1970s – 1980s

1970
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Doug Arnold
darnold@arnold-co.com

1971
I have heard from just a few of you, but the quality of the messages rates high on the fun factor. David Nussbaum wrote, “I appreciated Gary Barnes’ catch-up on my Phi Sig ’71 classmates. It brought back lots of great memories!” David recently joined the Metropolitan Jewish Health System as a senior vice president and chief development officer. He is involved in providing comprehensive health services for the elderly in the Metropolitan New York area. David reminded me that he “reconnected with Professor Raul Hilberg, who I brought out to Michigan for a major Holocaust symposium in the ’90s.” David is married and the father of Monte and Wilson, two gorgeous Golden Retrievers. They were back at the Jersey Shore last summer, splitting their time between the shore and trips to New England and in northern Michigan. David would love to catch up with old friends via email at nussmeister@optonline.net. He also made reference to our classmate, Clifford Sobel, who is U.S. ambassador to Brazil. I don’t know if anyone has been in touch with Clifford, but it would be great to hear from him. He’s one of our more illustrious classmates. I also heard from Kent Smith, who referenced Dick Peisch. Kent was wondering if Dick made it back to Burlington for the Burlington High School 40th reunion. Kent said that he and Dick “roomed together when I came back to UVM, and he gave me a Navy pea coat as compensation when he put me in charge of his store for a few hours. I have been able to wear it for more than 30 years, and I wanted to thank him again for the deal I got.” I asked Kent and Dick what “minding the store” meant…it can’t be good. Speaking of the BHS reunion, I have not heard yet if Dick Peisch, Doug Wells, Jimmy Seder, and Marc Milowsky are coming to Burlington for this high school reunion. As I mentioned in a previous column, why Jimmy Seder is coming, I do not know, since he grew up in Milwaukee. I do know that Maypo’s job is to babysit Jimmy, and I hope to see them all Burlington so I can gather some more news. I also heard from Myron Grauer, who was planning a summer vacation in Vermont. He sounded great, and he mentioned that he sees Jason Robards occasionally in Columbus, Ohio. This is the first sighting we’ve had in many, many issues. This summer for lunch, I saw Liz Mead Foster, who runs circles around all of us on foot and on bike. Besides having a great time catching up with Liz, I was reminded of the story that Bob Hawes told me at a UVM event in Providence, Rhode Island, last May at which I met Bob and Barbara Jerry Hawes. Bob remembered a Spring Break story to top all others. The plan was to drive to Florida in his father’s vintage station wagon for a fun spring vacation. He and a couple of Delta Psi brothers hatched the idea which involved a few Tri-Delts, of course. Bob, dressed in a bathrobe, swimming trunks, and flip flops, anticipated a morning dip in Florida. After driving all night, the Tri-Delt at the wheel (not Barbara Jerry) got them to Boston. Bob awoke to a chilly Boston March morning wondering why they weren’t on a sunny, warm beach. The funniest part is that Bob and friends literally bumped into Mr. Hawes, Bob’s dad, on Newbury Street, where the group was trying to pull together enough change for coffee and juice. Did we really do that kind of thing? We should all be reminded that Bob Hawes has turned out to be a wonderful father and responsible citizen. I also heard from Susie Campbell, who is still in Scituate, Massachusetts. She said that she completed a six-month nursing refresher course (after getting an MBA!) and is now looking for positions in management in the big Boston medical centers. She is waiting to hear about one offer, so Susie’s life is on the move. Bill Allard wrote with the announcement that the Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater was having a three-day extravaganza of comedy and mayhem, starring the one and only Bill Allard, Dr. Science, Randy of the Redwoods, and Ian Shoales last August. And, I am off to Idaho, Montana, and the Canadian Rockies for a few weeks in July and August. I’ll be rafting down the Snake River and hiking in the Rockies.
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Sarah Wilbur Sprayregen
sarah.sprayregen@uvm.edu

