I keep getting reminders of our days at BC when I read the news. One example was the passing of Chuck Daly, who was BC’s head basketball coach when we were sophomores and juniors. He went on to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, after winning consecutive NBA championships and an Olympic gold medal. At BC, he mentored Pete Schmid, who has had a long career as an executive with General Motors, Jim Phalen, who’s an English professor at Ohio State University, and Dan Metzler, who’s the president of D.M. Inc. in Weymouth. • On a happier note, it was another banner lacrosse season for the offspring of two classmates: Danny Glading, son of Bill Glading, led the University of Virginia to a berth in the Final Four, which was televised nationally from Gillette Stadium. He was a nominee for national Player of the Year and a first-round draft choice of a Major League Lacrosse team, where he’ll be a teammate of his brother. Bill, a former freshman basketball player at BC, is an attorney in Bethesda, MD. • Also, Margot Spatola ’09, daughter of BC Law fundraiser Mike Spatola, was chosen All-Region for her play for the Eagles. Meanwhile, Mike’s nephew John Spatola ’10 hit a game-winning homer for BC’s first baseball win in the NCAA tournament since 1967. • John Coll, MBA’74, who’s a money manager in Orange County, reports that he visited retired investment banker Bill Cherry ’74, MA’75, in his native Rochester. Bill is on the board of their alma mater, Cardinal Mooney High School. • Kathleen Barber Power, a founding member of the Council for Women of Boston College, participated as a co-host in the Take A Student to Work program with Avid Technology at the studios of WBZ-TV in Boston last March. • My condolences to the family of Vince Machaj, who passed away in January. He was a cardiac anesthesiologist in Virginia Beach.
nc 1972 Correspondent: Nancy Brouillard McKenzie newton885@bc.edu 7526 Sebago Road Bethesda, MD 20817 Please keep in our prayers Joan Segerson MBA’77; Claudia Dupraz Greely; and Diane Tanguay Prokop NC’74, sister of Norma Tanguay Frye. After Newton, Joan worked at Boston College, where she received her MBA. Later, she went to Washington DC, where she worked for the National Organi-
zation for Women, the Organization of American States, and most recently the State Department. Joan’s sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews survive her. Jack ’72 and Maryjane Heuber Kerrigan attended the funeral and burial in Rochester, NY. Pattie Segerson has asked that we send her notes about Joan for the family’s memory book. Claudia passed away at home surrounded by her family. Following graduation, Claudia received an M.Ed. from Lesley College. She was a special education teacher for several years and earlier had been an active volunteer in the Rockport school system. Her husband, John, and their four sons—Sean, Matthew, Andrew, and Timothy—survive Claudia. Norma was with Diane for the two weeks preceding her death. On the Sunday before she passed away, Diane and Bob watched as their daughter Lisa married Daniel Legasse at their home in Ellicott City, MD. Anne Brescia Connell, Brian, and Anthony came to join the family in mourning. • Please also pray for Mary Pat Shea Czajkowski’s mother, who recently passed away. • Ellen Broderick Grover reports that Mariah is a freshman at Tufts University, and Matthew graduated from BC in May. Ellen continues to be a reading teacher (literacy specialist) in Bar Harbor. James retired from the U.S. Park Service but has been working several part-time jobs. Currently, he is recuperating from hip surgery and dreaming of biking next summer. • Thanks to our host Martha Kendrick Kettmer NC’71 and Pat Winkler Browne NC’60, our 16th Annual Spring Tea in April was a beautiful event. Clare Pratt, RSCJ, NC’67, H’01, who just finished her term as superior general of the Society of the Sacred Heart, talked with us about the international educational mission of the Society. Meg Canty, RSCJ, updated us with news about our beloved RSCJs at Teresian House. Judith Wilt, Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture, treasures the 1967–69 SWC syllabi. • Visit www.bc.edu/alumni/association/community. html for more news.
1973 Correspondent: Patricia DiPillo perseus813@aol.com 19 Hartlawn Road Boston, MA 02132 Greetings from the Heights! It is Memorial Day, and how fitting it is that I write about the armed services. I spent Friday at the www.bc.edu/alumni
Naval Academy in Annapolis as the guest of a former student who was president of his graduating class and gave a speech along with the President of the United States. • In April, President Barack Obama nominated Jo-Ellen Darcy to serve as assistant secretary of the Army for public works, a position that oversees the Army Corps of Engineers. Jo-Ellen is currently senior environmental policy advisor to the Senate Finance Committee; earlier she served as senior policy advisor, deputy staff director, and staffer with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. She holds an MS in resource development from Michigan State University in addition to her BC degree in philosophy and sociology. • On another note, Katherine Fitzgerald, who received a BA in theology from Boston College, is teaching at the Fatima Institute, a Catholic liberal-arts college and peace, justice, and human rights institute in Sierra Leone, the world’s poorest country. How exciting that alums serve all over the world! Let’s hear from others in the global arena. • Enjoy summer, see you in the fall!
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Correspondent: Joan B. Brouillard sacrecoeur1973@aol.com PO Box 1207 Glen, NH 03838; 603-383-4003 The prize for understatement goes to Mimi Reiley Vilord! Our conversation: What’s new? Mimi: Not much. New job (CEO of United Way, Rockland County, NY), same husband (36 years!), same four kids, and so far eight grandchildren. • Susan Kane is still at IBM in Silicon Valley and promised to fill me in with more. • Miggy Hopkins is Margaret M. Hopkins, Ph.D., at the University of Toledo, an assistant professor in the College of Business Administration, after working in the public sector for most of the past 20 years. She worked for the governor of Ohio and the mayor of Cleveland and ran both of their campaigns. Her doctorate in organizational behavior was earned from Case Western Reserve University, and she served on the Cleveland school board. Miggy was happy to have been tracked down by yours truly and would love to hear from classmates. I’ll put you in touch. • Karen Sweeney Mactas hosted a wine and cheese gathering for 15 Newton alumnae from Fairfield and Westchester counties. Great conversation and laughter about