year. Be sure to send along any news! • I write with sad news about the passing of our classmate Paul Patrick Poth on August 22, 2009. The following is excerpted from an obituary written for him. “A proud native of Buffalo, NY, Paul attended Nichols School, Boston College, and the University of Notre Dame Law School. After graduation, Paul moved to Boston and served as an assistant district attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office….Most recently, he was of counsel at MintzLevin in Boston. Paul traveled the world and had a special fondness for Martha’s Vineyard and Letchworth State Park. An accomplished athlete, Paul ran several marathons including Boston. He also cycled in support of AIDS research in the Boston–New York AIDS Ride. He was a consummate entertainer and chef, with a love for music and reading. Paul served on the board of the Victim Rights Law Center of Boston, volunteered for Project Hope, and mentored city youth through hockey leagues and the Boston Public Schools Mock Trial program.” Paul leaves behind his wife, Kristen Palma; his son, Luca; his parents; his sister; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. • Tim Morse, formerly an executive at General Electric, is now CFO of Yahoo! Inc., owner of the second-ranked U.S. Internet search engine. • William Connolly is now working at Stroz Friedberg after seven years as assistant U.S. attorney for the Massachusetts District in Boston. Previously, he had been an assistant district attorney for the Plymouth County DA’s Office in Brockton. • In July 2009, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation awarded Matthew Poggi a prestigious Mansfield Fellowship. The fellowship program provides for a year of intensive language and area studies training in the United States followed by a year in Japan, working full-time in a ministry or agency of the Japanese government. Matthew currently is an economist with the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
1992 Correspondent: Paul L. Cantello paul.cantello@verizon.net 37 Sylvester Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 Michael Shoule’s new book, My Daddy Loves Boston College Football, (Read Together Books, 2009) has been for sale in the BC Bookstore since the beginning of the football season. Mike is still in the process of reaching out to old friends and classmates as well as publicizing the book electronically through Facebook, LinkedIn, and in a recent edition of the BC Chronicle. So while he’s still working for his family’s fourth-generation importexport business, he has also been keeping busy with this project. His son Nathaniel turned three in January, and Emma is almost two years old. • I have a few notes on former roommates: Patrick Poljan moved to Austin, TX, with his wife and three children to take a job with Dell in July. Sixto Ferro and Marc Wall are single and living in their hometowns of Miami and San Francisco, respectively. Mike and Janet (Sarkissian) Reilly and their four children live in Norton. If anyone would
like to get in touch with Mike, you may e-mail him at mikes@jwhampton.com. • Laura (Krawczuk) O’Melia, MS’00, who was a CPNP in the intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital Boston, has been promoted to director of pediatric transplant nursing there. This transplant center is growing and can now transplant liver, heart, lung, intestine, and kidney organs. Laura and her husband, Bob, reside in South Boston. • Our classmate
Don’t forget to send news of marriages, new jobs and babies, professional accomplishments, and exciting trips—the sky’s the limit! • Mario Marchese and his wife recently celebrated their 13th anniversary. They have two children, Vittoria (11) and Phillip (9), and live in Wilmington. After graduation, Mario worked in the financial services industry and then “fell” into construction by accident. He has worked on various projects in and around
Mike Shoule ’92 works for his family’s import-export business and has also been busy promoting his new book, My Daddy Loves Boston College Football. Joseph Cleary passed away on July 30, 2009. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. • Don’t be shy about sending in your updates! What’s new with you in 2010?
1993 Correspondent: Sandy Chen Dekoschak sdekoschak@gmail.com 2043 Hawley Road Ashfield, MA 01330 In September, former roommates Brian Boussy, Jayme Casey, David Fromm, Matt Lenehan, Steve Piluso, and Art Zaske came together for a minireunion of their own in Stockbridge. Central to the weekend, they competed as two teams in the Josh Billings Runaground triathlon. For the second year in a row, they biked, kayaked, and ran their way to respectable team finishes. Beyond the race, the group enjoyed the crisp Berkshire air and quality time in the local pubs. • Jenn (Fay) ’97 and Daniel Laieta welcomed their second son, Jack Thomas, on August 12. Jack joins big brother Daniel (2). Recently, Dan expanded his internal medicine practice and opened a new office in his hometown of Holbrook, NY. In addition, Dan was inducted as a fellow into the American College of Physicians in April. • Jimmy and Katie (Secrist) McManus welcomed their second daughter, Whitney Anna, in June. She joins her older sister, Molly (4). The McManus family continues to live, work, and play in Aspen, CO. • John S. Ecclestone joined Grubb & Ellis, a leading real estate services and investment firm, as a vice president. Earlier, he spent more than 4 years as an associate director, investment banking, at Cushman & Wakefield and 12 years at Ford Land, the real estate arm of Ford Motor Company. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute.
1994 Correspondent: Nancy E. Drane nancydrane@aol.com 226 E. Nelson Avenue Alexandria, VA 22301; 703-548-2396 Happy new year, everyone. Unless I missed some messages along the way, things were very quiet during the past several months.
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Boston, including the CA/T project (the Big Dig), the new Boston Convention Center, and Dana-Farber’s Yawkey Center for Cancer Care. Currently, he is the project controller for Harvard Law School on its new $373-million building program, with completion expected in August 2011. He is also running as a Republican for a state representative seat in the 2010 election for the 19th Middlesex District (Wilmington/Tewksbury). • Heather Wakefield Mehra has authored a series of books for kids creatively coping with food allergies. She and coauthor Kerry H. McManama ’02, have self-published four titles in The No Biggie Bunch series under Heather’s company, Parent Perks, Inc. Meet the Bunch, spy the mission statement, and check out the books at www.NoBiggie Bunch.com. Reconnect with Heather at Heather@NoBiggieBunch.com. • Many of you know that our classmate Alex Houston made a short documentary film about another classmate, Nick Irons. The film, called Swim Lessons: The Nick Irons Story, recently won first runner-up for Best Local Short Film at the Baltimore Women’s Film Festival. Congratulations! Swim Lessons chronicles Nick’s historic 1997 fundraising swim down the length of the Mississippi River. Nick swam for the sake of his father and all who suffer from multiple sclerosis. Swim Lessons had its world premiere in 2008 at the AMPASrecognized Rhode Island International Film Festival, where it won First Place Best Documentary Short. In addition, it is currently an official selection at the upcoming Louisville International Film Festival. Since graduating from BC, Alex has worked on a number of successful projects, including documentaries for Discovery Networks, the 2001 Oscar “short-listed” documentary Love, Josh, and the 1999 Oscar-winning documentary short King Gimp. • That’s it this time around. Please remember to send messages my way. If I missed your message, please resend—and forgive me for any oversights!
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