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PARTRIDGE SOCIETY

The mission of the Partridge Society is to encourage alumni, parents, and friends of Norwich University to help the university achieve its financial goals and to formally recognize those who do so.

The Partridge Society Board of Directors welcomes the following new and promoted Lifetime and 1819 Circle Members and acknowledges new levels achieved between June 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020.

THREE-STAR GENERAL MEMBERS ($250,000–$499,999) Mary B. Elliott W’58

TWO-STAR GENERAL MEMBERS ($100,000–$249,999) BG Paul F. Kavanaugh, USA (Ret.) ’57 Robert MacDuff ’60 Joseph E. MacLeod ’84

ONE-STAR GENERAL MEMBERS ($50,000–$99,999) Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Maccarini ’60 Philip ’81 & Julie ’93 Susmann

LIFETIME MEMBERS ($20,000–$49,999) Bertram & Andrea Armstrong ’74 Elliot A. Danburg ’65 Vincent ’68 & Colette Grande David ’70 & Patricia Hallam Steve Holden ’60 Mauri Korhonen ’70 Anthony Johnson ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Johnston ’82 Harry ’46 & Diana (Deceased) Page Lowell ’93 & Silvia Price NORWICH UNIVERSITY CONNECTIONS

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NU Clubs and alumni get creative while celebrating Class of 2020 graduates and fall’s Virtual Homecoming

While we were unable to gather on campus this fall due to COVID-19, the Norwich family still found ways to get together to celebrate milestone events while following safety protocol. When delayed Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2020 were changed from an on-campus event to a virtual celebration, several NU Clubs welcomed our newest alumni by hosting events in their hometowns. Michael Wilhelm ’98, chair of the NU Club of Connecticut, went above and beyond to celebrate two 2020 graduates. Mike transformed his home in Southbury to a stand-in for Shapiro Fieldhouse, substituting his patio for a graduation stage and adorning it with large backdrops depicting scenes from campus. He purchased academic regalia for the new grads and invited local Norwich families and alumni to his house to watch the Virtual Commencement Ceremony as it was livestreamed from campus. As a result, two graduates—Taylor Hull ’20 and Michele Zummo ’20—officially became NU graduates in a Connecticut backyard, which may be a first.

Just a few weeks later, alumni and friends found creative ways to celebrate Homecoming 2020 without traveling to the Hill. Virtual Homecoming events, such as a Wine & Cheese Tasting and Pints with the Pres (featuring Pres. Mark C. Anarumo), inspired some alumni to contact nearby classmates and invite them to get together to take part in the livestreamed events.

Shawn LoPorto ’88 & P’18 let the wine aerate in his Florida home while watching the Regimental Band’s virtual Bicentennial concert take place on campus. Mike Shoen ’92 joined Meaghan Weppner-Monighan ’13 and Todd Osborne ’01 for a meet-up in Guantanamo Bay. John Orille ’92 gathered classmates and celebrated Homecoming by playing Texas Hold’em in Virginia.

Regardless of where alumni, parents, families, and friends were socially distancing this fall, they demonstrated creativity in finding safe ways to celebrate Norwich traditions in 2020.

Norwich Forever!

EDDIE HABECK ’99 & M’10 Director, Alumni & Family Relations

Alumni Spirit Norwich alumni and friends gathered in Provincetown, Mass., on Hugh McLaughlin’s ’87 boat, the Hunt & Harvest, earlier this summer during the 2nd Annual Norwich Alumni Offshore Battle Fishing Tournament. The event raised over $20,000 to support Norwich and was organized by Hugh McLaughlin ’87, Chuck Pappalardo ’87, Bob Pappalardo ’95, Dan Evans ’87, Don O’Neil ’87, Jim Gikas ’86, Vinnie McDermott ’90, Mike Valenti ’87, and Mike Babyak ’92.

Class of 1952

Paul C. Bucknam, Jr. wrote from Marblehead, Mass., to share news that his oldest son Paul, son Chris ’78, 2nd Lt. Chris Danieli ’18, and Abby Webber ’20 were at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma in June to see Danieli graduate with a certificate of aeronautical rating of pilot. “Abby pinned the wings on Chris’s blouse, then Chris showed them the base, the plane he flies (the F-16), helping them take turns in the flight training machine, as well as other points of interest in the base. Chris D. is our son’s cousin. With Paul living in Oklahoma and our Chris in Arkansas, they were able to make the trip. The event made the entire family very proud of Chris D. and all were happy to share it with the cousins. It makes us all very proud of Norwich.” See Photo 1.

