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Vermont Quarterly
Life Beyond Graduation
"Arthur M. "Rusty" Brink shared that the fourth annual Treasure Coast Classic was held at the Monarch Country Club in Palm City, Florida: "Backs v. Linemen."
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33-63 Green & Gold Reunion
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36 Loraine Spaulding Dwyer died October 7, 2013, 11 days short of her 100th birthday. She grew up at 109 South Prospect Street, currently the Pierce-Spaulding House, and remembered playing on the lawn where Waterman now stands. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and one of the few women of that time to graduate with an engineering degree. She lived in Underhill for 50 years where she held many town positions and was a founding member of the Underhill Historical Society, the Green Mountain Folklore Society, and the Chittenden County Historical Society. She lived at the Converse Home on Church Street for ten years.
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40 Alta P. Slack writes, "Congratulations on 50 years of soccer! I particularly liked the article on sports. One of my fond memories is taking a boat across lovely Lake Champlain to hike up a New York mountain. My favorite sport was badminton. Eleanor Bayley and I were doubles champions in one of our tournaments. We were also able to see our coach, Ms. Crowe, play the world champion from Australia. My two grandsons in North Carolina are very much involved in soccer. I would have been active in more sports except for a longtime interest in choir and glee club, which I joined my freshman year. I also worked in offices, as many of us did in the '30's. I still drive to the senior center for activities: line dancing, Tai Chi, exercise, bridge. I had three brothers and two sisters who earned UVM degrees, two with master's. Go, Catamounts!"
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41 Dick Healy died peacefully in his sleep on August 30, 2013, in his home in Westborough, Massachusetts. He was a Boulder Society member in our class, played basketball and baseball, and was inducted into the UVM Hall of Fame. Dick met his late wife, Marjorie Witham Healy '43, when they were students at UVM and they were married for 66 years. A World War II veteran, Dick worked for the Liberty Mutual Company for 42 years. Dick was also a dedicated sports official at the high school and college levels. Frank Nye sent a recent email with news that he is now living in a very nice senior community, Montebello on Academy, that provides independent living services. He is living with his significant other, Nina Van Ausdal, whom he has known for more than 40 years. She is 91 and he is 95. He regrets that he can no longer attend our class reunions. Grace Meeken Hutchins wrote that she traveled from her home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Maine to join all of her family for Thanksgiving.
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42 We are sad to report that both Ruth Orr Burgess and Lawrence Burgess, of Underhill, Vermont, passed away in 2013.
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43 I am happy to report that I made it to our 70th Reunion. At the luncheon on Saturday, I enjoyed seeing the following classmates: Harry Twitchell and his wife, Harry Howe and his wife, Helen McLain and her brother, Mark, John Hoyt, Mary Beth Davis Bloomer, Patty Pike Hallock, and Millie Anderson Layn. Millie, Patty, Mary Beth, and I were driven up to Burlington on a beautiful fall day by Mary Beth's son, Bob. I was thrilled that the luncheon was held in the dining room on the fifth floor of the Waterman Building. As head waitress I had been in charge of opening that dining hall in 1942. There was a gentleman from the class of 1938 who joined us with his two daughters. We enjoyed seeing Marilyn Eimer Vreeland '42, as well. She joined us for our picture on the terrace. Bob Earley writes that he recently moved to Snoqualmie,Washington, to be closer to his grandson and great-grandson. So far, he's enjoying the new surroundings. He also recently enjoyed a week in Maui. I finally have a great-grandchild, a boy, Jack Michael Powers, born on September 10, 2013, to Jessica Look and Michael Powers of Springfield, Massachusetts. His grandparents are Richard Look '69, and Suzanne Dorion Look '71. As I write this, it is with a very heavy heart that I am going to pay my respects to the family of Sigismund Wysolmerski who started UVM with our class before leaving for dental school. He was our family friend and dentist for many years. "Ziggie" passed away on November 16, 2013. He was a devoted family man who also managed to fit in community service and a thriving dental practice. He will be missed.
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44 70th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Rose and Saul Boyarsky have moved from their home in Chapel Hill to a continuing care retirement community and joined Penalope Easten at the community. It was like a homecoming. Leonard Kunken writes, "For the past 25 years, I have resided in sunny Orlando, Florida, in a golf community. Unfortunately, this past January, I lost my beautiful wife, Betty. She was 89 years young. I am blessed with ten grandchildren, two of whom are married. If all is well, I plan to attend my 70th class reunion this coming October 2014, with my son, Stephen Kunken '69, who will be celebrating his 45th reunion (Class of 1969) and who was president of his class."
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50 After 33 years in Largo and Tampa, Florida, Maynard J. North became a Hoosier in November, 2012 and now occupies a comfortable apartment in a retirement home not far from Indianapolis. He writes, "I have relatives nearby, thankfully, since my wife of 65 years passed on Easter Sunday in 2012. I sorely miss the UVM proximity but try to appear in Burlington once a year. I would like to hear of any other Hoosiers." Charlie Ballantyne passed away on December 7, 2013. He and Hedi had recently celebrated their 65th anniversary.
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51Stanley Brown says, "All goes well. I just returned from 24 days in South Africa and am now preparing for Machu Picchu and the Galapagos in December. Playing tennis three to four times per week and enjoying life in paradise." Jean Austin Medrek and Mary E. Fuller Fitzgerald went on a riverboat cruise in Russia from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in September 2013. They had great fun and lots of UVM catch-up conversations. Check out a photo from the trip online at alumni.uvm.edu/gallery. Virginia Dand Skinger shared this sad update, "My husband, Richard Skinger, died February 9, 2012 at our Swansea, Massachusetts home. We married in January 1951 during the winter break of his senior year."
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Linda Sprague Bowker reports that she retired as a computer programmer from RCA and GE Astro Space Center. "We moved 22 years ago from New Jersey to Sun City Center, Florida, an all-volunteer town for seniors. We still keep busy with the New England Club, Friends of the Library, the genealogy club, computer club, and as nighttime dispatchers for the volunteer ambulance squad. John (Middlebury '52) is in the amateur radio club and I'm in the sewing and quilting group. So many clubs...so little time! We celebrated our 60th anniversary in August with our three happily-married children and six super grandchildren. Life is good!" Jean Hakanson Hawes shared, "We moved to a condo this May, because the care of the house and yard had gotten to be too much for us. We love it, and still have a guest room so anyone can visit. We are so thankful for good health and our wonderful family including four grandchildren and a grandson-in-law." Tom Holzinger writes "Good news! I have not yet made it into the obituary columns of the local paper. After 36 years in various technical and executive positions with the Borden Company, I retired. I then shared my expertise in food safety and processing, volunteering in developing countries in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa. This was most rewarding until long distance air travel lost all appeal. I've been living in Columbus since Borden moved its headquarters to Ohio, and Ohio State University recruited me as an adjunct in the Department of Food Science and Technology. I enjoy sharing my experiences with anyone willing to listen. My major problem is finding enough time for all the activities I want to pursue."
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54 60th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
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55 Gerard (Jerry) Allen Mullen shared that his wife of 57 years, Jane Elizabeth Aronson '55, passed away on April 14, 2013. He writes, "Jane worked as a nurse in hospitals and doctors' offices, survived the officers' wives club at the 912th AC&W Squadron U.S.A.F., raised four great kids, compiled a catalog of social services for Chittenden County, taught clinical nursing at the Fanny Allen Nursing school, served as director of that school, supervised the 1980 census for northern Vermont, and worked as a teacher's aid at Camel's Hump Middle School in Richmond, Vermont. I worked as a quality control chemist at Geigy, a research assistant at the Boyce Thompson Plant Research Center, spent a few years watching for Russians on radar, and spent 33 years teaching science at Jericho High School and Burlington High School. I also spent six years as chair of the Board of Listers and 15 years on the Select Board, ten as chairman, in Bolton, Vermont." Gerry Quinn Dankowski reports that Di Eastman Jones called her at her cottage on Lake Saint Catherine in Poultney from Di's own cottage in the Northeast Kingdom at the end of October (sounds like a couple of cottage industries). This preceded a visit by Di and her hubby, Dick, who stopped off in North Hampton and brought enough lobster and scallops for lunch...and for three days of lunches thereafter. Di still plays golf in Vermont and Florida. She and Gerry discussed all of their talented, beautiful and above-even-Lake-Wobegon-average grandchildren. They reminisced about Di's trailer, located in Stowe back in the early '50s. Di recalled bringing a note to Miss Wing, the unforgettable Miss Wing, who actually accepted a letter from Dr. Eastman, granting Di permission to stay at the trailer. She did correct his punctuation however. (He tended to use lots of dashes!) Hal Greenfader saw Brad Gordon and his wife down in Newport Beach this summer. Hal was chauffeuring around his grandson, Geoffrey, who was playing in a college summer baseball league all over Southern California. The lanky lefty is now a sophomore at Georgia Tech where he pitches on the baseball team. This fall Brad posted a photo online showing his 80th birthday at home with friends and his bride, Barbara. Hal was invited but unable to attend. We were all saddened to hear about the passing of Kake Walk King, the handsome Walt Johnson, and piano playing virtuoso, Mike Hauptman, who entertained at the many Phi Sig parties at their house on Fern Hill. Both attended our last reunion back in 2010. Marilyn Stern Dukoff celebrated her 80th birthday in November at the Friars Club in New York City. Included were her children and grandchildren, as well as UVM friends Helene Chusid Widders, Mary Sue Harkar, and Eleanor Robinson Hozid '56. The gals often rendezvous in New York City. Call Marilyn, 516-374-4305, and join them. Yours truly, Jane Battles, recently had a great chat with Curt Burrell who lives out in Powell Butte, Oregon. He's enjoying life there surrounded by his donkeys, sheep, alpacas, and his pride and joy: two Great White Pyrenees. Wow! Way to go, Curt! Jim Poole, a.k.a. "the Mink Man" and his wife, Christine, hosted a terrific party at their home in New Castle, Maine, in August to raise funds for the Lincoln County Republican Party in honor of Governor Paul LePage; a pig roast, a gorgeous day and over 200 in attendance. Another year has brought the annual Tri-Delt group of loyal '55 and '56ers together for a wonderful weekend in September. This year the gathering was held at my beach house in Connecticut. Some in attendance were Carol and Lew Dan of Miami, Florida; Sandy and Bob Willey of Essex Junction, Vermont; Nancy McGoughron Blanchet of Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey; Lorrie Buehler and Bill Farwell of Williamsburg, Virginia; Janie Carlough Cleary of Bedford, New Hampshire; and Betsy King Beasley of New York, New York. Liz Melloon Tobi who hails from Buffalo, Wyoming, couldn't make it as that same day she had a flight to Burlington, no less, to share in the marriage celebration of her son Donald '83, who is employed in UVM's College of Agriculture. Joanne Murray Blakeman writes that in December 2012 she and husband, Allan, attended the UVM graduation of their granddaughter Allyssa Turley '12. That makes two grandchildren and a grand-daughter-in-law who are now UVM alums. Wish I had more news for you. C'mon, help me out here! More anon. Loyally, Jane Battles, for 58 years now—time flies.
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56 Gilman T. Dedrick received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the UVM College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at the college's 20th annual Alumni & Friends Dinner in May. An undergraduate research award fund for the college's students was established in Gilman's honor by family members. Additional donations are being sought to fully endow the Dedrick Fund. Mary Rothenberg Harkavy shares that Marilyn Stern Dukoff '55 celebrated a milestone birthday in New York City at a party given by her children in November 2013. Mary went to San Diego for the Union for Reform Judaism biennial in December. Volunteering has replaced working since she retired. Nancy May Hoisington Humphreys writes "As of this year I sold my lovely home and moved into the Presbyterian Community Home of South Carolina. It is a gorgeous place and I am very blessed to be here. As you may have read, my husband, Dr. Roderick J. Humphreys '48, passed away in 2011. It did not make sense to keep up a home and swimming pool for me alone. My son and family live in North Reading, Massachusetts, and our youngest daughter and family live in Greece. I do have one daughter here who is mentally challenged. Words cannot express how happy I am in my new home. It has wonderful people and endless activities." Marjorie and Robert Levine are celebrating the birth of their third grandchild and first granddaughter, Zoey Madison. Helen Harris Sands says, "After teaching at the University of Southern Indiana for 31 years, I'm having a great time with my husband, children, and grandchildren. Still, I care about students who find it difficult to find jobs after they graduate. That concern has prompted me to write a book designed to help those who not only need a job, but those who are climbing toward recognition and promotion as well. The book's title is Nail That Job: The Climb of Your Life. There are 54 chapters and 54 accompanying illustrations. Please check out my website, nail-that-job.com, to read a sample chapter and enjoy three of my blogs.
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57Janice and Douglas Fayen Burke have become halfbacks—they have moved up from Florida, halfway to Vermont. They have moved into a continuing care retirement community on Hilton Head Island. "We will return to Maine in the summer, but The Cypress is our new home. We love it. We are joined with Jack and Bev Burke '54." Martin Danoff is still practicing law with offices at Montgomery McCracken on Madison Avenue in New York City. This summer Martin won the Seniors Golf Championship at Fresh Meadow Country Club shooting a 64 net. His wife, Susan, is a family court judge and sits in Bronx County. Martin hears from Mark Bernstein and Robert Corshen.
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58 Ruth Ann Hansen and Bruce A. Chaffee '56, MD '60 got married February 23, 2013 (57 years later). "About time," one might say. There is a photo at alumni.uvm.edu/gallery of the two at KakeWalk in 1956. Linda Markson Kruger retired from Columbia University and graduate school teaching in library and information science; now on a third career as librarian for a private collector of scientific rare books. She writes, "I commute two weeks monthly from southern New Mexico where my husband and I moved in 2006 (to be closer to my Albuquerque son, Jeremy '93), to south Florida. I still summer in north central Pennsylvania. I take great delight in being a Friend of Special Collections at Bailey/Howe, soon to be in Billings." Ken Smith shares that he and Lynne left their Pittsburgh home of 45 years and moved to Florida. Ken shared, "We're still getting reoriented and haven't met any UVMers yet. We're close to our daughters and grandchildren. I'm retired from USAirways and we exercise our flight privileges to travel the USA." Martha Scott Perkins says, "My news here in Charlotte, Vermont, is that I just finished the fifth year of directing an Apple Pie Project at our church: $7,500 and over 500 pies. We have 30 volunteers, make them at church, and bake them in a huge, old, black stove—16 pies at a time. One of our granddaughters graduates from college this year from the University of Toronto. Others are following one right after another. One granddaughter's high school soccer team won the Maine State Championship! We all are blessed to be well. I talked with Dick Perkins for two hours on Saturday. He is well also. Stay well, everyone." Stephen Rozen is just back from a trip to Tasmania and mainland Australia. He says, "We had a great time hiking and scuba diving on the Barrier Reef. I am now spending semi-retirement in Naples. In the spring I will be in Honduras doing free oral surgery with UConn dental school and my wife will be my surgical assistant. It seems like I will never stop working, but I am considering it." Carolyn Hunt Wall is still living in Cheney, Washington, where her husband, Don, taught for 30 years at Eastern Washington University while she also taught in Spokane. Don died in 2009. Living near the university allows easy access to sports, music, and lectures as well as a short drive to Spokane's excellent music and thriving downtown. Daughter Cynthia and family live in Spokane where she works in the Department of Ecology. Philip and family live in Seattle where he is a police officer and works in the mayor's Office of Executive Protection. Jeffrey and his family recently moved to Spokane; he is a network engineer for Washington Dental Service. There are six grandchildren, two in each family, ages twenty to one year. Latest out of country travel was to Cuba—very enjoyable and educational. Sheila Robertson Curwen welcomed Eli, her first great-grandchild, in June, 2012. She says, "He joins my five grandchildren who live in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Washington State. I had the great opportunity to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching ESL and assisting in community development from 1990-1992. In retirement, I have been a seating host at the Seattle Mariners for ten years and volunteer at our local library and as a teacher docent at the local historical museum. I also serve on the board of the Bainbridge Island Senior Center. Singing has always been an important part of my life, with local chorales and church choir. Every election time has found me very involved in Democratic Party activities. I do deep water aerobics, chair yoga, and walk with a weekly walking group, all of which have helped keep me healthy...and then there's Sudoku, cribbage, bridge, mahjongg and crossword puzzles for the brain! I've been fortunate to travel quite a bit, of course, mainly to visit my children and their families. I have also rafted in the Grand Canyon, explored Iceland and Prague and will go to the Galapagos and Machu Picchu in January, 2014. Roger H. Madon has worked nearly 250 hours per month for over 40 years practicing law. "Now that I am working 160 hours per month I feel like I am on vacation, spending time between Florida and Massachusetts with an office in New York City. Over the years I have become a political animal and have written a book to prove it: American Haiku. I do not recommend it if one is weak of heart. I am working on a second book, titled Exhausted. Sue and I are grandparents of two with one more on the way. Time is growing short, yet there is so much left to do." Bill Pickens represented UVM at the inauguration of President Peter Salovey at Yale University.
