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1970
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1970
Class
Secretary: dgsouthard@juno.com
Hello,
classmates! I begin this column with an apology to some of you. If you
sent me an email message within the past several months, I may have inadvertently
deleted it. If you have not seen your news in this column, please send
it again, and I promise to include it in the next issue.
1971
Class
Secretary: sarah.sprayregen@uvm.edu
By the time you're reading our Class Notes, our reunion will be behind
us. I'm sure there will be many memories that we’ll share and that
we'll return to our lives, having rekindled old friendships and made new
friends with the classes of '72 and '73. It has been great fun receiving
your emails. Please keep them coming. It makes our class notes far more
interesting! On with the news: I met Jason Robards III '73 in New York
City. Tom Reilly '71 and I finally got J to come uptown for an early supper.
Tom's son, Devon, is now two, and Jason had pictures of his baby son,
Gregory, who had just turned one. Who would have thought 30 years ago,
I'd be sitting with a former football player and my first date on campus,
watching them gush over their sons. I can't wait to enjoy empty-nest,
but it was fun to see these older dads have such enjoyment over their
little ones. Mags Caney Conant and I met Bonnie Christensen '73 for breakfast
before she left for Italy. Unfortunately, Bonnie will still be in Italy
at reunion time. Bonnie published the Biography of Woody Guthrie to rave
reviews (including the NY Times) this year, and she is currently working
on two other books. Bonnie wrote and illustrated her latest creation,
and it is awesome. Tim Scott wrote that he'll be in town soon to explore
the possibility of returning to Burlington. We'll report more on Tim in
the next issue. My daughter, Mary, graduates from Skidmore May 19th and
has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. It will be a very emotional graduation
for me. Leslie Steeves is now on the faculty of the University of Oregon’s
School of Journalism & Communication in Eugene. She is married to
Dan Reece (from Iowa, no connection to Vermont) and has two daughters,
Fekerte and Anna. Leslie’s research relates to Africa, and the family
travels there often. She’ll be in Ghana part of this summer. Katie
Geran is a quality improvement consultant at Fletcher Allen Health Care.
She is also an adjunct assistant professor in UVM’s School of Nursing.
She loves interacting with current students. David and Marsha Reiter Pilachowski
live in Bennington, Vt., and Dave works at nearby Williams College. Marsha
works in the business office of Southern Vermont College. Their youngest
son, Evan, is an engineering student at UVM. I heard from Sandra Simpson
again, and she sent me some reflections on her current assignment overseas.
More on Sandra in the next issue. That's it! I'm sure we'll have lots
more news after Reunion. I'll look forward to seeing a lot of you and
expect copious notes this fall.
1972
Class
Secretary: dstern@zoo.uvm.edu
There isn’t much news this quarter. Could it be that everyone has
been planning to exchange news at our class reunion? During the 2000-2001
academic year, Joel Ross was on sabbatical from St. Michael’s College,
where he is an associate professor of physics. He spent the year at UVM,
collaborating with Professor Jun-ru Wu of the physics department. Their
work focused on acoustically-induced sonoporation, resulting in two publications.
Robert Sadowski sent greetings to classmates from St. Augustine, Fla.,
where he works for a tour company. He would love to hear from classmates
via email at robertfoy@yahoo.com.
1973
Class
Secretary: dmesce@infinet
In this year’s winter Olympics, Ann Taylor became the first Vermonter
ever to coach a Venezuelan luge team. We know that’s true because
it was the first time Venezuela ever entered a luge team, or any team
for that matter, in the Winter Games. Ann helped organize the four-person
team (a great story, but one too long for this space), served as its coach
and medical director, marched in the opening and closing ceremonies with
the team, and otherwise felt quite at home in Salt Lake City, where she
lived before moving back to the Burlington area a couple of years ago.
