Nichols College Magazine

Annual Report Volume 3 • Issue 1 • Winter 2008

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Susan Veshi

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Julie Errico CONTRIBUTORS

Thomas Cafaro, Joe Cofield, Kristy Cullivan, Kristen DiChiaro, Christine Jankowski, Paul Lambert, Debbie Mayerson, Debra Townsley, Diane Perry, Bill Pieczynski, Ashley Stockbridge DESIGN

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COVER STORY 5 Taking Care of Business FEATURES 8 Homecoming 2007 10 Distinguished Alumni Leadership Forum 11 Annual Report 25 Impact!

26 Sports Highlights 2007

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Dan Vaillancourt, Patrick O’Connor Photography Shrewsbury, MA

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ALUMNI A View from the Hill Class Notes Catching up with Gordon E. Clement ’49 Catching up with Les Read ’55 Catching up with Lloyd Roth ’59 Nichols Remembers

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NICHOLS COLLEGE Magazine (UPSP 390480) is published twice a year by Nichols College, Dudley, MA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Diane Perry, Database Manager NICHOLS COLLEGE PO Box 5000 Dudley, MA 01571-5000 Cover (L to R): Jennifer Harvey; Lucas Wilson; Denisse Brea; Nicholas Reinart; James Dunbar

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ichols College has the best of both worlds. We are an institution rich in tradition, rooted in history, and guided by core values that were as meaningful to our founders as they are to the Nichols community today. At the same time, we foster a dynamic environment – an incubator for progress – enabling us to respond to, even capitalize on, change.

Nichols exists comfortably in both worlds, because they are bridged by the one constant that has defined our success over generations: we prepare our graduates for business.

Debra M. Townsley Ph.D. We have always offered a strong curriculum anchored by traditional business disciplines such as accounting, finance, management, and marketing. We have long believed that education isn’t confined to a classroom and that professors who are practitioners can make textbooks come alive. We have staked our reputation on transforming students, and we have a solid record of producing graduates who distinguish themselves in the workplace and even rise to the top of their professions. Even our physical surroundings characterize the simplicity and beauty of old New England charm. We understand and encourage the deep connections people have to the proud history of Nichols. In a topsy-turvy society, this is what rights us and keeps us grounded.

Yet, with a reverence for the past, we have an obligation to develop tomorrow’s leaders in a dynamic setting. The college community is continually charged with staying ahead of the curve by exploring academic enhancements and effective teaching methods. This has led to the creation of new specializations that have appealed to newer generations of students, such as sport management, criminal justice management and arts and entertainment management. It has also led to initiatives in team teaching, campus engagement in issues of critical importance, and to one of our most innovative and distinctive programs, the Professional Development Seminar. These developments reflect our ability to act collegially and marshal our resources to respond swiftly and surely to market changes.

The new specializations fulfill a growing need in the business sector and enable younger students to identify with business through a discipline that interests them. While these areas of study may seem flashier and may generate more excitement and wider appeal, they do not detract from the traditional core of a Nichols education: business. In fact, they enhance it. Securing a foothold in the job market and maintaining our outcome of more than 90 percent of our students finding positions within six months of graduation have required us to revitalize all aspects of the curriculum. If a rising tide lifts all boats, the entire Nichols experience is strengthened with the addition of offerings that capture the attention of today’s students and prepare them for the changing world of business.

The connection between past and present is perhaps best personified by Jim Dunbar ’51 H’04, who is featured in our cover story. Grounded in a traditional Nichols education, Jim built the Dunbar Companies into the largest independently owned, full-service security firm in the country. Through his experience in and knowledge of the security industry, Jim worked with us to create our criminal justice management specialization. But what proved invaluable was Jim’s understanding of security as a business, his appreciation of the changes (particularly post 9/11) and the intricacies of the industry that necessitate this type of specialization to train its future leaders.

In the end, no matter what area of specialization business students choose to concentrate in, all of them earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a BSBA degree. Past, present and future, the delivery of a quality business career-focused education that develops tomorrow’s leaders is what we’re all about.

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(L to R): Nichols Trustees: Chief Quality Officer, Coach & CEO of Coghlin Companies, Inc., James W. Coghlin, Sr. ’67; President & CEO of The Protector Group Insurance Agency, Inc., Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77; Nichols Director of Buildings and Grounds, Robert LaVigne; Selectman, Town of Dudley, Mass., Brian Germain ’04; Nichols College President Debra M. Townsley; Nichols Student Government Association President, Kayla Bertrand ’08

Global Connections Dr. Debra M. Townsley and European University President Dr. Dirk Craen announced an affiliation agreement where both accredited institutions agree to recognize each other’s courses, certificates and degrees.

The agreement was celebrated at a faculty reception on August 30th.

Accolades from Parents Our 2007 Parent Orientation Program received accolades from parents attending — 97 percent agree that they feel good about their child’s decision to attend Nichols.

(L to R): Coordinating the program: Heather Barbour, director of student activities and orientation; Dr. Brian McCoy, vice president and dean for students services; Dawn Sherman, assistant dean for special academic programs

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Google Wisdom Shared Professor Larry Muller is surrounded by international marketing students as Google’s senior manager for Asia and Latin America, Katchen Gerig (center), presented the ten principles by which the Internet giant evaluates its decisions for expansion and stays true to its core competencies.

(L to R): Nichols students: Valerie Sullivan; Erika Caron; Ashley Ford; Kristen Spinner; Kristen Howard

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Unfinished Business in Afghanistan On September 19th, Nichols students gathered for dinner and conversation about cause-based marketing in Afghanistan with former NPR correspondent Sarah Chayes (third from left seated).

Chayes asked Nichols international marketing and first-year LINC business students to look for economic solutions in regions destabilized by terrorist organizations.

Taking it Easy At this year’s Employee Recognition Luncheon held on October 9th in Lombard Dining Hall, President Debra M. Townsley congratulated both Bob Taberski (left) and Kenny Gray (right) on their retirement after many years of service in Buildings and Grounds.

A High Flying Success “Nichols Reads” summer reading program was a great success with first-year students. On October 23rd, winners of an essay contest on topics addressed in The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini were announced. In addition, students attended an advance private screening of the film on December 4th.

Above (L to R): Vice President & Dean of Academic Affairs Alan Reinhardt; Ji-Young Kim (2nd place); Rebecca Hamwey (1st place); Stephanie Haskell (3rd place); Heather Wilson (honorable mention); Jennifer Mayer (honorable mention); Professor Luanne Proko, program organizer Below: Christopher T. Johnson, manager of the Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux, stands in front (center) of the happy Nichols crowd of students, faculty and staff

Army Honors Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing Thomas R. Cafaro was inducted into the Army’s Sports Hall of Fame at a special banquet held at West Point on September 28th.

(L to R): Joining Cafaro (fourth from left) were: Director of the Nichols Fund Bill Pieczynski; U.S. Army Superintendent Lieutenant General Franklin L. Hagenbeck; Michael K. Townsley; Dave C. Weyant ’69; Nichols Professor Richard Valle

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Athletes Spread Cheer On November 16th, Shriner George S. Makara (Buildings and Grounds) accompanied Nichols College football coaches and players on a visit to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield, Mass., with the goal of spreading Thanksgiving cheer.

(L to R): George Makara (wearing fez); Head Football Coach Bill Carven ’94, Assistant Coach Andrew Croteau, Assistant Coach Matt Chapman ’04

Onward and Upward On January 5th, Y.O.U. Inc.'s Upward Bound 4-year program was launched at Nichols to provide support to 51 low-income, academically underprepared Southbridge High School students in their preparation for college entrance. Three Nichols alums at Y.O.U., Inc. were instrumental in bringing the program here, including: Upward Bound Program Director Gaelyn Hastings ‘98, Upward Bound Counselor Lisa Bertolino ‘04, and Educational Services Director Kristin Mayotte ‘93.

Community Partners During Nichols holiday party, faculty and staff showed their generosity with donations to the severely depleted Webster-Dudley Food Bank.

(Above): Upward Bound Counselors Eric Batista and Lisa Bertolino ‘04

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Taking Care of Business

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s the associate director of the Connecticut Sports Management Group, Inc., sport management graduate Pat Fisher ’01 assumes a unique responsibility: manage 24 different sport competitions and more than 6,000 athletes participating annually in the Nutmeg Games, the organization’s largest event.

Working alongside former members of the Secret Service and Marine Reconnaissance Units, Aashish Patel ’06, a criminal justice management graduate, faces the challenge of helping to protect Fidelity Investments’ facilities and more than 44,000 employees around the world as part of the company’s security team.

With the challenges these graduates and others like them

encounter, the foundation that Nichols core business curriculum provides its students has become even more crucial in today’s business environment.

“The Nichols Sport Management Program is unique because it starts with a business focus,” says Colleen Colles, Ed.D., program chair. In order to graduate with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration, both sport management and criminal justice management (CJM) students are required to take 13 core courses in areas such as management, marketing, economics, finance, and accounting.

In the past few years the content for both programs has evolved as a result of industry feedback.

For example, the Sport Management Program now offers an elective course in sponsorship and sales.

That’s because, Colles says, “Every time Nichols placed a student intern, the employers wanted to

“The Nichols Sport Management Program is unique because it starts with a business focus.”

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know: ‘Can your students sell?’ If our students can sell sponsorship and advertising, then employers consider that a definite advantage.”

CJM Program Chair Stephen Saravara III, J.D., stays up-to-date with the latest developments in the field by attending the annual conference of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). The conference is unique, Saravara says, because it provides academicians and other security and CJM instructors an opportunity to meet with security professionals to discuss current curriculum content and identify ways to respond to industry needs.

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hrough the James L. Dunbar Scholarship for Criminal Justice Management, select CJM students are provided the opportunity to attend the ASIS conference as well. Aashish Patel enhanced his industry knowledge by accompanying Saravara to the ASIS Conference in San Diego. His attendance turned out to be one of the keys to getting a job at Fidelity Investments. “Fidelity was very impressed with my educational experience and the fact that I had attended the ASIS Conference. It gave me a definite advantage in the interview process,” says Patel. This knowledge continues to serve him well. “Along with my day-to-day duties of protecting Fidelity’s property, critical infrastructures, and reputation, I work with business continuity managers to make sure that our business is always running, and if something were to happen, to minimize business interruption.”

Sport management graduate Rob MacCallum ’07 has experienced the Nichols advantage in his job as a merchandise manager for Real Salt Lake Soccer.

“Coming from a business school has made me a more valuable employee in that I understand how to make money and the purpose of all of the different departments.

Because of this, I have moved up more quickly than many of my other peers who started at the same time I did,” he says.

MacCallum’s hiring supervisor, John Kimball, vice president of business operations at Real Salt Lake Soccer,

agrees. “Rob has been a big part of our new venture to increase our business and ticket sales in four different area malls. As a result of his strong business “Rob [MacCallum ’07] awareness, he knows how to deal with the has been a big part of mall management and our new venture to businesses and clients increase our business and is essentially and ticket sales in four helping us set up minidifferent area malls.” businesses in the mall.”

Like sport manage— John Kimball ment graduates, CJM vice president of graduates have become business operations integral contributors to Real Salt Lake Soccer their businesses as well.

No longer is criminal justice just about working in public law enforcement or checking security badges. CJM professionals help identify a company’s risks and vulnerabilities and know how to perform asset analysis and business continuity planning.

“Businesses want graduates with not only criminal justice and security knowledge, but with a business degree as well,” says Saravara. “If students don’t know about business, how can they identify how to keep it running?”

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Speaking about Pat Fisher, William Mudano, executive director of the Connecticut Sports Management Group, states, “Clearly, Pat’s decision to augment his sport management major with courses outside his area of concentration was a wise one. His work in the area of statistics has proven invaluable to us as we track athletes in various age groups,

“At Nichols, we give students that integral business foundation.”

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regions of the state, and different sports. In addition, his management skills have been used to great advantage when organizing and working with the various groups involved with our events, including volunteers, coaches, and officials.”

While some students select sport management because of their love of sports, they soon find out that the program involves much more than that, Colles says. “Employers say it is not just about loving sports and the game. What they really like is that our students know the business side. Sport management students study not only the economic impact of sport but facilities and front office management,” Colles adds. “If someone has an issue with finances or managing a group of people or running an event, our students understand the business side of it and do not just think, ‘That’s a great game,’ but can carry through with the behind-the-scenes details to make it an outstanding event.”

The security industry appreciates the business perspective as well. “Companies find it much more efficient to teach an employee about their company’s specific security requirements rather than having to provide the vital business knowledge as well,” says Saravara. “Over time businesses are realizing they need to be protecting not only their physical property but their intellectual property.

They find this much easier to do if a newly hired security employee has a strong business background. At Nichols, we give students that integral business foundation.”

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erhaps Fisher states it best when he says, “Nichols business curriculum provides a practical education that helps students to be competitive in today’s marketplace. The knowledge gained through the core business program has enabled me to have a greater understanding of how a business operates on a day-to-day basis. This knowledge will continue to open doors that may have otherwise remained closed.”

President’s Medal Awarded to James L. Dunbar ‘51 This past fall Nichols President Debra M. Townsley (L to R): President Debra Townsley; Gwenyth presented the inaugural Dunbar; James Dunbar President’s Distinguished Business Leadership Medal to James L. Dunbar in recognition of his lifetime achievement in business. Criteria for the award center on sustained success, innovation, and attaining a leadership position within a given industry. Dunbar has achieved all of these.

With over 50 years of experience, Dunbar is the nation’s most widely respected authority on matters involving the armored car industry. Law enforcement agencies, industry associations, and the U.S. Congress continually seek out his opinion on security issues. Dunbar publishes articles on security for industry magazines, makes numerous speeches and is the author of a book entitled BULLETPROOF: A History of Armored Cars and the Colorful Characters Who Ran Them, Rode Them, and Sometimes Robbed Them.

The company that bears Dunbar’s name is America’s largest independent, completely American-owned, full-service security organization and is comprised of six operating companies including an armored air courier service, cash vault services, guard services, alarm systems, Dunbar BankPaks, and an online shipment tracking system.

When developing the Nichols Criminal Justice Management Program, Dunbar served as the chief industry advisor to the College, offering insight into the employment needs of the industry and steering the curriculum toward a focus in management. “I am keenly aware of the growth that has taken place in the security industry and how private security and public policing functions have become interconnected and interdependent,” said Dunbar. On the program’s success, Dunbar commented, “A criminal justice education provides students with a better understanding of today’s security environment. That the program has met with good results in such a short period of time is gratifying.”

As well as functioning as one of the CJM program’s chief architects, Dunbar has also been an important supporter, having made a generous gift to launch the program, creating an endowed scholarship for a deserving student, and offering ongoing support to send students to the major annual conference of the American Society for Industrial Security.

Today, Dunbar continues to offer input into the curriculum through periodic discussions with CJM Program Chair Stephen Saravara. Given his standing in the industry and the scope of his knowledge, Dunbar’s ongoing advice is invaluable. As a result of Dunbar’s support and commitment to the CJM program and its students, Nichols continues to offer a cutting-edge curriculum that meets the needs of a rapidly growing and evolving industry.

On presenting the award to Dunbar, President Townsley commented, “For all of this, for his service to Nichols and to his community, for his highest ethical standards, it is my honor and pleasure to bestow to Jim Dunbar the first Nichols President's Distinguished Business Leadership Medal.”

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Homecoming 2007 drew a near record crowd of reunion participants with the classes of ’57, ’62, ’67 and ’02 celebrating both on and off campus.

We kicked off the weekend with the lively Alumni Awards & Hall of Fame Dinner in the Daniels Auditorium on Friday evening. The festivities continued on Saturday morning with a breakfast featuring President Debra M. Townsley who shared campus updates and presented members of the class of ’57 with 50-year reunion medallions. Despite the scattered showers, members of the Nichols community then broke ground on the new suite-style residence facility located on the former field hockey field.

Right (L-R); Outstanding Alumnus Tom McIlvain; Mike Vendetti Below (L-R): President Debra Townsley with Alumni Award winners Kurt Harrington; Len Hast; David Hale; Frank Lovell; Bruce Baker

Homecoming wouldn’t be complete without a Bison sporting event, or two. Fans of all ages cheered on the football team, which was unfortunately defeated by Worcester State, and the men’s and women’s soccer teams, which were both victors against the University of New England.

Throughout the day, alumni and their families enjoyed each other as well as the fall activities.

2007 Alumni Awards and Hall of Fame Inductions OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS AWARD

Thomas B. McIlvain, Jr. '67 ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

David G. Hale '75 Kurt R. Harrington '74 KEN THOMPSON SERVICE AWARD

Francis J. Lovell '71 HONORARY ALUMNUS & HONORARY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

Leonard J. Hast Bruce Baker ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Amy M. (Lachenal) Bartlett '97 J. Clifford Dietrich '69 (posthumous) Myles M. Fayle '01 William T. Valintas '78

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Off campus, older alumni used the neighboring and beautifully restored Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center (formerly American Optical) as a home base, while 40 members the Class of 2002 swapped stories of “life after Nichols” at the Irish Times in Worcester.

Mark your calendar for Homecoming 2008!

On Friday, October 3rd, we’ll kick off the weekend with our annual Alumni & Hall of Fame Awards Dinner, and on Saturday, October 4th, we will enjoy fall festivities on campus. Classes ending in a 3 or 8 will be celebrating a reunion year.

Please contact us – it is never too early to start planning something with your classmates.

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Company Founders & CEOs Launch Nichols Distinguished Alumni Leadership Forum

(Center): Jack Blais shares the magic of his Super Bowl championship ring with Nichols students

Nichols College seniors are taking their career-focused business education to a new level with the development of the Distinguished Alumni Leadership Forum, a joint venture between the Fischer Institute, Professional Development Seminar and the Alumni Relations Office. The series brings top ranking alumni to campus each year to share their success stories and career advice with students and alumni. Several speakers also joined a small group of students and faculty for lunch or dinner and an off-the-record Q&A session.

The Forum targets alumni of interest to the student body.