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59 55th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
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60 Brian Harwood and Janet Savageau Harwood '77 are semi-retired, living in Waterbury, Vermont. Janet works as a middle school tutor for the Stern Center. Brian hosts a morning drive- time classical music program on a station in Stowe. They are contemplating a move to Burlington in a year to be closer to events at UVM and other offerings in the city. Virginia Low Coolidge relocated three years ago to Wake Robin, a continuing care retirement community in Shelburne, and loves being back in Vermont after 52 years. Ira Raff is living and working as a urologist in Florida part-time in Delray Beach. He writes, "I am active in sports: bike to work, tennis, golf, and stickball. I run a non-fiction book club, and health prof club. I retired from Danbury, Connecticut in 2007 but did not want to retire. My wife and I have traveled to southeast Asia, South America, and Antarctica. We have also kayaked in Alaska and Baja; we have our own double kayak and a tandem bicycle on which we have traveled across various states. In Iowa we were in an event called the RAGBRAI." Ruth Fundin Randle is proud of daughter Sarah Randle Murawski '91 who has recently opened Randolph (Vermont) Regional Veterinary Hospital on Route 12. Sarah is a graduate of Texas A&M Veterinary College, class of 2000, and for her, this is a dream come true! Grant Corson is pleased to announce the recent release of his two new books on Amazon, The Ratcatcher's Son and The Weed Road Chronicles. Sue Fidler Shimalla writes that she, her sisters, and brother-in-law continue to travel together several times a year. They recently made a road trip from sister Patty's in Sacramento, California, to New Mexico, and visited National Parks that were not affected by the government shutdown. Sandra Fidler '67 of Coral Gables, Florida, June Fidler Gendron '59 and husband, Ray Gendron '61, of Newport, Vermont enjoyed the sights with Sue and Patty.
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61Chuck Eldred reported, "August 12, 2013 was our 50th wedding anniversary. We celebrated in June at the Outer Banks of North Carolina with our three children and their spouses, and our eight grandchildren. In late September, we traveled to Ireland with a church group for eight days with a tour guide and then a week on our own." Sally and Jay Pedley of Northfield, Vermont, visited children and grandchildren in Colorado last summer, where they met Olympic skier Billy Kidd. While there, they also linked up with Ian Ferguson '60. Check out the alumni.uvm.edu/gallery for a picture of Sally and Jay Pedley with Billy Kidd. Adele Kahwajy says, "I am planning a trip to my hometown of Bennington, Vermont, in March to celebrate my 75th birthday. I would like to know what others of our class are planning for their 75ths." Jamie Jacobs writes, "Retirement continues to be rewarding. I'm doing many of the things I could only dream of while working as a cardiologist. In addition to playing golf, fishing, hunting, skiing in Utah, and traveling, I've helped develop a non-profit we call ABLE, Inc. (Assisting Better Living Everywhere, Inc.) which has two main thrusts: internationally, building, renovating or improving schools, often connected with orphanages; and, locally, assisting senior and/or disabled citizens with maintaining their residences to be livable and within local codes. We have sent missions to Haiti, Myanmar (Burma), Ghana and Kenya, as well as regionally to Kentucky/Appalachia this year. ABLE, Inc. has no administrative costs, as everything is done by volunteers. A couple of weeks ago, the Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Cardiology recognized me with their annual Honorable Maestro Award for lifetime achievement in cardiology." Cindy Beilig Bendelac continues to live in San Rafael, California, where she hikes, meditates, tends to an Airedale and sells imports from her Bendelac Ltd. Moroccan Collection, which includes folk art, kilim rugs, baskets, fashion-forward clothing and accessories. Cindy is in contact with Kathy Famiano Farrow, B K Marino Stropianno/ and Marion Force Abell '62. And Kathy Farrow writes,"I lost ten pounds this summer and fall by going on the J.J. Virgin Diet. I spent the entire summer having pneumonia, which might have more to do with the weight loss than the diet. Suzie Lopez O'Malley and I got together for a good gab fest last week". Kathy and Ced Farrow live in Shelburne, Vermont. Doug Benjamin '60 and Ellie Lissner Benjamin shared, "Our great news is that we finally have gotten a granddaughter to enroll in UVM. Rachel is a freshman this year and loves it. By coincidence our grandniece, Rachel, is a teaching assistant there getting her master's in math. Doug and I continue to travel and last winter we went through the Panama Canal and on to Costa Rica in January and spent the month of March in Florence, Italy. Our summers are spent in Castine on the Maine coast. We have several trips planned for 2014 and hope to get up to Vermont in the fall to visit our students." Lynda Foley Blevins says she is still playing tennis on one of the teams at her club, though not at the top of the ladder. She recently had lunch with Susan Pearlberg Weinstein who lives in Sacramento. Bob Hobbie writes, "Presently I am recovering from back surgery. As a physician I am learning to give up control and be a patient. Hopefully I will get back to work in a couple of weeks, at least part time. Besides Joyce, Jan Mashman has been my greatest advocate. It's been a close 56-year relationship dating back to freshman year at UVM—truly a special friend/brother." Ray Pecor was the inaugural David Hakins Award inductee into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame last fall. The Hakins Award recognizes a business leader or an organization for exceptional promotion and development of sports, athletics, and recreation in the state of Vermont. Ray is the owner of Vermont's lone affiliated minor league baseball team, formerly the Vermont Expos and now the Vermont Lake Monsters, an Oakland Athletics affiliate. Kay-Frances Mingolla Wardrope reported she was in Vermont this summer and had great fun with John and Jane Wood Andrews, along with Jim Whitmey '65 and Mary Ann Mingolla Whitney '63 at a Lake Monsters game. She caught a happy hour in Brunswick, Maine, with Carol McKillop Willard and Buff Harrington '60 and lunch with Jane Kelly Choate '60 in Middlebury. She says when the snow flies, think Hollywood, Florida. Roger Zimmerman says, "My wife, Lynne, has retired from pediatric nursing, but is very busy with a variety of things, including being on the board of our local senior college. I'm still working, but as per usual, in the winter, I cut way back in order to continue being a back-country ski guide, mostly out West. This year's backcountry trip to Yellowstone, my 27th year, is filled, as per usual. I graduated last June from the Maine Master Naturalist program, and have been doing volunteer work teaching kids as well as seniors about wildlife, the environment, etc." The November request for news got the following report from Lillia (Lynda Kittle) Davidson: "I'm currently at the homes of two sons and family that are living in Vancouver, British Columbia. We are surrounded by snowy mountains, and have picked the last persimmons from the tree outside. The frost came last night." Howard Brown retired from his New York CPA firm and has resided in Boulder, Colorado, for the past twenty years. He and his wife, Lynne, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in 2014. They have two sons, Douglas, who lives with his wife, Liz, and granddaughter, Samantha, in Denver; and Stephen, who is with his wife, Odete, and three grandsons in Wilton, Connecticut. They would love to hear from friends at firstname.lastname@example.com. G. Millard (Mill) Simmons MD'66 and Rosalie Simmons '62 moved from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and built a home in Sun City, Hilton Head, Okatie, South Carolina. Mill says, "The lifestyle, the many activities, and three golf courses motivated this latest adventure. Down-sizing was the main challenge and we're still going strong in spite of it, celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary in June, in the midst of the move." At the time we went to press, Kathe Brothers Allen and Louise Magram Weiner were organizing a UVM gathering in Naples, Florida for early February. We'll report on the event's success in the next Quarterly. If you have not provided your current email address to UVM (and over half our class has not!), you really should. UVM is now able to email everyone with a link to the UVM website for providing class news updates. It makes it really simple. Of course you can also send your class secretary an email or a snail mail at the addresses provided at any time. Joe Smyrski emailed, "My wife and I attended the Duke-UVM basketball game on November 24. We were very impressed with UVM even though they lost the game, 91 to 90. We were pleased so many UVM fans were at the game in Durham, North Carolina. From what we saw, UVM has a great team and they play together well. Go UVM!" Martha Nielsen shares, "I continue to enjoy life containing lots of family time, with husband, Louis, daughters, and grandchildren (eight, ages 22 to 12, oh where has the time gone?); theater, ushering and supporting our excellent local companies; reading for self and three book groups; and singing in two choruses: the large SATB Providence Singers
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62 Charles Wesley Stevens writes, "My father's decision to support my efforts to attend The University of Vermont was one of the best decisions he ever made. My Vermont education has allowed me to obtain a super but challenging job at the American Stock Exchange in New York City, a block away from Wall Street. After 39 years of increasing responsibilities at the Exchange, I retired with a significant pension which has allowed me to invest in certain publicly traded stocks all of which produce and sell medical-related products. Before retiring, I did not invest in any stocks because of the potential conflict of interest. In retirement, that conflict was erased and now I can buy any stock which I like. Check out IMMU and ISRG. I currently own many shares of seven companies. Thank you, UVM." Sara Kelton Jamharian and her husband, Jan, moved from Florida to be with their older son, who is a doctor of oriental medicine because of her husband's declining health. Tim (Dolly) Madison writes, "Just had my first visit to campus since graduation for the 50th Anniversary of UVM soccer. What a wonderful event, weekend, and visit. The campus has changed greatly since 1966 yet stayed the same. My wife thoroughly enjoyed the visit and campus as well during the weekend. It was a great joy to catch up with all of my old teammates and their lives and I enjoyed the alumni and varsity soccer games which were both victories. I continue to run a very successful financial planning practice in the Atlanta, Georgia area and do not know when I will truly retire as there is too much reward in helping others as a Certified Financial Planner. I have submitted a picture of the alumni crowd watching the varsity victory at alumni.uvm.edu/gallery. Jules Older shares that Effin (Ethelyn) Lawes Older '64 has a new app, Kickass Grammar. Along with answers to whether you capitalize 'atheist' (nope) or whether capitol means the city or the building (the building), it's filled with gossip: "Was Marilyn Monroe eager or anxious?"
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63 By the time you receive these class notes we will have celebrated our 50th reunion! We started the weekend with a reception at President Tom Sullivan and his wife Leslie's home and ended with our Class of 1963 recognized at the Green & Gold Brunch as the newest member of the Green & Gold club. We also received the University of Vermont Governor McCullough Reunion Trophy Cup for having the largest number of alumni represented at the reunion: 80. The President's Reception included our gracious hosts, standing room only as it was well attended, and a charming venue that spilled out onto beautiful gardens canopied with colorful foliage. President Sullivan spoke of UVM as we knew it in 1963. President Kennedy visited our campus during his presidential campaign. (I was there; how many of you were there to see and him in his navy blue overcoat?) President Sullivan spoke of our student center and the new Davis Center. He reiterated that new buildings such as the science labs would be a blend of traditional and classical architecture. After the reception, we walked to the white tent events that included a live band, dance floor, beverages, and food. As a dancer, I was impressed with the band and the 91-year-old gentleman who danced with his walker. I later found out that he was Fred Gear '38 and the father of our classmate Allen Gear. Saturday morning combined gray skies and a bit of drizzle with the Class of '63 parade to the applause of other alumni, parents, students, and volunteers. Saturday evening brought us to the Burlington Country Club for continued rekindling of friendships, dinner, and dancing. Many thanks to our class president, Jeff Falk, and Kae Gleason Dakin for their commitment and involvement in this special reunion. The most difficult part of reunion was saying goodbye to everyone after the Green and Gold Brunch. We promised each other that we would all return for our fifty-fifth. May we all enjoy a good, healthy life in the meantime. Lola DiGirolamo Lawrence, Elaine Stauber and I shared conversations on Saturday of reunion. Both of these dear friends, who were not able to attend, sent their best wishes to their classmates, Lola from Texas and Lainie from Arizona. We had a mini contingency from Oregon and Washington that included Nora Barclay Terwilliger and her husband, Bob Noble; and Mary Bunting Decher and her husband, Reiner. Linda Hicks Deftos wrote that she was so glad to take the plunge to go diagonally across the country to return to UVM. Although she remembered quite a few names, she remembered few of the faces of 50 years ago. She was not in a sorority, or clubs, her sports were individual (skiing, ice skating, horseback riding), and her course of study (major in speech language pathology with a minor on psychology) did not have many students. Linda was amazed and pleased that so many people remembered her, even though they couldn't see her name tag (usually twisted backwards). Linda is very pleased that UVM seems to be infusing the students with a respect for the environment, living green, and practicing recycling which keeps more stuff out of our landfills. She was delighted to find a very diverse student body and staff (ethnic, racial, religious) drawn from around the world and lucky to see some beautiful fall foliage. Lyn Lifshin writes that she has two new books published this fall: A Girl Goes Into the Woods, New York Quarterly; Tangled as the Alphabet: The Istanbul Poems, Nightballet Press. She also has four books soon to be published: Malala, Poetic Matrix Press; Secretariat, the Red Freak, The Miracle; Texas Review Press; Luminous Women: Eneduanna, Scherherazade, Nefertiti, Glass Lyre; and Lips, Blues Blue Lace-on The Outside, Gale Resear series 2002-2013. Linda Joseph Kaye-Moses shared, "I am in the process of completing my third book, the second of two jewelry instruction books. Additionally, a jewel of mine has been selected as a finalist in the 2014 Saul Bell Design Awards International Competition. My husband, Evan J. Soldinger, and our Katrina rescue wonder dog, Misha, continue to thrive in our 1834 farmhouse in the hills of western Massachusetts." David Brandstein writes, "I want to thank you for sending me the Quarterly for so many years. Even though I've enjoyed reading about the university and other graduates, I've not contacted you or others before. But there's always a first time for everything! Here's a little something about me: I should have graduated with the class of '62, but took time off to travel and live in Europe and the Middle East. I played freshman and varsity basketball at UVM for several years and have faithfully followed news of the program since then. After UVM, I went on to graduate schools at New York University and Indiana University and have been teaching English and cultural studies, mostly American Indian, at various colleges and universities, full-time at Brooklyn College, Bard College, and Yale University. After opening up a cultural adventure travel enterprise, I continued to teach part-time. I've lived, taught, and organized trips in northern Arizona (Prescott) for 19 years. I live in a National Forest and make sure that I hike in it on a daily basis. Because of this, I remain relatively healthy and fit, though I had to give up basketball, running, and jumping, many years ago. Even though I grew up in New York City, my contact with urban areas is limited to visiting my daughter and her family in San Diego. I would enjoy hearing from others." Please see our classnotes online, uvm.edu/vq, for a report on last fall's Reunion.
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64 50th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email email@example.com. By the time you receive this news it will be 2014, the year of our 50th reunion. I hope you will mark your calendars for October 10-12 and join the festivities to celebrate our 50 years since graduation. You will be happy you do. There will be a lovely weekend planned for all of you. Make your reservations early so that you can stay where you choose. Judy Ruskay Rabinor just published her second book, Befriending Your Ex After Divorce: Making Life Better for You, Your Kids and Yes, Your Ex. She also returned from an amazing camel trek in the Talamara Desert in western China. She is hoping to see you in October at our 50th reunion. Darrell Simino loves retirement! He is getting ready for another season volunteering with tax preparation for seniors and low-income citizens which he finds very rewarding! He writes, "Betty volunteers as a case reviewer for Department of Children and Families, another rewarding, though upsetting, task. We go to the Y often to keep our bodies fit; volunteer as constituents in an Alzheimer's study at Boston University; volunteer on the advisory of the Royal 50's Club for Commerce Bank and help out with the grandchildren (four total) when asked. I don't know how I ever worked!" Susan Barber shared that Valerie Felten Robinson celebrated her 70th birthday with husband, Bryant, by visiting Oaxaca, a beautiful city in Mexico. They live in Chapala, Mexico. She also took two trips with classmate Janet Lang Feldmann. One was to Las Vegas, where they enjoyed the shows with several other friends and reminisced about college days. The other was with her family members to Mt. Desert Island, Maine. They revisited all the places they had gone for many summers when their kids were growing up. Valerie continues to spend summers at their home on Lake Champlain but heads south before the snow flies. Retirement is one continuous vacation and she is loving it. She writes, "Hope to see you all in October on our University of Vermont campus!"
