jr. ’74 George S. Butler ’57 Paul L. Ceccarelli ’64 John J. & Kathy M. Cellino ’76 Howard K.O. Chong Jr. ’64 Frank P. Cianflone ’68 James W. Coghlin Sr. ’67 Phillip E. Collins ’66 Fred Harris Daniels Fdn. Jason A. Filler ’07 Paul A. Gaffney ’83 Anthony Gika & Family Henry Howard II ’69 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69

Class of 1978 William S. Fraser Patrick J. & Melanie A. Hoey Gregory Laboissonniere Thomas A. LoRicco David C. Nichols Ronald L. Petro Martin J. Power John G. Sommers William W. Strobel

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Frankie Lie Yok Phing ’73 John E. Lockwood ’66 Francis J. Lovell ’71 William W. McClaran M. Marcus Moran Jr. ’66 Debra M. Murphy, PhD John A. Nelson ’68 Kenneth M. Osganian ’79 Ernest Pekmezaris ’67 Daniel J. Perron ’81 James F. Pritchard ’47 Arthur & Alma Robert David W. Rodgers ’65 Richard R. Stimets CFP ’82 Joseph P. Tokarz ’74 Robert (Pete) V. Trudel ’52 Michael A. Villanova ’79 Todd M. Zeidenberg ’83 General Sponsors Elliot M. Altman ’57 John T. Appleton ’60 George G. Arena ’88 Thomas C. Baker ’83 Kevin J. Barry ’83

(Far left) Bill Fraser ’78 keeps everyone laughing during the dedication.

Mike Vendetti’s grandchildren enjoyed the face painting.

Past football captains stand ready for the dedication of the field.

David J. Berkland Peter A. Boltruczyk ’82 Richard L. Boynton Jr. ’76 John J. Bray Jr. ’88 Laura J. Bray ’87 Charles L. Brooks ’85 Bruce B. Brown ’70 Curtis A. Burhoe ’66 Bruce S. Buttinghausen ’54 Eugene F. Carlo ’73 Louis Cibischino ’79 F. Patrick Clarke ’77 William S. Cleary ’63 Frederic P. Coffey ’66 William H. Collins II ’74 James L. Conrad Jr. Peter F. Coyle ’76 Paul W. Cutler ’84 John H. Davis ’72 Richard M. DeCrosta ’72 John W. Dickinson ’66 Paul E. Dona ’75 J. Michael Donnelly ’59 Philip B. Donnelly ’64 Robert A. Dubay

Robert A. Eckardt ’66 Kathryn M. Ewen ’03 John S. Ferro ’67 David M. & Lisa K. Gallagher ’88 Gilbane Building Co. James R. Giroux ’86 James M. Gleason ’84 John P. Grenier ’67 Gary S. Guglielmello ’79 David P. Hackenson ’79 Thomas J. Hall ’69 David S. Hammond ’66 Andrew W. Higgins ’80 Peter Holden ’84 William F. Holland ’66 Charles N. Howe ’62 Robert F. Howe ’67 Frans J. Keesing ’63 Richard C. Knoener ’62 Edward S. Kunkel ’64 John R. Kustigian ’74 Cynthia J. & Jessica Lafortune Richard E. Lane ’74 Rene T. Langevin ’62 William P. Lefebvre ’76

Mark J. Lempicki ’75 Lockheed Martin Corp.

Robert B. Magnus Jr. ’52 William K. Mahler ’71 Steven J. Malcolm ’01 Donald G. March ’64 Moody’s John J. Mrazik ’69 Patrick D. Mullins ’82 Richard G. Nelson ’76 A. Barry Paletta ’66 Alan T. Patterson Polaroid Corp.

Charles L. Potter ’65 Earl S. Prolman CLU ChFC Robert J. Radford ’81 Paul A. Riblet ’69 Kevin M. Richetelli ’85 James E. Robinson ’65 Gilbert G. Rochon ’69 James R. Root-Palazzolo ’07 James E. Rossini ’79 Matthew N. Roy ’06 Charles E. Sage ’65

Otto S. Shillieto Bruce S. Siegal ’63 Richard A. Spugnardi ’64 John B. Stanick ’48 State Farm Cos. Louis A. Stroller ’63 Francis X. Tarpey Jr. ’83 Charles J. Thomas ’43 David K. Thomas ’69 George T. Tucker ’70 Unilever United States Inc. UPS Michael J. Vendetti H ’81 Verizon Thomas A. Vetras ’83 Sara E. Wagenseil ’02 Thomas J. Walsh Donald M. Weichold Brian K. Wilcox ’84 William L. Wood ’69

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Nichols Dedicates Lombard Dining Hall

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avid and Susan Lombard’s $1 million leadership gift to Nichols College has been used to transform the dining hall facility, renamed Lombard Dining Hall in a September 17th ceremony on campus.

President Debra M. Murphy thanked the Lombards for their devotion to improving the living and learning environment of students: “We are very fortunate to be among the beneficiaries of the Lombards’ generosity, and our gratitude runs deep. We are pleased this building will herald their place in Nichols history.”

Watching as the Lombards cut the ribbon dedicating the building were State Senator and Nichols trustee Richard T. Moore; Chairman of the Board of Trustees Robert J. Vaudreuil; and family and friends, including daughter Bethany and members of David Lombard’s 40th reunion class.

David F. Lombard

David Lombard is a devoted alumnus of Nichols College, who has served his alma mater in a variety of ways since graduating in 1965. In 2002 Nichols presented him with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in Business Administration.

From 1968 to 1970 he was president of the Alumni Association and received the Outstanding Alumnus Award in both 1979 and 1985. First appointed to the College’s Board of Trustees in 1970, Mr. Lombard has been involved in many of the College’s fundraising activities. He was chairman of the Alumni Campaign

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(L-R) Kristin E. Mason ’07, Jim Conrad, Beth Lombard, Sue Lombard, Dave Lombard, Debra Murphy, Bob Vaudreuil, Rob MacCallum ’07

for the Davis Information Center in 1985, The Campaign for Nichols in 1990, and the 2004 Comprehensive Campaign. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees and chairs the Nominating Committee.

Mr. Lombard owned and operated the Olde Grist Mill, a family restaurant in Kennebunkport, Maine, for 30 years. Concurrently, he served as a printing consultant for T. O’Toole & Sons Inc. and Jostens Inc. before retiring in 2003 after 37 years.

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1965 Classmates: Dave Rodgers, Ron Noyes, Dave Lombard, Jim Robinson

2005 Alumni Awards Sue and Dave Lombard inside the newly renovated dining hall.

Susan D. Lombard

Susan D. Lombard received an Honorary Alumna Award in 1995 and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 2002 from Nichols College for her outstanding service, interest and commitment to the College.

A graduate of Colby College and a former teacher, Mrs. Lombard was a representative from the town of Dalton on the Central Berkshire School Committee, which she chaired for two years.

Since 1999 she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Berkshire Community College and is currently serving her second term as chairman. For her extensive volunteer and philanthropic activities, Mrs. Lombard has received awards from Berkshire Medical Center, Berkshire United Way, and the Great Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

In 1997 David and Susan were recognized as Philanthropists of Distinction for Berkshire County by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives.

The Lombards have two children, Bethany and Derek, a daughter-in-law, Katie, and a grandson Dominick. Bethany is a graduate of Babson College and Michigan State University and resides in Boston. Derek is a graduate of Harvard University. He and his family reside in Westerly, R.I. The Lombards maintain residences in Dalton, Mass., and Kennebunkport, Maine. ■

Alice C. Belden ‘85, MBA ‘92— Ken Thompson Service Award

Leslie H. Brooks—Honorary Alumnus

Alan G. Bilzerian ‘67—Alumni Achievement Award

William J. Weyand ‘66— Outstanding Alumnus Award

Tammy A. Cardillo ‘94—Alumni Achievement Award

2005 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Dino Campopiano ‘94 James R. Giroux ‘86

Kristina L. Katori ‘98 William Matulewicz ‘67 (Posthumous; Accepted by daughter, Oni MatulewiczHunt)

Vincent T. Miller ‘83

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Thank you very much!

In the 2005 fiscal year, Nichols College raised more than $1.5 million in contributions, thanks to the donors listed on these pages.

Your gifts are put to work in any number of ways and support our daily efforts to ensure a practical and relevant education for Nichols students in a dynamic living/learning environment.

We greatly appreciate your loyalty and dedication to the mission and ideals of Nichols College. We would also like to acknowledge the leadership efforts of Chris McCarthy ’92 MBA ’97 and Gregory King ’73, the 2005 President’s Society co-chairs, and of Annual Fund Chair Robbie Munce ’99 MBA ’01.

Thank you very much for giving back in a generous way.

TRUSTEES SOCIETY Gifts of $10,000 or more Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. Michael P. Bellaria James W. Coghlin Sr. Fred Harris Daniels Fdn. John H. Davis Stephen A. Davis Davis Educational Fdn. Gerald & Marilyn Fels The Fletcher Fdn. George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. Hal Chalmers Scholarship Fund Robert B. Kuppenheimer David F. & Susan Lombard John H. McClutchy Jr. Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. Nichols College SGA NCAA Robert E. Stansky Robert J. Vaudreuil

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Debra Murphy is surrounded by 2006 President’s Leadership Society Chairs Jim Coghlin ’67 and Phil Collins ’66

PRESIDENT’S GREEN CIRCLE Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Anthony J. Baudanza Boston Fdn. Phillip E. Collins Henri M. David Jr. Raymond P. Faucher Matthew P. & Marianne E. Gruskin Richard B. Hardy Kurt R. Harrington John M. Harrison Alfred D. Houston Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. InnoNET Jimmy Gahan Charitable Fdn. Mary Lorusso-DiBara Patricia G. Marmen Debra M. Murphy PhD Suryakant M. Patel MD Lovett C. Peters Ronald L. Petro

Martin J. Power R. Joseph Salois Gurbachan B. Singh MD Sodexho Marriott Services Inc. Webster Five Fdn. William J. Weyand

PRESIDENT’S GOLD CIRCLE Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Constantine Alexander Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. James L. & Benita A. Conrad Consigli Construction Co. James L. Dunbar Enterprise Rent-A-Car Thomas J. Foley William E. Fredericks Dennis F. Gorman George P. Kustigian Jr. Thomas S. & Terri Lodge Francis J. Lovell John D. MacPhail Ernest Pekmezaris

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Charles A. Petrillo Stephen Saravara III UPS Florence Van Leuvan Webster Five Cents Savings Bank Wharton P. Whitaker C. Curry Wilford Charles Zabriskie Jr.

PRESIDENT’S SILVER CIRCLE Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499 Mark B. Alexander Wayne J. Archambo Allen D. Avery Andrew H. Baker Baldwin Financial LLC Bruce R. Barton Randall V. & Donna Becker Shirley A. Becker Alice C. Belden Robert Q. Benowitz Nancy B. Blakely

Donn E. Bleau Robert A. Bullard Charles P. Burnett Frank R. Burns Jr. George S. Butler Thomas R. Cafaro John R. & Linda Calcagni Paul L. Ceccarelli Eugene P. Cenci Ross H. Chambers Chase Manhattan Bank Gordon E. Clement E. Hunt Coracci Roger P. Crandall Deloitte & Touche Edwin B. Donahue Robert F. Dorsey Ellen M. Duggan The Duggan Group David C. Duhamel Richard L. English EverGrass Inc. Jason A. Filler Fletcher Tilton & Whipple PC William S. Fraser Paul A. Gaffney Bruce C. & Robin A. Ginsberg James F. Goulet David G. Hale Bruce I. Haslun Randy L. Heitin Richard L. Hilliard ING Roy T. Johnson Johnson & Johnson Family of Cos. Michael A. Jones Jean D. Jones-Harger Joshua Green Fdn. Inc. William F. Keats Michael A. Keefe Lafayette Keeney Robert T. Kennedy James W. Kerley Gregory B. King Louis W. Kinzer Jr. Donald G. Kraft William H. Littleton John E. Lockwood Peter L. Lynch Robert P. MacPherson Jr. Richard C. Makin Leo V. Marshall Christopher W. & Kim M. McCarthy Dr. Brian T. & Monique A. McCoy Menard, Murphy & Walsh LLP Robert E. Miller PhD Moody’s Edmund J. Murrah

John A. Nelson Thomas H. Niles Brian F. Payne Polaroid Corp.

David L. Prescott Earl S. Prolman CLU ChFC Leslie H. Read Alan J. Reinhardt PhD Arthur J. Remillard Paul Rieschick Alvah O. Rock Richard W. Scheffler Frank C. Schroll Jr. Richard F. Shields Joseph E. Simonelli Edward J. Socha Henry P. St. Cyr State Farm Cos. Bill & Cecile Steglitz Douglas S. Stirling William W. Strobel Masakazu Sugiyama Charles H. Swartwout Jr. Susan K. Tellier Dudley G. Thomson Robert V. Trudel UniBank for Savings United Lens Co. Inc. Jose L. Velutini Mark G. Wagner Paul G. Wigglesworth George E. Withington

PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY NOW Ronald J. Brown Jr. Stephen J. Costello Jr. Amy S. Oman

AMASA NICHOLS SOCIETY Gifts of $500 to $999 Allmerica Financial Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc. Bateman Electric Cappy Bateman Ross B. & Lois Bloom Bollus Lynch Richard L. Brandhorst Mark F. Brisebois Ronald J. & Cynthia L. Brown Eugene F. Carlo Armand J. Carrano Chester T. Chwalek Louis Cibischino William S. Cleary Frederic P. Coffey Cranston Print Works Bradley M. Damon

George E. deRedon Robert C. Dublin Jr. David & Katherine J. Eckert Peter M. & Sherry E. Engh Raymond F. Essig John H. Flagg Jr. Fleet Financial Group Norman R. Fougere Jr. William D. Fowler J. Paul H. Gauvin Dwight W. Gesswein Diane L. & John Gillespie Robert A. Green Samuel R. Haines Thomas J. Hall David & Lisa Hartstein Patricia A. Hertzfeld Patrick J. & Melanie A. Hoey Bradley S. Hvolbeck Ingersoll-Rand Co. Michael L. Jarominski Jr. Gregory C. Kline Heidi E. Kunkel John R. Lamontagne Rosalie P. Lawless Thomas C. Lelon Fred K. Lindsay Lockheed Martin Corp.

Enrique Lopez-Balboa Michael A. Lukasek Robert B. Magnus Jr. William K. Mahler Jr. Lee A. McNelly F. Paul Mooney Jr. Sen. Richard T. Moore Robbie P. & Holly M. Munce NEATrust New York Life Michael J. O’Mara Kenneth M. Osganian Victor A. Pelletier Gary A. Penniman Paul O. Pisecco Protector Group David W. Rodgers Lloyd M. Roth Edward J. Ruggeri Robert T. Sanford Donald W. Schmid Francis D. Shanahan Shell Oil Co. Jon G. Starn P. Thomas Van Schaick Federico G. Vargas Dominic C. Varisco Verizon Alexander S. Walker W. Bruce Wallin Thomas J. & Mary Walsh Donald M. Weichold Westbank

ACADEMY ASSOCIATES Gifts of $250 to $499 Roberto O. Alvarez American Express Anonymous Aubuchon Hardware Co. Inc. Thomas C. & Lisa C. Baker Marc D. & Andrea C. Becker R. Joseph Bellavance Jr. Steven L. Boynton James C. Brown Curtis A Burhoe David G. Butler Ronald P. Carlson Stanley J. Casillo ChevronTexaco Cigna E. Timothy Danahy III Hilary L. Doncaster Lawrence D. Downs Jeffrey S. Dunn Kenneth L. Dworkin David C. Ebacher William S. Edmunds FM Global Joseph F. Fillo Edmund H. Fournier Jonathan Frankel Walter G. Frick Jr. Paul S. Friedlander Glenn M. Gerhard Anthony Gika James M. Gleason Karen P. Goncalves Robert L. Greenfield Robert I. Handler Kelly F. Harris E. Paul Herbert Barry D. Hogan Robert M. Hogue II Arthur S. Holmquist Jr. John R. Houghton Henry Howard II Edward A. Hunt Jr. IBM Daniel W. Ivascyn Robert W. Johnston Robert J. Joyce K. Wage Painting Jeffrey D. Kaplan Jerry Kaplan Charles T. Kaull Jr. Thomas J. Keefe III Key Bank Richard C. Knoener Edward J. Kolek Jr. John R. Kustigian J. Gregory LeBrun William P. Lefebvre Peter F. Lofgren John E. Mannila

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(L–R) Schoolmates Raymond Faucher ’56, John Katori ’55 MBA ’81 and Barbara Faucher

Richard D. Marsden Ronald P. Marshall Mass Mutual William W. McClaran Peter G. McGivney John J. McNamara Jr. Robert H. McPhee Richard G. Merrill MetLife Stephen W. Miller National Grid Douglas A. Newman Amy S. Oman Ronald E. Osimo Daniel J. Perron Edward G. & Sandy L. Perrotti Jr. Walter T. Peters Philips Electronics Charles N. Piazza Steven L. Pontbriand Prudential J. Arthur Rizy Jr. Jenness L. Robbins Christopher M. Roberts B. James Rogers Pablo Sanchez Robert L. Savage Ronald L. Schmitt Peter F. Sennott Robert J. Sharp Sidney M. Smith Stanley D. Sokolnicki John G. Sommers Michael E. Steinberg Thomas W. Stone John L. Sullivan Jr. Ruth A. Sullivan Susan B. Tibbits Jeffrey D. Tisdell Unilever United States Inc. John H. Vanderveer Jr. Michael J. & Joan Vendetti

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Wachovia James D. Wagner Robert F. Wagner Henry B. Wainer Langdon H. Wait Wal-Mart Webster Paint Corp.

