Class of '80

Can you believe we are already celebrating our 20th reunion? Thanks to our reunion committee, the weekend plans are shaping up well for a wonderful weekend. We will be joining the classes of ’79 and ’81 for an even bigger celebration. Are you interested in helping out or organizing a “mini” reunion? If so, contact the Alumni Office at (802) 656-2010.

Class of '81

As part of UVM’s cluster reunion program, we will be celebrating our 20th reunion one year early. That’s right. On June 1-4, 2000, we will be joining the classes of ’79 and ’80 for a “magical” weekend. More classes plus more people equals more fun. See you in June.

Class of '82

The fall leaves are gone, and the bare trees look forward to their new coats of snow—just as we look forward to updated news from our classmates. Thomas Leavitt sent word that he and his wife, Leah Gaynor-Leavitt, have a new son, Zachary Allen Leavitt, who was born on September 7, 1999. Michael Yelnosky is an associate professor of law at Roger Williams University. He recently had an article published in the August 1999 issue of the Seaton Hall Review. In July, your class secretary Beth Peabody traveled to Rutland, Vt., to visit her college roommate, Amy Cook Pitton. Amy and her husband, Mark, are ministers at the local Congregational Church. They have two children, Bethany and Wes.

Class of '83

Sue Thatcher walked in “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” on October 3 in Boston (and performed a ritual nose-thumbing at BU as she went by). Her personal goal this year was to raise $5,000. Previously, Nancy Kurrelmeyer was forced to cough up $500 after she bet that Sue couldn’t walk that far without saying a word. Sue reported that it was the easiest money she has made to date. Sue wants to raise at least $5 million during her lifetime to prevent and cure the disease, but she needs our help to do it. Please join me in helping Sue meet and exceed her goals. I have already sent my donation in support of one of my former UVM roommates, who has battled this horrible disease. Last summer, Lisa Crozier Greenwood and family moved from Tennessee to Winston-Salem, N.C., where her husband, Jim, joined a great medical practice. Lisa’s two daughters are in academically gifted programs, and Lisa volunteers at their school. She also keeps busy exercising and recently joined a Bible study group. Lisa reported that Winston-Salem is a wonderful area, with friendly people, cultural amenities, and less crime.

Class of '84

Happy 2000 to everyone! I would like to wish all my classmates health, love, and prosperity for the new millennium. My husband, Nicholas, and I are thrilled to announce the arrival of our daughter, Lila Elizabeth Angle, on April 22, 1999. I am enjoying being a mom immensely. I have started my own company so that I have control over my workload and can devote more time to my family. Wish me luck. MJ Paisley Pender, along with her husband, Greg, and son, Collin, welcomed a new addition to their family. Haley Irene was born on July 31, 1999. Helen Toro Rothschild spent last summer traveling with her family as well as doing a lot of entertaining at her home in Monkton, Md. After thirteen years, Michelle Richard Morningstar has left the biology lab and is teaching French at a local school. She enjoys being able to spend more time with her family. My apologies to the classmate who wrote me that she was going to China to help her friend adopt a baby. I printed out your email and put it in a safe place. I am still looking for it. Please re-send me the information if you wish, and I will include it in the next issue. I look forward to hearing form more of you out there.