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65 Connie Frisbie Block moved from Columbus, Ohio, to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to be nearer six of her nine grandchildren. "There's plenty to do in our active adult community, plus good local activities and lots of historical places (think Civil War) to visit in the region." Ann Wyle Gordinier finally retired and closed her Seattle interior design firm started in 1978. "Now I'm traveling more, 'wintering' in the Palm Desert area and enjoying hosting old friends. Would love to hear from you if you're in the area." Al Pristaw has been a practicing optometrist since 1970. He has two grown children, Joshua Harris Pristaw, age 37, Manhattan; and Dara Pristaw Sweatt, age 34, Framingham, Massachussets. Al has grandchildren Charles Markham Pristaw, age 2, and Finley Sophia Troy Sweatt, age 20 months. Al enjoys life in Vermont, keeping in touch with his classmates, hiking, fly fishing, and canoeing in Vermont's remote bodies of water. His love of reading includes years of studying world history. He recently was honored to lecture on black history at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Pristaw family welcomed a third grandchild in December. Al regards his years at UVM as the great opportunity of life. David Kauder recently retired from being the managing partner of a nine-doctor urology group in Massachusetts. "I live with my wife Susan of 45 years in Marblehead. I have two boys, one to be married this summer who is a network engineer for an East Coast law firm; the other is a scientist in a West Coast biotech company. We expect our first grandchild this winter. I am still an avid skier, heli-skier, cyclist, and book reader. We enjoy travel in the United States as well as internationally. We have done medical and educational missions to Haiti, Belize, and Honduras." Marc Stephen Chalkin retired from practicing general and cosmetic dentistry in Toms River, New Jersey, in 2009. "I moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where my children and five grandchildren live. After being a dentist in New Jersey for 41 years, I missed dentistry and started volunteering at the Mother Theresa free dental clinic in Tulsa." This past August, Scott Severance '65, Jerry Smith '65, Paul Hurley '65, Dick Lawson '64, and Bob Greco '64 made a road trip in true Sigma Nu style to visit brother, Bob Davidson '66, in Scarborough, Maine. Frank Foerster recently accompanied his wife, Sharon, on a four-month stay in Cuba to run a study abroad program at the University of Havana. While Sharon worked on academic matters, Frank was the "money man," distributing Cuba's two currencies as no American credit cards or ATMs were allowed. Frank says Cuba was an unbelievable experience. Cuba's people are lively and welcoming, and the cultural scene of art, music and dance rivaled anywhere in the world they have visited. Frank particularly liked the universal education (98 percent literacy), the universal healthcare system, and the ban on any kind of guns in the streets. He hopes that someday soon the United States and Cuba will restore diplomatic relations so there would be free travel and commerce. He urges classmates and others to visit this "island paradise with its white sand beaches and turquoise waters. After all, the two countries are neighbors and only 90 miles apart." Barbara Bartles Devoy retired from a laboratory manager position in 2009 and is currently doing some per diem work in a microbiology laboratory. Janet Cochran Mansfield worked 18 years in hospital nursing, then 25 years as a school nurse before retiring in June, 2008. She is enjoying her grandchildren. Marci Bullock Woodrow celebrated 50 years of friendship with Julie Pfannsteihl Writer when they met in Bangkok in November. Marci was visiting her son and family in Laos, where he is working with the State Department. Julie and her family have lived in Thailand for the past several years. An energetic group of alumni, friends and UVM Athletics Department staff gathered in the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame Room on September 26, 2013 to commemorate the June 1976 U.S. Boxing Team's pre-Olympic Box-Off competition at Patrick Gym and honor Richard "Dick" Whittier who played a key role in the success of that event. The occasion was highlighted by the unveiling of a framed composite featuring boxing action photos, the event's publicity poster with signatures from members of the U.S. Boxing Team, and a brief narrative describing the accomplishments of the highly regarded 1976 U.S. Boxing Team which won five gold medals, a silver, and a bronze at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The poster was donated in Dick Whittier's honor by Fred "Chico" Lager '75 and his wife, Yvette Pigeon '80, G'87, EdD'99. Lager and Pigeon are pictured on the right side of the photo. Others attending this special gathering included past and present UVM Athletic Department staff including current director Bob Corran, former director Denis Lambert '54 and former UVM Hockey Coach Mike Gilligan; former UVM hockey players Ted Child '74, Will MacKinnon '74, and Ted Castle '74; former WCAX-TV Sports director, Tony Adams; Dave Matthews '66 and Alan Abair '66 who chaired the Vermont Athletic Association which hosted the Box-Off competition. See a photo at alumni.uvm.edu/gallery.
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66 Philip Buttaravoli's medical text book Minor Emergencies has become a popular source of comprehensive information regarding the management of everyday non-life threatening emergencies, information that is often not adequately covered in major medical texts. "I had help from co-author and fellow UVM alum, Steve Leffler, MD. I am presently working as Ship's Doctor on the Silver Spirit sailing on the Mediterranean. Minor Emergencies won first prize in the surgery category at the British Medical Association Book Awards in November of 2013. Alice Ostrove Miller retired this May after 26 years in Temple administration and 21 years of retailing. "Now I am an outside sales counselor for pre-need funeral arrangements for Levitt-Weinstein. Every year our local Aephi sisters have been meeting in the winter for a reunion in south Florida. This year we will be meeting on January 12, 2014 in Pompano. Attendees this year will be Ellen Montrose Cohen, Margie Bohrer Sussman '67, Susan Strassberg Davis '67, Janet Levine Tobey '67, Claudia Serwer '67, Syndee Feuer '67, Merry Rodgers Kaplan '65, Noelle Kramer Parket '65, Lynn Wenger Frankel '66, Linda Sharfstein Stoler '65, and Alice Ostrove Miller." Donald Sawyer is retired from the practice of urology this past September. "I am still trying to get used to the idea of not working, but overall I am quite pleased with the decision to hang it up. Recently, I was in Burlington with my significant other. A walk around the campus brought back many good memories and I was delighted with all of the progress at UVM. Downtown Burlington has certainly changed. Have remained in close touch with Anne and Larry Miller and Karolynn and Norm Coleman. Hard to believe that in three years it will be 50 years since graduating from UVM." Arthur M. "Rusty" Brink shared that the fourth annual Treasure Coast Classic was held at the Monarch Country Club in Palm City, Florida: "Backs v. Linemen." Ron Hertel '65, Bob Mitchell '68, Rusty Brink and Ed Kiniry took part. "Ed is very old and needs to sit, especially since the Backs lost again!" Pharilda Galloway writes that he retired from General Dynamics in 2006 and has been enjoying part-time work as the administrative assistant for Faith United Methodist Church. She and her dog, Indy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, are a therapy dog team with Pet Partners and enjoy visiting senior living centers and students at UVM. Tom Spector and his wife, Joanna, are now living in North Carolina where he teaches meditation and healing www.hathahouse.com and she teaches yoga. He also is a consultant for drug discovery and development specializing in cancer and antiviral medicines: tomspector.com. He continues to love skiing and recently started to play ice hockey. This past summer he and his wife spent 10 days backpacking in the Wind River Range with Richard Silverstein '67. Tom would like to hear from classmates who may use either of the referenced websites. My husband, Ken McGuckin, and I enjoyed a few days in November with Judy Claypoole Stewart and her husband, Jack '65, at their new vacation condo in Vero Beach, Florida. Both are actively engaged in the Ithaca, New York, volunteer community where they make their permanent home. Ken and I also spent some time over the Thanksgiving holiday with Carol Neiman Spatz and her husband, Dean, at their vacation home in Scottsdale, Arizona. They enjoy a permanent residence in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The ladies are all sorority sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta.
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67 We are pleased to announce the publication of a book honoring Kingsley Hammett's work as a journalist. The Architecture of Change: Building a Better World is a collection of articles demonstrating a new view of who actually impacts the built environment. The articles come from fifteen years of Designer/Builder: A Journal of the Human Environment, a magazine he founded and published with his wife, Jerilou, who co-edited the book. The book is available at Amazon and other online retailers. Kingsley passed away suddenly in 2008. This book is a tribute to his life and work. Matt Brown now lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina, with his wife, Margie. After numerous relocations over 24 years, he retired from senior management with Hallmark Cards in 1995 to care for a terminally-ill spouse. He has since retired from a second career as a commercial broker/owner of Fairway Commercial Realty and as a small business advisor to SCORE. He and his wife enjoy golf, traveling, and visiting with their four children and three grandchildren. Life is good on the links. Robert Sausville says, "Congratulations to UVM on 50 years of hockey. It seems like just a few years since we first stepped on the ice for that first season." David and Betsy Hamilton Neumeister '67 enjoyed a long-planned trip to South Africa in May. They learned more about this country so rich in resources but bound by generations of apartheid. They visited the Robben Island Prison of Nelson Mandela and met Desmond Tutu. In October, David was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry. He has held numerous dental leadership positions in New England and served as an officer of the American Dental Association. He has also started two dental clinics in Vermont and writes that UVM is where he learned to compartmentalize activities, love chemistry (thanks to Wendell Witcher), and make lifelong friends.
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68 Bill H. Schubart's newest novel, I Am Baybie, is available at bookstores everywhere. I Am Baybie, a novel based on the true story of the Reverend Baybie Hoover and her friend and Deaconess of Music, Virginia Brown, two blind women from the Midwest who spent many years singing on the streets of New York. This is the story of Baybie's courage and endurance in the face of adversity. She tells her own story. For readers of I am Baybie, the story is enriched by the www.IAmBaybie.com website where one can see a gallery of images of the two remarkable women, hear their music, and read excerpts from the novel. Pat Hall Hunt and Mark Hunt of Huntstock.com have launched www.DisabilityImages.com. Please take a look at it and also 'Like' us on Facebook.com/DisabilityImages. The site represents imagery for publishing concerning positive lifestyles of people with real disabilities. Richard Tinervin writes, "Earlier in 2013 I shut down my private equity consulting business that I have had for the last eleven years after taking early retirement from Citigroup, and became the CEO of CumulusWorld. CumulusWorld is a Cloud Architected software company that has been around since 1989, with its primary application in Human Capital Management. We continue to live in New York City and Hilton Head Island. One of our sons is the CEO of a hospital in San Francisco, with the other being the co-owner of a software company in Munich, Germany. Our daughter graduated from college two years ago and is a ballerina having danced in Italy and now with a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our best to everyone, especially my fellow Sig Eps." Coulman Trip Westcott says, "Hi to Delt Psi buds, and to those from other houses were I used to hang. If my time machine would run, I would be back in a heartbeat. Jules Verne where are you when we all need you? Meanwhile, back in the jungle, I'm still teaching school, mostly math and science. Someday I will quit, move south, be broke, and play music all night and fish all day. I enjoy two grand kids and another due soon." Jack Rosenberg says, "Hi everyone! This year, there were over 1,700 entries submitted to the 2013 Washington Post Travel Photo Contest and I am honored to have been selected as one of the 13 finalists. If you don't get the paper, as I would imagine most of my out-of-town friends and relatives don't, you can see my work, and the other winners on the Washington Post's website. I hope you enjoy." Lee J. Roy writes "Great to see Class of '68: Bill Dunn, Jack Semler, Curt Tobey, Bob Schroeder, and Doug Krebs at the 50th Men's Hockey Reunion. Great to celebrate with other teammates as well. Great weekend!"
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If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email email@example.com. James Ryan wants to share that he recently retired from his position on the Norwich University faculty. He is spending more time fly fishing and playing his trumpet while catching up on his reading and writing. Donna Loizeaux Wilson writes that roommates, math majors, and Class of '69 grads finally reconnected and had a reunion last summer in Woodstock, Vermont, after 43 years! Sally Andrews Achey, Phyllis Jayson Parrott and Donna Loizeaux Wilson got together for the fun. Frank Resnick says, "Congratulations to my classmate and good friend for all these years, Barry S. Anton, who was recently named president-elect of the American Psychological Association. Heinz Ansbacher would be very proud!" Class President Steve Kunken is looking forward to the October reunion and hopes many classmates are making plans to come to our 45th. He also reports that his son Charlie (Cornell, Class of 2005) was married during the Columbus Day weekend last year in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Charlie works for Skanska, USA and lives in New York City. His second son, Jake, graduated from University of Maryland in environmental science and plans on a career in stand-up comedy. Steve will keep us posted on his progress. Steve's wife, Nicolette Pach (Colby 1970, Boston College Law School, 1972), had her first quilting/fabric show in early November 2013 in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. She is a Judicial Hearing Officer in the Queens County Family Court after serving for ten years as a Suffolk County New York Family Court Judge. And Steve is still practicing criminal law in Commack, New York but his big thrill was playing in the 60+ men's hardball tournament in Fort Myers, Florida last November, for which he worked hard on developing a changeup pitch. Valerie Audette Hall is close to the completion of her doctorate in fisheries oceanography from the University of Massachusetts School of Marine Science. Her specialty is the reproduction and population dynamics of the bay scallop. Many may remember Tim Stabler, who received his doctorate at our graduation and was a lab instructor for anatomy and physiology when we were freshmen. He has been a volunteer at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry since retiring from teaching at Indiana University Northwest in 2004. He invites UVM alumni to drop in on Thursday mornings. Tim is also editor of QRP Quarterly, an amateur radio magazine for which he writes the Clubhouse column. He'll be at the reunion this year. Pam Marvinney Banks sold her home in New Jersey and is now located in the Washington, D.C. area. Her son, Jim, graduated from George Washington University and is now doing graduate work at George Mason University. Pam still enjoys working as a consultant. Mary Moninger Elia is enjoying retirement and the ability to travel in the fall. She and husband, Pat, have been spending a week or two each fall hanging out in various European destinations (mostly Italy). While at home, she is active as secretary of the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans. She is especially thankful there was not a third hurricane reaching Long Island Sound this year. Irene and Sandy broke through her seawall and did exterior damage from which they are still recovering. Paul Woodard retired after 35 years of teaching at the University of Alberta. His news is that he has four grandchildren: two almost next door, and two in Charlotte, North Carolina, with whom he and his wife, Pris, spend as much time as possible. During the winter, however, they can be found in Arizona or other warm spots like Thailand or Mexico. Beth Bergman Polazzo has been traveling extensively in North and South America, and eastern and western Europe, most recently in Lisbon to do equestrian training last April. When not traveling, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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70 Bill Mark Laufer has been voted one of the top 100 attorneys in New Jersey for the 11th consecutive year by New Jersey Monthly. He and his wife, Angie, are proud to announce their first grandchild, Sienna Konkus. They have four daughters and expect more grandchildren to come. Lorraine Parent Racusen MD'75 and her husband, Richard H. Racusen PhD'75, continue to live in Maryland. Lorraine is still a professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, travelling a lot, and dreaming of retirement. Richard is enjoying his retirement from the University of Maryland, staying very busy with many activities and interests, including travel. Their oldest son, Chris, is a senior mechanical design engineer at a spacecraft company near San Francisco, and his younger brother, Darren Racusen '11, is working as head of client relations at a company in San Ramone, California. Lorraine has enjoyed meeting with Deb Dever from the UVM Foundation. Richard and Lorraine visited their boys for Thanksgiving last year and took in a Sharks hockey game while there.
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71 Liz Farman '68, of Williston, contacted me in August to inform me that one of our classmates had passed away. Elisabeth "Betty" Burbank was a veteran educator in our community. She died on November 30, 2012. She had retired from long-standing positions (30+ years) that she had held as music educator in the Essex Junction, Vermont, schools and as organist and music director at the First United Methodist Church in Burlington, Vermont. I was so sorry to hear this news and wanted to be sure classmates knew of Betty's passing. From Marc Milowksy, "We are at four grandchildren and counting. Megan '00 has two, Brooklyn and Madden O'Connor. Molly '09 has one, Gunner Frate; and Morgan has one, Sienna Needs. Annie Viets and I rode the Prouty again this year to raise money for Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Annie and her daughter Anna '11 rode the 100 and I wimped out and rode the 50 this year. Anna rode the 100 with no training. She is an iron woman like her mom. Annie spent the night with Patty and me, and of course we reminisced about old times at Groovy UV. Yes, your name did come up along with Mags Caney Conant, Mike Levine, John Mahwhinney, and a host of others. It is always great to see her. Patty '73 and I are off to Italy in October to bike and celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary—from Maypo." Keith Pillsbury '69 and Penelope DeLaire Pillsbury celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in August by enjoying visits by family and friends at their cottage "The Pillsbury Patch" on Metcalf Pond in Fletcher. They are proud of their two adult children: Ellen, who is a senior planner in Duluth, Minnesota, and Caleb, who has been teaching choral music, guitar and music theory at Mount Mansfield Union High School for ten years. Retiring three years ago from his teaching career in Essex Town schools, Keith is serving in his 24th year on the Burlington School Board; he has been board chairman and is now chair of the finance committee. He is a vestry and flower guild member at Saint Paul's Cathedral and volunteers at J.U.M.P. After 28 years, Penny is still having a lot of fun as the director of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction. She continues to enjoy singing in the Saint Paul's choir, loves kayaking, reading, and cross country skiing, gardening, and biking. She has been a Rotarian since 1987. Sandra Campbell Simpson is still working for the Defense Logistics Agency doing medical logistics for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. It has been a very busy and fast paced environment with lots of contacts with interesting folks in some really out-of-the-way places. Nancy Clark, R.N.'71 has just returned from her fall month long trip to Zimbabwe where she works with AIDS orphans and their care givers. She has done some incredible things in Zimbabwe. Please go to the website to learn more. http://www.zienzele.org. Two of her UVM nursing classmates, Jackie Simpson and Vicki Swenor serve on the board of directors for Zienzele. And, I heard from Tim Scott as I was wrapping up my column. Tim has moved from the New York metro area to Jacksonville, Florida and now works for the U.S. Department of Labor there. He highly recommends the area for its warmth, great cultural scene, and interesting folks who've relocated just like he has. He recommends signing on to MeetUp.Org in any area—he's enjoying hiking and biking with folks with similar interests. Who would have thought 40+ years ago, we'd be logging onto the internet to make meaningful connections! Liz Mead Foster and I had lunch recently and she's enjoying her grandson, Fritz. In closing, Richard and I walked 100 miles on the West Highland Way of Scotland, and found the sights amazingly beautiful. We are finding that we can push through a full day of walking, and still enjoy the scenery, felow walkers, and each other! My twin grandsons, Dima and Daniel are three and continue to bring me incredible joy.
