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nc 1966 Correspondent: Catherine Beyer Hurst catherine.hurst@comcast.net 4204 Silent Wing Santa Fe, NM 87507; 505-474-3162 In her architectural career, Dorie Norton Weintraub has worked as an architectural designer at Architectural Resources in Cambridge, an architect/project manager at Drummey Rosane Anderson in Newton, and an architect/associate at Margulies Perruzzi in Boston. She is currently an independent architect doing business as Weintraub Designs; view her website at www.weintraub-designs.com. (I learned about Dorie’s career as she is one of my new Facebook friends. Friend me, Catherine Beyer Hurst, on Facebook to find other Newton ’66ers.) • Several special 65th birthday celebrations took place in Massachusetts last summer. Meeting up for two nights were Judy McCluskey Flood, Susan Marion Cooney, Kathy Brosnan Dixon, Sharon Cuffe Fleming, Sheila McIntire Barry, and Judy Mullen Connorton. They had a great time catching up and also seeing the Dove/O’Keeffe exhibit at the Clark in Williamstown. Williamstown and the Clark are personal favorites of Judy Connorton’s, as her son Patrick graduated from Williams in 2003. • Also meeting up for a summer mini-reunion were Ann-Marie Carroll, Carolyn Cassin-Driscoll, Sandra Puerini DelSesto, Pat Ryan Grace, Beth Gundlach, Barbara Childs Hall, Joyce LaFazia Heimbecker, Cathy Beyer Hurst, Joan Candee Rentsch, and Martha Roughan, RSCJ. The group spent four nights in Plymouth, taking in Plimoth Plantation, the Mayflower, and a wonderful garden tour in Sandwich, in addition to antique-shopping, beach walking, and birding. Ann-Marie Carroll and her husband, Don Falvey, also hosted a lobster dinner at their home in North Falmouth. (Ann-Marie points out that she will not actually be 65 until 2010!) • At its annual awards dinner in May 2009, after a keynote address by Dan Rather, the Fair Media Council presented 32 Folio Awards for excellence in local news coverage in print, radio, television, and Internet. Taking top honors in the “Feature Story Under 2,000 Words” category was Pat Ryan Grace, editor of the Manhasset Press (and also the reporter for this feature). Her story, “Gift of Life’s Legacy Comes Full Circle,” appeared in October 2008.
1967 Correspondents: Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict chasbenedict@aol.com 84 Rockland Place Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464 Betty Goetz Serow writes that she and James and Carmen Signes Beaton, all SOE alumni, enjoyed a week at the Lagos family reunion held in Tybee, GA. Carmen’s mother and Betty’s mother were both Lagos women. The Beatons’ daughter Emily and Betty’s daughter Erica also joined the festivities. Betty works for the Florida Department of Health, Office of Health Statistics and Assessment. • Peter Ciampi, MA’68, writes that he is working for
Interactive Data (where he has been for 28 years), developing financial products. Pete is in regular contact with Bill Sandberg, who just retired from the government. • Bill Sullivan, MEd’72, dropped a line from Starksboro, VT. Bill retired after serving as executive director of three different nonprofits, serving the needs of people with disabilities. Bill did the same work in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu in the South Pacific from 1988 to 1992. • Joe Hill’s wife, Alison, hosted a great birthday party for Joe at the Aquarium. In attendance were Janet Rogers, Kathy Harrington Bell, and Jack Crowley. Joe still has a hand in Hill Engineering, which he founded and ran for many years. • It is with great sadness that we report the passing of two classmates. Bob McGinn died on July 12 at his home on Cape Cod. When not on the Cape, Bob lived in Cumberland, RI. A group of classmates, including your correspondent, attended the wake. The class offers its sincere condolences to Judy McGinn and to their daughter, Kerry ’96, and sons Bryan ’98 and Shawn ’00. Joe Mariani Jr. died on April 5 in Rockville, MD. A retired Army lieutenant colonel, Joe had been in ROTC while at BC. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery on June 24. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Joe’s wife, Liz, and their four children, and also to his sister and brothers Robert ’76 and Richard ’68. • Pam and Joe Catanzano are the proud grandparents of Caitlin Ann Messina, born on May 7 to daughter Kirsten and hubby Duane. • Joanne Folts Mackey continues to work at Duke University, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics. She is “Nana” to seven grandchildren. • John Bove has retired as dean of the School of Management at Cambridge College. John recently spent a month in Russia doing research at the Roosevelt Institute. • Your correspondents became grandparents again when they welcomed Margot Jane Pagliano on August 24 in New York City.