She is looking forward to the next Olympics, but in the meantime, she’s
opening a private practice in physical therapy and a women’s fitness
center in Milton, Vt. Nancy Greenleaf Canty has retired from physical
therapy. She and her husband, Peter, have moved but are still in Lafayette,
La. Son Scott is earning his master’s in public policy at the Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard, and their daughter, Beth, is finishing
her first year at Tulane Law School. Roxanne Hoisington wrote that her
husband, Mike, graduated from Gordon-Conwell Seminary in May 2001 and
is now pastor of Community Bible Church in Downingtown, Pa. And Barbara
Munnett reminds us that we’re now eligible for AARP! Thanks, Barbara.
1974
Class
Secretary: ricewinner@aol.com
Priscilla Elder is the assistant director of corporate and foundation
relations at the University of Oregon. She and her husband have been married
for 23 years, and they have two teenage children. Wynn McTammany has worked
in Boston for the past 15 years. She lives in Weymouth, Mass., overlooking
Boston Harbor. She wrote, “I hope all of my UVM classmates are happy
and healthy.” After more than 20 years in Southern California, Sharon
Diekneit moved back to Old Greenwich, Conn. She would love to reconnect
with her UVM friends. Jim Werther is a senior restructuring analyst with
IBM Credit in Armonk, N.Y. He lives with his wife, Rebecca, in Mohegan
Lake, N.Y. His son, Robert will attend SUNY Oswego in the fall. Son Matthew
is looking into colleges for fall 2003; Jeffrey is stationed at Fort Stewart,
Ga.; and Adam works for Hannaford Markets. Jim sent greetings to the Leffingwells
’73 and ’74 and ROTCMAN.
1975
Class
Secretary: dinachild@aol.com
Nancy Danielson Bird and her husband of Sharon, Conn., celebrated their
25th wedding anniversary on September 11, 2001. She wrote, “This
has been a year of much gratitude for us. Our son Charlie is conquering
Hodgkins Disease, and our daughter Liz taught school in Samoa.”
1976
Class
Secretary: bbbeek@northnet.org
Bonita Palmer is doing Reiki touch therapy or “laying on of hands”
at St. Luke’s Hospital in San Francisco. She is currently serving
as an Episcopal seminarian intern through the Integrative Center for Culture
and Healing, which Bonita helped found at St. Luke’s. Her work is
funded by the Lilly Endowment. Bruce Tatro is working at IBM, and he lives
in South Burlington, Vt. Congratulations to Staige Davis on his recent
election to the board of trustees at Champlain College. Staige is president
of Lang Associates in South Burlington. He also serves on the board of
directors of the Vermont Business Roundtable and UVM’s School of
Business Administration. Also, congratulations to Mary Ellen Carpenter
on her election as a fellow to the American College of Bankruptcy. She
is the first woman practicing attorney in Massachusetts to be elected
to the college. She was inducted at a ceremony held at the U.S. Supreme
Court. Mary Ellen is a founding shareholder at Roche & Carpenter in
Boston.
1977
Class
Secretary: alumni@uvm.edu
Linda Lombardy Piccolella lives in Melbourne, Fla., where she is principal
of Riviera Elementary School. She and her husband, Jeff, have two children,
Jeff II, a high school senior, and Lauren, age eight. Linda enjoys visiting
her parents in Manchester, Vt., every summer. Karen Kwasha Jacober of
Providence, R.I., is an educational tutor for high school students. She
has two sons in college, and her youngest son is in seventh grade. Karen
enjoys attending college fairs as an alumni admissions representative,
and she also enjoys sailing, biking, and music. Patricia Duff Halpin of
Pelham, N.H., keep busy with the activities of her two children. She coaches
daughter Katie’s basketball and soccer teams. Son Joe, age four,
was adopted from Guatemala. She enjoys coming to UVM for alumnae basketball
games as often as she can make it. Lester Scheinfeld of Jericho, N.Y.,
joined the National Center for Disability Services as director of development.
He is a past president of the Long Island chapter of the Association of
Fundraising Professionals.
1978
Class
Secretary: bcroteau@earthlink.net
Sharon Pluta Bixby of Ludlow, Vt., wrote that her oldest daughter, Pam
’04, is now in Stockholm with the UVM Early Childhood Education exchange.