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72 Judith La Forge Silva tells us, "I finished my book, The Voyage of Yankee Lady Circumnavigating New England on a Sailboat. It's about six retired sailors, my husband and four other friends on three boats. It's an exciting fun book, 3,000 miles of history, geography, sailing, and people adventures. It's available at the UVM bookstore and on Amazon. Richard Nelson shares, "I'm mostly retired now, living outside Annapolis, Maryland, on the Chesapeake with my wife of 33 years, Gloria. I do a little work, including finishing my second electronic book. I'm working with the Defense Information Systems Agency at the moment to reassign my copyright for my first book, An Overview of the Defense Information Systems Agency Open Source Corporate Management Information System, to DISA in order for them to be able to modify and update it as needed in the future. Carol Fitzgerald says "I have lived in three states and have a degree from an institution in each of these states. They are Purdue, University of Vermont, and Syracuse University. I'd recommend all three to others looking to enrich their lives through great educations."
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73 Robert McWilliam, M.D., sings in the Connecticut Choral Society chorus. This year they performed in Carnegie Hall and an In Memoriam concert in Newtown attended by Reg Griggs '73 and his lovely wife, Betsy. Elizabeth "Betty" Rice Lewis and Gary celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this summer and fall with a road trip to Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York. This fall, they traveled to the Bahamas for another relaxing experience which was a gift from their church where Gary is the minister. Betty also had the opportunity to get together with two UVM classmates this summer, Barb Hawkins Collins and Cathy Robinson Honeywell. "We had some great times of sharing together. I am planning on retiring after almost 40 years in education on June 30, 2014. I am enrolled in UVM's Extension Service Master Gardener Course that begins in February 2014. It will be a fun new adventure." Karen Blakney is serving as the Bureau of Land Management's National Climate Change Coordinator which is an ongoing challenge. "It will be a different world than we remember winters in Burlington."
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If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Lucie Malinski recently had a birthday celebration that began with the receipt of the Cooperman-Bogue Kids First Award. This award is given to an outstanding social service worker in Pinellas County Florida by The Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County. "It was a great honor and a wonderful way to celebrate my birthday!" Frank Luisi writes that UVM and its caring teachers, coaches, and friends has an influence that continues on. "As a teacher and coach, and college advisor, I am blessed to have the opportunity to share the spirit of Vermont with my students and athletes. Recently, at Oceanside, we welcomed Victoria Macridis, an admissions counselor and alumnus. She visited with our students to share information about UVM. Vicky did such a tremendous job. I have also been blessed to work as an advisor for NCAA college bound student-athletes helping young people find a college that will help them grow as people and as students, as UVM has done for all of us." Nancy Altha Simerl writes, "Hi folks, I left Vermont trained for agriculture, but I've been paid for livestock management, medical statistics, therapeutic massage (two- and four-legged), and public library management in the 40 years since. I have a fat and happy Morgan mare that traces back to the UVM herd and I still use all the knowledge I gained at UVM. My life is good, I hope that yours is too!" John Simpson and Suzanne visited South Africa in 2002 and have wonderful photos of animals while on safari but were most touched by a visit to the Nkomo Primary School and meeting the children and its dynamic principal. They have returned seven times to visit, volunteer and provide support to the many orphans at the school. They continue to stay in frequent contact with their new friends at the school. To tell this inspiring story they started making a documentary film about the school and how it has changed the lives of not just the children but the entire community as well. They are now in post-production and expect to be finished in 2014. Check out the website, Facebook and YouTube "Under Four Trees." I had a wonderful time at Reunion 2013, especially seeing friends from Delta Delta Delta that I had not seen in a long time. And, this wasn't even our class year for reunion! Our 40th class reunion is this year! Save the date, October 10-12, 2014. You just have to see the improvements to UVM, beautiful Burlington and, of course, all of those long lost friends. We will have a wonderful visit.
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75 UVM is celebrating the 50th anniversary of ice hockey this year. There was an alumni weekend celebration for past members of the hockey team and more than 100 former players were in attendance. It was fun to see Peter Brady and John Murphy representing our class as well as many other former players. Pamela Collier Hunt '75 and her husband, Herbert G. Hunt III '74, G'78 and former UVM professor 1987-2001, have moved to San Luis Obispo, California. After almost 12 years in Southern California where Herb taught at California State, Long Beach, they decided they needed a change. Herb accepted a position in the business school at Cal Poly and they moved to the beautiful central coast over the summer. They are enjoying this wonderful part of the country. Before moving, they drove all the way to Vermont for a heartfelt visit and loved being back in New England, spending time with family and friends. Vermont is never far from their thoughts! Mariella Squire is a professor of anthropology and department chair in behavioral and social sciences at the University of Maine at Fort Kent; interests in ethnobotany, folklore, medical anthropology, and identity. Most recent grant: (2013) to restore the Acadian heritage historic gardens at UMFK. David Bourneuf retired from AT&T in 2011 after 34 years and eight relocations. "I'm enjoying retirement, playing golf and awaiting the arrival of our first grandchild this coming December. Our son, Matt, is a first-year medical student at University of Texas, so things are getting busy." William Gordon shares that after more than 30 years in the West, split between Denver and San Francisco, I returned to the east to my hometown of Westport, Connecticut. One of my three sons attended UVM (Nathan, BSAD '09) and had a fantastic experience. Bert Rouleau writes, "I just celebrated my 30th year of private practice in orthodontics and have the honor of having my son, Aaron, join the practice. I want people to know that our son, Nic, is starring in the hit Broadway musical, Book of Mormon, in New York. He plays the lead role of Elder Price. Go see the show and say 'Hello' to Nic. Glory Lanphear Douglass Reinstein remarried a few years ago and started a business, Bluebird Promotions, to help promote Vermont singer/songwriters. She plans to retire from her position as music educator at Essex High School in 2015.
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76 Don Nelinson says, "Oh, happy day! Just bought a house in Wilmington, Vermont, for winter and summer fun! Still working in medical communications in New Jersey but looking forward to time at the new place." Dana Pumphrey Gourley and her husband, Rob, continue to stay busy in Florida with their green technology, therapeutic products, and offshore Super Boat Extreme race team (REDS/Watt-Ahh Offshore Racing). Throttle Up, Class of '76!" Jan A. D'Angelo< writes, "I've come a long way since being the Sigma Nu designated pilot to fly to Boston to pick up the Catamount mascot (as immortalized in "A Guy Named Cross. A Place Called Vermont.") Today, I am in the spaceship business as vice president, business development of AdamWorks in Denver, a composites engineering/manufacturing firm. Notable projects include the Dream Chaser, which just completed its first flight, and the XCOR Lynx, a space tourism vehicle. Other products we manufacture are on military aircraft flying in Afghanistan and have been very effective in supporting our troops. Lynn Vera is a school counselor at the Center for Technology, Essex, Vermont. She works with teenagers to make connections between school and careers. She is focused on equity and pathways and support for non-traditional career choices. She loves travel and the ocean, and recently traveled by boat down the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam. She also traveled to Phuket to snorkel. Suzanne Flynt shared this, "My book, Poetry to the Earth: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Deerfield, was recently published in conjunction with Memorial Hall Museum's exhibition "Skilled Hands and High Ideals in Deerfield, Massachusetts," where I work as curator. Donna Laurin is still living in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, working full time as an ElderCare Clinician for a community mental health center. "I have a LICSW and have worked with children and families for many years before switching to working with the elderly. I have four adult children and two grandchildren. One son, Tyler Laurin Scher '11, graduated from UVM several years ago and my daughter graduated from University of New England in 2013. I am still in touch with several UVM classmates but haven't gone to any reunions. Life is good!" Elizabeth "Ebeth" Oliver Scatchard tells us the 40th reunion of APEX, UVM's primary education program, was absolutely phenomenal! Dean Corrigan, Charlie Rathbone and Frank Watson brought many to tears with their insightful remarks. 2013 also brought major exciting changes for the Scatchard family. Their son, Brooke, bought his first home in Morristown, Vermont. His brother Ross and Metzi Anderson were married in Stowe. Jean Graham Hight shares that Steve Hight '76 and she have lived in Marshfield, Massachusetts, for 30 years! "I work as a nurse educator for the Plymouth Public Schools. I will be completing a master's degree in education/school nursing this spring. Steve is a project manager for IBM. We enjoy vacationing at our summer cottage on the Vineyard." Martha Hoffman Goedert writes, "I read the alumni news and look for names and events that touch my heart and memory. I am still working, as a nurse midwife and family nurse practitioner, along with teaching in the graduate nursing program at the University of Missouri. My husband, James, is an engineering professor. I have been lucky with love. We have had marvelous experiences working in Mali, Uganda, Haiti, Togo, and Kenya while combining forces working alongside our global neighbors. My best Vermont memories are the runs along Spear Street, my compassionate friends, especially Marian Carow Entin, biking to Stowe with strong gals, being hostessed by the many locals who were aware that I was the only Missouri farm kid, running cross country, singing in Madrigals and choir, and learning with fabulous fellow students in nursing and in human nutrition. I have way too many children to write about, and am afraid to say that I have taught family planning for years! It is a joy to see what accomplishments have come from my UVM classmates. I wish for each of you great vision and energy for the upcoming decades that follow our collective 60th birthdays! Amy Christensen has been named executive director of Samaritan Center for Young Boys & Families. The organization intervenes with boys and families making bad life choices. The boys struggle with behavioral and academic issues as a result of dysfunctional families and/or poor parenting. Samaritan Center works with both the boys and the families for significant improvement and family reconciliation through its residential and counseling program. Amy is responsible for the overall management of and fundraising for the non-profit organization. Families pay only what they can afford so 100 percent of the boys receive significant scholarship monies. Samaritan Center receives no government funding to accomplish its mission.
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77 I want you all to appreciate a moment in the life of the UVM '77 class secretary. The Alumni Office sends me a note a few weeks before it's time for them to send out an email to you all, wherein I shame and embarrass you into sending news to the alumni office. I write said email and send it back to them. Weeks pass and then they send me a Word file, included in which are the news items sent in response to my harangue. I download. I click. My palms are sweaty and I feel a deep sense of dread. I fear the sound of crickets. Imagine my delight! Thanks to all of you who did not respond like Cool Hand Luke. Dana Conroy says "Hi!" and shares details of an impressive career: "My years at UVM majoring in mass communications helped start me on a career in television news and entertainment. After working at The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC News and NBC News, I'm doing work for Human Rights Watch now and living in New York and Philadelphia, where my husband works for NBC. I see friends from UVM as often as possible, and recently got together with many of them for a memorial service to celebrate Walter Hutchins' '80 life. Walter died over the summer in a bicycling accident. It was bittersweet, but he would have loved it. We'll miss you, Gator." Robert Walsh writes, "Although reading class notes about retirement and grandchildren reaffirms what a late bloomer I have been, as I contemplate my elementary school children and a seemingly ever receding vision of retirement, life is full." Judy Stroffoleno Thompson and her husband Wesley built a house in North Ferrisburgh, Vermont, where they have raised their two daughters Eliza and Lilly. Eliza Thompson '12 graduated from UVM in May 2012 and Lilly is currently a junior at UVM. Judy has many fond memories of the good old Jeanne Mance days and would love to hear from her pals Piper and Syd! Tag Carpenter (one of my SAE pledgemates!) visited Dana's daughter Hannah '17 on campus for Homecoming and gave her and his wife the tour of Delta Psi. They were stunned by the design and architecture. "Can't wait until it is renovated!" Glad to hear that impressive mansion is still standing, Tag. I fondly recall hitting golfballs at the slate roof from the deck of SAE. We were so jealous of you guys. After 46 years in Vermont Michael Agusta moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, "chasing the sun and surf in our semi-retirement. In Burlington, our home of 27 years was between Kappa Alpha Theta and SAE. When we moved there we weren't much older than the students around us. Now, some of the mom and dads of the students there are looking younger. Happy with the move south but will always visit the "hill" in the summer. By the way, the Wilmington area has a Burlington feel to it. College, downtown, arts, airport." Bill Klipp and his wife, Linda, just got back from a month-long photo safari to Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Kenya. The highlight, though, was mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda. If you have not checked out Bill's photo website at www.wkimages.net, it is awesome and inspiring. David Marc Katz still owns a motel in southern Vermont after 40 years now. "I have two children who currently live at the motel: Michael who is 30 and Jennifer who is 26. On a sad note, my wife, Christine, passed away in October 2012 after her battle with cancer. We were married for 25 years." Deepest sympathies from the whole class, David. Laura Yatvin laments that she does not get to Burlington very often. "My niece is a senior majoring in music education and has loved her years there just as I did. I majored in nutrition at UVM and have continued to work in the field all these years as a registered dietitian and a certified diabetes educator in Philadelphia. I have been living in Philadelphia for the past 26 years and have two sons, 22 and 24." Paul D. Dunkling reports, "I am still working hard at my dental practice just one block north of the beautiful UVM Green! My daughter Angie Dunkling '11 graduated from UVM Honors College in December of 2011 and is now in her second year at Tufts School of Dental Medicine! Son, Thomas Dunkling '16, and stepson, Cody Putre '16, are busy studying and enjoying college life on campus as sophomores at UVM! It's nice to feel so connected to a great university. Go Cats GO!" Francine Lynch says hello from New York City, "I am reporting on two get-togethers with fellow classmates. In August, I had dinner in Harvard, Massachusetts at the home of Gail Coolidge and husband, Michael Lauer, joined by Ken Rothwell and wife, Pam, who came out from Newtonville. We had a blast telling tales of Living/Learning, the Medieval/Renaissance Program and B. T. McGuire's. I am in regular contact with Gail, and see Ken every eight years or so. Then in October I got together with Candice Parker Campbell, here in New York, who I had not seen in 35 years! She is living in Vermont, and we caught up on life over prime rib at The University Club. I have not been to Vermont in 20 years and now have an open invitation from Candace. I run into Kim McSparren in the Hamptons from time to time. I am still a swinging single and working now as a nonprofit management consultant, specializing in arts and culture." David Gates writes that his son, Jamison Gates '16, is enjoying his sophomore year at UVM in the engineering program. He added, "Having grown up in Vermont, Jamie wanted to go to college out of state but chose UVM, appreciating that Burlington is 'really close to Vermont!'" Daughter, Kinsey, graduated from Philadelphia University in May. David and wife, Stacy, moved to their weekend home in Manchester, Vermont, from Manhattan in 1991 (after 12 years on Wall Street), and they haven't looked back. He and a partner now have an investment management firm in town. He still enjoys skiing, fishing, hunting, mountain biking, and all the other great Vermont outdoor opportunities but has been bitten badly by the golf bug. Regular contact with fellow Delta Psi brothers Jim Falconer, Peter Evans, Rob Millman, Greg Dirmaier '76, and Lou Foah '78 keep the UVM connection strong. David, I'll meet you on the first tee of Ekwanok, Saturday, June 14, at 10:30 a.m. We'll do 36, with a little shrimp salad in between, okay? Hopefully by the time you read this, I will have published my second novel, Law & Disorder. It follows my first, Diary of a Small Fish, which will be out in audiobook in March 2014. Thanks so much, you lovely people. You're making this job fun.