Class of 1969

Col. Tom Aldrich (Ret.) and classmate Jim Gilles recently got together to hike to Cascade Falls in Roosevelt State Park, Ga. “Jim and I have been section hiking the Appalachian Trail over the past several years. So far we have logged over several hundred miles on the trail.” See Photo 2. Col. Gary C. du Moulin, USAR (Ret.), MPH, PhD, was recently recognized by the United States Pharmacopeia for 25 years of service on the Council of Experts and Expert Committees. Currently a member of the 2015–2020 Modern Microbiological Methods Expert Panel, Gary was first on-boarded as a USP volunteer in 1995 as part of the Gene and Cell Therapies Expert Panel. (USP is the only nonprofit, nongovernmental publication listing medicinal drugs and their uses in the world.) Gary earned a master’s degree in public health and a doctorate from the Boston University School of Medicine. He retired as vice president, quality operations at Genzyme Biosurgery and as senior director of quality aseptic control for Genzyme (A Sanofi Company) where he participated in the development and execution of quality systems for Genzyme’s products, including biologics and cell-based therapies. Prior to his industrial experiences, he served 15 years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Anesthesia at Beth Israel Hospital. He has more than 150 publications in the areas of microbiology, epidemiology, and the regulation and quality control of living cells as a therapeutic modality. He retired from the U.S. Army Reserve at the rank of colonel after 38 years of service.

Class of 1986

Jonas Ek wrote from Australia to share news and pictures from a five-day, 2,500-mile road trip from Sydney to Perth. “My wife and I have lived here, Sydney first and now Perth, since 2013. I am a citizen now and my wife has permanent residency. I actually have citizenships [from the] U.S.A. and Sweden as well. I am not trying to collect them, but … [when] a citizenship opportunity presents itself and one might as well take it.” Ek was born in Sweden and came to the U.S. as a high school exchange student in Maine. “Right after that [I] attended NU.” Ek lived and worked in the U.S. for nearly 25 years. “I … did a ton of traveling while working for Smith & Nephew. … I was in product development for seven years and then joined the international department, where I looked after, at different times, Asia, Middle East, South America, and Australia. Lots of flying back then and mainly two- to three-week trips. I met my second wife in Singapore, where she was born. [She] is now a Malaysian citizen.” In 2013, Ek relocated to Australia. “I have my fondest memories from U.S.A., and especially my time as an exchange student in Kennebunk, Maine, and then in the Corps of Cadets at NU…

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1. Brothers Paul and Chris Bucknam ’78 with 2nd Lt. Chris Danieli ’18 and Abby Webber ’20. 2. Jim Gilles ’69 and Tom Aldrich ’69. 3. Jonas Ek ’86 in Australia.

In the future I hope to ‘recruit’ an Aussie rugby player to NU and hope he/she can have the same great experience I had, being a cadet.” See Photo 3.

Class of 1989

Molly McGlaughlin has been appointed as chief operation officer of Vigene Biosciences, an awardwinning specialist in plasmid and viral vector development and manufacturing.

Class of 1993

David Aldenberg was nominated as chief of police of Manchester, N.H. In her nomination letter, city mayor

Joyce Craig cited David’s leadership and experience as captain of the city’s patrol division and as a colonel in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. “Capt. Aldenberg’s leadership experience is wide-reaching, including 23 years of policing and 28 years of command roles with the National Guard. In addition, Capt. Aldenberg has earned two master’s degrees in justice administration and strategic studies and was selected to attend the highly coveted FBI National Academy in 2021,” she wrote. The mayor added that David is committed to responding to community concerns by using evidencebased strategies and cited his history of promoting community policing and positive community contacts to facilitate open dialogue. In October, Cornell University Press published Michael Geheran’s book, Comrades Betrayed: Jewish World War I Veterans under Hitler. Geheran is an assistant professor and deputy director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the United States Military Academy (West Point). In 2011–12, Mike served as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. He earned his master’s degree from Harvard and his PhD in 2016 from Clark University. His new book is described as “the first to examine the lives of German Jewish veterans of World War I during the Nazi years. In tracing their path from the trenches of the First World War to the death camps of the Third Reich, Geheran uncovers how

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5. Groom Patrick Wilson ’14 (second from left), bride Deneen MacLeod, and groomsman John Geronaitis ’14 (far right).

the Jewish former soldiers responded to the rise of Hitler, how they coped under Nazi persecution, and why many believed that Germany would never betray them, even as the Holocaust unfolded around them.” See Photo 4.

Class of 1999

Maj. Jason Balgos ’99 deployed to Special Operations Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve for most of 2020. Following his redeployment, he and Christinas (Yangco) Balgos ’01 will PCS move their family (sons Gabriel, 11, and Michael, 6) and German shepherd “Bear” to Hawaii, where Jason will begin his terminal assignment with U.S. Army Pacific.

Class of 2007

CDR Benjamin Armstrong USN, M’07, won the 2019 Lyman Prize for U.S. Navy History for his book Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy. Benjamin is a 2007 graduate of the Master’s in Military History program at NU’s College of Graduate and Continuing Studies. He earned his PhD in war studies from King’s College London. He currently serves as an assistant professor of history and associate chair of the history department at the United States Naval Academy.

