Founders Award from the Shepherds organization for her mentoring and for her work on its board at a gala in Westport, CT. The organization serves Connecticut’s inner-city high school students. Since 2002 Tammy has helped four students graduate from high school and move on to college. “I see understanding, and with understanding comes hope, and slowly the differences between us begin to melt away,” Tammy stated in a speech. She and her husband, Lou Taylor, reside in Darien. • Brenda Quinlan Goodell and Michele Nadeem-Baker have been joining forces to assist the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s fundraising efforts. Brenda is the assistant VP of event fundraising for the institute and the Jimmy Fund, and Michele is the spokesperson for the institute and for UnMask Cancer, an annual event held at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston. Their work is helping raise much-needed funds for cancer research. • Lawrence Casey, a shareholder at Davis Malm, was named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. With more than 30 years of experience, he was selected for his practice in the business law, employment, and litigation areas. • Sexagenarian festivities continue. Peter Mayer celebrated his birthday with 12 kilted classmates and 40 others, in grand style, at a surprise birthday weekend at Ackergill Tower in Wick, Scotland. Peter’s roommates and their spouses—Mike and Tee (Doyle) Devine, Katie and Tom Lamb, Matty and Jane (Dolan) Kane, Anne and Mike Loftus, Steve Shay, and Chris Simmons—came from up and down the East Coast to celebrate in Inverness, Edinburgh, and London, and later in Ireland and France. • Class President Mary Larkin reports that Tina Massi Filippini, Terry Van Buren, Caroline Cassidy McBride, and Betsy McCoy got together in Kennebunkport to celebrate the big 6-0, only to be there at the same time as another occasion: the Barbara Bush nuptials! The jury is out on which group had the most fun, but what is certain is that Kennebunkport was rocking that weekend. • Town & Country magazine has named Bapst America’s most beautiful college library. Many of us spent many a late night studying amid its tall arches, vaulted ceiling, and beautiful stained-glass windows. A real-life Hogwarts before Harry Potter was created! • I’m looking forward to hearing from you regarding your work, play, travels, and classmate sightings. Correspondent: Michele Nadeem michele.nadeem@gmail.com
1981 Michael Dwyer has retired as a high school teacher in Vermont. He writes: “In winding down my teaching career, I was very much aware of the wonderful knowledge and love of learning that some of my memorable BC professors—Dayton Haskin, John Heineman, and John Rosser, to name a few—passed on. It was a privilege to integrate history, English, and etymology into my classes for 35 years.” Michael says that with two journals to edit, he can indulge in genealogy full-time, and he contributes to a blog called Vita Brevis. One of
his passions is researching immigrant families who settled in Vermont in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. • Mike Brennan moved to Morrison, CO, from the suburbs of Denver to get back in the Front Range mountains. He and his wife, Maria, who is celebrating five years of being cancer-free, also have a place in La Jolla, CA, to be close to their son, Conor, who works as a senior associate broker at Marcus & Millichap. Their daughter, Tara, is a senior program manager of mobile applications for Einstein bakeries. Mike keeps up with his Mod 27A roommates Steve LeBlanc, Lou Papadellis, Mike Cornacchia, Rich Whalen, and Steve Dyer, who are all doing well on the East Coast. Mike recently left his position with Extreme Networks to be a senior partner/owner of a national technology consulting firm. • And from the Sunshine State came word from David Stein, who is CEO of The Producers Network in Sarasota. • In response to the increase in anxiety, Noel Pini Foy, MA’85, has written ABC Worry Free, a children’s book about facing and managing fears. It was released in November. Though the book is geared toward grades one to four, the strategy the character uses is transferable to any age (even adults!). Noel, a neuroeducator, is the founder of AMMPE Neuroeducational Consulting, and she posts learning-related tips, videos, and articles on Facebook under AmmpeLearning. Noel and her husband, Chris Foy, live in the Boston area. • Bob Mulvey has retired as a Boston police sergeant detective after 36 years of service and is returning to BC as a police sergeant! Bob lives in Walpole. • Glad to hear from some new folks! Keep the news coming! Correspondent: Alison Mitchell McKee amckee81@aol.com
1982 Congratulations to Marie Fiascone Gerardo and Paula Dempsey Roth, who were both thrilled to watch their children get married over Labor Day weekend! Steven Roth ’14 married Mary Gerardo ’14 on a perfect summer day at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA. It was a real Eagle affair, with many BC families and friends attending; some alumni guests dated back to the Class of ’49. There are Boston College family traditions on both sides. Steve is a fourth-generation Eagle, and Mary is a third-generation Eagle. The happy newlyweds met as undergrads at BC. They currently live in Boston, where Mary is a CICU nurse at Mass. General, and Steve is a senior associate with Alvarez & Marsal. Steve’s dad is Marty Roth, and Mary’s dad is Ed Gerardo, MA’86. Correspondent: Mary O’Brien maryobrien14@comcast.net
1983 Victor Crawford has joined Cardinal Health as CEO of the pharmaceutical segment. Victor’s most recent role was COO of health care, education, and business dining for Aramark, where he managed the healthcare and higher education businesses
providing dining solutions to hospitals, colleges, and universities. Congrats, Victor! Correspondent: Cynthia J. Bocko cindybocko@hotmail.com
1984 35TH REUNION
May 31–June 2, 2019 Greetings, classmates! • Colleen Hennigan Brown is working as an oncology nurse at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire. She and her husband, Joel, recently moved to Portsmouth and are enjoying city living. They hosted the wedding of their daughter Kasey Brown ’12 to Tarun Sinha in New York City last June. BC classmates David ’82, JD’85, and Mary Elizabeth (Staud) Surprenant joined in the festivities. • Last October, Daniel and Lauren (Soranno) Abraham attended the 35th anniversary reunion of the 1983 football season. Other members of our class who attended include Steve DeOssie, Mike Flaherty, Mike Goodberlet, Mike Grant, Mark MacDonald, Brendan Murphy, Joe Ricca, Mike Ryan, Paul Shaw, Rob Swanke, Joe Thomas, Tony Thurman, Bob Vissers, and Brian Waldron, and several teammates from the Classes of ’85, ’86, and ’87 were also there. Dan writes that BC did a great job of hosting the team, which won the eastern championship with wins over Penn State, Clemson, and Alabama. • In November, Congressman Thomas Suozzi was reelected to a second term, representing New York’s 3rd District. Tom and his wife, Helene, celebrated their 25th anniversary last June. After graduating from Fordham, their daughter, Caroline, spent a year on the island of Yap, volunteer teaching at a Jesuit high school. Caroline came home and helped Tom run his campaign. Their son Joe ’20 walked on to the BC baseball team and is now the starting right fielder. He is studying economics. Son Michael is a sophomore at Chaminade. • For the past 21 years, Susan Arizini has owned and operated a retail store/import business called Via Bellissima in Bryn Mawr, PA. Susan travels several times each year to Italy and buys handmade, hand-painted pieces from all over the country, most notably from Tuscany, Umbria, Venice, Florence, and the Amalfi Coast. She brings back treasures of Italian ceramics, luxe home décor, and unique gifts. Her website can be found at viabellissima.com. • Last year John Jetsyn Tache published his first book, Killing Kardashian. For more on the book, see “Killing Kardashian” on Instagram. The book was optioned for a film by Lucas Foster, who produced Man on Fire and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Correspondent: Carol A. McConnell bc1984notes@optimum.net
1985 Amy Fracassini has been selected to the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2018 “Top Women of Law” list and the 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. In January 2018, Amy was elected president 53