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1970
First, I want to apologize to any regular “Class Notes” readers for not submitting news for so long. My dog ate all my notes just before the deadlines, or I might have left it at the Redwood before mailing it. The last time I wrote to the class, the Cleveland Indians were in first place. As you New Englanders know, we were still in first place until the Red Sox ruined our World Series hopes. During the American League series, I heard from Dave Gemelli whose sons were in town for a few games. George Kreiner came to Cleveland, and we went to all the Cleveland home games. I am happy to say as I write this that the Indians are in first place again. Let’s see how we finish. I’ll keep you updated in future “Notes.” In my last installment, I mentioned Marilyn Meares. Shortly thereafter, I heard from her, and she enlightened me on actually attending Saturday 8:00 a.m. French classes our freshman year. Who knew?! At any rate, Marilyn runs an environmental non-profit organization in Wilmington, North Carolina. Sounds like she’s all about Mr. Gore’s admonishment. Marilyn has two kids, a boy and a girl, both graduates of Duke. Her daughter is in Washington, D.C., and son is in the Warren/Waitsfield area in Vermont. She gets to Vermont occasionally to see her grandchild and to catch up with Dick Peisch, Debbie Lovett, Mags Caney Conant and others. As an aside, I replied to her email with all sorts of clever diatribe…and never heard back. Now, what did I say! I also got an informative email from Perky Spaulding Maddox, who filled me in on a Pi Phi reunion on Cape Cod at the home of Judy Bruce, who I recall has retired from running a hospital in the New York City area. Guests included Perky, Lynne Bartholomew Kreiner, Vicki Vandeventor Eaton, Linae Johnson Schroeder, Jan Steff (’69) Keeler, Sue Weiss, and Mary Mulhern. I know Mary has a married name but I’m still trying to get over it. Photos were taken of the Pi Phi girls, but they were deemed not appropriate fare for our “Class Notes” readers. A great time was apparently had by all and margaritas were the drink and, based on photos, apparently the food of choice. Ray Massucco, who tried to distance himself from our class for the class of 1969, wrote that he’s complementing his law practice of thirty-five years in Bellows Falls with a music promotion and production business. He’s producing three or four concerts a year in the restored Bellows Falls Opera House. He’s actively involved in various music festivals and Vermont artists including the Starline Rhythm Boys and the Sandra Wright Band. Ray wants to hear about what others, especially music lovers, are doing as second careers, and he invites all to contact him at ray@vermont festivalsllc.com. Karen Kiernan Mechem wants us to know that she, Enid Rae Smith, official organizer, Pam Montague Kellogg, Linda McPhee Simon, Diane Fraim O’Reilly and Margot Shorter Bianchi, all got together to celebrate their common 60th birthdays at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Admittedly, they were so involved in reminiscing and catching up on thirty-eight years in four hours that they sort of missed the museum exhibits. We understand. Awhile ago, I heard from an old friend and fraternity brother, Bill Laufer. He wrote me on official legal stationery which upon quick glance always gives me pause, a sign of too many lawsuits. Bill has his own law firm, specializing in divorce law and employing twenty or so lawyers. With his wife, Angela, Bill has four daughters. The oldest is in law school at Seton Hall, the second is employed with a human resources firm in New York, and the youngest child is a sophomore in high school. His third daughter, Amanda, was recruited by Cornell to play lacrosse. Bill and Angela went to Amanda’s first lacrosse game her freshman year and met her friend. It turns out that the best friend, Katherine Simmons, is none other than the daughter of Sam and Barb Mickelson Simmons, both class of ’72. They all enjoyed a mini-reunion while watching their talented daughters play Division One lacrosse. Bill sent a nice photo of the entire group, and all looked healthy and happy, even Bill. Speaking of daughters, my wife Barbara and I leave next month for Boulder for my daughter Heidi’s graduation from the University of Colorado. In keeping with family tradition, she actually graduates in December but gets to “walk” with her class in May. Now that she is graduating, perhaps I can entertain the idea of joining some of you in retirement. I figure I’ll be about eighty-something before I can. If I missed anyone’s news, please resend as my class notes file got destroyed when I changed to a new computer. Let me hear from all of you.
