Systems Center, and is now a part-time consultant. Most recently, she led a Volpe team conducting research on transportation issues associated with older individuals for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. The study found that older vehicle operators tend to self-regulate by compensating for ageassociated deficits. But some male operators may continue to operate beyond their capabilities, while some female operators may withdraw from vehicle operation prematurely. • Judy McCluskey Flood recently retired from her job as a guidance counselor. She lives in Lowell and is the proud grandmother of twins—a boy and a girl. • Susi Marion Cooney is still working as a real estate broker in Greater Lowell. She has four daughters and seven grandchildren who add “lots of fun” to her life. • Dorie Norton Weintraub recently moved from Boston to Chestnut Hill, across from the new Wegmans. She is still enjoying her work as an architect. Dorie and Buzz have four grandchildren—two on each coast. They all gather at the Weintraubs’ Cape Cod house at Christmas and the Fourth of July. • Ros Moore is enjoying a two-day work week, seeing granddaughters who live nearby, and traveling up and down the East Coast to visit family in South Carolina and Washington DC. “I am grateful for health and friends,” she says. • Kathy Byron Kahr, MSW’68, has a new granddaughter: Madlyn Kahr was born to Kathy’s son Tony ’04 and his wife, Annie (Walsh) ’05, in August 2013. • Louise Mazyck Woodruff reports that her latest book read was The Stationery Box by Janice Blessington Kenny, and her latest trip was a long weekend in New York City with daughters Mary Elizabeth and Anne— “dinners, tours, and lots of chatting and laughing,” Louise says. At press time, Louise and Jim were planning a return to Michigan for his reunion and visits with family. • Sandra Puerini Del Sesto is working as a consultant for the Educational Development Center in Waltham, developing curriculum, webinars, and online courses in behavioral health. She has had the opportunity to visit 44 states in her work as a trainer. Also attending the luncheon were Kathy Brosnan Dixon, Marilyn Bohrer Dewar, Jane Cass O’Leary, and Catherine Beyer Hurst.
at the wake of Mary Costello Connell in West Roxbury. Mary was originally from Roslindale but lived in Hyde Park. She earned her MS from UMass Boston in 1997 and spent almost her whole career in geriatric care, retiring in 2011. The class extends its condolences to Mary’s daughters—Alicia, Teresa, and Sheila—and their spouses and children. • Also retiring soon is Maryann Mahoney McGovern, who is a professor of nursing at Salem State University. • The class extends its condolences to Carol Fiorentino Maloney, MS’73, on the passing of her husband, Ed Maloney Jr. ’71. Carol specializes in pediatrics with the Marlboro Medical Group and lives in Southborough. Their children—Michael, Kate, and Margaret—are in our prayers. • We had a nice email from Jack Gannon. He and his wife, Patricia Feraco Gannon, live in Hillsdale, NJ. Pat is the educational director of Hillsdale United Nursery School. • In March, Jack Lambert caught up with Jim Peters, who stopped by to visit when driving through North Carolina on his way home to Connecticut. They played golf at Sea Trail Plantation, where Jack lives, and were joined by fellow resident Mike Jerome. Missing the round was George Currivan, who also lives there but was vacationing in Cabo and California. “A good time was had by all,” writes Jack. • Dick Kane wrote with news of his BC roommate Rev. Fred Cournoyer. Fred, who spent many years ministering to the poor in Honduras, is now back in Holyoke. He will preside at Dick’s youngest daughter’s wedding in November on Bald Head Island some 30 years after he baptized her. • We had lunch in March with David Gay, JD’70, and his wife, Trisha (Marshall) NC’68, while on Hutchinson Island, FL. Trisha is retired from the Taunton school system, but David still maintains his law firm in Taunton, although they have relocated to Bourne, on Cape Cod. • Tom Azar passed away in February. Tom was a philosophy major at BC. Originally from New Bedford, he was living in Swansea at the time of his death. The class extends its condolences to his family and friends. • Jack Keating writes that he and his wife, Pat, spoke with Judy and Jack Boyle and Roberta “Bert” and Tony Caraluzzi at the BC–Red Sox game in February. Jack is retired from the Fairfield County school system, and Tony is retired from the family supermarket business. • Your
correspondents, Charles, MBA’70, and MaryAnn (Woodward) Benedict, are grandparents once again. Celia Ann Pagliano was born in March to our daughter Annmarie and her husband, Jeff. The Paglianos live in Brooklyn. Celia joins her sisters, Rosemary and Margot. • The class has planned a Duckboat/Fenway Park tour in September and a Boston-toBermuda cruise in early June 2015. Join in the fun!
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Correspondent: M. Adrienne Tarr Free thefrees@cox.net 3627 Great Laurel Lane Fairfax, VA 22033-1212; 703-709-0896 How have another three months flown by? I still substitute teach; currently it’s full-time for a friend on leave since February. As I write, I still have another four weeks to go thanks to our snowy winter. It’s been a busy four months; teaching English to middle school special education students is not my natural niche. We get along, weathering all the required state testing, and I am even learning more than I ever knew about literature. • Keeping up with everyone has been even more of a challenge, but there is news from South America! Josie Higgins Rideg enjoyed hosting her eight grandchildren for Easter at her home in São Paulo. They were visiting from Chile, Holland, and the suburban hills near her. She likes her retirement, especially avoiding the long commute to her school job in the city. Now she teaches English skills to young women seeking receptionist jobs. Otherwise, she is compiling her parents’ wartime letters—now covering more than 579 pages. She also knits and gardens. Josie was anticipating the cooler weather of fall and winter just as we headed into the warmth of our late spring and summer. She was also considering escaping Brazil during the World Cup hubbub. • As I write, Anne Caswell Prior is visiting for several days outside Chicago with her former roommate Louise Tully Wallace. They hadn’t seen each other in several years, so Anne was looking forward to reconnecting. • Also, Maria Metzler Johnson
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Correspondents: Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict chasbenedict@aol.com 84 Rockland Place Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464 Doug Cabral, editor of the Martha’s Vineyard Times for 28 years and an owner for 23 of those years, has retired as of May 1. Doug joined the Times in 1986, and he and his wife, Molly, bought the paper in 1991. Doug had worked at the Vineyard Gazette from 1972 until 1980. We wish Doug and Molly the best as they sail into the Vineyard sunset! • Also retired as of May 1 is Maureen Shea McCann, who chaired the practical nursing program at the Blue Hills Regional School. Your correspondents saw Maureen as well as Cindy Rae Butters and Mary-Lou Downey Logue (all of the Connell School of Nursing),
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