1972
It is hard to believe that our 35th Class Reunion has come and gone. Our class event on Saturday evening was a lovely dinner and dance at the new Marriott Hotel on Battery Street in Burlington. The band, Mr. French, had everyone on the dance floor most of the evening. Be sure to mark your calendar now for our next reunion, the first weekend in June, 2012! It appears the bonds created by the UVM experience extend not only to its alumni, but in fact span generations. After meeting and becoming close friends at UVM 35 years ago, Philip and Sandra Christofoletti Quinn and Joe and Martha Baker Forgiano recently announced that their children were engaged to be married. Sam Quinn and Kristin Forgiano first met at a young age through family ski trips and visits to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. After reconnecting five years ago, they were engaged in May 2006. Kristin is 2001 graduate of Boston University, and after working at Martha Stewart in New York for three years, is currently a marketing and sales manager for Ignite USA in Chicago. Sam is a 2000 graduate of Brown University and recently received his MBA from The University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business. He is currently an associate with JPMorgan Private Bank. The couple currently resides in Chicago, but will be moving to Boston in November so that they can be closer to family and the Boston Red Sox. Jim Lampman, owner of the Lake Champlain Chocolate Company was in Ghana, Africa, at the World Cocoa Foundation in May. Attendance at this conference is a competitive process. US chocolate makers can attend by invitation only. Even though the dates of the conference conflicted with our Reunion, we are proud of Jim for being part of an effort to promote the sustainability of cocoa, helping many, many small farmers and their families. Jacquie Hall Mitchell left Spherion in July to work for the Manhattan School of Music in the Development Department doing special events. Nancy Tabke Ooms is the lead Health Education teacher at Livingston High School, New Jersey. One of her sons is a senior Criminal Justice major at Champlain College, and another is a high school senior. During her visit to Burlington, she discovered that Champlain College now owns her old sorority house, ADPi. Patty Quinn Thomas of Newport, Vermont, retired from teaching in June 2006. She had been librarian at Derby Elementary for 30 years and a primary teacher in Franklin for three years. Now, she is working a 40-hour week as secretary at Brownington Central School. She wrote, “I wear many hats, but it's ‘my little retirement’ job.” Patty and her husband, Gary, live in Derby, and they travel 150 miles to attend UVM men’s hockey games. You can catch them in their reserved seats in Section 21. Patty said they waited nine years for their seats, and this past hockey season was her 38th year of following her Cats. Patty saw Sarah Wilbur (’71) Sprayregen on Monhegan Island, Maine, last August. Patty and her daughter, who are regular visitors to the island, were having dinner when Patty noticed Sarah at the table beside her. Patty learned Sarah was there because her brother was donating a painting to the lighthouse museum. Patty’s most exciting news is that her daughter Joanna graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international studies from American University in Washington, D.C., on Mother’s Day. Her studies included a year in Chile and Ghana, West Africa.
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Debra Stern Koslow
debra.stern@uvm.edu


1973
Judy Strong Peterson has been named president and CEO of Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Barre. She has been with the non-profit agency for 24 years. James Swift works in festival and community event programming and promotion, and he’s planning the 25th year of First Night Burlington, a substance-free, New Year’s Eve festival of the arts. Dr. Andrew Miller has become a clinical division chief in community internal medicine and has been promoted to associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. As for retirement and career changes, Barbara Weiss wrote that she retired in the fall of 2006 after more than 32 years at the Colorado engineering and surveying firm Drexel Barrell, where she was the first female engineer, department head, and part owner. Her son, David, is a Navy ensign at Pensacola for flight school, and daughter Michelle is a sophomore at the University of Colorado. Michael Lucio retired from Prudential IT Services in 2004 and the following year started a financial processing company that specializes in international labor unions. After 30 years in corporate management, Ruth Ketcham Pasquale decided to change her career and return to the field of education. In 2004, she moved from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and bought the Huntington Learning Center, which provides supplemental education services. Ann Taylor has been teaching skiing at Stowe and Sugarbush for the last four seasons. She has a massage and physical therapy office in Burlington, and she also leads ski, kayak and Nordic walking tours and is a First Wilderness Responder. Hank Horn is a custom woodworker in Salem, Connecticut. In 2004, he and his wife, Dee, established Mitchell Farm Equine Retirement Inc., a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the care of aging horses.
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Deborah Mesce
d.mesce@verizon.net

