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Patty Riess Tennison is proud to announce that she is now a grandmother!
Carloyn McCullough Valluzzi and husband Ron are retired educators who split their time between Connecticut and Little River, South Carolina Carolyn and Ron enjoy traveling, which they do whenever possible.
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David Sawyer, Assessor for the Town of Windham, Maine, has been recognized by the Maine Association of Assessing Officers as the Maine “Assessor of the Year.” David has worked in the profession for over 30 years, including ten years for the Town of Windham. Karen Troeger Stewart is continuing to fulfill her lifelong passion for teaching. She has taught grades 6-12 in four states and spent the last 26 years at a private Christian school in Greeley, Colorado. She is now the academic advisor for that institution and plans to retire in a few years. Karen writes, “It’s been a most amazing adventure.”
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Joan Beauregard is the Head of School at Hamlin Robinson School in Seattle, Washington. Joan worked at St. Thomas School in Medina, 1981 – 2005, as a teacher. She has served as Associate Head of School.
experience in both hospital and private-practice settings. Graduating from UConn in 1981 and receiving his MBA from Western New England University in 1984, Timothy now resides in Longmeadow, Massachusetts with his wife Anita.
Charles Nafie, a New York City architect, was honored when The Oyster Bay House designed by his firm was chosen as one of ten “Favorite Design Projects for 2014” by Dering Hall, a national website that enables the finest interior designers, architects, artisans, and design galleries to showcase their work.
Karen Favreau Hellier is now a freelance writer living in northern Georgia. She and her husband enjoy traveling and are planning a cruise for 2015.
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The Class of 1973 is planning a 60th Birthday Celebration for October 9-12, 2015 in Sarasota, Florida. Email Sue Selvidio at stonewallprod@sbcglobal.net for more information.
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Timothy A. Taylor is the Chief Executive Officer at Orthopedic Associates of Hartford, the largest orthopedic practice in Connecticut with over 32 practicing physicians. He has more than 33 years of healthcare
Reunion Committee Update
After a great 45th Reunion, the Class of 1969 is looking to the future. The 50th Reunion Committee, which met for the first time in November 2014, adopted bylaws, and elected the following officers: Chairman, Faye Ringel; Vice Chairman, Ward Eccles; Secretary, Pamela Aey Adams; Treasurer, Marsha Prokop. Reunion means “the act of reuniting or coming together again; the state of being reunited,” and today’s social media can make that statement easier to achieve. That’s why the Class of 1969 Facebook Group is called NFA 1969 Reunited. To join, contact Class President Pat Bowman Moravek on Facebook. Plans are also in the works for a class website; watch for more exciting news.
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Marla Schlessinger Tapper married Jerome Wasserman in April 2014. They honeymooned for four weeks in Italy and ten days in Ireland. Marla retired in June 2014 after 12 years in finance and 20 years teaching math. She spends her summers with her husband in New York and in Needham, Massachusetts, with her parents and sister Reva Schlessinger Winston ’83 and Reva’s three beautiful children. Marla winters in Fort Lauderdale and visited Disney World for ten days this past December with Reva and her family. Laurie Topor Zirkle, daughter of Rosemarie Buttacavoli Topor ’52, recently bowled her third perfect game. Her most recent 300 was bowled in October 2014 during the Virginia State 600 Club Bowling Association Annual Tournament. She was the first woman in the Roanoke Valley to roll a USBCsanctioned 300 game in 2006 at Vinton Bowling Center. She is the only female in the association to have bowled multiple 300 games, the second coming in 2012, also at VBC.
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