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78 Geoff Liggett's son, Ned Liggett '16, is a sophomore at UVM and is an R.A. in Living/ Learning where his uncle, John Sama '84, is the director. Miriam Bolwell Foerster says, "At 83 I'm still painting oil paintings and teaching some. I was an adult when I graduated in '78 but still enjoy reading about people and activities at UVM." Ken Ghazey is living in Boston, and has a son, Sam Ghazey '16, who is a sophomore at UVM. Stephen Seitz has published two novels recently. London-based MX Publishing has released Never Meant to Be, a time travel thriller featuring Sherlock Holmes. Readers can find the Vermont-based mystery Secrets Can't Be Kept Forever on Amazon's CreateSpace site. Holly MacIvor Robbins shares that she is in her ninth year as school nurse at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington. "I still absolutely love my job! I am a new district representative for the Vermont State School Nurse Association so I'm staying active in my nursing field. Our daughter, Christy, is a junior at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. She will be graduating next year with a degree in physical education and health sciences. We are so proud of her. My husband, Scott, and I enjoy riding motorcycles in our spare time. I got a new Harley for my birthday this year! I still keep up with Rosemary Noonan, Karen McCarthy Lavery, and Ann Harding Burdet." John Grapek became a real estate agent in Warwick, New York, where he lives with his son who is a junior in high school. John also has three older daughters; a senior at Georgia State looking towards medical school, and two attending Parsons in New York City studying graphic design and fashion. As a hobby John has been doing standup comedy, which can be viewed on his website, johngrapek.com. Elaine Rosen Groundwater writes "I'm so proud of our daughter, Leslie Groundwater '13, who graduated May 19, 2013 from the College of Business Administration with a concentration in human resources and marketing! Thirty-five years from my graduation, the ceremony was very special. She loved her time at UVM as much as I did. Starting my 12th year of real estate sales, I am now affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, in Simsbury, Connecticut. Also, I am the secretary for the board of the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce and I continue to enjoy my volunteer activities with the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors, JDRF and UVM Admissions. If you are thinking of buying or selling real estate in the near future, I can connect you."
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79 35th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email email@example.com. Believe it or not our 35th reunion is this year! Please join us in Burlington October 10-12 for a weekend of activities and reminiscing with friends. UVM and Burlington have changed a bit since 1979, come back and check it all out. Lindsay Schine writes, "Freshmen from Wright Hall reunite! Wendy Erikson hosted our biannual reunion with Sue Ruben Thorne, Wendy Wolf and Nancy Carr Worden as well as Gina DeLorenzo Sapnar '80 and Laura Will '80 present to celebrate 38 years of friendship going strong!"
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80 A memorial service was held at alum Peter Knight's home in Hanover, New Hampshire, for our friend and UVM alum, Walter Hutchins. Walter died in a bicycling accident in New York near his home. He brought us all together again to celebrate his life and the wonderful times we had with each other in the 1970s at UVM. In attendance were the following: Dana Conroy, Adele Bielli Savastano, Mary Reber, Maureen Farrell, Andrea Bielli, Mary McCosker Burnside and Heather Bewick Dwight. Bill Edwards writes, "Thirty-three-plus years after graduating... still making ski turns with old UVM friends: Jack Scambos '81, Ray Buck '81, Rob Rogers '81, and Chris Cushing '81 this winter out in Wyoming, Grand Targhee and Jackson Hole... such a deal! Always a blast and praying for pow! Still working at IBM Burlington wafer fab. Only job I ever had. Ten plus layoffs over the years and somehow I'm still employed." Mary Hasson Cain writes, "I am keeping extremely busy with weddings in Vermont now that the Defense of Marriage Act has been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. I perform weddings seven days a week for all couples and encourage committed same-sex couples who are legally married in their own states to contact me at www.vtweddings.org so they can marry and now receive federal protections like Social Security, veterans' benefits, health insurance, and retirement savings. I was delighted to have recently visited Jay Peak Resort and happened to run into Charlie Dusha '77. He was attending the Vermont EMS Conference held at Jay Peak." Barbara Smith Murphy writes, "I am excited to announce my retirement from a short, 15-year, career with the United States Postal Service. The next year holds events of great joy for me with the expected birth of my son and daughter-in-law's first child and the wedding of my daughter. A cross-country train adventure is in the plans, too, with stops in Chicago, Glacier National Park, and Seattle. Looking beyond this next year, I intend to take advantage of my new status and enter Vermont politics as the representative for my community." Philip Spillane has written a book entitled With the Destination in Mind. Drawing on years of professional experience as a certified financial planner and wealth advisor, Spillane provides an easy yet effective wealth building process that anyone can follow. A former scholar athlete at the University of Vermont, Phil earned a master's in business administration at Suffolk University where he graduated at the top of his class. Phil has been married for 25 years to his wife, Mary. They have two children and a Golden Retriever. Judy Cram Tomasik currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her husband, Richard, and son, Sam. She is the middle school learning resource teacher at Canterbury Episcopal School. Judy also plays piano for Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church, both the traditional and contemporary services. It has been quiet in my little corner of Vermont, affording time for reflection and introspection as I look forward to this year fresh with the promise of new beginnings and memories to be made and shared. I hope this finds you all doing well and similarly looking forward to the year ahead. The small details of our lives are what truly matter, not those things that we accumulate over time, but the relationships we forge and cultivate that bring us together and create a rich community. I hope that you will make time in the coming weeks to share the small details of your lives and allow us to come together as a class community. Where has your life journey taken you? What milestones can you relate? I look forward to hearing from you!
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81 Joyce Allgaier resides in Ketchum, Idaho, home of Sun Valley, and serves as the city's planning manager. Joyce is a land use and sustainability planner with a specialty in resort communities having spent much of her career working for the popular resort and tourism towns of Aspen, Snowmass Village, and Gunnison, Colorado. Her work as a community sustainability consultant found her working with communities around the country and the Middle East, along with training other planners as faculty of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Joyce is still an avid cross-country skier and loves wilderness and getting up high in the Rockies! Her daughter, Hannah Ohlson '12, just finished two appointments with AmeriCorps working as an environmental educator at ECHO on Lake Champlain and then with Local Motion/Bike Recycle Vermont. Hannah recently moved to Missoula, Montana, and is working for REI, enjoying the high Rockies again on bike and foot. Joyce's son, Gunnar, is a freshman at Saint Lawrence University. The whole family loves Vermont and has visited often through the years and will continue to. Burlington will always be a home to them! John Dockendorf operates two summer camps. Camp Pinnacle is a facility-based camp in Flat Rock, North Carolina, and Adventure Treks is a wilderness adventure camp that travels to destinations across North America. Dock lives in Flat Rock with his wife, Jane, and four kids. Thomas Yorke reports that after 27 years working in sales, trading, and financing of both fixed income and equities, he has finally left the New York institutional investing world. "I have committed full time to an asset management business established in 2008 originally for family and friends. Check out Oceanic Capital Management at www.oceaniccap.com. Send me an email or catch me on Linkedin and let me know what's up." Christopher Chandler shares that he and his wife, Mireya Schmidt, are now home with their dog and cat because their children have headed off to college. "Nico is a sophomore at Humboldt State in Arcata, California, and Natasha is a freshman at The University of Chicago. So, we work hard to pay college costs! We have lived in La Jolla, California for 17 years and I miss the change in seasons." Sara Blum talks about the Pohogonot Reunion that was held on October 12, 2013 with 99 descendants of George Daniel Flynn, Sr. who gathered on Martha's Vineyard to celebrate our 120th reunion. As we gathered for pictures, we realized that 16 of us attended UVM and so snapped the photo posted on the online gallery found on the alumni website. Of the 16, nine graduated from UVM: Christopher Keeler '13, Nina Mangini '13, Wendy Keeler '82, Tika Keeler '83, Marty Cutler Fuller; 4 transferred: Hadley Pollett, Parker Lamborn, Edie Hackett Keeler and Edie Woodland Kilchenstein, and two are currently enrolled: Emily Post Peters '17 and Jenny Millan '17. Five of us remain in Vermont to this day: Carolyn Blum '11, Lizzie Post '05, Sara Coward Blum, Anna Post '01 and Matt Bushlow '97 who are recently engaged. Thirteen of the 16 are in the picture posted at alumni.uvm.edu/gallery.
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82The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Steven M. Goldman has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Corporate Services Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, Goldman was executive vice president and corporate officer at Marriott International, Inc. and a partner at Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP in Atlanta. Deb Bock Tibbetts continues to practice physical therapy as a pediatric therapist, in Keene, New Hampshire where she has been practicing since 1986. After a 23-year marriage, and tumultuous divorce, she married Jeff Tibbetts two years ago. This was after undergoing a battle with sarcoma that has left her without a muscle (adductor magnus for her physical therapy cohorts) in her right thigh, a radiation burn, and a totally new and wonderful outlook on life. She is the proud mom of two girls, her older currently attending Wake Forest Law School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, while her younger is a junior at Siena College in Loudonville, New York, where she is studying accounting and is swimming on their swim/dive team. Dan Colby graduated as an honors designee from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado in Boulder in July of this year. Debra Fay married Michael Artist on a beautiful autumn day in Vermont on September 14. Debra continues her 27-year career with the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta where he serves as senior advisor to the director of the eastern region. Bruce Bollinger says, "My wife, Dawn, and I opened a gourmet burger restaurant in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, two years ago, MacPhail's Burgers, honoring my grandmother, Agnes MacPhail. The Farmer's Almanac (accuracy 80 percent) is saying "winter will be much snowier than normal" (normal = approx. 500"). Jackson Hole Mountain Ski Resort has been ranked #1 in North America by Ski magazine and Forbes magazine for the last two years. Come ski the cowboy powder, have a MacPhail's burger, and reconnect." Anne Sullivan Soydan writes, "Perhaps too rote to note, but life, while too busy, is good at age 53, and hope it is for others as well! Lately I have been savoring online connections across the states with Nancy Segal Janes and other festivities to celebrate living for a half century with Susan Aikens Post, Terri Mullins Wright '83, Giovanna Fratelli Perkins, and Michelle Micciche Dowling. Nice to see John Sama '84 keeping things hopping together on UVM campus and Paul Butler '83 and friends (thanks Don McCree '83) keeping the alumni spirit and fundraising efforts strong." Daniel Michael Gasparino married Kelley, a University of Arizona graduate. "We have two daughters both playing Division I lacrosse at the University of California Berkeley. I truly enjoyed watching my older daughter, who was a sophomore at the time, score two goals and add two assists to beat UVM in the spring of 2012 at UVM. I have worked in the fixed income markets for primary dealers for 29 years since being released from the Yankees organization which drafted me out of college. I stay in touch with Bill Currier who was the head baseball coach at UVM for over 20 years before the administration did away with the program. Bill is now ten minutes away as the head coach at Fairfield University. I have a niece, Lane Smith, who is a sophomore at UVM." Rusty Kasupski writes, "After 28 years in Naval Aviation, I retired on July 1, 2013. Our last six years spent working for NATO and living abroad in Europe my wife, Mehrnaz, and I relocated to the sun and fun of San Diego, California. We regularly travel back to Vermont for the fall foliage and always hope to run into other alumni. Mark Gregory shares that he has really enjoyed teaching medical students and residents in the primary care program here at Washington University School of Medicine. It is a very challenging time in American healthcare and he is working hard to insure the best continues on for patients and those docs following in our footsteps. He has also been serving with the Illinois Air National Guard and United States Air Force at Scott Air Force Base. "It has been a great experience and I have learned a lot from the Air Force." Elizabeth Griffey shares, "I was a Spanish major in college, and spent many years in healthcare, where I used my language skills as much as possible. Now my daughter is at UVM, and following in my footsteps. She is an amazingly gifted artist, with additional skills in languages. I thank UVM for giving us both a wonderful environment to explore and expand our interests in the liberal arts."
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83 Sue Carswell recently co-authored a book with "I Will Survive," disco queen, Gloria Gaynor called We Will Survive. It tells 40 true stories of encouragement, inspiration, and the power of song. Carswell is a reporter-researcher at Vanity Fair magazine and has ghostwritten close to ten books. She lives in New York's West Village. Linda Sell Steil is the military adaptive sports and reconditioning coordinator for the Warrior Transition Battalion-Europe. "I work with the wounded warriors in the United States Army in Germany, Italy, and Belgium. "I recently moved from Heidelberg, Germany to Kaiserslautern, Germany. My oldest two children attend University College Roosevelt in Middleburg, Holland, an honors college from the University of Utrecht. My third child will graduate from Kaiserslautern High School on June 14 and my youngest is in seventh grade. My husband is the battalion surgeon for the Warrior Transition Battalion. Robin Edelstein is living and teaching in Cary, North Carolina, and sending Seth Blitzer, Jan Duncan, and Marc DeNuccio well wishes for the year 2014! "I would love to hear from you guys!" Jane Montague Jackson married Richard Sack, the love of her life, on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at a tiny family ceremony in Baltimore, Maryland. (A photo is available in the Class Notes Alumni Gallery.) They enjoyed a November "mini-moon" (which will likely be followed by a more maxi-moon) in beautiful Martha's Vineyard, where neither of them had been for years and years. I hope everyone enjoyed our 30th reunion! I know that Lynn Larson Rhoads, Janna Jacobson, and Mark Cotrupi got together for dinner one night. Karen Lamson McKenny gathered with her sorority sisters. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend as planned. I was not a happy camper! The week before the reunion I was diagnosed with multiple, bilateral pulmonary emboli which resulted in a five-day hospitalization. Finally, after ten weeks, I'm feeling close to 90 percent of my "normal" self. Every day is an improvement, and each and every day I count my blessings. My doctor's comment to me was, "Holy ...., you are lucky!" That summed it up quite well. I am now continuing in the process of becoming a certified level one and level two Stott Pilates Reformer instructor.
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84 30th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email email@example.com. Andy Cook has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the San Diego County Bar Association. Andy practices family law in downtown San Diego. Andy is married to Marcia Gezelter Cook '86, who is a physical therapist. The Cooks have two children: Lilah, 15, and Jennifer, 12. Chris Castano recently got together with fellow members of the UVM men's soccer team from the early '80s at the 50th anniversary of the men's soccer program at UVM in early October. "I couldn't get over how old my fellow teammates now look!" Chris lives with his wife Kerry Castano '86 in Williston and has two boys, Christopher at Georgetown University and Joseph at Champlain Valley Union High School. Kenneth Pidgeon has continued to be active in the local UVM community throughout the past several years. "I was recently appointed to the UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Board of Advisors. In November our company, Engineers Construction, hosted the UVM student chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers at our Green Mountain Club Bridge construction project in Bolton, Vermont. The students were able to observe pile installation and pile load testing for the new suspension bridge over the Winooski River." Sanne Kure-Jensen of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Cheryl Mayor London '84 of Paso Robles, California and Mary Hordubay McKenzie '82 of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania enjoyed a summer gathering in Newport, Rhode Island. Jeff Alpert is keeping busy with fellow UVMers in beautiful Northern California.
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85Serene Meshel Dillman writes that she finished her documentary film Getting to The Nutcracker last August. "I followed Los Angeles-based Marat Daukayev Ballet Theater from auditions to final performance of the Nutcracker Ballet. The documentary is a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to produce this classic ballet. I have submitted the film to Sundance and other festivals. You can see images and trailer at gettingtothenutcracker.com. Dave Dixon got his bachelor's in physics at UVM in 1985, a master's in physics at the University of New Mexico in 1993, and a doctorate in economics from the University of New Mexico in 2011 where he is currently a visiting lecturer in economics. Harriet Brown Dickerson shared that she, Gina Ingrassia Forberg, and Robin Anderson Ritchie got together for another girls' weekend, this time in Philadelphia in November of 2013. "When we get together, approximately bi-annually, it seems like nothing has changed, other than a few more wrinkles." Rosemarie Giacin was thrilled to visit the UVM campus with her daughter, Grace, who hopes to be a member of the UVM Class of 2018! She says, "Campus looks amazing with all the improvements over the years." Jennifer Whiston Ley shares that the Class of 1985 graduates Nancy Hoffman Stafford, Eileen Kelty O'Neill, Janie Moyant Burke, Amy Ottariano Corsetti, and Christina Sununu Parrot recently gathered for a 50th birthday celebration at the Sagamore Resort in upstate New York. Missing from the weekend reunion were Ellen Bensky Kendal (who has lived in Toronto since graduating from UVM, with her husband and three boys, and is a principal at Turner Fleischer Architects and Jennifer Ley, who lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, with her Danish husband, and works at Copenhagen Business School and Roskilde University.) Nancy and her husband, Chris Stafford '85, have lived in Danville, New Hampshire, for the past 19 years. Nancy is a school counselor for the Timberlane School District, and Chris is an engineering manager for Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. Eileen lives in Briarcliff Manor, New York with her husband, Colin, and their three children. Eileen is director of conference operations for GLM (a tradeshow and event production company). Janie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area (Marin) with her husband and three boys; her eldest, Trevor Burke '15, is studying at UVM and another son is playing lacrosse at Colby. Janie has worked at MetLife for the last 26 years. Christina is an interior designer, living in New Canaan, Connecticut, with her husband, Jeff, and two boys. Nancy and Ellen also connected this summer in Toronto where they watched Nancy's niece Taylor Pedersen '15 (who plays on UVM's women's lacrosse team) play for Team Israel in the Women's Lacrosse World Cup Games.