Robert N. Weibel Stephen F. Wentzell John F. White Joanne Williams Jack E. Zacks Paul E. Zimmerman

HILLTOPPERS Gifts of $100 to $249 Norris G. Abbott III DeForest W. Abel Jr. Robert Abrams Richard W. Adams David M. Adrian Dennis A. Albano Louis J. Alberico Dave Alessandrini Steven M. Alferes Malcolm C. Allen Jr. Marty Allen Donald E. Allison Jr. Elliot M. Altman DDS American Optical Co. Robert J. Amico Christopher M. Anderson Gilbert R. Anderson John L. Anderson Anonymous APCO Worldwide John T. Appleton George G. Arena Arthur C. Assad Bradford C. Babb Robert D. & Gina F. Babcock Richard A. Bacon C. Pitman Baker IV

Bank of Clark County Allen E. Barber Jr. Barnes Group Inc. John M. Bartlett Jr. Thomas W. Bartsch Jr. Herbert O. Bascome William J. Basher Jr. Richard H. Bauzenberger Baystate Financial Services Edward L. Beatty Jr. Diane A. Beausoleil Philip Bebchick Edward W. Bellerose Warren C. Bender Russell C. Benjamin Walter E. Bennett Dawn M. Benoit Thomas J. Bergin Jr. Charles J. Bernard Jeffrey B. Berselli Francis J. Berthiaume Kenneth B. Beyer Howard L. Bickford Russell L. Birchall David F. Biron Sumner F. Bissell Jonathan D. Blake David A. Blanchard Richard A. Blankley Paul Blasewitz Robert S. Blumberg William Bolean Peter A. Boltruczyk Pauline Borden Stanley J. Bousch William F. & Jocelyn Bouvier Arthur J. Bowes Kathleen E. Bowler Bradley W. Boyd Richard L. Boynton Jr. Lisa C. Bradway William W. Breault Charles L. Brooks Leslie H. Brooks Peter M. Brusman Jerre C. Budd John W. Budd James E. Burnet III Scott D. Burns John B. Butler David G. Butterworth W. Brian Capshaw Patti-Jean Carchedi Michael E. Carlson Phil Caron Kevin T. & Cynthia A. Casey Douglas B. Castle John H. Cavanaugh Sr. Joseph L. Cawley Peter K. Chamberlin Robert B. Chapell

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Charter Communications K. Dexter Cheney Stephen P. Chernock Jr. Frank P. Cianflone Paul M. Clough Coghlin Cos. Inc. Robert B. Coleman James E. Coley III Eugene B. Collard Jr. Colleen M. Colles William H. Collins III Carl A. Conlon Robert D. Conrad Consolidated Edison Co. of NY Consolidated Health Plans Inc. Control Dynamics Burton L. Corkum III Cormier Jewlers Stephen J. Costello Jr. E. Bates Craver Alan E. Cremer Bruce C. Crossman Christopher J. Crowley Paul W. Cutler Todd J. DaCosta Dante Club Inc. Robert C. Day William C. Dean Jr. Edward P. Deary Peter D. Deary John A. DeCamp III Richard M. DeCrosta CFP Bruce A. Demoranville Sr. Robert C. DeRubeis Hans Despain John D. Despotopulos Charles H. Detwiller III Thomas A. & Lisa J. Devine Allen F. Diefenderfer Jr. Thomas E. DiGiuseppe Allen W. Dillaire Bruce W. Dillaire Darrin J. DiNapoli Bruce S. Dodge Paul E. Dona John P. Donahue Jr. Philip B. Donnelly Leslie M. Doody James D. Douglas Charles W. Dragon Jonathan H. Drury Linda L. Ducharme Arthur J. Duhaime Theodore J. Dumas Thomas K. Duncan Allan P. Dunn James C. Dunne Alan J. Dwyer Donald J. Dyer Stewart L. Eaton Charles W. Ebert Jr.

Robert A. Eckardt C. Frederic Edgarton Betty Edwards Craig R. Edwards Thomas D. Ellen Marc A. Emmi Kevin J. Enright Harry J. Erikson Lewis B. Erwin Jr. Charles F. Estaphan Jeronimo Esteve-Abril Charles E. Evans Robert T. Evertsen James H. Feindel Fidelity Investments Fernando A. Figueras Steven M. Fisher Alan E. Fitch FMC Corp.

Andrew M. Foley Brian P. Foley Charles L. Foote Jr. Charles H. Foster Jr. Richard C. Fowler William R. Fox Fox Bus Lines Inc. Stephen B. Fratello David A. & Charlene M. French Aric E.H. Friend Arthur L. Fries Michael W. Frisbie Cecil M. Gabbett III David M. & Lisa K. Gallagher Steven C. Gallo & Patricia Lyons-Gallo Timothy P. Garrison George J. Gathy Jr. Robert L. Gaucher Thomas A. Gaudette General Electric George L. George Gilbane Building Co. Carl F. Gilbert James R. Gillespie Christopher E. Girardin George W. Goodell Jr. Mark J. Goretti Philip C. Gould James P. Grainger Greenberg Rosenblatt Kull & Bitsoli Harold C. Greenlaw Joel C. Grossman William F. Gruber Gary S. Guglielmello Dale L. & Shannon D. Gurek Keith G. & Lorraine E. Guyer David P. Hackenson Jon H. Haggerty Jeffrey A. Halprin Albert W. Hanlon Jr.

Debra M. Harmon Leonard K. Harmon Guy G. Harper III William A. Haskell Leonard Hast Harold G. Hathaway III George M. Hatzidakis Paul Z. Haus Jr. Richard N. Hebert John W. Hejwosz Raymond W. Hencir Rest B. Heppenstall Donald W. Hick Jr. Calvin A. Hills Jr. John H. Hinchliffe III Douglas M. Hobbs Robert A. Hoey Lawrence G. Hofmann Jr. Peter Holden Roger P. Holden William F. Holland Horizon Travel Daniel M. Hovey Charles N. Howe Robert F. Howe Jr. Keith A. Hunt Carl Hynes E. Anthony Infante Kenneth B. Ingraham James P. Innamorati David L. Ivanovich Jr. Jonathan H. Ives Gregory P. Johnson Lawrence W. Johnson Jr. Craig S. Johnston Charles S. Jones David B. Jones

Homer W. Jones Jr. Christopher J. Joyce P. David Junkin II Dora L. Kac Howard J. Kack Geoffrey D. Kane Michael J. Kane Francis B. Keefe Wayne T. Keith John C. Kelleher III M. Hyland Kelley Robert H. Kemp Matthew V. Kennedy Jr. Steven O. Kettle Franklyn H. Kilby Charles B King Laurence B. King William W. King Thomas T. Klebart Roger A. Knipe William O. Kohnke Jan A. & Cheryl A. Kopas Gerren R. & Jennifer L. Kopcinski Deborah L. Kuhn Edward S. Kunkel Jr. John D. Kurtz Anthony S. & Sheila J. Kusek Donald N. Laboissonniere Cynthia J. Lafortune Richard E. Lane Rene T. Langevin Christopher G. Langlois William M. Lavin Bruce P. Lawrence J. Randall Lawrence Paul Lemelin

Richard M. Lengieza David R. Lenti Albert Lepper Jr. Eugene J. Leveille Charles F. Lewis III Jesse Limanek Timothy J. Liptrap Ronald S. Liston Carlton S. Littell Bradley A. Little Joseph D. & Amy J. LoPresti Herbert I. Losee III William C. Loughran Peter A. Lunsford Sean P. Lyons Joshua A. MacDonald Peter S. MacLeod Douglas E. MacMillan Donald A. MacQuarrie James E. Mahar Paul Majercik Steven J. Malcolm Charles J. Mangini CPA Beverly S. Mansfield Donald G. March Lauren L. Marcotte Robert A. Marotta Wilkinson B. Marvel Andrew B. Matthey John V. McCarthy Sharron R. McCarthy Scott A. McElwee Robert M. McIlvain Jr. George F. McKisson Sr. Joseph S. McManus Philip K. McNiff Medtronic

(L–R) Charlie Zabriskie, Professor Luanne Proko, Debbie Mayerson and Professor Rick Hilliard

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President Debra Murphy and guests

Mercantile/Image Press Inc. Frederick J. Meyer Geoffrey E. Meyer David P. Michaels Frank A. Michienzi Frank Mickel Microsoft Beverly M. Milano CPA Miles Funeral Home Dorothy J. Millhofer Benjamin A. Minardi III Townsend T. Mink Archie E. Mitchell Jr. Richard A. Mitchell Nicholas P. Mitsakos Frederick A. Mock Jr. Libba G. Moore Raymond P. Moquin Jr. James B. Moriarty Stephen C. Morris David W. Morrison John J. Mrazik Patrick D. Mullins Munce’s Superior Inc. Shawn D. Munz David T. Murphy Harris H. Murray James D. Murray CPA Edgar S. Murray III CLU NAPA Auto Parts F. William Neilsen Jr. Edward W. Nichols John A. Niedringhaus Evelyn Nieszczezewski Charles S. Nikopoulos James C. Norcross

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Louise Nordstrom Kerry D. O’Brien Thomas W. O’Brien John G. O’Connell Robert E. O’Connell III O’Connell Fire Protection Inc. Kevin F. O’Connor Sr. Peter P. Ostrokolowicz David Pailler Hamlin A. Pakradooni A. Joseph Paolini Charles A. Pappas Donald S. Parsons Pasek Corp.

Charles V. Paszkewicz Jr. Pearson Frederick L. Pease John Pepe Diane J. Perry Pete’s Tire & Oil Alan R. Peterson Henry H. Peterson Philip Pettinelli Philips PACE America Corp.

Stephen J. Piascik C. Richard Piasecki Daniel J. Picard Robert E. Pierce Julie E. Pike Kathleen M. Piniarski Edward P. & Susan L. Plant Martha Plotczyk Paul L. Pomerleau Jr. Roger E. Pontbriand Katherine C. Poplawski Charles L. Potter

Matthew J. Powers Frederick L. Pratt John R. Prenguber Joseph M. Price Elizabeth A. Provost-Rynda Jeffrey C. & Karen M. Purslow Charles J. Pusac III Elliot P. Putnam Putnam Country Club Kenneth A. Racicot Robert J. Radford Dan S. Ramsey Howard A. Raphaelson Red Carpet Car Wash Louise M. Redding Mark A. Reino David J. Renaud William C. Ringer Robert Risk Jr. Arthur A. Ristau Jr. John A. Ritacco Raymond J. Robichaud James E. Rossini Kelly D. RothKugel David A. Rowe Warren C. Rowe Jr. Rhonda A. Roy RSM McGladrey Inc. Jesse J. Rulli Michael J. Runyon Robert H. Sadler Kathy A. Sardinha William H. Sarkisian George W. Saupe Jr. Thomas R. Schaeffer Jr. Barry B. Segal Dennis M. Sexton Alan G. Sharp William L. Shaw Shaw Glass Co. Inc. Edmund S. Shepard Dawn C. Sherman Edward A. Sherman Jr. Jay Sherwood Charles W. Shreiner III Bruce S. Siegal Simplicity Catering Louise N. Sisley Thomas G. Sleasman Joseph S. Smalarz Robert K. Small Thomas G. Small Mark J. Smith David J. & Brooke E. Sokolnicki Southbridge Savings Bank Richard T. Speath Stephen J. Stagliano John B. Stanick Christopher E. Starczewski Kevin J. Steele Richard R. & Stacey A. Stimets

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John Strobel Louis A. Stroller David E. Stuart Richard M. Suitum Sullivan, Garrity and Donnelly Insurance Agy. Robert R. Taberski Robert D. Taft Peter F. Tarasuk Francis X. & Debra B. Tarpey Jr. Kent Tarrant Jeff Tasse Edson C. Taylor Team Mass Basketball Gayle P. Teixeira Charles J. Thomas Karen S. Tipper Joseph P. Tokarz Daniel P. Tomassetti Edward Trenkmann Jr. Tri-Town Travel Mary A. Trottier Cynthia T. Truax Royal F. Turner Jr. Bruce T. Underwood United Technologies Corp.

Unum Provident Corp.

J. Laurance Upson Nyree G. Valdes Richard C. Valle Paul M. & Susan D. Veshi Thomas A. Vetras Michael A. Villanova William L. Voitk Robert Von Achen Seth F. Wakeman Gary R. Walsh Edward G. & Sarajane Warren Waters Co. Charles D. Watrous John D. Watson Harry H. Weasel Richard N. Wedmore Alan L. Weinstein Peter J. Weinstein Richard C. Werstak David C. Weyant Jack G. Wille Alicynn A. Wilson Robert C. Wood Richard Woods Janet M. Wornham Donald S. Wright Albert L. Wyer R. Reed Yancey Yankee Spirits Norman J. Yvon Beth M. Zastawny Lynne E. Zastawny Todd M. Zeidenberg

Alumni 1933 Gifts: $100.00 Participation: 17% William O. Kohnke

1935 Gifts: $50.00 Participation: 33% John B. Earle Jr.

1936 Gifts: $100.00 Participation: 14% Edward A. Sherman Jr.

1937 Gifts: $660.00 Participation: 100% J. Manuel Calvo Rene D. Daniels Alexander S. Walker

1938 Gifts: $350.00 Participation: 25% Robert W. Johnston William C. Ringer

John D. Kurtz Marvin O. Pinkston Francis E. Poblocki

1939 Gifts: $195.00 Participation: 100% Joseph L. Cawley Thomas R. Gross Benjamin G. Robertson Bernice Sheldon

1943 Gifts: $255.00 Participation: 24% Walter H. Blake Charles S. Jones Morton I. Levine John A. McLellan Charles J. Thomas

1940 Gifts: $340.00 Participation: 55% George F. McKisson Sr. Richard A. McLellan Epworth S. Moulton Robert L. Sparks Robert D. Taft Warren S. Woolley

1944 Gifts: $25.00 Participation: 25% Hubert M. Farrow Jr.

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1947

Gifts: $615.00 Participation: 41%

Gifts: $700.00 Participation: 42%

De Loss Blackburn Allen F. Diefenderfer Jr. C. Frederic Edgarton Ronald E. Noble Frederick C. Pond John H. Vanderveer Jr. Arthur O. Wurtmann

Richard W. Adams Donald P. Barry Howard L. Bickford Wilbur F. Charter Kendall M. Dolbeare Charles W. Ebert Jr. Frederick W. Forbes Bernard J. Gevry Walter J. Rohr Charles G. Sander Jr. Robert W. Smith

1942 Gifts: $5,385.00 Participation: 35% Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. Philip C. Gould George R. Jacobus Jr. Robert T. Kennedy

1948 Gifts: $5,585.38 Participation: 47%

(L–R) Henri David ’64 and Robert Bullard ’52

Andrew H. Baker Donald A. Baker Walter E. Bennett Sumner F. Bissell Nicholas S. Constantine Walter B. Davis Lewis B. Erwin Jr. Stanley E. Finn Jr. Peter C. Friend Leonard N. Gillon Robert A. Green George M. Hatzidakis Oliver B. Hill Robert W. Jewell Robert A. Mattia Townsend T. Mink Robert W. Needham Charles A. Pappas Charles Poladian David L. Prescott B. James Rogers

David C. Sinclair Philip R. Smith John B. Stanick James M. Strong Jr. Lawrence S. Student Warren A. Wilson Albert L. Wyer

1949 Gifts: $4,119.00 Participation: 38% Robert S. Blumberg Edward M. Brennan Jr. Gordon E. Clement Arnold D. Cramer Kenneth K. Fake Richard C. Fowler William D. Fowler Dudley A. Hawley Jr. Jack T. Jonke Lafayette Keeney Charles F. Knox Ronald C. LaRoche Robert C. Luse Lawrence F. Manning Robert A. Martel Frederick A. Mock Jr. James M. Richards Francis D. Shanahan John Strobel John L. Sullivan Jr. Charles D. Watrous

1950 Gifts: $3,014.50 Participation: 45% DeForest W. Abel Jr. Robert H. Bacon Charles J. Bernard Richard L. Brandhorst John W. Budd Robert L. Collingwood George J. Coughlin Ralph L. Deutsch Allan P. Dunn Jeronimo Esteve-Abril Charles L. Foote Jr. David P. Graham Milton L. Hallowell Albert W. Hanlon Jr. John B. Jenkins Homer W. Jones Jr. Richard C. Kosse Albert J. LaBonte William T. Lawson Frederick J. Levitan William C. Loughran David P. Michaels Archie E. Mitchell Jr.

