ADPI knowing that he wanted to use his accounting and finance skills for a major organization in the health-care space, and that he is “truly blessed to have joined the Clinton Foundation and, yeah, I met Bill....” • Anthony Varona, JD’92 (avarona@wcl.american.edu), was promoted to full professor of law, with tenure, at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington DC, where he also directs the SJD Program. • Tom McDevitt (Thomas.W.McDevitt@uscg.mil) is living in Traverse City, MI, with Amylynn, whom he married in July 2008, and son Jack, who was born in April 2009. Tom reports that married life and being a dad have been awesome! He has been in the Coast Guard for 18 years and flying search and rescue helicopters for 14 years. He is currently the executive officer of Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, where he plans to be until summer 2011. • Caroline Critchlow (carolinecritchlow@yahoo.com) received her doctorate in education from the University of Rochester in May 2009. She is continuing in her role as an elementary school principal, which she has held for the past eight years. She is also teaching a graduate course at Nazareth College in Rochester. • Fr. Martin Connor (mconnor@legionaries.org), who is working with a lay group called Regnum Christi, wrote in to send a shout-out to Derek Mimeles (derek@mimeles.com), his roommate senior year in the Mods, who is now a doctor in New Orleans. • Finally, as noted in our last column, classmate Ron Perryman has been battling ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) since his diagnosis almost four years ago. His teammates and friends have been organizing some great fundraising events in support of Ron and his family. I encourage you all to visit the website they have set up for Ron to learn more and see how you can help at: http://www.4als.org/.
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Correspondent: Kara Corso Nelson bc90news@cox.net 67 Sea Island Glastonbury, CT 06033; 860-647-9200 On September 8, 2007, Claire McGrath and Gary Phillips were married in Philadelphia. Claire has been working as a neuropsychologist at a rehabilitation hospital in Philly, where Gary works as an occupational therapist. The beautiful outdoor ceremony was officiated by Laura Shubilla and attended by Laura’s husband, Brian Johnson, and many other BC friends from the Class of 1990. They included Janna and Fran Forte; Catherine and Bob Mascioli; Gretchen Zima and her husband, Daniel Castillo; Ted and Kimberly (Clark) Yarbrough; Pete and Sara (Cyr) Alai; Dyan Furey and her husband, Patrick Bastian; and Tim and Martha (McLaughlin) Thompson. Also attending were Michael and Sandra (Shubilla) Moumoutjis ’94 with their two daughters, Zoe (3) and Ana (1); Bill and Barbara Redmond PhD’98; and Claire’s sister, Tara McGrath ’95, with her husband, Doug Hatch. • Fran Forte’s family closed out 2009 with a bang when Massimo Michael Forte arrived eight days early! Massimo was born on December 31 at Bryn Mawr (PA) Hospital. It’s nice to see that Massimo already has his
family’s financial interests in mind and arrived in time to claim himself as a tax deduction—with a few hours to spare! • Michael Baroni recently took a new position as general counsel of Palace Entertainment, an operator of theme parks, water parks, and family entertainment centers (www.palaceentertainment .com). • Heather Terrell, author of The Map Thief and The Chrysalis, recently published a new book, Brigid of Kildare (Ballantine, 2010). The novel weaves the historic tale of Ireland’s Saint Brigid with a contemporary thread involving an appraiser of medieval relics. Heather graduated from BC magna cum laude, focusing on art history.
(12), are growing up fast! Katie and Declan will be celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary. (She thanks junior year abroad in Cork for this!) Last year, Katie, Jenny Marowski, Karen Dunn, and their families enjoyed spending part of their summer vacation together on Squam Lake. They have decided they haven’t grown up at all, even though they are now twice as old as when they met! Katie also keeps in close contact with Rebecca Marshall, who is now in Keene, NH, working on a counseling internship and doing amazing work!
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Correspondent: Paul L. Cantello paul.cantello@verizon.net 37 Sylvester Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506
Correspondent: Peggy Morin Bruno pegmb@comcast.net 2 High Hill Road Canton, CT 06019 Happy spring, everyone! I hope this finds you all doing well and ready for a wonderful summer ahead! Remember to send in news of the happenings in your lives. I look forward to hearing from you! Start planning now—next year at this time we’ll be celebrating our 20th reunion! • Diane Chubb and Lynne Ober have
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Craig McCall is principal of his firm McCall & Associates in Chicago, which advises senior managers and business owners on the selection, placement, and development of talent. Craig is a corporate and licensed psychologist, having earned a doctorate in psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago. He has also taught at Loyola University and the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Craig is a
After 14 years as an English teacher, Katie Carney O’Connell resigned her position to open Dragonfly Yoga Barn, a studio and retreat center based at her home in New Hampshire. published a new book, Hudson: Historically Speaking (The History Press, 2009). Diane, who lives in Pelham, NH, is a trustee of the Pelham Public Library and a former reporter for the Pelham-Windham News. She holds a JD degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center. • John Eddy is now VP of sales and marketing for Nashua-based IntelliSoft Group, a supplier of health-care software. John was previously senior VP of corporate sales for the Americas at Kaspersky Lab. • At Mount Hope High School last November, in front of an enthusiastic audience that included cheering students and teachers, Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri and Education Commissioner Deborah Gist presented Assistant Principal Jaime Crowley, MA’96, with the Milken Family Foundation 2009 Milken Educator Award! Congratulations, Jaime! • In January, Mitchell Carroll was elected partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP, where he is a member of the energy and project finance group. Prior to joining the firm, he was senior counsel at Calpine Corporation, an independent power production company. • After 14 years as an English teacher, Katie Carney O’Connell resigned her position to open Dragonfly Yoga Barn, a studio and retreat center based at her home in North Sandwich, NH. Katie teaches weekly yoga classes, hosts workshops and kirtans, and runs weekend retreats in the mountains. Just over a year old, the business is doing very well. Check it out at www.dragonflyogabarn.com. Her children, Finnian (14) and Bridie Rose
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member of the Illinois Psychological Association and a Registered Corporate Coach. • Mary Lynne (Moynihan) Wilson of Worcester, formerly of Shrewsbury, died on December 28, 2009, in Rose Monahan Hospice Residence surrounded by her family after a three-year battle with a rare form of cancer. Mary Lynne leaves her husband of 14 years, James Wilson, and two children; her parents Jane (Carrigan) and Daniel Moynihan Jr., MSW’66; and two siblings. Mary Lynne worked in the marketing departments of Federated Department Stores in Connecticut and Allmerica Financial Life Insurance, Worcester. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. • Don’t be shy about sending in your updates! What’s new with you in 2010?
1993 Correspondent: Sandy Chen Dekoschak sdekoschak@gmail.com 2043 Hawley Road Ashfield, MA 01330 In February, Angie (Bengzon) Hazard joined Waltham-based Mzinga, a social software and services company, as VP of talent. She is responsible for driving the company’s strategic and operational human resources initiatives, including talent acquisition, employee performance, organizational effectiveness, and com-