Class of '80

Our 20th reunion is upon us. I hope to see you all (as well as members of the classes of 1979 and 1981) back on campus June 1-4. The reunion committee representing all three classes has planned a “magical weekend celebration,” including a sunset reception in Waterman Manor and a great Saturday evening of dinner and dancing at the Quarry Hill Club. Susan Caissy Lee joined the NBA earlier this year as vice president and GMM of their consumer products group. She lives in Darien, Conn., with her husband, Marvin, and sons Michael and Matthew. Susan spends lots of time with Jill Glashow (’79) Padwa, who lives in Providence R.I., with her husband, Jeff, and their sons, Joshua and David. Susan and Jill both look forward to seeing their UVM friends at reunion. Robert Monniere is also looking forward to reunion. He wrote, “I only hope that no one else has lost as much hair gained as much weight, or lost track of as many classmates as I have. I guess I’ll find out in June.” Robert O’Donnell wrote from Leucadia, Calif., “Richie Sobel ’76 is doing a great job with alumni events here in San Diego.” Susan Warren and husband Dave Shepard ’83 live in Middlesex, Vt., with their son, Brendan. Susan is a aquatic biologist with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Glenn and Natalie Miller (’81) Epstein represented UVM at the inauguration of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s new president last September.

Class of '81

Our 20th reunion celebration is planned for June 1-4, and we’ll share it with the classes of 1979 and 1980. I hope to see you there. Great plans have been made by our classmates for a memorable weekend on and off campus. Anne Harris was promoted to assistant dean for career services at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. She joined the Darden School as director of career services in 1995, after having served as a human resources executive for Citigroup, Monsanto, and ELSI. Anne has strengthened relationships with corporate partners by establishing a corporate advisory board, integrating professional development into the student experience, and adding full-time advisors to help students with their job search.

Class of '82

Happy New Year! Hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe holiday season. Terry Badger and his wife, Helen Valkavich, recently welcomed their second child, William King Badger. Terry is a journalist with the Associated Press in Anchorage, Alaska, where he has lived for the past nine years. Cami Miller Beckman recently adopted a baby girl, Jennifer Elizabeth, four days after Jennifer was born. Her big brother, Teddy, adores her and is very proud of his new role. Congratulations on this wonderful addition to the family. Tim Dawson and his wife, Katie Neff, enjoy showing their new son, Cooper Joseph, the wonderful world of Duluth, Minn. David Fultz of Atlanta, Ga., was recently certified as a neuromuscular massage therapist. He invited classmates to “come to Atlanta to get rubbed the right way.” Andrew McGuinness is living in Danbury, Conn., with his wife, Joan, and daughter Meghan. He said hello to all his friends from Hamilton Hall. David Ray of Suffield, Conn., wrote to say that he was sorry to have missed our last reunion. However, he is looking forward to seeing everyone at our 20th reunion. Michael Roche has been the owner of Stowe Tree and Landscape Service for the past 13 years. His five-person company has enjoyed lots of success in the Stowe area. Roberta “Robin” Russell renamed her Tunbridge, Vt., farm with its 1907 octagonal barn “Acadia Farm.” Robin is offering farm vacations, so if you’re interested let her know that you are a UVMer. Meanwhile, Robin remains a dance gypsy, attending weekly contra-dances and teaching swing, as well as coaching girls’ basketball and playing fiddle whenever and wherever she can. Valerie Jones Simson lives in Needham, Mass., with her husband and sons Chip, Will, and Teddy. She recently retired to work at home full-time. Lastly, please note my (Jamie’s) new address at the top of this column. Don’t forget to send us your news.

Class of '83

Becke Broadbent has joined OffRoad Capital in San Francisco as vice president of member marketing. Becke has more than 10 years experience in direct marketing. Most recently, she was executive director of direct marketing and Web initiatives for Pacific Bell Wireless. Ivy Frignoca returned to her trial law practice in Portland, Maine, after a five-month maternity leave following the birth of her second child. She and her husband, Jonathan Doolittle, and son Samuel, welcomed Hannah into the world on April 7, 1999. Ivy reported that she enjoyed a wonderful summer with her children. Henia Lewin works for the National Yiddish Book Center as the first endowed Goldfarb chair in Yiddish education. Besides teaching Yiddish at the Center, she also teaches it at Hampshire College and UMass-Amherst and teaches Hebrew at Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges. Andre Stark and his wife, Elizabeth, welcomed a son, Shane Malone, on July 12, 1999. Andre has finished his Saudi Arabian project and is currently working on the “Marvelous Molecule” exhibit at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. He sees Vic Pedro, a Delta Psi brother, quite often. Andre also reported that Steve Lantz ’80 is getting married early this year and that he was looking forward to seeing Spencer Field at the UVM-Brown hockey game last November. He also let us know that David Huntley shot an upcoming “Scientific American Frontiers” program in Egypt.

