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1970
As I write this communiqué, it is mid-July in sunny, warm Cleveland,
Ohio. Ive had very few updates from our class. I knew I could count
on the lovely Linae Johnson Schroeder. Her email informed us that Megan
Maddox, daughter of Don and Perky Spaulding Maddox, was to be married
in August in Stowe, Vt. Most of us will remember that Perky and Linae
were inseparable friends and roommates during UVM days. Linae updated
her family status. Both kids are married; Geoff is a teacher in Colorado,
and Samantha lives in South Africa, where she was married a year ago.
I heard from my old swim team pal, Joe Lovett, who has been very successfully
involved with medical venture capital enterprises in the Boston area.
He has now taken his expertise to Baton Rouge, La., where he works with
an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies formed from
research of Louisiana universities. Additionally, Joe has organized a
UVM alumni group, Catamounts on the Bayou, with another alumnus
Phillip Youngberg 71. Joe would love to hear from classmates via
email at jlovett@louisianafund.com. I recently heard from Tom Cioci, my
old roommate. Tom was just checking in on my health
hes always
been that way. He remains in Providence, R.I., where he is still King
of Parking Lots. Since there was no more news from anyone, Ill
fill you in on my life as punishment. My one and only child, Heidi, is
on to her sophomore year at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Shes
been a great kid, with good grades, too. Ive been told these things
skip a generation. My wife, Barbara, and I are still working our two companies,
despite the fact that my business has not been great lately. Im
looking forward to playing golf with George Kreiner at his club in Canada.
It should be fun if I get all my strokes. Thats it. I really need
to hear from all of you. I cant continue to make up this stuff.
Send your news to
Doug Arnold
darnold@arnold-co.com
1971
Where did the year go?
For starters, I heard from Jimmy Seder. I wanted to know when he planned
to visit Vermont. Turns out hes heading for Nantucket for a bit
of a vacation with Dick Peisch. Id love to be a fly on the wall
there. I had a dinner with Joanne Czachor Magliozzi in Boston in early
May, right after Anna 08 finished her freshman year. Mike Rosenberg
and his wife, Dawn, of Bedford, Mass., celebrated the birth of their first
grandchild, Josalyn Cecilia. Mikes daughter, Rebecca, and her husband
chose the name, and Mike says it evokes fond memories of jostlin
for center-ice seats at Gutterson. But seriously, Mike enjoyed a surprise
reunion with classmates, Charlie Quimby and Tyler Robinson at the UVM-BU
basketball game in Boston. I missed Mike at that game, but we talked at
the end of May. Mike attended a Bedford community event, where four incoming
UVM freshman were awarded community scholarships. Mike presented the students
with UVM t-shirts. What a guy! Paula Christofoletti Sawyer (shes
remarried) wrote that her National Association of Disability Examiners
chapter won the best chapter award in the northeast region. At the northeast
regional caucus, Paula was elected to serve as regional director for 2005-2007.
I reconnected with Janey Williams Sherman at her home in May. She and
husband Lon have two kids a son out of college, living in L.A.,
and a daughter on the college search. Lon has practiced cardiology in
Amesbury for most of his career, and the family enjoys sailing. When Janey
and I met for lunch, Lon had been out to sea for two weeks, sailing up
the Northeast coast. I heard from Sandra Simpson. She wrote, In
October, I was sent to Afghanistan for a six-month tour (about three months
at K2 in Uzbekistan and the other three at Bagram Air Base). I was part
of a defense logistics agency (DLA) support team, and our whole function
in life was to help expedite supplies of just about everything (food,
clothing, medical stuff, repair parts). In November, I went to Iraq for
a 120-day tour-in the Green Zone in Baghdad, doing the same sort of expediting.
That was a long 120 days. I dont know how the folks who go down
a year or more at a time do it. Sure would not want to be in their shoes!
Came back at the end of February this year and have been working with
our prime vendor contractors providing support to the European footprint.
