Spring2008 Assumption College Magazine • Volume 6, Number 2 www.assumption.edu/magazine
Features
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Back on Track: Kristin Kenney ’08 Passes Her Greatest Test
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Bob Catalanotti ’80 Promoted to U.S. Army Brigadier General
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Giving the World: Anne Lynam Goddard ’77
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Accommodating Types: Alumni in Hotel Management
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Men’s Basketball Team Earns 1,000th Win
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Alumni Award Recipients
Departments
Assumption College Magazine Assumption College ISSN 1089-3903 Spring 2008
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On Campus
Editor/Coordinating Publisher
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Hounds Watch
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Alumni News
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Class Notes
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In Memoriam
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Editor’s Page
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Troy Watkins
Contributing Writers Phyllis Hanlon ’01 Sharon Mahoney P’07 Steve Morris ’72 Elizabeth Walker
Photography AC Alumni Association AC Archives AC Athletics Department Lee Brauer Rob Karosis Linda Rosenlund ’82 Salem State Athletics: Jonathan Whitmore Dan Vaillancourt Tammy Woodard
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Cover Photo Rob Karosis
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On the Cover Karl Buder ’70, proprietor of The Thorncroft Inn, Vineyard Haven, MA
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