1974
Marilyn Oxman La Bossiere lives in Holliston, Massachusetts with her husband. Her two grown boys, Jon and Mike, have recently moved into their own apartments. Marilyn teaches math and science at Natick High School in Natick, Massachusetts. She still gets together every year with Robin Severy ’75, Carol Nigro ’76 Lucyniak, and Lee Parks ’76. Their last mini-reunion was in Newport, Rhode Island at the Chowder Festival. Ann Perrigo Morissette wrote that she has finally retired from teaching (after 31 years!) and is now working full-time in the Registrar’s Office at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Ann’s children, Elizabeth ’00, Laura ’04, and Ryan ’06, all graduated from UVM’s School of Nursing and are all practicing RNs in Colorado. Elizabeth ’00 will be married in September 2007. If they all stay in Colorado, Ann and her husband may move out West, too. I finally got up to Stowe to visit and play tennis with Diane Batt Smith at the end of June. Diane told me that Patty Lafayette Schipp had recently been in town from Tell City, Indiana, with her family. They had rented a camp on Lake Champlain for a week. Patty said it felt like being home again. Diane and her husband Larry were able to have dinner in Burlington on the waterfront with Patty and her family (husband, Dan, and their three children) along with Mary Lou Manchester Wasko and her husband, Richard Wasko ’73.
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Emily Schnaper Manders
esmanders@gmail.com

1975
Linda Bouchard is working in the historic city of Fez, Morocco, at the Arabic Language Institute, where she is assistant to the director. Linda is also restoring a house in the 1,200 year old medina, a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the near future she hopes to be hosting guests in her home, perhaps hosting personalized tours of the city and offering a Moroccan cultural arts/ language program to visitors. Her four children are scattered now. Gifford is working in Texas and was married in August, Margot is working on a master’s in Scandinavian linguistics, Sonja is at the New England Culinary Institute (NECI) in Essex Junction, Vermont, and Tremaine is working in Vermont. If anyone is traveling to Fez on vacation or looking for an excellent Arabic language program, she would love to meet you and show you the school and the city. Her email address is: info@ aliffes.com. Joe Choquette is with Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, a Vermont law firm, where he manages the government and public affairs practice and oversees marketing for the firm. He says the Vermont legislature is never dull. Joe recently joined the UVM Vermont Regional Alumni Board, and he is happy to work with Lisa Ventriss, Steve Terry, Bill Cimonetti, Brian Harwood, Hank Elitzer, and many other UVM alums who settled in Vermont. After many years as the rink announcer at UVM hockey games, he continues to serve as the team’s official scorer. If Joe can’t make the game, the duties are ably handled by his daughter, Elyse Choquette ’08. Joe handled the microphone as the public address announcer this summer for the Vermont Mountaineers, the Montpelier franchise of a highly regarded college level summer baseball league. Mark Fox has been appointed to the Michigan State Board of Ethics by Governor Jennifer Granholm. The board has jurisdiction to determine the ethical conduct of state employees and public officers of the executive branch of Michigan state government. Mark is the president of the law firm of Fraser Trebilock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. He lives in Okemos, Michigan, with his wife, Anita, who is also a lawyer, and their three children. Gail Gauthier had a new children’s book, A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. The Junior Library Guild will be offering it as a selection for its members. Gail’s book is the first in a new series; her second book is scheduled for release in the summer of 2008. Classmates can read about her books at her website www.gailgauthier.com. She also maintains a blog “Original Content,” which deals with writing children’s books. Heather Logan Weiler continues to work as a speech-language pathologist. She serves on the board of the Salt Lake City chapter of the National Charity League, and she is raising two children, Sarah, 15, and Ben, 18. Ben entered the University of Utah’s athletic training and exercise science program this fall. Heather is working on another certification as an educator teaching students with severe disabilities through Utah State University. Her husband owns an art gallery in Park City, where they are active in the community as well as in the film industry. They get back to Vermont for family reunions at the Lake Mansfield Trout Club, and this year they will celebrate the life of Heather’s great aunt, Elizabeth Miller Schimmelfennig, who once shared a studio with Francis Colburn.
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Dina Dwyer Child
dinachild@aol.com