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86Lee Diamond would like to invite all alumni to Yoga On Church Street 2014. Lee organizes this event annually. It is free and all donations at the event go to Prevent Child Abuse Vermont. Like us on Facebook! See you on August 10, 2014 at 9 a.m. Thierry Blanchet is still in upstate New York, teaching classes and advising graduate students in their graduate research as a professor of mechanical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "As a primary pastime I've become heavily involved in various formats of bike racing over the past dozen years, especially cross-country mountain bike racing. For the 2013 season I placed third overall in the masters category of the National Ultra Endurance (NUE) series, a collection of 100-mile mountain bike races held across the country. A picture of the overall masters category podium can be found at www.cyclingnews.com, taken at the NUE series finale race last September in Dahlonega, Georgia. Lori DeRosa Centerbari is pleased to say that her son, Zachary Bryant '17 is starting his first year at UVM. He is in the College of Arts & Sciences, majoring in neuroscience. She is extremely proud of his aspirations and desire to achieve the best life that he can, and that he has chosen her alma mater! Julie Kully Faryniarz shares that on October 19, 2013 Tom and Lori Martin celebrated the wedding of their eldest son, Tom, to the lovely, Ericka Beloin. They invited UVM classmates to share in this beautiful and very fun event. Included were UVM 1986 classmates: Julie Kully and Danny Faryniarz, Kim Johnson McCrae, Amy Nostrand, Karen Hardock and Tim Ross, Franny Moore Eddy, Gail Masintonio and Jay Welsh, Alice Stifter Bartram, Lori Murchison and Brad Chervin, Sue Browning and Jim Claire, Beth Mitchell Guiliano, Lisa Brest Daley, and Evie Fleishman Katz. Maria Heck Swanson says, "We're empty nesters! Three are in college and one is gainfully employed. I'm working part-time doing physical therapy with developmentally delayed pre-school age children and enjoying having more time to volunteer at our local library. I've been able to travel abroad (Rome, Stockholm, Barcelona, Prague, Paris) and look forward to lots more exciting vacations! Michele Colbert wants to say, thank you for the nice welcome my son, Nick '17, received when we moved him into his dorm! UVM is high on my twins' college list."
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87Tracy Fitzgerald Fersan writes, "I am enjoying my work as assistant director for international student services at Suffolk University. My son is now a freshman at Suffolk. I had a great opportunity to catch up with my former study abroad mentor, Holly Wilkinson, last summer. And, last month I taped a segment for 60 Minutes with three other people who are a part of the HSAM memory research study at University of California, Irvine. Lesley Stahl is a really nice person and actually attended grammar school with my mother in Swampscott, Massachusetts."
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88 It was so great seeing everyone at our 25th reunion. What a great turnout and so much fun! Patrick Standen shares, "I was honored to be nominated for the Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award at UVM where I teach healthcare and clinical ethics. I am also teaching philosophy at nearby Saint Michael's College and running a non-profit sports organization for athletes with disabilities called the Northeast Disabled Athletic Association." Deb Taylor is a physical therapist at a private ortho and sport practice in Elkridge, Maryland. She writes, "I also run a basketball camp in the summer for boys and girls, Coach Deb's Basketball Camp, in its 16th year. In addition, I am a personal trainer and give private basketball lessons. I live in Hanover, Maryland with my significant other, Dan Mooney, and my 14-year-old son, Kevin. I am a two-time Ironman triathlete, and will compete in my third Ironman in August 2014 at Mont Tremblant, Canada. I'm also a marathoner and will run in Boston in April 2014. Facebook helps me keep in touch with UVM grads, but I am particularly looking for my old college roommate, Carol Lummert Barry. If anyone knows where she is, please put her in touch with me!" Diane Dequasie Noury attended the 25th nursing reunion. "I was disappointed in the low turnout but very impressed with the nursing sim lab. I toured UVM with one of my twin sons and was pleased with the whole school." After serving three terms on the Nashua Board of ldermen and one term as chairman of the Nashua Conservation Commission, Dave MacLaughlin currently serves as chief of staff to Nashua alderman at-large Dan Moriarty. Liz Paley is enjoying a new role in brand and business development at Ralph Lauren Corporation where she has worked for the past 11 years. She continues to serve on the board of advisors to the School of Business Administration at UVM and is particularly proud of her Career Development Subcommittee's work on a first-year course designed to help students explore and prepare for their future careers. She has recently reconnected with alums Jayne Fortier Paskoff, Scott Schwartz '86, and Seth Moeller '89. Cynthia Elaine Mitchel tells us, "In December 2012, I moved with my husband, Michael Fuhrer, and our son Tristan (born 2005) to Melbourne, Australia. The move was motivated in part by our collective sense of adventure, but precipitated by Michael's outstanding employment offer from Monash University and his receipt of an Australian laureate fellowship in science. He is a professor of physics doing research on grapheme and other nanoscale materials. I continue to do volunteer work for our son's school on the Arts and Sustainability Committees. I am also continuing to work as a graphic designer and photographer in a volunteer capacity. It has been a year of intense transition, but we are enjoying our new life in the southern hemisphere." John Scotnicki passed away on June 2, 2013. His kind and loving spirit will be missed by all who knew him. Our hearts go out to all of his family and friends.
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89 25th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you to everyone who sent in updates. I'd love to hear from as many of you as possible so please be sure to send me an email. Don't forget that our reunion is this October 10-12. I hope to see many of you back in beautiful Burlington! I was lucky enough to catch up with Jenny Aust Stroud who lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Rob, and two sons Ty, 8, and Shay, 4. She is the senior vice president for an experiential marketing agency, Match Action. She recently saw Jennie Magaro in Vail, but is missing her UVM playmates and hopes to see everyone in October 2014. I also got to catch up with Mike Reardon last spring during a lacrosse game. He recently reunited with Keith Wegen, Allan Farquhar, and Drew Wollensak for a long overdue get together last summer at Mike's home in Falmouth on Cape Cod and a quick trip to Nantucket for a boys' weekend. The reunion was in part to celebrate Keith's clean bill of health after his recent recovery from prostate cancer. It had been about ten years since the four former roommates had gotten together. The foursome reports that frequent gatherings are planned going forward. Not only has Keith received a clean bill of health, he has become a spokesperson for prostate cancer education and screening. In 2012 he skated 395 miles across his native Colorado, raising more than $17,000 in much-needed funds for prostate cancer education and screening. This year, he completed a 555-mile in-line skate through Texas, where he works for employer and sponsor MERX Advisors. Congratulations to Keith on a remarkable accomplishment! Ray Quesnel and his wife, Wendy Tayler Quesnel, have settled in to a new home and new life in Fayetteville, North Carolina. "I became the headmaster at Fayetteville Academy, a private, pre-k through 12th grade, day school in July 2012. Wendy is a math teacher at the same school. Our two children, Kelly, 22; and Jonathan, 20; are currently college students, although not Catamounts, so we are also enjoying our new empty nest." Paula Bibeault Roberge writes, "My daughter, Cassie, headed off to college this fall… at UVM! She is competing on the UVM Track and Field team and studying engineering." Meg McGovern shares a quick update that she continues to be an active UVM volunteer, recently designated as vice chair of the Vermont Regional Board. "I moved out of the Vermont suburbs and now live close to Redstone campus and my commercial real estate office on Church Street, above RíRá. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our 25th reunion!" Trudy Larson and her husband, Jordan Greenberg '90, were excited to run into Wendy Bachleda '88 at a Miranda Lambert concert in New Jersey last summer. Wendy was visiting from California, and they all had a great time catching up.
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90 Paul Frascoia reports that he, John Cashman, and Dan Grove met up in Las Vegas in May. Frascoia got married to Jillian Geiss '97 in April 2011 in Key West. Cashman and Armand Dellamonica '92 and their wives were among the guests. Jillian works at FAHC, runs the Essex figure skating program, and coaches competitive figure skaters. Paul is the president of Critical Process Systems Group, a conglomeration of mid-sized industrial manufacturing companies. CPS is headquartered in Colchester, Vermont with factories around the United States. CPS employs numerous UVM grads. Kelly Hurstak and Lisa Ablove St. George recently caught up at dinner. Kelly is working in downtown Boston at Apex Companies, an environmental consulting and engineering firm. Lisa is working at Cartwheel Kids which designs and manufactures unique and innovative play things for children ages infant to tween. Judith Harding Janone retired after 30 years with the City of Burlington at the Fletcher Free Library. In September, Maura Williams completed her doctorate in classics at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. Her niece is a junior at UVM and enjoys her time in Burlington. Ken Field was recently named a Dean's Fellow at Bucknell University for his research and teaching accomplishments as an associate professor of biology. He studies the immunology of bats affected by white-nose syndrome.
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91Robert Lamb writes, "My wife, Monica, and I live in Reno, Nevada, with our twin boys, James and John. I work for Sage Ridge School as director of college counseling and often put in a good word for GroovyUV(M). Go Cats!" Matthew Conway says, "Sorry for being out of touch for 20-plus years! Life happens. I am living with wife and two daughters in Nairobi, Kenya, and working for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Don't get stateside often, would love to hear from old friends! Write me at email@example.com." Colleen Pixley Fitzgerald shares, "Having moved to the United Kingdom from Dublin, Ireland, in January 2012, I am currently living in Hemel Hempstead and working as a library assistant for Central Bedfordshire County Council public libraries." Alexandra Braunstein Scott is currently working as a physician assistant at the University of Michigan Hospital. She and her husband adopted a baby girl in June of this year. Bonnie V. Spindler Custen passed away on November 18, 2013 at a Winter Haven, Florida, hospital after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was only 61 years old. Bonnie was full of life and always had a smile for everyone. Bonnie was raised in Massapequa, New York. She was a manager for Revlon at several major department stores in New York City for most of the 1970s. She was married to her husband, Stephen, for over 32 years. In 1992, Bonnie moved to Florida after living in Vermont and graduating from the UVM School of Nursing. She was a dean's list graduate and was selected and honored to give the Honor's Day speech. Later in her career, she was one of the extraordinary nurses featured in the book Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: The Stories of Nurses. Catherine and Key Compton recently moved to Short Hills, New Jersey. Key writes, "We have three boys: Andrew, 6; Charlie, 4; and Simon, 9 mos. We spend most winter weekends in Stratton, Vermont, so please connect if you are in the area." David DuPont is a realtor and entrepreneur in Mill Valley, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Dave is divorced with two children, 7 and 10. His latest website is a home valuation site www.HomeToggle.com that provides a common platform for market participants to rate homes, and produces the most accurate home valuations found anywhere online. Merrick Lindsay Hoben is director of the Consensus Building Institute's Washington, D.C., Regional Office, practitioner associate at the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and faculty associate at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Merrick helps stakeholders across diverse organizations and sectors, globally and domestically, to develop and implement more effective agreements. Merrick is listed on the roster of conflict resolution professionals of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Ben Stigler has much to be thankful for in Seattle: representing home buyers and sellers by day and focusing on his Zumba business by night. Ken Sturm says, "I have been back in Vermont with my wife, Angie, and son, Finn, since 2011 when I assumed the job of refuge manager at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, Vermont. I look forward to engaging in the current wildlife student community at UVM as well as reconnecting with any of my classmates who are still in Vermont."
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93 Lynn Laferriere Madigan and her family have resided in Sutton, New Hampshire, for the past nine years. Lynn is a stay-at-home mom and would love to hear from classmates. Clement Powers enjoyed the 20th reunion. "Great seeing those of you who came, but sorry not to see those who couldn't. Great party with Chuck playing the Metronome and sounding as good as ever. Nice getting back to UVM to see the latest additions like the Davis Student Center, with all the amenities a student could possibly need plus some. But also the Burlington area to experience those things that are just as they always were, like a good ole taco at the OP. I made the visit with my old friend, Chad Hochman, who now lives in Philly, and who thought that seeing the campus sights via skateboard would be a good idea. I went along trying to act younger than my gray hair would suggest. A few funny looks for sure, but most gave a nice UVM smile or wave when this old timer came wobbling by. In any event, a great visit. I look forward to the 25th and doing it again, if not before then, minus the skateboard mind you." Laura Scott says, "Nick Orem and I are living in Boston with our two kids, ages 13 and 8, but still miss life in Burlington. I'm working at Wayfair.com, an e-commerce company that is growing by leaps and bounds. We keep in touch with a bunch of '93 and '94 alums but would love to hear from more folks who lived at Slade in the early 90's."
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9420th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email email@example.com. The second half of 2013 was very busy and eventful for Clare Threlkeld Conway. "I switched jobs in July and moved from NuVasive to Alphatec Spine (both in San Diego County). I still manage meetings, events and tradeshows but I'm much happier at my new job, plus it's very close to home. This summer I made the trek from California to Vermont and visited friends in the Burlington area. It was great to be back. Then I went to New York City for a high-school friend's wedding and met up with Michelle Angelich Josilo afterwards for one day/night. It was great to catch up with her at her house in White Plains with her husband, George. I also got to see Justyn Amarosa Constant in New Hampshire when I was traveling around Vermont. It was nice to visit the East Coast and I will get to keep traveling all over the country with my new job." Narric Rome was recently promoted to vice president of government affairs at Americans for the Arts. "I've been with the organization for nine years and am pleased to now be in charge of our lobbying, advocacy, and arts education programs." Laura White McIndoo just started a new position as full-time faculty at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I teach English as a second language to students from all over the world. I've been teaching there for 11 years, but just recently was offered a full-time position, for which I am very excited." Greg Trager writes, "In January of 2013 my wife, Sarah, and I had our fifth child, Griffin, who joined his siblings Grace, Miles, Jane, and Sadie. I am now working as the vice president of programming at CBS Sports Network in New York City and still residing in Riverside, Connecticut.
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95 Erica Ludlow Bowman writes in, "It was wonderful to reunite this summer with Nell Ryan, Jen Hughes, JJ Jacobs, and Erika Mark not once but twice! We had a grand blast with our children up in Vermont and then met again (sans E. Mark) down in New Jersey for an encore. My sides still hurt from the laughter. Yay for 40!" Rachel Hillman is pleased to announce the opening of her own real estate firm, Hillman Homes. Rachel and her team help buyers, sellers, and renters in the Greater Boston area. For more information, take a look at www.HillmanHomesMA.com" Laurie Spindler writes, "On November 6, my husband and I welcomed our first child, Xander. Coming in at 10 lbs. on the nose, he continues to be a very healthy and happy baby. We are currently living in Providence, Rhode Island, and I'm excited to spend some quality time at home with my son before heading back to work at the YMCA.
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96 Grey Lee has just celebrated one year as executive director of the United States Green Building Council for Massachusetts. He recently attended the UVM Entrepreneurs Alumni Group in Boston with fellow '96ers, Greg Dorsey and Anu Yadav. He is starting the "Green Cats" alumni affinity group for environmental, sustainability, and clean tech professionals. Drop him a line at firstname.lastname@example.com. Julie Coffin Scanio is just writing in to say, "Hello UVM! Kurt Scanio and I are doing well. We moved to Arizona in 2004 and are loving the sunny warm days. Kurt earned his master's in leadership and public administration from Northern Arizona and is using these skills as a sergeant for the Mesa Police Department. I earned a master's in business administration and MSIM from Arizona State and joined IBM as a supply chain consultant. Last year we met up with Fraser Walsh and his family who were visiting Arizona and this year we had a visit from Heather Weschler Luxenberg. Tracy Spigleman can be found swimming or biking the East Coast and Amy Carroccio McNeil is busy with her husband, two children, and dog. Kurt and I miss the beautiful Vermont fall colors but do not miss the long Vermont winters! If anyone needs to escape the cold of the East, feel free to give us a call out here in the West!"
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97Molly Haislmaier Bradford is proud to announce the official release of her online community event calendaring software, Gather Board. After five-plus years running community events calendars in the Northern Rockies, she and her business partner, Colin Hickey, have recoded their product for sales as SaaS. See their software in action on their flagship site, www.MissoulaEvents.net. Jen Torino shares, "My partner Jenny and I were 'officially' married in Iowa after being together for over ten years. We live in Madison, Wisconsin, with our daughter, Nora, who celebrated her second birthday in June. We hope to relocate to Massachusetts soon. Looking for news from our med tech classmate Travis Jewett and others."
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98 Meredith Thomas Mansfield and her husband, Marc, welcomed a daughter, Madison Elaine, on July 5, 2013. Craig Rothenberg is busy building a brand new state-of-the-art boutique dental office in Derry, New Hampshire. He recently had an opportunity to see classmates Jon Greene and Eugene Greenberg. He mountain bikes with Jon Alden '96 and trains at Jon's wife Cheryl Alden's '96 studio (Symmetry Pilates in Bedford, New Hampshire). Glenna McMahon writes, "Since graduating from UVM and leaving the great state of Vermont, I have been living in southern California. I found a great job with a very reputable engineering and environmental firm (Dudek) a couple blocks from the beach! My focus has been on investigation and remediation of contaminated sites. I am frequently in touch with Megan Tifft, Laura Maricic Warren and Sara Welsford Ozuna, and occasionally 'see' some other UVMers on Facebook. I usually get back to Vermont for my annual dose of winter, although it's been a while since I've been in Burlington. I look forward to getting back there soon and walking around the campus!"