Sandra hopes to downsize on the work side and spend more time
at her home in the Netherlands. She deserves it! I just heard that Liz
Mead Foster came in first, not only in her age group but also in the age
category below her age group, for women running in the Burlington City
Marathon held Memorial Weekend. Liz continues to perform on the marathon
circuit and is becoming proficient in Spanish. I also ran into Jim Taylor
and Barbara Potter 76 since we are neighbors. Jim and Barb still
work in the field of film production all over the world. And, to end on
a personal note, my oldest, Robert 00, just became engaged to a
lovely lady he met in Florida. She is originally from the Ukraine and
speaks several languages. We are delighted. No wedding date planned, but
I cannot be happier. Please call or write. Jimmy Seder wants more gossip.
Send your news to
Sarah Sprayregen
sarah.sprayregen@uvm.edu
1972
Send your news to
Debbie Koslow Stern
debra.stern@uvm.edu
1973
David Abbott has received the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
(CALS) 2005 Outstanding Alumni Award. He currently serves on the CALS
board of advisors and heads the fundraising campaign, Rising to
the Top, for the Colleges CREAM (Cooperative for Real Education
in Agricultural Management) Program, a student-run experiential learning
program. Over the span of a 26-year career with Purina Mills Inc., David
rose from management trainee right after graduating from UVM to become
the president and CEO in 1995 until his departure in 1998, when the company
was sold. Since then, he has held senior positions with other successful
business ventures, including E-Markets of Ames, Iowa, and Exopack of Spartanburg,
S.C. David currently has a consulting business based in Newport, Vt. Vermont
State Representative Ira Trombley 73 G85 has been appointed
to the Vermont Human Resources Investment Board. Ira is serving his second
term in the State House and is clerk of the House Commerce Committee.
Send your news to
Deborah Mesce
d.mesce@verizon.net
1974
Send your news to
Steven Rice
swinner123@aol.com
1975
A small but lively crowd gathered for our 30th (gulp) reunion at Halvorsens
Restaurant in Burlington early in June. It was a picture-perfect Vermont
evening, and Church Street was bustling with most restaurants serving
as venues for the annual jazz festival. Thanks to Chico Lager for pulling
the whole thing together! It was fun to catch up with Cindy Hall Condos.
Her husband, Jim, was finishing up with the Vermont legislature and was
unable to attend the gathering. Cindy reports that daughter Chelsea is
an accountant in Atlanta, currently working on her masters degree
in taxation. Cindy and Jim are very happy with major renovations they
did on their home when Chelsea finished college. Our class president,
Mary Ellen Fennessey, flew up the Interstate and made it to
Halvorsens, too. Her nine-year-old son is keeping her very busy
these days. Ernie Janus made the trip back to Burlington. He reported
that he travels frequently to Poland. I met Margery Kaye Jadwin, who has
started a specialty toffee candy company, Confection Diva.
It sounds like the business is really taking off. Margery has a son who
graduated from UVM last year, and her younger son will be spending the
next year in Israel, then heading to Brandeis. She was having fun with
former roommate Janet McMahon, who was up visiting from Tampa, Fla. Janet
is taking a break from her career as a veterinarian, and with her husband
is raising three children. Several local folks enjoyed catching up with
each other and visiting with friends from out of town. Among them were
Chico Lager and wife Yvette Pigeon, Bert Anderson and wife Sandy, honorary
class member Scott Baldwin, Becky Pardee Davis, Dick Erdman, Hank Elitzer,
Paula Cope along with husband Tim and son Evan. Rumor had it that several
people from our class were in town to toast Kate Howrigan (78) Baldwin
at a surprise party the day after our reunion. Others in attendance at
Halvorsens were Rich Falcone, Bill Dillon, Dennis Canedy, Richard
Goldstein, Robert Kallman, and Kevin Grogan. I know I have forgotten the
names of others in attendance, and I apologize. Please email me with your
stories. I played golf with Missy Dever at the beginning of the summer.