1976
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Peter Beekman
pbeekman@clarkson.edu

1977
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Steve Monroe
monroe@levinassociates.com

1978
Classmates: This Fall column is an embarrassment of riches!  I have more news to share with you than in any prior column.  So here goes:  Susan Shepherd Delaney writes that all is well at 50 in San Francisco.  Susan, her husband John, daughter Lindsay and son Jack moved to San Francisco in 2000.  She says, "We were back on campus in January with the whole family to bury my father, Ray, in Burlington.  I went back to teaching school when my youngest started high school.  I am teaching kindergarten.  The commute is fun - one block from our home!   Hope you are well: in Burlington we stopped at Al’s, What Ales You and hit new spots like Starbucks on Church.  Go Cats Go!!!!"  Gretchen Gyr Cantor of Ann Arbor, Michigan writes that "David and I have recently moved to Luzern, Switzerland for a few years."  Wow!  She writes that the move is work-related, but she is really glad to be "back looking at mountains from their window" after living many years in the flat mid-west.  Janine McCreary Haun of Pompey, New York, writes and she has visited with several of our classmates, including Greg and Kelly Allen and their two daughters in Port St. Lucie, Florida last fall; they also met up with Don and Deb Putnam in Fort Pierce.  She had a short but sweet visit with classmate Stephanie Cheevers last summer in Maine, while she was on a 1000 mile motorcycle trip.  Karen Raidt Mooney of Guilford, Connecticut writes that she "has been teaching special education students in the Guilford School System for the past 20 years!"  Has it been that long?  Guess so!  Karen and her youngest son traveled to Paris to visit her daughter, and they absolutely loved France.  Karen sends a very special "hello" to Kathleen Humphreys.  Lori Chandler Benson (one of my old roommates!) is living in Bridgewater, Mass. and writes, "I got my Massachusetts real estate license on November 3, 2006, and was hired by Jack Conway Realtors in their Bridgewater office."  She continues to work in Donor Relations at BSC on a part-time basis.  Linda Purdy Owen of Bethesda, Maryland, says she would really like to hear from her former roommate and Alpha Chi sister, Debbie Lewis King.  "I lost your contact info!"  Erica Reichart Young and her daughter, Allyssa, 13, live in West Chester, Pennsylvania.  Erica keeps busy at IBM as a partner in Global Business Services after a long career at Ernst & Young Management Consulting.  Erica writes that she and her daughter love to travel and have set their sights on a trip to Italy.  Erica sends her regards to "Libby, Marge and Dave!"  Carol Tyler Shepherd of Burlington, VT writes that she has been "happily re-married for five years to a retired UVM professor," and that the two of them are traveling as much as they can and enjoying their grandchildren.  Holly MacIvor Robbins of Burlington, VT is a middle school nurse and she is very glad she has all of the school holidays and summers off.  She writes, "I still keep in touch with Rosemary Noonan as well as Ann Harding Burdet, both of whom have families and live in the Burlington area."  Peter Katz of Redwood City, CA writes that he and two partners "opened up a new gourmet hamburger restaurant called The Counter in Palo Alto, CA, and all UVM'ers are invited to stop by, say hello, and have a great meal!"  Peter writes that he will be opening a second restaurant in San Jose, CA in the near future, and that he and his partners have the development rights to all of northern California.  Check out his web site:  www.thecounterburger.com.  Clark Bemis Amadon of Moretown, VT reports that, "The kids have left the building!"  His daughter Cait is in grad school in Ireland, while his daughter Sara is Assistant Director of Student Affairs at Brandeis University.  Clark is looking to hear from Scott Goodman '80.  Judith Harvey Williams of Thetford Center, VT teaches second grade science and writes that she is "delighted to bring natural science education into the center of our elementary school curriculum."  Lauren Parkinson Shelton of Burlington, VT is an early childhood Educational Consultant and recently published an article called "People, Pulp and Paper in New Zealand:  Friendships Formed Through Hand Papermaking" in a magazine called Childspace, of Wellington, New Zealand.  Last but not least, your devoted Reporter is happily relocated to Boise, Idaho where I work as the Executive Assistant to the President/CEO of a growing real estate development company that builds affordable housing in eleven western states.  The dogs and I love it in Idaho!
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Audrey Ziss Bath
audreyb2@aol.com