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Doug Arnold
darnold@arnold-co.com
1971
Marc (aka Maypo) Milowsky’s restaurants, Jesse’s, Molly’s & Lui Lui, are vying for the title “best of New Hampshire.” By the time you are reading this column, we should know if, in fact, Marc is the very best of New Hampshire. Recently, Peter Spear contacted me with a great message: “Your class news column sounded so lonely. I keep considering retirement, but I’m having more fun working at my current rate. I still travel a lot, and I recently returned from a vacation to Scotland to visit friends in the Glen and to fish for wild salmon a wee bit. The fishing was slow, but I did manage to catch one, which was netted by my friend and host’s nine-year-old son Connor, his first attempt. It was great hearing from Peter and Greg Novak who reported that he and Naomi are the proud grandparents of Mira Camille Novak, born May 8, 2007. She lives in Burlington with their son Jeffrey and his wife, Ali. Jeff worked at Kelleher, Samets, Volk, the largest ad agency in Burlington, then he got his master’s in education at UVM, and he is now teaching middle school in Sheldon, Vermont. Naomi taught at Barnes School in Burlington before she had the baby. They love Burlington, and we are so happy that our granddaughter was born there. We come up and visit all the time. Liz Mead Foster and I had a great time in Tela, Honduras, volunteering for Vermont Hands to Honduras in late January and early February. Liz managed to run every morning before we were driven to the small town of Jazmin, which is inland from Tela. We helped construct a classroom that replaced a thatched-roof structure. We lifted cinder blocks, carried other construction materials, and Liz taught me how to make the rebars that created the support for the building. Liz’s proficiency in Spanish helped in so many ways: I needed help converting Honduran currency, and most importantly the medical team of a local pediatrician, child psychiatrist, and nurse practitioner relied on Liz’s communication skills when the entire town of Jazmin arrived for medical treatment. The best part of the trip was that Honduran parents were involved in every part of the construction, and when the teenage girls saw Liz and me plus other female volunteers, including Louisa Williams (‘88) Schibli and Debra Tierney (‘86) Hanley, whom I met for the first time in Honduras, they joined in and helped. Gary Barnes sent emails to several classmates from fraternities and came up empty. Thank you, Gary, for trying. We both agree that it only takes a brief email to send your news. I saw Joanne Czachor Magliozzi in Boston recently. She looks great. She is completing her second master’s degree, this one in social work. Her daughter Anna ‘08 graduates from UVM this May. I still have not heard from Jason Robards, so please pass on the message on that I am still trying to re-connect with him. Tom Reilly has better luck than I have in reaching Jason, but Tom has become extremely busy with his private investigation business. I’ve missed him in New York on my past two trips. Please call or write, then I will stop whining.
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Sarah Wilbur Sprayregen
Sarah.Sprayregen@uvm.edu
1972
Rod Stackelberg is a professor of history emeritus at Gonzaga University. Last November, his latest book, The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany, a reference guide to the history and historiography of Nazi Germany, was published. The book is intended for students, teachers, and general readers. In September of this year, his second expanded edition of Hitler’s Germany: Origins, Interpretations, Legacies is due out.
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Debra Koslow Stern
debra.stern@uvm.edu
1973
Meg Guzewicz of Westport, Connecticut, represented UVM at the inauguration of the University of Connecticut’s fourteenth president, Michael Hogan, last April.
