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67 Bruce Burton updates that SynergEbooks has recently released the second edition of his book Hail! Nene Karenna,The Hymn: A Novel on the Founding of the Five Nations 1550-1590. The novel, he describes, is “a genderfocused epic on the origins of Native American and American democracy,” and is also now available in a Kindle edition. Additionally, his book, The Three D’s: Democracy, Divinity, and Drama: An Essay On Gender and Destiny (SynergEbooks, 2008) has been released in a digital version. As one reviewer wrote, it “is more than an impressive study of human development; the text is also a quest for a more humane development to arise and evolve, one yet to come, as we are led through the historical footprints to where we are now, where we have gotten to, and where we might yet go. Burton’s ‘narrative’ is a coalescing of religion, the arts, and natural law…woven brilliantly and steadfastly so as to inform, persuade, and challenge the reader to make the intellectual commitment to comprehend Burton’s greater vision for the human race.”
Steve Nelson “married Rosemary Westra (University of Michigan ’79) on September 22, 2007, at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Southborough, Mass., followed by a reception at the Commander’s Mansion in Watertown.” See photo in Weddings section.
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Roger Raffetto ’68 and his newest grandchild, Danielle ‘Dani,’ who’s wearing her trick-ortreating outfit in true Polar Bear fashion.
foundation board writes: “I am writing to let you know that we recently held a very successful fundraising and tribute event honoring Dr. Hugh A.G. Fisher for his more than 30 years of devoted service to his patients and their families, many of whom are coping with prostate cancer. In addition, we have established the Hugh A.G. Fisher Prostate Cancer Roger Raffetto wrote in early Research Fund. Now, as in the past, Dr. November: “Newest grandchild, Fisher gives selflessly to those in his care Danielle ‘Dani’ Raffetto, geared up for and consistently applies the highest trick-or-treating in true Polar Bear standards to the practice, teaching and fashion.We plan to save the photo as it science of medicine as evidenced by his may prove helpful when attached to her application for admissions in 2027.” outstanding clinical, academic and research achievements.” See accompanying photo. Tom Sheehy wrote in November: “Sorry to have missed the 40th! Hopefully, I’ll be around for 50th. Betsy Peter Driscoll wrote last summer: “I and I are now in our 20th year at celebrated my 40th reunion in May, and Canterbury School. Daughter Sara ’93 in the spirit of that event, Anne and I are moving to our house in York Harbor and husband Jim Finnerty ’92 have three boys; Jimmy,Tommy, and Charlie. from Bethesda, Md., on August 1st. We will now be permanent residents of the Son, TJ ’96 has one son, Quinn, aka TJ Sheehy V.” great state of Maine! Classmates and friends, please come visit. Our address is: Scotch Pines-Western Point, P. O. Box Jim Burnett emailed:“Wife Kris and I 1034,York Harbor, Maine 03911. Our are still holding down the fort in Canaan, home phone is: 207-363-8049.” N.H., while son Joe is married and has LAUDABLE Hugh Fisher was honored last fall by the Capital Region been living in China for eight years, and daughter Hedda is married and in her Medical Research Foundation in second year at Iowa State Vet School.” Latham, N.Y.The President of the
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BOWDOIN SPRING 2010
John Currie updates:“Eileen and I are in the process of moving our summer home site from Chatham, Cape Cod, to a lovely spot overlooking Merrymeeting Bay in Bath.We are very excited to be back close to the Bowdoin Community as well as many friends and classmates who live or have second homes in the area.” LAUDABLE Peter Flynn was “selected for inclusion in ‘The Best Lawyers in America 2009 Annual Guide to Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law.’” In November, he “obtained the largest eminent domain verdict in the history of Bristol County (Mass.). $5,260,000 was awarded by a Fall River jury to the plaintiff landowner whose property was taken by the City of Taunton in 2002…Attorney Flynn has now achieved the state’s highest eminent domain verdict in two consecutive years, having obtained a verdict of $1,950,000 in Norfolk County Superior Court for a Cohasset family in 2008.” From a Saugus Advocate article, Saugus, Mass.,Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
75 REUNION Michael Donovan “was interviewed in early December on MSNBC to comment about President Obama’s visit to the Lehigh Valley and Allentown.”To view the interview, visit: http://www.cedarcrest.edu/ca/whatshap pening/12409_donovan.shtm. Dan Shapiro emailed in December: “Thanks to the College’s news clipping service (Class News, Fall 2009 issue) my eight-and-a-half minutes of fame on NPR’s ‘Sunday Puzzler’ last May have now reached the Bowdoin community. My achievement was first reported on page 3 of the Corvallis, Oregon, Gazette Times, following the front page article, ‘Chihuahua runs cougar out of yard,’ which I consider a much more compelling story. Sic transit gloria. Our family moved to Corvallis in October