1979
The new Davis Student Center on campus is almost complete. It is an amazing structure. Hope you can check it out on your next trip to Burlington. Please send your updates either to UVM or to me via email at the address below. I look forward to receiving class news from you.
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Beth Nutter Gamache
vtmednet.org

1980
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MaryBeth Cirino Pinard-Brace
marybethpinard_brace@alumni.uvm.edu

1981
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Mardie Trask Sorensen
mardie@uta.edu

1982
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Jack Scambos
pteron@optonline.net

1983
I have some sad news to report about our classmate, Rick Shelburne. Rick is no longer with us, and I’d like to dedicate this column to him. He will always remain a part of us. Hollie Gusky Shaner-McRae recently enrolled in the Kush University doctorate of nursing practice program. Her twins, Alex and Brooke Shaner, graduated from Northeastern University and the University of Rhode Island in 1996. Both are gainfully employed in the greater Boston area; Alex, in finance, and Brooke, in the veterinary technology field. Hollie and her husband Glen McRae enjoy living in Colchester, Vermont, and they enjoy traveling and reading. Mary Hallagan, her husband Ross, and their children Tracy and Glenn live in Alloway, New York. They built their home in cordwood construction style from trees Ross cut himself, and they strive for a self-sufficient lifestyle. They enjoyed getting together for a lovely cookout with Bill Bliss, his wife Kat ’81, and their two sons, and she hopes to catch up with more UVM friends at our reunion. In 2003, Lynn Sorg Bell opened the Square Graper Bar in the fabulous Florida Keys near Key West. She hopes classmates will visit. Bradley Lockwood let us know that his family has moved to Pell City, Alabama. He oversees the manufacturing, sales, marketing, and distribution of classroom desktops, chair seats, and chair backs. His wife, Lori, is a housewife, and she is studying nutritional therapy. In 2002, they adopted two daughters, Taylor and Rebecca. Their oldest daughter, Heather, has been accepted at UVM. Their son, Dan, will be a senior in high school next year. Heidi Chickering lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her son, Caleb Van Noy, and their dogs Jillian and Chloe. Heidi has been employed by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System as a speech-language pathologist since 1985. She sent greetings to George Payne ’86 in Sweden. Daryl Ogden Garsik wrote from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, that she is learning to play the violin with her daughter, Karen. She also is playing women’s soccer. Daryl recently was promoted to tuberculosis program manager for Palm Beach County. William Garcia is enrolled in an executive MBA program. His anticipated graduation date is December 2007. Col. Jody Mailand Prescott and her husband are living in Norway, and they enjoyed the chance to see a few classmates last summer. Jody is staff legal advisor dealing with national, international, and NATO legal issues. Kent Koptiuch began a new position with Nestle Waters, North America as a natural resource manager. Based in Poland Springs, Maine, he will be traveling the Northeast in search of pure spring water sources to meet the growing demands of the bottled water industry. Michelle Chittenden married Papis Dadji, an artist musician from Senegal. Jennifer McLeod Sleeper sees Jill Van Riper Brown often. Jill is her daughter Elizabeth’s godmother, and Jennifer is Jill’s daughter’s godmother. Jill hopes to see Nancy Goldsborough Hurt, Sarah Carter Davis, Holly Sweet Burt, Laura Carney, Barb Barvoets Freeby, and Laura Iglehart Yeady at our reunion. Robin Kim Edestein said farewell to Florida, and she now has a new job, a new house, and a new life in Cary, North Carolina. Christa Duthie-Fox was elected vice president of the Vermont Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma DKG Society International which promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. Christa is a veteran middle level science teacher at Charlotte Central School. Charlotte Harris wrote to report that after 17 years at Caxton Associates, L.L.C, one of the leading hedge funds in the industry, she has retired as a senior portfolio manager/partner. Charlotte wrote, “what a long, strange trip it’s been!” Charlotte Beall is traveling to Sierra Leone, West Africa to visit the village she lived in 20 years ago. She will be helping to raise funds to rebuild schools after their civil war. Rebecca Johnston Dube is working with children with special needs in Montpelier, Vermont. She wrote that she gets younger every day being with preschoolers. Rebecca misses Kirk and Kevin Brown ’82, William Buck, and Erin Daugherty ’84. Lois Eastman Farley is living in Nashville, Tennessee, with her son Carson. She works in an outpatient diagnostic imaging center. Carson attends Martin Luther King Magnet School for Science and Engineering.
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Sharon Morrissey Young
sm.young@comcast.net

