Classnotes
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Full Zip Vests
Men’s and Women’s full zip vest with College Imprint. Front zip pockets. Luxe touch with taped sleeves and bottom. 100% polyester fleece. Divots Sportswear. USA made. Price: $54.99 Hobart Item # 2006330 William Smith Item # 2007334
Knitted Flap Hats
Knitted 100% wool flap hat with tassel. Lined with non-itch fleece for extra warmth and comfort. Handcrafted in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Vermont Originals. Price: $47.99 Hobart Item # 2006847 William Smith Item # 2006848
WS ’88
Talley Gerace Hargrave, 17 Misty Lane, Westford, MA 01886-3637; (978) 392-7839; talley. hargrave@comcast.net
Hobart and William Smith Colleges: A Portrait This hardbound book is the first-ever publication of its kind at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Featuring 192 pages of photos of campus life including never-before-seen images, the book includes an introduction from President Mark D. Gearan. Perfect for holiday gift-giving, the book is available through The College Store. Price: $34.95 Item# 000010038
H ’87
Bob Tedeschi, 24 Glenwood Drive, Guildord, CT 06437; (203) 458-0119; tedeschi@nytimes. com Tim Clark writes: “I moved to Indianapolis about 12 years ago working with the NCAA national office after coaching lacrosse and football at the collegiate level for 10 years. Currently, I work for the Indiana Youth Institute, managing a state-wide mentoring program, coach high school lacrosse, serve on local and national boards and volunteer for events such as the recently-hosted NFL Super Bowl.” Amy Doonan Cronin from the New York Six Consortium writes: “Ithaca College announced the hiring of Chris Biehn as vice president for advancement.”
WS ’87
Jeanne Baird McDermott, 308 Farmer Street, Syracuse, NY 13203; (315) 478-4847; Riley402@twcny.rr.com
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ma industry to become an LPN, and Beth is a marketing exec in Princeton, N.J. I ran into Jon Insull ’87 while admiring the modernization of Trinity Hall. He and Brenda Stanny Insull work in the financial world in Manhattan and live in Brooklyn Heights with their children. He said Brenda remains close with Nancy Walter Kiley, who lives on Long Island. I also heard that Wendy Horton has moved back from the West Coast to Fairfield, Conn., and that Paul McCarthy, Charlie Murphy and Andy Shafter took their families skiing at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, N.H., last winter. Whenever I think of that crew, I wonder where is Hadji? John Paraskevas, his wife and two kids, aged eight and nine, live in Houston where he works as a tax attorney for ExxonMobil. You might notice he shortened his last name, or as he explained it, he made Hadji his middle name “so really all I did was put in a space and capitalize the P in Paraskevas.” Speaking of long last names, Krid Pisitkasem replied to my letter. He lives in Bangkok with his 17-year-old daughter and works for his family’s wholesale galvanized steel business. He regrets he won’t be able to make it to our 25th because he’s tied up constructing a 36-room apartment building. Thirty-six rooms? Maybe we need to rent out his building and hold a class Reunion there? Let’s talk about it in June at the Reunion. Michael Woody writes: “This year I started working for Envisage Information Systems as a relationship manager where I am a direct report to the owner/principal. The company has grown from 13 employees just a couple of years ago to more than 160 employees in 2012.”
H ’88
Greg Cusack, 59 Marion Road, Scituate, MA 02066; hobartalum88@yahoo.com Although I am writing in August, by the time you read this, our 25th Reunion will be on the horizon. If you haven’t been on campus in a few years, you’ll be amazed by the changes on campus and in town. If it’s been 25 years, you’ll need a map! Come relax on a couch in the newly expanded Scandling Campus Center that now has a great view of the soccer field and The Hill. The biggest change: Sherrill Hall has gone co-ed–something most of us dreamed about freshman year. Meanwhile, Alumni House has been converted to a residential hall for female students. The changes are the result of increased enrollment and the fact that more women are going to college than men these days. Our class graduated 244 men and 192 women. The Class of 2012 had 225 men and 245 women. For this column, I wanted to give you an update on Brian First, but I couldn’t find him. Last I
heard he was working for Bill Gates. With all the updates Microsoft puts out, you’d think they’d send me one about Brian. Bill Blake is out in L.A. where he runs the southwest region of Zurich, a commercial insurance firm. During his 15 years with the company, he’s also lived in Chicago, San Francisco, and NYC where he met his wife. They have two boys, aged eight and 11. When Bill comes east, he tries to get together with Andy Giglia in Connecticut and Pete Buhler and his wife and two kids in Boston. Bill said he would love to get together with HWS folk in L.A. Mark Heyert ’87, my former “boss” at WEOS, lives in L.A. I contacted him after learning that family obligations prevented him from attending the Reunion and a gathering of Tau siblings. Mark was in the record business and now works for the company that puts out eBaum’s World, a website of funny videos and pictures. Victoria Mollard Forte ’89 and Beth Morrill Perks ’86 were in Geneva for the Tau gathering, and the three of us enjoyed dinner at an Indian restaurant downtown. Yes, I said “Indian restaurant.” As I said, lots of changes in Geneva. Victoria has given up copywriting for the phar-
Hi from Westford! It was great to hear from Tom Mottur recently: “Things are good in Rhode Island. My brother’s sighting of a shark has been all over the news which is fun. The kids are great, and fall ball and soccer are keeping us busy when we are not Tom and his family live busy with work.” T in Rhode Island, and his brother’s shark sighting in the summer was featured on TV showing a shark, not far from shore, eating a seal–crazy stuff! Thanks, Mott, great to hear from you! Mark your calendars for 2013. We have a big Reunion coming up for the class of 1988! If you have never attended a Reunion before, this one is not to be missed! The campus is gorgeous, there are a ton of activities, the food is amazing, and there is a wonderful fireworks display over Seneca Lake that will top it all! There are accommodations on campus and around Geneva... We’d love to see you!
H ’89
Kenneth H. Levinson, 49 North Stone Avenue, La Grande, IL 60525; (708) 354-1109; khlevinson@aol.com; Ken@TheSafestLine.com Alumni House writes: “Warren Zola, assistant dean for graduate programs and adjunct associate professor of business law and operations and strategic management departments at Boston College, recently guest-wrote an article that appeared in the Huffington Post.”
WS ’89
Laura Graff Coburn, 235 Blackburn Road, Summit, NJ 07901; (908) 277-1256; lgc1010@ comcast.net It is with sadness that I write of the passing of David Hoelzer and Becky Kerlan. Both died this year. I saw Craig O’Neill at a lacrosse game in Garden City in the spring.