1982 It is a beautiful fall day here in Dorchester as I put together our latest column. Thanks to all who shared for this column! • Congratulations to Mark Bronzo and Robert Santangelo, who have formed a long/short equity hedge fund called Nudge Capital. They are working out of world headquarters in Rye, NY. They can be reached at nudgecap.com. • Kerry Cannon recently relocated to Orlando, FL, to accept a new position as managing director of MMGY Global, the largest advertising/marketing agency in North America specifically focused on the travel/hospitality industry. Kerry reports that he unfortunately missed joining old friends for the BC–Clemson game. • Michael Mancini reported that it was beautiful fall day as the former Mod 7-A/Hillside gang gathered for their annual Eagles tailgate/football event and then converged on Alumni Stadium. The group included Chris Cowan, Mike Fichtner, John Faherty, Tom McDermott, Mike O’Neill, Scott Sassone, Bernie Kyong, Tom Quinn, and John Lamb ’83. Kerry promises to be there this coming fall to catch up with everyone! • Geraldine Ellis wrote that she is the grandmother of a beautiful four-year-old granddaughter. Congratulations, Geraldine. Enjoy her! • Joan Daley Fitzpatrick is proud to announce that her son Michael is a member of the 2018 Boston College freshman class. • John Greco wrote and produced an hour-long documentary for public broadcasting, Thinking Money: The Psychology Behind Our Best and Worst Financial Decisions. John and his partners spent a year traveling the country, interviewing behavioral economists and filming experiments that suggest how we think about spending and saving and why we tend to be irrational about both. This is not “eat-your-vegetables” public TV, and manages to be both entertaining and educational. He even got an Alfred Hitchcock moment or two on camera—most enjoyably at a winery in Santa Barbara, where they explored how the prefrontal cortex processes information like the price of wine. View the documentary on your local PBS channel via the website saveandinvest.org/FinancialBasics/ ThinkingMoney/P601086. John lives in Arlington, VA, with wife Patricia and their two children: fourth-grader Abigail and first-grader Jack. John says that, unlike his BC classmates who had children when they were supposed to, he is a long way from packing the kids off to college—though, in the spirit of the documentary, he has begun saving for it.
Correspondent: Mary O’Brien maryobrien14@comcast.net
1983 Andy Kelley, president of Effective Student Marketing in Andover, won a 2013 AVA Digital Marketing Award for work on a social media campaign for National College. The campaign focused on finding prospective students interested in the college’s Veterans Retraining Assistance Program. • In addition to serving as VP, finance and administration, for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Peter Rockett has been elected to the national board of Financial Executives International and will serve as treasurer. • Kate Victory Hannisian writes: “Our family enjoyed a visit with Annie Fitzgerald ’12, daughter of BC friends Paul ’82 and Diane (Bauman) Fitzgerald, during 64
a trip to Washington DC in the spring. This fall I marked the seventh year of being in business as Blue Pencil Consulting (offering freelance editorial and publishing consulting services), and I’d be delighted to connect with classmates or alumni who need help with a book project. I also teach workshops on business writing and serve as an adjunct in Emerson College’s Writing, Literature & Publishing department. With a daughter in her first year of high school, it won’t be long before we’re doing campus tours, including a visit to the Heights!” • In July, Lois Marr Fruhwirth celebrated her 20th anniversary with husband Gary back where they first met in Newport Beach, CA. While there, she also enjoyed a minireunion with BC roommates Julie Ciaccio Brennan and Lillian Colon Davis. Many laughs were had over days at both the beach house and on Julie’s boat. Lois also celebrated 31 years at P&G this past summer. • Here’s the latest from Gina Bough Sisti: “I traveled to San Diego this past August for my daughter’s Girls’ 16 USTA National Tennis Tournament and reconnected with BC buddy Lynn Dalton Lathrop ’85 at the Hotel del Coronado for dinner and an ocean view on Coronado Island. A definite highlight of the summer! I’m also enjoying fall as an empty nester, with my son at Bowdoin and my daughter boarding at Centercourt Performance Tennis Academy.” • Bill Switaj and wife Sabrina manage the ice arena at Kent State University in Ohio. Bill is also involved with the coaching program for USA Hockey. During the summer months the family finds time to host a hockey school for youths. Two of their children are currently enrolled in the Carroll School of Management: Derek is a junior, and Gabri is a freshman. Gabri is a goalie for BC women’s ice hockey.