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Deborah Mesce
d.mesce@verizon.net
1974
35th Reunion
June 4 – June 7, 2009
alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
John Van Hoesen was promoted to vice president for news at Vermont Public Radio in Colchester. John joined VPR in 2001 as news director. He helped VPR expand news and feature coverage and led the launch of “Vermont Edition.” During his tenure, Vermont Public Radio’s news coverage has been honored with six national Edward R. Murrow Awards in a variety of categories. Marie Gilman Robbins celebrated twenty-three years at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center last June, including fifteen years in the OB/GYN clinic. Outside of work, she enjoys quilting and cruising. Marie and her husband, Tom, live in White River Junction, Vermont. Their daughter, Kathleen, is an x-ray technician at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Marilyn Martin Siple of Burlington, Vermont, is a clinical laboratory scientist at Fletcher Allen Healthcare. Her son, Andrew, is also employed there as a practice support specialist. Her daughter, Julie, a sophomore at Bryant University in Rhode Island, is studying applied psychology. John Atherton and his wife live in Shelburne, Vermont, and they have given children medical care and food and built buildings for a Christian mission in Guatemala for the past three years. Leonard Fieber of Tuscon, Arizona, continues to practice medicine full time while also bicycle racing competitively. His daughter, Jenny, graduated from Brown University in 2008. His other daughter, Sarah, is a sophomore at Macalester College in Minnesota. Joanne Risley Artz of Evansville, Indiana, was promoted to assistant director and head of user services at the University of Southern Indiana’s Rice Library. She also volunteers at her local Planned Parenthood clinic. Joanne has been looking forward to visiting friends in Vermont in summer 2008. Nancy Talkington Whitesell of Fort Wayne, Indiana, will celebrate her 30th anniversary at St. Joe Center Veterinary Hospital in October 2008. Sidney Wade of Gainesville, Florida, had her fifth collection of poems, Stroke, published in January 2008 by Persed Books. She served as president of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs during 2006 and 2007. Diana Marsh still lives in Soldotna, Alaska. Now retired, she is self-employed, working in rural villages above the Arctic Circle, where she contracts speech and language services for village schools. Both of her children are in college out-of-state. Diana wrote that she broke her ankle up near Russia which made it a very long winter. Susanne Geier Spalding of Wayne, Maine, visited Barbara Rinkeubach in Denver, Colorado, in July 2007. She also keeps in close touch with Pam Johnson Kovacs ‘73, and they get together whenever possible. Susanne Bender Heinzerling of Bristol, Vermont, has been studying alternative health care at UVM. She continues to educate Vermont nurses in emergency medicine. Joab Herman relocated from Boston, where he had lived for thirty years, to Peekskill, New York, in order to be closer to his family. James Benoit of Burlington, Vermont, finally retired from the Internal Revenue Service in 2007. He has formed a tax-consulting company in Burlington. Judy Therriault O’Connor of Bennington, Vermont, wrote, “For the last twelve years, I have been doing clinical trials in Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and more recently, in multiple sclerosis. It is pivotal work that helps get new and better treatments to the patients.” Judy loves being a grandmother, and she sent greetings to Ted Dudley and David Littleton. She added, “Wish I knew then what I know now. I work for peace and truth, anyone else?”
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Emily Schnaper Manders
esmanders@gmail.com
1975
Michael Paternoster is living in New Jersey and hoping to reconnect with old UVM friends from the ‘70s. Please contact me to get in touch with Michael. Hoping to hear from more of you in the future!
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Dina Dwyer Child
dinachild@aol.com
1976
Patricia Horrocks is disappointed that the class of ‘76 had no news at all in the last issue. She wrote that her daughter Kristen, whom she adopted in 2000, gave birth to her first grandchild May 10, 2006, and Amani Rose is the light of her life. Patricia is still a social worker, providing mental health services to incarcerated youth in upstate New York. She recently visited friends in Middlebury, where she attended the Community Wind Ensemble concert. Patricia’s friend Jen Murdoch ’85, plays the baritone sax in the ensemble. Karen Schlager Tollestrup noted that it has been along time since she has written, and she missed our last reunion. Karen is living in paradise, having moved to Hilo, Hawaii, about four years ago. Her husband, an astrophysicist, is deputy director of the Infrared Telescope Facility, a joint effort betweem the University of Hawaii and NASA. The Tollstrups moved there lock, stock, and barrel, having sold their home in Hingham, Massachusetts, said good-bye to family and friends, and bought a beautiful home on the ocean in Hilo. Their daughter, Sara, is now in sixth grade, and Karen is a student services coordinator at her school. Karen sends her love to Pi Phi and she noted that even on a remote island in Hawaii, she met other Groovy UV alumni. Congratulations to Diane Greene, one of two UVM alumnae highlighted in a “50 Women to Watch” feature published in the Wall Street Journal in November 2007. (Editor’s Note: See story in this issue.)