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F. Edgar Mooney Jr. Jose R. Orriols Walter T. Peters Robert Risk Jr. Edward Trenkmann Jr. Richard N. Wedmore Wilbur W. Whedon Frank Wittland Jr. Roger E. Worden Robert M. Zangler III

1957 Gifts: $2,115.00 Participation: 29%

1951 Gifts: $4,340.00 Participation: 43% Norris G. Abbott III Samuel C. Acker Edward B. Balmer Thomas W. Bartsch Jr. Robert W. Butler Phil Caron James E. Coley III Whipple D. Crossman Jr. James L. Dunbar John H. Flagg Jr. Henry W. Harris Peter Harris William A. Haskell Edwin W. Hawley Hugh Hulslander Stephen W. Miller Raymond J. Robichaud Robert K. Small Holmes V. Tracy Jr. Donald L. Wochomurka Sr.

1952 Gifts: $6,909.05 Participation: 38% Gilbert R. Anderson Herbert O. Bascome Daniel E. Berman Jerre C. Budd Robert A. Bullard Donald H. Chace Richard S. Farr Charles C. Haggerty Guy G. Harper III Robert M. Hogue II Everett F. Jewell Robert J. Joyce Donald N. Laboissonniere Robert B. Magnus Jr. Leo S. Maniatty Robert A. Marotta James Naum Gilbert W. Parks David R. Peil Frederick L. Pratt Frank C. Schroll Jr. Alan G. Sharp

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Thomas W. Stone Dudley G. Thomson Robert V. Trudel

1953 Gifts: $722.00 Participation: 21% Peter C. Brenner Charles W. Dragon Theodore P. Hubert George H. Hull William W. Koerner Francis L. Lemay Howard A. Raphaelson Arthur A. Ristau Jr. Edward J. Schroeder II Sidney H. Shapiro Edson C. Taylor

1954 Gifts: $12,404.00 Participation: 38% Louis J. Alberico Robert Q. Benowitz Gilbert W. Bourdon Robert A. Brilhart James E. Burnet III Bruce S. Buttinghausen Richard P. Clinton Robert A. Dwight Donald J. Dyer G. Ronald Finnegan William B. Gallagher Sr. James R. Gillespie Matthew P. Gruskin John R. Houghton Edward A. Hunt Jr. E. Anthony Infante Franklyn H. Kilby Albert Lepper Jr. Enrique Lopez-Balboa Earl S. Prolman CLU ChFC Donald E. Schafer

Richard B. Shanklin Donald R. Siegel Charles H. Swartwout Jr. Davies Tainter Jr. Federico G. Vargas Paul R. Wajer

1955 Gifts: $7,539.38 Participation: 27% George A. Barbieri Charles P. Burnett Alan J. Dwyer Daniel M. Hovey Roy T. Johnson Robert H. Kemp Louis W. Kinzer Jr. Fred K. Lindsay Averell D. Litt Carlton S. Littell Edward H. Matthiack Edgar S. Murray, CLU III F. William Neilsen Jr. Leslie H. Read Jon G. Starn Ronald J. Swenn Robert F. Wagner

1956 Gifts: $7,715.00 Participation: 26% Richard A. Clarenbach Richard D. Coe Richard L. English Raymond P. Faucher Arthur L. Fries Robert I. Handler Stephen F. Jablonski Jr. Wayne T. Keith Norman D. McLoon Jr. Lloyd M. Roth Robert M. Swaney Jr. Glenn M. Terrill

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Elliot M. Altman DDS Grayson E. Brown George S. Butler Donald Claprood Wayne C. Earley Andrew M. Fisher Cecil M. Gabbett III Rene V. Gignac Sr. David W. Hawley Philip K. McNiff J. Arthur Rizy Jr. Robert H. Sadler Allen J. Scherer Jr. Mayer J. Schnyder Kent Tarrant Frederick L. Yater

1958 Gifts: $896.00 Participation: 23% William Bolean Eugene B. Collard Jr. William K. Dunbar III Steven M. Fisher C. Edward Hjelte Jr. Howard J. Kack Charles F. Lewis III Edmond S. Millere Albert W. Redway II Thomas G. Small David R. Umba Tasi Vriga Seth F. Wakeman Henry E. Woods

1959 Gifts: $3,030.00 Participation: 26% J. Michael Donnelly Harry J. Erikson Richard R. Garcin L. Robert Gould Schuyler K. Johnson Leo V. Marshall Charles P. Mitchell Jr. Harris H. Murray Frederick L. Pease Elliot P. Putnam Howard J. Rubin Charles S. Tuttle James D. Wagner Gary A. Webber

1960

1962

Gifts: $1,255.00 Participation: 30%

Gifts: $5,020.00 Participation: 38%

John T. Appleton Loyal L. Avery III Kenneth B. Beyer Richard R. Clemence Bruce S. Collett John T. Cooper Robert T. Evertsen Paul S. Friedlander Charles P. Gruet Sr. William W. King Kerry D. O’Brien John Pepe Frank W. Potas Jr. Philip Van Campen Lance Yelvington

John F. Bowles Michael L. Daley William S. Edmunds R. Allen Elliott Fernando A. Figueras E. Barclay Henkle Calvin A. Hills Jr. Charles N. Howe Kenneth B. Ingraham Richard C. Knoener Rene T. Langevin Frederick E. Lavergne John R. Lewis Bruce E. MacDonald Richard C. Makin Alan R. Peterson Jenness L. Robbins John A. Turro Jr. Langdon H. Wait James J. Wajer George E. Withington Paul E. Zimmerman Peter M. Zona

1961 Gifts: $1,350.00 Participation: 26% Peter K. Carpenter William T. Corbett William M. Dannehy John O. Franklin Douglas S. Hall Paul Z. Haus Jr. P. David Junkin II Richard D. Marsden John S. Priest Jr. Lester J. Robinson Jr. Warren C. Rowe Jr. Colson O. Simmons Spencer C. Tripp P. Thomas Van Schaick William S. Weikert

1963 Gifts: $15,249.82 Participation: 38% Robert Abrams John L. Anderson Russell C. Benjamin Peter B. Brown Peter M. Brusman Eugene P. Cenci Peter K. Chamberlin

Ross H. Chambers Paul R. Chapdelaine William S. Cleary Raymond F. Essig James H. Feindel Henry H. Hart Bruce I. Haslun Donald W. Hick Jr. Bradley S. Hvolbeck William F. Keats Frans J. Keesing Donald G. Kraft Wilkinson B. Marvel Frederick J. Meyer Thomas H. Niles Hugo Pagliccia Jr. George A. Pagnotta Jr. Frederick J. Potter IV Alvah O. Rock Richard W. Scheffler Donald W. Schmid Robert J. Sharp Edmund S. Shepard Bruce S. Siegal Joseph E. Simonelli Charles R. Smith Peter H. Smith Louis A. Stroller Paul A. Virostek

1964 Gifts: $8,010.00 Participation: 32% Philip Bebchick Warren C. Bender William F. Bufalino Paul L. Ceccarelli K. Dexter Cheney

(L–R) President Debra Murphy with Steve Costello ‘04, Aliya Ewing ’06 and Amanda Harvey ’08

Henri M. David Jr. Philip B. Donnelly William J. Dyer David C. Ebacher Robert M. Fenn II Robert H. Gascoyne Carl F. Gilbert Alan J. Gitkin John H. Hinchliffe III Richard W. Johnson Edward S. Kunkel Jr. Donald G. March Stanley G. Matthews Cortlandt R. Montross Edward W. Nichols James A. Oates David Paulson Sr. Henry H. Peterson Robert S. Reever William C. Richwagen Richard A. Spugnardi Daniel P. Tomassetti David B. Wheeler Richard L. Williams James C. Woodason William R. Wright III

1965 Gifts: $112,230.00 Participation: 37% Robert L. Ansalone Arthur C. Assad Allen D. Avery Joseph S. Beresik Richard A. Blankley Kenneth G. Burr Jr. John W.B. Canetta Douglas B. Castle Daniel R. Clark Ward B. DeKlyn Jr. Bruce A. Demoranville Sr. Kevin J. Enright Charles E. Evans Lew P. Gelman Bradford G. Goodrich Daniel M. Hastings Lawrence G. Hofmann Jr. Jerry Kaplan Charles T. Kaull Jr. George R. Lazar David F. Lombard Herbert I. Losee III John D. MacPhail Geoffrey E. Meyer Benjamin A. Minardi III Raymond P. Moquin Jr. David T. Murphy Wayne E. Nigro Thomas D. Pearsall Malcolm B. Phinney

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C. Richard Piasecki Charles N. Piazza Joseph M. Price Edward J. Ruggeri Michael J. Runyon George W. Saupe Jr. William L. Voitk Peter J. Weinstein

1968 Gifts: $12,250.00 Participation: 25%

(L–R) Phil Collins ’66, Jon Blake ’70 and Dr. Les Brooks

John F. Platt Charles L. Potter Kenneth A. Racicot David W. Rodgers David A. Rowe William P. Safron Robert T. Sanford Ronald L. Schmitt Barry B. Segal Richard F. Shields Richard C. Werstak

Joseph S. Smalarz Henry P. St. Cyr John F. Sweeney W. Bruce Wallin John D. Watson Lee G. Webster William J. Weyand Wharton P. Whitaker Stephen B. Wingate

1966

Gifts: $50,263.12 Participation: 36%

Gifts: $83,096.58 Participation: 35%

Samuel R. Bailey III Bruce R. Barton David G. Butterworth Alan S. Close Paul M. Clough James W. Coghlin Sr. E. Hunt Coracci Robert R. Coykendall William C. Dean Jr. Charles H. Detwiller III John S. Ferro Alan E. Fitch Lawrence Fleischman Charles H. Foster Jr. William E. Fredericks George L. George Robert F. Gerbrands Dwight W. Gesswein Joel C. Grossman Frank L. Grzyb Raymond W. Hencir Barry D. Hogan Robert F. Howe Jr. Jonathan H. Ives David B. Jones David R. Lenti Douglas C. McAllister Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. Edmund J. Murrah Donald S. Parsons Ernest Pekmezaris Gary A. Penniman

David M. Adrian Bradford C. Babb Thomas J. Bergin Jr. Curtis A. Burhoe John H. Cavanaugh Sr. Stephen P. Chernock Jr. Frederic P. Coffey Phillip E. Collins John J. Cygielnik Sr. Robert C. Dublin Jr. Robert A. Eckardt Robert A. Feinstein Gerald Fels Thomas H. Fisher Mark A. Fursman Barry R. Gibbs David S. Hammond Stanley Henshaw III E. Paul Herbert Roger P. Holden William F. Holland Roger A. Knipe R. Towner Lapp John E. Lockwood Peter G. McGivney James B. Moriarty James D. Murray CPA A. Barry Paletta Phillip K. Robbins Jesse J. Rulli

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Kenneth Alton Jr. William J. Basher Jr. Robert M. Champagne Chester T. Chwalek Frank P. Cianflone Richard W. Coleman John A. DeCamp III Stewart L. Eaton Bernard F. Foley William R. Fox Jon H. Haggerty John M. Harrison Raymond T. Jones IV Fredrick P. Magnus David P. Mooter David W. Morrison Gordon E. Muldoon John A. Nelson John A. Niedringhaus A. Joseph Paolini Charles A. Petrillo Richard K. Robertson Robert L. Rulli William L. Shaw Richard T. Speath F. Dana Tschirch J. Laurance Upson Jack G. Wille E. Malcolm Wolcott Jr. Donald S. Wright Richard A. Yates

1969 Gifts: $110,820.07 Participation: 35% Richard H. Bauzenberger Edward L. Beatty Jr. Russell L. Birchall Chester W. Boyd III Garry F. Brown Armand J. Carrano Roger P. Crandall Vincent P. Giracca Alexander M. Gottfried Sr. William F. Gruber Thomas J. Hall Alfred T. Hargrave Richard N. Hebert

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Henry Howard II David A. Hunn Daniel W. Ivascyn Michael A. Jones M. Hyland Kelley James W. Kerley David L. Krasnov Robert B. Kuppenheimer John T. Ledoux Peter F. Lofgren Peter A. Lunsford Douglas E. MacMillan Donald A. MacQuarrie James A. Maguire Jr. Lee A. McNelly Robert H. McPhee Robert J. Meagher John J. Mrazik Paul A. Riblet Douglas L. Richards Gilbert G. Rochon Stephen L. Sala Robert L. Savage Jay Sherwood Matthew A. Sparks Bruce E. Splaine Masakazu Sugiyama David K. Thomas David C. Weyant Norman J. Yvon

1970 Gifts: $4,345.00 Participation: 22% Edwin D. Berry III Jonathan D. Blake Philip A. Boucher Stanley J. Bousch Bruce B. Brown Jr. Howard M. Bull David R. Carroll Bradford C. Child Henry J. Ciak Burton L. Corkum III Thomas E. DiGiuseppe George W. Goodell Jr. Peter J. Grant Michael L. Jarominski Jr. Edward B. Johns Geoffrey D. Kane Leonard J. Lazure Edward R. Leonard Rodney P. MacPhie Jr. Charles J. Mangini CPA Ronald P. Marshall William P. Mattei Thomas J. McCaughey Robert M. McIlvain Jr. Richard G. Merrill Robert L. Meunier Frank Mickel

James J. Mulcunry III Brian M. Mullen Thomas W. O’Brien Jan T. Osborn John A. Ritacco Harry A. Romasco Peter A. Scandone Robert G. Smet Douglas S. Stirling David E. Stuart Robert C. Toth Bruce T. Underwood

1971 Gifts: $11,706.51 Participation: 22% Richard H. Alley Donald E. Allison Jr. Edward W. Bellerose John H. Bergmann Ross B. Bloom John Camiolo Jr. Bradley M. Damon E. Timothy Danahy III Thomas D. Ellen R. Craig Fowler George J. Gathy Jr. Thomas J. Gauthier Thomas T. Klebart Eugene J. Leveille Reed N. Lincoln Francis J. Lovell Robert P. MacPherson Jr. William K. Mahler Jr. Andrew B. Matthey John V. McCarthy John J. McNamara Jr. Nicholas P. Mitsakos Douglas A. Newman Kevin F. O’Connor Sr. Philip Pettinelli Stephen J. Piascik Steven L. Pontbriand William H. Sarkisian Peter F. Sennott Ronald J. Spokis Michael E. Steinberg Gary R. Walsh Richard F. Weaver John F. White C. Curry Wilford

1972 Gifts: $41,682.00 Participation: 20% Dennis A. Albano Mark B. Alexander Richard A. Bacon Jeffrey B. Berselli Steven L. Boynton

Arthur P. Carilo Brian F. Clark Robert B. Coleman John D. Copeland John H. Davis Richard M. DeCrosta CFP Edwin B. Donahue Jonathan D. Furbush Robert L. Gaucher J. Paul H. Gauvin James F. Goulet James P. Grainger John W. Hill Gregory P. Johnson John C. Kelleher III Donald S. Labonte John C. Makely John H. McClutchy Jr. Louis R. Monfreda Michael J. O’Mara Alfred T. Santoro Thomas R. Schaeffer Jr. Anthony J. Toloczko Bruce A. Victor Henry B. Wainer Alan L. Weinstein Jack E. Zacks

1973 Gifts: $8,254.17 Participation: 21% Peter F. Allan Roberto O. Alvarez Glenn A. Anderson Ronald J. Barry David F. Biron Donn E. Bleau Michael C. Bousquet Steven D. Bowker Bradley W. Boyd Eugene F. Carlo Charles J. Collins William C. Davis Robert C. Day Robert F. Dorsey John S. Driscoll Kenneth L. Dworkin Arthur Z. Greenseid Samuel R. Haines Mark E. Hansen Harold G. Hathaway III Francis B. Keefe Gregory B. King Bradley A. Little David J. Maher Stephen A. McKeown F. Paul Mooney Jr. Stephen W. Page Victor A. Pelletier John R. Prenguber William J. Reese III

