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Class
Notes 1960s
Class
of '61
Martin Sonkin retired from teaching English at Great Neck North High School
on Long Island. He is now teaching remedial reading part-time at Queensborough
Community College in New York City and selling antiques in his shop, Shady
Lawn Antiques in Berlin, N.Y., near Bennington, Vt., part time.
Class
of '62
John “Jay” McGowan flies helicopters for the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey. He has flown his helicopter around the World
Trade Center, and he wanted all of us to know that he is safe. To see
a photo of his helicopter check the photo album on the alumni web site.
Steve Burzon and his wife, Nancy, are enjoying their lifelong dream of
living in an old colonial farmhouse in Danby Four Corners, Vt. Their son,
Matt, an honors student, is a top-rated Division I prep school hockey
goalie at Holderness. Daughter Kim and her husband just gave them their
fourth grandchild, Lilli. Louise Schade Daly is living in Danbury, Conn.,
with her husband, who recently retired. Beth Rosenthal lives in Manhattan
with her husband. She recently received an NIH grant to study community
violence among urban adolescents, and she was newly appointed to the Graduate
Center of the City University of New York. Her daughter was recently married
in Jamaica, West Indies. Beth and her husband also have a home on the
Delaware River in upstate New York. Susan Ellwood Richter of Ridgefield,
Conn., often visits the Burlington area and UVM, since her son Marc built
a home in Charlotte, Vt., and is a social worker in private practice in
Burlington. Judith Mehrhof Barrett recently returned from a Norwegian
coastal cruise and enjoyed visiting all the small towns. Michael Adess
has been a public health officer with the Coast Guard for more than 20
years. He and his wife, Susan, have two children: Lea, who is studying
speech and hearing at the University of Maryland; and Shana, a high-school
senior. They live in Pikesville, Md. Bob and Sandy Larkin Mylod are retired
and living in Lewes, Del. Bob, a volunteer at a convalescent center, serves
as chaplain and co-chair of the chaplain committee of the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Synod and enjoys boating. Sandy is an active volunteer at
Children’s Beach House in the library as well as a local artist.
Gail Carroll Adinolfi and her husband love living in Wagram, N.C., where
they both play a lot of golf. Gail’s husband is retired, and she
will retire next year. Their son is the assistant attorney general of
North Carolina. Daughter Elizabeth is an assistant director of admissions
at UNCC. Daughter Colleen is a stay-at-home mother in Bedford, N.H. Lois
Lorand Feuerle recently became manager of the court interpreter certification
program for the state of Oregon. After an adventurous cross-country drive
in a large rental truck and a honeymoon in China and Tibet, she and her
husband are settling into their home in Portland, Oreg. Rabbi Victor Hoffman
and his family live in Jerusalem, Israel. He would welcome a visit from
old friends. Peter Lakis sent greetings from Fayetteville, Ga. Michael
Johns and his wife have been traveling full time in their motor home since
selling all their properties in Clearwater Beach, Fla. They plan to build
a winter residence in St. Augustine Beach. Louise Cerasoli Chaffee is
an innkeeper in Williston, Vt., which keeps her busy year round. Andrew
Ojanen recently had lunch with Sarah Robinson Wakefield and Peggy Link
Peabody at the Vermont History Expo at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds. They
plan to meet again in June at our 40th reunion. Barbara Gioria Comtois
and her husband, Richard, were the co-grand marshals of the 2001 Bellows
Falls, Vt., alumni parade. Together, they had 59 years of teaching in
the Bellows Falls schools. Watching the parade were Barbara’s brother,
Bob Gioria ‘64, as well as daughter, Jean Comtois (‘91) Illingworth,
and four grandchildren. Barbara Davis Heilman is enjoying retirement and
keeping up with her three grandchildren, who live nearby. She lives in
Burlington, Vt., in the winter and South Hero, Vt. summer and fall. Gena
Mason Teachout and her husband, Mahlon, own and operate a 55-passenger
sightseeing boat and gift shop on southern Lake Champlain. Joann Brzezicke
Trolinger lives in Vacaville, Calif., where she is busy remodeling her
home. She has three grandchildren.
Class
of '63
I hope that our classmates, families, and friends are safe. During the
season of peace and celebrations, be safe with your loved ones. We have
some news from our classmates, although I would like to have more for
the next issue. Please keep in touch. Harry Sommer retired from the University
of Georgia. Kae Gleason Dakin is the executive director of the Washington
Regional Association of Grant Makers, an organization of 130 corporate
and independent foundations, banks and other programs that gives $100
million in grants annually.
