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Correspondent: James R. Littleton jim.littleton@gmail.com 39 Dale Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 In June, Arleen Murphy Stegge retired as director of adult education at the Church of St. Mary in Tulsa, OK. In September, she and husband John traveled to Stuttgart, Germany, where their son Christopher, a major in the U.S. Marines, is stationed. Their daughter, Maureen, also lives in Oklahoma. Arleen and John reside in Tulsa. • Patricia Finnerty Weiss passed away on July 2, 2012. Pat received her MEd and PhD from the University of North Carolina and was president of PF Weiss Associates in Chapel Hill. Sympathy goes to her husband, Jim, and children James and John. Her son Peter predeceased her. • I hope all of you are enjoying your winter and that you will take the time to write or email me and let me know what is new with you.
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Correspondent: Mary Gabel Costello mgc1029@aol.com 4088 Meadowcreek Lane Copley, OH 44321 Dear friends! Patricia Szarek Aburdene has been busy. On September 25, her new book, Conscious Money: Living, Creating, and Investing with Your Values for a Sustainable New Prosperity, was published. The book is described as “a blueprint for growing wealth with integrity and making a difference by integrating human values into personal finance.” Then on November 7, Pat was one of several speakers at the Healthy Money Summit, a global telesummit. • Lyn PetersonFriberg’s business, Motif Designs, continues to prosper, and in September, her beautiful Scarsdale home was featured in Westchester Magazine. Lynn has designed her home with “hand-me-down family heirlooms, a few client ‘rejects,’ and always a firm sense of purpose.” She says, “Find out how you want to live. Then you decorate.” This home of hers, described as “personal and cozy,” has also been featured in Good Housekeeping, Victoria magazine, Country Living, Seventeen, and The New York Times. It looks lovely, Ann Lessing Bresnan reports from Greenwich and North Palm Beach. Living close to Ann in Greenwich are her three daughters—Jen, Kirstie, and Courtney— as well as three granddaughters. Her son Will ’04 bought a condo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and her fourth daughter, artist Linny, has been living in France and Italy for the past few years. • June King Davison popped up on LinkedIn. She is director of Verbal Test Prep in Wilmington, NC. • Pam DeLeo Delaney is also quite busy. Her bed-and-breakfast in Bristol, RI, is doing well. She was appointed to Bristol’s Economic Development Commission as an advisor, and she belongs to the Bristol Merchants Association. If all that isn’t enough, she found time to accept the position of
“I
may not be working in a school setting, but I’m still an educator,” says Philip Mooney ’66. As vice president for Heritage Communications at the Coca-Cola Company, Mooney is the venerable firm’s chief archivist and historian. Frequently called upon to field questions about the history of the beverage and the company—recently, the NPR show This American Life interviewed him in an attempt to uncover the famed secret formula for Coca-Cola, which, he says, “remains secret, as it should”—Mooney is the reigning expert on all things Coke. Philip Mooney ’66 is preparing to retire after three Always fascinated by cultural decades leading Coca-Cola’s archives department, history, Mooney says his BC education where he has developed two Coca-Cola-themed prepared him for the unexpected museums and helped the company celebrate its opportunity to manage the Coca-Cola recent 125th anniversary. archives. “I learned how to approach a subject thoroughly and share my passion with others,” he says. what is your favorite place at the Heights?
Coca-Cola archives, and there’s a whole new world waiting!
The libraries—of course!
who would play you in the film version of your life?
what is your next goal? I’m planning to retire next year after more than three decades working with
Wallace Shawn.
for more of our interview with philip mooney, visit www.bc.edu/alumniprofiles.
director of development for the small, independent Community Preparatory School in Providence. The school focuses on preparing children from diverse cultural and financial backgrounds for competitive secondary schools and college. Pam adds that Ana Perez recently came to her home for dinner. Ana has bought a house in Cambridge to be near her daughter, who is a graduate student at MIT. • Carol Romano Tuohey’s older son, Vincent, who works at MIT, was married to Leif-Ann Reilly on August 30, exactly two months to the day after her younger son’s wedding in June. Those were joyous occasions for Carol. Now she is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy; her father’s home in New Jersey suffered extensive damage. • Polly Glynn Kerrigan’s home in Groton Long Point also needs repair. We wish all our East Coast friends a speedy recovery from the storm. • On October 5, Susan Power Gallagher added another granddaughter to her family. Terry Roisin (Irish for “little rose”) was born on the Cape to Susan’s son Eddie and his wife, Katelynn. Terry joins her two brothers and a sister. • Please send news. www.bc.edu/alumni
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Correspondent: Dennis Razz Berry mazzrazz1@aol.com Hi, gang. • Two of our classmates were in prominent positions at the Sesquicentennial Mass at Fenway Park that kicked off BC’s 150th anniversary celebration: University chaplain Fr. Tony Penna, MDiv’74, MEd’75, was among the priests on the podium, while longtime trustee Pat Carney was seated with other members of the Board of Trustees. • The Williams boys seldom miss a good excuse for a road trip. This time it was Lisa and Jack Hanrahan’s recent move to Charlottesville, VA. A move like that naturally needs to be properly celebrated, a task admirably taken care of by Peg and Jim Lucia MAT’74; Kathy and Bob Bouchard MS’80; Paul Loscocco MA’75; Kathy (Greeley) ’71, MEd’75, and Mitch Burek MEd’72, PhD’75; Ellen (Haley) ’71 and Jim Phelan; and Mary Anne (Checrallah) ’71 and Tony Beirne. The weekend started on Thursday night with appropriate festivities: a view of the sunset from the top of Carter Mountain and dinner. The next day included a hot-air balloon