class. • We have heard from many but Linda Jenks Hiller, Faith Perkins Quinlan, Nancy Gain Degonzale-Mujica, Anne Boller Mathieu, Kathleen Denton, Mary Loretta Dillon, Susie Gallagher Trainor, Anita Hennessy Disomma, Sandy Irwin Heiler, Gloria Novella De Urruela, Nancy O’Neill MA’67, Marie Sturges Houston, Dianne Schonland Sims, Bobbie Thole Finley, and Julie Halleran Donahue are among the missing or not heard from. If you can contact them or know their whereabouts, the committee would really appreciate your input. You can e-mail me at the address at the top of this column. You can also go online to www.bc.edu/alumni/association/community. html and check out the alumni section. • As of this time (November/December) news from Sr. Judy Vollbrecht in Haiti, who could certainly use our help through her “Apron Pocket,” ranges from the cholera epidemic to the need for the basics in life. be
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Correspondents: Frank and Eileen (Trish) Faggiano frank@faggianoconsulting.com 33 Gleason Road Reading, MA 01867; 781-944-0720 Jim O’Connor, treasurer of the American Association of the Order of Malta and chair of the Order of Malta Worldwide Relief, the Americas, organized and led a team of members of the order, doctors, nurses, technicians, and volunteers to the order’s hospital in Milot, Haiti, in a massive relief effort after the earthquake. Hôpital Sacré Coeur was not damaged, and it became the major trauma/ triage hospital for the whole country. The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy helicoptered victims daily to the hospital, where the bed capacity increased from 65 to 500. Logistics included 20 private planes to transport medical personnel/volunteers, medical supplies, food to feed 1,000 people daily, and other needs. The Caritas Christi Health Care system in Boston mobilized teams of medical people for three months, contributed $1 million in cash, and facilitated $2 million in medical supplies from Philips Healthcare and $1 million from Siemens. The Order of Malta in America raised over $1.5 million, and the Order of Malta Worldwide Relief raised $400,000. Finally, a mobile prosthetics lab was purchased to provide artificial limbs for more than 600 patients. In November, the Order of Malta presented Jim the Grand Cross of Merit for this extraordinary effort. • Bill Novelline, founder and chief investment officer of Abbot Financial Management in North Andover, has been honored with the prestigious 2011 Five Star Wealth Manager Award. The award is based on nine criteria, including customer service, quality of recommendations, and meeting the client’s financial objectives. Bill started the business in 1983 and is currently managing it with his son Andrew ’97, who is president. • Dan ’56 and Joyce Francis McDevitt restructured their company, McDevitt Recruitment Advertising Inc., and on July 1, McDevitt Advertising LLC began operations. Some of the business is with governmental agencies, and it is a vendor for
the VA Boston Healthcare System. In addition, Dan and Joyce, who have been thoroughbred racing fans for more than 40 years, attended the Breeders’ Cup in Louisville, KY, last November. • Our wish for you is that 2011 will bring you the blessings of health and happiness. • Remember too, we would love to hear from you. be
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Correspondent: Mary Ann Brennan Keyes makmad@comcast.net 26 Ridgewood Crossing Hingham, MA 02043 Sheila Leahy Valicenti wrote: “Sheila Tiernan Balboni is executive director of a nonprofit agency that develops and manages programs of education (www.thecommunitygroupinc.org). Most recently, Sheila has been expanding her charter school to a network of charters in Lawrence for grades K–8. Sheila also just received a Promise Neighborhoods planning grant (1 of only 21) given by the U.S. Department of Education to replicate Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone in Lawrence—see the website for Promise Neighborhoods Institute. I don’t know whether you have seen Waiting for ‘Superman’, but that is a very good way to learn about the impact of charter schools. I believe Sheila is going to be in Washington this week to accept the grant.” • Beth Graham O’Mara is also dedicated to the education of children. Beth, one of the few classmates still working full-time, finds her time spent at Bank Street College of Education, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, most rewarding. As a learning specialist for over 