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Correspondent: Beth Docktor Nolan beth.docktor.nolan@bc.edu
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Correspondent: Hellas M. Assad hellasdamas@hotmail.com Hi, all! Many thanks to Dolly DiPesa for contributing to this issue. Dolly recently enjoyed having dinner and exchanging stories with Donna O’Reilly Matteodo. Donna, her husband, David, and their daughter live in Needham. Dolly often sees Candy Kelley McLaughlin, MEd’82. Both have sons who graduated from St. Sebastian’s in Needham with the Class of 2012: Candy’s son, Patrick McLaughlin, is playing football at Williams College, and Dolly’s son, Anthony Arcanti, is spending his first semester in London as part of the Northeastern University program. Dolly’s second son, John, attends Providence College. • And there are further BC/St. Sebastian’s connections: Mike Balboni, MBA’87, has a son who graduated from St. Sebastian’s and is now entering his freshman year at BC. Dolly also sees St. Sebastian’s grad and incoming president of the BC Alumni Association Vincent Quealy. They both enjoy family time at their summer homes near one another in Scituate. Vinny eloquently addressed those attending the Woods College of Advancing Studies annual reunion reception in May. He says he is looking forward to serving in his new role in the Alumni Association and to being a part of the 150th celebration of Boston College that kicks off on September 15 with an openair Mass at Fenway Park followed by other festivities. Vinny welcomes your insights and comments; email him at vquealy@gmail.com. He and wife Joan are very proud of their three sons, all BC grads: Timothy ’06, Kerry ’07, and Michael ’10. • Dolly also enjoyed gatherings with Mary Pat McCue Kilcullen and Doreen Flynn Trahon. Mary Pat resides in Hingham with husband Dan ’74. They have three sons who also graduated from St. Sebastian’s. Doreen lives in Cohasset and teaches in the Weymouth public school system. • Jayne Saperstein Mehne enjoyed another great summer on Cape Cod with family and friends. Her parents, Ciel and Stanley Saperstein ’52, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The family planned a summer trip to Quebec. This was also a reunion year for Jayne’s husband, Chris ’74, JD’77, who graduated from BC Law School 35 years ago. • After graduating from BC, Marc Pinckney received a master’s in psychology from the University of Minnesota and worked in drug treatment counseling. In 1980, he moved to San Diego and was involved in government and legislative work. Since 1998, he has become an accomplished personal trainer and has worked with top junior tennis athletes at the University City Racquet Club in San Diego. In addition to training WTA professional tour players, Marc provides fitness training for a number of elite
triathletes and college athletes. Marc can be reached at fourthst@pacbell.net. • Take care and please send in your latest news!
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Correspondent: Mary Stevens McDermott mary.mcdermott@cox.net
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Correspondent: Gerald B. Shea gerbs54@hotmail.com This year marks Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary as well as that of Sub Turri, the BC yearbook! I (Gerry Shea) attended its commemorative dinner at the Heights in April, and it was fun to mix with young and not-so-young Sub Turri editors, writers, and photographers spanning many, many years. Old friends on hand included Paul Aloi ’74, JD’77, in from the Rochester, NY, area, and Eileen Ruggiero Macdonald ’77, in from Long Beach, NY. Our ’76 yearbook is still something to behold, after all these years, and the memories it provides and revives are countless. A memorable time was had by all at the dinner, so here’s to another 100 years “Under the Tower.” • Susan Martinelli Shea, a former BC trustee and special education teacher, is now the founder and president of Dancing with the Students, a competitive 10-week program that teaches ballroom dancing, etiquette, and selfempowerment to Philadelphia’s inner-city students. Congratulations! • Teresa “Tess” (Posch) O’Neill was named a Fulbright scholar and taught in the University of Jordan’s PhD nursing program from 2011 to 2012. She had a wonderful experience and says she will miss Jordan very much. Tess was stateside last May to proudly witness her daughter, Gwyneth ’07, getting married. She sends a shout-out to Chris Joyce, embedded in Chi-Town nowadays, who was her grammar school classmate at St. Patrick’s in Glen Cove, NY, many moons ago! • The construction of Stokes Hall in the former Dustbowl is really something to see! BC continues to impress (not just in men’s and women’s hockey), and plans are afoot to remove the concrete plaza at O’Neill Library in favor of grass and bucolic features. • Well, here’s wishing all a happy and healthy summer with hopes that all will keep in touch. God bless!