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Peter Beekman
pbeekman@clarkson.edu
1977
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Stephen Monroe
monroe@levinassociates.com
1978
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Audrey Ziss Bath
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1979
30th Reunion
June 4 – June 7, 2009
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Lesley Wassmuth wrote that she continues to do some freelance writing, but her bread and butter comes from working as a pathology assistant at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts. She remains in touch with Molly McRoberts ’80, who has been living in Oregon for many years. Daniel Kasbusba also wrote from the Greater Boston area, where he has resided for nearly forty years. He continues to pursue his passion of world travel. Janice Countaway, Sue Dana, Betsy Day, and Mary Lynn Gentry celebrated their 50th birthdays together in Arizona last year. They toured the Grand Canyon and ended up at a spa in Sedona. Linda Anderson Mooney, Kathy Brown Morris and Jayne Osmanski Kim, all Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters, met last year in West Hartford, Connecticut, to celebrate their 50th birthdays. Ilyse Federman Gottlieb wrote from Farmington, Connecticut, that her son is a student at Brandeis University. Craig Jon Edson wrote from Milton, Pennsylvania, to share that his daughter is in her first year at Arcadia University, where she is playing fall soccer. Richard Cohen of Wayland, Massachusetts, wrote that he has been married for twenty-eight years, and he has a child at Hampshire College and a younger daughter that may be going to UVM this fall. He keeps active with marathons and triathlon races. Mark Sussman wrote from New York City that his business has grown and is now exporting cheese to over fifteen countries. His children are also working on the farm, and his son, Luke, hopes to attend UVM and play lacrosse. Carol Bengis Goldman wrote from Weston, Massachusetts, that she had a busy winter in Killington, Vermont. Her daughter attended the Killington Mountain School and competed throughout Vermont. Carol has also been perfecting her skills on the slopes. Douglas Greenhaus wrote from Arlington, Virginia, that his niece, Magan, is a sophomore at UVM. He visited with Lisa Palache (’80) Carney in San Francisco last February. Douglas and his wife Lisa are busy with baby Joseph, who joined older brother Ethan and sister Georgiona in the family. Gwen Winget Morgan is in her second year of marketing her book, an organizational guide to getting your affairs in order. She also holds workshops and seminars. Gwen and her husband John live in Scituate, Massachusetts, where they are empty nesters with their son and daughter both in college. Gwen would love to hear from UVM friends.
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Beth Nutter Gamache
Class.notes@uvm.edu
1980
Summer is here, and I am busy enjoying the beautiful Vermont outdoors. It is always at this time of year that I pay homage to our Green Mountain State and think fondly of my days at UVM, tanning on the Green, eating ice cream at the Dairy Bar, and actually enjoying the walks between classes and over to Redstone. What is your favorite warm weather memory of UVM? Did you enjoy a different time of year more? Let me know. I’d love to include the results in our next column. I am pleased to report that I have heard from several of you this quarter. Steve Kellem sent word that his son, Will, co-starred in a full-length film called “The Child King.” Will played the little brother of co-star Peter Johnson who has Downs Syndrome. “The Child King” is the inspirational story of a young man with Downs Syndrome who takes his little brother on a quest to find Santa Claus. The movie is out on DVD and, if you would like to view the trailer or learn more, you can visit the website at www.thechild king.com. Funds generated from the sale of the DVD will benefit organizations that support the emotionally handicapped. Janine Sanford and Barbara Weber Huffman send greetings. Surprisingly, after heading in different directions after graduation, both women ended up in the same neighborhood in Carrollton, Texas. They are happy to report a number of shared activities, including carpooling, band, and serving nachos at the stadium concession stand. Janine works in microbiology at Children’s Hospital. Barbara has several jobs and hopes someday to get paid for one of them. Both women are happily married with beautiful children, and they would love to hear from the old gang in Med Tech. It is with regret that I report the passing of Craig Applegate on February 15, 2008. Craig received his PhD in psychology from UVM in 1980. Before his death, he was a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester Medical School and an acclaimed lecturer, who received many awards for his work in neuroscience and stem cell research. He is survived by two sons, a sister, and a niece. Donations may be made in Craig’s memory to the Coriell Medical Research Institute in Camden, New Jersey.
