John Bourget ’73 ran into his former teacher, Seth Mendell ’52, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum last summer.
Henry Coons ’71, aka “Pop Pop,” with his grandson, Nico, born September 25, 2012, to daughter Brittany and her husband, Andrew Noble.
Honorary Director Spencer Beal ’65, Dr. Donald Floyd (father of Mark ‘99), Robin Brown ’93, and Director of Development Dan Seiden ’00 enjoyed lunch together at the Petroleum Club in Midland, Texas, last November.
71 JOSEPH C. VECCHIARINO III , Head Class Agent
P.O. Box 2103, Westport, CT 06880 drvvv@sbcglobal.net TONY AMENDOLA lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
where he is the head of Amendola Publishing Company. JOE VECCHIARINO wrote, “Happy Birthday, Tony, on your 39th birthday this past March 3rd!” BRAD BLAKELEY is alive, well, and enjoying
life in Delray Beach, Florida. TIM BEEBLE is on the organizing committee for
the North American Fiat Convention to be held on Long Island in July. JOSEPH VECCHIARINO has been asked by the
founder of Soldier Socks.com, a citizens’ group that sends supplies to our troops in the Middle East, to design and lead a program that would raise scholarship money to help our veterans, who are returning home, re-enter the work force. BILL CHILD , who sang his original songs at last
year’s reunion concert with the combined voices of the Avon Heirs and the Riddlers, is busy writing and composing new songs for the next Class of ’71 Reunion in 2015.
RANDY KOONS is the creative and technical
director at Iris Studios LLC and lives in Troy, New Hampshire.
Winnetka, Illinois; and daughter Brittany and her husband, Andy, presented Marie and Henry with their first grandchild, Nicolas [see photo].
MORGAN HENRY of Alexandria, Virginia, still plays the bass guitar and enjoys teaching lessons.
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RALPH PALMER and Pam Garcia were married
October 11, 2012, in Florida, at a private family wedding (Ralph said he would remember the date as 10-11-12 so he wouldn’t forget his anniversary). Ralph’s friends in Florida hosted a pirate theme party that weekend to celebrate. STEVE HIGGINS was on the Atlanta, Georgia,
Planning Committee for the ’96 Olympics. Today Steve lives in Memphis, Tennessee, and was invited to submit a bid for the 2024 Olympics. Could Steve be Memphis’ lucky charm? JOHN SPENCER will be in Brazil for three
months to work on a study of leprosy. John is an internationally recognized expert and researcher in the field of leprosy. HENRY COONS updated the activities of his family: son CASEY ’07 has moved to south Boston and a new job at Ironwood Pharmaceutical; daughter Christina is in her second year of teaching at North Shore Country Day School in
DAN CARPENTER , Class Agent
18 Pondside Ln., West Simsbury, CT 06092 dcarpenter@usbgi.com
73 CHRISTOPHER L. ATKINS , Head Class Agent
415 East 52nd St., Apt. 4HC New York, NY 10022-6482 clatkins1@gmail.com TONY COPPOLA wrote, “I’m happily retired, living with my wife, Haydee, in Pinehurst, North Carolina. I had my own computer software design business for over 34 years—Driven-Ware Systems. I worked primarily for legal defense firms in the New York City metropolitan area. I also worked for some collection agencies designing and maintaining their systems. We have two sons, Anthony and Stephen. We tragically lost Anthony, our eldest, in a gun accident three years ago. Stephen, our youngest, is now a sophomore at NC State studying mechanical engineering. I enjoy golf, cards, and I am active in the Knights
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