Class President Amanda Harvey ’08, Vice President Jennifer Harvey ’08 and Human Resources Club President Jacquelyn Henderson ’08 invited the alumni to speak.

Faculty members Mary Trottier and Louise Nordstrom ensured meaningful interaction between alumni and students by training students in basic research on the companies and competitive environment in which the speakers operate.

Noted entrepreneur Jack F. Blais H’06 launched the Forum in September. Blais, whose gift to Dana-Farber named The Patriots indoor training facility the “Dana-Farber Field House,” is founder and president of BlaisCo, LLC, of Framingham, Mass., a holding company specializing in hightechnology firms. He is also an active partner in Capital Risk Management, Inc., a world-wide consulting firm.

James L. Dunbar ’51 H’04, chairman & CEO of The Dunbar Companies and a Maryland “Entrepreneur of the Year,” spoke in October about building the largest independently owned armored transport, cash vault services, and fullservice security firm in the United States.

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In 1956, Dunbar moved to Baltimore and founded his own armored car company, Federal Armored Express, Inc. Over the next 40 years, Federal Armored Express expanded nationwide to become the third largest armored carrier in the United States. In 1996, he acquired the assets of his brother’s company in New England, which allowed him to change the name of his armored car company to Dunbar Armored, Inc. Like many Nichols alumni, Dunbar is a self made man— he started his career as a driver for the first armored car company in New England.

The inaugural year of the Forum concluded in November with a lecture by Keith T. Anderson ’81, vice chairman and global CIO for fixed income at BlackRock Financial. With $1.3 trillion assets under management, BlackRock is one of Wall Street's hottest firms. Recently the company was selected as manager for the $75 billion fund being created by three large banks to help shore up the market for asset-backed securities in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.

Anderson, a member of National Association for Business Economics, advises Congress on the effect of economic policy on the U.S. markets and on how developments such as the current "subprime crisis" is expected to play out. Anderson spoke about the current state of the economy and Keith Anderson in Davis Hall also imparted gentle wisdom to students on life and work. Among his advice: seek experiences beyond your immediate environment, travel abroad, go to college in unfamiliar surroundings; it will be a broadening experience. [As the magazine goes to press, Anderson announced his departure from BlackRock to become the new chief investment officer of the Soros Management Fund. Anderson will fill a spot at the hedge fund that has been vacant since July, when Robert Soros, son of the 77year-old multi-billionaire investor, stepped down from the post.]

The series will continue next year with a new lineup of speakers and will be widely publicized to students and alumni. You can learn more about the Distinguished Alumni Leadership Forum under the Events section of the Nichols alumni web page.

InGrateful Recognition The Nichols College community of alumni, faculty, staff, parents, friends and corporate sponsors has once again demonstrated its loyalty, generosity and support of our mission to educate tomorrow’s business leaders. In fiscal year 2007, our donors contributed more than $1.5 million in the name of Nichols and the students we serve. With gratitude, we acknowledge them on the following pages.

This year we experienced further growth of the President’s Society, annual gifts of $1,000 or more.

Under the adept leadership of Chairman Bruce Haslun ’63, the President’s Society grew by 23 members – a nearly 15 percent increase – the largest membership in school history. At the annual dinner on October 19th, Haslun recognized this dedicated core of donors: “The people in this room represent the best of Nichols College.”

Also of special note was the creation of a new society to recognize donors who have given $25,000 or more as an annual gift to the College. The establishment of the Scholars Society enables Nichols to properly acknowledge those individuals and organizations whose support at this level signifies a major commitment to the success and financial health of Nichols. “These donors epitomize leadership and loyalty, and Nichols is honored and graced by their continuous generosity,” said President Debra M. Townsley, Ph.D. “The College is happy to recognize their firm dedication to the educational mission of Nichols.”

The contribution of all members of the Nichols community continues to be the catalyst for and the bedrock of advancement. We thank you for your investment in the life of the College and the success of our students.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 SCHOLARS SOCIETY Gifts of $25,000 or more Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. Keith T. Anderson Oliver W. Jr. and Jane T. Birckhead John H. and Robyn Davis Mary C. DeFeudis Gerald and Marilyn Fels The Gould Family Richard B. and Sarah Hardy Hermann Fdn. Inc. Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. Robert B. and Nancy A. Kuppenheimer David F. and Susan D. Lombard Peter L. and Madeline Lynch John H. Jr. and Janet McClutchy Raymond C. Pecor Jr. Singer & Lusardi CPA William J. and Barbara Weyand

TRUSTEES SOCIETY Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999 Ellis Bateman Randall V. and Donna Becker Coghlin Cos. Inc. James W. Sr. and Nancy Coghlin Stephen A. Davis Friedman Billings Ramsey Charitable Fdn. George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. Kurt R. and Carolyn Harrington Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. Martin J. and Shelly Power Dr. Gurbachan B. and Lexi Singh Robert E. Stansky Robert J. and Sheila Vaudreuil Charles Jr. and Star Zabriskie

PRESIDENT’S GREEN CIRCLE Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Frank R. Burns Jr. Howard K.O. Jr. and Andrea Chong

Coca-Cola Co. Henri M. Jr. and Liz David Raymond P. Faucher John M. and Carol Harrison Alfred D. Houston Jimmy Gahan Charitable Fdn. Francis J. Lovell Thomas and Patricia G. Marmen Leo V. Marshall Thomas H. Niles Nuveen Investments Suryakant M. Patel MD James F. and Bonnie Paulhus Lovett C. and Ruth Peters R. Joseph and Joanne Salois Sodexho Marriott Services Inc. Debra M. and Michael K. Townsley Susan V. Utz Webster Five Fdn.

PRESIDENT’S GOLD CIRCLE Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Constantine Alexander Wayne J. Archambo James L. Jr. and Benita Conrad James L. Dunbar Estate of Alfred R. Fishel Friends of the Industry LLC Dennis F. and Frances Gorman George P. Jr. and Margaret Kustigian Robert P. MacPherson Jr. Ernest Pekmezaris Charles A. Petrillo William R. Scott

PRESIDENT’S SILVER CIRCLE Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499 Estate of Norris G. Abbott III Mark B. Alexander Anonymous ARAMARK Greg P. Arthur Bank of America Bruce R. Barton David G. and Ellen J. Bedard

The Annual Report list of donors reflects gifts made to Nichols College during the fiscal year that began July 1, 2006, and ended June 30, 2007. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list.

If we have reported your name incorrectly, please contact the Advancement Office at 866-622-4766 or nicholsfund@nichols.edu.

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Alice C. Belden Robert Q. Benowitz Jonathan D. Blake Nancy B. Blakely Donn E. Bleau Boston Druggists Assoc. Inc. Boston Fdn. John R. Brown Robert A. Bullard Charles P. Burnett III Thomas R. Cafaro Armand J. Carrano Eugene P. Cenci Ross H. Chambers William S. Cleary Gordon E. Clement Joe and Julie Cofield E. Hunt Coracci Timothy P. Cowles Roger P. Crandall Deloitte & Touche Edwin B. Donahue Eagle Cleaning Corp.

Eric Y. Eichler Richard L. English William D. Fowler Thomas E. Franzese William S. Fraser William E. Fredericks Arthur L. Fries Martha Gaudet Dwight W. Gesswein James F. Goulet Marianne E. Gruskin David G. Hale Thomas J. Hall Bruce I. Haslun Randy L. Heitin Patricia A. Hertzfeld Richard L. Hilliard Douglas M. Hobbs Bradley S. Hvolbeck J L Marshall & Sons Inc. Michael L. Jarominski Jr. and Rosalie Lawless Johnson & Johnson Jeff R. Johnson Michael A. Jones Dale Harger and Jean D. Jones Harger Joshua Green Fdn. Inc. P. David Junkin II William F. Keats Michael A. Keefe Lafayette Keeney Robert T. Kennedy James W. Kerley Gregory B. King William H. Littleton Lockheed Martin Corp.

Thomas A. LoRicco Jim Harrington and Mary P. Lorusso-DiBara Michael A. Lukasek Timothy E. Madden Richard C. Makin Christopher W. and Kim M. McCarthy Dr. Brian T. and Monique A. McCoy Lee A. McNelly

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Microsoft Robert E. and Sylvia Miller Sen. Richard T. and Joanne Moore Edmund J. Murrah National Grid New York Life Horace S. Nichols Jean W. Noyes Keith A. O’Hara Michael J. O’Mara Earl S. Prolman CLU ChFC Leslie H. Read Alan J. Reinhardt PhD Alvah O. Rock David W. Rodgers Lloyd M. Roth Sherwood A. Schaub Jr. Donald W. Schmid Frank C. Schroll Jr. Richard O. Shea Richard F. Shields Southbridge Savings Bank Henry P. St. Cyr State Farm Cos. Douglas S. Stirling Mark A. Sweeney Susan K. Tellier Robert V. Trudel United Lens Co. Inc. United Way of Central Massachusetts Juan M. Velutini W. Bruce Wallin Wharton P. Whitaker* Paul G. Wigglesworth George E. Withington

PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY NOW (Graduates of the last decade who accelerate their membership in the President’s Society)

Robbie P. and Holly M. Munce Amy S. Oman

AMASA NICHOLS SOCIETY Gifts of $500 to $999 Laura P. Albert Allmerica Financial Roberto O. Alvarez Brent J. Andersen Richard J. Bates Marc D. and Andrea C. Becker Edward W. Bellerose Paul J. Caruso ChevronTexaco Chester T. Chwalek Bradley M. Damon George E. deRedon Lawrence D. Downs Robert C. Dublin Jr. Charles W. Ebert Jr. Peter M. and Sherry E. Engh Raymond F. Essig John H. Flagg Jr. Follett Corp.

Norman R. Fougere Jr. Robert M. Gardiner Glenn M. Gerhard Carl R. Gersbach

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(L to R): Heather Magowan; Ashlee Givins; Jennifer Zajac; President Debra Townsley; Ryan Edwards; Kristen Harmon; Kristen Andrews Samuel R. Haines E. Paul Herbert Jeffrey D. Kaplan W. Thomas Keith Morgan J. Knudsen John R. Lamontagne Lawrence L. Landry William K. Mahler Jr. W. O. Mashburn Stephen W. Miller Bryan J. Morrissey Robbie P. and Holly M. Munce Munce’s Superior Inc. NEATrust Victor A. Pelletier Walter T. Peters William C. Pieczynski James W. Porter David L. Prescott Charles G. Roach Charlyn A. Robert B. James Rogers* Robert T. Sanford Peter F. Sennott Francis D. Shanahan Kevin S. Shaw Shell Oil Co. Thomas G. Sleasman United Technologies Corp.

Federico G. Vargas Dominic C. and Suzanne Varisco Alexander S. Walker John F. White Jack E. Zacks

ACADEMY ASSOCIATES Gifts of $250 to $499 Thomas Abbruzzese Jeffrey L. Allen Anonymous Thomas C. and Lisa C. Baker Charles J. Bernard James C. Brown Curtis A. Burhoe George T. Campbell Tammy A. Cardillo

Ronald P. Carlson Stanley J. Casillo John H. Cavanaugh Sr. Stephen P. Chernock Jr. Cigna Robert D. Conrad Douglas C. Cooney Tracy E. Coppinger Joseph J. Corning Jr. Paul W. Cutler Robert C. DeRubeis Hilary L. Doncaster David C. Ebacher William S. Edmunds David W. Fleming Jonathan Frankel Kirk and Bobbee Frazer Aric E. Friend Lawrence F. Frisoli James A. Gaudet Diane L. Gillespie Robert A. Green Gary S. Guglielmello Mark Hallen Robert I. Handler Leonard K. Harmon John M. Hills Barry D. Hogan Robert M. Hogue II Arthur S. Holmquist Jr. Daniel W. Ivascyn Robert W. Johnston David B. Jones Robert J. Joyce Craig D. Kasap Kelly Kincannon Richard C. Knoener Edward J. Kolek Jr. Patricia B. Korch Robert H. Kullas Peter F. Lofgren John L. Lubbers Peter S. MacLeod Robert B. Magnus Jr. Gilbert E. Marriott Jr. Richard D. Marsden Ronald P. Marshall

Sharron R. McCarthy Joseph L. McEntee Peter G. McGivney Robert E. McKenna Robert H. McPhee Geoffrey E. Meyer Libba G. Moore William Mulligan Douglas A. Newman Nichols College Staff James C. Norcross Anne M. O’Brien Amy S. Oman Ronald E. Osimo Edward J. Palmerino Kevin J. Parker Frederick L. Pease Daniel J. Perron Richard W. Plant Paul and Luanne V. Proko The Protector Group Craig Puetz Quabaug Corp.

Paul Rieschick Richard K. Robertson Gerald J. Robinson Rogers Corp.

Eric A. Rosen Kelly D. RothKugel Thomas R. Schaeffer Jr. Richard W. Scheffler Ronald L. Schmitt Robert J. Sharp Bruce S. Siegal George T. Smith Sidney M. Smith Michael E. Steinberg John Strobel David E. Stuart Kent Tarrant Therm Inc. Susan B. Tibbits Jeffrey D. Tisdell and Danielle V. Beach Joseph P. Tokarz P. Thomas Van Schaick John H. Vanderveer Jr. Michael J. and Joan Vendetti George E. Vogel WA Wilde Co. James D. Wagner Robert F. Wagner Langdon H. Wait Stephen F. Wentzell Bert and Caroline West Jack G. Wille Joanne Williams

HILLTOPPERS CLUB Gifts of $100 to $249 DeForest W. Abel Jr. Edward J. Abell III Robert Abrams ADC Telecommunications Inc. Leonard S. Adler David M. Adrian Dennis A. Albano Louis J. Alberico Steven M. Alferes Peter F. Allan John H. Allen * Deceased

Richard H. Alley Elliot M. Altman DDS Kenneth Alton Jr. American Optical Co. Robert J. Amico Gilbert R. Anderson Glenn A. Anderson John L. Anderson Jon D. Anderson Anonymous William L. Archer Sr. John A. Armstrong Michael G. Ash Arthur C. Assad Charles J. Atchue Bradford C. Babb C. Pitman Baker IV Bank of Clark County Allen E. Barber Jr. Barnes Group Inc. Ronald J. Barry John M. Bartlett Jr. Thomas W. Bartsch Jr. William J. Basher Jr. Richard H. Bauzenberger Edward L. Beatty Jr. Richard S. Beck Robert E. Beckwith Warren C. Bender Benjamin Moore & Co. Russell C. Benjamin Kenneth P. Bergeron Jr. Thomas J. Bergin Jr. Mark N. Berry Jeffrey B. Berselli Kenneth B. Beyer David F. Biron Sumner F. Bissell Eva J. Black Alan S. Blanchard David A. Blanchard Richard A. Blankley Emily N. Blum Howard Boss* Daniel R. Bourgault Michael C. Bousquet William F. and Jocelyn L. Bouvier James W. Bovaird Kathleen E. Bowler Bradley W. Boyd Steven L. Boynton Lisa C. Bradway Kevin F. Brassard Peter C. Brenner Leslie H. Brooks Richelle M. Brown Ronald C. and Cynthia L. Brown Peter M. Brusman Gerald W. Buono Jr. James E. Burnet III Barry Burrows David G. Butler George S. Butler Adam P. Button Steven M. and Kari R. Byrnes Brian W. Calabro John R. Calcagni Jr. J. Manuel Calvo J. Douglas Cameron Gregory J. Cannon* W. Brian Capshaw

Richard and Deborah Cardello Roger F. Carney Stephen T. Carter Sr. William R. Carven Jr. Gary J. Cascio Douglas B. Castle Robert B. Chapell Bradford C. Child Malcolm Chiljean Paul D. Chlapowski Lynne Cinella Barry A. Clapp Edward Clarke Paul M. Clough Robert B. Coleman James E. Coley III Eugene B. Collard Jr. Colleen M. Colles Robert L. Collingwood Robert L. Colombo Concord Oil Co. Carl A. Conlon Consolidated Edison Co. of NY Kevin M. Corley George D. Coupounas* Thomas J. Craig Jr. Arnold D. Cramer E. Bates Craver William T. Crimmin Barry C. Cringan Donald Crisps Patrick S. Curtis Jean E. Cutting John Cygielnik Darryl R. Cyr Todd J. DaCosta Raj K. Dansinghani William C. Dean Jr. Edward P. Deary Deerfield Associates Executive Search Inc. Ward B. DeKlyn Jr. David T. Delmonico Bruce A. Demoranville Sr. Charles H. Detwiller III Scott R. Devens Allen F. Diefenderfer Jr. Thomas E. DiGiuseppe Allen W. Dillaire William E. Dillmeier Jr. Darrin J. DiNapoli Marc A. DiPietro Karl E. and Julie A. Doane Richard H. Dodakian Bruce S. Dodge David C. Doe Charles W. Dragon Jonathan H. Drury Dudley House of Pizza Arthur J. Duhaime Susan M. Duhamel Theodore J. Dumas Thomas K. Duncan Allan P. Dunn James C. Dunne Donald J. Dyer John B. Earl Jr. Robert A. Eckardt R. Allen Elliott Carleton and Janice Ellis Harry J. Erikson

Lewis B. Erwin Jr. Charles F. Estaphan Charles E. Evans Robert T. Evertsen Ryan J. and Michelle A. Fasold James H. Feindel Robert M. Fenn II Jeffrey B. Ferrara Fidelity Investments Frank Fiorentino Robin Fischer Steven M. Fisher Amy L. Fleck FM Global Andrew M. Foley Brian P. Foley Charles L. Foote Jr. Charles H. Foster Jr. Fourslide Spring Products Inc. Richard C. Fowler William R. Fox Walter G. Frick Jr. Peter C. Friend Ronald H. Friend Philip B. Fuller Leo F. Furfey Steven C. Gallo and Patricia A. Lyons-Gallo Paul J. Gannon Timothy P. Garrison Robert H. Gascoyne Dawna M. Gauvin