She reported that the Pi Phi Girls held their annual weekend
trip, which has evolved into several days. They spent time in New York
City and Long Island, and, of course, managed to rally and party. James
Grogan wrote that he is still alive and raising kids in Connecticut. Mary
Lafler James is director of spiritual care at the Portsmouth Regional
Hospital in New Hampshire. Candace Lovely sent an email to let us know
that she held an art show, entitled Venus Visits Vermont,
at the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester, Vt., over the summer.
Candaces inspiration and technique come from the masters and traditions
of the Boston school of painting. I heard from Wes Macleod-Ball, who had
been practicing law in southern Maine for 15 years when he decided to
seek something more intrinsically rewarding He took a job with the ACLU
of Alaska. He and his wife, along with two dogs and a chinchilla, moved
to Anchorage last winter. He said it is like Vermont only big
really,
really big. Hed like to hear from friends at wk@akclu.org. Debbie
Ploof Moore became a grandmother to beautiful Malaya Cecelia Moore. Debbie
is working as a nurse practitioner at the Chittenden Regional Correctional
Facility in South Burlington, Vt. She is still happily married after 32
years.
Send your news to
Dina Dwyer Child
dinachild@aol.com
1976
Congratulations to Steven Briggs, who received the UVM College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences 2005 Outstanding Alumni Award at the colleges
alumni and friends dinner last April. Steven is a leader in the
field of plant genetics research whose discoveries have earned him a place
in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences and a host of patents.
Widely published in leading scientific journals, Steven is noted for reporting
the first isolation of a disease-resistance gene from plants and the discovery
of a plant disease resistance mechanism. He is also part of the research
team that produced the first draft sequence of the rice genome, giving
the first explanation of how genes function to protect plants from pathogens.
Steven is currently on the faculty at the University of California at
San Diego and the Scripps Research Institute. Brothers from Sigma Nu fraternity
representing the classes of 1976, 1977, and 1978 gathered in Cleveland,
Ohio, for a reunion. It was a great three days filled with lots of memories
and making many more, a testament to the strength of the friendships formed
at UVM that have endured over the years. Attending the weekend were Gary
Gottfried, our supreme host, Curt Duane, Tom Lenci, Pete Larkin, Tim OConnell,
Gary Wright, Dennis Keresey, Vic Vaughan, Chris Wallace, Jon Richmond,
Duke Snodgrass, Bill Coogan, Don Smith, Greg Sullivan, Brian Donahue,
Scott Macomber, Jeff De Luca, Mark Byrne, Tom Wheeler 77, Scott
Turban 78, and me.
Send your news to
Pete Beekman
bbeekma1@wcny.rr.com
1977
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alumni@uvm.edu
1978
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Audrey Ziss Bath
audreyb2@aol.com
1979
Tammy Guevara Fesche received the UVM College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences 2005 Outstanding Alumni Award at the College's Alumni and Friends
Dinner. Tammy is founder and executive director of Ecuadent, a non-profit
organization that assembles teams of health care professionals to deliver
free medical and dental care each year to needy children in her native
country, Ecuador. In addition, Tammy is an accomplished businesswoman
who runs four private dental practices and manages Greenwood Associates
Builders in Maryland. She has been recognized for her successful endeavors
as one of Marylands Top 100 Women in 2003. Michael Jessamy of West
Bloomfield, Mich., was named management co-director of the UAW-Daimler
Chrysler National Training Center in Detroit. He has 22 years experience
in human resources and union relations with Daimler Chrysler. Reunion
05 in June brought back some Pi Phis for our annual open house,
including Nancy Norton (80) Batchelor, Anne Trask Forcier, Cindy
Horn (80) Whetten, and Kelly Walters 80. Please continue to
send or fax your news.
Send your news to
Beth Nutter Gamache
banutter@adelphia.net
1980
Greetings from beautiful Vermont! As I write this column, I am sitting
on Church Street, enjoying the sun and appreciating the joys of laptops.