She was traveling to visit her in Sweden in February. Pamela Geary King
let us know about her marriage to David Dahlkamp on July 14, 2001. They
are both teachers and they enjoy skiing, hiking, camping, and kayaking
in their free time. Pamela and David make their home in Salt Lake City,
Utah. Carol Taylor announced her marriage to Dr. Allen Shepherd in May
2002. Allen recently retired from UVM’s English department, and they
are living in Burlington, Vt. Bronwyn Wyble Rider and husband Fenn are
both retired and living in Burlington, Vt. Bronwyn continues to work part-time
as an RN and volunteers at church in a joint urban ministry project. Fenn
does occasional consulting and is a deacon at church. James Dawson wrote
from Marietta, Ga., that he is managing partner of ADI Performance, an
executive training enterprise focused on improving individual performance.
James is very pleased that he and his partner, daughter Jennifer, joined
forces in 1996. Jim and his family hope to relocate to Vermont in 2004.
Catherine Dutton serves as a magistrate in juvenile court. She lives in
Mansfield, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and three “active, growing
boys.” She is pleased to put her sociology major to work with help
from law school and “seven exciting years as a felony prosecutor.”
Catherine and family travel a lot and hope to run into classmates around
the country. David Clark owns two companies: an executive search firm
that places high-level executives in the print, publishing, and packaging
industries and an internet job board called hireskills.com, which matches
graphic arts companies and candidates. He and his wife, Sarah, and their
three sons have a “Dave Clark 5 thing” in Bedford, N.H. During
the winter, Dave skis as much as possible at Mad River Glen. He sent greetings
to classmates. Stephanie Slack Herrick is a CPA; husband Mike is with
a start-up dot.com after many years with Bell Labs; daughter Kim is a
physician’s assistant on a Navajo reservation, married to a UVM Medical
School grad; and daughter Katy is responsible for the cash flow statement
at BMW in Munich. Son Steve attended Johnson State, and he was honored
as a Vermont teacher at Green Mountain Tech in Hyde Park. George Osol
received the 2002 UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding
Alumni Award. He is a professor and research director in UVM’s department
of obstetrics and gynecology, well known in animal sciences for his teaching
and research in equine studies. Your class secretary is excited and scared
about next year’s teaching schedule. In my second year at Rivermont
Collegiate, a private school in Bettendorf, Iowa, I will be teaching AP
US history and AP statistics. Just goes to prove the old adage, “No
good deed goes unpunished.”
1979
Class
Secretary: beth.nutter@vtmednet.org
Greetings to all from Burlington. This is truly the most beautiful time
of year to visit or live in Vermont. Neil Corey sent greetings to all
from Canyon Country, Calif. He has completed his MBA at Pepperdine University
and is now the program manager of fixed wing Air Force systems at Northrop
Grumman Corporation. Neil still finds time to hike, camp, and motorcycle
in the Angeles Forest and the California desert. Dave Moreau is enjoying
life with his three children and wife Peg in Lincoln, R.I., where he is
a self-employed appraiser and realtor. Rose and Elise Fetterman Gottlieb
own their own uniform business in Farmington, Conn. Please send news to
share with our classmates via email either to me or to alumni@ uvm.edu.
1980
Class
Secretary: alumni@uvm.edu
Julie Richards Drewes and her husband, Tom, manage a private charter water
taxi service in the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. They divide their
time between their sailboat and a home in St. Thomas. Tony Adams, his
wife, Caret, and son Ian sent greetings to the class of ’80. Tony
is a principal analyst with Gartner/Dataquest. He lives with his family
in Andover, Mass. Monty Lovejoy and his family moved to Concord, Mass.,
last fall. He was promoted to vice president for business development
at Earth Tech, Inc., where he develops business for the company with Tyco
International Ltd companies. Monty gets together with Paul Kruppa ’81
in Connecticut several times a year. Linda Hermons, MD, is in her 17th
year at the Richmond Area Health Center. She cut back to part-time when
her daughter, Rachel, was born. Her children are now 14, 11, and 8, and
she continues to enjoy being able to nurture them in her “off”
hours. She wrote, “Life has treated me well.” Sheree Clark of
Des Moines, Iowa, assembled an exhibit, “Art Fights Back,” in
response to current world events, which evolved into a poster exhibition
of 30 powerful images. The exhibit “uses art to help heal a wounded
nation.