(L to R): Jane and Ollie Birckhead

Lew P. Gelman Brian P. Gettings Rene V. Gignac Sr. James R. Gillespie Phil D. Gillies Kristin A. Gilmore Christopher E. Girardin Richard L. Goldsmith George W. Goodell Jr. Mark J. Goretti Thomas W. Gorski III Daniel Grabauskas James P. Grainger John A. Grosso III Jon H. Haggerty Jeffrey A. Halprin Albert W. Hanlon Jr. Debra M. Harmon

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Guy G. Harper III William A. Haskell Paul Z. Haus Jr. Dudley A. Hawley Jr. David B. Heath Raymond W. Hencir Donald W. Hick Jr. Robert T. Hildebrand Thomas C. Hiller Calvin A. Hills Jr. John H. Hinchliffe III Robert A. Hoey Keith T. Hofbeck Roger P. Holden Terrance Horan Hayward Hough Henry Howard II Charles N. Howe Robert F. Howe Jr. Francis P. Hubach Edwin L. Hubbard Edward A. Hunt Jr. Keith A. Hunt E. Anthony Infante Kenneth B. Ingraham Janice M. Jankowski John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. David C. Johnson Peter H. Johnson Craig S. Johnston Charles S. Jones Don W. Jones

(L to R): Cheron and Bruce Barton Robert M. Jones Dora L. Kac Howard J. Kack Barbara T. Kahn Daniel S. Kahn Harold L. Kahn Wendy B. Kahn Michael J. Kane Francis B. Keefe Ty Kefor M. Hyland Kelley Gina B. Kilby-Conaway Robert H. Kime Laurence B. King Louis W. Kinzer Jr. Thomas T. Klebart

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William O. Kohnke Jan A. and Cheryl A. Kopas John D. Kurtz Donald N. Laboissonniere Burke Laclair Cynthia J. Lafortune Nancy J. Laframboise Michael O. Lajoie Alan S. Lambie Michael G. Lapinsky Bruce P. Lawrence J. Randall Lawrence William F. Lee Raymond P. LeMay Eugene J. Leveille Frederick J. Levitan Charles F. Lewis III Stephen V. Lewis Gary B. Lindgren Fred K. Lindsay Timothy J. Liptrap Ronald S. Liston Carlton S. Littell Herbert I. Losee III William C. Loughran Peter A. Lunsford Sean P. Lyons Douglas J. Mace Douglas E. MacMillan J. Donald MacNair Donald A. MacQuarrie Angela G. Maffeo John P. Maffeo James E. Mahar Paul Majercik Linda C. Mariani Robert A. Marotta Leon S. Marshall Jr. James Martin Robert A. Martin Jr. Mass Mutual Anne Marie Matteo Andrew B. Matthey John J. McCabe Jr. Robert M. McIlvain Jr. George F. McKisson Sr. Philip K. McNiff John P. Melvin Joseph A. Mendez MetLife Frederick J. Meyer David P. Michaels Frank A. Michienzi Frank Mickel Beverly M. Milano CPA Brian E. and Alice F. Miller Dorothy J. Millhofer Benjamin A. Minardi III Townsend T. Mink Archie E. Mitchell Jr. H. Austin Mitscher Frederick A. Mock Jr. William C. Mollet F. Paul Mooney Jr. Raymond P. Moquin Jr. James B. Moriarty Larry Muller Maurice V. III and Pamela A. Murphy James D. Murray CPA Edgar S. Murray III CLU

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Mark Naigles Robert R. Nault Nichols College Faculty Assoc.

Edward W. Nichols Todd A. Nicholson Evelyn Nieszczezewski Louise Nordstrom Kerry D. O’Brien John G. O’Connell Robert E. O’Connell III William F. O’Connell Jr. Kevin F. O’Connor Sr. Eric R. Olson William J. Oram Tom Palmara Michael D. Palmer Charles A. Pappas Christopher Paradise David M. Parkinson Donald S. Parsons Charles V. Paszkewicz Jr. Naren M. Patel Suzanne J. Paul John Pepe Diane J. Perry Alan R. Peterson Henry H. Peterson Philip Pettinelli Lyman W. Phillips Jr. Stephen J. Piascik Robert E. Pierce Marissa Pillari Seward J. Pittz Frank Plantan Jr. Martha Plotczyk Gregory Pogue Paul L. Pomerleau Sr. Steven L. Pontbriand Katherine C. Poplawski Stephen P. Potter Joseph M. Price George C. Proulx Daniel M. Prouty Elizabeth A. Provost-Rynda Thomas C. Purple Donald S. Putnam Elliot P. Putnam Barry J. Radcliffe Robert J. Radford Howard A. Raphaelson David J. Renaud RFI Enterprises Paul A. Riblet

Susan M. Ricard William C. Ringer Robert Risk Jr. John A. Ritacco Jenness L. Robbins Benjamin G. Robertson* Raymond J. Robichaud James E. Robinson Pete Robinson Gilbert G. Rochon Walter J. Rohr Kurt M. Rothschild David A. Rowe Warren C. Rowe Jr. William R. Roy Howard J. Rubin P. James Ruda Michael J. Runyon Raymond Rush Robert J. Russell James B. Ryder Saint-Gobain Corp.

Stephen L. Sala Kathy A. Sardinha William H. Sarkisian Peter A. Scandone Barry B. Segal Sentry Insurance Alan G. Sharp* George M. Shattuck William J. Shaughnessy William L. Shaw Frances M. Sheppard Dawn C. Sherman Jay Sherwood Thomas G. Small Adam K. Smith Archibald A. Smith David C. Smith Mark J. Smith Robert W. Smith Kenneth R. Snell Michael and Daryl Snyder Lydia J. Soja David J. and Brooke E. Sokolnicki Richard T. Speath Bruce E. Splaine Richard A. Spugnardi Richard Spuznardi Stephen J. Stagliano Laura J. Standrowicz The Stanley Works Christopher E. Starczewski

Colonel Conrad Society Nichols College is grateful to the members of the Colonel Conrad Society – individuals who have documented a bequest to Nichols through their estate or who have remembered Nichols through a planned gift.

Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. ’42 Robert A. Bullard ’52 Eugene P. Cenci ’63 Donald E. Chalmers ’59 Alfred R. Fishel ’41* William Gunther ’43 Herbert F. Kaupe ’43

Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 Ronald P. Noyes ’65* Michael J. Runyon ’67 Rabbi Richard I. Schachet ’56* Richard W. Scheffler ’63 Davies Tainter Jr. ’54

Kay F. Young Todd M. Zeidenberg Bruce Ziemski Paul E. Zimmerman

Alumni by Class 1933 Gifts: $100 Participation: 33% William O. Kohnke #

1935 (L to R): James Dunbar; David Lombard; Patricia Hertzfeld Peter Steglitz David B. Steinberg Louis A. Stroller Scott S. Sullivan Carilyn C. Sutton Ronald J. Swenn Robert D. Taft Stanley Tamarkin Edson C. Taylor Tedesco Country Club Gayle P. Teixeira Louis E. Testa III Charles J. Thomas Daniel P. Tomassetti Christopher Traina Edward Trenkmann Jr. Mary A. Trottier Princess R. Tucker Royal F. Turner Jr. Tyco International Inc. Unilever United States Inc. Unum Provident Corp.

Walter Urtz Nyree G. Valdes Philip Van Campen Raymond Vargo John A. Veazey Verizon Paul M. and Susan D. Veshi Paul A. Virostek William L. Voitk A. Graham Wagner Mark G. Wagner Peter H. Walker Thomas J. Walsh Edward G. and Sarajane Warren Charles D. Watrous Gary M. Watson Alan L. Weinstein Peter J. Weinstein Richard C. Werstak David C. Weyant Scott Wildman C. Curry Wilford Richard L. Williams Alicynn A. Wilson Justine Wood Mitchell Wood Janet M. Wornham Donald S. Wright Albert L. Wyer

Gifts: $200 Participation: 50% John B. Earle Jr.#

1937 Gifts: $750 Participation: 50% J. Manuel Calvo # Alexander S. Walker #

1938 Gifts: $450 Participation: 40% Robert W. Johnston # William C. Ringer

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Gifts: $230 Participation: 19% Charles S. Jones # Morton I. Levine # Charles J. Thomas #

Gifts: $855 Participation: 31% Donald P. Barry Wilbur F. Charter # Kendall M. Dolbeare # Charles W. Ebert Jr.# Robert C. Forbes Bernard J. Gevry # Walter J. Rohr # Robert W. Smith #

Gifts: $4,570 Participation: 29% Gordon E. Clement # Arnold D. Cramer # Richard C. Fowler # William D. Fowler # Dudley A. Hawley Jr.# Lafayette Keeney # Charles F. Knox # Robert C. Luse Robert A. Martel Alan N. Mendleson Jr. Frederick A. Mock Jr. Richard J. Scullin Jr. Francis D. Shanahan # John Strobel Charles D. Watrous #

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1947

Gifts: $2,384 Participation: 31% DeForest W. Abel Jr. Robert H. Bacon Charles J. Bernard # Robert L. Collingwood # George J. Coughlin Ralph L. Deutsch # Allan P. Dunn #

Gifts: $3,807 Participation: 38% Donald A. Baker Sumner F. Bissell # Nicholas S. Constantine # Lewis B. Erwin Jr.# Peter C. Friend Robert A. Green # Robert W. Jewell

1939 Gifts: $170 Participation: 50% Thomas R. Gross # Benjamin G. Robertson * Bernice Sheldon #

1940 Gifts: $400 Participation: 40% George F. McKisson Sr. Richard A. McLellan # Epworth S. Moulton # Robert D. Taft #

1941 Gifts: $4,075 Participation: 50% De Loss Blackburn Allen F. Diefenderfer Jr.# Estate of Alfred R. Fishel Stephen V. Lewis H. Austin Mitscher Frederick C. Pond # John H. Vanderveer Jr.# Arthur O. Wurtmann #

1942 Gifts: $162,420 Participation: 33% Oliver W. Birckhead Jr.# Philip C. Gould # George R. Jacobus Jr.* Robert T. Kennedy # John D. Kurtz # Francis E. Poblocki #

* Deceased # Donor to Nichols College for five or more consecutive years.

Giving by Purpose Endowment

8% Scholarships

9%

Nichols Fund (unrestricted)

51%

Academic Programs, Athletics and Facilities

32%

Robert A. Mattia # Townsend T. Mink # Robert W. Needham # Horace S. Nichols Charles A. Pappas Charles Poladian # David L. Prescott # B. James Rogers* Philip R. Smith # John B. Stanick # James M. Strong Jr.# Lawrence S. Student # Albert L. Wyer #

Charles L. Foote Jr. David P. Graham # Milton L. Hallowell # Albert W. Hanlon Jr.# John B. Jenkins # Albert J. LaBonte # William T. Lawson # Frederick J. Levitan # William C. Loughran John M. McCullum David P. Michaels # Archie E. Mitchell Jr.# Walter T. Peters # Robert Risk Jr.# Edward Trenkmann Jr.# John A. Veazey Robert M. Zangler III

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Gifts: $6,190 Participation: 29% Estate of Norris G. Abbott III Samuel C. Acker # Thomas W. Bartsch Jr.# Robert W. Butler James E. Coley III # James L. Dunbar # John H. Flagg Jr.# Henry W. Harris # William A. Haskell # Edwin W. Hawley # Stephen W. Miller # Peter M. Polstein Raymond J. Robichaud # Holmes V. Tracy Jr.#

Gifts: $860 Participation: 23% Peter C. Brenner Bernard C. Dowling* Charles W. Dragon # Frederick W. Forbes William W. Koerner # Francis L. Lemay # John P. Melvin Lyman W. Phillips Jr. Howard A. Raphaelson # Edward J. Schroeder II # Sidney H. Shapiro # Edson C. Taylor

(L to R): Susan and David Lombard

1952 Gifts: $4,774 Participation: 30% Gilbert R. Anderson Daniel E. Berman # Robert A. Bullard # 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 # Joseph L. Markiewicz Robert A. Marotta Gilbert W. Parks # David R. Peil # Frederick L. Pratt # Donald S. Putnam Frank C. Schroll Jr.# Alan G. Sharp *# Robert V. Trudel

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1955 Gifts: $4,350 Participation: 15% Charles P. Burnett III# Louis W. Kinzer Jr.# Fred K. Lindsay # Carlton S. Littell # Leon S. Marshall Jr. Edgar S. Murray III CLU Leslie H. Read # Ronald J. Swenn # Robert F. Wagner

1956 Gifts: $9,348 Participation: 22% David C. Bidwell Howard Boss * Richard A. Clarenbach Richard D. Coe Walter G. Edelman Richard L. English # Raymond P. Faucher # Arthur L. Fries # Robert I. Handler Jack R. Kalman

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W. Thomas Keith Joseph A. Mendez Robert S. Nohe Lloyd M. Roth # Glenn M. Terrill #

1957 Gifts: $1,425 Participation: 21% Elliot M. Altman DDS # Richard S. Beck Grayson E. Brown # George S. Butler # Andrew M. Fisher David W. Fleming Cecil M. Gabbett III# Rene V. Gignac Sr.# David W. Hawley # Philip K. McNiff # Kent Tarrant # Walter Urtz

1958 Gifts: $806 Participation: 17% William Bolean Eugene B. Collard Jr.# Steven M. Fisher # Howard J. Kack Charles F. Lewis III# William C. Mollet Albert W. Redway II Thomas G. Small # David R. Umba Henry E. Woods #

1959 Gifts: $31,655 Participation: 25% Harry J. Erikson # Richard R. Garcin L. Robert Gould # Morgan J. Knudsen Douglas J. Mace Leo V. Marshall # Charles P. Mitchell Jr.*# Frederick L. Pease # Raymond C. Pecor Jr. Elliot P. Putnam Howard J. Rubin C. Sanford Tuttle James D. Wagner Gary A. Webber #

1960 Gifts: $690 Participation: 20% John T. Appleton # Kenneth B. Beyer Richard R. Clemence Bruce S. Collett # Robert T. Evertsen Kerry D. O’Brien # John Pepe # Frank W. Potas Jr. Philip Van Campen # Lance Yelvington #

1961 Gifts: $2,100 Participation: 17% William T. Corbett # William E. Dillmeier Jr. 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 P. Thomas Van Schaick #

1962 Gifts: $5,070 Participation: 38% John H. Bowles # Robert L. Colombo Michael L. Daley # William S. Edmunds # R. Allen Elliott # E. Barclay Henkle # Calvin A. Hills Jr. Charles N. Howe # Kenneth B. Ingraham # Richard C. Knoener # Frederick E. Lavergne John L. Lubbers Bruce E. MacDonald Richard C. Makin # Stephen D. Page Alan R. Peterson # Jenness L. Robbins # William R. Roy John A. Turro Jr.# Langdon H. Wait # George E. Withington # Paul E. Zimmerman Peter M. Zona #

1963 Gifts: $17,561 Participation: 31% Robert Abrams # John L. Anderson # Russell C. Benjamin # Peter M. Brusman # Eugene P. Cenci Ross H. Chambers # Paul R. Chapdelaine # William S. Cleary # Raymond F. Essig # Robert G. Falkenstein James H. Feindel # Charles J. Francis Henry H. Hart # Bruce I. Haslun # Donald W. Hick Jr.# Bradley S. Hvolbeck # William F. Keats # Frederick J. Meyer # Thomas H. Niles George A. Pagnotta Jr. Frederick J. Potter IV Alvah O. Rock Richard W. Scheffler # Donald W. Schmid # Robert J. Sharp #

Bruce S. Siegal Charles R. Smith # Louis A. Stroller Paul A. Virostek #

1964 Gifts: $18,650 Participation: 27% Leonard S. Adler Robert E. Beckwith Warren C. Bender # William F. Bufalino # Howard K. O. Chong Jr. Henri M. David Jr.# David C. Doe David C. Ebacher # Robert M. Fenn II# Rufus S. Frost III Robert H. Gascoyne # Alan J. Gitkin John H. Hinchliffe III# Stanley G. Matthews Cortlandt R. Montross # Edward W. Nichols # James A. Oates # Henry H. Peterson # Paul L. Pomerleau Sr. William C. Richwagen # David B. Ruddock Sherwood A. Schaub Jr. Richard A. Spugnardi # Daniel P. Tomassetti Richard L. Williams # William R. Wright III#

Bruce G. Congdon Ward B. DeKlyn Jr. Bruce A. Demoranville Sr.# Charles E. Evans # Philip B. Fuller Lew P. Gelman Robert W. Grady Robert C. Hagendorf Daniel M. Hastings # Thomas C. Hiller Robert H. Kime David F. Lombard # Herbert I. Losee III Geoffrey E. Meyer # Benjamin A. Minardi III# Raymond P. Moquin Jr.# Wayne E. Nigro Charles L. Potter # James E. Robinson David W. Rodgers David A. Rowe # Robert T. Sanford # Ronald L. Schmitt # Barry B. Segal Richard F. Shields # David R. Smith Richard C. Werstak Bennett J. Wiley Charles A. Wing III

1966 Gifts: $59,002 Participation: 30% David M. Adrian Dennis R. Arsenault

(L to R): Debbie Mayerson; Henri David; Robert Vaudreuil; Kurt Harrington

1965 Gifts: $107,795 Participation: 33% Robert L. Ansalone William L. Archer Sr. Arthur C. Assad # Joseph S. Beresik Richard A. Blankley # John R. Brown Kenneth G. Burr Jr.# John W. Canetta Douglas B. Castle

Bradford C. Babb # Thomas J. Bergin Jr. David H. Blake Curtis A. Burhoe Stephen T. Carter Sr. John H. Cavanaugh Sr. Stephen P. Chernock Jr. John Cygielnik Robert C. Dublin Jr.# Robert A. Eckardt # Robert A. Feinstein Gerald Fels # Barry R. Gibbs #

* Deceased # Donor to Nichols College for five or more consecutive years.

