MBA’83, reports from Washington DC that she is teaching in George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. Her courses include Hollywood and Politics and Political and Social Commentary in Science Fiction. She moved to DC following grad school at Northwestern and teaching at Ohio University. She remains in Opus Dei. • As our classmates continue turning 50, we hear from the gals of Duchesne West, first floor, who renewed college life in New York City on the Upper West Side. Perhaps you saw them—at MoMA, in Central Park, shopping on Fifth Avenue, at dinner in SoHo, or in spa robes and slippers giggling in the elevator and halls between their hotel suites. Just like being back in the dorm! Notes on those present are as follows. Jeanne Tingo, founder and director of Impax Communication, Manhattan, married Seamus Quinn in December 2007 in Cancún. Jane (Zimmerman) Slater, HR manager for Graphic Image, Long Island, has three children. Elizabeth (Liddell) and Tom Glazer have three children. Elizabeth is director of the Lower School at Lawrence Woodmere Academy on Long Island. Moya (Segerson) Joosten is executive officer to the CFO of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. She has three children; the older two attend BC. Joe ’81 and Eileen (Costello) Marx have two children. Eileen is an instructor of world religions and journalism at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, NJ. Catherine (Gordon) Einhaus, a community volunteer in Port Washington, NY, has two children. M. Jane Kelley Rodeheffer, professor of philosophy and the J. Robert Lane Chair in Humanities at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona, has three children. • Our fabulous former class correspondent, John Carabatsos requests that we send him photos for his website: http://web.mac.com/jtcdmd. • I’m looking forward to hearing from you!
1981 Correspondent: Alison Mitchell McKee amckee81@aol.com 1128 Brandon Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451; 757-428-0861 Art Frasca lives in southeast Michigan with his wife and two daughters, who attend their parish school, St. Patrick’s, in White Lake. They are very involved in all aspects (“too many to mention”) of the parish and the school. Art works in the financial services industry and began a partnership in
2004 with two close friends. He urges those of you who are out his way to look him up. • David Murphy earned an MBA from NYU in 1990 and spent 17 years in New York City in finance with Legg Mason. The company merged with Smith Barney, where David now leads a team that specializes in investing the reserve and endowment funds for nonprofit organizations. After traveling the world (for business and pleasure), he has settled down with a wife and two children, ages 6 and 3. The Murphy family recently moved to Greenwich, CT, and spent last August in China enjoying the Olympics. David’s six-year-old speaks fluent Mandarin, “which turned quite a few heads when she would act as interpreter” for her dad. • Tim Casserly of Latham was elected chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association last spring and received an Elder Law Section award at the association’s annual meeting, recognizing his “tireless advocacy and litigation, which has advanced the rights of the elderly and persons with disabilities.” Tim is a cofounding partner of Burke & Casserly, PC, and coauthored the consumer planning guide Boomer Basics: Everything You Need to Know
1982 Correspondent: Mary O’Brien maryalycia.obrien.82@bc.edu 14 Myrtlebank Avenue Dorchester, MA 02124-5304 I attended my 30th high-school reunion from Lexington High School on November 29 and saw Ellen (Campbell) Caouette, Donna (Duffy) and Lou Dilillo, Lisa (McLaughlin) and Phil DeCristo (see below), Julie (Parker) Malloy, and Ed Rutyna, who flew in from California to attend! It was great to see everyone. We missed Charlie Busa, Kathleen (O’Brien) DiBiase, Sally Quick, John Volante, Michelle (Provost) Gelnaw, Mary Theresa (Hunt) Johnson, and Gaby Clapp-Milley. I apologize if I missed anyone. • Gaby ClappMilley is married, has a son (5) and a daughter (3), and lives in Princeton, NJ. • Julie (Rao) Martin met Charlie Busa in Vegas. They had dinner at Rao’s and drinks at the Tabu Ultra Lounge at the MGM. Julie enjoyed herself and assumes it’s about 20 years since she and Charlie partied together! • Carole (McNulty) Pendleton
Paul Reynolds ’82, president of FableVision, has launched a new animation product called Animation-ish. about the Issues Facing You, Your Children and Your Parents, a comprehensive health, financial, and personal resource guide for the baby boomer generation. • Thao Nguyen was appointed vice president of worldwide hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturing at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. He leads the HDD facilities in Thailand, Singapore, and Shenzhen, where he is based. Previously, Thao worked for Maxtor, IBM, and Micropolis, and he has contributed to 23 patents in HDD manufacturing. He earned his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from MIT. • While attending a meeting of the Council for the Women of Boston College in October, I had an opportunity to reconnect with Meg McGrory Kelleher and Jylanne (Smith) Dunne, both of whom are senior vice presidents with Fidelity Investments in Boston. We also saw John Dudzik, who was in Boston on business. John works with Colchis Capital in Greenwich, CT. The highlight of the trip, though, was having lunch at the Heights with my dear friend and mentor, Fr. Bill Neenan, H’08. www.bc.edu/alumni
attended the 25th reunion with Reina (Benitez) Flower, Tessie (Cabrera Vare, and Stephanie (Walser) Robert. She enjoyed catching up with old friends and admitted the 25th reunion was the first she had attended since our 5th reunion. • Paul Reynolds, president of Boston-based educational media firm FableVision, recently launched a new animation product for kids and adults called Animation-ish (www.animationish.com), featuring his twin brother, Peter H. Reynolds. The book/toy shop, The Blue Bunny, which he cofounded with Peter, received the 2008 Best of Boston Best Bookstore award! • Susan (Wheaton) ’87 and William McGurk have two sons, Alex (13) and Colin (11), and live in southern Massachusetts. They celebrated 20 years of marriage last August. William retired as a chief petty officer, after 22 years in the Navy Reserve. He now contracts to the Navy as a network engineer for Lockheed Martin. Five years ago, he was confirmed in the Catholic Church, and he now serves as a lector for his parish. • Congratulations to Phil DeCristo, who is presi-