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MaryBeth Pinard-Brace
marybethpinard_brace@alumni.uvm.edu
1981
I hope you all have had an enjoyable spring and are looking forward to planning a relaxing summer vacation with family and friends. I was happy to see family last March when my children and I headed home to Vermont to spend time with my sister Anne Trask Forcier ’79 and her husband Larry. It was great to hear from some classmates for this issue, and I hope more will follow suit. Patricia Moulton Powden has been busy working for the Vermont state government. In August 2006, she was appointed commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor. Prior to that, she had served for several years as chair of Vermont’s Environmental Board as well as its successor, the Natural Resources Board. Pat enjoys her work, because she uses her twenty-two years of experience in economic development in Vermont. Pat lives in South Londonderry, Vermont, with her husband Tim Powden, who owns McWayne Jewelers in Manchester, Vermont. Weekdays, Pat stays in their Sugarbush condominium so she can be closer to Montpelier, and she has enjoyed periodic dinners with long-time friends Sherry Nisenholtz Schoenberg, Jolinda Hirsch LaClair, and Betty Skelton Gilbert. Jolinda and Sherry live in Montpelier, and Betty lives in Milton, and they rendezvous for dinner, skiing, camping, and good times whenever they can. In addition to these fine ladies, Pat stays in touch with other close friends from her first year at UVM. Pat is very pleased that her niece, Jennifer Moulton ’06, is the fourth Moulton to graduate from UVM. Pat has two nephews currently attending UVM; Ben Powden ’08 is graduating this year and Cameron Powden entered last fall. Through family ties she sees Mary Margaret Powden (‘74) Hitchcock, Chuck (’76) and Cheryl Maheu (‘75) Powden, and Johanna Powden ‘03. Pat and Tim enjoy camping trips in their 1962 converted bus. They frequently join Chuck and Cheryl Powden in their camper and travel to the coast of Maine and warmer climates when possible. Pat and Tim have two spoiled “kids,” Charlie, a golden retriever, and Joe, a tabby cat. David Riggs is retiring from the Air Force with the rank of Colonel after twenty years of service as a family medicine physician as well as deputy medical group commander at Eglin Air Force Base in Niceville, Florida. He will remain in the Florida Panhandle area post-retirement with his wife, Carolyn, and their four children, Caitlin, Ryan, Jason, and Jonathon. David would welcome messages from his UVM and Delta Psi buddies via email at riggsda@embarqmail.com. Congratulations David and enjoy your new adventures. Tom Pynchon of Canton, New York, represented UVM at the inauguration of The College of Wooster in Ohio’s new president on April 26. Dan Gillmor is director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship and Kauffman Professor of Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication. (Editor’s Note: See story in this issue.)