Robert E. Heald Stanley Henshaw III# E. Paul Herbert Robert T. Hildebrand Roger P. Holden # R. Towner Lapp J. Donald MacNair John C. Mason Peter G. McGivney # James B. Moriarty # James D. Murray CPA Stephen P. Potter William R. Scott Henry P. St. Cyr # John F. Sweeney # W. Bruce Wallin # John D. Watson William J. Weyand Wharton P. Whitaker*

1967 Gifts: $48,901 Participation: 34% Samuel R. Bailey III# Bruce R. Barton # 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 # Charles H. Foster Jr.# William E. Fredericks # Robert F. Gerbrands Dwight W. Gesswein Frank L. Grzyb # Mark S. Harris Raymond W. Hencir # Barry D. Hogan # Robert F. Howe Jr.# Peter H. Johnson David B. Jones # Robert H. Kullas Gilbert E. Marriott Jr. Gary G. Mattila Thomas B. McIlvain Jr.# Edmund J. Murrah # Donald S. Parsons # Ernest Pekmezaris # James W. Porter Joseph M. Price Thomas J. Riley Jr. Michael J. Runyon # Gary J. Tomlinson George E. Vogel William L. Voitk # Peter H. Walker Peter J. Weinstein #

1968 Gifts: $26,895 Participation: 18% Kenneth Alton Jr.# Michael G. Ash William J. Basher Jr.# Robert M. Champagne # Chester T. Chwalek # Bernard F. Foley #

Milestones Nichols College gratefully acknowledges the generous support and leadership of these individuals, corporations and foundations that have reached the following milestones in their cumulative giving to Nichols. $4,000,000 Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. $2,000,000 Anonymous Irene E. & George A. Davis Fdn. Gerald and Marilyn Fels $1,000,000 Frederick P. Currier* George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. Robert B. Kuppenheimer David F. and Susan D. Lombard $750,000 George I. Alden Trust $500,000 Fred Harris Daniels Fdn. Raymond Shamie* Stoddard Charitable Trust $300,000 Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. James W. Coghlin Sr. Richard B. Hardy Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. Arthur J. Remillard $250,000 Howard K.O. Chong Jr. Davis Educational Fdn. John H. Davis Roger Lavoie* $100,000 Keith T. Anderson Stephen A. Davis Mary C. DeFeudis John B. Dirlam James L. Dunbar Robert C. Fischer* Robert R. Gurnett* John H. McClutchy Jr. Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. Raymond C. Pecor Jr. Lovett C. Peters Remillard Family Fdn. Francis (Pat) W. Robinson Jr.* Irvin A. Shiner* United Lens Co. Inc. Norman B. Wenk Jr.*

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Robert C. Toth # Joseph J. Yablonski

1971

(L to R): Margaret Bernard; Charles Bernard; President Debra Townsley William R. Fox # Jeffrey P. Gould Jon H. Haggerty # Richard A. Harris John M. Harrison # Fredrick P. Magnus # David P. Mooter # Charles A. Petrillo # Richard K. Robertson # Robert L. Rulli # William L. Shaw # George T. Smith Richard T. Speath # F. Dana Tschirch # Jack G. Wille # E. Malcolm Wolcott Jr.# Donald S. Wright

Douglas E. MacMillan Donald A. MacQuarrie # James A. Maguire Jr. Lee A. McNelly # Robert H. McPhee # Robert J. Meagher # Bruce E. Splaine Edward J. Palmerino Thomas C. Purple Paul A. Riblet # Gilbert G. Rochon # Stephen L. Sala # William J. Shaughnessy Jay Sherwood # Bruce E. Splaine David C. Weyant #

1969

Gifts: $5,040 Participation: 14% Edwin D. Berry III# Jonathan D. Blake # Philip A. Boucher # James W. Bovaird Bruce B. Brown Jr.# Bradford C. Child # Henry J. Ciak # Thomas E. DiGiuseppe # George W. Goodell Jr. Michael L. Jarominski Jr. Edward R. Leonard # Rodney P. MacPhie Jr.# Ronald P. Marshall Thomas J. McCaughey # Robert M. McIlvain Jr.# Frank Mickel James J. Mulcunry III Brian M. Mullen # John A. Ritacco # Peter A. Scandone # Robert G. Smet Douglas S. Stirling # David E. Stuart #

Gifts: $91,548 Participation: 29% Richard H. Bauzenberger Edward L. Beatty Jr. Kendall W. Burrill J. Douglas Cameron Armand J. Carrano Roger P. Crandall Ronald H. Friend Vincent P. Giracca # Alexander M. Gottfried Sr.# Thomas J. Hall # Alfred T. Hargrave # John M. Hills Hayward Hough Henry Howard II Daniel W. Ivascyn # Michael A. Jones # M. Hyland Kelley # James W. Kerley # David L. Krasnov # Robert B. Kuppenheimer # Peter F. Lofgren # Peter A. Lunsford #

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Gifts: $13,651 Participation: 19% Richard H. Alley Edward W. Bellerose John H. Bergmann David A. Cosgrove Timothy P. Cowles Bradley M. Damon Leo F. Furfey David E. Irons Kelly Kincannon Thomas T. Klebart # Eugene J. Leveille # Francis J. Lovell # Robert P. MacPherson Jr.# William K. Mahler Jr.# David F. Mahoney Andrew B. Matthey # John J. Mulder Jr. Douglas A. Newman # Kevin F. O’Connor Sr.# Philip Pettinelli Stephen J. Piascik # Steven L. Pontbriand Bruce John R. Powers E. Bradford Ridley William H. Sarkisian George M. Shattuck Michael E. Steinberg # John F. White # C. Curry Wilford

1972 Gifts: $56,010 Participation: 14% Dennis A. Albano # Mark B. Alexander # Jeffrey B. Berselli # Steven L. Boynton # Arthur P. Carilo Brian F. Clark # Robert B. Coleman # John D. Copeland # John H. Davis # Edwin B. Donahue # James F. Goulet # James P. Grainger # Donald S. Labonte # John C. Makely John H. McClutchy Jr. Stephen McDermott Michael J. O’Mara # Thomas R. Schaeffer Jr. Bruce A. Victor Alan L. Weinstein Jack E. Zacks Bruce Ziemski

1973 Gifts: $6,950 Participation: 17% Peter F. Allan # Jeffrey L. Allen Roberto O. Alvarez # Glenn A. Anderson Ronald J. Barry #

David F. Biron # Donn E. Bleau # Michael C. Bousquet # Bradley W. Boyd # Barry A. Clapp Thomas J. Craig Jr. William C. Davis # James R. Dillon Brian P. Gettings Samuel R. Haines John F. Joyce Francis B. Keefe # Gregory B. King F. Paul Mooney Jr.# Stephen W. Page # Victor A. Pelletier # Gregory Pogue William J. Reese III# David J. Renaud Royal F. Turner Jr.# Russell E. Wenzel David J. Wnukowski #

1974 Gifts: $46,902 Participation: 13% Frank R. Burns Jr.# William H. Collins II # Michael J. Dowgiewicz Stephen P. Estaphan # Richard E. Flagler Jr. Richard L. Goldsmith Kurt E. Grimmelmann CFP # Kurt R. Harrington # John J. Healy Jr. Robert J. Hirsch # Jeffrey D. Kaplan Robert J. Keating # Henry R. Keene Jr. John R. Kustigian # J. Randall Lawrence William H. Littleton Peter L. Lynch # Timothy J. O’Connor Ronald E. Osimo # Edie Phelps-Kirk Richard O. Shea David B. Steinberg # Joseph P. Tokarz #

1975 Gifts: $4,650 Participation: 11% William G. Boris Clarke R. Chandler Stephen M. Chick # Paul E. Dona # Janice A. Ducharme # Brian P. Foley Norman R. Fougere Jr.# Thomas E. Franzese David G. Hale # John R. Klys # John P. Maffeo David B. Nelson Kevin J. Parker Daniel M. Prouty Kevin S. Shaw Robert D. Sprunger Susan B. Tibbits #

1976

Gifts: $1,235 Participation: 7% Richard J. Bates David A. Blanchard # Jonathan F. Curtis Paul J. Gannon # Arthur S. Holmquist Jr.# Joseph J. Kozlowski # Frank F. Krogul # Conrad P. Letourneau Angela G. Maffeo Mark Sarkisian Jr.# C. Barry Walker # Thomas J. Wondolowski

1977 Gifts: $14,115 Participation: 15% Daniel R. Bourgault John R. Calcagni Jr. Ronald P. Carlson # Gary J. Cascio # Kevin M. Corley George E. deRedon # Douglas M. Hobbs Michael A. Keefe Peter S. MacLeod # James E. Mahar # Fred S. Mezynski # James B. Ryder Charles W. Shreiner III # Barry P. Toth Robert J. Vaudreuil # David A. Zalewski #

1978 Gifts: $27,900 Participation: 17% C. Pitman Baker IV Alan S. Blanchard J. S. Boyce # Brian W. Calabro Stanley J. Casillo # David T. Delmonico James A. Dupre Marc P. Dupuis # Joseph F. Fillo # Brian J. Fitzgibbons # William S. Fraser Walter G. Frick Jr. Dennis F. Gorman

Donald A. Henderson Jr. Keith A. Hunt Thomas A. LoRicco # Richard E. McCowan # John R. Mehr William F. O’Connell Jr.# Frank S. Paradis # Naren M. Patel Martin J. Power # Eric A. Rosen Judith M. Sarkisian Thomas G. Sleasman # Christopher J. Sommerhoff Robert E. Stansky #

1979 Gifts: $1,190 Participation: 10% Kenneth S. Baker # Guy J. Barbieri # Thomas R. Borzino # Robert B. Chapell # Armand C. DeToro John M. Doherty Jr. Timothy P. Garrison # Mark J. Goretti # Leon P. Jezierski Jr.# Donald J. Lee # Gregory E. Mason Robert R. Nault # David M. Parkinson Stephen J. Stagliano # Stephen F. Wentzell #

1980 Gifts: $11,055 Participation: 9% Mark N. Berry Gregory J. Cannon* Wilfred B. Cournoyer Stephen A. Davis # Jacques R. Durocher Anthony J. Duva # Michael J. Kane # James P. Lavin # James C. Norcross # Charles V. Paszkewicz Jr.# Mark A. Phillips Dennis M. Rochon Kurt M. Rothschild Allan D. Walker Jr.#

(L to R): Dominic Varisco; Alan Reinhardt

Giving by Source Corporations and Foundations

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30%

Parents, Friends, Faculty and Staff

Alumni

4%

40%

1981 Gifts: $37,505 Participation: 11% Steven M. Alferes # Keith T. Anderson Steven E. Antos Wayne J. Archambo # Marc D. Becker # Todd J. DaCosta # Edward P. Deary # George K. Haddad George P. Kustigian Jr.# Michael P. McDermott Bryan J. Morrissey Olga Pappas Joseph Pastore Charles E. Patterson James F. Paulhus Daniel J. Perron # Robert J. Radford Paul E. Steele Jr. Van D. Thomas Michael J. Vendetti #

1982 Gifts: $1,967 Participation: 8% Peter A. Boltruczyk William F. Bouvier # Marie A. Cutillo # Allen W. Dillaire # Bruce W. Dillaire David A. DiPilato Richard H. Dodakian # Linda J. Freitas # Randy L. Heitin # Dean J. Largesse # Janis L. Largesse Michael D. Palmer Deborah C. Sherman # Jeff Tasse Christopher White

1983 Gifts: $12,095 Participation: 13% John H. Allen Thomas C. Baker # Kevin J. Barry

* Deceased # Donor to Nichols College for five or more consecutive years.

Trustees

Donna Becker # Randall V. Becker # Norman B. Charette Theodore J. Dumas Mark M. Francis # Debra L. Goldberg Nancy J. Hillis Ronald P. Laliberty Michael N. Lussier # Beverly M. Milano CPA# Maurice V. Murphy III Pamela A. Murphy William J. Niedziela Timothy J. Noe George F. Soderberg II# Regina L. White Todd M. Zeidenberg #

1984 Gifts: $4,435 Participation: 14% Lisa C. Baker # Eva J. Black Mark A. Borezo Richelle M. Brown # Steven M. Byrnes # W. Brian Capshaw # Tracy E. Coppinger Paul W. Cutler Bruce S. Dodge # Charles F. Estaphan # Jeffrey B. Ferrara James M. Gleason Robert A. Hoey # Nancy J. Laframboise Michael S. Pantos # Richard A. Pieleski # Robert E. Pierce # Priscilla A. Rooney Lisa M. Scott Steven M. Shiner Gayle P. Teixeira # Louis E. Testa III Juan M. Velutini

1985 Gifts: $1,687 Participation: 5% Alice C. Belden # Franklin G. Boisvere Jr.

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Honor/Memorial Gifts Nichols College received gifts in honor of these individuals:

Nichols College received gifts in memory of these individuals:

Wedding of Debra and Michael Townsley Constantine Alexander and Linda Reinfeld James and Deborah D. Bell Nancy B. Blakely Kevin F. and Debora Brassard Ronald J. Jr. and Cynthia L. Brown Thomas R. Cafaro and Sandy Pogue Carmen L. Casanova James W. Sr. and Nancy Coghlin James L. Jr. and Benita Conrad Joseph J. Jr. and Alice Corning Mary C. DeFeudis Edward A. Duprez Marylouise Fennel Brian J. and Laura Fuller John M. and Carol Harrison Terrance and Mary Horan Alfred D. and Patricia Houston Robert B. Kuppenheimer Robert Letovsky Timothy M. Loew James Martin and Sheila Murphy Dr. Brian T. and Monique A. McCoy Priscilla McNulty Robert E. Miller, PhD Sen. Richard T. Moore Nichols College Faculty Assoc.

Nichols College Staff Frank and Janet Plantan Jr. R. Joseph and Joanne Salois Dr. Gurbachan B. and Lexi Singh Lydia J. Soja Sheila Stober Susan K. Tellier Dominic C. and Suzanne Varisco Robert J. Vaudreuil Charles Jr. and Star Zabriskie

Arthur P. Funk ‘33 Fourslide Spring Products Inc. Margaret Cook Nash Edward Barry Marc Castleman Stephen F. Gray Robert M. Jones Osmund O. Keiver David L. Keller Linda C. Mariani Robert L. Ouellette RFI Enterprises Tedesco Country Club Barbara E. Trowt Edward M. Turchon

Kristin Harmon ‘08 Debra M. Harmon Birthday of Lee A. McNelly ‘69 Frederick W. Booth Donald Crisps James W. Kerley Ethel A. Turnbach Trust Birthday of Lauren Person ‘08 William Person Honorary Degree of Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. ‘42 Jane Birckhead Thomas R. Cafaro Joe Cofield George Raymond Drew Robert M. Gardiner W. O. Mashburn Gerald J. Robinson Pete Robinson Ruby Springs Lodge Archibald A. Smith Debra M. Townsley Timothy Liptrap Raymond Rush

Ronald P. Noyes ‘65 Edna Adelberg Barbara Bird Gayle H. Bucolo George T. Campbell William B. Carr Heeyoon Chang Malcolm Chiljean Palm Cove Women’s Club Susan C. Conover Joseph A. Damico Mary S. Duserick Eric Y. Eichler Frank Fiorentino Silke Franken Carl R. Gersbach Nicholas J. Hadgis Kathleen G. Hanners Thomas C. Hiller Francis P. Hubach James Husted, MD Barbara T. Kahn Daniel S. Kahn Harold L. Kahn Wendy B. Kahn Richard E. Kjellstrom Barbara Kornmeier Lawrence L. Landry William F. Lee Thomas and Penelope Leonard David F. and Susan Lombard Joan C. Malia Anne Marie Matteo Joseph L. McEntee David K. Nitta James W. Noyes Jean W. Noyes Melissa Noyes Walter and Judith Palmer James W. Patterson Paul Pollack Dominick Prevete Craig Puetz Barry J. Radcliffe Realtor Assoc. of Martin County Inc. Timothy P.O. Reilly Charles G. Roach James E. Robinson David W. Rodgers David Claude Smith Kenneth R. Stair A. Graham Wagner Craig C. Wahlberg Douglas M. Weiss Dwight Stern ‘66 Susan Vail Park Utz

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Charles L. Brooks # Robert C. DeRubeis Roy T. Grafton Richard E. Herron Jr.# Barry L. Kromer Patricia M. Motyka Nyree G. Valdes #

1986 Gifts: $2,540 Participation: 12% Robert J. Amico # David D. Barlar Amy L. Bartram # David G. Bedard Kenneth P. Bergeron Jr. Kari R. Byrnes # Jeremy B. Coullard # Jonathan H. Drury Marybeth S. Hood # Laurence B. King # Cheryl A. Kopas # Linda J. Lang David P. Lynch Anne-Marie A. Moulin # Charlotte Neslusan # Diane M. Page # Frances M. Sheppard Maureen T. Shields # Paul G. Wigglesworth # Brian E. Zippin #

1987 Gifts: $3,287 Participation: 9% Margaret L. Babbitt Cathy A. Bates-Lapierre Ellen J. Bedard James C. Brown # Thomas E. Burr Robert D. Conrad # Linda J. Coughlin # William T. Crimmin Brian J. Doheny Cornelius T. Harold Jr. Craig S. Johnston # Michael G. Lapinsky Christine L. Laporte Bruce P. Lawrence # Michael A. Lukasek # Barbara L. Mahoney Sharron R. McCarthy # Cheryl A. Milas Steven B. Nowicki W. Barry Widegren Janet M. Wornham #

1988 Gifts: $1,468 Participation: 8% Kathleen E. Bowler # Patricia L. Burdick Elisabeth A. Cangemi Susan M. Duhamel Amy L. Fleck Andrew M. Foley Tammy M. Hearnlaye Patrick E. Jewell # Laura C. LaBrack # Amanda M. Nestor Richard W. Plant

(L to R): Bruce Haslun; Carol Erhardt Diane M. Pusac # Susan M. Ricard Peter J. Rowden Marie M. Shepherd Thomas P. Shilale Eric A. Tashlein Stephen D. Westerlind #