15 years at the Bank Street School for Children, she spends most of her time supporting teachers, families, and children as they navigate their way through each grade. Beth describes this school as dedicated to the ideals of progressive education; that is, child-centered, collaborative, and experiential. Teachers and staff members work toward successfully educating a diverse population of students— those with a range of cultural backgrounds, learning styles, and economic resources—to prepare them for the diverse global world they will face as independent adults. Bank Street College has three divisions: a graduate school of education, a private school for children, and a division of continuing education. The School for Children is a lab school that welcomes visitors, so please let Beth know if you are interested in stopping by if you visit Manhattan. • I’m sure you all remember VV Martin entertaining us on the piano just about every day after lunch in the lounge next to the dining hall in Stuart. She has continued to use her incredible talent bringing music to others. She writes: “I have now retired for the second time—may stay that way. I have spent the last week buying a portable piano keyboard and all the various attachments. I have been playing piano for a couple of senior center choruses, and they get a bit busy around the holidays. I hope to do more of this next year for private parties. It only took me 50 years to try to make a few bucks at this!” • Janet Richmond Latour writes: “I am back www.bc.edu/alumni
at work. Besides buying gold for Party of Gold, I am back as interim principal in Athol. They called me and asked if I’d do it until July 1. I said I would, but I have to have three weeks off in March to go to Florida. No problem and so I will be there.” • Anne Gallagher Murphy has once again organized a group from our class to gather the first week of March in Florida. It is a great way to bring the snowbirds of NC’62 together, and hopefully the numbers will continue to grow. Anyone interested in the details should contact Anne at annemurphy1@cox.net. be
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Correspondent: Matthew J. McDonnell matthew.mcdonnell.esq@gmail.com 121 Shore Avenue Quincy, MA 02169; 617-479-1714 Bobbi Keane organized a small but very successful luncheon reunion of the nursing class at the Boston Newton Marriott in August, with about 20 classmates in attendance. Among those enjoying the benefit and sharing laughs and memories were Beth Bartholomew Vrees, Joan Bautze Rockett, Pat Bocchichio Donohoe, Fran Bonanno Dionne, Georgeana Dowd Hunton, Marie Brady Ryder, Joan Donahue Sullivan, Marie Duggan, Sr. Louise Gallahue, Ann Hurley, Bobbi Keane, Mary Lee King Hovanian, Michele Lally Champagne, Alberta Maiorano Vasilake, Jane Mannix Mullowney, Joan McCabe Dunphy, Judy McLaughlin Kelly, Kathy McAloon Hallee MA’06, Marieann Plante Blake, Sheila Smith, Kay Williams Robbins, and Madeleine Bibeau Chandler. Bobbi Keane has retired to Florida after a career in nursing (Boston VA), nursing education, and elementary school teaching in Acton. She keeps very busy in her Crystal River community as coeditor of the local newspaper, plays a lot of golf and duplicate bridge, and is very active in her local parish church. Beth Vrees splits her time between Kittery, ME, and Naples, FL. She and her husband, Peter, have four children and six grandkids. Joan Rockett retired from VNA and lives in Marblehead and Florida with her husband, Edward. They have three daughters. Pat Donohoe is happily retired and enjoying her grandchildren. Fran Dionne has retired after a career teaching nursing and working at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is enjoying her two kids and three grandkids. Georgeana Hunton is retired from a career in public health and has four children. Marie Ryder is still working at Middlesex Community College in the nursing program. She and husband Bill have three kids and five grandkids. Joan Sullivan has lived in Dennis Port for the last six years, after moving from Westwood. She works part-time with Alzheimer’s patients. She has four kids and four grandkids. Marie Duggan continues to work at New England Baptist Surgicenter in Brookline and tries to keep up with her 25 nieces and nephews. Sr. Louise Gallahue is the provincial of the Daughters of Charity in the Northeast Province, where she has worked on health issues since obtaining her master’s in nursing from Columbia in 1986. Ann Hurley still lives in Brookline with