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Mardie Trask Sorensen
mardie@uta.edu
1982
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John Scambos
Class.notes@uvm.edu
1983
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Sharon Morrissey Young
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1984
25th Reunion
June 4 – June 7, 2009
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Greetings, everyone. Yes, I know it has been a long time no write, but we have lots of news (new and backlogged) for this issue. I do need to pass the torch on to another classmate at this time, however. So if there are any volunteers out there, please contact me or the Alumni office. I have been hogging this position for quite some time now! I got together for lunch with MJ Paisley last November when I was in Boston on business. We found out that Pam Jackson Durniak is living in Tennessee with her family. I also saw Maggie Railsback in January. It had been way too long since we’d caught up so I flew out to Boise to see her. We had a great visit. Pamela Leary wrote from Auburn, Maine, she and Justin Leary got together with former Evangeline Kanaris (Banji) in Burlington last fall for a mini-reunion. Susan Leavitt of Tampa, Florida, wrote, “I always open my Vermont Quarterly to the class of ‘84 news, and there is nothing there! Get moving ‘84! I live in sunny Tampa, on the Gulf, and my family loves boating, rafting, kayaking. We canoe to school with lots of alligators. Hey, girls from the quotto, hope you are all well. And a special hello to roomie Pam Welsh Dawson.” Paul Alexander lives in Waterbury Center, Vermont. He is busy working and raising two daughters. Edward Sheehan, Fairfield, Connecticut, had the opportunity to visit with Henry Pildner and Rick Jablonski in Connecticut. He also had dinner with Brian Sanderson ‘85, his wife Mary, and their four children in Chicago. Sheila Bevins Rafter of Wellesley, Massachusetts, wrote that one of her clients is a Boston-area jeweler. She said they have won numerous local awards and they provide fine jewelery for the stars. Her jewelry can be seen on television programs such as Desperate Housewives and Las Vegas. She has also done viral videos for high-tech clients. In 2004, Susan McGill Huo moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where she started her own business, First Coast Coordinated Care, LLC, a geriatric management company in July 2006. Christine Doreen Moriarty wrote from Bristol, Vermont, with some very exciting news. In June 2007, she married “the man of my dreams,” Larry Masterson, in a small ceremony in Bristol, New Hampshire. They continue to live in Lincoln, Vermont. From the beautiful Green Mountains, she continues to write and speak about financial education. Information about her company, Moneypeace.com, can be found on the web at www.money peace.com. Wendy McMahon Knight of Milton, Vermont, became a widow on February 2, 2003, with the death of her husband, Thomas L. Knight. She is now a grandmother to Jayden Thomas Perreault who was born on November 4, 2006. Her son, Tyler, is a member of UVM’s class of 2009. Wendy is a registered nurse at Fletcher Allen Healthcare, and she enjoys her growing family. Lawrence DiCapua of New Canaan, Connecticut, wrote that he and his wife, Brooke, welcomed their second child, a son, Blake, on December 26, 2007. The family enjoys spending lots of time on Long Island during the summer. Holly Pemberton of Lake Worth, Florida, married Robert Harrison Schmoyer of Bethesda, Maryland, on May 5, 2007. They spent their honeymoon in Abacos, Bahamas. Joan McDermott Clowes of Northborough, Massachusetts, wrote that she sees Lisa Reitzas Pildner often. She stays in touch with Maggie Railsback in Idaho, Ginger Ross Kosobuski in Indiana, Tracy Gibbons Piette in Hawaii, Michelle Richard Morningstar in Virginia, and your class secretary. Matthew Benoit of Lakewood, Colorado, recently had his first novel, Whackers, published. Peter and Jeanne Allendorf Alexander of Newport, Vermont, continue to teach in the Northeast Kingdom. Both daughters keep them busy with dance, soccer, etc. They love to read Vermont Quarterly so they can stay informed of changes at UVM. Margaret Keeshan McGovern of Trumbull, Connecticut, couldn’t wait to see Ed Sheehan and his wife Carla, Paul and Ilene Grodd Kauffman and Jack and Janice Woytowicz Powers last March. It had been a long time since they had seen each other. Michelle Richard Morningstar and her family built their dream log house in Virginia. She is busy teaching French and coaching her girls’ cheerleading team. Carolyn Baltz sent me an email with her update. She has been living on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina since graduation, and she loves it. She owns a restaurant specializing in homemade American and Mediterranean dishes. Chris and Jennifer Garson (‘85) Beck also live on Hilton Head with their four children, and they occasionally run into each other. Carolyn gets together with Lauren Depiero Davidson and her husband, Kevin, and their