Class
of '64
I would be remiss in not hoping that all of you are safe and I would like
to wish you all well. I received an email from Ray Bello, who has been
an agent for State Farm Insurance in San Diego for 28 years. Recently,
he had the opportunity to help a fellow UVM grad, Pat Fagan ‘58,
who had his car stolen, and needed an affidavit of theft witnessed by
an agent. Ray was editor-in-chief of the Cynic, and he played on UVM’s
football team. Ah! The good old days. Richard Spenello of Saratoga Springs,
N.Y., recently celebrated 25 years as the owner of a clothing store there.
He and his wife, Maureen, have two sons.
Class
of '65
To all who couldn’t make it to reunion in June, we missed you, and
you missed seeing some old friends. Some of those in attendance included
Allen Rome, Barbara Epstein, Susan Huber Noble, Mike Broutsas, Jean Connor
Harrison, Jane Christie Murphy, Dan Newcomb, Pan Zolotas, Aaron Schildhaus,
and Bill Gersten, who was voted in as new class president. Julie Pfannstiehl
Writer and her husband recently moved from Manhattan to beautiful Wilmington,
N.C. Jeff Kotkin continues to practice dentistry in Brookline, Mass. He
and his wife are living as “empty nesters” in Newton, Mass.,
now that their older son is a chef in Pittsfield, Mass., and their younger
son attends the University of Colorado. Barbara Bogert Waite, Ann Wyle
Gordinier, and Jeanne Grasso Davis got together recently for a “mini-reunion”
with your class secretary in Rockport, Mass. Barbara lives in Rye, N.Y.;
Ann, in Bellevue, Wash.; and Jeanne, in Hagerstown, Md. Frank Foerster
recently retired from the practice of law in Austin, Tex. He and his wife
plan to travel extensively in 2002, starting with a lengthy trip to Spain,
where they lived for four years. Elizabeth Gottlieb teaches English at
an alternative high school in the Denver area. Her son is attending the
University of Northern Colorado, and her daughter is seeking her fortune
in California.
Class
of '66
Your class secretary and husband Ken McGuckin met Nancy Castellanos Miller
and her husband, Chris, for dinner in Burlington in August. Nancy and
Chris continue to live in Trinidad, but they were vacationing at their
summer home in Ticonderoga, N.Y. This is the ONLY news from our class.
Please write to me at the above address. I look forward to hearing from
you.
Class
of '67
Margie Bohrer Sussman received the Ruth Anderson Endowed Teaching Chair
at Miami-Dade Community College. Margie and her husband, Jon, live in
Miami, but they travel north frequently to visit their three children.
James Cunningham is associate vice president of academics at Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University. His wife and son still enjoy using their camp
on Colchester Point. Stephen Libbey provides speech pathology services
at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt., where he met his soulmate,
Caroline. They fill their lives with friends, gardening, and dancing.
Thomas Mowbray announced the publication of his first novel. Classmates
can check it out on Tom’s web site at http://mow bray@hotmail.com.
Tom and his wife, Mary, live in Nashua, Iowa. Their son, Allen, is a Peace
Corps volunteer in West Africa. Jennifer Straszewski (‘92) Uihlein
and her husband, Ed, welcomed a new daughter, Anna Elizabeth, on June
26. Grandparents Henry and Elizabeth (‘68) Uihlein are doing just
fine.
Class
of '68
On a recent return trip to Burlington (June 1), Paul Malone and Jeff Kuhman
combined adventure and nostalgia. On Friday morning, they started in Underhill
State Park and hiked to the summit of Mount Mansfield. They returned in
time to attend the class of ‘65, ‘66, ‘67 cocktail party,
where they caught up with friends and former football teammates. On Saturday,
they attended the class picnic and “bumped into” Jack Semler
and Jay Buckley. Later, they stopped over at Bill and Laurie Wolff’s
beautiful new condo. Teammate Bob Mitchell, who is married to the former
Jane Kimball, joined the group. Paul is owner of Malone Business Associates.
He lives in Bridgewater, Mass., with his wife, Nancy Crockett Malone.
Jeff is president and CEO of Glycon Corp., in Tecumseh, Mich., where he
lives with his wife, Joanne Koledo Kuhman.
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