David J. Renaud Royal F. Turner Jr. Russell E. Wenzel David J. Wnukowski

1974 Gifts: $12,470.00 Participation: 16% Frank R. Burns Jr. William H. Collins III Christopher J. Crowley Stephen P. Estaphan Richard E. Flagler Jr. Robert L. Greenfield Kurt E. Grimmelmann Kurt R. Harrington Robert J. Hirsch Richard E. Hunter Jeffrey D. Kaplan Robert J. Keating Henry R. Keene Jr. Joseph M. Krosoczka John R. Kustigian Richard E. Lane J. Randall Lawrence William H. Littleton Peter L. Lynch Ronald E. Osimo Peter P. Ostrokolowicz Hamlin A. Pakradooni Louise M. Redding Terrence P. Roberts Everett G. Shepard III David B. Steinberg Joseph P. Tokarz Gregory S. Vangel Jose L. Velutini James S. Wilbur

1975 Gifts: $4,153.50 Participation: 16% Marty Allen William G. Boris Clarke R. Chandler Russell A. Chateauneuf Stephen M. Chick Paul E. Dona Janice A. Ducharme Jeffrey S. Dunn Marc A. Emmi Brian P. Foley Norman R. Fougere Jr. Richard W. Friedman David G. Hale Richard A. Harrington Lawrence W. Johnson Jr. Moira D. Keane John R. Klys Thomas J. Komorek

Charles H. Leveillee Robert G. Schmitt Jr. James R. Siekierski Brian F. Simmons Paolo Sinni Susan B. Tibbits

1976 Gifts: $7,110.00 Participation: 16% Monte G. Basbas Jr. Anthony J. Baudanza Michael E. Bird David A. Blanchard Richard L. Boynton Jr. Joseph F. Bullan Gary S. Buma George M. Burliss Craig R. Edwards David A. French Karl R. Fritch Paul J. Gannon Arthur S. Holmquist Jr. Richard J. Johnstone Joseph J. Kozlowski Frank F. Krogul William P. Lefebvre Scott A. McElwee Helen M. Metropoulos David Pailler Mark Sarkisian Jr. Brewster L. Smith Kevin J. Steele Matthew Towle C. Barry Walker Robert C. Wood

1977 Gifts: $15,397.78 Participation: 20% Mark F. Brisebois William F. Bubbico John R. Calcagni Jr. Ronald P. Carlson

Stacy and Ron Petro ’78

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Gary J. Cascio Kevin T. Casey Mark P. Columbus Peter D. Deary George E. deRedon Edmund H. Fournier Douglas M. Hobbs Michael A. Keefe Anthony S. Kusek Peter S. MacLeod James E. Mahar Fred S. Mezynski Margaret R. Moynahan Michael J. Moynahan Charles W. Shreiner III Barry P. Toth Robert J. Vaudreuil Don W. White Jr. David A. Zalewski

1978 Gifts: $16,025.00 Participation: 23% C. Pitman Baker IV Michael J. Bassett Marcia A. Behrens J. Stephen Boyce Linda J. Butler CPA Robert A. Butler Jane K. Carpenter Cynthia A. Casey Stanley J. Casillo Ann F. Coolidge Bruce C. Crossman David T. Delmonico Marc P. Dupuis Joseph F. Fillo Brian J. Fitzgibbons William S. Fraser Walter G. Frick Jr. Thomas A. Gaudette Gary B. Godin Dennis F. Gorman Kevin M. Hackett Kelly F. Harris Donald A. Henderson Jr. Rest B. Heppenstall Patrick J. Hoey Keith A. Hunt 26

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1979 Gifts: $6,001.50 Participation: 19% Malcolm C. Allen Jr. Kenneth S. Baker Guy J. Barbieri Thomas R. Borzino Robert B. Chapell Louis Cibischino Peter M. Crosby Barry F. Fowler Jeffrey S. Freeman Charlene M. French Timothy P. Garrison Mark J. Goretti Gary S. Guglielmello David P. Hackenson Melanie A. Hoey Leon P. Jezierski Jr. Matthew V. Kennedy Jr. Donald J. Lee Thomas S. Lodge Robert R. Nault Kenneth M. Osganian Edward G. Poirier Jr. Roger E. Pontbriand Christopher M. Roberts James E. Rossini Daniel W. Santerre Stephen J. Stagliano Michael A. Villanova Stephen F. Wentzell

1980 Gifts: $11,480.00 Participation: 14% Richard A. Bernard Francis J. Berthiaume Wayne S. Caruso Wilfred B. Cournoyer Michael R. D’Angelo Stephen A. Davis Jacques R. Durocher Anthony J. Duva Sean K. Greeley Andrew W. Higgins James P. Innamorati Michael J. Kane

Thomas J. Keefe III James P. Lavin Beverly S. Mansfield Richard L. Naughton James C. Norcross Stanley V. Oleksy Charles V. Paszkewicz Jr. Dennis M. Sexton Miles B. Sherburne Allan D. Walker Jr.

1981 Gifts: $6,455.00 Participation: 9% Steven M. Alferes Malcolm Dann Allen Jr. Wayne J. Archambo Marc D. Becker Matthew C. Corcoran Todd J. DaCosta Edward P. Deary Robert C. Kubiak George P. Kustigian Jr. Joseph Pastore Daniel J. Perron Dominic J. Pingitore Jr. Robert J. Radford Paul E. Steele Jr. Michael J. Vendetti

1982 Gifts: $5,368.50 Participation: 22% Anne H. Berzins Peter A. Boltruczyk William F. Bouvier Marie A. Cutillo Allen W. Dillaire Bruce W. Dillaire David A. DiPilato Richard H. Dodakian Linda L. Ducharme Ellen M. Duggan Katherine J. Eckert Stephen B. Fratello Linda J. Freitas Randy L. Heitin Heidi E. Kunkel Dean J. Largesse Janis L. Largesse Nancy A. Meloni Patrick D. Mullins Kathleen Naughton Marc E. Racine Marie Schnipke Deborah C. Sherman David R. Smith Richard R. Stimets Jr. CFP Debra B. Tarpey Jeff Tasse

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1983 Gifts: $4,118.00 Participation: 16% Stephen S. Abate Carol A. Alicea Thomas C. Baker Donna Becker Randall V. Becker Jeffrey M. Bercume William W. Breault David R. Delisle Patricia M. Ding Theodore J. Dumas Mark M. Francis Paul A. Gaffney Nancy J. Hillis Richard M. Lengieza Michael N. Lussier Beverly M. Milano CPA Susan G. Muckle William J. Niedziela Timothy J. Noe George F. Soderberg II Francis X. Tarpey Jr. Thomas A. Vetras William R. Wing R. Reed Yancey Todd M. Zeidenberg

1984 Gifts: $1,995.00 Participation: 16% Lisa C. Baker Richelle M. Brown Steven M. Byrnes W. Brian Capshaw Paul W. Cutler Lisa M. DiGiandomenico Bruce S. Dodge Charles F. Estaphan James M. Gleason Robert A. Hoey Peter Holden Valerie A. Housser Lori A. Johnson Mary C. Kilburn Stephen R. Lemieux Tina M. Levine John M. McKay Joseph S. McManus Charles S. Nikopoulos Michael S. Pantos Richard A. Pieleski Robert E. Pierce Priscilla A. Rooney Lisa M. Scott Steven M. Shiner Gayle P. Teixeira Jean S. Tkacik

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Gifts: $2,749.90 Participation: 14%

Gifts: $2,777.37 Participation: 15%

Alice C. Belden Franklin G. Boisvere Jr. Charles L. Brooks Robert C. DeRubeis John P. Donahue Jr. Salvatore A. Esposito Charles W. Faber Patricia H. Faby Roy T. Grafton Keith G. Guyer Richard E. Herron Jr. Lawrence J. Kerwin III Barry L. Kromer Pamela N. Landrigan James A. Maniatis Mark M. Patterson Edward P. Plant Kevin M. Richetelli Rhonda A. Roy William L. Steglitz Stacey A. Stimets Nyree G. Valdes Lynne E. Zastawny

Margaret L. Babbitt Robert D. Babcock Jr. Cathy A. Bates-Lapierre Paul Blasewitz Alice H. Boutilier Laura J. Bray James C. Brown Robin L. Brown Patti-Jean Carchedi Alan R. Cashmore Robert D. Conrad Linda J. Coughlin William T. Crimmin Brian J. Doheny Theresa E. Haggerty Craig S. Johnston Charles B. King Sheila J. Kusek Bruce P. Lawrence Michael A. Lukasek Bruno Mazzotta Karen A. Mazzotta Sharron R. McCarthy Cheryl A. Milas Paul L. Pomerleau Jr. Matthew J. Powers Jeffrey C. Purslow Charles J. Pusac III Linda S. Reid Patricia A. Sanchioni Gerald A. Sobon Janet M. Wornham Beth M. Zastawny

1986 Gifts: $2,377.50 Participation: 16% Andrea L. Aiello Robert J. Amico David D. Barlar Amy L. Bartram Kenneth P. Bergeron Jr. Kari R. Byrnes Leigh M. Cashmore Jeremy B. Coullard Jonathan H. Drury Linda A. Freund Marybeth S. Hood Laurence B. King Cheryl A. Kopas Wayne M. LaMalva Nancy G. Lemire David P. Lynch Anne-Marie A. Moulin Charlotte Neslusan Diane M. Page Susan L. Plant Karen M. Purslow Dorinda M. Richetelli Pablo Sanchez Maureen T. Shields Cynthia T. Truax Paul G. Wigglesworth Brian E. Zippin

1988 Gifts: $2,095.00 Participation: 15% George G. Arena Gina F. Babcock Jocelyn L. Bouvier Kathleen E. Bowler John J. Bray Jr. Sandra L. Brown Patricia L. Burdick Wayne M. Correia Michael J. DeBlieux Anne Marie Faber Amy L. Fleck Andrew M. Foley David M. Gallagher Lisa K. Gallagher Theodore Genkos Lorraine E. Guyer Patrick B. Holland David L. Ivanovich Jr. Patrick E. Jewell

Melyssa M. Johnson Scott A. Johnson Jean M. Kirby Timothy J. Kirby Laura C. LaBrack Alice L. Lazure Amanda M. Nestor Ann M. O’Sullivan Paul O. Pisecco Diane M. Pusac Susan M Ricard Eric A. Tashlein Robert N. Weibel Stephen D. Westerlind Christine M. Wrobel

Sherry E. Engh Michael W. Frisbie Samantha R. Gatsogiannis Trevor A. Harris Duane R. Ledoux Amy J. LoPresti Mary E. Patnaude Margaret A. Robinson Nancy E. Rodick Mark R. Stanhope Richard M. Suitum

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Anthony W. Aiello Tabitha E. Antonio John M. Bartlett Jr. Monica L. Boissonneault David G. Butler Brenda M. Cacciapouti John E. Camara Dawn M. Clark David C. Duhamel David E. Flath Paula J. Fontaine Donata E. Gago Sylvia I. Gaumond Glenn M. Gerhard Christopher E. Girardin Kimberly L. Jobbagy Christopher J. Joyce William R. Lannon Heather S. Mahall David J. Mayotte Alisa J. Morgan Joseph P. Raposa Kenneth R. Snell Laura J. Standrowicz David W. Such Ruth A. Sullivan Lisa Trapasso Jeremy A. Warren Matthew Young

Gifts: $1,790.00 Participation: 12% Jeffrey S. Adams Karen E. Belton Ronnie S. Bylund Lisa J. Devine Thomas A. Devine Stephen M. Duquette Tammy J. Ford Steven C. Gallo Robert C. Garceau Jeffrey T. Gendron Kyle C. Haggerty John P. Janeczak Allison V. Kierce David J. Kierce Scott J. Kokernak Jan A. Kopas William M. Lavin Rosemary A. LeFrancois Tobias S. Lombardi Joseph D. LoPresti Patricia A. Lyons-Gallo John E. Mannila Michael J. McFadden Stephen C. Morris Robert E. O’Connell III James Pastore Martha Plotczyk Elizabeth A. Provost-Rynda Kevin W. Smith Eric D. Stickney

1990 Gifts: $1,318.90 Participation: 8% Jeffrey L. Albertelli Brenda M. Bianculli William A. Cacciapouti Virginia M. Carmignani Carl A. Conlon Darrin J. DiNapoli

1991 Gifts: $2,911.00 Participation: 10%

1992 Gifts: $2,556.00 Participation: 11% Donna C. Antinarella Anne L. Beckstrom Dawn M. Benoit Rebecca A. Coffin Lisa M. Dolan Kristin A. Gilmore Joanne Grzembski Dale L. Gurek Shannon D. Gurek Keith T. Hofbeck John R. Lamontagne

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Paul E. McCafferty Christopher W. McCarthy Kim M. McCarthy Kenneth F. Mulry John G. O’Connell Mary Jane Peck Robert J. Peret Shawn M. Phair Christine A. Savastano Penny W. Sullivan Paul J. Washburn Jr. Clifford D. Whynott Jr. Donna M. Whynott Alicynn A. Wilson

1993 Gifts: $3,308.00 Participation: 9% Allen E. Barber Jr. Alexander J. Carros Carol A. Clouthier Cathleen A. Coonan Leslie M. Doody Deborah L. Farrell Robin A. Ginsberg Erik C. Godaire Judy A. Goguen Jeffrey R. Guyette Barbara A. Larson Nancy E. Leveillee Donald J. Ludwig Joan M. Meagher Colleen M. Menis David S. Merzon Madeline J. Nawrocki Matthew B. O’Connor Mark A. Reino Cecile L. Steglitz Maria Tembenis David R. Walling

1994 Gifts: $1,313.97 Participation: 11% Michael J. Bourget Kirk P. Burnham Josephine A. Canty Harry F. Card III Tammy A. Cardillo Robert R. Courtemanche Jr. Tammy J. D’Amato Vincent F. D’Amato Sandra C. Desourdy Cheryl M. Fredericks Lisa A. Jakubowski J. Gregory LeBrun Sean P. Lyons John A. McCreary Jennifer A. Merzon

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Frank A. Michienzi Joseph J. Pasquale Sandy L. Perrotti Julie E. Pike Sharon L. Schleyer Mark D. Shea Christopher E. Starczewski Jude A. Tomasino Daniel E. Wisniewski

1995 Gifts: $1,120.10 Participation: 9% Jennifer L. Beatty Jean-Louis R. Boisvert Joseph S. Bourdeau Scott D. Burns Michael E. Carlson Martha E. Collins William H. Collins Michael J. DiComes Jennifer A. Fulone Gerren R. Kopcinski Jennifer L. Kopcinski Pamela M. Laferriere Mark J. LaFratta Clifford A. Livernois Alanna K. Longley Jonathan P. Longley Jr. Lauren L. Marcotte Joseph A. Mazzarelli Heather M. Mullin Edward G. Perrotti Jr. Kathy A. Sardinha Matthew P. Volpert

1996 Gifts: $904.92 Participation: 8% Andrea C. Becker Valerie J. Bernier Jaimie R. Boss Hilary L. Doncaster Patricia R. Doyle Michael Fitzgerald Kevin J. Fournier Thomas J. Fredericks Tammy Grieco Levon W. Knowles Cheryl A. Knowles Mark J. Krauss Diana M. Landry Danette M. Mazzarelli James S. O’Brien Dorothy E. Orsini Peter F. Tarasuk Peter A. Tung

1997 Gifts: $720.97 Participation: 8% Jon D. Anderson Dylan E. Bond Jean E. Cutting Michael D. Damici John D. Despotopulos Deborah L. Dominick Stanley D. Franklin Darnell LaPointe Ronald S. Liston Pablo J. Molina David M. Olesnevich Rebecca M. Pease John L. Pileggi Jr. Kristen M. Savoy Kurt H. Schoenberg II Mark J. Smith David J. Sokolnicki Andrew J. Tivnan Michael D. Waite

1998 Gifts: $5,676.46 Participation: 10% Colleen M. Adamson Michelle A. Anctil Kevin F. Barthel Barbara L. Bernard Jaime R. Boisvert Jennifer Carr Michael A. Ciepielowski Michael J. Corazzini Margaret A. Cote Karen A. Courville Susan A. Dunton Anne C. Ethier William J. Gauvin Frances C. Halbrooks Gregory G. McKinley Brian E. Miller Valerie A. Muldoon Michael J. Pease R. Joseph Salois Brooke E. Sokolnicki Robert E. White Jr. Mark G. Wojcicki

1999 Gifts: $845.50 Participation: 5% Elsa M. Barthel Diane A. Beausoleil Harold C. Greenlaw Michael P. Lyons Pamela A. McHugh Alice F. Miller

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2000 Gifts: $356.50 Participation: 4% Michael F. Allard Julie M. Barker Cynthia E. Curtis Sean J. Jameson Melissa A. Jameson Nellie R. Kosakowski David T. Kubaska Christopher G. Langlois Edward F. Manion Jr. Aida M. Volpone

2001 Gifts: $1,245.02 Participation: 6% Ryan J. Ankstitus Ronald J. Brown Jr. Barbara A. Comptois Aric E.H. Friend Carrie L. Giallonardo Matthew J. Goulet Debra M. Harmon Joan E. Hawkins Richard F. Holden III Linda K. LeBel Steven J. Malcolm Paul C. Newman Jr. Susan C. Ouellet Kelly D. RothKugel

2002 Gifts: $929.52 Participation: 10% Jeremy L. Barker Brent A. Broszeit Sean P. Butler Kellianne E. Foley Michael R. Grenon Janice M. Jankowski Kevin G. Johnson Guzin Kayalar-Simmons Lisa A. Kimball Joshua A. MacDonald Karen F. Munroe Shawn D. Munz Keith P. Nicodemus Jeffrey D. Tisdell Sara E. Wagenseil Shirley A. Winslow

2003 Gifts: $400.03 Participation: 6% Corey R. Ankstitus Adam R. Belazarian Brian E. Butler Brian J. Cardozo Diane M. Chamberland Jennifer T. Clark Kathryn M. Ewen Ryan J. Fasold Matthew J. Galiette Jeremy Y. Houde Bountiap K. Ketnouvong Michelle V. Matczak Mary E. Menard Kimberly L. Smith

2004 Gifts: $350.00 Participation: 1% Stephen J. Costello Jr. Amy S. Oman

GROUPS Matching Companies Aetna Life & Casualty Allmerica Financial American Express American Optical Co. Amica Mutual Insurance Co. Bank of Clark County Barnes Group Inc. Chase Manhattan Bank ChevronTexaco Cigna Consolidated Edison Co. of NY Control Dynamics Cranston Print Works Deloitte & Touche Fidelity Investments Fleet Financial Group FM Global FMC Corp.