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Correspondent: Nicholas Kydes nicholaskydes@yahoo.com The day of celebration finally came: our 35th year reunion! Although it seems like yesterday when we graduated from BC, in truth it was another lifetime, overflowing with youthful energy and hopes and dreams of changing the world. Now, 35 years later, I believe we still have that youthful energy, and our hopes and dreams are instilled in our children. • On a warm, sunny Friday afternoon, Gus Kalivas, 17 class notes
my roommate at BC and at the reunion, and I drove from Connecticut to BC. After registering at St. Thomas More dorm, where we discovered that the Class of ’77 had taken over most of the sixth-floor rooms, we headed to the sixth-floor lobby for refreshments. Kathleen (Engel) ’78 and Tom “Sully” Sullivan, Joanne and Leo Vercollone, and Frank Fontana organized a classic BC reception: lots of drinks and munchies. Thanks to Jennifer Lynch, who controlled the reunion purse strings, for allowing Tom to buy cigars. What else could you ask for!? Classmates began to pour in; lacking a signin sheet, I passed around a reunion yearbook made out of a paper plate! Attendees included Shawn Zehnder-Larsen MEd’80; Betty Klein Gillen; John “Jack” Hughes; Ted and Dianne (Wender) Quinn; Diane Faherty Garofalo and her husband; Christine Khan Barrett with daughter Nora, who is starting her third year at Dixie State College of Utah; Lynne Catalina Prairie; Tom McDevitt MEd’79; Frank Cortesa; Mike Durkin and Ann Bersani; Don Aubuchon; Deb (Ciervo) Wenger; Dori and Kevin Weber; Joe Gaffney; Anne Elliott Goldfisher; Ann Bouchard; Tom Norton; Beth Furman; and Jim McIntyre. In the evening, we all headed to Shea Field for the lobster bake and then to the welcome reception at Corcoran Commons. Although the evening turned dark and cloudy, our spirits were bright and festive as we headed back to the sixth-floor lobby to continue the celebrations. • Saturday morning was a washout, but for us, the clouds had silver linings. Some of our classmates ran in the Alumni 5K Fun Run, others toured Alumni Stadium or Stokes Hall, and most of the sixth-floor gang went to the alumni reunion barbecue. • Saturday evening started with a leadership appreciation reception hosted by University President William P. Leahy, SJ, at Corcoran Commons. From there, we headed to the former cardinal’s residence on the Brighton Campus for our 35th anniversary party. The DJ played songs of the 1960s and ’70s as we danced and sang throughout the night under a party tent. • We were honored to have in attendance the governor of Connecticut, Dannel Malloy, JD’80, and his wife, Catherine (Lambert), and also our class president, Ron Iacobucci. And it was also great to reminisce with Terence Moriarty, who will be moving back to Stamford, CT; Paul Vier, who lives in Ridgefield, CT; Scott Maddern; Melanie (Zriny) Hollingsworth; Joan Robbins; Maryalice Rooke Ryan; Nancy Matthews Perry; Patricia Boisi Sheehy; Julie Coyle; Patricia Smith Jay; Sandra Chevrette; Tim and Bernadette Broccolo; Roland J. Regan Jr.; and Grace Ferriter (Grace, God bless Bobby—may he rest in peace). I also bumped into Bruce Nicholas a couple of times. After the anniversary party, we all headed back, with the DJ, to the sixth-floor lobby to continue our celebrations. • Please email me to follow up on our reunion. I know I left out many names; we had a great turnout, with more than 200 attendees! • May all good things find the path to your door.
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Correspondent: Julie Butler Evans juliebutlerevans@gmail.com