Class of '84

You’ve been hearing enough about me…on to news of everyone else. However, please keep sending your updates to me. We all want to hear about what you’ve been up to, and I look forward to writing about everyone in future issues of Vermont Quarterly. Page and Fonda Ambrose (’85) Hereford are living in St. Louis, Mo., with their three children, Sally and twins Emily and Thomas. They spent last August in Friendship, Maine. Fonda is a personal and commercial lines insurance agent, and Page owns Hereford Printing Resources, a commercial printing brokerage. Marion Burns Murray wrote to say that she and her husband, Larry, decided that they were not busy enough with four children, and number five is on the way. They wondered if they were in the “UVM Guinness Book of Records?” Marion continues to work two days a week at St. Joe’s Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., and she would love to hear from some of her PT buddies. Judith Fuller Johnson, husband Tim, and children Joshua and Alyssa still live in Tempe, Ariz. They enjoy the sunshine and the countryside of the Southwest. Judy still works as a physical therapist and is an active volunteer at her son’s school. Ross Armstrong is living in New Canaan, Conn., and he has four children. He often sees fellow Connecticut-area UVMers Suzy Fuchs Lavieri, Bob Malozzi, Jim Arliss, Chuck Shirts, and Tom Reynolds. In December, Ellen Rosenkrantz-Price celebrated birthdays for her children, Rebecca, who is a year old, and Joshua, who is four, who were born on the same day, several years apart. They celebrated with alumni children Kate Forgit Talano, daughter of Joann Forgit, and Grace Fay Watkins, daughter of Sarah Fay. Elizabeth Kovacs wrote, “I am having a great time being a professor of cell biology at Loyola University in Chicago and raising my daughter, Cathy, age 11. Ralph Swenson of UVM’s graduate school helped keep me sane through the end of my PhD training.”

Class of '85

Roger Lewis of Boulder, Colo., sent congratulations to Craig Mabie for purchasing a new home in Seattle. After 10 years with J.P. Morgan, Wendy Mills joined Bessemer Trust as a vice president in their client account acquisition and management group, which provides wealth management to high net worth individuals. She still lives in the same New York City apartment building as Ilyse Berger Steiger, whom she sees often. Ilyse, who is already a lawyer, is now pursuing advanced graduate studies in social work. Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero of Fort Collins, Colo., spent six months teaching English in northern Vietnam in 1998. She returned twice in 1999 to visit friends, and she has plans to start humanitarian efforts there.
Rob Mouat moved to Southern California in June 1999, after accepting the position of vice president of sales at Steven Label. He and his wife, Baxter Haines (’86) Mouat celebrated their 11th anniversary last August. Rob and Baxter and their children, Maggie, who turned three on December 2, and Gavin, who arrived on November 7, 1999, make their home in Huntington Beach, a few miles from the ocean. Baxter stays home with the children.

Class of '86

I was glad to receive news from our classmates for this issue. Before moving on to the news, I just wanted to remind everyone that it is never too early to start planning for our 15th reunion, which is coming up in June 2001. Burlington is still a beautiful and fun place to visit, and it continues to grow and expand. My email address was down for a while, and I believe I may have lost some messages. In case you don’t see your news posted in this column, please send me the message again. Mike Patterson announced that he and his wife welcomed their third daughter, Abigail, born last summer. She joins her sisters, Rachel and Caroline. Greg Dicovitsky wrote to say that he is a software architect in the Boston area. He also wanted to announce his engagement to Dorothy Pek Ling Lim, another software engineer and former co-worker, whom he met while consulting in Virginia. Carolyn Hoser Milligan checked in to say that she is living in San Francisco, where she has been for the last six years. She is working for a software company, SAP America, as a project manager. Last year, Carolyn spent six months in Germany at the company’s corporate headquarters, where she was able to improve her German. She also enjoyed traveling in Europe and Asia. Nancy Gerwig Guerriere sent a note saying that she is living in Shelburne, Vt., with her husband, John, and their children, Brice, Cole, and Pearl. Nancy said that she was shocked when she recently hired a babysitter who was born in 1986. That makes us all feel a bit older. Christopher Guido updated us with news that he still plays music with the group the Torpedoes that includes Scott Wood and Kevin Kleitz. They recently got together to record their latest CD, and Kevin brought his son, Connor, to do backing vocals. Chris said that he also sees Chris Holmes regularly since they work together. He also saw Tom and Marilyn Hall when they all had a night on the town in New York City. Chandler Taylor and his wife, Stacy, are now living in Las Vegas. They have a son, Shane, and a daughter, Madison. Chandler is flying combat search and rescue missions for the U.S. Air Force, and he recently returned from a tour in Turkey.

