friendships and the personal power we were allowed and encouraged to explore and embrace, Newton does in fact exist. We can thank the BC Alumni Association for keeping the Newton spirit alive and well by honoring our classes with our own activities during reunion weekends. Many schools that merge don’t get that courtesy. OK, go get your calendars and make your haircut appointment and flight reservation now. The information you’ll receive will offer hotel and activity details. • Check the website for late news. I’m working on a surprise for you, so be there!
1976 Correspondent: Gerald B. Shea gerbs54@hotmail.com 25 Elmore Street Newton Centre, MA 02459 Greenwich, CT, is home, for the past 17 years, to Barbara Perry. She keeps in touch with old pals from the Mods, including Cindy Chamberlain Edvardsen, who serves as loving godmother to one of Barbara’s two sons. Barbara is overjoyed with her infant grandson, Hayden, who’s only one town away. Needless to say, she’s doting on him every chance she gets. • Maine’s summer, like BC’s, was quite rainy, per Pola (Papetti) Buckley, a resident of Hallowell. Pola is a CPA and certified IT auditor, employed by her state. She is rightfully proud of her two sons, Michael (a Bowdoin grad who’s a trader on the New York Stock Exchange), and Daniel (a December ’09 grad of the University of Maine with a degree in applied technology). Last Fall, Pola welcomed Kathleen Murphy for a weekend reunion and sent her home with her famous homemade blueberry syrup, pickles, and mincemeat. Yum! • Mary Jane Hession Anderson shouted back, too, and reports that she’s COO of the University Medicine Foundation, a physicians’ group practice in Providence, RI. Previously, she’d held similar posts in the medical field in Massachusetts for over two decades. Her two “awesome” daughters are Julie (24) and Kathryn (18). Julie graduated from Brown University in 2007, while Kathryn is a high-school senior looking at colleges. Mary Jane adds that she’s picked up golf to complement her always fine tennis form! She also recommended the film Chicken Run, which the Shea twins and I will soon be awatchin’. • Ed Foley’s son is looking to break into the fields of media and communication. If any ’76ers can assist, please let me know. • Thanks to all who dropped a dime! Keep up the good work! God bless and have a healthy and happy spring!
1977 Correspondent: Nicholas Kydes nicholaskydes@yahoo.com 8 Newtown Terrace Norwalk, CT 06851; 203-829-9122
1978 Correspondent: Julie Butler Evans JulieButlerEvans@gmail.com 7 Wellesley Drive New Canaan, CT 06840; 203-966-8580
OK, people, looks like we’re headed for yet another slow news day…. • All the news that’s fit to print comes from Bob Flaherty, who has been working as a division sales manager for FM Global, a property insurance company, for the past 30 years. Since 1999, Bob and his wife, Terri, have been living in Walpole with their two now-grown children, Erin, who is in the Class of 2012 at Providence College, and Michael, who will graduate from Babson in 2013. Bob reports that classmate and good friend Bob Pierce, JD’86, keeps him entertained on the golf course, and that he is close with both Matt Ginty ’79 and Joe Arcidi, who is a cardiac surgeon. Bob invites buddies from the Class of ’79—Ed Balazs, John Lynch, Rich Larkin, and John Morand—to look him up when they are in Boston. • And although I am sure you may be tiring of hearing about a certain bunch of guys, they are at least keeping me abreast of shenanigans (hint, hint to the rest of you!). And those oft-printed names start with Eddie O’Sullivan, who organized both tailgating and dinner for the BC–UNC game in late November. John Cornell JD’82, Rich O’Meara, and Paul J. Murphy JD’82 were a few of our classmates who joined Eddie O. at the Heights. • Now, won’t some of you please join me with some news?
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practice in Newton. Jim Merrigan lives in Massachusetts with wife Claire and two daughters. He works in IT for State Street Bank. I also live in Massachusetts, with my wife, Patti, and have two sons. I have my own CPA practice in Framingham.” Many thanks, Julius! • I am also appreciative to hear from Matthew Heimerich, who has served three terms as Crowley County Commissioner and is now campaigning for Colorado State Senate, Seat District 2. A Brooklyn native, Matt holds a degree in history from BC. • Please take a few moments and send me news about your busy lives and the lives of your roommates and friends. Thanks!
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Correspondent: Michele Nadeem nadeem007@aol.com Sunrise Harbor 1040 Seminole Drive, Unit 1151 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 The Class of 1980 will be celebrating its 30th reunion on the weekend of June 4–6. Please mark your calendars, and make plans to attend, if you can! Meanwhile, I’d love to hear from you—please send your news to me at the above address.
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Correspondent: Stacey O’Rourke stacey82857@aol.com 1445 Commonwealth Avenue West Newton, MA 02465 I was happy to hear recently from first-time contributor Julius Sciarra, who sent news of a number of classmates. Sadly, he also reported that Ken Naumes passed away on October 21 from cancer. Julius writes that Ken “was a great guy and a great friend ever since our BC days. He was also a staunch BC supporter and avid football season ticket holder. He may have missed a few home games over the past 30 years, but not many. He had a terrific and loving family consisting of his wife, Terri, and son, Ken Jr. His fellow BC alums and close friends Jim Curtin, Tom Pope, Steve Papazian, Jim Merrigan, Greg Robleski, Gary Kayakachoian, and I will sorely miss him. Here’s a quick
Correspondent: Alison Mitchell McKee amckee81@aol.com 1128 Brandon Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451; 757-428-0861 After graduating, John Barrett was an Arthur Young auditor, traveled the world as an internal consultant for Sheraton, and was a financial analyst for Gillette. He obtained an MBA from Columbia and worked for a New York City consulting firm, designing executive pay packages, and later managed Lehman Brothers’ executive pay programs (working in the World Trade towers during the 9/11 attacks). He now manages Chubb & Son’s global compensation programs. John married Maribern Mateo in 1997, and they live in Basking Ridge, NJ, with their four young children. John has also had the good fortune of experiencing the thrill of
This past fall, Parris Battle ’81, a business development manager for ISN Telecom, spoke to a large BC gathering during the weeklong celebration of the 30-year-old AHANA movement on campus. update on a few of us: Greg lives in California with wife Nancy and their son, a high-school freshman. Greg is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Clara University and is pursuing a doctorate in IT. Steve lives in Massachusetts with wife Peggy and has two sons. He has worked with the Federal Reserve Bank since graduating from BC, first in New York City and then in Boston. Tom lives in Massachusetts with wife Lenore and two daughters. He has his own CPA
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scuba diving, bungee jumping, skydiving, race-car driving, fly-fishing, and ski mountaineering! • This past fall, Parris Battle, a business development manager for ISN Telecom, spoke to a large BC gathering during the weeklong celebration of the 30-year-old AHANA (African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American) movement on campus. What began as a way for non-white BC students to reaffirm their cultural diversity has manifested itself