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Bart McLean ’60, Potsdam music faculty member from 1960 to 1966, announces a new CD just released by Innova entitled “Soundworlds,” with support from NYFA, NYSCA, and the McKnight Foundation. Bart was invited to pick his best earlier works along with three brandnew compositions. Jackie Brown Lottermoser ’61 was named chair of the Oneida-Canastota Christian Women’s Club. She is a retired music and kindergarten teacher from Oneida where she resides with her husband, Ed. She has three children and 16 grandchildren. Rosemarie Benedykt Belcher ’62 and her husband, Fred, are happily retired in Charlotte, NC. They previously lived in Connecticut, where Fred worked for Pratt & Whitney and Rosemarie worked for the American Red Cross. Eleanor Bulles Coburn ’63 is a docent at two historical locations, East Bay Parks Black Diamond Mines and a one-room schoolhouse in Old Sacramento, providing an 1854 classroom experience to tourists.
Elaine Greenfield ’64 started the Cathedral Arts classical-music programming for the public at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington, VT, in the mid-1970s and has served as its artistic director since. She has also recorded three CDs. Dr. Michael B. McDade ’64 is the Accreditation Manager for the CBP Field Operations Academy located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA. Jackie Moore Lover ’65 and her husband, Reverend Bill Lover, have retired to Virginia after living in Connecticut. They have eight grandchildren: six boys and two girls. Barbara Maylott Miller ’65 moved to Naples, FL, in July 2010. Janice Rusche Ewing ’66, now retired from her optometry practice, has moved to New York City with her husband, John. They still own their home in Providence, RI, and enjoy spending time with their grandchildren. Charlotte King ’66 & ’08 is an award-winning artist who recently had her first solo show, “In Finding
Myself.” She attended the Institute of American Indian Art, in Santa Fe, NM, to find inspiration. Ray Durkee ’67 has taken over direction of the Lake George Community Band. He taught at three New York schools, and under his direction the Lake George High School band marched in a parade at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. Nadine Eskoff Brown ’68 taught music in Long Island, OH, and Northwest IN, for 26 years, and moved into an assistant principal position 16 years ago. She also directs an Orthodox church choir. Thomas W. Perrin ’68 started an experimental blog, a tribute to SUNY Potsdam and its predecessors. It can be seen at: http://northcountrythen. blogspot.com/ Anne Boyle Rivecca ’68 is retiring from the Spring Lake District Library after 20 years as a youth services librarian. She plans to travel and spend time with family and friends. James Sadewhite ’68 has performed with various orchestras and chamber groups as clarinet soloist as well as teaching and conducting several orchestras and symphonies. Heidi Schneckenburger Hunt ’68 is the assistant editor at the thriving Mother Earth News Magazine. She has three grandchildren.
Bobbi Abramson Littman ’62 and Alpha Delta sorority sisters from the Class of 1962 got together at her home for a few days in May. They are, from left to right, Jean Howland Stafford (standing), Izy McClary Decirce, Sharon Maurer Royce, Bobbi Abramson Littman, Margie Reilly Silvern, Dottie Musgrave Pagliaro and Wilma Murphy Schmeler.
Marilyn Bean Barrett ’69 will travel to Costa Rica and El Salvador this summer. She continues teaching and enjoys dancing Rueda with her husband, a Latin dance instructor. Lorraine Farley Clarke ’69 has recently retired after a successful career in philanthropy.
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sary in Australia attending the Australian Tennis Tournament.
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Ralph Hastings ’70 will be included in the biographical publication “Leading Professionals of the World, 2010.” The International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, has named him as a member of the center. Hastings also joins the SUNY Potsdam alumni board of trustees. John Mahoney ’70 is a professor and coordinator of jazz studies at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA. His band, The John Mahoney Big Band, released a new CD, “Christmas Joy,” on December 1, 2009. Peter W. Thomsen ’70 started the music lab program at Longmeadow High School in 1973, which has won numerous awards since its inception. He is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association. He and his wife, Abby, reside in Longmeadow, MA. Deke ’71 and Roberta Reynolds Dening ’72 celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. They reside in New Providence and both play the clarinet for Chatham Community Band. Sharon (Sult) Dimmig ’71 retired from Alden Central Schools after teaching French and Spanish for 23 years but continues to coach the girls and boys tennis teams. Her husband, Dennis (Clarkson ’71), will retire in May 2011. They look forward to traveling in the U.S. and visiting her European teacher friends. They hope to celebrate their 45th wedding anniver-
Kevin Moore ’71 is a professor of music at Onondaga Community College, where he has taught since 1975. He is also a studio associate in Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music where he teaches music industry law and ethics. Cynthia Bellinger Sajnovsky ’71 & ’72 retired from the University of Guam after more than 30 years of teaching in the music department. She taught 25 different courses with a total of 370 courses in her tenure. She will now co-host a weekly public radio arts show and play harp in the Guam Symphony Orchestra. Donald R. Meissner ’72, host of the PBS TV show “Rod and Reel Streamside,” has been appointed to market the North Country as the fishing capital of Northern New York through the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce’s FISHCAP Project. Scott ’72 and Sheri Greenberg Shevy ’73 are both enjoying retirement. Doreen Boone LaVine ’73 and husband Scott LaVine ’71, professor emeritus at The Crane School of Music, are wintering in Cocoa Beach, FL. Carla Packer Gilray ’73 started a successful psychology program at the Bolivar-Richburg School, where she taught from 1973 to 2007, and published two articles in a local newspaper, before retiring in 2007. Douglas A. Spooner ’73, after retiring from more than 30 years as a science teacher in the Watertown and Sackets Harbor school districts, has been running the gunsmithing facility for
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