Laura Kivlan, Lorraine Haley, Helen Gaudette, and a few I have missed. Liz Boyle and I joined for one beer before heading to the game… in the rain. • Please send in updates from any gatherings I have missed!
1990 Correspondent: Kara Corso Nelson bc90news@cox.net 67 Sea Island Glastonbury, CT 06033; 860-647-9200 Mike and Lisa (Buonpane) Kart welcomed their first child, Quinn Ulo, on September 14. The Karts live in Austin, TX. • Colleen and Frank Doogan, MA’92, welcomed the arrival of their third child, Declan Robert, on October 30. Declan has two adoring older siblings: Conor (3) and Abigail (2). Frank wishes all ’90ers a happy and prosperous 2009! • Brian Hammer accepted an assistant professor position in the School of Biology at Georgia Tech (though still a confirmed Eagles fan, I’m sure!) and moved the family to Decatur, GA, in June. • Rita Rodin married Stephen Johnston on September 28, 2008, at St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church in Englewood, NJ. The outrageously fabulous reception was held at the Pleasantdale Château in West Orange, and the couple left for a honeymoon in Thailand shortly thereafter. I don’t have a sufficient word allowance to name the entire BC contingent that attended; suffice it to say, the Class of 1990 was well-represented! Stephen is from across the Pond but has relocated to New York to make his home with Rita. • Ken Forton, JD’01, celebrated his 40th birthday in November and introduced his friends to the world’s oldest continuously played racquet sport, court tennis, at the Tennis & Racquet Club in Back Bay. Leave it to Kenny to take up the sport of kings! Ken and wife Jessica live in Roslindale, and Ken is a magistrate judge for the City of Boston.
1991 Correspondent: Peggy Morin Bruno pegmb@comcast.net 2 High Hill Road Canton, CT 06019 News has been slow this time around. I’m usually watching word counts, and this time I have all the space in the world! Please be sure to send in the latest updates on yourself, your family, and your fellow BC alumni.
• Sean Salene sent an update from Baghdad, where he is currently deployed as a strategic planner with Multi-National Force–Iraq. When he wrote, he was working in the U.S. Embassy Annex, which was located in one of Saddam’s former palaces on the Tigris River. Sean writes, “Many things are changing here. The security gains of last year’s surge are real; the gains are fragile and reversible, but a number of people are tired of the violence. Political progress comes in fits and starts, but it is progress. We see a number of former insurgents who seek to reconcile with the government and address their concerns in the political system. As long as our nation does not lose its will, then the sacrifices of so many Americans and Iraqis will not have been in vain—we will bring some measure of stability, and peace, to this troubled land.” Sean’s boss’s daughter is a senior at BC, providing him with company while watching the BC games! I know I speak for many in thanking Sean for being one of the many brave troops working for peace in Iraq. • Congratulations to Christopher S. Conley, who has been elected the 52nd president of the Boston College Varsity Club for 2009. Chris was a member of the track and field team while at BC. • Have a wonderful spring and don’t forget to write!
1992 Correspondent: Paul L. Cantello paul.cantello@verizon.net 37 Sylvester Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 Marc Manahan is a vice president of financial planning and analysis at Univision in New York City. He lives in Morristown, NJ, with wife Ann Marie and their two children, Madeleine (7) and Jack (4). Marc keeps in touch with Tim and Cheryl (Simrany) Thomas, Victor Mendoza, and Jamie Oberman. • After a few years at home with the children, Maria Hight Resnick recently returned to work as a study coordinator for Great Lakes Medical Research in Westfield, NY, focusing on the treatment of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. • Shamael Mustafa relocated to Houston to marry his wife, Abeer. Shamael is a vice president and marketing manager in the Retail Banking Division of Capital One. The couple recently welcomed twin boys, Imaad and Adeem. • Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner, JD’95, appears in the 2009 Beautiful Lawyers calendar, which features attorneys throughout Massachusetts who are doing things of interest, in conjunction with or aside from law, to help break down perceived stereotypes about lawyers in www.bc.edu/alumni
the state. Ingrid was selected because of her involvement with the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, her activities as a musician, and the time she has devoted to her community. • John Bolger is working as an attorney and literary agent. His areas of practice include litigation, appellate representation, and intellectual property. He is currently on the boards of two charitable organizations and two companies, and he fundraises for a television and film company. John has a Ph.D. in creative writing as well as a law degree. His most recent literary work appeared in the Cream City Review (Spring 2008). He and wife Kerry live in Milwaukee and are busy raising three highly active sons: Michael (5), Conley (2), and Charlie (6 months). • Julie and Kevin Davis currently live in Ashburn, VA. In December 2007, they welcomed to the world their third child, Mackenzie. That breaks the tie between their other two children, daughter Taylor and son Brett. In March 2008, Kevin was promoted to vice president at Oracle Corporation and is now running the Department of Defense technology sales business for Oracle. • Jon Romano is a tax partner at Morneau & Blanchette in Natick, where he’s been for 10 years. His wife, Ann Marie (Cronin) Romano, is a speech pathologist, and they live in Hopedale with their three children: Olivia (8), Lily (5), and Nicholas (4).
1993 Correspondent: Sandy Chen sandy93@bc.edu 1 Aberdeen Way, Unit 117 Cambridge, MA 02138 Pete Hogan, JD’98, MBA’98, is a partner at Richardson & Patel, LLP in Los Angeles, where his practice area is corporate and securities law. He was disappointed that he had to miss our reunion but went to Sweden for the wedding of Keith Shea ’95. • Phil and Jeanie Zmijewski-Taddeo welcomed twin girls on June 4, 2008. Gillian Alyssa and Giavanna Clare arrived at only 31 weeks but did just great! Jeanie is working in Royersford, PA, as an eighth-grade Spanish teacher, while Phil is a senior manager at the Vanguard Group. Jeanie’s father, Ed Zmijewski ’54, is quite the proud grandfather of the new twins! • Jacob Peter Katz joined Paul and Sharon (Grazioso) Katz on June 20, 2008, and is proudly named in honor of two great-grandfathers. The Katzes live in Waltham in a neighborhood full of Eagle alumni of all ages, so Jacob should be