Class of '87

Thanks to all of you who have written in lately. I think this is the largest amount of news I have received in the two years that I’ve been writing this column. Leslie Day wrote me a nice note telling me about her marriage to Jim Craige ’89 last summer, which took place at the Inn at Shelburne Farms. There were quite a few of our classmates in attendance, including Brian Browning, Gary Karnedy, Roger Dandurand, Kristin Edwards Slavin, and Judy Pinard Guild. Chris Tramontana, Chris Pecor, Betsy Grenier Pecor, Larry Borelli, Cort Blake, Liz Wells Blake, Scott Poretsky, Jeff Sherman, David Strine, and Deb Tauber represented the classes of ’88, ‘90, and ’92. Leslie and Jim currently live in Manhattan, where she is editor in chief of Golf for Women magazine, and he is managing director in Salomon Brothers’ Asset Management group. Sounds like it was a lot of fun. Congratulations to them and to several other of our classmates on the births of their children: Keri Wolfson Craft and husband Kinson welcomed their first child, Carly Elizabeth, on December 23, 1999. They are happily adjusting to life with a baby in Hanover, N.H. I almost became her first babysitter while they were here in New York City for a day, but, unfortunately, it didn’t work out. Another new member to this play group is Eloise Jenks McNair, daughter of Jennifer Kohnen McNair and her husband, Rusty. Eloise was born on November 1, 1999, and she is happily living in Boston with her parents. Rumor has it that Terri Healey Brogan also has some news to share, and I am anxiously awaiting mail from her with further information. Susanna Cassell Kopchains and her husband now live in Plainsboro, N.J. They welcomed the newest addition to their family, daughter Emily, into the world on June 1, 1999. Emily joins her big brother, Benjamin. Susanna would love to hear from other alumni living in the Princeton area. A belated pat on the back goes to Kym Smythe. She sent me a note saying that she had never submitted information about the births of her children, and she’d like to update us. Daughter Kyle was born on May 20, 1991; son Cary was born on June 9, 1994; and identical twin daughters Kendall and Carlie, were born on December 1, 1996. No wonder you didn’t remember to submit this information. When would you have had time? Peter and Meghan Ecclesine Harris sent the most adorable pictures of their third child, daughter Lily, who celebrated her first birthday on August 12, 1999. She joins her big brothers, Max and Ev. Michael Quimby and his wife, Wendy, welcomed their first child, a son, Logan, on October 30, 1998. Eric Lipton recently moved to New York City to take a job on the metropolitan desk at The New York Times after having spent the last five years at The Washington Post. He will be based in the City Hall bureau, covering the “never-ending antics of Mayor Giuliani.” Cindy Atkins, who is in her 13th year of teaching chemistry at Middlebury Union High School, wrote that she and her husband, Jerry, just celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary. They are living in Middlebury, Vt., with their daughters, Megan and Jackie. Alexandra Estin just bought a house in East Andover, N.H., and she currently works at Proctor Academy. She enjoys keeping in touch with Amy Bell, Ronni Martin, Jeff Helms, Pete Church, Cathy Colton, and Kathy Collins Woodward. She hopes to make it to Boston for one of UVM’s First Thursday events. Linda Zieky Ahern and her husband, Rich, have been living in Cleveland, Ohio, for the past six years. She works in corporate sales for the Cleveland Indians baseball club and enjoys spending her free time with sons Max and Benjamin. Linda, do you ever see Bill Flaherty? Is he still living there? Meanwhile, John Worthington and his wife, Kim, are having fun sailing and surfing in Rhode Island, where he is also teaching science. He sees Bob Clark ’88, who the resident life department at Tufts, and his wife, Tammy, frequently. Dave Galfetti is still adjusting to life in “tourist town,” Myrtle Beach, S.C., having moved there two years ago. He is working for Clemson University as director of the Leadership Center in Cherry Grove. He also wrote that he was inspired by Eric Kent and Rich Woodward, who ran the Napa Valley Marathon, and he planned to run his first marathon in February. Congratulations also goes to Michael Dwyer, who was appointed executive director of the National Automotive Radiator Service Association, based in East Greenville, Pa.

