LIFE AFTER BENTLEY >>
Moments & Memories
more than an institute of higher learning — it’s a lifetime of friendship. Paul Grassia ’69 I graduated not knowing if accounting was going to be right for me. It took me 10 years after I graduated to realize that my career in accounting was my true path. I am now a partner in the CPA firm and look forward to work with passion every day. Stanley Feather ’74
1980s and 1990s I have held many positions in the last 31 years, but none so rewarding as coaching the students on the Acton Boxborough Regional High School Speech and Debate team. Sue (Ouellette) Hennessey ’85
THE EARLY YEARS I can honestly say that the education I received on Boylston Street did assist me in getting a decent job, and the ability to work in accounting jobs most of my adult life; raise a family; purchase a house; and help people with income tax returns. Not very exciting, but I thank Bentley for the education I received. JJ Scully ’48 I did well at Bentley, graduating with honors. After an interview with Mr. Harold Mackinnon, vice president at GE, I took a position in their Business Training Program. I have spent over 50 years in increasingly more responsible positions in accounting, business and tax management. My wife and I have also developed two country inns, which now have national prominence. I doubt that my wife and I would have accomplished what we did without the challenge and support given by my professors and Bentley. We will always be grateful. Karl Taylor ’57
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I worked in the computer field prior to starting my own cleaning business. I have been preparing income tax returns since 1972 and I still, at 79 years old, prepare over 100 returns a year. I was selected and inducted into the Bentley College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988. Caroll McMillan ’64 After graduation, I was hired by Price Waterhouse & Co. After about a year, I was chosen to head a team of auditors at a relatively new client: Bentley College, at their new Waltham campus. When I walked into the office of one of my former professors, who had taken on the responsibilities of treasurer of the college, I thought he was going to faint! When he recovered his senses, he was most gracious and provided everything that we needed to issue a “clean opinion.” Joseph Mador ’66 Every year since 1969 our old gang meets for dinner at the Chateau Restaurant in Waltham to catch up. These guys are my family and I’m grateful for them. Bentley is not just a university; it is a perfect state of grace. I always felt fortunate to call it my Bentley. It’s so much
I was in one of the last classes of CIS majors where COBOL was taught, and I’m still working with COBOL and the mainframe 31 years later, currently as principal software developer at Fidelity Investments. I have three amazing adult children (two currently still in college, my youngest at Bentley), and one pre-adoptive infant son (hopefully adoptive by the time the issue is published!). I’m also a novelist, writing primarily in the horror suspense genre (under my real name, Daniel G. Keohane, and a pseudonym G. Daniel Gunn), with dozens of short stories and five novels currently in print. For fun, I also write film reviews for the website Cinema Knife Fight. Dan Keohane ’85, P ’19
I married my Bentley sweetheart and we both have had very successful careers built on our Bentley education. We have stayed very connected to Bentley even though we have lived in Maryland since 1991. Mark Semanie ’85 Bentley provided me with an outstanding education and gave me the knowledge and confidence to succeed quickly in my career, and also allowed me to retire early. For that, I am forever grateful. My heart will always belong to Bentley. Nancy Wine ’86 I received my PhD in Aviation Operations from EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University in June 2016. Kevin O’Leary ’90, MBA ’95 After receiving my MBA, I continued my sales and marketing career but found ways to do some adjunct teaching at other local colleges. In 2002, Perry Lowe and Ian Cross asked me to teach the GB 310 Project Module. I taught as an adjunct every semester after that for 10 years, and in 2012, I had the opportunity to join the faculty on a full-time basis. I helped create the new Professional Sales major. I’ve been honored to have given a Baccalaureate address and a Convocation address. And now, I work side-by-side with many of the faculty who helped me earn my MBA over 20 years ago! Jim Pouliopoulos ’94, MBA ’95, Director of Professional Sales Program and Marketing Lecturer
There is no life after Bentley for me. This is my second home and I look forward to coming to work each day. I love Bentley, I always have. I met my husband here and many, many friends. Enza A. Rapatano-O’Connell ’80, Bentley University Library
There are four people that I met freshman year that I am very close friends with 20 years later. Three of them were in my wedding and one of them is the godmother to my eldest child. While Bentley prepared me to get an internship and full-time job with Ernst & Young in public accounting, after two years I realized I did not want to be a CPA and switched careers. Monique (Young) Jefferson ’96 After getting my MST at Bentley, I worked in the federal tax department at Arthur Andersen, Boston and then later started a tax firm of my own. My Bentley tax instructors are a great resource for me even today. Marietta Courtney, MST ’98
2000s I am assistant professor of business administration at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Conn. An avid mountaineer, I summited 29,029-foot Mt. Everest on May 20, 2016. Mark Milewski, MBA ’00 After completing my degree, I stayed in the Boston area for five more years, working for companies like Mullen and Digitas. My roles were generally around advanced data analysis. The education I received at Bentley had prepped me very well for the challenges in my career. In 2007, I moved back to Istanbul and started the first analytics consulting shop in the country. We are working with top-tier banks/telecoms in TR and have grown the team to 15 consultants, including one other Bentley graduate. Omer Nadirler, MBA ’02 After two years in the Boston area working in stores and on projects with the corporate Staples team in Framingham, I relocated to northwest Arizona. I assisted in opening six locations, doing everything from creating local marketing campaigns to product selection for merchandising to training and developing future leadership through the West region. After relocating to the Tampa, Florida, area, I continue to operate and oversee locations, and manage proj-