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outlook. • John J. Cremens retired from the Massachusetts Probation Service. He was instrumental in the introduction of computer-based information systems within the court system. • Brian Condon writes from Denver, where he is “enjoying a penthouse in the LoDo section of the city, with a great view of the Rockies.” • Jim Starkey, MA’66, Ph.D.’71, retired in 2008 from URI, where he taught economics for 41 years. Jim then taught at UVM in 2009. He and wife Maureen now live in Shelburne, VT. Jim still plays ice hockey and has started a new career as a hockey referee. • John Tramondozzi, Ph.D.’72, has been teaching chemistry at Curry College in Milton since 1969. “I am stepping down as chair of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Department this semester after 10 years. I will be going back to my first love—teaching full-time.” • Martin Kilmer has retired to Nova Scotia after 37 years teaching archaeology, the history of ancient art, Greek and Latin, and various other subjects at the University of Ottawa in Canada. “I retired in 2004 for reasons of health: a leg paralyzed, apparently by a viral infection when I was up in a tree stand photographing black bears in the wilds of Newfoundland.” • Fred Delay, bartender extraordinaire, was featured on the Boston TV program Chronicle. For a clip, go to www.thebostonchannel.com/video/19498458/ index.html. • Mark Mulvoy, former managing editor of Sports Illustrated, gave the graduation address at his alma mater, BC High. • Jim Spillane, SJ, MA’68, MDI’76, is teaching in an MBA program at a Jesuit college in Mwanza, Tanzania. On the weekends, he ministers at the Jesuit parish. He is also an active member of the newly appointed Mwanza Tourism Task Force. • Dan Kelleher is a retired high-school counselor. He recently lunched with Mike Ford, MDI’75, to reminisce about their lay apostle days in Baghdad. • Weddings: Dan Higgins’s son Ryan and my son Brian were both married on Memorial Day weekend. Judy and I spent a night before the wedding at Claire and Bob Callen’s McLean, VA, manse. • Births: My daughter Tara recently gave birth to Kieran J. Montanez. Dan Higgins’s family added a granddaughter in September 2008, while Dave Wish’s son Gary welcomed twin boys this past spring. • Deaths: Christopher Seekings passed away in February. He had practiced medicine in the Bangor, ME, area for over 30 years. Kristen Chencus, daughter of Gail Gurczak Chencus, died in May. Joseph Cristiano, husband of Margaret Cristiano, died in February in Massapequa, NY. Tom Fallon’s
daughter Mary Gistis ’89 passed away in March. Please keep their families in your prayers. • Trivia: Last issue’s question: Who was our football coach in freshman and sophomore years? What NFL team did he later coach? Answer: Ernie Hefferle, New Orleans Saints. Question: What class member did a Boston radio station erroneously announce as his successor? Where did he allegedly become All-American?
NC 1964 Correspondent: Priscilla Weinlandt Lamb agneau76@optonline.net 125 Elizabeth Road New Rochelle, NY 10804; 914-636-0214 Where was everybody? OK, I couldn’t go, and I know that must have been disappointing, but that can’t be the reason why most of you didn’t. The Newton College Class of ’64 had 11 attendees. Obviously, we have our work cut out for us for the 50th. Luckily for me, Carol Sorace Whalen agreed to be my surrogate at the reunion, and she provided all the news that I’m about to share with you. She did a fantastic job, and I am truly grateful: Thank you, Carol! Now here are the “Admirable 11” and some husbands: Tom and Carol Sorace Whalen, Jack and Kathy Wilson Conroy, Mike and Elia Capone Marnik M.Ed.’66, John ’63 and Katy Withers Higgins, Mary Joyce O’Keefe Di Cola, Gerry and Barbara Coletti Perruzza, Karen Murphy Birmingham, Mary McKeon Connelly, Ann Marie Peckham Russell, Tom and Kathy McCarty Gruber, and Ed and Alice McLaughlin Grayson. • Katy Higgins emailed me right after the reunion (thanks, Katy!), and I share her words with you: “Reunions are about connection and reconnection. We are, after all, at the same age and stage in our lives. It was fun to see former classmates and hear their stories. I learned that Carol Sorace Whalen and I both share a love of opera and that Mary Joyce O’Keefe and I have spent much of our professional lives involved with books: she as a buyer for an independent bookstore in Chicago and I as an elementary school librarian. We all seemed to have very positive memories of our years at Newton and were grateful to the women of the Sacred Heart who challenged our intellects and nurtured our hearts. Although we may have complained about SWC at the time, in today’s fragmented world, we well appreciate the value of this integrated approach. It gave me the foundation to go to the graduate schools 13 class notes
where I earned master’s degrees in American studies and library and information science.” Katy and her husband (BC’63, they met at a mixer!) are both retired and live in Washington DC, as do both their sons. • Other news: Barbara Perruzza works fulltime as an art teacher in Wyandanch on Long Island. She and Gerry are in New York during the school year and return to their Florida home during vacations. Gerry is recuperating from serious injuries due to a fall when he was helping his daughter prepare her boutique for the grand opening. He’s doing well, was at the reunion, and is now known, according to Carol, as “most loyal reunion-husband.” Mary Connelly and Ann Marie Russell could only attend the Saturday night dinner, after which Mary dropped Ann Marie off to rendezvous with her family for a camping weekend. As Carol said, “Ann Marie may get the prize for having the most determination to attend our reunion!” Now, I’m thinking, should I have tried to go as well? Attend the dinner, cab to Logan, red-eye to LAX…um…no. Even if I could have wrested the prize from Ann Marie, which is no small incentive. • Final word: BC does not sponsor reunions after the 50th, so please plan on coming back in 2014. • Final, final word: My niece’s wedding was great.
1965 Correspondent: Patricia McNulty Harte kpharte@yahoo.com 6 Everett Avenue Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-1187 An e-mail from Elaine Anderson Shibley states that she and Paul are well and enjoying retirement. They are members of the Marian Spiritual Life in Medway and find it a huge blessing. Their son John and his family—four daughters and one son— live in Wilmington, NC, and enjoy the South. Daughter Suzanne and her husband, Doug, live in Newport, VT, with son Fisher and daughter Tuli. They recently moved from Alaska, and Elaine and Paul are very happy to have them so much closer. Elaine and Paul’s son Craig and his wife live in Barre, VT, with their three sons, and their daughter Kristen and her husband live in Middlebury, VT, with two sons and a daughter. • Neal and I saw Gerry Govatsos on our way back from Florida. Gerry is still working in the financial area. • Daria and Ken Dolan are executive editors of Dolan.com. • Neal and I saw Bob Hutchison