class notes Your participation matters.
1987
Your participation matters.
1990
Your participation matters.
1992
Correspondent: Catherine Stanton Schiff catherine87@bc.edu
Correspondent: Missy Campbell Reid missybc90@comcast.net
Correspondent: Katie Boulos Gildea kbgildea@yahoo.com
Steve Lempitski is currently between jobs and, as he is living full-time on Cape Cod, has joined the executive committee of the BC Alumni Club of Cape Cod. • Gale Marie Abbass is one of the founding members of the Association of Ophthalmology Program Managers and Coordinators, which held its first national meeting in San Diego in January. More than half of the ophthalmology program managers in the country attended the four-day meeting. Gail Marie has been the on-site education coordinator for the LSU Eye Center since 2004. She lives in New Orleans with her two cockatiels and fully enjoys the city’s joie de vivre! • Rob Sabella, JD’90, the founder and CEO of Dallas-based OTA Training, was featured in the Dallas News and Connected World magazine, discussing NFC (near field communication) Bootcamps he has hosted around the country.
Happy spring to my fellow classmates! • It is with mixed feelings that I announce, I am now the parent of a teenager! Our son recently turned 13, and I am wondering how that happened, since it seems like yesterday we were heading to classes at BC or preparing for a tailgate party. Feel free to send me updates about your own children or your gatherings with friends from the Heights. I know many of you have sent, or will soon be sending, children off to college. We’d love to hear your news. • Robert Ambrose is in his 12th year as director of bands and his 6th year as associate director of the School of Music at Georgia State University, a research university in downtown Atlanta. In the past year he has had conducting engagements across the United States as well as in Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Finland, and Canada. He has authored several book chapters and has had three wind band arrangements published by C-Alan Publications, the largest music publisher in the world. He continues to conduct the Atlanta Chamber Winds, a professional wind dectet that he founded and whose CD “Music from Paris” was released in 2009. Robert lives in Peachtree City, GA, with his wife, Sarah Kruser Ambrose, a professional flute player, and daughters Isabelle (4) and Hannah (16 months).
Happy spring to all! I am excited to be your new class correspondent. On behalf of the Class of 1992, I want to thank Paul Cantello for his hard work and dedication to our class for the past 20 years. He has done a fantastic job of keeping us connected, and we wish him all the best. • Kimberly Raymond and her husband, John Friend, are thrilled to announce the arrival of their fourth child, Catelyn Claire, on July 1, 2012. Catelyn joins siblings Carly Anne (12), Cassidy (9), and Hayden (7). After living in Charlotte and Chicago, Kimberly returned home to New Jersey in 2005 and lives and practices family medicine in Colts Neck. She was disappointed to have missed the reunion but was thrilled to see Caroline (Reilley) Carroll, MS’98, over the summer. • Chris Kaczor, a professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, has written a new book, The Seven Big Myths About the Catholic Church, published by Ignatius Press. After a month and a half, the press ordered a second printing of the book. • Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner, JD’95, was appointed to the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Advisory Committee on Professionalism by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ireland in December. Ingrid is assistant general counsel of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in Boston. • Megan and Chris “Keats” Keating are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Madeline Joyce, on November 20, 2012. Chris is an attorney, and he and his family live in New York City. Chris reports that his former roommate, John Atkinson, is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps and is married with three children. • Barron and Cindy (Carbo) Rendel are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Chase, on January 10, 2012. Chase joins big sisters Alexis (10) and Lauren (6). The Rendels live in West Chester, PA, where Cindy is a stay-at-home mom and substitute teaches from time to time. • It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of our classmate Collette Cashman-Maher on October 25, 2012, after a five-year battle with breast cancer. The Class of 1992 would like to extend its deepest sympathies and prayers to Collette’s husband, Charlie, and their family. • Please keep in touch, and email me your latest personal and professional news. I would love to share your updates in the next issue.
Your participation matters.
1988 reunion year
class participation goal: 592 Correspondent: Rob Murray murrman@aol.com Not a single update to report this time. It’s obvious that we’re keeping our cards close to our vests so we can update each other in person at our 25th reunion! I really do hope that we have a great turnout, and I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone, and I mean everyone, in May! Off to the gym to get ready …
Your participation matters.
1989
Correspondent: Andrea McGrath andrea.e.mcgrath@gmail.com Just a few updates this quarter! Please do send along any updates or news by either emailing me directly or posting your news to the BC alumni portal: http://portal.bc./edu. We’re less than a year away from the big “25” reunion (unbelievable), so it’s a good time to start updating classmates on where you are and who’ll be coming! • Gina M. Signorello, JD’92 (cbkgms@pacbell.net), is now VP and associate general counsel at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, CA. She and her husband, Chuck Katz, JD’93, and their two children, Matt and Nate, live in Palo Alto. • John Taylor (john.taylor.e@gmail. com) was awarded his CPA certificate from the Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy in October 2012. • In January, Michael O’Loughlin was promoted to assistant clerk-magistrate at Boston Municipal Court Department, Central Division. A festive swearing-in ceremony, attended by many family members, colleagues, and friends, was held at the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse in February. Michael’s two children, Margot and Michael, played the national anthem on the flute and saxophone, respectively, at the ceremony. In addition, Michael serves on the Hearing Committee of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.
Your participation matters.
1991
Correspondent: Peggy Morin Bruno pegmb@comcast.net It is with great sadness that I write of the passing of three of our classmates: We lost Kelley (Shoopman) Beal of Kingston, NH, in October 2012 and Daniel Connors of Dover in December. Also, Cara Alexander Kealy, MA’95, passed away on January 25 after a hard-fought battle with breast cancer. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families and friends during these very difficult times. • Congratulations to Kevin Curseaden on his promotion to lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. LTC Curseaden’s new assignment is instructing Army Reserve and National Guard staff officers at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. • Congratulations to Katie Carney O’Connell, whose business, Dragonfly Yoga Barn Studio & Retreat, was selected as the “Best New Hampshire Yoga Retreat” in 2012 in the Best of New England issue of Yankee Magazine. They offer all-inclusive weekend retreats, yoga teacher training, and weekly yoga classes, and Katie’s husband, Declan (her souvenir from junior year abroad in Cork, Ireland), is her chef and “right-hand man” in all of it; they have had an amazing journey! Katie and Declan celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary last June, and they continue to keep up with their two teenagers, Finnian and Bridie. 68 class notes
Your participation matters.
1993
reunion year class participation goal: 521 Correspondent: Laura Beck laurabeckcahoon@gmail.com Welcome, spring! BC’93, we are just days away from our 20th reunion, Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2. We will have our big event on campus on Saturday on Bapst Lawn from 8 p.m. until midnight. For more information, to purchase tickets, and to reserve campus housing (stay, it’s so much