1989 Gifts: $3,078 Participation: 8% Arthur P. Archambault Greg P. Arthur Kenneth P. Basque CPA Lisa J. Devine # Thomas A. Devine # Marc A. DiPietro Christine B. Dunphy Tammy J. Ford Steven C. Gallo # Maria A. Jezierski Jan A. Kopas # William M. Lavin # Patricia A. Lyons-Gallo # Lisa A. Montigny Robert E. O’Connell III James Pastore # Martha Plotczyk Elizabeth A. Provost-Rynda # Gary M. Shultz Suzanne R. Sriberg Jean A. Teehan

1990 Gifts: $3,669 Participation: 10% Suzanne D. Basque Brenda M. Bianculli # Virginia M. Carmignani # Marc A. Champoux Paul D. Chlapowski Carl A. Conlon # Darrin J. DiNapoli # Dennis D. Doherty Sherry E. Engh # Robert S. Flight Samantha R. Gatsogiannis Thomas B. Hardy Diane T. Harold

Jeff R. Johnson David C. Kane Kenneth J. Kunst Cheryl L. Melendy Earl D. Melendy Nancy E. Rodick # Robert J. Russell Richard L. Whitman

1991 Gifts: $2,097 Participation: 7% Alyssa A. Andriole John M. Bartlett Jr.# Monica L. Boissonneault # Carolyn R. Burnham David G. Butler Dawn M. Clark Deidra A. Davis Scott R. Devens Donata E. Gago Glenn M. Gerhard # Christopher E. Girardin # Kimberly L. Jobbagy Richard G. Juneau Craig D. Kasap Heather S. Mahall # Lisa M. O’Meara Joseph P. Raposa # Richard P. Smith Kenneth R. Snell Laura J. Standrowicz #

1992 Gifts: $2,520 Participation: 10% Andrew H. Brody Carolyn J. Burke Denis E. Casaubon Rebecca A. Coffin # Daniel W. Crossin Julie A. Doane Karl E. Doane Kristin A. Gilmore John A. Grosso III Keith T. Hofbeck # John R. Lamontagne Lisa M. Larson # Christopher W. McCarthy Kim M. McCarthy Todd A. Nicholson John G. O’Connell # Robert J. Peret Lucinda A. Renaud Linda M. Roseberry Christine A. Savastano Manzi # Clifford D. Whynott Jr.# Donna M. Whynott # Alicynn A. Wilson

1993 Gifts: $455 Participation: 4% Allen E. Barber Jr.# Emily N. Blum Carol A. Clouthier # Deborah L. Farrell # Dawna M. Gauvin Erik C. Godaire Barbara A. Larson #

Joan M. Meagher # Colleen M. Menis #

1994 Gifts: $1,185 Participation: 6% Kirk P. Burnham Josephine A. Canty # Tammy A. Cardillo # William R. Carven Jr. Gayle M. Conley Robert R. Courtemanche Jr. Eric J. Faucher Lisa A. Jakubowski Sean P. Lyons Frank A. Michienzi # William J. Oram Christopher Paradise Julie E. Pike # Christopher E. Starczewski

1995 Gifts: $1,716 Participation: 8% Edward J. Abell III Kimberly K. Bellil Joseph S. Bourdeau John W. Dyer Sallie K. Guskey Gerren R. Kopcinski Jennifer L. Kopcinski Pamela M. Laferriere Alanna K. Longley Jonathan P. Longley Jr. Timothy E. Madden Linda C. Mariani Joseph A. Mazzarelli Heather M. Mullin Mary Ellen Perez Kathy A. Sardinha # Scott S. Sullivan Matthew P. Volpert

1996 Gifts: $1,302 Participation: 7% Andrea C. Becker # Darryl R. Cyr Raj K. Dansinghani Hilary L. Doncaster # Patricia R. Doyle # Kevin J. Fournier # Tammy M. Grieco Cheryl A. Knowles # Levon W. Knowles # Lee Ann M. Kozlowski Danette M. Mazzarelli Peter Steglitz Patricia M. Stockwell Peter A. Tung Gary M. Watson

1997 Gifts: $1,005 Participation: 6% Jon D. Anderson # John P. Beauchemin Mary Ellen A. Bohdiewicz Donna J. Burkhart Jean E. Cutting #

* Deceased # Donor to Nichols College for five or more consecutive years.

Laurence E. Doucette Rhonda L. Gething Ronald S. Liston # Robert E. McKenna Pablo J. Molina Kristen M. Savoy Mark J. Smith David J. Sokolnicki # Mark A. Stickney

1998 Gifts: $6,635 Participation: 5% Michael J. Bovenzi Michael J. Corazzini William J. Gauvin Brian E. Miller Valerie A. Muldoon Suzanne J. Paul R. Joseph Salois # Gaelyn D. Sibbald-Hastings Brooke E. Sokolnicki # Mark A. Sweeney

Nellie R. Kosakowski # Christopher G. Langlois Andrea J. Sacco

2001 Gifts: $1,041 Participation: 3% Ronald J. Brown Jr.# Barry C. Cringan David M. Foley Aric E. Friend Debra M. Harmon # Susan C. Ouellet # Kelly D. RothKugel #

2002 Gifts: $910 Participation: 9% Jeremy L. Barker Sean P. Butler Julie A. Cedrone Sharon Ferguson Thomas W. Gorski III

(L to R): Kristen Andrews; Kurt Harrington; Kayla Bertrand Robert E. White Jr.# Stuart D. Williamson

1999 Gifts: $1,025 Participation: 4% Anonymous Patrick S. Curtis Gina B. Kilby-Conaway Gayle E. McClure Alice F. Miller Holly M. Munce # Robbie P. Munce # Vincent S. Salamon

2000 Gifts: $735 Participation: 4% Brent J. Andersen Julie M. Barker Kristy M. Cullivan Cynthia E. Curtis Melissa A. Jameson Sean J. Jameson

Michael R. Grenon Janice M. Jankowski # Kevin G. Johnson Paul J. Karam Lisa A. Kimball Phillip M. McRae Karen F. Munroe Jeffrey D. Tisdell Princess R. Tucker

2003 Gifts: $680 Participation: 5% Danielle V. Beach Brent A. Broszeit Albert A. DiDomizio Kathryn M. Ewen Michelle A. Fasold Ryan J. Fasold Sandra M. Giroux Kevin M. McCarthy Eric R. Olson Matthew D. Riexinger Michael P. Sprino III

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Rogers Corp.

Saint-Gobain Corp. # Sentry Insurance Shell Oil Co. # Singer & Lusardi CPA Sodexho Marriott Services Inc. # Southbridge Savings Bank The Stanley Works State Farm Cos. # Therm Inc. Tyco International Inc. Unilever United States Inc. # United Lens Co. Inc. # United Technologies Corp.

Unum Provident Corp. # Verizon WA Wilde Co. (L to R): Amanda Harvey; Tom McIlvain; Jennifer Harvey; Robert Vaudreuil

2004

Groups

Gifts: $780 Participation: 2% Adam P. Button Nathan W. Fluet Ty Kefor Amy S. Oman Keith R. Robichaud Kay F. Young

Companies

2005 Gifts: $290 Participation: 2% Kerry M. Barnes Cheryl A. Costopulos Diane M. Obrycki Anthony T. Sattler Adam K. Smith

2006 Gifts: $75 Participation: 1% Robin W. Bowkett Ryan D. Cahill

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ADC Telecommunications Inc. Aetna Life & Casualty Allmerica Financial # American Optical Co. ARAMARK Astoria Federal Savings Bank of America Bank of Clark County # Barnes Group Inc. Benjamin Moore & Co. ChevronTexaco # Cigna Citigroup Coca-Cola Co. Coghlin Cos. Inc. Concord Oil Co. Consolidated Edison Co. of NY # Deerfield Associates Executive Search Inc. Deloitte & Touche Dudley House of Pizza Eagle Cleaning Corp.

Fidelity Investments # FM Global Follett Corp.

Fourslide Spring Products Inc. Friedman Billings Ramsey IBM International # ING J L Marshall & Sons Inc. John Hancock Johnson & Johnson # Lockheed Martin Corp.

Lojack Corp.

Mass Mutual # MetLife # Metso Automation USA Inc. # Microsoft # Munce’s Superior Inc. National Grid # New York Life Northwestern Mutual Life # Nuveen Investments The Protector Group Quabaug Corp.

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Faculty/Staff Laura P. Albert Anonymous John A. Armstrong # Kerry M. Barnes Deborah D. Bell Pauline Borden # Kevin F. Brassard Leslie H. Brooks # Brent A. Broszeit Cynthia L. Brown # Thomas R. Cafaro # Roger F. Carney William R. Carven Jr. Lynne Cinella Joe Cofield Colleen M. Colles James L. Conrad Jr. PhD# E. Bates Craver # Kristy M. Cullivan Thomas C. Davis Lawrence D. Downs Arthur J. Duhaime Thomas K. Duncan # James C. Dunne James A. Dupre Peter M. Engh # Sherry E. Engh # Jonathan Frankel Lawrence F. Frisoli Diane L. Gillespie # Christopher E. Girardin Kathleen A. Goozey Thomas W. Gorski Jr. Karen A. Gorski Jeffrey A. Halprin # Leonard K. Harmon Leonard Hast # Patricia A. Hertzfeld # Richard L. Hilliard # Daniel W. Ivascyn Christine G. Jankowski Dora L. Kac # Edward J. Kolek Jr. Thomas T. Koller Patricia B. Korch Cynthia J. Lafortune # Timothy J. Liptrap Robert A. Martin Jr. Deborah L. Mayerson Brian T. McCoy # Arthur R. McGovern Dorothy J. Millhofer

John E. Moore # Libba G. Moore # Patricia M. Motyka Larry Muller Mark Naigles Nichols College Faculty Assoc.

Nichols College Staff Evelyn Nieszczezewski Louise Nordstrom # Diane J. Perry # William C. Pieczynski Kathleen M. Piniarski Katherine C. Poplawski # Luanne V. Proko George C. Proulx Alan J. Reinhardt # Charlyn A. Robert Betin Robichaud Edward J. Romano # Kathy M. Sandstrom Richard W. Scheffler Dawn C. Sherman # Thomas G. Smith David J. Sokolnicki Susan K. Tellier # Karen S. Tipper # Debra M. Townsley # Christopher Traina Mary A. Trottier # Michael J. Vendetti Susan D. Veshi # Mark G. Wagner # Edward G. Warren Sarajane Warren Maryellen V. Watson Cynthia C. Williams # Joanne Williams # Kay F. Young

Foundations Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. # Boston Fdn. George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. # Hermann Fdn. Inc. Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. # Jimmy Gahan Charitable Fdn. Joshua Green Fdn. Inc. # Webster Five Fdn.

Friends Thomas Abbruzzese Edna Adelberg Constantine Alexander # Mary J. Allain Anonymous # Joseph Avellino Elizabeth Barrett Ellis Bateman Jane Birckhead Barbara Bird Boston Druggists Assoc. Inc. Joseph and Ellen Bottner Marie G. Brown Gayle H. Bucolo Barry Burrows Leverett S. Byrd George T. Campbell

Mercedes Cardello William B. Carr Scott and Jean Carter Paul J. Caruso Wayne Caruso Sr. Carmen L. Casanova Heeyoon Chang Malcolm Chiljean Edward Clarke Palm Cove Women’s Club Susan C. Conover Benita A. Conrad Douglas C. Cooney Joseph J. Corning Jr. George D. Coupounas * Eric S. Coutoumas Margaret L. Cravedi Donald Crisps Maureen Cullity Joseph A. Damico Mary C. DeFeudis Jean B. Drake George R. Drew Marilyn R. Driscoll Edward A. Duprez Michael R. Dupuis Mary S. Duserick Eric Y. Eichler Mildred Failla Frank Fiorentino

Russell Halloran Gerald and Sandra Hamblin Kathleen G. Hanners Lori Hanney Richard B. Hardy # David B. Heath Christopher and Sharon Hodges Travis and Marcie Holder Terrance Horan Alfred D. Houston # Francis P. Hubach Edwin L. Hubbard James Husted, MD Ruth P. Johnson Don W. Jones Jean D. Jones Harger # Barbara T. Kahn Daniel S. Kahn Harold L. Kahn Wendy B. Kahn Richard E. Kjellstrom Barbara Kornmeier Burke Laclair Nikki Ladd Lawrence L. Landry Carol Latham J. Brian and Kellie Latham Anne Lavasseur Rosalie P. Lawless Brian Leary

(L to R): Standing: Mark Alexander; Christopher Langlois; William O’Connell; David Twiss; Robbie Munce; Seated: Kristy Cullivan Robin Fischer Silke Franken Kirk and Bobbee Frazer Friends of the Industry LLC Brian J. Fuller Robert M. Gardiner James A. Gaudet Martha Gaudet Andre P. Gauthier Carl R. Gersbach Edward A. Gorski Daniel Grabauskas Nicholas P. Grieco Jr. Marianne E. Gruskin Nicholas J. Hadgis Mark Hallen

William F. Lee Oril A. LeMay Thomas and Penelope Leonard Robert Letovsky Rose M. Levasseur Gary B. Lindgren Timothy M. Loew Diane Lonieski Greg and Carleen Lonieski Ronald C. Lonieski Mary P. Lorusso-DiBara Jeffrey C. Madsen Paul Majercik Joan C. Malia James Malley Ernest and Nancy Mann

* Deceased # Donor to Nichols College for five or more consecutive years.

Stephen J. Mann Larry S. Mansfield Patricia G. Marmen James Martin W. O. Mashburn Anne Marie Matteo Joseph L. McEntee Brandon and Cacia McKinnon Priscilla McNulty Joseph F. Miedico Thomas and Gale Mihevc Robert E. Miller PhD Sen. Richard T. Moore Joseph and Sandy Muraca NEATrust Kendall L. Nelson David K. Nitta John D. Nordstrom Anne M. O’Brien Tom Palmara Walter and Judith Palmer Roy W. Parsons Suryakant M. Patel MD # James W. Patterson Lovett C. Peters # Seward J. Pittz Frank Plantan Jr. Paul Pollack Sean T. Poole Dominick Prevete James and Margaret Proietti Craig Puetz Barry J. Radcliffe Dianna E. Ragucci Realtor Assoc. of Martin County Inc. Timothy P. Reilly George Reiman Mark Reposa Paul Rieschick # Charles G. Roach Gerald J. Robinson Pete Robinson Ruby Springs Lodge P. James Ruda William P. Rydell Charles G. Sanders Barbara M. Sargent Ronald Seeley Brandon and Emily Shepherd Kenneth Siegel Gurbachan B. Singh MD Archibald A. Smith David C. Smith Larry Smith Richard and Silvia Smith Michael and Daryl Snyder Lydia J. Soja Jeffrey and Rebecca Sorensen Richard Spuznardi Kenneth R. Stair Carilyn C. Sutton Neil J. Talbot Stanley Tamarkin Joseph J. Tannetta Maureen Tannetta William and Alice Tansey Peter M. Teceno James and Karin Tedesco Frederick Telch Michael B. Tenneyck

Joan L. Thomas Samatha B. Tondreault George and Theresa Tyan United Way of Central Massachusetts Susan V. Utz Raymond Vargo Dominic C. Varisco Joan Vendetti # Paul M. Veshi # A. Graham Wagner Craig C. Wahlberg Douglas M. Weiss Scott Wildman Jessica M. Wood Justine Wood Michael M. Wood Mitchell Wood Warren S. Wooley Charles Zabriskie Jr.#

Parents (Current and Alumni) Jorge Alvarez Charles J. Atchue Anne Bassi Marc D. and Andrea C. Becker Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. Nancy B. Blakely # Lisa C. Bradway Gerald W. Buono Jr. Thomas R. Cafaro Richard Cardello Robert L. Colombo Carleton Ellis Alexander M. Gottfried Sr. Jeffrey P. Gould Cheryl Gruner Debra M. Harmon Gerald Hess Roger P. Holden David C. Johnson Ken Johnson Michael J. King Barbara A. Larson Raymond P. LeMay Kevin M. McCarthy Lee A. McNelly William Mulligan Jean W. Noyes Keith A. O’Hara Julie Orlowsky Pamela Parkinson William Person Charles A. Petrillo Marissa Pillari James E. Robinson David W. Rodgers Raymond Rush Stephen L. Sala Sidney M. Smith Debra M. Townsley Thomas J. Walsh Bert and Caroline West John F. White Roger F. Wilbur Andrew J. Wilcox Betty Wittmann

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Boards Board of Trustees Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77, Chair John H. McClutchy Jr. ’72, Vice Chair Constantine Alexander Randall V. Becker ’83 MBA’96 Michael P. Bellaria James W. Coghlin Sr. ’67 James L. Conrad Jr., Ph.D. Henri M. David Jr. ’64 John H. Davis ’72 Mary C. DeFeudis Jean Jones Harger Kurt R. Harrington ’74 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 George P. Kustigian Jr. ’81 Rosalie P. Lawless David F. Lombard ’65 Peter L. Lynch ’74

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Bruce Barton ’67 David Bedard ’86 Alice Belden ’85 Jonathan Blake ’70 Les Brooks Eugene Cenci ’63 William Daly ’94 Henri David ’64 Edward Dixon ’83 Edwin Donahue ’72 David Duhamel ’91 Brian Foley ’75 David Fleming ’57 Leo Gaudette ’81 Jeffery Gould ’68 David Hale ’75 Thomas Hall ’69 Richard Hardy John Harrison ’68 Henry Howard ’69 John Kauker James Kerley ’69 Thomas Lodge ’79 Francis Lovell ’71 Michael Lussier ’83 Leo Marshall ’59 John MacPhail ’65 Timothy Madden ’95 Kathleen Marcum ’90 Christopher McCarthy ’92 Lee McNelly ’69 Thomas Niles ’63 Alan Peppel ’98 Kent Tarrant ’57 Juan Velutini ’84 Michael Vendetti ’81 Robert Weibel ’88 John White ’71

Alumni Board of Directors (L to R): President Debra Townsley; Chairman of the Board Robert Vaudreuil Robert E. Miller, Ph.D. Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. ’67 Senator Richard T. Moore Robbie P. Munce ’99 MBA’01 James F. Paulhus ’81 Martin J. Power ’78 R. Joseph Salois ’98 Dr. Gurbachan Singh Dominic C. Varisco William J. Weyand ’66 Charles Zabriskie Jr.