Class of '85

Hi, everyone. I hope all of you had a great fall. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to keep in touch; it takes just a few minutes to write a quick note, and it goes a long way. I attended the wedding of Michele Rastelli and Richmond Boyd. Cassie Bell joined me as Michele’s college contingent. The wedding was as gorgeous as Michele. Michele is an attorney in Washington, D.C. Meg Warren Fergusson wrote to tell me that Jennifer Morton and Crispin Prahl are living well and having fun in Seattle. Meg also ran into Eileen Mallon Brown, who lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Jeff, and their three children, and Margaret “Mag” Fitzgerald Dietz, who now has two sons. Mag lives in Portland, Maine. Meg Coleman is married and living in the Hamptons, where she is a nurse. Sally Allen Carver and her husband, Alex, who have a set of twins plus an elder daughter, continue to live in the Green Mountain state. Dr. James Ross finished his urology residency at SUNY Buffalo and is in solo private practice in Brunswick, Maine. James is married to Laurie Leader, who works in Portland for Granger-Northern. They have a son, Jamie. Harley Frank says that life is crazy but fun with his three children (four-year-old, a two-year-old, and a newborn) and a puppy. He is happily married and has worked in his family’s business since college. The company, Union Industries in Providence, R.I., does printing and laminating of flexible packaging. Harley was so kind as to offer his company’s services to my company—a little solicitation never hurts. Congratulations to Patty Reirden Grier on the birth of her daughter, Julia Elaine. Julia joins her brothers, Robert and Joseph. Patty and her husband, Robin, who are thrilled to have a little girl, wrote, “She’s a sweet baby and is already being spoiled by all.” Congratulations are also in order for Susan Emerson Prudden, who welcomed a son, Samuel, last March. Susan, a physical therapist, and her husband live in Essex, Mass. Susan is looking for her old housemate, and anyone who can help, please write me at the above address. Mark Rodgers told me that he lives in West Glover, Vt., with his wife, Nikki, and children Megan and Tyler. He operates a registered Holstein dairy farm that has been recognized at one of the highest producing herds in the state. His Andersonville Farm has won numerous awards—third time winning One of the Top 500 Herds in the U.S. for genetic merit. He also won the National Dairy Shrine Progressive Producer Award, 1999 Vermont Holstein Outstanding Breeder Award, and the 1999 UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences New Achiever Award. I think I can speak for all when I say that Mark’s achievements are extremely impressive. Congratulations, Mark and Nikki. David Lloyd (class of ’85 or ’84—depending on how you want to look at it) told me that he is very happy in his second career. During his sixteen-year career at IBM, David created a valuable patent, but got tired of “the corporate rat race.” David lives in St. Albans, Vt., and works for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Immigration and Naturalization Services as a petition examiner. David is also an avid dancer, and he dances with an amateur dance company called the Green Mountain Volunteers.

Class of '86

Unfortunately, there was no news from our classmates for this issue, so I thought I would pass along some thoughts and information. This summer’s weather in the Burlington area was a swinging pendulum, with the majority of it in drought conditions, followed by the remnants of Hurricane Floyd hitting us hard with high winds and severe rain. Fall’s colors were not affected, though, and, as the leaves started to fall, there was the UVM Homecoming. We attend the events every year. The high point is always the Alumni Tent Party held at Grasse Mount. Maybe your future plans could include coming up to see the foliage and taking in some of the events. Since we are on the subject of returning to campus, I wanted to remind everyone that our 15th reunion is coming up in June 2001. I know it might seem a bit far off, but it is never too early to start getting the word out. I also offer this simple solution if my ramblings bore you: send me some news about yourselves, and then I won’t have to write so much about the weather.

Class of '87

In spite of how hectic things get in the fall, I have been able to catch up with some old UVM friends—which is great—but it has made me miss the good ol’ days in Burlington. It’s also too bad that many of us can’t see each other more often than at our reunions every five years. For starters, congratulations to “Phil the Thrill” Gorrivan and his wife, Lisa, on the birth of their first child, Isabelle, on July 22, 1999. What great news! I also heard from Valerie Werter Green (my old friend from Mason), who lives about ten minutes from me in Mamaroneck. She wrote that she and her husband, Charles, along with “big brother” Alexander, welcomed a new addition to their family, Joshua, who was born on January 17, 1999. Laura Henschel Yurica and I had dinner in the city recently to catch up, and she is also doing really well. Laura and Stephen’s two-year-old twins are keeping them both busy (to say the least), but she is able to find a nice balance between motherhood and working three days a week at Vogue magazine. When I was at the airport last August, I ran into Terry O’Brien, his wife, Hilary, and their two children, who were just arriving in New York City to live and work temporarily. They had been living in Chicago for quite some time. Three days later, in front of a museum in the city, I ran into Terry and company again, but this time, accompanied by Michelle “Missy” Gouley and her child. It was great seeing all of you and amazing to think that it had been more than ten years since we had last seen each other. I also had an opportunity to catch up with Rob Zinn, who is married and living in Boston and working for a large wine distributor in New England. He has become quite a wine lover and connoisseur and still maintains a lot of contact with UVMers in the New England area. He frequently visits Vermont. Larkin Jennifer Ryder and her husband, Mike Sela, were pleased to announce the arrival of their new daughter, Parker Flynn Sela, on July 24, 1999. Parker made graduate school alum Ann Dumaresq ’83 a grandmother, but with a minimum of gray hair and wrinkles.