Who would have thought 25 years ago that I would be able to sit at a café
typing this message to all of you? The electric typewriter I used in 1980
is now a collectors item. I think of all the times we spent here
during our UVM days. Businesses have come and gone, but Burlington, for
the most part, remains unchanged. The incoming group of new and returning
UVMers keeps us young. The lake is beautiful. My iced latte is cold, and
it doesnt get much better than this. I want to start by thanking
Kris Yonker Hazen, my fellow Tri Delta, for all her hard work as our class
secretary. Whatever happened to that darn rock anyway? UVM should have
auctioned it off or sold it like the Dairy Bar stools that now will sit
proudly in the new student center. Although it did have a rather compromising
reputation, the rock stood proudly on the corner of Main and Willard for
years and deserves its proper place as a piece of our UVM history. What
do you think? I have enjoyed reconnecting with all of you over the past
few months. It has been great to chat and reminisce. Kate Caldwell of
Bahama, N.C., and I commiserated over the loss of our beloved Dairy Bar.
I was particularly fond of the chocolate ice cream. I figured out that
during my sophomore year I could eat one pint, and if I didnt eat
anything else all day, I could still stay on my 1,000-calorie-a-day diet.
I cant believe that I had that kind of willpower. Kate is working
on the clinical development of a sickle cell disease drug at Icagen, Inc.,
a small RTP pharmaceutical company. In her spare time, she trains border
collies to herd sheep and cares for her horse, pony, pigs, and chickens.
She visited Vermont and long-time friend Cindy Crawford 81 over
the summer. Congratulations to Denise Marcoux of Hyde Park, Vt., and Tom
Beatini of Glen Rock, N.J. Denise received recognition for 35 years of
service at Copley Hospital as well as the Presidents Award for outstanding
dedication and service. When presenting the award, Copleys president
noted, not a day goes by that a letter of thanks or a patient satisfaction
survey passes my desk recognizing Denises caring and compassionate
ways. Her service has been a testament to her commitment to the nursing
profession. Toms Alternative Assessment/Student Responsibilities
was selected as an exemplary teaching model by Key Curriculum Press, an
organization specializing in cutting edge mathematics education. Tom presented
the model at the University of California at Berkeleys Advanced
Algebra with Technology Summer Institute Share-a thon. Through his Alternative
Assessment/Student Responsibilities Check Up, students measure their own
accountability, responsibility, and organization to master real-world
survival skills.
Send your news to
Mary Beth Cirino Pinard-Brace
mypookey4ever@yahoo.com
1981
Again this summer,
I was very fortunate to be able to get out of the Texas heat and spend
two beautiful weeks in Vermont visiting my sister, Anne Trask (79)
Forcier, and her husband, Larry. My daughter, Samantha, who is now 10,
spent two weeks at Camp Hochelaga in South Hero, while my eight-year-old
son, Scott went to UVM baseball camp for a week. While visiting, I had
the opportunity to see Eileen Sheehan (78) McCann and Beth Nutter
(79) Gamache, and we enjoyed remembering the good old days.
It was great to hear from Linda Johnson Norris, who has been living in
Vermont with her husband and daughters Ashley and Kimmy. Linda enjoys
running into UVM alums at the kids school, soccer games, and, of
course, at UVM basketball games. I hope many of you will take the opportunity
to reconnect and reminisce during our 25th reunion June 1-6, 2006. I dont
know about you, but Im not old enough to be having a 25th reunion!