1981
Class
Secretary: alumni@uvm.edu
Beverly Hall Hildebrand, husband Mel, and their three daughters are moving
“lock, stock, and barrel” to the Ozark Mountains this summer.
They have enjoyed living in Big Horn, Wyo., where her husband grew up,
but the family is excited about moving to a new area. After more than
14 years in the sign business, Kelly Evans opened his own sign business,
Signs, Etc., in Sparta, N.J. He continues to teach ice skating part-time,
and he is now a U.S. Figure Skating Association double gold medalist in
moves and freestyle. Kelly wrote that he also enjoyed a ski trip to Chile
last summer. He keeps in touch with Ruth Chesney-Randi and Craig Mueller.
Catherine Engstrom is an associate professor of higher education in Syracuse
University’s School of Education. She and a colleague are participating
in a project, developing programs to assist disadvantaged youth in gaining
access to and completing higher education in the Netherlands. Catherine
is coordinator of Syracuse University’s higher education master’s
degree program. Mark Robinson is chief operating officer and interim chief
executive officer of the American Red Cross, Massachusetts Bay Chapter.
He lives in Attleboro, Mass., with his wife, Diane, and their children,
Teresa, Alex, and Curtis. A highlight of his career with the Red Cross
was being asked by Elizabeth Dole to serve as vice president of chapter
operations, forming a new, major, national department. Jolinda Hirsch
LaClair left her position in Senator James Jeffords’ office after
more than 15 years to become state director for USDA rural development
in Vermont and New Hampshire. She also serves on the UVM Extension State
Advisory Council. Jolinda lives in Middlesex, Vt., with her husband, Rob,
and their children Chelsea and Tucker. She keeps in close touch with Sherry
Nisenholtz Schoenberg, Pat Moulton-Powden, and Betty Skelton Gilbert ’92.
Jill Kerr Kinnear lives in her hometown of Greenwich, Conn., with her
husband, Kirk, and their four children. Jill competed in her first marathon
this year in Maui, has taken up tennis “with a passion,” and
chaired the nursery school benefit. Jill would love to hear from classmates
via email at jkkinnear@ aol.com. Andrew Ellis left his job in the U.S.
Congress after 15 years to become vice president of the Washington, D.C.,
office of the Boeing Company. He wrote, “Life at home with my wife,
Susan, daughter Meaghan, and twin sons Sam and Cameron is busy, fun, and
fulfilling.” Gary Lerner of Lexington, Mass., was promoted to chief
of client operations for the Boston-based start up, GenuOne, which helps
companies protect their brands from global threats, such as counterfeiting
and knock-offs. Martha Mannix was promoted to associate clinical professor
of law at the University of Pittsburgh, where she supervises the Elder
Law Clinic. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Steve Massey, who
is the associate business editor at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and their
two daughters. Joan Driebeek Spasyk, husband Mike, daughter Alison, son
Peter, and baby John Peter, born May 8, 2001, moved to Williston, Vt.,
last July. She and her family were looking forward to their first winter
back in Vermont. Jeffrey Milem is an associate professor and graduate
program director of the higher education administration program at the
University of Maryland.
1982
Class
Secretary: alumni@uvm.edu
Peter Robb wrote, “It was with heavy hearts that family and friends
of Robert “Lars” Lawrence gathered in Summit, N.J., last September.