Ford Motor Co. General Electric Gilbane Building Co. Hartford Group Hathaway Fdn. IBM ING Ingersoll-Rand Co. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Johnson & Johnson Family of Cos.

JP Morgan Chase Lockheed Martin Corp.

Mass Mutual Medtronic Mellon Financial Corp.

MetLife Metso Automation USA Inc. Microsoft Miles Funeral Home Moody’s National Grid New York Life Northwestern Mutual Life Pearson Philips Electronics Philips PACE America Corp.

Polaroid Corp.

Prudential Raytheon Co. Saint-Gobain Corp.

Shell Oil Co. State Farm Cos. Textron Inc. Unilever United States Inc. United Technologies Corp.

Unum Provident Corp.

UPS Verizon Vermont Forest Products Inc. Wachovia Waters Co.

Corporate Sponsors & Donors The Acorn Shop Amanda’s Nu-Du Hair Salon APCO Worldwide Aubuchon Hardware B & N College Booksellers Inc. Baldwin Financial LLC Bateman Electric Baystate Financial Services Bollus Lynch Boston Red Sox Charter Communications Coghlin Companies Inc. Colonial Restaurant Consigli Construction Co. Consolidated Health Plans Inc. Cormier Jewlers Cranston Print Works Dante Club Inc. Dick’s Hardware Co. Inc. The Duggan Group Enterprise Rent-A-Car EverGrass Inc. Fletcher Tilton & Whipple PC Fox Bus Lines Inc. Freddy Manzi’s Barber Shop Gibney Reconditioning & Sales Greenberg Rosenblatt Kull & Bitsoli

The Hair Zone Harrisville Golf Course Horizon Travel InnoNET K. Wage Painting Key Bank Menard, Murphy & Walsh LLP Mercantile/Image Press Inc. Modern Lumber Co. Inc. Morse Lumber Co. Inc. Munce’s Superior Inc. NAPA Auto Parts Ninety Nine Restaurant O’Connell Fire Protection Inc. Pasek Corp.

Performance Graphics Pete’s Tire & Oil Protector Group Publick House The Purple Moon Putnam Country Club Putnam Ford Mercury Inc. Red Carpet Car Wash RSM McGladrey Inc. Shaw Glass Co. Inc. Shaw’s Supermarket Simplicity Catering Sodexho Marriott Services Inc. Southbridge Photo Lab Southbridge Savings Bank Sovereign Bank St. George’s Flowers & Gifts Sullivan, Garrity and Donnelly Insurance Agy. TSKK Inc. Team Mass Basketball Thai Cuisine Tri-Town Travel Twin City Cleaners Inc. UniBank for Savings United Lens Co. Inc. Varo’s Fine Jewelry Wal-Mart Webster Five Cents Savings Bank Webster Paint Corp.

Westbank Yankee Spirits

Parents Class of 2005 Robert J. Ankstitus Victor Moszynski Sidney M. Smith Class of 2006 Donald M. Weichold Class of 2007 David J. Berkland Sr. Lisa C. Bradway Steven O. Kettle Otto S. Shillieto

Class of 2008 Alan E. Cremer Anthony Gika Paul Lemelin Alan T. Patterson Paul R. Solomon Thomas J. Walsh

Alumni Parents Shirley A. Becker Nancy B. Blakely John B. Butler Robert H. Grenon Richard J. McKay Gail Sokolnicki

Foundations Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. Boston Fdn. Fred Harris Daniels Fdn. Davis Educational Fdn. The Fletcher Fdn. George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. Jimmy Gahan Charitable Fdn. Joshua Green Fdn. Inc. Webster Five Fdn.

Friends Dave Alessandrini Constantine Alexander Christopher M. Anderson Anonymous Anonymous Robert Bazydlo Michael P. Bellaria David J. Berkland Lois Bloom Joseph Cavallaro Robert S. Clarke Benita A. Conrad Jarrid A. Couture Thomas J. DeNardis David Eckert Betty Edwards Jason A. Filler Mike Flandrena Thomas J. Foley William C. Gajewski Francis M. Galvin Roger Gardner Randy Garry Gregory P. Geloso Bruce C. Ginsberg John J. Glorioso Nicholas P. Grieco Jr. John Griffo Marianne E. Gruskin Edward A. Grzembski John W. Grzyb

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Stanley D. Sokolnicki Charles Sroczenski St. Andrew Bobola Brad Stults Steven T. Szlyk Jeffrey Taylor Chester Trzcinski Alice Tucker Florence Van Leuvan Dominic C. Varisco Joan Vendetti Robert Von Achen Harry H. Weasel Dean Wentworth Helen A. Wojciechowski Steven J. Wojnar Worcester County Sheriff Virginia M. Woznicki Kenneth R. Yash Charles Zabriskie Jr. Edward Ziemba

Faculty/Staff Lucille J. Allard Patricia C. Allen Janina A. Antos John A. Armstrong Jacqueline A. Baker R. Joseph Bellavance Jr. Pauline Borden Arthur J. Bowes Leslie H. Brooks Cynthia L. Brown Thomas R. Cafaro Brianne S. Callahan Colleen M. Colles James L. Conrad Jr. Andrew B. Craver E. Bates Craver

Thomas C. Davis Donna B. DeNardis Hans Despain James D. Douglas Lawrence D. Downs Arthur J. Duhaime Thomas K. Duncan James C. Dunne Kurt Durrschmidt Peter M. Engh Robert Fagone Jonathan Frankel Diane L. Gillespie Karen P. Goncalves Karen A. Gorski Sherrill D. Grant Jeffrey A. Halprin Leonard K. Harmon Leonard Hast John W. Hedly Patricia A. Hertzfeld Richard L. Hilliard Terrance Ingano Dora L. Kac Gregory C. Kline Edward J. Kolek Jr. Thomas T. Koller Deborah L. Kuhn Cynthia J. Lafortune Elizabeth Lambert Paul E. Lambert William R. Lasher Thomas C. Lelon Jesse Limanek Timothy J. Liptrap Sandra M. Lobo Dr. Brian T. McCoy

Dorothy J. Millhofer Robert Montville Susan Montville John E. Moore Libba G. Moore Debra M. Murphy PhD Evelyn Nieszczezewski Louise Nordstrom Diane J. Perry Kevin Peterson Kathleen M. Piniarski Katherine C. Poplawski Alan J. Reinhardt PhD Betin Robichaud Edward J. Romano Stephen Saravara III Dawn C. Sherman Louise N. Sisley Lori A. Smith Edward J. Socha Pauline Sroczynski Robert R. Taberski Susan K. Tellier Lauria E. Tiberii Karen S. Tipper Mary A. Trottier Richard C. Valle Susan D. Veshi Mark G. Wagner Edward G. Warren Sarajane Warren Maryellen V. Watson Cynthia C. Williams Joanne Williams Richard Woods

Board of Trustees Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77, Chair Constantine Alexander Michael P. Bellaria James W. Coghlin Sr. ’67 Phillip E. Collins ’66 James L. Conrad Jr. Henri M. David Jr. ’64 John H. Davis ’72 Mary C. DeFeudis Gerald Fels ’66

Thomas J. Foley Bruce C. Ginsberg Dennis F. Gorman ’78 Kurt R. Harrington ’74 John M. Harrison ’68 Alfred D. Houston Jean D. Jones-Harger Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 George P. Kustigian Jr. ’81 Rosalie P. Lawless David F. Lombard ’65

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Mary Lorusso-DiBara Francis J. Lovell ’71 Patricia G. Marmen Robert E. Miller, Ph.D. Senator Richard T. Moore R. Joseph Salois ’98 Gurbachan B. Singh, M.D. Dominic C. Varisco William J. Weyand ’66 Charles Zabriskie Jr.

2004–2005 Volunteers Alumni Board of Directors Mark B. Alexander ’72 Leslie A. Bailey ’91 Marcia A. Behrens ’78 MBA ’89 Alice C. Belden ’85 MBA ’92 Julie A. Cedrone ’02 Jennifer T. Clark ’03 Kristy M. Cullivan ’00 MBA ’02 Sandra C. Desourdy ’94 Rodney F. Denman ’89 David M. Foley ’01 Michael R. Grenon ’02 Jennifer L. Kopcinski ’95 Christopher G. Langlois ’00 MBA ’04 Francis J. Lovell ’71 Michael P. Lyons ’99 Robbie P. Munce ’99 MBA ’01 William F. O’Connell, Jr. ’78 Andrea Sacco ’00 MBA ’02 William L. Steglitz ’85 David Twiss ’01 Gary M. Watson ’96 MBA ’02

Alumni Social Hosts Bruce R. Barton ’67 Kenneth B. Beyer ’60 Armand J. Carrano ’69 Paul L. Ceccarelli ’64 Eugene P. Cenci ’63 Phillip E. Collins ’66 E. Hunt Coracci ’67 Henri M. David, Jr. ’64 Henry Howard, II ’69 Michael A. Jones ’69 Wayne T. Keith ’56 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 Edward G. Perrotti, Jr. ’95 Sandy L. Perrotti ’94 Robert Risk, Jr. ’50 R. Joseph Salois ’98 Robert L. Savage ’69 Michael J. Vendetti H ’81 William J. Weyand ’66

Annual Giving Chair Robbie P. Munce ’99 MBA ’01

Bison Bellhops Kevin Brassard Maureen Butler Brianne Callahan Lynne Cinella

Tom Davis Art Duhaime Nick Gorgievski Len Harmon Cindy Lafortune Debra Murphy Mark Naigles Alyson Slowik

Class Agents

Business Advisory Council George Abodeely Kenton D. Boltz Brad Cheney James W. Coghlin, Sr. ’67 Bob Craver Marc DiPietro ’89 Richard Hardy Carl Kaliszewski Edward G. Keefe LeeAnn Kieltyka ’02 Gregory King ’73 Greg Kline Joyce Koczan Robin Leal Chris McCarthy ’92 MBA ’97 Laurance S. Morrison, APR C. J. Pederson Alan S. Peppel Philip Pettinelli ’71 Brian Ravenelle Richard Suitum ’90 Jackie Valle

Career Services Bill Fraser ’78 Joseph Fillipetti Ryan & Michelle Fasold ‘03 Christina Cabral ‘04 MSgt. Michael Connolly Thomas Knowlton, NCL Jason Mazinski John Simpson Sarah Hagen Shelley Steffen Kristy Cullivan ’00 MBA ’02 Richard Valle Jim Caprari Brian McCoy Shannon Spitz ’99 MBA ‘03 Mindy Craver Debra Murphy Laura Hanny Robert Waskiewicz ‘74 Brian Ravanelle Margaret Cote ‘98 Kristin Abdel-Aziz

Norris G. Abbott III ’51 Glenn A. Anderson ’73 Arthur C. Assad ’65 Robert Q. Benowitz ’54 Robert S. Blumberg ’49 Franklin G. Boisvere, Jr. ’85 William H. Collins III ’74 Robert D. Conrad ’87 Michael D. Damici ’97 Sandra C. Desourdy ’94 Hubert M. Farrow, Jr.’44 Barry F. Fowler ’79 Audra Gouin ’96 Robert A. Green ’48 Kelly F. Harris ’78 John H. Hinchliffe III ’64 Robert A. Hoey ’84 Keith T. Hofbeck ’92 Daniel M. Hovey ’55 Henry Howard II ’69 Charles S. Jones ’43 William F. Keats ’63 Robert T. Kennedy ’42 R. Towner Lapp ’66 Ronald J. LeClair ’64 Francis L. Lemay ’53 Steven J. Letourneau ’89 Francis J. Lovell ’71 F. Edgar Mooney, Jr. ’50 Lisa M. O’Meara ’91 Walter J. Rohr ’47 Michael J. Runyon ’67 Richard I. Schachet ’56 Douglas S. Stirling ’70 Kent Tarrant ’57 John A. Turro, Jr. ’62

Class Scribes Diane L. Bellerose ’88 Warren C. Bender ’64 Michelle L. Brown ’05 Erin Lee Chenette ’04 Michael L. Donehey ’83 Stanley E. Finn, Jr. ’48 William S. Fraser ’78 Arthur L. Fries ’56 Bernard C. Dowling ’53 Matthew P. Gruskin ’54 Bruce I. Haslun ’63 Charles N. Howe ’62 Donald A. Jaeger ’72 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 Peter M. Lynch II ’02 Richard A. McLellan ’40 Robert Risk, Jr. ’50 Christopher P. Saengvanich ’95 Kim J. Serino ’03 Donna M. Small ’91 Kent Tarrant ’57

Milestones Nichols College gratefully acknowledges the generous support and leadership of these individuals, corporations and foundations who have reached the following milestones in their cumulative giving to Nichols. President Debra M. Murphy, Ph.D., and the Board of Trustees appreciate their significant financial commitment to Nichols and our mission of providing the best practically oriented business education in New England. $3,000,000 Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Foundation $2,000,000 Anonymous Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation Gerald & Marilyn Fels $1,000,000 George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Foundation Robert B. Kuppenheimer David F. & Susan Lombard $750,000 George I. Alden Trust $500,000 Stoddard Charitable Trust Fred Harris Daniels Foundation Arthur J. Remillard $250,000 James W. Coghlin Sr. Howard K.O Chong Jr. Davis Educational Foundation $100,000 Keith T. Anderson John H. Davis Stephen A. Davis John B. Dirlam James L. Dunbar Hyde Manufacturing Company Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Foundation Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. Lovett C. Peters Remillard Family Foundation United Lens Company Inc.

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President’s Society Chairs Gregory B. King ’73 Christopher W. McCarthy ’92 MBA ’97

Fischer Institute Advisory Board Leslie H. Brooks Roger F.X. Carney Edward Clarke Keith Corkum Alfred Cotton Robert Crandall Hon. David P. Currier Joey Deeg Wayne Doran

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Human Resource Management Advisory Council Diane Beausoleil ’99

Margaret Cote ’98 Diane Giampa Ross Gibson Rosalie Lawless Virginia McDonald Joan Newton Harold White

President’s Receptions for Admissions Mark Alexander ’72 Leslie A. Bailey ’91 Marcia Behrens ’89 Alice Belden ’85, MBA ’92 Richard Ciesluk ’98 Andrew Cossar ’03 Rodney Denman ’89 Dave Foley ’01 Jennifer Kopcincki ’95 Frank Lovell ’71 Robbie Munce ’99, MBA ’01 William O’Connell ’78 William Steglitz ’85

Student / Alumni Career Day Brenda M. Bianculli ’90 Garrett L. Cooney ’92 Henri M. David Jr. ’64 Kevin J. Fournier ’96 Nancy S. Gervais ’98 Ernest J. McLean, Jr. ’96 Jesse J. Plouffe ’03 Severin J. Ritchie ’89 J. Martin Shanahan ’91 Jennifer M. Solomon ’03

Tutoring Norman Weiner

Young Professionals Roundtables Kellianne Foley ’02 Jason Bean ’99 Jennifer Clark ’03

Fourslide and Nichols College… building business from the ground up!