Class of '88

Peter Fernandes lives in Austin, Tex., with his “two beautiful sons and wonderful wife, Deborah.” Peter is a semiconductor manufacturing manager with Motorola. Peter Harper and his wife, Lee, welcomed their second child, Catlin Lighthall Harper, who was born in Atlanta on April 9, 1999. Their son, William Jack Harper, enjoys playing with his sister. Peter works for a small Atlanta shopping center developer. Michael McGreevey was recently promoted to his new role as assistant to the president of Ithaca College, Peggy Ryan Williams G’76. Beth Quimby is in her tenth year of teaching middle school math at Barton Graded School in Vermont. Alma Ripps continues to enjoy the mountains of Colorado. She runs her own management consulting firm and volunteers at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in the black-footed ferret captive breeding program. Alma and her fiancé plan to return to the Washington, D.C., area this summer. Eric Rothstein announced the formation of Carlin & Rothstein, a general litigation law firm in New York City. Eric, a former federal and state prosecutor, specializes in personal injury matters and criminal defense. Steven and Julie Kinyon Soja and their daughter, Jacqueline, recently moved across the Golden Gate Bridge to Tiburon, Calif. They enjoyed a visit from Chris “Minty” Malendo, his wife, and son Max. They reminisced about “the good ol’ days at 280 College Street.”

Class of '89

Greetings to you all. We’ve reached the new millennium, which is pretty hard to believe. I remember thinking in college that, by the time the century turned, we would really be old. Guess the older you get, age becomes relative. Hope you all welcomed 2000 in fun and memorable ways. I apologize for being a bit lax with the last few columns. A move to Oregon and a new baby seem to leave little room for other things, but I will try to get back on track, because I know a lot of you look to the column as a way to catch up with old classmates. For starters, two late summer weddings were a great way to see old friends. Maureen Kelly married Dave Gonsalves in Boston in August. It was a beautiful wedding, and lots of UVMers were in attendance, including Bob Saada, Christine Striano, Kyle McDonough, Peter and Anne (’90) Tallas, Drew Turnbull, Emily Katz Moskowitz, Kate Fallon Croteau, Stefanie Conroy Wallach, Kim Slomin, Pecka Mooney Noonan, Susanna Giombetti Robinson, Susan Bowie, Steve LeMay, Robbie Diestel, and Tommy O’Hara. Sadly missed were Tony and Elena Kraus Shulman and Diane Peligal O’Halloran. Then, in September, Kim Slomin married Dave McGarvey in Bridgehampton, N.Y. Hurricane Floyd added a bit of excitement to the festivities but didn’t get in the way of an amazing celebration. Julie Delf, Elyse Kohn, Stefanie Conroy Wallach and Maureen Kelly Gonsalves were all there to cheer on Kim and Dave. Diane Peligal O’Halloran had a baby boy, Jack, in September, and then, days later, Emily Katz Moskowitz had a baby boy, David. Both boys are doing great. Kate Fallon Croteau is now in Edina, Minn., after a two-year stint in Sydney, Australia. It’s good to have her back in the States. Maureen O’Donnell Whitney and her husband, Michael, welcomed their second son, Aidan, in March 1999. He joins his brother, Jack. Doreen Swift Morningstar had a daughter in November 1999 in Boston. Congratulations to Andrew and Ellery Stokes Markin, who were married in July. Seth Moeller, Shelley Tregor ’87, and Shannon Degan ’87 were at their wedding. The Markins are now living in Evanston, Ill., while Andrew attends Kellogg Business School. Edward Herdiech and his wife, Kimberly, had twin boys, Mark and Daniel, in October. They are living in Groton, Mass. Sherrie George Narayan and her husband, Krishna, had a baby girl, Alexa, in June 1999. They live in Pittsburgh. Congratulations to all the new parents and the new babies. Right before I left Boston, I ran into Jennifer Fraser, her husband, and their adorable little boy. She is doing great, and, like most of us, is trying to juggle a career and parenthood. That about wraps it up for this time, but please note my new email address and don’t hesitate to write me with any news of you and your UVM friends. This column definitely depends on all of us to keep in touch. My best to you all.