Trustee Emeriti Howard K.O. Chong Jr. ’64 John B. Dirlam Gerald Fels ’66 Richard B. Hardy Lovett C. Peters

Board of Advisors Stephen Davis ’80, Co-Chair David Lombard ’65, Co-Chair Mark Alexander ’72 Wayne Archambo ’81 Ted Avlas ’73

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Robbie P. Munce ’99 MBA ’01, President Mark B. Alexander ’72 Tammy A. Cardillo ’94 Julie A. Cedrone ’02 Jennifer T. Clark ’03 William H. Collins ’74 Richard M. DeCrosta ’72 Michael Downing ’79 Elaine T. deCiutiis ’02 MBA ’03 Ryan J. Fasold ’03 Kevin J. Fournier ’96 Michael R. Grenon ’02 Jennifer L. Kopcinski ’95 Christopher G. Langlois ’00 MBA ’04 Frank J. Lovell ’71 Paul C. Newman MBA ’01 William F. O’Connell, Jr. ’78 Andrea J. Sacco ’00 MBA ’02 David J. Twiss ’01 Gary M. Watson ’96 MBA ’02

Edgar Mooney Jr. ’50 Robert Q. Benowitz ’54 Kent Tarrant ’57 John A. Turro Jr. ’62 William F. Keats ’63 John H. Hinchliffe III ’64 Art C. Assad ’65 R. Towner Lapp ’66 Michael J. Runyon ’67 Henry Howard II ’69 Douglas S. Stirling ’70 Frank J. Lovell ’71 Glenn A. Anderson ’73 William H. Collins II ’74 Kelly F. Harris ’78 Barry F. Fowler ’79 Robert A. Hoey ’84 Franklin G. Boisvere Jr. ’85 Robert D. Conrad ’87 Lisa M. O’Meara ’91 Keith T. Hofbeck ’92 Sandra C. Desourdy ’94 Audra Gouin ’96 Michael D. Damici ’97 Holly M. Munce ’99 Robbie P. Munce ’99 Michelle A. Fasold ’03 Ryan J. Fasold ’03 Ibrahima K. Kourouma ’04 Melissa A. Jackson ’05

Public Safety’s “Tickets for Toys”

Scribes Richard A. McLellan ’40 Stanley E. Finn Jr. ’48 Robert Risk Jr. ’50 William B. Gallagher Sr. ’54 Arthur L. Fries ’56 Kent Tarrant ’57 Charlie N. Howe ’62 Bruce I. Haslun ’63 Warren C. Bender ’64 Frank P. Cianflone ’68 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 Donald A. Jaeger ’72 William S. Fraser ’78 Michael L. Donehey ’83 Diane L. Bellerose ’88 Allison V. Kierce ’89 Donna M. Small ’91 John J. Lareau ’93 Danielle A. Troiano ’94 Christopher P. Saengvanich ’95 Gary M. Watson ’96 Colleen B. Saengvanich ’97 Emily A. Alves ’98 Anthony M. Volpone ’99 Andrea J. Sacco ’00 David J. Twiss ’01 Princess R. Tucker ’02 Kim J. Serino ’03 Erin L. Chennette ’04 Michelle Brown ’05

The START Conference

Class Representatives Agents Robert T. Kennedy ’42 Charlie S. Jones ’43 Walter J. Rohr ’47 Robert S. Blumberg ’49

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Webster-Dudley Boys and Girls Club

Impact!

In January 2008, the President’s Office issued an impact statement entitled “The Educational, Economic, and Social Contributions of Nichols College to the Surrounding Region,” with data from the 2006-2007 academic year. The economic analysis was completed by Nichols Economics Program Chair, Dr. Louise Nordstrom.

Almost half of our students are from Worcester County, Mass., or from Windham County, Conn., 80 percent of our graduates continue to live and work in the Worcester and Boston metropolitan areas, and in our Class of 2006, 96 percent was employed within six months of graduation with an annual salary of $40,000.

Enrolled Students – Academic Year 2006 - 2007*

ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $91.8 MILLION It was determined that the College’s annual economic impact to the surrounding regional equaled $91.8 million using a variety of factors, including: annual budget, average yearly capital improvements, and student spending and activity fees.

Hometowns in Worcester County, MA Other

AN ETHIC OF COMMUNITY SERVICE Nichols students, faculty and staff perform hundreds of hours of community service every year, from mentoring kids at the WebsterDudley Boys & Girls Club to helping haulout garbage polluting the French River.

Furthermore, Nichols has taken a leadership role in two areas: (1) youth leadership training for some 90-plus New England high school students attending The START Conference on campus and, (2) access to higher education by hosting a four-year Upward Bound Program helping academically underprepared students succeed in enrolling in college.

Hometowns in Windham County, CT *Day, Evening Undergraduate, MBA

EDUCATING STUDENTS FROM THE REGION Most importantly, we transform local students into successful working adults with renowned educational outcomes which have become an engine for economic strength in our region.

French River Clean-up Volunteers

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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS 2007

his 15th place (tie) finish at the Championship. Nichols as a team placed eighth overall, its highest finish in history, at the NEIGA Championship and second among Division III schools.

Field Hockey (16-7 Overall, 4-4 TCCC Finalists) The field hockey team had a record-breaking season in 2007. The team set or tied a total of 13 records, including capturing the most wins in the program’s history. The Bison, led by second-year Head Coach Kristan Mallet, finished the year 16-7 overall and advanced to The Commonwealth Coast Conference Finals for the first time in over a decade and to the ECAC Semifinals.

A 1-0 double overtime victory against the University of New England advanced Nichols to TCCC semifinals, where it upset top-seeded Gordon, 4-3, in overtime. The Bison fell to New England College, which has captured six straight TCCC titles, 4-2 in the finals. The season did not end there for the Bison though as they were selected to take part in the ECAC Championship. Nichols earned the #3 seed and defeated #6 seeded Castleton State 5-3 at home in the quarterfinals. A tough 1-0 loss to #2 seeded Bridgewater State ended the year.

Junior co-captain Brittany Case (Cambridge, N.Y.) was named to the All-TCCC First Team while freshman Eileen Clinton (Londonderry, N.H.) was named Rookie of the Year.

In addition, freshman MaryKate Frodema (Springfield, Mass.) earned Second Team honors while sophomore Sara Bailey (Athol, Mass.) and Clinton received Honorable Mentions. Bailey broke the school record for points in a season with 52 and tied the goals record with 22 while Frodema posted a record 13 assists.

Men’s Golf (TCCC Champions) The men’s golf team captured its first The Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship since 2001. The Bison fired a 302, six strokes ahead of second place finisher Endicott, to earn the team title. Sophomore Pat Pio (Somers, Conn.) took home medalist honors as he shot a one over-par 71 on the 6,003yard course. Junior Chris Healy (Charlton, Mass.) tied for second overall as he shot a 74 on the day while junior Chris Brock (Pomfret Center, Conn.) placed sixth with his score of 77. With his eighth overall finish at the 2007 NEIGA Championship, Brock earned Pat Pio All-New England honors as did Pio with

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Football (5-4 Overall, 4-3 Boyd Division) The Bison started off the year 4-1 for the first time since 2000 but lost three of their final four games with offensive leader Robert Morris (Melbourne, Fla.) out of the line-up.

Senior linebacker Matthew Parkinson (Coventry, Conn.), junior free safety David McLean (San Antonio, Tex.) and sophomore defensive tackle Bill Hassett (Oxford, Mass.) all earned First Team All-Boyd Division honors while junior firstyear running back Morris was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year and freshman linebacker Curtis Smith (New Haven, Conn.) was named Defensive Rookie of the Year.

In addition, sophomore Bob Bickerstaffe (Millis, Mass.), Smith and Morris collected Second Team AllDivision accolades.

Parkinson ranked second on the team and eighth in the conference with 84 total tackles, including 34 solo stops on the year. His 17 tackles for loss were 24th in the country and second in Brendan Bonn the NEFC. McLean led the defensive secondary this season as Nichols had the second best pass efficiency defense in the conference. Hassett ranked 33rd in the nation and led the NEFC with 7.5 sacks on the season.

Morris ranked eighth in the country with 135.8 rushing yards per game before being sidelined with an injury for the last three games of the season where he made just 11 carries.

Smith led Nichols with 89 total tackles while his 51 solo stops were sixth in the conference and Jessica Porter 23rd in the nation.

Women’s Tennis (9-7 Overall, TCCC Quarterfinalists) The women’s tennis team set a school record with its nine wins this season as the Bison finished 9-7 overall and 5-5 in TCCC action. The team advanced to the post-season tournament for the second straight year under the direction of Head Coach Paul Brower. The Bison captured wins in eight of their first nine matches of the season, including an 8-1 home victory against Eastern Nazarene on Sept. 22 which broke the program record of for wins.

For the third straight season junior co-captain Jessica Porter (Melrose, Mass.) earned First Team All-TCCC accolades at #1 singles. She finished the regular season with a 7-0 mark in TCCC competition, including wins over four of the seven members of the All-TCCC First Team. Overall, Porter finished the season 11-1 as she now has 31 career wins, which ranks second all-time at Nichols.

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Sophomore Molly McGuire (Sandwich, Mass.) earned Second Team All-TCCC honors for the second year in a row at #2 singles. She went 8-1 in TCCC play with three of the wins coming against All-Conference players. She posted a 13-1 record overall, matching her regular season performance from last year. Her 27 career wins already ranks her third all-time at Nichols.

Women’s Soccer (8-7 Overall) The Nichols women’s soccer team doubled its win output from a year ago with an 8-11 overall record but missed qualifying for the playoffs by just one point with a 5-8 TCCC mark. Under the direction of secondyear Head Coach Bob Fuqua, the Bison broke several individual game Christina Palmerino records early in the season as they began the year 7-2 overall. Senior defender Christina Palmerino (Southbridge, Mass.) and junior forward Chelsea Blair (Blanford, Mass.) received Honorable Mentions for their play this season.

Ryan Johnston

Men’s Soccer (5-12-1 Overall) The Nichols men’s soccer team suffered some growing pains this season as it finished the year 5-12-1 overall and 2-9-1 in the conference.

After kicking off the season by winning the Albertus Magnus Tournament, the Bison posted three wins in its 16 remaining games.

Nichols line-up featured several freshmen throughout the year as the young talent should bode well for next year with more experience under their belts.

Nichols Athletics Adds Varsity Women’s Ice Hockey Nichols College President Debra M. Townsley, Ph.D., and Director of Athletics Charlyn Robert announced in the fall the addition of women’s ice hockey to Nichols existing athletics varsity programs. The team, which will be a member of the ECAC Women’s East Ice Hockey League, will commence varsity competition during the 2008-2009 academic year. Women’s ice hockey will be the 15th varsity sport sponsored by Nichols and its seventh women’s sport.

“Nichols College is very pleased to be able to provide an additional varsity opportunity to our female students by moving our women’s ice hockey program to varsity status for 2008-2009,” said Townsley. “With the popularity and publicity surrounding women’s ice hockey over the last few years, we have women from all over the country who have come to Nichols to play ice hockey while earning a careerfocused business education.”

Nichols Student-Athletes Give Back to the Community Throughout the fall student-athletes at Nichols took part in several community service initiatives. On Sept. 22, Nichols celebrated Take a Kid to the Game Day. Children from the local community came to the Nichols campus to cheer on the Bison field hockey, football, soccer and women’s tennis teams. They also had the opportunity to showcase their kick-off skills at halftime of the football game.

On Sept. 28, the football team visited Forest Grove Middle School in Worcester to talk to its students that are a part of the AVID Program (Advancement Via Individual Determination). AVID is a program designed to help underachieving middle and high school students prepare for and succeed in colleges and universities. The Bison were on hand to answer the students’ questions about college life.

On Oct. 5, members of the Nichols men’s and women’s basketball teams took some time out of their busy schedules to visit Green Acres Childcare Center located in Sturbridge, Mass. Members of the team got involved with the children, ages three and four, by doing arts and crafts, playing in the playground and reading to them.

Senior men’s basketball co-captain Chris Vallee (Fitchburg, Mass.) snipped off his famous ponytail to donate to the Locks of Love organization during Nichols Midnight Madness celebration on Nov. 8. Students Chris Vallee packed the athletic center bleachers to look on as Vallee had ten inches of his hair clipped off.

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A View from the Hill

By Kristy Cullivan, Director of Alumni Relations

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am coming up on the six-month mark of being in the role of alumni relations director, and I have met so many fascinating Nichols alumni. The best part of my job is helping each of you find meaningful ways to reconnect or remain connected with our alma mater. Would you believe that almost 300 alumni participated in homecoming events this fall? Or that we currently have over 50 participants in the recently formed Alumni Mentor Program? I am encouraged by these numbers and hope to continually increase them by offering programs and services that interest you.

I hope you have had the chance to see our new website and receive our Nichols & Sense electronic newsletter.

If not, please do; I think you will be pleasantly surprised to learn of our recent happenings and events.

I have also been hitting the road to meet you in your hometowns. If you would like to get a regional group of Nichols alumni together, please let me know. I am glad to help out.

I hope to meet many more alumni in the upcoming months and encourage you to call me with any suggestions, ideas, or questions at 866-622-4766.

Together we can continue the wonderful tradition of the Nichols family. I am also happy to report that the 2008 Alumni Directory was published in late December. We contracted with the Harris Connect publishing company this year to obtain and compile the updated contact information of our 9,000+ alumni into a functional directory organized geographically, by class year, and by industry for a career networking section.

Many alumni who are looking for networking opportunities or to reconnect with former classmates and friends have found the directory to be very useful.

Through our regional events, the website, and the directory, we hope you will stay close to your friends, faculty and the many people who made Nichols such a positive experience for you. You have several opportunities to participate in each other’s lives and the lives of current students who look to our alumni for guidance. Staying connected is the best way to ensure a strong network that can benefit us all.

Visit www.nichols.edu for the latest information, and check out these new features and services: Alumni Job Board Whether you’re looking for a new position or have a position to post for a fellow Nichols alumnus, the Alumni Job Board is a great place to start for job descriptions on open positions and company information.

Board of Advisors Face Book Meet the Nichols College Board of Advisors, a newly formed board led by Co-chairs Dave Lombard ’65 and Steve Davis ’80 to engage an expanded group of alumni and business leaders in the life of the College.

Donate to Nichols

Upcoming Events — Please consider joining us: February 25

Sarasota, FL Alumni Reception Stonewood Grill & Tavern

February 26

Naples, FL Maxwell’s on the Bay

Alumni Reception

April 29

Worcester, MA Location TBA

Alumni Reception

May 14

Boston, MA Location TBA

Alumni Reception

July 19

Dudley, MA Dudley Hill Golf Club

Alumni Golf Tournament

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Donors to Nichols College now have a secure way of supporting the College online. Alumni, parents and friends can now make and designate gifts safely and conveniently through the Nichols website.

class notes

Catching up with...

GORDON E. CLEMENT ’49 Alpharetta, Georgia

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, and P.O. Box 5000, Dudley, MA 01571. Be sure to include a caption for each image sent.

1935 John Earle reports that he driving and swimming laps at the YMCA at age 92.

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Gordon Clement worked most of his life in sales in the cosmetics industry. He moved to Georgia with Revlon and eventually retired with Lancome. Clement grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire, but lived in Mexico City when his father took over a textile company there. Clement embraced the culture. He currently sings in a Mariachi band and even travels to Mexico several times a year to perform. He has two CDs to his credit and has been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for his Mariachi singing ability and filmed for small features on CNN and INtel. He also works as a Spanish language translator with the court system and hospitals. He and his wife reside in Alpharetta with their dogs and pygmy goats.

How did my Nichols education help me…Nichols gave me a very good start on my business career within the cosmetic industry.

A word to Nichols students today…Learn a foreign language or two, particularly Spanish.

My classmates would be surprised to learn…that I have been singing Mariachi since before I attended Nichols. My family lived in Mexico City for six years, and I learned the language and Mariachi. I currently sing two to three times a week, including twice on Sunday.

Alex Walker writes that he is spending his time working hard on the ranch and enjoying winter in sunny Australia.

1950 1939 Thomas Gross says that he’s been married for 57 years to wife, Carol, and is still playing golf and keeping fit.

1940 Class Scribe RICHARD MCLELLAN 3436 Button Bush Dr. Zellwood, FL 32798-9620 407-886-5539 MnDMcl@aol.com

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

Stanley Finn mentioned to a student phonathon caller that he recently had triple bypass sugery.

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

After graduating from Nichols, Allan Stevens went to an insurance college in Philadelphia run by North American Insurance Co. Soon after, he went into the family insurance business and ran it for 50 years. Allan has two sons and five grandchildren. One of his greatest hobbies at Nichols was sailing. He now lives in Indiana close to his grandkids. He wishes all his classmates and Nichols the best.

Keen Markey works at Satellite Beach Country Club as a marshal. After graduation he joined the Navy for two years and then worked with Industrial Tools and Hardware Co., as a division manager, for 31 years. Keen has two

children and five grandchildren. He loves swimming, playing golf, and walking the beach in Florida, where he lives.

Al Hanlon worked as a sales representative for an industrial supply company for six years. Soon after, he went into his own business designing building exhibits for trade shows. He authored his first book on marketing through trade shows. Al sold his business in 1987 and retired. He now lives in Florida and enjoys playing golf and flying his plane.

Al has four children and ten grandchildren. He and his wife, Ellie, have two homes and spend eight months in Florida and four in Laconia, NH.

1952 Gilbert R. Anderson reports that he worked his entire career at United Technologies Corp. He spent most of his time in the Hamilton division and the last few years at the home office in Hartford before retiring in 1992.

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A L U M N I Catching up with...