Please save the date. I hope that many of you will plan on attending,
not only to see old friends, but also to see the amazing things that UVM
has done in recent years. Six years ago, Steve Woodruff started a project
to renovate the Pomfret hockey rink in memory of his twin brother Doug
Woodruff, who died of colon cancer in 1999. The two grew up in Pomfret,
where they both played for the Pomfret School hockey team. The rink was
badly in need of renovations, so Steve became the driving force behind
the $2.5 million project. He established the Doug Woodruff Memorial Alumni
Game, which raised more than $230,000 in its five-year history, enabling
Steve to have the lobby dedicated in Dougs memory. Judy VanWormer
Wachala wrote that she lives in Westchester County, N.Y., with her husband,
Jim, and their three sons, one in college, one in high school, and one
in preschool. Although Judy is no longer living in the mountains, skiing
remains a passion. She wrote, I even let my husband talk me into
going helicopter skiing. She has also taken up triathlons in
an effort to hold back the clock that keeps on ticking. Judy has
had several different jobs, including working many years as a data warehouse
manager and college professor. She has also written several computing
books. She noted, Those of you who knew my scholarly disinterest
at UVM will get a chuckle out of the fact that Im finishing up my
second masters degree and have started working towards my PhD.
Judy would love to hear from UVM friends via email at jwachala@opton line.net.
Mike Strauch of St. Johnsbury, Vt., graduated from the Eckerd Youth Alternatives
Leadership Program. He currently serves as the organizations regional
operations director.
Send your news to
Mardie Trask Sorensen
mardie@uta.edu
1982
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Beth Peabody
peabodyea@aol.com
1983
Its been a warm and very exciting summer in Chicagoland. My highlight
was having my parents visit. We saw the legendary pianist Van Cliburn
perform at the internationally-renown Ravinia Festival. His rendition
of Griegs Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony was a musical
triumph. Daniel Kelin wrote us from beautiful Hawaii. He is now approaching
20 years as director of drama education with the Honolulu Theatre for
Youth, during which time he also served as director of summer theatre
with a social service agency in the Marshall Islands, and he recently
took on the position of director of theatre training with a newly developed
theatre company in American Samoa. One of the highlights for him was publishing
his second book, To Feel As Our Ancestors Did: Collecting and Performing
Oral Histories, a manual for teachers interested in integrating drama
into their social studies/history classes. His first book, Marshall Islands
Legends and Stories, featuring a collection of 50 stories that he gathered
from Marshall Islands storytellers, was published in 2003. Jim and Joan
Zorzi ('82) Woodlee are preparing to celebrate their 22nd wedding anniversary.
They enjoy living in Greenville, S.C., with their daughters, Rachel and
Laura, and their Weimaraner, Simon. A native of Tennessee, Tim enjoys
being back in the South, and the mountains of northern South Carolina
and western North Carolina provide Joan just enough New England
atmosphere. I will be attending the UVM alumni gathering at the
White Sox versus Yankees game here in Chicago. Thanks to Sam Jung 84
for helping plan this fun event.
Send your news to
Sharon Morrissey Young
smyoung@att.net
1984
Send your news to
Laurie Olander
Angle
alumni@uvm.edu
1985
Hi, everyone! I hope all is going well with you and your families. I have
a little news about our class, but I always like to receive more, so please
write me. Vermont State Representative Ira Trombley 73 G85
has been appointed to the Vermont Human Resources Investment Board. Ira
is serving his second term in the State House and is clerk of the House
Commerce Committee.
Send your news to
Barbara Roth
roth_barbara@yahoo.com
1986
Pol Klein is living in Washington, D.C., where he works in international
development, helping grow the economy in less-developed countries. Recently,
he has been working on projects in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldavia, and
Mauritius.
Send your news to
Larry Gorkun
vtlfg@msn.com
1987
Thank you, Debbie Abel Lucci, for writing in a while back to tell me about
the wedding of Linda Davidson and Peter Soboroff, a New York City veterinarian.
