our parents for sending us to Newton and into each other’s lives. One of 2009’s greatest moments was the wedding of Chris Krackeler to Suzanne Madden, daughter of Sharon O’Keefe Madden NC’68. Judy Schneider Stanley, Midge Kramer Wilker, Mary Jean, Sharon, and I took up as much bonding time as the occasion would allow. My life in New Jersey for the past 35 years has made it easy for me to connect with metro-area classmates for cocktails and dinner. Jobs, retirement, grandchildren, and aging are all topics that are touched on during these special times together. Mike and I have two children, and they both live in California. We have five grandchildren ranging in age from 3 to 11. They’re all individuals, and we adore them. Life has been great, and for all those who might hail from elsewhere: we love New Jersey. Yo! Do you have a problem with that? I hope all our classmates who read this will join us on Facebook. Just do it! There are photos galore (everyone looks great!), and it’s a blast to find someone after more than 40 years. Thank you, Cathy. I’m grateful that during your very busy and most interesting life, you carved out time to keep us together.”
1967 Correspondents: Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict chasbenedict@aol.com 84 Rockland Place Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464 Connie and Bill Cotter are again proud grandparents: twin boys, Graham and Miles, were born in September to their daughter Amory ’95 and her husband, Joe Mitchell ’94. In March 2009, daughter Amanda and her husband, Mark Driscoll, had a boy, James, and in October 2008, their daughter Christine ’02 and her husband, Patrick Gregory, welcomed a daughter, Madeline. Bill is VP and general counsel for Vista Capital. • Liz (Young) Hormann writes from Cologne, Germany, where she has lived for the past 24 years. She is currently enrolled in a PhD program in maternal and child health. Liz co-wrote a book on breastfeeding while she was in Kosovo in 1999–2000. It has been translated into French, Hungarian, Italian, and Russian. • We recently spoke with Phil Lavelle, also of the Woods College. Phil lives in Needham and owns All Pro Painters. • Marion Mayr Billings writes of the passing of her former spouse and our classmate, Brad Billings, on January 24, 2010, after a prolonged illness. We extend our condolences to his three children, Timothy in New York City; Stephen, an economics professor at UNC; and Leslie in Charlottesville, VA. He also leaves five grandchildren. Brad received his PhD from Cornell. He lived in northern Virginia and was a professor of economics at Georgetown University for 25 years. • In 2009, Ellen (Collins) Hollander passed away in December 2008 in her home in San Antonio, where she had lived since 1970. Most of her career was in personnel management, working primarily at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. Ellen also taught in the management department of San Antonio College. She leaves her son, Chris Botto. Also, on October 31, 2010, we lost Timothy J. Banfield Jr. He was a psychologist in private practice and on staff at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, OH. He leaves
his fiancée, son, two sisters, and three grandchildren. We send condolences to the Hollander and Banfield families. • By the time you read this, the class will have held its annual hockey game and reception. Rink-rats seen at Conte Forum include Mary-Anne and Charles Benedict MBA’70, Paul White, Jerry Madek MA’69, Frank Salimbene, Tom Marchitelli, Bob Slattery, Dennis Griffin, John Ryan, and Jim Hickey.
nc 1967 Correspondent: M. Adrienne Tarr Free thefrees@cox.net 3627 Great Laurel Lane Fairfax, VA 22033-1212; 703-709-0896 We have another classmate welcoming a new grandbaby into her family. Maria Metzler Johnson dodged ice storms to fly to Chicago right after the birth of the family’s first grandchild, Owen Ludovic Alexander, on December 8. Everyone is overjoyed with their little guy. Maria’s daughter Martha took three months off from her family practice residency to settle him in. He later took a quick trip to visit his grandparents in Austin for a real Texas welcome! Maria also reported that son Calvin is engaged, and son Matthew changed jobs to work for a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis. It looks like the Johnsons will continue to pile up air miles keeping up with their busy family. • I imagine those of us in normally minimally-snowy sections of the country spent several weeks reminiscing about our Boston days, what with all the snow we accumulated this past winter. At one point, there were reports that all of us stateside—or at least the states we live in—were affected by snow. During that time, I was in touch with Marilyn Santos Velayo in the Philippines. Even she remembered her senior year when she had a car: “I will never forget having to change to winter tires just to drive through the snow! Those were the days...carefree and worry free! I will always look back to that time with a lot of fondness.” • I recently checked a class list. Of the 150 classmates named on it, 7 had passed away and around 20 are seemingly “lost” or haven’t kept their contact information current. (When I e-mail messages to addresses I do have, they sometimes bounce, so please keep your contact information up-to-date.) That means there are a lot of you who are just hiding. We would like to hear from more of you. We have only two more years before our 45th reunion. Let’s try to keep connected. I am hoping that warmer weather over the summer will thaw your stubborn joints enough that you can send me some news for the next column. And don’t forget to let me know if anyone needs the prayers of our class Prayer Net. In the meantime, enjoy the next three months until there is more news. God bless you all!
1968 Correspondent: Judith Anderson Day jnjday@aol.com The Brentwood 323 11500 San Vicente Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049 Happy spring, classmates! • For the third year in a row, Paul Donovan has been named
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by Boston Magazine as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in the area of trust and estate law and estate planning, which is his specialty. He is a partner at the Boston law firm of Taylor, Ganson & Perrin, LLP. Paul lives in Watertown with wife Carol Lazarus (Bennington ’69), who is also a lawyer and works for the Boston Public Schools. Their older son, Sam (Bowdoin ’07), recently returned to Boston from a nine-month trip around the world. Their younger son, Mike, will graduate from Occidental College in Los Angeles this May. • We send our sincere condolences to the family of our classmate David Barry, JD’71, who passed away in Peabody in November 2009. • John Riordan moved to Fairfax, VA, owing to a job transfer with the federal government. Noticing all the VTech and UVA license plates, he thought Virginia needed a BC representative. He found that Virginia offered a vanity license plate picturing an eagle, so he ordered a very cool eagle plate with “BC Fan” inscribed. He’s had many interesting reactions while tooling the highways of Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina—particularly at BC–Virginia and other ACC football games. Such fun! I told John that, for many years, the Day family sported BC-fan license plates in Connecticut. They became prized trophies for the dorm walls of our sons while they were at BC and are family heirlooms now. • Our friends Maureen ’69 and Kip Doran are serving in the Peace Corps in Ramotswa, Botswana. They are very involved in important medical and educational issues, particularly in the field of AIDS education and literacy programs. Kip, using his African moniker Kgosi, meaning “chief,” keeps in contact with family and friends worldwide with his witty and highly informative blog, The Dorans—Boomers in Africa. Kip and Maureen became first-time grandparents in December when beautiful Avie O’Keefe Marshall was born in Boston to daughter Alison ’00 and her husband, Jason ’00. Heartiest congratulations to all!
nc 1968 Correspondent: Kathleen Hastings Miller fivemill@verizon.net 8 Brookline Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 I am so sad to have to tell you that our friend and classmate Louise Demers Noble, MEd’80, passed away in January after a three-year battle with cancer. She will always be remembered for her gentle smile and kind manner. Louise lived in Duxbury and leaves behind her husband, Bob, and two sons, Alex and Chris. Please keep them in your prayers. • The Newton at Napa Reunion is getting closer! The dates are September 30–October 2. For details, e-mail newtonatnapa@yahoo.com. This promises to be (in 1960s lingo) “a blast.” Don’t miss it!
1969 Correspondent: James R. Littleton jim.littleton@gmail.com 39 Dale Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467