Technology evolves, but the business foundation Nichols College offers its graduates is timeless.

Arthur P. Funk Sr., a 1933 graduate and proud supporter of Nichols College, can attest to that! Chairman of the Board of Fourslide Spring and Stamping, Inc., Mr. Funk learned many of the skills he needed to run a successful manufacturing company during his time at Nichols College.

Arthur P. Funk, Sr. Class of 1933 Fourslide Spring and Stamping enjoys hearing from graduates of Nichols College… please contact us for current pricing on your flat spring, stamping, contact, wire and ribbon form needs, regardless of industry! We are the best!

Fourslide Spring and Stamping, Inc. P.O. Box 839, 87 Cross Street, Bristol, CT 06011-0839 1-800-832-6405 • Tel: (860) 583-1688 • Fax: (860) 584-5960 Email: sales@fourslide.com • www.fourslide.com

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By Brianne Callahan, Director of Alumni Relations & Manager of Annual Giving

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s the new director of alumni relations at Nichols College, it is my pleasure to represent such a diverse and special group of people. Since working at Nichols, I have developed relationships with a number of you. Your support and feedback have allowed me to enhance my knowledge of what Nichols alumni are interested in.

First of all, congratulations! The 2004–2005 Annual Fund was another successful year. However, I am saddened to report that our number of donors was down from last year.

I understand that each individual has a different income level and people should only give what they can afford. Please remember that no gift is too small and all are appreciated.

Homecoming 2005 drew one of the biggest crowds Nichols has ever seen. This year marked the first time we’ve ever held a 65th reunion. It was wonderful to see alumni reconnect after 65 years and I would like to sincerely thank Dick McLellan for all of his hard work in helping plan the special event. In addition to reunions, we celebrated the dedication of the newly renovated

Dining Hall which was made possible with a generous $1 million dollar donation from Dave ’65 and Susan Lombard. We would like to thank them for their continuous support.

The highlight of this year’s Homecoming was the dedication of the new multipurpose field to Coach Mike Vendetti. As many of you know, he and his wife, Joan, made a huge impact for the 24 years that he worked at Nichols and they continue to do so today.

A private celebration later that evening proved he has faithful friends—over 70 former football players came back to celebrate.

I would like to welcome Aubrey Vachon as the alumni relations coordinator. Aubrey will play a vital role in the Alumni Relations Office as she is in charge of social events along with other events we plan throughout the year. If we visit a city near you, consider attending a social since it is a wonderful opportunity to network with alumni in your area and meet a representative from the College. Aubrey is a major asset and I am sure you will think the same as you get to work with her.

Please do not hesitate in contacting either myself or Aubrey if you have questions, feedback, or anything you think we can help you with. You can contact us toll free at (866) 622-4766. We look forward to achieving another successful year with all of your help! Each person can make a difference in the future of Nichols College. ■

Nichols Grad Portrayed by George Clooney in New Film

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t Nichols his name was Frederick F. Wachenheimer, Class of 1936. To the world he was Fred Friendly, CBS-TV news producer for the legendary Edward R. Murrow on shows such as “See It Now” and “CBS Reports.”

In October 2005, the movie “Good Night and Good Luck,” featuring Murrow’s distinguished journalistic career, opened nationwide. Actor George Clooney, who co-wrote and directed the film, plays Friendly.

According to Nichols classmate, John S. “Jack” Fones ’37, Friendly was “unglamorous, a real off-beat character, but a great friend.” Fones recalls “Wachy” well when he began at Nichols. They both lived in Budleigh Hall and shared interests in the Drama Club and yearbook. After producing the news programs for 15 years, Friendly was named president of CBS News in 1964. He resigned in 1966 when the network aired episodes of I Love Lucy in favor of Senate hearings on the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. After leaving CBS, Friendly became a professor of journalism at Columbia University and began the public television program, “Fred Friendly Seminars,” in 1984, as an outgrowth of his Media and Society Seminars. His famous quote “to make the agony of decision-making so intense that you can escape only by thinking” shows his lifelong commitment to press freedom that helped pave the way for a profession to enlighten the public. Fred Friendly died on March 3, 1998. ■ FA L L / W I N T E R 2 0 0 5 ● N I C H O L S C O L L E G E M A G A Z I N E

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class notes Please send your news directly to your class scribe. If you do not have a class scribe, news may be forwarded to classnotes@nichols.edu. Digital images are preferred, but please do not crop them!

The higher the resolution the better—300 dpi (dots per inch) is best. Digital images may be sent directly to the Alumni Relations Office—classnotes@nichols.edu.

Prints may be sent to: Nichols College, Alumni Relations Office, Center Road, Dudley, MA 01571.

1940 Class Scribe RICHARD MCLELLAN 3436 Button Bush Dr. Zellwood, FL 32798 (407) 886-5539 mndmcl@aol.com

The Class of 1940 showed up at Homcoming this year and received two distinctions.

The class was the first Nichols College class ever to be recognized for celebrating its 65th reunion and we had the largest percentage of living alumni in attendance at a reunion—a resounding 40 percent! Those who made the trip were myself, Edward Carlson, Epworth Moulton and Warren Woolley.

Ed served as class spokesman and gave a fine tribute to Jim “Connie” Conrad and added that the class of 1940 should be dubbed the “hurricane class” in view of the hurricane we survived in the early days of our freshman year.

It was great to see the many changes that have taken place on the Hill. We have all concluded that there has been great progress and that the reins of the College are in good hands with President Debra Murphy and the Board of Trustees. Anyone for our 70th?

My grandson Scott McLellan ’96 was recently engaged to Heather Rutledge of West Haven, CT. They plan to marry on April 22, 2006.

1947 James F. Pritchard was in attendance for Homecoming this year. Jim, a member of the Nichols College Athletic Hall of Fame, says he was impressed with the new athletics facilities on campus. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979. Jim is also a member of the University of New Hampshire Athletic Hall of Fame.

1948 Class Scribe STANLEY FINN 70 Franklin St. Northampton, MA 01060-2039 (413) 586-0886

I received a note from Bainbridge Eager.

He found some snapshots of his roommate Warren Vliet and sent them to his widow.

Bain tells me that he is still taking money from lawyers writing lawyer malpractice insurance policies. He has lost both of his children and never became a grandfather.

His is now 81 years old and doesn’t take any prescription drugs. He sends his regards to his classmates.

1950 Class Scribe ROBERT RISK 309 Conestoga Rd. Wayne, PA 19087-4009 (610) 688-8242

Class of ’40 surrounds Alumni Relations Director Brianne Callahan: Epworth Moulton, Dick McLellan, Ed Carlson, and Warren Woolley.

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Homecoming 2005—our 55th reunion! And guess what? We won the prize for most class members in attendance—23 class members along with wives and significant others for a total of 38. Class members in attendance were John Jenkins, Dave Michaels, Dave Graham, Bob Hill, Chuck Hageman, Whip Crossman, Otis Vaughn, Fred Levitan, Bill Loughran, Jim Cochran, Bob Collingwood, Richard Brandhorst,

Pictured left to right are Bill Hill, JoAnn Peters, Guy Dyer, Linda Corish (guest of Bob Risk) and Dave Graham.

1953 Class Scribe CLEM DOWLING 53 Morningside Ave. Waterbury, CT 06708-2028 (203) 574-3522

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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Budd ’50

Sandy Van Wart, wife of Don Van Wart, died in March 2005. Friends of the couple will remember her exuberant personality on campus when she was visiting Don at soccer and lacrosse games, homecomings, social activities and class reunions. Don died in June 2000. They leave behind two sons, Scott and Kurt, and a granddaughter Meghan.

John Katori stopped by the Alumni Relations Office with a large collection of digital pictures from the Class of 1955 reunion festivities during Homecoming.

Mr. and Mrs. Walt Peters ’50

Charlie Foote, Al Hanlon, Bill Lawson, John Veazey, Guy Dyer, Jack Budd, Bill Abel, Allan Dunn, Walt Peters and Bob Risk.

Our class presented a 36-pound bison statue to President Debra Murphy during the President’s Breakfast. Saturday night we met at the Colonial Restaurant in Webster in the Sky Room. Cocktails, a great meal, much story telling and friendships renewed.

Our friend President Murphy joined us as our guest. We were entertained by Whip Crossman as “Twinkle Toes the Clown.” Two videos were shown. The first was of our 50th Reunion in 2000, and the second was of our yearbook pictures and other assorted pictures from the last 55 years. We had a very spirited singing group led by Bob Hill. Dave Graham and Guy Dyer sang along with two ladies imported especially for this featured act. Everyone had a grand time.

Other odds and ends: George Coughlin has lived in Golden, OH, for the last 40 years and just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. After Nichols, George went to Seton Hall University and then into the

Marines as a second lieutenant. He has five children and six grandchildren. Retired for 10 years, he now spends time fishing.

Bob Zangler has four children and four grandchildren. He has lived in California since 1961 and retired in 1989 from Conwed Corp. Now he spends time playing golf and restoring antique steamer trunks.

Members of the Class of 1955

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After the Vendetti Field dedication on Saturday, September 17th, classmates and wives headed to the Sturbridge Host Inn for fine dining. Festivities ended with Sunday brunch at Katori’s Charlton home with its magnificent water views of Baker Pond.

1956 Class Scribe ARTHUR FRIES 225 Via San Remo Lido Isle Newport Beach, CA 92663-4411 (949) 673-7740 friesart@hotmail.com

1957 Class Scribe KENT TARRANT 45 Valley View Dr. P.O. Box 496 Hampden, MA 01037-0496 (413) 566-5130 kent@samnet.net

1962 Class Scribe CHARLIE HOWE May-September 383 North 3rd St. Surf City, NJ 08008-4926 October–April 17468 Cornflower Ln. Punta Gorda, FL 33955 (941) 575-8150

1963 Class Scribe BRUCE I. HASLUN 16 Briar Park Dr. Greer, SC 29651 hashardt@charter.net

Let’s begin with John Miles ’60. He and Gert, his wife of 40 some years, made pretty definite plans to have lunch together during my and Carol’s Northern Sojourn in late May and June. Then John had a heart attack on the street in their hometown of West Springfield. Luckily they were around the

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corner from the hospital where he was stabilized and moved to Springfield General where his heart got “by-passed.” Like the good soldier, defense football and lacrosse player he is, he picked himself up, Gert dusted him off and we made new plans for lunch on our trip back to South Carolina.

Another call, another heart attack! His heart and your faithful scribe got by-passed again.

Dang all, John! If you don’t want to do lunch, fine! I last talked to him on September 25th. He says to tell y’all he’s okay. He just returned from visiting The Donald in Atlantic City and is heading up to Maine for a vacation and leaf peep next. He says he gets lots of good care. “If I sneeze, there’s Gert checking me out.” Good for you, Gert!

Soon as I heard from John I called his old roommate, Jack Lubbers ’64, knowing he would be glad to hear how things were.

Jack says, “I called and first thing he said was, ‘Do you still have the Thunderbird?’

John really liked that car. I wish I still had it.” Me too, Jack. I remember a run you and I made up to Russell Sage College one night.

Between us we didn’t have the buck fifty round trip toll. Took the back road. Anytime you guys would like to straddle a bar stool at Red’s Café and hoist a buck’s work of dimes, give me a yell!

Dana Jewett called on August 7th. If I remember correctly he was our right wing on that unbeatable soccer team of ’62. He graduated from Nichols and joined the Naval Reserve as a yeoman and served a two-year stint on an ammunition ship during the Nam years (Yeow)! (I’ll take hurricanes in the North Atlantic on a Coast Guard Cutter any day!) He worked as a banking auditor after service and then went to work for Westside Valet Parking at Hartford/ Springfield (Bradley) Airport. He and Mary Martin were married five years ago and have three daughters, two sons and one grandchild between them. They also have a Subaru with 250,000 miles on the odometer. Dana has left South Deerfield, where he was born and brought up, and really moved south!

To Holyoke! Health-wise he says he has hearing aids and some plumbing issues, but otherwise not too much to complain about.

He and Mary are into dancing and go

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to local clubs on Fridays and Saturdays.

Now wait a minute, Dana, surely not that Mary Martin!

Another Meritorious Merrillman, George Euler, called in mid-September.

He still lives in Patchogue, Long Island, but his Mom lives in Tryon, NC (just up the road from Greer.) He and his wife, Florence, are building their retirement home on six acres in Rutherfordton County. We got together for cocktails, dinner, after dinners and great remembrances here at the Briar Patch: • Purple “punches” in Merrill Hall before Thanksgiving break and The Colonel shows up to wish us a happy holiday!

• A Christmas party before winter break and Fred Potter (who else, Fred?) goes to Upstate New York to purloin two turkeys from Pepperidge Farms. That good farm lady who lived up the road from the president’s house and worked in the dining hall, plucked, stuffed and cooked them for us. Was her name Virginia?

• A Jersey heifer (that’s a cow, for you nonforesters) somehow winds up on the second floor of T-Hall. This scientific experiment proves that some cows willingly go up stairs, but few cows go back down. George is still mum on who else was among the experimenters, nor does he remember how the cow eventually got back down. Seems to me that was also a very good story. Anybody remember?

After graduation, George went into the Army. He was scheduled for Nam but the day before he was due to ship out, he got new orders for Germany. Doesn’t know how that happened but is glad it did.

On December 31st he finishes up over 30 years at Northrop-Grumman Aircraft.

Florence, his bride of 37 years, has a couple of more years of work, but then it’s down to “Nothin’ Could Be Finer” land and their new home and acreage. Carol and I hope they won’t be strangers.

I had a call last week from Ed Mazzetta ’64. He’d sent me an e-mail and I hadn’t responded. Not surprising since I review those things on a “very occasional” basis.

Ed and Suzanne are coming through

Greer the morning of October 15th.

Could they stop at the Briar Patch? You betcha! More next time (if I’m still in business as scribe.)

Just as I was putting the final touches on these notes, David Lombard ’65, called.

He was back to his 40th reunion and wanted to fill us in. Awhile back, Nichols has asked for a “Man of the Year Award” suggestion.

I wrote a letter asking that David be considered. Turns out he and Nichols had a much better idea. The new Nichols Dining Hall has been named in honor of those two great boosters. David and his wife, Sue, are really something else when it comes to devotion!

Dave says Gene Cenci had expected to be at this year’s reunion, but it was also the Cencis’ 40th wedding anniversary and their kids threw a giant celebration. Congratulations—both on 40 years of marriage and having kids who have that kind of love.

I mentioned that I’d heard from Mazzetta and Dave said it was the second time he’d heard Ed’s name this month. Ray Hencir ’67 from Madison, CT, was at the reunion and told Dave it was Ed’s influence and recommendation that had brought him to Nichols.

Dave Rodgers, Jim Robinson, Ron Noyes, and Lombard, all Class of ’65 and all Justinian Council members, get together once a year. I was sorry to hear that Ron Noyes, one of the great Nichols lacrosse players, is having health problems. He and Missy are in Palm City, FL, and I have an address.

Dave spent a lovely afternoon with Jim and Bunny Conrad. Jim is working on the history of Nichols College. He has finished the Academy Years and is turning to the Junior College Years. Jim, if you need stories about purple punch, stolen cows and turkeys, relationships between Nichols vets and Webster vets at Red’s Café, I am a storehouse! I’ll await your call.

Meantime, love to you guys. Call!

Write! Come on down!

Please send all class updates to your Class Scribe.

1964 Class Scribe WARREN BENDER 3604 Kingsley Dr. Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 (843) 215-1277 wb1277@sccoast.net

Well, it was a long hot summer here on the South Carolina coast (Myrtle Beach). Hurricane Ophelia passed through yesterday and today. It was a category one hurricane, but it just brushed our coast and is heading to North Carolina as the last four to five have done. Last major one we had was Hugo in ’89 and we don’t wish to repeat that. Our thoughts and prayers are with all alumni who have been affected by the two hurricanes that hit the gulf coast.

Heard again from “Vin” Becker (vbecker@bassettne.com). As mentioned back in Jan ’04, he is back in the furniture business with his own stores. This is after being with Ethan Allen Furniture for 25 years. His stores are named Basset Furniture Direct, with nine stores spread throughout Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts.