1984
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Laurie Olander Angle
langle@savientpharma.com

1985
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Barbara Roth
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1986
George Payne wrote that on February 10, 2007, he and his wife Matilda welcomed their son Lennart Christian into the world. George works for Pearson Education as an academic sales representative in Stockholm, Sweden. He also completed his third year in the American basketball coach in Sweden program. The program brings a coach to Stockholm to teach youth about playing basketball and life after sports. Scott Wood wrote that he recently became house principal at Arlington High School in Lagrangeville, New York. He lives in the area with his wife, Ursula, and their sons Declan and Gavin.
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Larry Gorkun
vtlfg@msn.com

1987
Hi everyone—I could TRY to explain how great our 20th reunion was, how terrific the turnout was and how much fun we all had. But, in the true spirit of the class of ’87, Larry Brown, who flew out from Sonoma, California, put it best: “By the shores of Lake Champlain, We raised the banner high again, Rejoicing anew in our little slice of heaven, At Metronome they spun hits from 1987, Twenty years went by so fast, Was great to find Burlington to still be a blast, One parting wish to end this cheesy rhyme, Hope to see all, by the Lake, next time.” Burlington, complete with JazzFest, was the charming, FUN town that we all remember. UVM, under the leadership of our new president, is making some incredible changes. (Did anyone else go on the tour of the new, state-of-the-art student center?!) But, most important, we had an amazing turnout of our classmates and guests for Saturday our night party. There were so many people there that I hesitate to name names for fear of leaving someone out—but we all know who you are! (Stephanie, Melanie, Trish Wheeler, Jane Isaacs, Slinker, Kelly Finn, Jane Bernholz, Karen Shaw, Karen Murray, Denise, Mark DeMikes, Rob Eby, Kara Greenblatt, etc., etc., and the list goes on and on!) The Blanche Ranch and spouses hosted an afternoon party at Finnegan’s (thanks, guys!), and we all hung out at Nectar’s that night. Kudos go to those who traveled from far and wide, like Larry Brown, Rise Dean and her family from Colorado, Billy Gage from Lake Geneva, and to first-time reunion-goers like Ed Howe, Laura Henschel and Maura Cronin (you don't know what you've been missing). Dave Crowley, the newlywed who married a Pi Phi from the South, left his bride for 24 hours to see us all. The Beers, Gormans, Owens, Shipleys, TJ Paulino, etc., were great for getting the numerous sitters and not missing a beat. I can’t wait to see you ALL again at our 25th, and I hope that more people will join us. Lastly, since I couldn’t pass the baton, I expect each and every one of you to write me and make this “lifelong job” as easy as possible! Email me your thoughts on reunion, and I will put it in our column next time.
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Sarah Vaden Reynolds
ssrey@optonline.net