LES READ ’55 Port Washington, New York

Les Read joined HBO as director of affiliate special projects. He was promoted to vice president in 1998 and remained in that role until his retirement in December of last year. While at HBO, Read was responsible for working with the company’s affiliated cable systems on special marketing campaigns. Widely respected for his pioneering work at the premier cable channel (he cut his teeth in the industry with Irving Kahn and Bill Daniels, among others), Read earned the nickname “Mr. HBO.” He was also the voice of HBO in numerous on-air promotions.

After graduating from Nichols, Read earned a degree in speech/radio and television from Syracuse University. In addition to his work at the Cable Center he is executive director of the Cable TV Pioneers and past president of the New York Cable TV Association.

Raised in Great Neck, Long Island, Read currently resides in Port Washington, New York, with his wife, Anne. His four children are scattered around the world from New York to Colorado to New Zealand, where his two grandchildren reside.

Employment: Over the years I got to ride the technology rocket in helping to launch cable TV and then HBO. I graduated from Syracuse, walked into the personnel office at NBC and stated: “I thought you might have a job for me until I become president of this organization.” The woman replied, “Oh yes, I have a job for you,” and that’s how I became a network page. I then worked with Teleprompter, which included numerous trips to Hoboken to catch the midnight Phoebe Snow to Elmira, arriving at 8 a.m. The cable industry was in its infancy then, in fact our selling point was not the 500 channels of today but that you got a signal with no snow. I joined HBO in the early ’70s. Along the way I heeded the lessons my father taught me about service, contacts and developing relationships [so much so that Read was recently tapped to become ambassador for the Cable Center, located at the University of Denver].

What advice would you give to young students just starting out? It’s very simple, you’re only as good as your Rolodex. Learn how to be friendly, establish contacts, and build relationships.

My Nichols degree helped me… I found much of what Nichols taught me very valuable along life’s highway. The more I got involved, the better I did, and I eventually graduated with high grades and many honorable mentions, which made my mother very proud. My accounting professor and his wife invited me for dinner every evening and always inquired about my classes.

Robert Hogue writes that he has left his “Old Kentucky Home” for Florida.

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one of their daughters and her family.

Joseph Markiewicz enlisted in the U.S. Airforce after his Nichols graduation and served four and a half years.

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his wife, Irene. They were married in 1956 and have three children (Joe, Teresa, and Susan) and ten grandchildren. After a long career as a credit manager, he retired in 1996, and he and Irene are enjoying their families. Joe was recently elected to the Bartlett High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Roy Neureuter reports that he went to Lehigh after Nichols and then served in the Army for two years. Soon after he joined Manufacturer and Traders Trust Co. in Buffalo, NY, in 1957. He later moved to the bond house of Roosevelt and Cross where he served as vice president until his retirement in June 2007.

His list of volunteer responsibilities includes chairing the NY State Bankers Association, Trust Division. A member of the Rotary Club, he was presented with their highest honor, the Paul Harris Fellow. Roy has been married to Judy for 47 years and they have three children as well as six grandchildren. “All are healthy, happy, successful, loving and giving,” he says.

After graduation, George McGilvery worked at Central Maine Power Co., retiring in 1991. He and his wife, Laurie, moved from Maine to Williamsburg,VA, in January 2007. They have been married for almost seven years. George says they have done considerable traveling, “from Antarctica to Bora and all points in between,” and are having a wonderful life.

Clifford “Bud” Smith says that he earned a B.S. degree in business administration from American International College after graduating from Nichols.

He was drafted in July 1954 and spent two years in France. After the service he joined his father in the family Goodyear Tire business and subsequently turned the business over to his son. He and his wife, Ruth, have three children and six grandchildren – the oldest one is studying to be a doctor and about to be married. Cliff and Ruth have been living in Willow Street, PA, for the past seven years and managed to stay very busy.

Cliff plays a lot of golf, Ruth participates in deep water volleyball and they have many volunteer jobs.

Herb Bascome writes that he joined

Household International after graduation where he spent 24 years. He then opened a retail tennis racquet business which he managed for 30 years until he sold it.

He says that he and his wife of 51 years picked up the “tennis bug” early in their married life and both still compete on a national level, “with some degree of success.” They have three children and six grandchildren, one of whom just graduated from college and started teaching this fall.

Don Frigaletto says that he is now retired and living in Florida. He spent 47 years working in the real estate and appraisal business in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. His daughter graduated from Nichols and married Robert Babcock, who is also a Nichols graduate, so he has a real Nichols connection.

Jerre Budd “semi-retired” in 1992 from the banking business and currently owns a mobile home court in Hackettstown, NJ, which he and his wife are in the process of selling to move to Ft. Myers, FL, to be near their son and two grandchildren on Sanibel Island, so they will be living about three miles from each other. He says, “The Lord has been good to us, and our health and family are well blessed.”

1954 Class Scribe WILLIAM GALLAGHER 7122 Oak Fairway Tulsa, OK 74132 c1895@aol.com

1956 Class Scribe ARTHUR FRIES 225 Via San Remo Lido Isle Newport Beach, CA 92663-5511 949-673-7190 friesart@hotmail.com

Richard English has the distinction of being the member of longest standing in The New Haven Bird Club. He joined the club 60 years ago, initally as a junior member, a category that existed in those days for young children.

Catching up with...

LLOYD ROTH ’56 Woodmere, New York

Lloyd Roth is president of The Tin Box Company located in Farmingdale, New York. The company began operations in 1952 as Daher Limited, originally manufacturing quality tins in England.

In 1980 the name was changed to The Tin Box Company of America Inc. The company set up operations in China and now has an office and showroom in Hong Kong and a factory—with 36 production lines and 500 employees— in Dongguan, China.

Tin Box is the leader in the industry for developing unique shapes and designs for the world market.

Employment: I’ve been involved in consumer products since graduating from Nichols. I began as a salesman and moved up the sales and management ladder. At 40 I bought interest in The Tin Box Company.

What’s your competitive edge? At a certain point we noticed a major shift in the marketplace, the result of which would pigeonhole a company like ours and turn our product into a commodity. With a commodity there is no barrier to entry and anyone can supply it—you compete on price and service. Our strategy was to employ licensing, and this differentiates our company. We now have 25 different licenses, among them Coca Cola, Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers Marvel Entertainment, Hasbro, Hello Kitty and John Deere. We sell to major national chains such as Wal-Mart, Target, CVS and Walgreens. The large corporations provide a demand for our products, and our business model allows a reasonable profit margin for our goods. High School Musical and Disney’s Hannah Montana are two of the products that are currently jumping off the shelf.

I think about the Nichols experience a lot. It was a great experience for me and I remain close to my classmates to this day. I returned to campus for my 50th reunion and was impressed by all of the change and growth on campus.

My Nichols degree helped me… with just about everything. I am the president of Tin Box but I really identify as an entrepreneur, which requires risk taking. My education in management and marketing helped me enormously. We have a lot of young, creative people at Tin Box and that is fun, exciting and keeps me on my toes. I try to operate in a team atmosphere. My business training at Nichols helped in every aspect, from management to marketing, and even to taking a team approach.

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1957 Class Scribe KENT TARRANT 45 Valley View Dr. P.O. Box 496 Hampden, MA 01036-0496 413-566-5130 kent@samnet.net

The Class of ’57 wants you

to help a worthy student.

Send your ’57 scholarship fund contribution

TODAY! 1959 J. Michael Donnelly reports that he is retired but looking for something to do part time.

1962 Class Scribe CHARLIE HOWE May-September 383 North 3rd St. Surf City, NJ 08008-4926 Charles_howe@webtv.net

October- April 17468 Cornflower Ln. Punta Gorda, FL 33955 941-575-8150

For those of you who were unable to attend the 2007 Homecoming, you missed a wonderful weekend. The turnout was small, but the gathering was great. We had quite a time – from the football game to cocktails and dinner at the Southbridge Center (formally A/O) to breakfast the next morning. It was laughter, re-telling old stories and reminiscing about good times, sad times, and how we all (or mostly all) disliked mem-

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orizing B Pro’s notes. Our group included Jim Dolan, Hugo Pagliccia, and John Turro. It was also nice adopting Bruce Haslun ’63 for the weekend. (I’m sure that if you scan the Class of ’63 notes that there will be a few stories that I missed.) I was particularly saddened to learn that Dave Adams died during the past year. He was a good friend, a fine athlete, and Bazzie’s right hand man (forgive me, Chet) for many years. Also, as you may have seen in the last issue of the magazine, Ron Noyes passed away during the past year. Many of you might remember Ron as the midfielder who played with Rene and me in ’62. He brought some class to our midfield and could score goals. I often thought that Doc Wylie wanted to surround Ron with some protection; we saw that he got it.

(You could always identify our midfield because we all had bad knees and wore knee braces.)

At our 45th Reunion, we learned of what’s happening at Nichols. If you have not been keeping up, you’re missing a lot. You owe it to yourself to return to Dudley. It was always a beautiful campus, and over these many years, it has turned into a dynamic setting that turns out a fantastic product. I am proud to spread the word about Nichols. The Sport Management Program was recognized as being one of the top programs in the country. The College continues to produce top CEOs and executives all across the country. Exciting things are happening. It gives Kate and I such joy each year to get together with Ken Beyer, John Girvin, Chick Putnam, and many of my ’62 classmates. We only hope that more of you will surface at the Nichols gatherings throughout the country. I would have liked to attend the Sarasota gathering knowing that Bob Gould was planning to attend.

During the course of the past six months I’ve had emails or letters from Dick Makin, Bart Henkle, Dick Knoener, Bob Colombo, Pete Judd, Pete Whitney, Bill Welch and Jack Lubbers. I’ve also talked with Jack Bowles, who gets together with Fernando Figueras regularly, and Doug Gian. It’s always great to hear from

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Sandy Tuttle, and last year I was surprised to get a letter from Steve Gerber.

I think that it is time to reflect on how much Nichols did for each one of us.

Rich Knoener celebrated his 50th high school reunion. He and his wife, Gloria, have lived in Granville, MA, for the past 22 years and last year celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They have four children and three grandchildren. Rich founded K&S Associates which brokers lawn and garden products in New England. He is not thinking of retiring because he still enjoys the “hunt.” He has been a trustee of his local church and a 32nd degree Mason-Shriner, and he was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship from Lions International.

This past summer Kate and I volunteered at the Tuckerton Seaport Museum.

I was a crew member, and sometimes a helmsman, on a 31-foot sloop-rigged sailing vessel built in 1923 and totally restored this past year. The most rewarding part was taking children with autism out for a sail and spending time with them. I count my blessings every day.

Kate gave guided tours of the Tuckerton Lighthouse. We also had our eight-yearold grandson with us for five weeks.

(I’m beginning to realize that an afternoon nap is very important.) We ended the summer by spending eight days in Booth Bay Harbor, ME. A few reminders: Don’t forget to send a check to the Nichols Fund (or fund of your choice at Nichols). Make plans to attend a Nichols winter gathering. Keep in touch. Send me a letter, write an email, give me a call, or just stop in and say hello.

1963 Class Scribe BRUCE I. HASLUN 16 Gilder Point Ct. Simpsonville, SC 29681 hashardt@charter.net

In July, neighbor Dave Shemm and I had a leisurely lunch together at a local watering hole, Bubba Annie’s. He and Liz have a lovely home on the shore of a three-acre pond, just right for his row boat and stocked with enough fish to

keep the grandkids happily angling.

Carol and I took the annual trek to Northern Connecticut and then to Cape Cod and visited with John Miles ’60 and wife, Gert, in West Springfield. We laughed about John’s description of what might have been “The Most Infamous, But Last Panty Raid of the Twentieth Century!” The raid was waged with the very willing cooperation of the “raidees” at Becker Junior College. Shemm had also waxed nostalgic on the same theme.

John, the notorious ringleader, took a two-week leave of absence at the Colonel’s suggestion.

John and Gert have lived in West Springfield for 43 years. He’s retired from Rourke-Eno Paper Co. and Gert from elementary school teaching. Their son, John, is at Mass Mutual Insurance Co. In addition to some very fine woodworking, including excellent replicas of antique furniture, John spends much serious time exploring his Miles/Sears genealogy, including trips to surrounding towns and states. He used to fish, bird hunt and skeet shoot, but health problems have gotten in the way. He says Kenny Carlon ’60 has stopped by over the years and is well.

George Euler planned to move to Rutherfordton, SC, but said things are on hold and they’re selling that acreage.

He’s still coming to God’s Country but looking again for land. As your class scribe, I try not to be nosey parker, but George drops a sentence that begs for elucidation. (Hey, Chambers! Good word, huh?) “We found out some things about our neighbors and didn’t want to be in the middle of the Hatfields and McCoys.” Up North that would probably mean they were taking verbal pot shots at one another. Down here it likely means the guns on the rifle rack are loaded.

In mid-August, I received a call from Coach Turro ’62 who asked me to come up for the 45th reunion. I remind him that my class is ’63, it isn’t my reunion. “So what! Come anyway!”

Please send all class updates to your Class Scribe.

We don’t call this guy coach for nothing.

I explained that I’d committed to be on campus mid-October for President’s Society and couldn’t justify two trips.

When he called again, the Treasurer was at home and she informed me that I have free air mileage, I can secure a terrific room deal at The Sturbridge Convention Center (remember the AO? You wouldn’t believe the transition!), and Thrifty Car is practically paying me to take a 4cylinder gasper off their hands. I’ll leave it to ’62 Class Scribe Howe to tell you about their reunion, which was great and I was honored to be invited. From our class, Hugo Pagliccia and his wife joined us. They are in Bonita Springs, FL, and doing very well in their own real estate sales business.

Ross Weale, 1963 senior class president, writes about the Summer 2007 issue of this publication, “The picture of Gene Cenci is amazing!” and asks for contact information for Gene and Jim Bolster.

James Q. Dolan ’62 sent an email entitled, “Class Scribe Who Got Busted for Brown Spring Weekend 1962.” At Brown University’s Gala Spring Weekend, Nichols was the set-up patsy whom the Brown lacrosse club trounced to the delight of their alumni, parents and girlfriends by a final score of 13-6.

However, if memory serves, Nichols led at the half. (Howe? Zimmerman?

Langevin? Anybody remember?) All Bison in attendance got special passes to any frat party on campus. James and I had an adventuresome evening that later led to this dynamic duo, and a large number of fellow travelers, appearing before Colonel who we successfully talked out of giving us all a leave of absence.

Jim says he will be at the 45th reunion with wife of two years, Anne.

He is still working in assisted care facilities, but part time and “only to keep from going nuts.” He had a stroke in December 2006 but came out okay. His son is a graduate of The College of the Holy Cross and earned a master’s degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Jim ends, “He’s a great guy and I am proud dad.”

Carol and I attended the President’s Society Dinner in October. This year we had the greatest number of members in the history of the College and added 23 new names to the rolls. I was happy to be able to help Dave Lombard ’65, Henri David ’64 and Woody Schaub ’64 hold down the bar. I met Jack Armstrong, professor of accounting, and his wife, Mary, who are antiques devotees. For his first two years at Nichols, Jack commuted and roomed with John Katori during the week.

I learned that Professor Katori was ailing that night and unable to join us.

The weekend of October 3rd and 4th will mark our 45th reunion. Get it on your calendar! Get it fixed in your mind. Get to Reunion!

And a note to all alums in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee: I have committed to try to put together a Southern Alumni Group for the more than 300 of us in the quad-state area.

I plan to contact some of you to see if there is enough interest to move ahead.

However, don’t wait for me. Feel free to use the above email address to share your thoughts.

1964 Class Scribe WARREN BENDER 3604 Kingsley Dr. Myrtle Beach, SC 29588-7714 843-492-6727 wbender@sc.rr.com

I had a nice visit with Bob Hood ’66 and his wife, Kathy, who come to Myrtle Beach each year around this time in their RV. He’s still living in Connecticut and looking toward retirement in another year or two. I heard from David Ebacher in September. He reports that it’s been quite a journey from Dudley Hill 43 years ago. As a 17-year-old entering college, Dave said he was ill prepared; however, good teachers and good classmates helped him leave ready for the business world. The packaging industry served Dave well and he served it well. He started with the American Can Co. In 1982, he joined Heekin Can Co. in Cincinnati and then moved to

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A L U M N I Denver. In 1996, he was involved in the sale of a business that Ball had acquired from Heekin. So, for the past 11 years, Dave has been with BWAY Corp. in Cincinnati. I’m sure he would welcome any contact from fellow classmates at dbe@fuse.net.

I also received an email from Lew Gelman ’65 who saw my mention of Kenny Rosenburg in the last issue. Lew said he just recently booked Jay Black from Jay and the Americans for an event. He met him 42 years ago and said he was great entertainment. Since selling his contracting business he is staying busy with golf course design, which helps keep his golf game in good shape.

With golf and baseball season the same time at Nichols he chose baseball to satisfy his athletic prowess.

I’m looking forward to our 45th reunion in 2009 and hope our class is well represented. Those of you with an email address may hear from me asking for an update.

“And the beat goes on…”

Philip B. Donnelly reports that he sold his business but got bored and returned to part-time work.

1967 Hunt Coracci reports that his son, Pete, and wife, Megan, are expecting their first child in December 2007. “The ultrasound showed all parts in the right places and all measurements indicate a healthy baby,” he says.

Ernie Pekmezaris, chief financial officer and senior vice president of Luby’s Inc. for the past six years, was named the Best Turnaround Specialist by the Houston Business Journal. In 2001, Luby’s was losing $32 million and had debt of $125 million. Ernie was a member of the management team that brought the company back to profitability by refinancing the debt and paying it all off within three and one half years.

Christopher J. Pappas, CEO of Luby’s, said Ernie’s financial acumen helped Luby eliminate the debt during the company’s turnaround. He added, “…Ernie is also a great coach and mentor. Since

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coming on board, he has worked with members of our team to help them grow to achieve their full potential. This helped us improve processes and systems in our accounting, treasury and financial planning and information technology departments.”

Ernie also has served as CFO and treasurer for Pappas Restaurants for the past 15 years.