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9915th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Hello UVMers! Some fun updates but please keep sending them along! Allison Hodge married Joseph Giordano on September 1 in Bethesda, Maryland. Sven Eklof and his wife, Irma just welcomed their third child, Finn Eklof. Tom Johnson and Susan Johnson would like you to welcome two new little Catamounts: Lillian Hope and Connor Thomas born on August 16, 2013. Chad Ryan recently passed his certification as a board certified behavior analyst-doctoral and has been working as a school psychologist in Sharon, Massachusetts. Livy Beecher Riddiford and her family have left the Gulf Coast! Livy and her husband, Dave, and their son, James, have moved to Boulder, Colorado. Livy is currently working as an account manager for the jewelry company Nina Nguyen. They are looking forward to enjoying seasons once again! I'm so excited to announce the birth of John Conathan Creney II. Lyssa Sher Creney and Joe Creney '98 welcomed their crazy adorable son on August, 12, 2013. Lyssa and Joe are thrilled with their bundle of joy! Right around the corner from the Creneys, Chris Frier and his lovely wife, Sara, welcomed their son, Colby Robert Frier on October 26, 2013. Colby weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 19 inches long. Dad, mom, and son are doing great. Up by our old stomping grounds, Leslie Pippin-Tepper and David Tepper '98 welcomed the newest addition to their family, Dylan Joseph Tepper, born on November 29 at Fletcher Allen hospital. Congrats to you both! Christian Craig and his wife Lizzy Allen Craig '09 welcomed Addison Jane Craig on November 10, 2013 in Springfield, Vermont. Addison weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces and is getting settled in with mom and dad at their home in Weathersfield, Vermont. Good luck to you!
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00 Jim Winterberger writes in, "The North Lake Tahoe UVM contingent gathered to celebrate the wedding of Will York '02 and his wife, Christine. The ceremony took place in Squaw Valley, and an unforgettable reception followed in Alpine Meadows, where the newlyweds live. UVMers in attendance included Rosemary Lemkin-Winterberger '02, Jim Winterberger, Dave Westall, Mike Kane, Lineya Bradford-Quinn, and many more. David G. Schieren shares, "EmPower Solar is now in business 10 years! Founded in August, 2003 by David Schieren, EmPower has installed over 700 solar electric systems at homes and businesses throughout New York City, Long Island, Connecticut and St. Martin. EmPower also specializes in battery and hydrogen back-up power solutions and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. EmPower is committed to the EmPowering Way operating philosophy, defined by the highest quality work and professionalism. More information about EmPower can be found online at: empower-solar.com. David returned to UVM after 13 years this fall to give several presentations to students in economics, his major at UVM. On the web gallery is a photo with Professor Bill Gibson: alumni.uvm.edu/gallery. Peter von Maffei and the von Maffei family wishes everyone a happy holiday season! We are doing great! Hope to see you all at the next reunion! Lisa Lark received her master's in history from Wayne State in 2010 and, after working part time for three years, was hired as a tenure-track, full-time instructor in history in May of 2013 at Schoolcraft College.
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01This past August, Russell Romano's daughter, Julianna, turned one year old. She loves Elmo! Professionally, Russell is now senior mortgage advisor for Caliber Home Loans helping clients buy and refinance homes in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Ariel Crohn married Jon Wojculewicz this summer in Guilford, Connecticut. UVMers included Heather and Joe Shanahan, Krista Stepanik DeNofa, and Suzanne Brushart. Ariel and Jon reside in Southington, Connecticut. Leah Murphy Jones and her husband, Keith, welcomed their third son, Cole, to their family in January. Christopher Moschella married Stephanie Amirault '02 in 2005. He shares, "We recently had our third child. Baby girl Hadley Corinne Moschella joined her two big brothers Easton, 2, and Beckett, 4. We live in Plymouth, Massachusetts; Stephanie is a first-grade teacher and I own a financial planning practice." Kohar Der Simonian finished a fellowship in reproductive health/family planning two years ago, and has been working at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital as full-time faculty in both family medicine and OBGYN. She and her husband were expecting their first child in December. She writes, "Luckily, I have gotten plenty of parenting advice from fellow UVMer and college roommate, Ann Cwik, who I remain in good touch with. Hoping to make it back to Vermont for our next reunion." As for me, I am thrilled to be writing this update in Paris, France. I moved here in the fall with Bose Corporation on a two-year assignment so if you are ever in town, please let me know. I have already been able to catch up with one classmate, Alex Nutt, while he was passing through. Alexis was living in England for a rotation as he works towards becoming a doctor. He is now back stateside. I also just celebrated Thanksgiving in Sandwich, England, with a crew of expats including Frances Durkes '02. Nice to see some other UVMers overseas. I am very excited to share the exciting news that Erica MacConnell is engaged to Chris Vessey. Chris proposed on a mountain in Europe while they were skiing this fall, how romantic. Congrats Erica and Chris! Christina Sweet, her husband, Rich, and their daughter, Kristin, welcomed Jill Kathryn into their family on August 25, 2013. Christina also started working as a public health dental hygienist for the State of Vermont. Aimee Bode Konevich and her husband, Mike, recently moved into a new home they built in Essex, Massachusetts, on the site of their wedding. Of course the house is incredibly cool with Aimee's creative style. Jared and Sarah Brennon Schuler also did some home renovations, creating a fabulous entertaining space in Natick, Massachusetts, and luckily they have offered to put me up on return trips home! Hilary Dixon-Streeter Daly and her husband, Tim Daly '98, welcomed their son, Chase, who joins big sister, Caroline. I also see on Facebook that a certain dirty cat connoisseur might be a father now too, but I will wait for the formal update for that one. Please send some notes and stay in touch!
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02 Yehuda Sugarman recently got engaged to Leah Barash of Rockville, Maryland. "We'll be getting married in early spring 2014 and plan to have a few UVM alumni in attendance, as well as at least one member of the faculty." Gretchen Nareff is currently pursuing a doctorate in Forest Resources (wildlife) at West Virginia University. "I'm studying the response of Cerulean Warblers and other species of conservation concern to timber harvests." Christopher Pierce Bunnell and Elizabeth Dalton Bunnell '03 welcomed their first child, Topher, on May 9, 2013.
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03 Sara Mercanti Lowe shares, "My husband, Cory Lowe, and I are proud to announce the arrival of our son, Carson John Lowe. He was born in Aspen, Colorado on June 10, 2013. The family is doing well and looking forward to the upcoming ski season. Jon Kantor and Wendy Grossman Kantor celebrated the birth of their son Samuel Leslie Kantor last December. Samuel was born in Arlington, Virginia." Jordan Marsh says, "Hello from Utah! After several years working in the outdoor industry, I recently took a position with Discrete, a Utah-based mountain-lifestyle brand, as vice president of business development and sales. Who knew all those days skiing in Vermont would pay off? UVM is amazing in so many ways!" Alexa McInerney started Healthy and Real, a holistic health coaching business. "I help people find their happy and their healthy by looking at all areas of their life. I am living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and recently completed the 2013 New York City Marathon." Sandy Bermanzon is a happily-married, new mom of a baby boy who is currently eight months old, and the college analyst for the College of Arts & Sciences at UVM. "Burlington has been good to me!"
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04 10th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
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05 Rob Duguay writes, "I'm living in New York City working as a musician and involved in many aspects of the music industry including booking, band-leading, artistic direction of a jazz outreach organization (About the Swing), and maitre d' of New York's top jazz club, Jazz Standard. I also look forward to opening up my own music/bistro one day. I'm a bassist/composer and I toured with my trio this year to Northwest Territories, Canada; Paris, France, and an east coast tour that included the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in good ole' Vermont! I visited old professors and friends and always take time for my favorite spots to eat around town... Looking forward to crossing paths with UVM alumni around the world! www.robduguay.com" Cameron Nugent says, "I am excited to share with you that I just got accepted into the 2014 Boston Marathon as a member of The South Boston Neighborhood House "Ollie" Team. This will be my first full marathon, but I am running for a cause well worth it! The South Boston Neighborhood House provides services for the underprivileged in South Boston, the place I call home. The foundation relies most heavily on the generosity of individuals, businesses and foundations for support. My goal is to raise $8,000 for the Ollie! Please consider supporting me in my fundraising efforts on crowdrise.com. And of course...go Catamounts!" Ray Li Rui Wanli was the scholarship winner in 2001 from the Green Mountain Postmaster and graduated from UVM on the dean's list with a bachelor's in biological sciences. Ray is now a customs and border protection officer at San Francisco International Airport after eight years with Customs and Border Protections.
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06 Brit Redline completed his master's in business administration at the University of Vermont in 2011 while working for Ryder System, Inc. and then moved shortly after to Portland, Oregon. He now works for CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. as a key account manager and leads the food and beverage vertical consisting of 11 dedicated account managers and operations analysts. Caroline Walsh Guzman writes, "My husband, Jonathan, and I just recently welcomed our first child, a sweet baby girl named Virginia Rose! She is a healthy and happy baby and we are very blessed! The girls of 38 have been very lucky the past few years with weddings and wonderful spouses, houses and new babies! We have our time at UVM to thank for great friendships and successful futures!" Alexandra Mumaw and Stewart MacLean were married August 3 in Chatham, Massachusetts, after meeting in 2002 at UVM orientation and dating throughout their time in Burlington. Other UVMers in attendance: Jane Trivett, Brittany Bell, Lindsay Lord, Matt Traister, Heather Traister, Scott Littrell, Sam Blazar, Nate Gagnon, Elliot Rocheleau, Nick Rotker, Derek Siegler, Lauren Scribi '08, Mackenzie Leonard and Steve Lutz '09, and Josh Hogan '10. Annie Canu Vanslette writes, "This past October I got married to my best friend, Neil Vanslette. I am so grateful to have had my bridesmaids be my best friends Stephanie Hainley, Maegan Olsen, Adrienne Dicerbo Card, and Nina Marsie Soriano. We all met and lived together our freshman year on Wills 1! Thank you UVM for bringing us all together." Benjamin Jones, 2013 graduate of New England Law/Boston, received the prestigious 2013 Adams Pro Bono Publico Award presented by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. This award, bestowed annually upon a select law firm, private attorney and one law student, honors those who have committed an extraordinary amount of time and energy to provide volunteer legal services to poor and disadvantaged clients. In his presenting remarks, Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Ralph Gants highlighted Ben's dedication to Pro Bono work including his leadership and management of the CORI Initiative, work with The Innocence Project, Greater Boston Legal Services and Shelter Legal Services. The ceremony took place at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts on October 23, 2013.
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07 Sean Hagan completed his law degree at Suffolk University Law School in May 2013. He is currently pursuing a degree in taxation at Boston University School of Law, after which he plans to practice as an estate planning attorney in Massachusetts. Jesse Dunham-Friel married Nicole Podnecky on October 5 in Hyde Park, Vermont. Jesse currently works as a geotechnical engineer and Nicole recently defended her dissertation "Folate Pathway Inhibitor Resistance Mechanisms in Burkholderia Pseudomallei" and will graduate with her doctorate in microbiology at Colorado State University this December. Josh Malczyk writes, "After six years of working for the Line Skis and Full Tilt Ski Boots brands at K2 Sports based in Seattle, Washington, I have been promoted to global brand director." Angela Hobson has just begun a doctoral program at Arizona State in research and evaluation methodology. Stephanie Rio writes, "Live in the Philadelphia area? Love cheesesteaks but long to wash them down with some Switchback? Join the newly created UVM Philly alumni group and get back in touch with your Vermont roots! Our purpose is to connect new and existing alumni through hosted happy hours, community service days, and networking opportunities. For more information, join our listserv by emailing Stephanie Rio at email@example.com." Elizabeth Kolodner Bitterman shares the following news, "Many beautiful matches among our classmates. Amanda Sanfilippo wrote to announce the wedding of Kaitlyn Hayes Dillon and Benjamin Shearer Beck. The wedding took place September 14, 2013 in Brandon, Vermont, at the Lilac Inn. The couple met freshman year as part of UVM's Integrated Humanities Program (IHP) at the Living and Learning Center. Also present were Professor Richard Sugarman and IHP students Lillian Greer Smith, Elias Altman, Amanda Sanfilippo, and E. Conor Hagan. The couple currently lives in Los Angeles, where Kaitlyn teaches high school-level English and Ben is a doctoral candidate at UCLA, Department of English, specializing in American literature and culture before 1900." Julia Gannon and Jon Leonard were married June 29, 2013 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Crosby Lawrence and Jon's brother, Dan Leonard '11, were in the bridal party. Congratulations, Jon and Julia! Heather Greenberg and Andrew Pandolph were engaged this August in Vermont! Andrew planned this huge elaborate proposal in Vermont, where the couple met in freshman bio class. The couple will be getting married at the New England Aquarium in June 2014 and will reside in Massachusetts, where they recently purchased a home. Antonina "Nina" Marsie Soriano passed away unexpectedly from a rare heart failure on November 10, 2013. She graduated from the College of Nursing & Health Sciences with her bachelor's degree in nursing and had been employed as a neurological trauma nurse at Hartford Hospital since graduation. Nina's fervent passion for life was transcended even in her death, as she gave life to others through her organ donation. She is survived by her daughters, Cecelia (3 years old) and Magdalena (4 months), and her husband, Dr. Jose Soriano, and her dearest friends from UVM Stephanie Hainley '06, Annie Canu Vanslette '06, Maegan Olsen '06, Calvin Borgmann, Adrienne Dicerbo Card, Paran Quigley '06, and Cassidy Hooker.
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08 Scott McCarty joined Marathon Health in Winooski, Vermont as the new corporate medical trainer. He is responsible for training and onboarding new medical staff and then implementing the establishment of new health centers and clinics across the United States. He is traveling a lot but still has enough time to hit Jay Peak on the weekends. Casey A. Carroll writes, "I am still living in Los Angeles and working in feature film production at Straight Up Films. I was fortunate enough to work on our upcoming features Jane Got a Gun starring Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton and Transcendence starring Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, and Morgan Freeman which comes out in April. On both, I served as the development executive for Straight Up. In late December I am going to Pat Minella's wedding in Granada, Spain, with Molly Shaker, Lydia Morin, Kate Bauer, Davis Fusco, and Hayley Duval. David Schlansky writes, "Hi, my wife Lauren Rich '07, now Lauren Schlansky, and I got married on September 29, 2013 at The Ponds at Bolton Valley. The photo is posted at alumni.uvm.edu/gallery. Many UVM alums were present at the wedding and had a great time and perfect Vermont weather. The alums are Ben Zack, Sam Rich '11, Zach Berliner '05, Jon Orell '06, Dave Sweeney '06, Brianna Lurie '09, Michael Korn '07, Jordan Benkov, Ryan Barr '02, Marc Weinman '07, Brian Raines '07, Dave Weisbard '06, Michael Valasky '07, Ben Salk, Amy Phippen, Dana Aussenberg '05, Amy Magna, Leah Mansback '09, Natalie Hart, Melissa Ayre '09, Zach Martin '07, Maddi Hurd '09, and Robert Riesenberg '72." Nick Dion tells us that as community/player relations assistant for the Boston Red Sox, he was fortunate enough to be invited with most of the front office to fly to St. Louis for games three-five of the World Series. "It was a great experience and something I will never forget. The fans out there were very amicable and hospitable and all three games were intense. Ultimately after the Sox were able to close it out in game six back at Fenway, we were able to be a part of the parade as well. I helped out with alumni relations that morning and was lucky enough to be on their duckboat throughout the rolling rally. An unreal season and one of the highlights of my life."
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09 5th Reunion October 10–12, 2014 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Stevie Simoneau and her fiancé, Jason Larrere, welcomed a baby girl, Quinn Teresa, on August 16, 2013. Stevie is working as a maternity nurse at a local hospital. A wedding is planned for September 2014. Joe Sheridan and Jenna Bergman will be getting married in Vermont this summer. Joe graduated law school at the University of Virginia and is a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts. Jenna will be pursuing her master's in physician assistant studies at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences this January. Joe proposed to Jenna in Paris after they spent a month backpacking through Europe.