1988
I recently went to a benefit in Maplewood, New Jersey, and spent the majority of the evening catching up with Dana Weinstein Lathrop ’90. It is always great seeing old UVM friends. Anya Radar Wallack received her PhD in social policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University in May. She lives in Little Compton, Rhode Island, with her husband and six-year-old son. Anya works as a health policy consultant. Kathleen Biscardi left Fox Sports Net Northwest to go to KCTS, the public station in Seattle. For fun she takes Irish step dancing lessons and runs. She is training to run a half marathon in Vancouver, B.C. Marilyn Cipolla wrote that she visited with Jen Schonher Dahlquist and Sandy Balin in San Francisco. Both are doing great. Ruben Echandy was promoted to vice president of engineering at Verdasys. Sarah Wood and her husband, Chris, welcomed their daughter, Charlotte, into the world on July 24, 2006. Chris is in grad school at UC Berkeley working towards a master’s degree in architecture. Sarah runs her own business. John Austin is working on wind energy issues and their effect on wildlife. He is out fishing and duck hunting as often as possible with sons Jake, nine, and William, four. Diane Dequasie Noury had a visit from Sarah Shepherd ’89 in her home in Glocester, R.I. Diane also keeps in touch with Kim Wilson Murchie and Carla Dwyer Henderson. She would love to hear from anyone from the School of Nursing or anyone who lived on Austin/Marsh 1983 to 1986. Todd Tyrell and his lovely wife, Kim, welcomed his first child in January. They live in Denver, and Lee Brooks continues to dominate him on the basketball court during his visits. Victoria Boker Doyle lives in Brooklyn with her daughter. She is a part-time trademark lawyer and a part-time small business owner of a baby clothes store (www.pinkgorillas. com). Sharon O’Connor ’87 is still one of her best friends. Sandra McLaughlin Schall and her husband purchased a therapy clinic from a retiring therapist. She manages the business and treats patients. James Buzzetta is a Mercedes Benz dealer in Huntington, Long Island. He had dinner with Chris Sweeney and Jordan Welsh ’89 in Boston. They are both doing great. Susan Block Duic lives in Tampa, Florida, with her husband Peter and son, Tyler, age seven. She is a school psychologist, and she is helping to set up a health care company. Dave Deegan and wife, Beth, moved from the Washington, D.C., area to Boston. Dave continues to work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, specializing in communications issues. They love being back in New England. Susan Fleischer Jackson and her husband, Mark, welcomed Natalie Ann to the family in January 2005. She joins big brother, Luke. Susan, Susie Lunt Detrick, and Doreen DeNitto (’87) Burliss had a mini reunion at the home of Brenda Christensen Fife in Williston, Vermont. They found that Oktoberfest has really changed since they were students. John Visconti became a registered investment advisor with the United Nations FCU. He and his wife, Caroline, welcomed their second child in May. They plan to move to Manhattan.
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Cathy Selinka Levison
crlevison@comcast.net