He got in a round of golf with Ed Kunkel back in July and from the sound of it I think Ed plays a little more than Vin. He sees Rene Langevin ’63 every now and then and also wonders what became of Fred O’Connor and Larry Bernard, two of our teammates from basketball. If anyone knows, give me a holler.

Dick Scheffler ’63 was nice enough to mail me a note saying he ran into Bob “Gas” Gascoyne at Nichols in the beginning of September. He and his lovely wife stopped by the Hill for a look see and met Dick in the snack bar. (Dick’s still trying to gain weight.) They were on their way home from visiting with their daughter in Neddick.

Hearing Gas’ name brought back some great memories of 10-cent beers and pickled eggs at Red’s. There is just something about pickled eggs that stays with you (for quite awhile I may add...).

I’m still hearing from my usual contacts and have a golf date with Bruce Siegal ’63 (bisiegal@aol.com) on October 18th. He loves being a grandfather and riding motor-

cycles and in that order. Bob Hood ’66 (rkh1966@aol.com) may be coming to the beach on Thanksgiving. He is a long-distance grandfather (Florida) for his son.

His daughter now lives in Dallas.

In fact Hood’s sophomore roommate, Sam Bailey ’67 (tchrcop@earthlink.net) dropped me a line just to say hello. He remembered all the spring “sun worshiping” we used to do outside of Goodell Hall to get that healthy look.

Bob Falkenstein ’63 (stonefalcon@ yahoo.com) and Elaine just spent a few days with Lila and me on their way to their son’s wedding in Virginia. They still reside in California and are big into rock climbing.

It must agree with them as they look great.

Trade e-mails every now and then with Mike “Bosco” McCarthy (electmcc@optonline.net).

That’s it for now. You’ll note I included e-mail addresses where I could so you can make some contacts if you wish. Bruce Haslun, scribe for the Class of ’63 made the suggestion last issue and it struck me as a good idea.

Good Health and Safe Travel “And the Beat Goes On”

1965 Arthur Assad is living in the Atlanta, GA, area. He is the president of Agrisel U.S.A. Inc. where he has been since 1998 and which has grown into a $5 million company servicing golf, turf, and lawn and garden dealers throughout the country, Mexico and the Caribbean. Art writes that his work in this area began as a “post-retirement” activity, and quickly grew into another full-time career.

1966 Stephen Carter writes: “Since 1990, I have been regional managing principal and CEO of Right Management Consultants Heartland Region. My wife, Joan, and I also own Quantum Market Research, a company which uses survey data gathered through the Internet. Quantum performs the Best Places to Work Program for the American

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Art Assad, Class of 1965 Atlanta, Georgia Employment: President and CEO of Agrisel USA Inc. Greatest lesson I learned from a Nichols faculty/ staff member was to listen and learn from others as one only can grow from others’ ideas and knowledge.

My Nichols degree helped me learn of corporate ways and business techniques. It also prepared me for starting Agrisel USA Inc., now a multi-million dollar corporation.

My classmates would be surprised to learn that I spent 30 years with Chevron, retired, and at 54, started a U.S. corporation that has grown to be successful in the turf and golf industry.

Cities Business Journals. Joan and I live in Destin, FL, and Leawood, KS. For the past 15 years I have been flying Angel Flight missions, flying people in need of medical care.”

1968 Dave Mooter writes: “As of September 30, 2005, I will retire from full-time employment with the Nebraska Forest Service.

After graduating from Nichols in 1968, I began my forestry career as service forester for the Ohio Division of Forestry in southwest Ohio. In 1978, I moved to Nebraska and have worked for the Nebraska Forest Service ever since. The Nebraska Forest Service is part of the University of Nebraska.

I will continue to do contract consulting forestry on a part-time basis. I am a certified forester with the Society of American Foresters.”

children are Nichols alumni. Their son, Alex Jr. ’96, is an executive recruiter with Accounting Management Solutions of Westborough, MA, specializing in recruiting accountants and financial executives.

Their daughter, Allison ’03, is an operations specialist in the Corporate Actions Department at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in Boston. Alex Sr. has been working as a sales executive with XP Systems, a subsidiary of Fiserv Inc. in Moorpark, CA. The company specializes in the credit union industry, providing computer systems for larger credit unions in the U.S. Alex writes that he still has his 1954 MG TF which he had as a student at Nichols. He’s owned the car for 41 years.

1969 Class Scribe ROBERT KUPPENHEIMER 4627 Tremont Ln. Corona del Mar, CA 92625 bob.kuppenheimer@nuveen.com

Alex Gottfried Sr. has been married to his wife, Karen, since 1971. Both of their

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Gil Rochon has been enjoying “semiretirement” for the past 11 years. He has been finding ample time to fish, boat, and travel. This summer he and his significant other went on a 10-day cruise to Alaska after visiting his sister in Washington state.

This December, Gil is going on a fishing trip to Costa Rica.

After 33 years of working with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Alan Aittaniemi retired in October of 2003. He is currently a realtor with Century 21 Sam Ingram Real Estate in Yarmouth Port on Cape Cod. Douglas MacMillan moved back to Massachusetts from New York and is living in Medfield, nearer to his daughters and his grandson. His son is living in Prague—“too far away,” he says. Douglas is semi-retired and working in consulting.

Dave Thomas writes: “Seeing so many Nichols friends at last year’s homecoming was great. It was like we had just seen each other. In some cases I saw buddies that I had not seen in 35 years.” Dave works in sales for Morgan Linen Services.

Robert Savage is the president of two companies—Hassay Savage Co. (manufacturer of cutting tools) and Magafor (distributor of cutting tools). He writes that he is living in a “commuting marriage” between Greenfield, MA, and Fresno, CA, where his wife is director of the zoo. His children are living in New York and California. Robert writes that he is living a full life with good health. Last fall he rode in a

Alex Gottfried’s wheels at Nichols

100-mile bicycle ride with members of the Boston Bruins to benefit inner-city kids in Boston. He was very pleased to be able to participate.

Paul Riblet is retired from General Motors Corp. He writes that he started at Nichols in 1960 and “took some time off to travel (Vietnam),” and came back in 1968 to finish his senior year. Chester Boyd III has also retired. He worked 33 years as a New York environmental conservation police officer.

James Maguire Jr. is a real estate owner and operator of 400 residential apartments in the western New York area. His first return to Nichols since graduation was in October 2004. He says the visit was well worth it. Bruce Splaine commented that he enjoyed observing the development and growth of Nichols College. He says that the time he spent on the Hill was enjoyable and invaluable. He is currently the vice president of field customer operations for DST Output in Quincy, MA. James Jackson is the founder and director of First Sound Bank. His son, Cameron, recently graduated from the University of California at Irvine, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. All four of James’ children are college graduates.

Michael Leslie is a dealer of marine antiques and fine art. He writes that should any classmates enjoy collecting antiques and wish to visit one of his many exhibits in the northeast they should contact him for a show schedule at mleslie@maine.rr.com.

David A. Hunn and his wife, Ellie, have been married 31 years. They are enjoying life and traveling the world. David is a senior manager of marketing service with Canon. Armand Carrano is a partner in a turnaround/crisis management firm.

He writes that if and when classmates come through the Charlotte area they should stop by. Friends can contact him at armand@ finleygroup.com. Michael Jones says the same for classmates that come through the Hilton Head Island area. He can be reached at majkljhhi@aol.com or mkjones@hargray.com.

Peter Lunsford is still running his employee benefits consulting and brokerage business, but he is spending more time each year

Pictured are, left to right, front row: Peter Lynch, Paul Gauvin, Henry Wainer and Hardy Littleton; and back row: Mark Alexander, Donn Bleau and Al Santoro.

fishing and bird hunting. Jay Robinson has sold all of his restaurants and has been in the real estate business for seven years in sales and management.

Dave Weyant is vice president of Highland Falls Federal Savings and Loan Association. He hosted a Nichols College social event in New York in October. The event included dinner in Newburgh and a football game at West Point. Gerard LaFleche is a business manager at Saint Anne-Saint Patrick Parish and Saint Anne Shrine in Sturbridge, MA. Henry Howard II is a fixed income portfolio manager at du Pasquier & Co. Inc. in New York.

Daniel Ivascyn is an associate professor of education and the director of the Educator Preparation Program at Nichols College.

Has anyone heard from Kam Yap? Classmates have been trying to contact him. His last known address is in Mountain Lakes, NJ. If you have updated information, please contact the Alumni Relations Office.

1972 Class Scribe DONALD JAEGER 8 Lord Joes Lndg.

Northport, NY 11768 jaeger@ajaeger.com

The “Underhill Boys” turned the annual Alumni Golf Tournament into a week of activities. This year, in addition to the tournament, they golfed on the Cape and in New Bedford, attended a Red SoxYankees game, and went sea fishing off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Taking part this year were Mark Alexander, Paul Gauvin, John Hill, Al Santoro and Henry Wainer, as well as Donn Bleau and Vic Pelletier ’73, Hardy Littleton, Peter Lynch and Terry Roberts ’74.

1975 Brian P. Foley has joined the Worcester Office of A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. as a financial consultant/vice president of investments. Prior to joining A.G. Edwards, Brian held the same position at Morgan Stanley for 18 years.

Brian is a board member of the Holden Area Chamber of Commerce and lives in Holden with his wife, Darlene, and their two children.

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Paul Wigglesworth, Class of 1986 Glastonbury, Connecticut Employment: Career Moves LLC The greatest lesson I learned from a Nichols faculty/staff member was from Professor Faith Turner. She taught me how to make effective presentations in an Effective Speaking course. The ability to communicate well with other business professionals has been one of the biggest keys to my success.

My Nichols degree helped me to be an all around businessperson. I continually draw on the concepts that I learned from my accounting, economics, marketing and other professors in order to run my business on a daily basis. I started this company in 2000. We are a search firm specializing in the permanent placement of accounting and finance professionals.

My classmates would be surprised to learn that I am a “headhunter,” as I was an accounting major at Nichols and thought for sure that I would be a partner in an accounting firm “when I grew up.”

1978 Class Scribe WILLIAM FRASER 12915 Letando Ln. Cypress, TX 77429-3554 (281) 376-5922 wifra@wci78.com

1979 Barry F. Fowler has been officiating high school football since 1981 and Division II and Division III college since 1995. In 2005 he was promoted to the Division 1A officiating staff. Division 1A includes the Atlantic-10, Ivy and Patriot leagues.

1983 Class Scribe MICHAEL DONEHEY (508) 376-5469 (phone) (509) 376-5043 (fax) mdonehey@hotmail.com

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Over the past years I have been busy with one thing or another and have had not had the opportunity to make the homecoming event at Nichols. This year I somehow had time to make the trip so the family and I headed up to Dudley. I was much impressed and proud with the changes that have occurred over the last few years. This year was a special year as Nichols unveiled its new state-of-the-art athletic field. This multipurpose field and track is dynamite!

The day was also special as the field was named after Coach Mike Vendetti H ’81.

Nichols got it right on this one, as Coach Vendetti has been a great influence to many.

Nichols also set up a tailgating section down on the parking lot that used to be behind O’Neil. I was impressed with this area as alumni, young and old, mingled and hoisted a few. At the game I ran into Todd Zeidenberg and the Clancy family (Michaela ’84 and Sean). All three alums looked terrific, of course Michaela more so than the other two.

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I’ve been our class scribe for a year now and have only had some correspondence with O’Neil and Budleigh folk. Where are the rest of you people? Take Care, Donehey.

1985 Robyn Leonard is a development assistant for the UMass Memorial Foundation. She supports and manages fundraising efforts and special events for UMass Memorial Health Care and UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA.

1988 Class Scribe DIANE BELLEROSE 90 Lebanon St. Southbridge, MA 01550 (508) 764-6077 spongedicat@aol.com

1991 Class Scribe DONNA SMALL 4905 Bay Harvest Ct. Clemmons, NC 27012 (336) 712-1053 (home) (336) 692-5157 (cell) dsmall9242000@yahoo.com

Aiden Newhall, son of Cori (Baker) Newhall ’94

Save the date! The Class of ’91 will be having a get together for their 15th reunion after the football game during Homecoming 2006 on October 14th. More details to follow.

1992 Christopher W. McCarthy MBA ’97 was named senior vice president/regional director of TD Banknorth.

Previously, Christopher was senior vice president/director of Enterprise Bank & Trust Co. in Lowell, MA. He is a member of the Worcester Economic Club, the Finance Committee for the Fitchburg Historical Society and the Mass Bankers Trust Advisory Committee.

He lives in Holden with his family.

Katrine (MacKenzie) Arnold and her husband, Lee, welcomed their second daughter, Samantha Lee, on June 16, 2005.

She joins her sister, Abigail Love, who was born February 3, 2004. Katrine recently completed her MBA in technology management through the University of Phoenix online program. She works for Investors Bank & Trust in Boston as a systems test manager. The Arnolds reside in Abington, MA.

Please send all class updates to your Class Scribe.

1993 Class Scribe JOHN J.M. LAREAU Tax Manager Greenberg, Roseblatt, Kull & Bitsoli PC (508) 791-0901 jlareau@grkb.com

1994 Class Scribe DANIELLE TROIANO 553 Grafton St. Shrewsbury, MA 01545 (508) 845-6604 thedwoman@yahoo.com

Kirk P. Burnham was named vice president/ chief technology officer of North Brookfield Savings Bank. He joined the bank in 1987 and has served in a number of positions, most recently as assistant vice president of technology. Kirk is currently attending the National School of Banking.

Frank Michienzi and his wife, Vilma, welcomed a baby girl on August 20, 2005.

Anna Julia weighed in at eight pounds, two ounces and was 20-inches long. Mom and baby are both doing great.

Cori (Baker) Newhall and her husband, Andrew, welcomed their first child —Aiden —on July 26, 2005. Aiden was five pounds, 15 ounces and was 18-inches long.

Kim Abercrombie earned her MBA from Nichols College in 2005.

This year’s Homecoming Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet featured two members from the Class of ’94. Tammy Cardillo was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award. She is a national sales director for Hewlett Packard and a breast cancer survivor. Tammy’s leadership abilities led to her business successes and her drive to fight cancer resulted in the Tammy Cardillo Cancer Benefit, now in its third year. The benefit has raised over $100,000 for cancer research. Dino Campopiano was inducted into the Nichols College Athletic Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievements on the football field. Dino is currently the athletic director at Shea Senior High School in Rhode Island where he is also the head football coach and head baseball coach.

1995 Class Scribe CHRIS SAENGVANICH 700 Princeton Blvd.

Apt. 29 Lowell, MA 01851 nc95scribe@comcast.net

Chris Saengvanich and Colleen Reilly ’97 were married in September 2005.

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Glenn Terlecki and his wife, Eileen, are proud to announce the birth of their first child. Vincent John was born July 11, 2005.

Both mom and baby are doing well. Glenn is a police officer with the State of Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles.

They still reside in Hebron, CT.

1996 Class Scribe GARY WATSON 25 Lakeside Ave. Webster, MA 01570 (508) 943-5504 gmwatson@yahoo.com

Scott McLellan was recently engaged to Heather Rutledge of West Haven, CT. Scott currently lives in Holbrook, MA. An April 2006 wedding is planned.

Alex Gottfried Jr. is an executive recruiter with Accounting Management Solutions of Westborough, MA. He specializes in recruiting accountants and financial executives. For more updates on the Gottfried family, please refer to the 1969 Class Notes.

Tony Volpone MBA ’02 and Aida Hurley ’00 were married on May 21, 2005, in York Harbor, ME. Included in the bridal party were Stacy (Volpone) Williams ’95, Wendi (Weaver) Tomasetti ’97, Becky (Seguin) Pease ’97, Alicyn Saucier ’00 and Jon Widmier, MBA ’92. Tony and Aida would like to thank their Nichols family for attending their special day. They are currently living in Waterbury, VT. Tony is coaching football at Norwich University in Northfield and Aida is an auditor with Gallagher, Flynn and Company in Burlington.

Shauna Shea and her husband Drew ’00 became the proud parents of a baby boy on March 3, 2005. Matthew Liam Shea weighed six pounds, 15 ounces and was 19.5-inches long. Emily loves being a big sister and is a great help. Drew is currently working at Piedmont Medical Center as a senior accountant and is going back for his MBA. Shauna has been blessed to be able to stay home with Matthew and Emily as well as go back for her master’s degree in education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

2000 1997 Class Scribe COLLEEN REILLY 700 Princeton Blvd.

Apt. 29 Lowell, MA 01851 (978) 970-1139 cbreilly97@yahoo.com

Colleen Reilly and Chris Saengvanich ’95 were married in September 2005.