Lars was one of 11 UVM graduates who lost their lives in the World Trade
Towers. We came to remember Lars and to support Suzanne Burns Lawrence
and their two children. Among those who attended the service were classmates
Alicia Ruddy, Lori Clark, Robert Bareuther, Paul Giegerich, Peter Noordsij,
Charlie Barnes ’83, Matt Purcell, Andy Grant, Jeff Wacksman, and
me. We miss him dearly.” Frank Lojacono of Buffalo, N.Y., wanted
everyone to know that he has two daughters, Pilar and Francesca. Diane
Rippa, MD, is opening her own office in Essex Center, Vt., after 15 years
at the Essex Health Center. She will be working with Elizabeth Schreider,
MD, a UVM family practice residency grad, and Lucy VanHollebeke, an RN
and FNP. Diane wrote, ”I’m still trying to balance time with
my wonderful family, husband David and sons Ben and Daniel, and golden
retriever Ivy.” John Levy is living in Minneapolis, Minn., where
he is partner in the law firm of Parsinen, Kaplan, Rosberg, Gotlieb. His
daughter, Sasha, is eight years old. Patricia Turner Seadale recently
opened her career counseling practice, Resumes, Etc., in St. Johnsbury,
Vt. She is also a writing and communications instructor at The Community
College of Vermont. Patricia works primarily from her home in the mountains
in Newark, Vt., where she enjoys spending as much time as possible with
daughter Kristen. Faith Brown Kerr married and moved to suburbia in Ivoryton,
Conn., where she lives with her husband and new baby, Frederick. She also
has a teenage stepson and stepdaughter. Faith would love to hear from
her UVM friends, especially Anne Kryder at faithbrown@snet.net. Lee Kleiman,
MD, of Severna Park, Md., wrote that his daughter, Aliana Rose turned
two, and she now runs with her older sisters, Hannah Joelle and Sasha
Marie. In addition to her portrait and wedding photo business, Marcia
Duggan opened ephotoscape.com, specializing in high-quality photographs
of Cape Cod and New England. Marcia lives in Sandwich, Mass., with her
children Samantha and Jeffrey. Cindy Howland was married in 1999 and moved
back to Burlington, Vt., in May 2000. Carol Connors O’Dea of Ridgefield,
Conn., joined the Partner Reinsurance Company of the U.S., a global property
and casualty reinsurer, as claims manager and senior vice president in
September 2001. Ken Schmid and wife Cheryl of Bridgewater, N.J., welcomed
their adopted son, Alexander, into the family on December 28, 2001. Terry
Berman Lewis is living in Laytonsville, Md., with her husband, Brad. She
founded a non-profit organization that provides psychotherapy to clients
while incorporating the use of horses. Amy Hathaway Hamblett moved to
Vermont in 2000, after having lived and worked in New Hampshire for 16
years. She now loves being a stay-at-home mom. Amy’s husband is the
pastor of the First Baptist Church in South Londonderry, Vt., and she
has run into fellow Tri-Delt Debbie Renn Gormal, her husband, and two
sons there, because it is Debbie’s hometown. Nancy Byron of Boulder,
Colo., is the mother of a daughter, Persia, born in September 2000, and
she loves it. Mary Kenefick Kopp and her husband, Dennis, proudly announced
the birth of their daughter, Emily, on May 23, 2001, in Santa Monica,
Calif.