1989
Congratulations to Lee Lowell on his newly published book, Get Rich With Options: Four Winning Strategies Straight from the Exchange Floor, which details the ins and outs of investment endeavors. Lee currently resides in Celebration, Florida. Tony Delicato and his wife, Melissa, make their home in New Jersey with their children Jordan, Joseph, and Abbie. Tony says hello to all Kappa Sig alumni, and he was hoping to find some interest in a possible Kappa Sig reunion. He would love to hear from Jim Rich ’88, Mike Callanan ’88, Bill Weber ’90, Justin Kinney, Chris Myers ’87, and Mike Bunis, and any other Kappa Sig alumni who might be interested in getting together. He can be reached at tdelicato@actavis.com. Deborah Wolfe lives in Boston, and she would love to get in touch with Gretchen Kirby. She can be reached via email at wolfe deborah@comcast.net. It was great to hear from Rick Dellarusso, who, with his wife, Mary Stumpf Dellarusso, caught up with a crew of ’89ers in Jackson Hole last winter. They had plenty of snow, and they enjoyed the good company of fellow UVMers Mike Rheam, Lewis and Kim Yankowski Parker, and Jack Stout. Rick also celebrated his 40th (can you believe we are all this old?) in New York City. It felt like we were at the Last Chance with a cast of characters, including Drew Turnbull, Lon Finklestein ’88, Todd Cheema, Alan Snow, Christine Striano Arella, Alex Coleman, and Bill Leahy. Thanks to Evy Roche Johnson who wrote in with news. She lives in Hudson, Wisconsin, with her husband, Steve, and their two children, Connor and Kacia. After teaching French and Spanish at The Blake School in Minneapolis for 11 years, Evy accepted a position at Mounds Park Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches French and Spanish to grades five through 10, including travel to Quebec and France. She keeps in touch with Jane Adams, Martine Larocque Gulick ’88, and Annelein Beukenkamp Winant. Martine and her family are off to Germany, where she will teach in a private school for the next two years, and Annelein is busy painting up a storm and showing her incredible art in galleries all over Vermont. Alexandra Petas Pappas wrote about another 40th celebration at a gathering in the home of Jeff Ramsey on Grand Cayman. In attendance were Jeff, Alex, Jeanine Buckley Perrone, Katie Davis Haley, Chris Pirie Martuscello, Bill Flack, and Rich Platt. Jeff flew in from Vermont, where he is currently an environmental specialist with the State. Jeanine, her husband Marc, and their children Kevin and Jillian flew in from Massachusetts, where Jeanine is a regional manager for a software company. Alex’s husband, Dean, and children Billy and Eleni came from New York, where Alex is the human resources director for a commercial printing company. Katie, husband Don, and their kids, Erin, Maura, and Margaret, flew in from Massachusetts, where Katie is an RN at a Boston hospital. Chris and her family, including husband Bill and daughter, Maria, flew in from Rhode Island, where Chris is exploring a career detour from biologist to child-rearing specialist. Bill traveled from Vermont, where he owns the company Eastern Approach, and finally, the group was even able to convince Rich Platt to leave his home in Saddlestring, Wyoming, on the HF Bar Ranch to join everyone. Alex wrote that “it was a ton of fun, reminiscent of many Grant Street parties.” Speaking of birthdays, complete with her name on the marquis, Emily Katz Moskowitz celebrated her 40th at The Paradise Lounge in Boston last May with many UVMers in attendance, including Dan (’87) and Kate Fallon Croteau, Susan “Pecka” Mooney Noonan, Moe Kelly Gonsalves, Robyn Fried Boyd, and Stefanie Conroy Wallach. I got very lucky and had much of that same crew join me out here in Portland to celebrate our advancing age: Kate, Sue, Moe, and Robyn made the brief weekend trip. It was wonderful to have them all here, including another Portland UVMer, Valerie Newman, ’86, who is a neonatalogist at NW Newborns. Moe is launching her own on-line wellness program called www.learntobewell.com, which aims to reduce corporate healthcare costs through employee education. Very impressive, Moe, and we wish you all the best! Despite our collective birthdays, we still have some baby news to keep us feeling young. Congratulations to Tony Reilly and his wife, Danielle, who welcomed their son, William Francis Reilly III, last January. William joins big sister, Allie, in the family’s New York City home. Thanks again to all of you who sent news!
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Kate Barker Swindell
katebs@comcast.net

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