Class of '88

A recent Wall Street Journal article mentioned Charlene Begley among General Electric’s “current fast-track executives.” The article stated, “Though singling out a future leader of a GE business is a tough call…each exemplifies aspects of GE’s intense training and winnowing of young talent.” UVM Professor Rob Gordon of anthropology let us know that Bliss Broyard recently published a major novel. He also said that Vermont Public Radio gave
it a positive review. Lynn Dodge Ortale completed her PhD in Higher Education Administration at the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. She was recently promoted to assistant vice president in the division of student life and academic development at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Mary Vokes Irvine is senior director for development at CARE and was on assignment in the Balkans last summer to support emergency relief programs. She lived in Albania and assisted refugees living in camps during the war and then helped facilitate their return to Kosovo. Mary also recently returned from Ecuador, where she was visiting CARE projects in the Cuenca area.

Class of '89

Teri Horton McHugh married Kurt Nielsen on August 16, 1998. The ceremony took place on a historic covered bridge in their hometown in upstate New York. Melissa Jewitt ’90, Tracy Ovitt, and Darcey Ryan Lawler were all there to celebrate. Douglas Duboff and Andrew Linnemann ’91 recently recorded a demo tape of their band with one of Pearl Jam’s producers. Cheryl Cook married Quinn Eichner on June 29, 1999. She began teaching at Jeremy Ranch Elementary School in Park City, Utah, in 1996, and she has coached girls’ soccer at Park City High School for four years. In 1997, in her first year as head coach, her team won the state championship. Cheryl has kept in touch with Cherie Morse Dunkley, Teresa Head, Dave Kilmoyer, and Laurie Petren Smith since graduation. She wrote that all are doing well. Christine Catterton graduated from Vermont Law School in 1997 and passed the Vermont Bar exam. She hopes to return to the Burlington area for work. Christine also wrote that Randee Kemnitzer (’86) Lunn and husband Jeff welcomed their first child, Thomas Jeffrey, in October 1997. The Lunns make their home in N. Easton, Mass. Christine’s sister, Kim ’91, is married and living in Pittsford, Vt. She works for Peak Communications, Inc. Patricia Levy Glick is living in Buffalo, N.Y., with her husband, Arthur, and daughters Emily and Alexandra. Tracy Fay Ovitt was promoted to sales manager at WIZN, where she has worked since 1995. Her husband, Brian ’87, is a sales representative for John Deere. Tracy wrote that Terry Horton McHugh was recently engaged to her high school sweetheart, and Dee Barbic Glynn, a Vermont state trooper, completed an assignment on Governor Dean’s security detail. Kelley Horr Harvey visited Chris Logue ’87, his wife, Bernadine, and daughter Olivia last July in Johnsonville, N.Y. Kelley also attended the christening party for Chris ’88 and Cathy Carlson (’88) Spaulding’s son, Jacob, along with Mark Boyden ’88, his wife, Lori, and daughter Emily. Kelley visited Jonathan Apfelbaum in Charlotte, N.C., last summer. Jon is an emergency medical services fellow and assistant medical director for the Mecklenberg County EMS Agency. Ellen Stecklow Marcus and her husband, Eric, bought a new house in East Rockaway, N.Y. She is an attorney part-time and spends the rest of her time chasing after her sons, Alex and Jonathan. Navy Lt. Lauren Archer was selected as junior officer of the quarter at the Naval Hospital in Newport, R.I. She also received a letter of commendation for outstanding professional accomplishment, proficiency, leadership, initiative, and military bearing.