children when they come for their annual vacation. I bought a home in Vermont and have run into several UVM alums and hope to start going to some UVM functions while I’m there. I would love to see or hear from Kappa Kappa Gamma friends. Kelly McDonald returned last August from Winchester, England, where she conducted research in the Austen-Leigh Papers at the Hampshire Record Office, primarily concentrating on the diaries of Emma Austen-Leigh, a relative of Jane Austen. Kelly’s article, “Mary Gosling Smith: Emma Austen-Leigh’s ‘Especial Friend’” is under consideration for publication in Persuasions, the periodical of The Jane Austen Society North America. Valerie Crocker Day is vice president of product development at Gen-Probe, a San Diego diagnostic company. She and her husband, Chris, live in La Jolla and enjoy ocean swimming, cycling, running, and sailing. Michael McCeney got in touch a while back, but I kept missing the submission deadlines. He wrote, “In the interest of breaking the silence of the class of ’84, I offer an update on myself. After fourteen years of diverse work as a civil engineer, at the ripe old age of thirty-six, I went to medical school to pursue a lifelong dream. I graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2002. I completed my residency in anesthesiology, and I am currently completing a fellowship in pain medicine. I live in Denver with my wife Elyana and our children, Abigail and Jake.” Kim Solomon Dooley also wrote me a while back to let us know that a second-annual reunion took place in Charlotte, Vermont, in August 2006, including Aileen Kane Larsen, Lelia Gwathmey Harrington, Jillian Douglass and Hilary Maslow, and Kim, along with their nine children. She wrote, “It was quite the Big Chill.” They hope to continue this great tradition.
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Laurie Olander Angle
Class.notes@uvm.edu
1985
Katherine Riegelman is a real estate broker in Burlington, Vermont. She has formed her own companies, Queen City Real Estate, offering full-service brokerage in the Vermont real estate market. Vermont Lake Sales & Rentals is the premiere vacation rental agency on Lake Champlain, offering seasonal and year round rentals along the lake. You can see her listing in the classified section of the Vermont Quarterly!
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Barbara Roth
140 West 58th Street #2B
New York, NY 10019
rothb@eightoclock.com
1986
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Larry Gorkun
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1987
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Sarah Reynolds
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1988
In February, I took a family vacation to Colorado and ran into Deb Thomas Rakich, who was there with her husband Rob and their two children. It was great catching up with Deb. I also received a surprise phone call from Luis Quiroz, who lives in California. I’m looking forward to seeing Lou this summer when his middle son is playing baseball in Cooperstown, New York. His team is ranked third in the country for his age group. Jill Golden (‘90) Tarnow had a 40th birthday party, where I got a chance to talk with Dana Weinstein Lathrop. Tracey Brandt Torregrossa founded Children Off the Streets Orphanage in Nepal, a federally-recognized non-profit organization that provides children with food, shelter, and education. Tracy has two sons, Ty and Terin, and the family makes their home in Lake Nona, Florida. Tracey also owns a full service audio visual trade show company, and she co-authored The Business Internet and Intranets: A Manager’s Guide to Key Terms and Concepts. Christopher and Christina Kaplan (’88) Rohan live in Montpelier, Vermont, with their children, Ada, Evan, and Neil. Christopher is an anesthesiologist at Central Vermont Hospital. He continues to enjoy skiing and mountain biking. Nancy Smiel Kent lives in Quechee, Vermont, with her husband Jeff and their sons, Zach and Nick. She teaches high school math at Hartford High School in White River Junction, Vermont. Last year, Nancy received National Board Certification in mathematics. She sent her thanks to Dr. Charlie Rathbone and Dr. Leggett for their support. I was so happy to hear from Todd Tyrrell, an old Wilks friend. Todd, his wife Kim, and their two-year-old son, Ethan Edward Hargraves Tyrrell, live in Denver, Colorado. Todd continues to play basketball and composes music. John Sanders is living in Sterling, Massachusetts, raising four kids; staying busy as vice president of business development for HubCast, Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, a private equity-funded startup; and remodeling his house. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our reunion! No excuses!
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Cathy Selinka Levison
crlevison@comcast.net
1989
20th Reunion
June 4 – June 7, 2009
alumni.uvm.edu/reunion
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Kate Barker Swindell
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