1983
Class
Secretary: jrice@tds.net
My husband, Jonathan, and I enjoyed a trip to Washington, D.C., in late
March to attend the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest award for science and
mathematics teachers. Jon is the 2001 secondary science winner for the
state of Vermont. The awards ceremony was held at the Kennedy Center,
and Dr. Judith Ramaley, former president of UVM and now assistant director
of education and human resources at the National Science Foundation, was
mistress of ceremonies. Another evening, we attended a wonderful dinner
at the State Department. Jon had a full schedule, but I had some free
time to visit with one of my roommates from graduate school. Craig Benson
of White Plains, N.Y., recently joined the law firm of Grotta, Glassman
& Hoffman. He has been representing management for 15 years. Elise
Brown is commuting from her home in Philadelphia to her new position as
senior feature programming manager for Sirius Satellite Radio in New York
City. Paul Gittelsohn owns VIDEO-Syncracies, a video production company,
as well as “The Super Duper” and “Betty Dupe-The Betty
Duper,” which offer video-to-DVD service, video-CDs, and video duplication,
etc. After seven successful years in Montpelier, Vt., they have returned
to their former location in Burlington. Bill and Kat (’81) deCaracena
Bliss continue to work at Lotus Development in Cambridge, Mass. They recently
returned from a family trip to Mexico, where their older son, Sam, celebrated
his 10th birthday. They enjoy skiing, skating, hiking, and other outdoor
activities. Patricia Donze Larrabee of Burtonsville, Md., visited with
Janna Jacobson, project manager for IBM, twice last fall. Janna now lives
in Bellingham, Wash. Andrew Edlin recently opened an art gallery in New
York Cit, Edlin Fine Art, in Chelsea. Cheryl Carr Loughlin is looking
forward to our 20th reunion in 2003. She stays busy volunteering at her
children’s school. She and her nine-year-old twin girls and a seven-year-old
boy live in Rowley, Mass. Christopher Morrison was awaiting the birth
of his first child when he wrote earlier this year. He lives in Merbane,
N.C. John Kiremidjian and wife Gail welcomed their third child, Brian
Mead, on August 13, 2001. He joins Jake and Kelly in the family’s
home in Fairfield, Conn. On June 24, 2001, Jamie Parish was married to
Tony Kadlek, a jazz trumpet player who currently plays in “Beauty
& the Beast” on Broadway. Marty Harrison, Melissa Lanitis and
Joanne Modica attended the wedding. Jamie teaches kindergarten in Chappaqua,
N.Y. Michael Pluta is a member of the town of Chittenden, Vt., zoning
commission and regional development boards. He has been doing some Revolutionary
War reenactments in his spare time. Jack Raslowsky has been elected to
the Hoboken, N.J., Board of Education. Jack’s father served on the
board in the 1970s, and he is the board’s first legacy. In January,
Jack, wife Sarah, and children John, Christian, and Rebecca traveled to
London to visit Don Whitney and his family, Jan, Ben, Sarah, Grant, and
Scott. A great time was had by all. James Truslow of Canaan, N.H., gets
together with Neal Kinslea, his former roommate at Lambda Iota, and his
wife, Kathleen, and their children, Daniel, Jack, and Maggie. Recently,
they all saw another fraternity brother, Paul Dye, his wife, Terry, and
their new daughter, Rachel. Miriam Nelson is gaining national recognition
for her recent best-selling books, Strong Women Stay Young; Strong Women,
Strong Bones; Strong Women Stay Slim; Strong Women Eat Well; and Strong
Women and Men Beat Arthritis. Miriam is director of the Tufts University
Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition, and she represented UVM at
the inauguration of Tufts University’s new president in April. Miriam
was honored by the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with the
2002 Outstanding Alumni Award in May.
1984
Class
Secretary: angleresearch@worldnet.att.net
In March, Michelle Talty Twyman, Helen Toro Rothschild, Suzy Fuchs Lavieri,
Deb Helliwell Carter, MJ Paisley Pender, Sandy Weir Warkentin, Lynn Frymoyer
Boynton, and I met for a “girls’ weekend” at the Spa at
Norwich Inn to celebrate our 40th birthdays. Everyone looked fantastic,
and it was a wonderful weekend of pampering, seeing each other, and catching
up. We have decided to make it an annual event, and we look forward to
those of you, who could not make it this year, joining us next time. Lawrence
DiCapua wrote to say that, after renovating a 100-year-old farmhouse in
New Canaan, Conn., he and his wife, Brooke, have begun work on their next
house. Lawrence recently became vice president of data strategy with EURO
RSCG CIRCLE. Leslie Lucchina was named director of aesthetic dermatology
at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Leslie has a five-year-old
daughter, Caroline Grace MacGillivray. Carol Brown met her future husband
when she put a housemate ad in the UVM grad school dean’s office.
