Charles (Chuck) Burdick, Jr. has been living in and loving Duck, North Carolina, for the past 15 years. His youngest daughter graduated summa cum laude from Mars Hill University with a BS in Biology. Chuck is a contract postmaster for Duck and was elected to his 4th term on the Duck Town Council.
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Sue Hamill Connolly and her husband Ed have almost achieved a bucketlist goal of visiting every continent. Only Antarctica remains.
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Jeanne Coleman Mullendore retired from teaching art and is glad to be doing her own art. Her mixed media collages have been in several invitational and juried exhibitions. Jeanne and her realtor husband, Steven, like to travel – most recently to South Africa. Their son and his wife live in Vermont. Their daughter and her husband live in North Dakota.
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Thomas Perra recently completed the curriculum required to attain the highly-acclaimed Graduate REALTOR Institute (GRI) designation.
Paul Field currently competes in live trivia contests around Kitsap County, Washington. Paul officiates amateur/ professional boxing, and in 2015 he worked his 6,000th bout.
Andrea Kaplan Lieberman and her husband, Dr. Michael Lieberman, celebrated the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson in Israel in August 2015.
Ray Standish and his wife Maureen are retired health care workers living in Stafford Springs, CT, and in Sheepscot Lake, Palermo, Maine, in the warmer months.
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Jean-Pierre and Lyne Fauteux Grillo ’72 celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on May 15.
HECTOR RICHARDS ‘54
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Kathryn Hilton Martin and her husband, Dr. Alain Martin, recently vacationed to the French Riviera. She writes that it is quite interesting that during the school day children go to the cove and each has his/her own boat to learn sailing. They rented a villa surrounded by lavender gardens and 1,000 year old olive trees.
Colleen McPadden Durga and her husband Frances celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Hawaii on January 27.
AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK Hector Richards ‘54 recently appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank. Richards is a member of the Purlette’s + 1and employed by Sarah Oliver of Sarah Oliver Handbags. Oliver struck a deal with the sharks for her company specializing in hand knit bags. The Purlette’s + 1, a team of knitters whose average age is 88, are the backbone of the company. The name comes from their “knit one, purl two” expertise and the + 1 represents the lone male member, Richards. As a mission-driven company, Sarah Oliver Handbags is leading a movement to re-engage seniors in the American economy and empower them with a new found sense of purpose and passion.
Roger Martin is currently studying Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). He is an advanced student and had the honor of traveling to China in May to work with students and educators at the University of Shanghai. Susan Lavoie McElaney published her debut novel, Me, Myself and Ivy in the summer of 2015. It was written and recommended for young adult readers, ages 10-16. The story tells of a 12-year-old girl who is uprooted by an unspeakable family tragedy, and while attempting to cope with her grief and loss, must also find a way to fit in and overcome the heartbreak and terror of bullying at her new school.
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Thomas Coletti coauthored A Journey to the Gallows with Norwich resident Vic Butsch. It is a story about Norwich abolitionist Aaron Dwight Stevens. Walter Thoma retired after more than 37 years as a Vice President of Nuclear Operation for Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services. He is a USAF Vietnam Veteran and holds a BA degree from Connecticut College. He and his wife Sandy are the proud parents of 6 children and 11 grandchildren. Summer 2016
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