1968 Class Scribe FRANK CIANFLONE c/o Maxiglide Box 415 Stow, MA 01775 978-897-2317

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

1985 Class Scribe JOHN P. DONAHUE 10 Corsham Drive Medford, NJ 08055-8434 john. donajue@us.hamburgsud.com

f.cianflone-maxiglide@charter.net

Paul King was honored at the 25th Annual Scholar-Athlete Award Program in May for his contributions as a Central Massachusetts football official.

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Class Scribe ROBERT KUPPENHEIMER

Class Scribe DIANE BELLEROSE

4627 Tremont Ln. Corona del Mar, CA 92625-3130 bob.kuppenheimer@nuveen.com

90 Lebanon St. Southbridge, MA 01550-1332 508-764-6077 spongedicat@aol.com

1972 Class Scribe DONALD JAEGER 8 Lord Joes Lndg.

Northport, NY 11768-1571

Michael C. McCall reports he has recently been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army and is now based in Fort Monroe, VA.

jaeger@ajaeger.com

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Class Scribe ALLISON KIERCE

David Hale is currently senior vice president, Americas, for Polaroid Corp., the global leader of instant photography, headquartered in Waltham, MA. Wick Dudley reports that he is still on the farm, growing greenhouse flowers for Home Depot. He also grows wine grapes for the local wineries. Wick’s daughter is a freshman at Boston College and his son is a senior in high school.

1978 Class Scribe WILLIAM FRASER

1804 Shawan Ln. York, PA 17402 717-757-3949 alivk@comcast.net

Tom Descoteaux of R.H. White Construction has been named the Utility Contractor of the Year by the Utility Contractors Association of New England.

Chris Billis is a proud parent of a baby girl named Nevie.

1991 Class Scribe DONNA SMALL

12915 Letando Ln. Cypress, TX 77429-3554 281-376-5922

4905 Bay Harvest Ct. Clemmons, NC 27012-8245 336-712-1053 (home) 336-692-5157 (cell)

wifra@wci78.com

dsmall9242000@yahoo.com

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Jeffrey Locke was named manager of Bay State Savings Bank in Worcester.

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Class Scribe COLLEEN (REILLY) SAENGVANICH

Class Scribe JOHN J. LAREAU

40 Chestnut St. Apt.2 Melrose, MA 02176

Tax Manager Greenberg, Roseblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, PC 508-791-0901

cbethre@aol.com

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jlareau@grkb.com

Devin Haughey reports that he accepted a position as vice president/operations manager of the Keating Group in Southborough, MA. He will continue to have the ability to refer (and “keep an eye on”) insurance business (auto, home and business) to an established insurance broker who provides personal and commercial lines insurance products.

Lisa Murphy is happy to announce the birth of son, Ryan Derek, on Sept. 7, 2007. He joins his twin 5-year-old sisters, Lauren and Jenna. They reside in Dedham, MA. Michelle (Daigneault) Brown sends greetings from Meredith, NH, where she coordinates marketing and PR for the Meredith Inn – a charming and elegant bed and breakfast destination – and has her hands full raising two beautiful twin daughters, Maia and Amelia.

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

Tammy Cardillo hosted her 5th annual fundraiser at the White Cliffs in Northboro, MA, in October 2007. She says she has raised over $265,000 for breast cancer research at the Dana Farber/Brigham & Women’s Cancer Institute in Boston. Tammy set a stretch goal that evening of $100,000 and she was determined to find a way of making this happen! She hosted 220 people for dinner and had over $30,000 in silent and live auction items.

Lisa A. Jakubowski is in her fourth year at the Energy Medicine Practitioner

Dr. Carolyn Kaelin, Oncologist for Brigham & Womens Hospital, Tammy Cardillo, and Ted Wolf, Tammy's fiance

Program, specializing in the wise method, at the Institute of Healing Arts & Science. She is performing her internship at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.

Jude A. Tomasino recently completed his Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in human resource management at Johnson & Wales University. He works in the Office of Enrollment Services at CCRI, the largest community college in New England. He also serves as an adjunct business professor at the college.

Class Scribe EMILY (SEIFERMAN) ALVES Millie.176@hotmail.com

1999 Class Scribe TONY VOLPONE avolpone@hotmail.com

Melissa Turner and Michael McGuirk, of Natick, MA, announce their engagement. She is employed with Broadridge Financial in Peabody and he is employed with Fidelity Investments in Boston. A fall 2008 wedding is planned.

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1995 Class Scribe CHRIS SAENGVANICH 40 Chestnut St. Apt.2 Melrose, MA 02176

Class Scribe ANDREA SACCO andrea-sacco@comcast.net

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Class Scribe DAVID TWISS

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978-979-7658 (cell) david.twiss@comcast.net

Class Scribe GARY WATSON 25 Lakeside Ave. Webster, MA 01570 508-943-5504 gmwatsonsr@yahoo.com

Christopher J. Galligan has been appointed vice president for institutional advancement at Central Connecticut State University.

LA resident Vincent Lombardo just got back from Europe where he toured for the past four months with his band, Building a Better Spaceship.

You can check out their music on www.myspace.com/buildingabetterspaceship or view Lombardo’s solo project, www.myspace.com/pilottouhill.

Erica Winful-O’Neal is a child and adolescent clinical psychologist completing her postdoctoral year at Yale School of Medicine, where she earned her doctorate in September. Congratulations to Dr. Erica Winful-O’Neal. In June she

Vince Lombardo ’96

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A L U M N I will take her medical license exam to be a licensed clinical psychologist. Erica plans to work in a hospital setting but she will most likely begin the employment search in January. Erica resides in East Hartford with her husband, Fred, and 3-year-old son, Malachi. Erica urges her classmates to touch base to catch up.

Her email is ewinful@msn.com.

Calling All Softball Alumni!

Miranda (Messier) Linde

87 Tory Fort Lane Worcester, MA 01602 781-939-1723

With an exciting new season on the horizon, the team wants to be sure you receive their email updates. Be the first to see their schedule and learn about a possible alumni reunion game.

Megan (Messier) Linde and husband, Patrick, are the parents of a beautiful baby girl, Miranda, born Sept. 17.

Please contact Coach Ross at steven.ross@nichols.edu or 508-213-2354.

2002 Class Scribe PRINCESS TUCKER Cash Manager Waterford Hotel Group 860-961-2734 (cell) 860-848-1471 (fax) ptucker4057@sbcglobal.net

Michael Grenon and Rayna Paola were married on May 27, 2007, at St. Ann Church in Cranston, RI. A reception followed at the Providence Biltmore Hotel.

Matt LaFountain was an usher.

Michael is an audit senior at LGC&D in Providence.

2004 Class Scribe ERIN CHENETTE

2005 Class Scribe MICHELLE BROWN slmz018@yahoo.com

2006 Richard C. Fortuna and Kerry A. McDonough are serving overseas.

Erika L. Buxton was married Oct. 14, 2007, and is currently living in Dudley.

Michael Grenon ’02 and his wife, Rayna

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

Debra M. Scanlon of Auburn, MA, has joined Clinton Savings Bank’s commercial team as assistant vice president/credit officer. She has nearly 15 years of experience in credit analysis at area banks, including as assistant vice president/credit officer.

Please send all class updates to your Class Scribe.

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Coach Steve Ross and the women’s softball team would like to hear from you!

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N I C H O L S

REMEMBERS

in memoriam Benjamin G. Robertson ’39

Ronald E. Noble ’41

B. James Rogers ’48

Benjamin Robertson, died May 22, 2007, in Peabody, MA. Following graduation, Robertson managed the Emerson Seed Company in Beverly. An honorably discharged veteran, he served his country in Guam during World War II as a member of the U.S. Army. He had also been employed as a national sales manager at General Electric and the Watts Regulator Company and retired from the CH Powell Company in Boston.

Robertson wintered in Jensen Beach, FL. While a resident of Hamilton, MA, he was the past commander of the AP Gardner American Legion Post and past president of the Hamilton/Wenham Community Service. He was also a longtime member of the Clan Donnachaid and active in many Scottish events.

Robertson loved gardening and riding with the hounds of Myopia. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Minnie; children, Bonnie and Dale Maguire, Anne and Peter Smith, Christopher, Douglas and Gale Robertson; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and one great great-granddaughter. He was also brother of the late Robert Robertson III.

Ronald Noble died August 26, 2007, at the Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, MA. A longtime resident of Eastham and Avon, CT, he is survived by two daughters, Nancy Miller and Sarah McVerry; four grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.

James Rogers, of Frederick, MD, died December 6 at his home.

In addition to graduating from Nichols Junior College, Rogers earned a bachelor’s in business administration at the University of Connecticut in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Rogers worked for General Electric for several years, and spent most of his life working at the U.S. Department of Energy. He was a member of St. Katherine Drexel Roman Catholic Church. Rogers is survived by Helene, his wife of 50 years; and children, Michael, Robert and Mary and Peter Lange. He was preceded in death by his son, John, in 1993, and a sister, Anne Reynolds.

Durland (Durl) Brown ’42 Durl Brown of Marblehead, MA, died September 21, 2007, at a local nursing home following a brief illness.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during World War II, stationed in Austria and Italy, and was a member of the U.S. Intelligence. Born in Salem and a longtime resident of Marblehead, Brown was a member of the American Legion and also served as its commander for many years, as well as president of the Marblehead Model Yacht Club. He enjoyed boats, sailing, model trains and model shipbuilding. He also restored many models for the Peabody Essex Museum, a trade that gave him the name “Durland the Magician.” In addition to his wife of 22 years, Lillian, Brown leaves his children, Nancy Jean Birmingham, Louise Crabtree, Audrey Ann Andrews, Sandy Dotson, Barry Cook, Elaine Whitlock; and two grandchildren. He was the brother of Janice Finnigan, Vernon Brown, and Marita Crowninshield. Brown was predeceased by his first wife, Dorothy M. Wilcox.

George E. Peacock ’49 George Peacock, of Charlton and Nantucket, died October 26, 2007, at Milford Regional Medical Center following an illness of several months. Peacock, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, received a master’s degree at Bentley College and served as a financial analyst with Raytheon, retiring in 1990 after 35 years with the company. He leaves his wife, Marian; and children, Donald, Douglas, Patrick, and James.

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N I C H O L S

REMEMBERS

Daniel Gates Frey ’50

William F. (Bill) Milbier Jr. ’56

Kilman Steele ’59

Daniel Frey died March 14, 2007, at Crouse Hospital after a short illness. Born in Syracuse, Frey was a lifelong resident of Woodcrest Farms. He was the owner of the former Vibrocass Vault Co. from 1960 to 1997 and had been chairman of the board of Madison Mutual Insurance Co. in Chittenango since 1973. Survivors include his wife of 17 years, Elizabeth; three daughters; a sonin-law; three stepdaughters; and a granddaughter.

Bill Milbier, of Wilbraham, MA, died August 27, 2007, at his home. Milbier was a group representative for Mass Mutual for 27 years and retired in 1977. After his retirement he did financial consultant work for several area companies. He served his country during the Korean War with the U.S. Air Force 756th AC&W Squadron, attaining the rank of airman first class and received the distinguished Silver Star.

A resident of Wilbraham for 40 years, Milbier was a communicant of St. Cecilia’s Church. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Joan; children, William III, John and Denise Milbier, Michael and Elaine Milbier, and Heidi and Robert Lout; two sisters, Geraldine A. Crowley and Jean and Mort Kelley; a sister-in-law, Helen M. Whalen; a brother-in-law, Edward and Barbara McCarthy; a family friend, Joyce E. Johnson; and several nieces and nephews.

Kilman Steele, of Biddeford, ME, died September 11, 2007, at home after a long illness. For 32 years he was the sales manager of Sexton Can Co., of Everett and Cambridge, MA. He is survived by his wife, Carol; and children, Lockhart and George.

Hugh Hulslander ’51 Hugh Hulslander died May 2, 2007.

Hulslander served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He owned and operated the former Credit Bureau and Employment Agency of Newport. A member of the Newport Lodge of Elks and the Newport VFW, Hulslander was a past president of the Navy League and the Newport Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife, Amy; and children, James and Kimberly.

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Roger S. Lipsett ’58 Roger Lipsett, of Winthrop, MA, died on April 17, 2007. He leaves his wife, Judy; children, Paula Ronan, Ginny Caples, Cheryle Kelley, Dawn Lipsett, and Roger Lipsett Jr.; sibling, Hazen Lipsett; and grandchildren.

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Gerald F. Sommers ’79 Gerald Sommers died suddenly August 18, 2007, at home. Sommers worked for 30 years in the family business and was the executive vice president and director of marketing for Allied Printing Services, Inc., of Manchester, CT. An avid golfer, he was a member of the Ellington Ridge Country Club. He also loved skiing and sailing. He leaves his wife, Brenda; and children, Nathan, and Bettina.

George D. Coupounas, Past Trustee George D. Coupounas, 77, died on July 5, 2007. Coupounas graduated from Syracuse University and Harvard Law School. In addition to serving as a Nichols trustee, Coupounas was a director of the World Affairs Council of Boston, Fellow of the President’s Council at Syracuse University, and president of the New England Chapter of the American Association of AttorneyCertified Public Accountants. He is survived by his wife, Angelyn; son and daughter-in-law, Demetrious and Kimberly; and several nieces and nephews.

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Bah Humbug to the Primary Season P A U L E. L A M B E RT Vis itin g As s is tant Profe s s or of H is tor y

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t was early November and I was driving my car and listening to a local radio station when, seemingly without warning, “Jingle Bells” began to play. It was the first Christmas song of the season. It was, by my reckoning, about three weeks too early. I wasn’t ready for it. I groaned out loud and changed the station.

This isn’t some new phenomenon.

Stations have started playing the old favorites – “Winter Wonderland,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” and “Deck the Halls” – earlier and earlier every year. I avoid the music, if I can, until after Thanksgiving. Otherwise, those same old favorites become stale and tiresome before the holiday actually arrives.

It’s getting to be the same way with the presidential race. I consider myself a student of politics. After all, I do teach courses on government, the American presidency, and political and historical leaders. I read the newspapers and magazines. I watch The McLaughlin Group faithfully every Friday night.

Still, it’s been hard for me to get really excited about this campaign because, by my reckoning, it began much too early. Sure, I paid attention when Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses. And when Hillary Clinton and John McCain won the New Hampshire primary a week later, I watched the news and read the papers.

But it seems like the candidates have been crisscrossing the country since “forever.” Did Iowa really need to hold those caucuses on January 3, eight months before the party conventions?

I just wasn’t able to get into the spirit of the season – the presidential campaign season, that is.

I’m not alone in thinking the process is far too long. Dan Balz, national political correspondent for the Washington Post, wrote in November that “the presi-

dential nominating system [has] been stretched beyond reasonable limits.”

This long, drawn-out process, he says, “will exhaust the candidates and try the patience of a public that had been paying extraordinarily close attention to this campaign for almost a year already.

It’s no way to elect a president.” I couldn’t agree more.

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ow do we fix this system?

Several proposals have been brought forward. The one I like best, put forward by Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan and Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, would place different states into six groups. (Massachusetts, for example, would be grouped with Tennessee, Iowa, Texas, Florida, Alaska, and Hawaii.)

Primaries would be held approximately every three weeks from mid-March until early June. Dates would be assigned to the groups by lottery the first time and afterwards rotate from election to election. This system would shorten the primary season, prevent any one state from having an advantage over the others, and keep the period between the last primary and the conventions relatively brief.

If Congress actually decides to pursue this plan, it will certainly face a battle over it. Iowa and New Hampshire have become the first-in-the-nation contests by tradition more than anything else.

They will probably oppose anything to change that tradition. But with the prospect that we might have primaries in December of 2011 for the 2012 election, the time has come to try something.

I am completing this article on the

day after the “Super Tuesday” primaries.

As I watched the returns come in on television last night, I finally got into the swing of things. The news was exciting: Clinton and Obama are still neck-inneck; McCain is on a roll; Huckabee, doing better than anyone expected, has become a wild card; and Mitt Romney, despite his poor showing, has promised to trudge on.

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hings are livening up and I'm starting to catch the energy now.

However, we still have over 25 primaries and caucuses scheduled between now and June, and the conventions won’t be held until the end of the summer. My hope is that we Americans, in spite of the long wait, will be able to keep the spirit of the season alive and well.

“. . . the presidential nominating system [has] been stretched beyond reasonable limits.”

— Dan Balz Washington Post, national political correspondent

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President’s Society The Leadership Donors

of Nichols College

Gregory B. King ’73 is principal of King Cadillac GMC, a third-generation family-owned and operated dealership in Putnam, Connecticut.

What community activities are you involved with? I am on the Board of Directors for North East Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, treasurer for the Putnam Methodist Church Board of Trustees, member of the Corner Stone – Quinebaug Lodge of Masons, an incorporator for the Putnam Savings Bank, past president of the Putnam Lions Club, and district chairperson for the Connecticut Lions Hearing and Speech Program.

The President’s Society of

Tell us a little bit about your family. My wife, Debbie, whom I

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dated while at Nichols, two children, Elizabeth and Douglas, and a yellow lab named Zeb.

donors who run companies, raise families, support their communities, and give back to their alma mater.

To become a President’s Society member with an annual gift of $1,000 or more and make a difference in the lives of Nichols students, please call Nichols Fund Director Bill Pieczynski at 508-213-2162, or contact him by email at william.pieczynski@nichols.edu.

You can also go to our website – www.nichols.edu – and click on “Donate to Nichols.”

And about King Cadillac? King Cadillac GMC was started in 1936 by my grandfather. It’s been a family business and always located in Putnam, but at three different addresses. We also have a used car business with a good size inventory of Saabs and other quality cars and trucks.

Why did you decide to become a member of the President’s Society of Nichols College? Nichols has really kept pace with the changing times—new dorms, new classrooms, Vendetti Field and more. The College is constantly updating teaching techniques and giving students the proper education for the job market. All of that takes resources. I decided to support the College because Nichols provides a quality education and is an important local resource. It’s very costly to keep up with the times and I want to do my part to help.

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