summer 2011 Assumption College Magazine • Volume 9, Number 3 www.assumption.edu/magazine
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Commencement 2011
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Henry a. Prunier aP’40 ’46, Honored Veteran
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keeping History alive
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Virginia “gina” Halloran ’61, assumption’s First alumna
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Bright Futures in History
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reunion Weekend
Departments
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Assumption College Magazine Assumption College ISSN 1089-3903 Summer 2011 Editor Troy Watkins Director of Public Affairs Renee Buisson Contributing Writers Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A. ’69 Bianca Ravida ’11 Elizabeth Walker
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Art Direction/Design Centuria Inc., Belmont, MA
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editor’s Page
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Campus news
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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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on the Cover
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(L–r) maureen ryan Doyle ’73, Linda Burlingame rosenlund ’82 and Charlene Longhi martin, ed.D. ’78, g’82 at Worcester Historical museum CoVer PHoto: Dan VaiLLanCourt
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