After Jim completes his MA in history this year, they will be married
in July. Janet Hoberman Lipkin wrote to say that she has been juggling
a busy schedule, raising two daughters while serving on many town health-related
boards. She conducts health screening in the public schools. Denise Bennett
Minnerly opened an art gallery in Rowayton, Conn., last November. She
has been busy as curator, running the business. Elizabeth Howland Gouin
was promoted to director of alumni relations at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute after 12 years as a fundraiser. She enjoys traveling with her
husband and making handmade quilts as a hobby. Kirk White is an Oriental
medical physician, teaching acupuncture. He has a very active practice
in Barre, Bethel, and Burlington, Vt. Elizabeth McKeon Dymek and her husband,
Edward, have three children: Mary, Emily, and John. Elizabeth is a self-employed
consulting dietitian in subacute care and research facilities, considering
returning to school for her PhD. She is looking for schoolmate Kate Drapelick.
Tracy Simon is now working for the Orange County, Vt., Sheriff’s
Department as a DARE mentor, certified to train other DARE officers. She
wrote, “I have presented nationally about my experiences surviving
a near-fatal car crash involving an impaired driver and my efforts to
reduce impaired driving.” Tracy is developing a curriculum for the
Vermont Victim’s Advocate College, which will premiere in 2003. I
wish everyone a wonderful summer. Don’t forget that our reunion is
next year. It’s not too early to make a room reservation. Also, write
me and let me know what you’d like to do for a class activity. Thanks!
1985
Class
Secretary: roth_barb@yahoo.com
Thanks to all who wrote this quarter. I hope you all are having a great
summer and won’t forget to write me a quick note to tell me about
your life or the lives of some of our classmates. Eric Frost wrote me
a really quick note announcing the birth of his son, Adam, on September
25, 2001. Sara Hathaway Merrill and husband Peter also welcomed a son,
Zachary, born on November 21, 2001. Lee Jansen is a pilot plant manager
in the department of food science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison,
since October 2000. His wife, Jane Kusler Jansen, is the administrative
director at Physicians Plus Surgery Center in Madison. Lee and Jane have
a daughter, Rachel. Victoria Berke told me that last June she was maid
of honor at the wedding of Suzanne Melia ’86 and Joe Bohmer. Brenda
Saver ’86 and Michel Melia were also in the wedding party. Nancy
Hutchins Sykas, husband Eric, and son Alexander have finally stopped moving
after having moved six times in four years. Nancy works at All American
Semiconductor as the Quote Center manager, and she misses all her UVM
friends. This has been quite a year for Diane White Mealo. She left her
job with Disney after 15 years and is now in recruitment/marketing for
the University of Florida. She and her husband, Mark, sold their registered
Angus herd last spring, and they welcomed their first child, Olivia Anne,
last October. Congratulations! Adrienne Morosini Heilman also announced
the birth of her daughter, Logan, on June 12, 2001. Her family encourages
all UVM alums to visit their new restaurant on the Cape, NerBar. Well,
that’s it for now. Talk to you next quarter. Have a great summer!
1986
Class
Secretary: class86uvm@aol.com
Last spring, Matthew LaBarge and his wife, Felicia, relocated to Oxford,
Ohio, with their children, Isabelle and Ian. They are enjoying their new
surroundings and looking forward to staying for a while. In March 2002,
they welcomed a new son, Isaac Schaefer.
1987
Class
Secretary: ssrey@optonline.net
Hi everyone! I sincerely hope that this issue finds all of you well. I
went to a party in New York City in March in honor of Jane Bernholtz Maltby’s
husband, Christian, and many of our UVM classmates were there in force.
We all had a great time just being together and laughing about old times.
Some of the group included Mia McLean Hitchcock, Ed and Michelle Pinter
Howe, Ellen Berkowitz Klein, Carol Brinckerhoff Henderson, Ted Danforth
’88, Ronnie Morgan, Jimmy “Auggie” Aug, Tom Paisley, Craig
“CJ” Johnson, Bill Capko, Rob McIntyre, Jon and Cathy Selinka
(’88) Levison, Lisa McCrae Coughlin, and Paul Sweeney. Forgive me
if I have forgotten anyone. It was truly special to be with old UVM friends.