Linda is a language pathologist. Debbie was married to her husband, Chris,
in February 2004, and they live in the Washington, D.C., area. She is
national director of sponsorships for Feld Entertainment, the producer
of Ringling Bros. and Disney on Ice. In addition to Linda, Debbies
wedding was attended by Lisa Lewis and Dana Lubitz Shimo. Dana lives in
Arizona with her husband, Todd, and daughters Sabrina and Noelle. Keith
Eldred and his family collaborated to write and illustrate a young readers
novel about bubble gum, baseball, bad guys, and a boy battling to do his
best. After running as a 36-week series in the local newspaper, it is
now a book. Keiths sons drew some of the illustrations. Keith wrote
that he really appreciated the time he has spent with many members of
the UVM English Department who have helped him advance as a writer. Finally,
I am sad to report the death of our classmate, Sharon Sama, on June 6,
2005. She received her B.A. degree in business administration then moved
to Rhode Island, where she worked for two public relations firms, eventually
starting her own public relations company, SAS Communications. Sharon
and her husband, Geoffrey Liggett 90, made a home for their four
children in Pomfret, Conn. She will be remembered as a generous and wise
person, well-loved by all who knew her. She will be greatly missed.
Send your news to
Sarah Vaden Reynolds
ssrey@optonline.net
1988
David MacLaughlin has almost completed his first term on the City of Nashua,
N.H., Board of Aldermen. He is hoping to gear up the campaign team for
a second term. He has served on the budget committee, the economic development
committee, and the joint special school committee. He was also alternate
to the fire commission, to the Historic District Committee, and the Mayors
Task Force on Commuter Rail. He also served a term on the South Burlington
City Council from 1994-1998. John Williams joined Woodard & Curran
as a senior project manager. Woodard and Curran is a consulting and operations
firm integrating services in engineering science and operations.
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Cathy Selinka Levison
crlevison@comcast.net
1989
First of all, my apologies to Greg Grieco. I mistakenly reported that
he and his wife, Kim, had moved to Seattle from Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,
when in fact the opposite was true. They are very excited about being
back East. Sorry about that, Greg! John Lomas completed his masters
degree in computer information science at the University of Phoenix and
started a new job in configuration management at Vertex, a tax software
development company in Sarasota, Fla., where he has been since 1997. He
lives with Bruce Nobil, his partner of four years, as well as a collection
of cats and dogs. Christine Bianchino Thompson is a grant writer and program
director for an after-school program, Project Succeed, which serves disadvantaged
youth in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. She and her husband, Bob,
have two sons, Frank and Jack. Theres a bit of a baby boom going
on. Congratulations to our wonderful class president Tony Reilly! He and
his wife, Danielle, welcomed their daughter, Alexandra Maria, into the
world in April in New York City. Best wishes to Jeff Schulman and his
wife, Debbie Lichtenfeld 95, who welcomed a new daughter, Gabriella,
on June 21, 2005. The family makes their home in Burlington, Vt. Congratulations
also to Kim Slomin McGarvey, Diane Peligal OHalloran, Maureen Moe
Kelly Gonsalves, and Susan Bowie! Kims daughter, Tess, was born
in January; Dianes daughter Mia, in March; Maureens son Michael,
in May; and Susans daughter Maggie, in June. We missed them very
much when Kate Fallon Croteau, Robyn Fried Boyd, Sue Pecka
Noonan, Stefanie Conroy Wallach, and I convened for a three-day trip to
Vegas last May. I also heard from Randy Markey of Cleveland, Ohio, who,
along with his son Max, shaved his head in honor of St Baldricks
Day, a fundraiser for cancer treatment and research. And finally,
congratulations to Don Fox and his wife, Rachel, who welcomed their son,
Douglas Anthony, into the world in June 2005. He joins older sisters,
Claudia and Caroline, in the familys Pascoag, R.I., home. Dons
new business, Alashan Cashmere Company, continues to grow nicely. He has
been trying to get Dave Paolella 90 up from Connecticut on weekends
to do some saltwater fishing, but his work at Amgen, Inc, has kept him
very busy. Thanks so much to those of you who got in touch. Dont
hesitate to let your classmates know whats up.
Send your news to
Kate Barker Swindell
katebs@comcast.net
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