Julie O’Brien and Jeremy Barker ’02 were married in June 2004. A number of Nichols alumni were members of the wedding party: Christine Skeates ’00, Josyln Larson ’02, Mike Doyle ’02, John Avilla ’02 and Mike Ciesloski ’03. The couple is living in Lake

Tony Volpone ’99 and Aida Hurley ’00

1998 Christopher Nordstrom and his wife, Stacey, welcomed their first child, Aidan, on July 1, 2005.

1999 Class Scribe TONY VOLPONE avolpone@hotmail.com

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Recently engaged Jason Latimer ’00 and Richelle Salinis

Worth, FL. Julie is in her third year of teaching fourth graders in Lantana.

Congratulations to Eddie Rodriguez on his recent promotion to senior fund accountant at J.P. Morgan & Chase in Boston.

Eddie has been with the company for over five years. He was married to Nicole Crawford ’02 on July 2, 2005.

Aida Hurley was married to Tony Volpone ’99 MBA ’02 in May 2005. For more details, please see 1999 Class Notes.

Jason Latimer and Richelle Salinis have announced their engagement. They plan to marry on May 20, 2006, in Clarkston, MI. Alicyn R. Saucier will marry Scott A. Kehoe on December 3, 2005, at the Daniel Webster Inn in Sandwich, MA. Aida (Hurley) Volpone ’00 will be in attendance as a bridesmaid. Alicyn is a senior auditor at PKF Worldwide in Boston. Her husbandto-be is a pharmaceutical sales representative for Takeda Institute in Lincolnshire, IL. The two reside in Kingston, MA, with their boxer puppies, Brady and Nellie Bell.

Drew Shea and his wife Shauna ’99 welcomed their son Matthew Liam in March 2005. For more details, please see the 1999 Class Notes.

Class Scribe

Catching up with…

Lisa Kimball, Class of 2002

DAVID TWISS 15 Scribner Rd. Fremont, NH 03044 David.Twiss@equityone.com

Cornelius, North Carolina Employment: Team Hero Motorsports (Pictured here at Lowe’s Motor Speedway)

In January 2005 David J. Twiss accepted a branch manager position with Equity One, Inc., a Popular Inc. Company which was recently named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune Magazine.

In April 2005 David and his wife, Catherine, moved into their new home in Fremont, NH. They recently celebrated their one-year anniversary. David also became a member of the Nichols Alumni Board of Directors within the past year and encourages fellow members of the Class of 2001 to consider joining as well.

Jeff Chase was promoted to branch manager of Enterprise Rent-a-Car in 2003 and has since been promoted several times to manage larger branches.

Sean Trainor became engaged to Jessica Januskieuicz, a graduate of the University of Alabama, in February 2005. Their wedding is set for September 6, 2006. Sean also recently purchased the La Sita restaurant in his home town of Ayer, MA. In September Jason Conquest and his fiancé, Sherry Precourt, purchased a new home in Franklin, MA. Jason recently started a new job with Abbott Laboratories

Greatest lesson I learned from a Nichols fac-ulty/staff member was to be who I am.

Professor [Thomas] Lelon was one of the most influential professors I had. He taught me how to look at things in a different prospective from the ordinary ways.

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My Nichols degree helped me look forward to a career in management.

Getting a degree in business management has taught me to be more responsive to my previous and future employers.

My classmates would be surprised to learn that I am still the same person but with a different outlook of a few things. Some would probably never think I would be in NASCAR, but I am. The market down here is totally different from up north. I’ve bought a house at the age of 26, so I think I am doing quite well.

as a pharmaceutical sales representative.

David Foley is currently working two jobs, one of which is with the World Champion Boston Red Sox. On October 14, 2005, Amanda Valente was married to Brett Heffernan ’02. Amanda is currently a district manager for Dandi Lyons and Brett is an account executive with Northeast Copier Systems.

O’Brien/ Barker wedding

2002 Class Scribe PRINCESS TUCKER Payroll Manager Connecticut College ptucker4057@sbcglobal.net

I received a promotion on June 7, 2005, to payroll manager of Connecticut College.

I had previously been working as the college’s cash manager.

Nicole Crawford was married to Eddie Rodriguez ’00 on July 2, 2005.

Jeremy Barker has accepted a position as a cost accountant analyst at Florida Crystals, owner of Domino Sugar, located outside West Palm Beach. Please see the 2000 Class Notes for details on his marriage to Julie O’Brien ’00.

Brett Heffernan was married to Amanda Valente ’01 on October 14, 2005.

John LaRochelle is living in Worcester, MA, and working for Carlin, Charron & Rosen LLP in Westborough. He is an account manager specializing in accounting and tax issues for dental and medical practices.

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2003 Class Scribe KIM SERINO Confluent Surgical Inc. serinokj@hotmail.com

Allison Gottfried is an operations specialist in the Corporate Actions Department at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co .in Boston. For more updates on the Gottfried family, please refer to the 1969 Class Notes.

2004 Class Scribe ERIN CHENETTE P.O. Box 174 Georgetown, MA 01833 (781) 939-1723 echenette@gmsus.com

PLYMOUTH, MA October 6, 2005 Host: Paul Ceccarelli ’64

SPRINGFIELD, MA September 28, 2005 Host: John Davis ’72

Ibrahima K. Kourouma is currently working for Cree Inc., an RTP-based company that develops and manufactures semiconductor materials and devices.

Khalil is a process technician overseeing and maintaining the company’s electronic and computer-based application tools.

WEST POINT, NY October 1, 2005 Host: Dave Weyant ’69

2005 Class Scribe MICHELLE BROWN slmz018@yahoo.com

Congratulations to Chrystal Domenech and Lionel Gabriel who welcomed twins, Alexander and Adrian, on August 10, 2005. Alexander was five pounds, 10 ounces and Adrian was five pounds, 11 ounces.

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Upcoming 2006 Alumni Receptions • February 13 – Sarasota, FL • February 14 – Naples, FL • February 15 – Miami, FL • February 16 – Daytona, FL • March 14 – Carlsbad, CA • March 15 – Seattle, WA • March 16 – Denver, CO

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• March 30 – Worcester, MA • April 18 – Buffalo, NY • April 20 – Boston, MA • April 27 – New York, NY • May 11 – Chicago, IL • May 18 – Providence, RI

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in memoriam John A. Burke ’43 John A. Burke died August 1, 2005. He had been living in Mission Viejo, CA. Burke had two children, Christopher and Constance.

Leonard J. “Smitty” Beauregard ’49 Leonard J. “Smitty” Beauregard of Gardner, MA, died August 17, 2005, following a long illness. Born in Gardner on August 27, 1926, he was the son of C. Raymond and Doria (Laplante) Beauregard. He was a value engineer employed by Simplex Time Recorder for 40 years. He retired in 1988 and worked part time at Stop & Shop for 15 years. He was affiliated with Beauregard Package Stores for several years and previously worked at the former HeywoodWakefield Co. Beauregard also prepared tax returns in his home. He was a graduate of Cushing Academy, Nichols Junior College, and Clark University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Lester F. Wilkinson ’50 Lester F Wilkinson died September 1, 2005.

He had resided in North Fort Myers, FL.

Killington Ski Area where he helped build the first road into the then remote mountain. Taylor is best remembered for his devotion to his parents and family and for the friendship and care he generously offered many people in all walks of life in the Hartford region and throughout New England.

He is survived by Mary Olson, his companion of many years; her children, Betsy and Andrew; his three sisters, Louise McTague, Carolyn Peirce, and Sarah Morrison; a brother, Lewis; 11 nieces and nephews; and 11 great-nieces and nephews.

Ronald L. Everett ’54 Ronald L. Everett died in early 2005. He lived in Mashpee, MA.

management for 32 years. He was also vice president of international sales for the company when it became Graham Field. Gruskin leaves behind his wife of 42 years, Marianne; and three sons, John, James and Peter, and their respective families.

Frederick L. Yater ’57 Frederick L. Yater died July 19, 2005. He lived in Ledgewood, NJ, and is survived by his wife of 45 years, Arlene, and his sisterin-law, Emily Yater. He had one niece, five nephews, seven great-nieces and three greatnephews. His twin brother, William, predeceased him in 2001 and his sister, Leona Weinberg, in 2004.

Robert E. Horsley ’60 Matthew P. Gruskin ’54 Matthew P. Gruskin of Lloyd Neck, NY, died June 26, 2005. Friends remember him as a great story teller and for his sense of humor.

He enjoyed visiting his friends around the world, military history and collecting beer steins. Gruskin was a founding member of New York’s Stein Collectors International chapter. He worked for Propper Manufacturing Co. in Long Island City in export sales

Robert E. Horsley died May 30, 2005. He resided in Sturbridge, MA, and is survived by his wife, Nancy; a son, Steven; and a daughter, Donna. He served in the U.S. Army and worked for Russell Harrington Cutlery.

Richard W. Winters ’63 Richard W. Winters died February 6, 2005.

He lived with his wife, Barbara, in Warwick, RI.

James F. Barrett ’53 James F. Barrett died December 11, 2004.

A graduate of Nichols Junior College, Barrett worked as a banker and was living in Convent Station, NJ. He and his wife Betty, had one daughter, Susan, and one son, James Jr.

Morgan Welles Taylor, Jr. ’53 Morgan Welles Taylor, Jr. died May 26, 2005 at The Cedars, his home in Sunset Farm, West Hartford, CT, where he had lived all his life. He was the last manager of the Edwin Taylor Lumber Co., a family business founded in 1837. He graduated from the South Kent School and Nichols Junior College.

Taylor assisted in the development of Sunset Farm and was an original stockholder of the

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To turn this into a win/win situation, why not consider making a direct gift to Nichols College? This will help Nichols by maximizing your charitable gift to assist with critical goals such as building student scholarship funds, refurbishing our campus, and attracting and retaining the best and brightest faculty and will save you money on taxes.

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Richard H. Sutphin ’66

Viyella O. Henderson ’97

Richard H. Sutphin died June 19, 2005.

He resided in Cincinnati, OH. He was a husband to Caroline Floyd Sutphin; father of Wendy Sutphin Ritch (Andrew), Melissa Sutphin Marx (Alexander) and Richard Hudson Sutphin Jr.; brother to Christina Sutphin Kohnen and Stuart Bruen Sutphin III; and a grandfather.

Viyella O. Henderson died September 25, 2005. She was born October 12, 1972, in New Haven, CT, and moved to Pahrump, NV, about two years ago. She was an account executive with SBC and a member of the MS Society. She is survived by her mother, Florence; her father, Monroe; brothers, Ryan and Eric; and sisters, Vonzel and Vondel.

Her grandmother and brother, Tony, preceded her in death.

Richard A. Moses MBA ’76 Richard A. Moses died September 13, 2005.

Born in Worcester, MA, on March 23, 1947, Moses graduated from Central New England College. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War having served with the United States Navy. His wife, Phyllis Mikula, predeceased him in October 2002.

Kelly A. Proctor—Student

College and planned to study sports management. He was the son of Karol, a certified nursing assistant, and older brother to Kamara.

Hamilton S. Stewart Hamilton Stewart, a former faculty member at Nichols College, died June 28, 2005. Stewart came to Nichols in 1963 and taught for 27 years. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He leaves behind his wife, Doris; sons, Hamilton Jr. and Douglas; and daughters, Allison Boyce and Lee Ann Cardella. ■

Kelly A. Proctor died July 2, 2005. He was from Ayer, MA, and was class president at Nashoba Valley Technical High School where he was also a star football player.

Proctor earned a scholarship to Nichols

Your Will…and the Future of Nichols In the United States, • 20 percent of all people who die each year have no surviving spouse, children, or parents and no one to inherit their estates; • 70 percent of those old enough to have a will, do not have a will; and • 70 percent of those who do have wills, say their wills are not up to date.

Wills provide many ways for you to support Nichols College.

You can leave a specific amount of property, a percentage of your estate, or a memorial gift in honor of a friend. In addition, you can create a charitable trust to generate income for you and your family. The possibilities are almost endless. For more information please contact Joe Cofield, Vice President of Advancement, at 508-2132428 or joe.cofield@nichols.edu.

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To Breathe, or Not to Breathe?

In 1852 Nichols Academy female students outnumbered their male counterparts! There’s no doubt that women’s clothing in the nineteenth century was uncomfortable, confining, and even unhealthy. On November 9th history came alive as the Women in American Society class reenacted a “Dress Reform Convention.”

Above, female students on the Hill are portrayed along with reformers from the nineteenth century.

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By Mark Naigles, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

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My experience living abroad in Istanbul, Turkey, with my family had its ups and downs, but the adventure was well worth it.

We made the move when my wife, a professor at UConn who studies child language acquisition, decided to spend her sabbatical year there. She had heard that Turkish children learn their native language very quickly, more quickly in fact than most children around the world. She had a colleague willing to host her and to help me find a teaching position at an English-speaking university. As a professor of mathematics who had served as an actuary for 19 years, I was needed at Istanbul Bilgi University to bolster their financial mathematics program.

From the very beginning, the challenges were significant, but not insurmountable. Our apartment was large by Turkish standards, about 1000 square feet, a little tight for a family of four accustomed to suburban Connecticut, but livable. Our children (10-year-old boy/girl twins) had to share a room, something they hadn’t done since they were five. By moving some furniture and hanging a curtain, we created two living spaces with a bit of privacy, and a workable schedule for our one bathroom. We had an air conditioner and a dishwasher (both considered luxuries), and a clothes washer, but that’s where the luxury ended. The washer only held one day’s worth of clothing. No clothes dryer meant drying clothes outside on a line. Rainy day? Bring them inside and wait 36 hours. I had to remind my children that this was the way 90 percent of

The magnificent Blue Mosque in Istanbul

the world dried its clothes. Our “stove” was a large toaster oven.

We adapted quickly to our new environment, and the kids started at their

We were concerned that being American might become an issue, but it rarely was.

Like most of the places we’ve visited, people separate politics from individuals.

International School. The other children were from all parts of the world. Their parents tended to be diplomats or corporate folks on three-year assignments.

Everyone learned in English, but spoke multiple languages. They held an “International Day” with parents cooking food from their native lands. It was a veritable feast of every food imaginable, and it was great!

Our apartment was located in a busy neighborhood with plenty of shops— three markets, two green grocers, two meat shops, and three pastry shops. Oh... the pastry shops! Everything was baked fresh, sometimes taken out of the oven just minutes before we arrived. I learned quickly that traditional Turkish desserts are not made with eggs—a real treat for me since I am allergic to them. The first sentence of Turkish I learned was a translation of “Are there eggs inside this?”

After hearing “yok” (none) many times, I dug in. It’s a good thing we walked everywhere during our stay, otherwise

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I would have not been able to fit into my clothes.

As we frequented the stores near us (and as our Turkish got better) the store owners got to know us and learned we were professors. In Turkey, professors are held in great esteem, and the fact that we were Americans made them like us even more. We were concerned that being American might become an issue, but it rarely was. Like most of the places we’ve visited, people separate politics from individuals. We got to know the shop owners well, and they are some of the folks we miss the most.

Our year in Turkey taught us how fortunate we are to live in America. Despite criticism from many about our policies, everyone we spoke to wanted to visit America. Most of my students wanted to study here. Turks admire Americans and many seemed proud that they knew Americans. We also learned that most of the basics we take for granted are still dreams for many in developing countries. In Istanbul, a modern city of over 10 million people, you cannot drink the water. Bottled water is necessary for drinking, cooking, and brushing your teeth. Electricity frequently goes out, sometimes two or three times a day. Traffic conditions are hazardous and, typically each year, at least three university students lose their lives in auto accidents. Working hard and getting a degree is no guarantee of success. Students fully expected to spend two to three years after graduation looking for jobs.

Despite this, our experiences were filled with cheerful, friendly people.

Once I accidentally left a 20-YTL note (about $13) in an ATM; the next person chased me down the street and handed it to me with a smile. When we did have problems, there were always people around who wanted to help out.

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Naigles (far right) and his wife, Letty, visit with the friendly shopkeeper of the Spice Bazaar.

Naigles relaxes with students at Istanbul Bilgi University

People who appeared to have little were generous. When we walked around the neighborhood to say our good-byes, we thanked the shopkeepers for everything and took pictures of them with the kids.

To our amazement, we received gifts from many of these new found friends, some of whom had very little.

Our stay in Turkey was like a year off

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the treadmill. No telemarketers, no junk mail, no frills. Sure, it was challenging, but it gave us a view of a simpler life and of how much of the developing world lives. Are we glad to be home?

You bet. Are we glad we took our little adventure? You bet! ■

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