Correspondent: Cynthia J. Bocko cindybocko@hotmail.com
1984 Greetings! Here’s the news. • Colleen Hennigan Brown is enjoying her new career as RN case manager with Element Care in Lynn; quite a change from her days in PR. She earned her nursing degree in 2005. She is very proud of daughter Kasey ’12, who is in New York pursuing an acting career. Colleen was thrilled to watch Kasey enjoy her BC years as much as Colleen did hers. • Molly Shannon McGowan started her personal organizing business nearly 12 years ago and is excited to share that her company, The Clutter Coach, is now a registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. • Melissa Strand Fike has a new position in Brighton, CO, as a district literacy coach for K–2 teachers. Melissa continues performing as an actor/singer in the Denver/Boulder area. She lives in Longmont with husband Will and their middle-school-aged daughters, Katie and Emma. • Rezzie roommates Jane Infurchia Shay, Pam Surette Hinken, and Susan Jones Young get together periodically at La Scala Restaurant to rehash golden moments at BC. At a recent visit, they discussed locating their fourth roommate, Lily Argilagos. Pam recently moved to Bristol, RI, where she and her husband renovated their 160-year-old Greek revival home on High Street, where America’s oldest Independence Day parade takes place. Both of her children have graduated from college and have joined the working world. Jane’s second son is off to college, joining his older brother at Brown University. Susan is proud of her two teenagers,
who are involved in many varied activities in their coastal town. The oldest will participate in an Appalachian service project next summer. • Mae Chin Williams, proud owner of Men’s Cuts in Lakewood, OH, is celebrating her one-year anniversary in business. Mae is married and has two daughters, one a junior at St. Joseph Academy in Cleveland and one a freshman at Rocky River High. Husband David is a dental sales consultant. • Kathleen Greenler Sexton, managing partner of Authority Media Network, has been named CEO and publisher of newly acquired Subscription Site Insider.
Correspondent: Carol A. McConnell bc84news@yahoo.com
1985 30TH REUNION May 29–31, 2015 It is our 30th reunion year. Mark your calendar for May 29–31, and plan to be in Chestnut Hill. • Martha Bagley was chosen as the 2014 North Shore Women Lawyers’ Association’s Lawyer of the Year as well as one of the 50 Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Martha’s friend Kate Connolly ’84 was also selected as a top woman lawyer, which reconnected the two of them. Martha practices in Salem and Boston and resides in Marblehead with her husband, Bruce. • In an effort to get ready for our upcoming 30th reunion, Holly Doherty-Lemoine, chief development officer with Inspirica, one of Connecticut’s largest homeless shelters, met with her freshman roommate, Linda Bulich, who is now an anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. They hadn’t seen each other since graduation. Holly said it felt just like yesterday, even though both women are three children wiser. Holly lives in New Canaan, CT, and sends a shout-out to all the Williams dorm women from the Class of 1985. Please join us for our 30th reunion in May! • Mary Brobson Gately started her law career as a summer associate at legacy firm Piper & Marbury in 1986 and is now the comanaging partner of the Washington DC office and DC litigation head at global law firm DLA Piper. Mary recently started to work full-time for the first time in 14 years. After the first of her three children—Wil (14), Elizabeth (13), and Matt (11)—was born, she worked three days a week for seven years, and then four days a week. During that time, she became DC litigation head, and she has mentored other women and men who’ve pursued alternative work schedules. • Janice Curran Bickley, Dana Larkin, Debra Manning Lundquist, Diane Kalwell Irvine, and Kathleen Curtin Perry spent a weekend in Harwich Port, celebrating the 30th anniversaries of their 20th birthdays! A wonderful time was had by all these good friends who currently reside in Massachusetts. Their Hillside roommate Julie McLaughlin Larkin, of Florida, was not able to attend but was with them in spirit. • At the BC–USC game, Eddie Lynch had a chance to catch up with classmates Sue Robitaille Pier, Sally Walker Coviello JD’88, Tammy Bateson Barry MEd’87, and Brendan Nolan. He said it was great to see and reconnect with all of them. But wait, there’s more: Back in May they held the fifth and final Bob Turcotte Memorial Golf Tournament at the Glen Ellen Country Club in Millis. These outings have been a great way for them to reconnect with many old friends (Bobby and Eddie also went to high school together), share