nc 1967 Correspondent: M. Adrienne Tarr Free thefrees@cox.net 3627 Great Laurel Lane Fairfax, VA 22033-1212; 703-709-0896 One travelogue begets some others, plus extra news briefs. • Marilyn Fu Harpster reported on the Alaskan glacier cruise her extended family, including five grandsons, ages 1–15, took last May. Blessed with wonderful weather, they visited Ketchikan, Juneau, the College Fjords, and Glacier Bay. In this peaceful environment, they saw calving glaciers and numerous whales and dolphins. Marilyn caught great photos of the wildlife and of an eagle resting outside their ship balcony. Their shared family time provided a great occasion to open the beauty of America to the next generations. The Harpsters continue their efforts to encourage science education in Ohio with scholarships for the Science Fair winners at their local Catholic school, consistently among the top in the state. The Harpsters also have endowed merit scholarships at the University of Dayton for electrical engineering and physics majors. In this way, they are encouraging students in fields that feed the needs of
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science-based businesses such as their own. • Donna Shelton and husband Frank spent a wonderful five weeks in Australia and New Zealand last March and April. The highlight was heli-hiking on the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, followed by a sunset kayak paddle on a nearby lake. “The incredible natural beauty of New Zealand will draw us back— despite the 40 hours of travel time each way! The food and wines are a terrific complement and a necessity after all the outdoor activity!” Over the summer, Donna spent much time at the pool and the beach with her three grandchildren, even while recuperating from her own tennis mishap. By summer’s end, however, she was back to doing all except playing tennis. • While I didn’t go farther than New England, I did enjoy an extended day with Anne Caswell Prior and Faith Brouillard Hughes in early July. • Who is going to report next? Until then, I just want to remind you to keep your contact information current, send prayer requests for the class Prayer Net as needed, and enjoy the coming winter months.
1968 Correspondent: Judith Anderson Day jnjday@aol.com The Brentwood 323 11500 San Vicente Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049 Yippee! A hefty mailbag this edition, with sincere thanks to our BC’68 classmates who responded to the call. • Eileen and Steve Tucker are celebrating the arrival of their first grandchild, Megan Elizabeth, on June 17. Megan’s parents are Julie and Thomas Rollauer, both BC’97. Steve is CFO of CS Technology in New York City and commutes from New Jersey. • In London, Eddie Frazer is CEO of Trinity Group Ltd., which he cofounded with Ford Fraker, former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Eddie’s son Philip is BC’10. • The BC Alumni Club hosted a joint BC–Baghdad College night, “BC Night on the Tigris,” in London with 60 attendees, including BC trustee and classmate Tommy O’Neill. • Since graduation, Barbara Beaulieu Chase of Plum Island has worked at Mass. General, and she is now an adult nurse practitioner at MGH’s Chelsea Health Center, coordinating the multi disciplinary diabetes management program. She is also a member of the adjunct faculty at Simmons. With husband Clark and two sons, Barbara volunteers regularly at the Centre of Hope for Children in Oaxaca, Mexico, and travels extensively in Latin America • Joan Dunn Harrison is president and founder of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society and authored The
Colorful World of Hydrangeas: A Hydrangea Handbook for the Home Gardener. • Rabbi Ken Block’s daughter Jenny received a Lambda Literary Foundation Award for her book Open. • Capt. Mark Schwartz, retired now from Southwest Airlines, is recovering from total hip replacement surgery in Boca Raton. He and Ruth welcomed twin grandchildren, their eighth and ninth! • Emily DeSimone Mahony, VP of development at Marymount University in Arlington, VA, sent updates of the following BC friends who celebrate every New Year’s Eve together. Maryknoll Fr. Eddie Phillips is back from Nairobi and awaiting his new assignment.