It felt as if no time had passed at all, and we are hoping to plan another
big get together in the future. Thanks to Karen Kirk for writing in. She
and her husband, Doug Ziemke, welcomed their son, Patrick, into the family
in July 2000. He joins his sister, Grace. They planned to move back to
Connecticut from Georgia last spring, and they’re thrilled to be
back in the Northeast. Cheryl Bey has two girls, Maris and Eva. She lives
in North Carolina and is happy to be at home with them full time. Liz
Fox Lander can be found in Eugene, Oreg., where she has spent the last
11 years working as the director of Alternative Work Concepts, a company
that assists those with multiple disabilities in finding jobs in the community.
Liz, her husband, and three children keep very busy, but she still keeps
in touch with many UVM friends.
1988
Class
Secretary: alumni@uvm.edu
Pamela Paspalis Paterson of Pound Ridge, N.Y., welcomed her daughter,
Olivia Anne, into the world on May 28, 2001. Allison Becker Pollock lives
in Waban, Mass., with her husband, Jeff, and sons Jason and Andrew. Allison
is a first grade teacher in the Medfield Public School System. Kimberly
Wilson Murchie is busy working as a family nurse practitioner in a local
emergency department. She lives in Westminster, Mass., with her three
children, and, for the past two years, she has served as a Girl Scout
leader. Kimberly would love to hear from UVM classmates. Stefanie Jacobson
Kreiger is a veterinarian in Woodbridge, Conn., where she lives with her
two daughters. Stefanie enjoyed an “awesome girls’ weekend”
in Washington, D.C., with Allyson Martin Malone and Lauren Morando Rhim.
Jon Hotchkiss lives in Sherman Oaks, Calif., with his wife, Jill, baby
daughter Hannah, and his dogs Finster and Daisy. Jon is a television comedy
writer.
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Secretary: kbswindell@yahoo.com
Hi! I hope you all are enjoying these endless days of summer. Thanks to
all who wrote in or emailed. Congratulations to Stefanie Conroy Wallach.
She and her husband, Russell, have a new daughter, Rachel, who was born
last February. She joins her brother, Ben, in their Washington, D.C.,
home. Congratulations as well to Emily Katz Moskowitz, who had baby number
three, Benjamin, in March. He joins his sister, Leah, and brother, David,
in the family’s Newton, Mass., home. Christine Gebski, husband Bruce,
and sons Eric and Peter welcomed Meredith Christine into the family in
August 2001. Christine lives in Bradford, Mass., and works at EMD Pharmaceuticals,
where she is working on protein purification processes for anti-cancer
therapeutics. Mary Beth Cocuzzo O’Callaghan lives in Wrentham, Mass.,
with her husband, Tom, and son Conor. They recently built a new home.
Mary Beth works at their family-owned Flooring America store. She enjoyed
seeing fellow UVMers at Lisa Burti Hanley’s wedding in fall 2001.
Samuel Sloane started working at RBC Dain Rauscher, the private client
investment group of the Royal Bank of Canada in Abilene, Tex., last May.
Tracy Hauser Scarrow married her husband, James, on October 6, 2001. They
spent their honeymoon in South Africa and Namibia. Tracy continues to
work at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, but she is now
the special assistant to the chief judge. The Scarrows bought a house
in D.C., and they were looking forward to settling into it in the new
year. Marcia Hyde lives in Lyman, Maine, with her husband, Wayne, and
their children, Natalie, Peter, and Mary. Patrick Houle was recently appointed
chief technology officer for an insurance company based in Worcester,
Mass. It was great to hear from Mike Reardon, who welcomed his second
son, Matthew, into the family last summer. Matthew is “adored”
by his older brother, Connor. After six years in business, Mike sold the
popular Northeast Brewing Company in Boston, and he is now hoping to get
back in the investment business. The Brewing Company had its fifth and
final UVM holiday party last December with a record attendance of 300.
Mike also had a mini-Kappa Sig reunion with 15 brothers from all over
the Northeast last November. He still lives in Natick, Mass., and serves
on the UVM Regional Alumni Board in Boston. Peter Nalin, MD, currently
serves as residency director for the Indiana University family practice
residency. He moved to Indianapolis with his wife, Lucy ’87, and
children Ansel and Emma last summer. Thanks for all the updates. Have
a wonderful rest of the summer and send me your news for the fall.
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