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10 Zachary Borst married Grace Carlin on September 1 of this year. Zachary met Grace while they were undergrads at UVM. Zachary also returned to campus to work for the Transportation Research Center in October. MJ Matson Pickett was married in September. She was also named program director of a new AmeriCorps program, FarmCorps. Adam Maher writes that since November 2012, he has been working as director of marketing and business development for Fanbrandz, a national sports branding studio that designs some of the largest professional sports team and league brands, including Stanley Cup and World Series logos. Adam got his start in the sports industry at UVM when he came up with an idea to start a sports blog while waiting for coffee at Bailey/Howe between classes, and attributes skills learned as a UVM political science major to his innate ability to network as he travels the country contributing to numerous fundraisers and industry conferences. In the fall of 2013 alone, Adam has had the honor of dining with Yogi Berra, attending the Ivy Sports Summit hosted by Harvard Business School as a 'Young Leader' in the industry, as well as the Bloomberg Sports Business Summit, and presenting in front of the USOC, NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, MLS and many sports franchises within said leagues on behalf of his firm. Olivia Piel married Jeremy Devlin in Essex Junction, Vermont, on December 28, 2013. Alana Oudekerk and David Hanss, who were married in 2011, welcomed their first child, Rhys Alexander, on November 3, 2013. Gail Appleman '09 married Grayson Savoie in Bear Mountain, New York on August 11, 2012. Gail went on to receive her master's in social work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and is now employed as a social worker in Baltimore. Grayson is an admissions officer with Morgan State University. Elizabeth Crawford is pursuing a master's in public humanities from Brown University. During her time at Brown, Elizabeth intends to study how cultural institutions can promote social and political change and establish national identity in memorializing individual accounts of events of the past. She hopes to study established memorial institutions but is also interested in the immediate, spontaneous, and often ephemeral monuments that develop after a tragedy. More broadly, her work in community arts organizations has led her to seek out innovative and comprehensive exhibition design strategies.
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11 Jackson Renshaw became passionate about food justice as a teenager while working with The Food Project. He decided to pursue his degree in ecological agriculture at UVM because he felt the smartest way to feed people was to grow food. He continued to work as the Roxbury Youth Programs Coordinator at The Food Project to lead an intensive six-and-a-half-week summer program between school terms. Together with Cassandria Campbell, they created Fresh Food Generation. They are launching a crowd funding campaign in November. They are hoping to begin delivery around April. Casey Cullen is working as the sustainability coordinator at the Willow School, where she is helping build a 'Living Building.' Scott Novotny is working as an agricultural extensionist with the United States Peace Corps in Paraguay until December 2014. His main project areas include sustainable energy, green manures, and no-till farming methods. Stephanie McDonough reports that she is in her first year as a doctoral student at the University of Louisville, studying Clinical Health Psychology. "I am a research assistant in the Health Behavior Change lab, where our research team is focusing on promoting engagement in healthy behaviors for community members with Type 2 Diabetes. My best friend, Brittany Smith '12 has booked her flights for spring 2014 to attend the Kentucky Derby. Can't wait!" Christopher Paul St. Martin says, "After graduating I became a serial traveler, visiting twelve countries in two years. I met up with many UVM alums along the way. This fall I began pursuing a law degree at Western New England University." Kelvin Chen writes, "I am currently in my first year of graduate school at the National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan."
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12 Elliot '11 and Tyler Wilkinson-Ray, two brothers and recent graduates of UVM, are the CEOs and founders of T-Bar films. In November they had a premier showing of United We Ski at Main Street Landing in Burlington, with a surprise visit from the Governor, and continued with other showings locally. United We Ski is a documentary by T-Bar Films that examines the importance of small ski areas to the sport of skiing and New England life. The film looks at the rise and decline of the region's small ski areas and tells the story of three surviving areas in Vermont (Hard'ack, Cochran's, and Northeast Slopes), which rely on community support, volunteerism, and Yankee ingenuity to provide affordable skiing to local kids and families. Tyler and Elliot, along with community support, spent over a year producing the film.
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13 Shana Taylor McCann recently arrived in Seattle on an alternative transit adventure from Burlington with two other Class of 2013 grads, Brooke Elizabeth Shaffer and Martine Xin Wong, involving bikes and trains (and even hitchhiking!). She is looking to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Washington in urban planning to become a bike planner with aspirations to return to Burlington and make it a bike haven. Colby Morgan has entered his fifth month at The Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire, as assistant director of admission. Through this position, he completed developmental training at the AISAP Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, in July as well as international recruitment training through IETS in New York City this November. He is also continuing to act as a second profession in the Boston area as well as New Hampshire. Natalie Battistone is currently studying for her master's in fine art at the American Repertory Theatre's Advanced Institute for Theater Training at Harvard/Moscow Art Theater School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She will graduate May 2015. Jim Fregosi was recently hired at Barclays.
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- Ray W. Collins, Jr. '35, MD'38, of Middlebury, Vermont, September 14, 2013.
- Loraine Spaulding Dwyer '36, of Burlington, Vermont, October 7, 2013.
- Pauline Bristol Noonan '37, of South Burlington, Vermont, August 30, 2013.
- Phyllis Craig Graves '38, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, September 14, 2013.
- Morton Wheeler '38, of Jefferson, Maine, September 26, 2013.
- Phyllis Foster Shelander '39, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, September 26, 2013.
- Richard G. Healy '41, of Westborough, Massachusetts, August 30, 2013.
- William Ray Lyman '41, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, October 2, 2013.
- Erva Livingston Phelps '42, of Palm Bay, Florida, September 13, 2013.
- Dorothy Rockwell Pickard '42, of Alburg, Vermont, August 16, 2013.
- Jean Hall Spasyk '42, of Montpelier, Vermont, October 7, 2013.
- Vincent A. Manjoney '43, MD'47, of Trumbull, Connecticut, October 4, 2013.
- S. James Baum '44, MD'48, of Fairfield, Connecticut, October 15, 2013.
- Frances Corcoran Canfield '44, of Rutland, Vermont, August 30, 2013.
- Janet Stimpson Hill '45, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, October 16, 2013.
- Robert E. O'Brien MD'45, of Colchester, Vermont, September 29, 2013.
- Norman S. Sena '45, of Waterbury, Connecticut, September 29, 2013.
- Norma Prescott Chase '46, of Marietta, Georgia, October 23, 2013.
- Howard H. MacDougall MD'46, of York, Pennsylvania, August 25, 2013.
- Thomas M. Holcomb MD'47, of Berlin, Maryland, October 3, 2013.
- Doris Christie Macdonald '48, of Barre, Vermont, August 23, 2013.
- Richard Kay Earley '49, of Morrisville, Vermont, August 19, 2013.
- Claire Riggs Moran '49, of Old Hickory, Tennessee, October 22, 2013.
- Barbara Bradway Perry '49, of Huntsville, Alabama, October 28, 2013.
- Eugene Julius Bluto '50, MD'54, of Camillus, New York, September 7, 2013.
- George Borofsky '50, of Hooksett, New Hampshire, October 7, 2013.
- Ralph M. Clark '50, G'51, of Plattsburg, New York, November 1, 2013.
- George Gus Corsones '50, of Brandon, Vermont, October 30, 2013.
- Carmen Mary Pallotta MD'50, of Neptune, New Jersey, August 26, 2013.
- Douglas F. Pierce '50, of Windsor, Massachusetts, August 31, 2013.
- Helen M. Post '50, of Fairport, New York, September 24, 2013.
- Kenneth Stewart Gibson '51, of North Haverhill, New Hampshire, October 1, 2013.
- Edwin Donald Kaufmann '51, of Del Mar, California, October 11, 2013.
- Anita Bagdikian Metcalf '51,G'54, of Hollis Center, Maine, August 20, 2013.
- Richard Skinger '51, of Swansea, Massachusetts on February 9, 2012.
- Ronald C. Smith '51, of Sugar Land, Texas, September 15, 2013.
- Shirley Severy Stockwell '51, of Jericho, Vermont, September 5, 2013.
- Mary Taylor Sutherland '51, of South Burlington, Vermont, September 28, 2013.
- Frederic Weinberg '51, of Voorhees, New Jersey, October 2, 2013.
- Katherine Agnes Connerty '52, of Washington Depot, Connecticut, August 23, 2013.
- Raymond P. Koval MD'52, of New York, New York, August 25, 2013.
- John R. McSweeney '52, of South Burlington, Vermont, October 26, 2013.
- Richard H. Burns '53, of Webster, New York, August 29, 2013.
- Mary Cragen Goodyear '53, of Paw Paw, Maine, August 9, 2013.
- Charles Lloyd Hughes '53, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, November 5, 2013.
- David Leslie Kendall MD'53, of Farmington, New Mexico, August 27, 2013.
- George A. Morwood '53, of Geneva, New York, August 25, 2013.
- Frank L. Passaro '53, of Boise, Idaho, September 15, 2013.
- Irwin Plotkin '53, of Roslyn Heights, New York, September 2, 2013.
- Stratton G. Corsones '54, of Rutland, Vermont, September 1, 2013.
- Richard R. Perilli '54, of Colchester, Vermont, October 5, 2013.
- Jean McLaughlin Peterson '54, G'76, '91, of Chelsea, Vermont, August 12, 2013.
- Joseph A. McCullough '55, of West Chatham, Massachusetts, September 8, 2013.
- Myron B. Brown '56, G'62, of Vergennes, Vermont, August 20, 2013.
- Sen. Ann Harrington Hanson '56, of Bethesda, Maryland, November 29, 2013.
- Andre R. LeBlanc '56, G'59, of Hernando, Florida, August 16, 2013.
- J. A. Michael Morse '56, of La Jolla, California, October 28, 2013.
- Peter A. Robinson '57, of Newport, Vermont, October 12, 2013.
- Vernon L. Sawyer '57, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2013.
- Richard Lawrence Call '58, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 15, 2013.
- Peter Franco, Jr. '58, of Lyme, Connecticut, October 12, 2013.
- Constance St. Onge Adams '59, of Port Orchard, Washington, October 13, 2013.
- Americo B. Almeida MD'59, of Fall River, Massachusetts, August 29, 2013.
- Arthur Palmer French '59, of Orleans, Vermont, August 26, 2013.
- John Robert Fay '60, G'74, of St. George, Vermont, October 15, 2013.
- William L. Ladue, Jr. '60, of Charlotte, North Carolina, October 27, 2013.
- Francis G. LaValley G'60, of Rutland, Vermont, October 15, 2013.
- Carl A. Peabody '60, of East Middlebury, Vermont, October 11, 2013.
- Mary Shepard Babcock '61, of Swanton, Vermont, October 2, 2013.
- William R. Morton '61, of Edmonds, Washington, September 4, 2013.
- Joanna Lull Williams '62, of Shelburne, Vermont, September 1, 2013.
- Frank R. Fiske, Jr. '63, of Granville, New York, August 14, 2013.
- William J. Greene '63, of Kinderhook, New York, October 28, 2013.
- Donald Earl Jamieson G'63, of Waterbury Center, Vermont, August 29, 2013.
- John K. Park '63, of Kenmore, New York, October 27, 2013.
- Wendell A. Button '64, of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, October 9, 2013.
- Roxann Chamberlin '64, G'79,of Windsor, Vermont, September 20, 2013.
- Robert Edward Sherriff '64, of Sarasota, Florida, September 28, 2013.
- Henry F. Pitaniello Jr. '66, of Rutland, Vermont, August 15, 2013.
- William H. Robinson, Jr. '66, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, October 10, 2013.
- Robert Charles Moore G'70, of Marquette, Minnesota, August 7, 2013.
- Elisabeth B. Burbank '71, of Colchester, Vermont, November 30, 2012.
- Paulette Amon Plaster '71, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, October 26, 2013.
- Susan Flatow Savage '71, of Colchester, Vermont, September 15, 2013.
- Coleen Fitzsimmons Beck '72, of Middlebury, Vermont, September 29, 2013.
- James W. Darling '72, of West Lebanon, New Hampshire, September 28, 2013.
- Ronnie J. Sweet '72, of St. Albans, Vermont, November 7, 2013.
- Nils A. Berglund '73, of St. Albans, Vermont, October 22, 2013.
- Marie Moroni Findholt ''73, of Underhill, Vermont, September 16, 2013.
- Paul Jerome Breslin, Jr. '74, of Portland, Maine, October 2, 2013.
- Deborah Leigh Dennis '74, of Knoxville, Tennessee, September 16, 2013.
- Theodore Manazir G'74, of South Burlington, Vermont, October 8, 2013.
- David C. DeBoer '75, of Fairfax, Vermont, August 21, 2013.
- Harriett Shephard Durett '75, of Stowe, Vermont, August 20, 2013.
- David P. Granger MD'77, of Rockwall, Texas, September 29, 2013.
- Jeffrey D. Kuller '77, of Camden, Maine, November 5, 2013.
- Jonathan Webster Osborn G'79, of Morrisville, Vermont, September 19, 2013.
- Daniel Deforest Lucier '81, of San Juan Capistrano, California, October 3, 2013.
- Julia Macklin '85, of Brooklyn, New York, October 13, 2013.
- Stacy F. Lickert '89, of Winooski, Vermont, September 18, 2013.
- Kathleen Marie Cook '91, G'95, '10, of Burlington, Vermont, October 31, 2013.
- Prof. Monika Ingeborg Baege G'93, 05, of Essex Junction, Vermont, October 29, 2013.
- Linda J. Carroll-Higgins G'93, of Burlington, Vermont, October 28, 2013.
- Gretchen Holt Allen MD'98, of West Hartford, Connecticut, November 11, 2013.
- Antonina Ellen Marsie '07 of East Hampton, Connecticut, on November 10, 2013.
- Mason Jacob Smith '12, of Canaan, Vermont, September 20, 2013.
Richard Absher, professor emeritus and chair of electrical engineering from 1998 until his retirement in 2003, passed away in January. Professor Absher joined the UVM faculty in 1968. His interests and expertise were in the areas of biomedical engineering and control theory. Richard's wife, Marlene, also worked at UVM as a research professor of medicine and an instructor in the College of Medicine. Richard and Marlene both retired from UVM in 2003 and moved to Newkirk, Oklahoma to re-settle the farm that Marlene's family originally built during the expansion west.
Peter Battelle, professor emeritus in the School of Business Administration, passed away on December 15, 2013. After beginning his career in accounting with Price Waterhouse in New York City, he joined the business faculty at UVM in 1970. In addition to his influence on scores of students as a teacher, Professor Battelle served the university on many committees and worked to develop relationships between the School of Business and overseas universities through visiting appointments at Wirtschafts-Universitat in Vienna, Austria, efforts to develop partner schools in Australia, and as advisor of Study Abroad students.
Kenneth Stewart "Stew" Gibson '51, professor emeritus in Extension and Food & Animal Sciences, passed away on October 1, 2013. In 1956, Professor Gibson began his career with UVM Extension as the assistant county agricultural agent in Chittenden County. A dairy farmer himself, Professor Gibson's career would include taking on the role of State Extension Dairyman. Honors he received for his work included the Joseph E. Carrigan Award as Outstanding Herdsman, George D. Aiken Vermont Agriculturist of the Year, and inductee to the Vermont Agriculture Hall of Fame, among others.
Jackie Gribbons, who worked at UVM from 1966 to 2006 as a faculty member and in a variety of administrative roles passed away on January 10 after a battle with cancer. As one of the original architects of UVM's nationally recognized graduate program in Higher Education and Student Affairs and as an implementer of Title IX standards, Gribbons was a pioneer throughout her career. Gribbons, who helped establish Vermont Women in Higher Education, was one of the only female administrators when she arrived on campus in the fall of 1966 as the dean of women. Subsequent roles at UVM would include assistant to the executive vice president; assistant to the vice president for administration; student grievance coordinator; associate to the senior vice president; and director of staff professional development. When she retired from her administrative post in 1993, Gribbons continued to teach and advise in the HESA program until 2006.
Hubert W. "Hub" Vogelmann, professor emeritus of botany, passed away on October 11, 2013. Professor Vogelmann moved to Vermont in 1955 to begin his thirty-six-year tenure as a professor at the University of Vermont, serving sixteen years as chair of the Botany Department. Always dedicated to the cause of education, Hub inspired scores of students and was delighted by the frequent remark, "I took your course!" His roles as educator and conservationist extended well beyond the university campus. He founded the Field Naturalist program, which is unique in its integration of science, fieldwork, critical thinking and public communications to produce leaders in environmental policy, land stewardship, research, conservation, and education. Professor Vogelmann is well known for his research on Camel's Hump that brought national attention to the issue of acid rain and contributed to air-quality legislation. His work on behalf of Vermont's natural world included co-founding the Vermont chapter of The Nature Conservancy, which has preserved over 183,000 acres of native habitats in Vermont, many of which where identified through his research in Vermont and the region.
Win A. Way G'51, professor emeritus in Extension and Plant & Soil Science, passed away on January 26, 2013. After several years as an instructor and assistant research agronomist at UVM, Professor Way became Extension agronomist in 1954 and would continue in that role until his retirement in 1986. For many Vermonters, Win Way was the familiar face of UVM Extension with his thousands of presentations to farm and community groups across the state, Across the Fence programs, and radio broadcasts. Colleagues, friends, and family, remember Professor Way as an independent thinker who promoted small, local, and organic agriculture long before others. Last May, Professor Way was posthumously awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Robert O. Sinclair Cup for career achievement.
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