Class of 2011

Malcolm Reid M’11 was recently recognized by IFSEC Global on its 2020 Most Influential in Security & Fire list. “I was quite happy to have been named #5 in the commercial category under thought leadership,” Malcolm writes. The honors by IFSEC Global showcase innovative thought-leaders, security executives, and fire industry leaders around the globe. Malcolm oversees a country-level assessment for critical infrastructure of a global top 10 liquid natural gas exporting nation. A graduate of West Point, Malcolm earned a master’s degree from the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies.

Class of 2014

Patrick Wilson shared news of his recent marriage to Deneen MacLeod. Classmate and former football teammate John Geronaitis also attended. Friend Andrew Banuskevich was also there in spirit but unable to attend in person due to the pandemic and healthcare responsibilities. Congrats Patrick and Deneen! See Photo 5.

Class of 2019

David M. Heddleston M’19 received the American Foreign Service Association’s 2020 Constructive Dissent Award for Foreign Service Specialists. “Throughout 2019, as I entered the coursework for my diplomacy master’s, I drafted an eightpage (single spaced, of course) cable outlining my concerns

over the lack of standardization of issuance of and authority to use government vehicles by our Diplomatic Security Service special agents assigned to more than 260 posts across the world. I submitted the cable in December 2019. This is a lingering issue, which evidently no one previously escalated to senior policy makers within the State Department. I understand that my cable stirred action in early 2020 and was presented to the undersecretary for management and the assistant secretary for diplomatic security. Leadership convened a working group to review the points I laid out and a course of action was decided which remains in the implementation and assessment phase. No doubt, my studies at Norwich through the criminal justice and then into the diplomacy master’s programs equipped me with the ability to draft cogent, documented, researched, and poignant products which directly transposed from the theoretical into the practical realm. As I reached the midpoint of my career, I observed the value for constructive dissent and admired my colleagues who took the courage to point out issues and deficiencies, but also took the steps to offer recommendations and the means to resolve such issues.” n

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ROLL OF HONOR

The following list reflects notifications of deceased Norwich family members received by the university from July 7, 2020 to October 5, 2020. Full obituaries, when available, can be viewed online at alumni.norwich.edu/obituaries. To inform the university of the passing of a member of the Norwich family, please contact the Alumni Office at (802) 485-2100 or inmemoriam@norwich.edu.

1943 Ruth Flanders Morrison, 96, 7/23/2020, Vermont College 1944 Basil S. Burrell, 97, 7/29/2020 1944 Salvatore B. Simeone, 98, 8/18/2020 1949 Lebaron T. Follett, 92, 6/15/2020 1950 Chester F. Cotter, 90, 6/23/2020 1951 Robert E. Bescherer, 94, 8/18/2020 1953 Franklin A. Williams, 88, 9/29/2020 1955 Robert B. Lovell, 88, 1/13/2020 1955 Robert W. Till, 87, 8/27/2020 1956 Fred S. Burnham, 86, 7/15/2020 1956 Gene E. Prouty, 87, 7/4/2020 1956 Norman B. Storrs, 86, 9/8/2020 1957 Jeffrey F. Behuniak, 86, 8/6/2020 1958 John F. Armata, 83, 7/17/2020 1958 Harry Kinne, 84, 6/22/2020 1958 Eileen Wallace, 81, 9/2/2020, Spouse of Clarence “Chick” W. Wallace ’58 1959 Mary Ellen Decker, 80, 10/2/2020, Spouse of Thomas E. Decker ’59 1959 Charles R. Malcolm, 82, 9/11/2020 1960 Robert M. Hacking, 81, 7/24/2020 1960 Inga Hamilton, 77, 7/22/2020, Widow of George A Hamilton ’60 1961 Alan R. Gudrian, 81, 8/9/2020 1961 Douglas R. Lothrop, 81, 9/14/2020 1962 David S. Briggs, 79, 7/27/2020 1962 John D. Colvin, 80, 7/14/2020 1962 David R. Miller, 80, 7/21/2020 1963 David A. Farr, 79, 9/2/2020 1963 Michael T. Gaw, 80, 6/29/2020 1963 Peter P. Hanson, 80, 8/4/2020 1964 Robert F. Worden, 78, 8/21/2020 1966 John Bishop, 77, 7/25/2020 1966 Janice Townsend Shannon, 74, 8/3/2020, Vermont College 1967 Bruce L. Beattie, 76, 9/6/2020 1967 Susan H. Galvin, 73, 7/11/2020, Vermont College 1968 George Mac Brown, 74, 7/11/2020 1969 Sandra L. Cilley, 71, 7/11/2020, Vermont College 1970 Virginia Marble Harvey, 89, 8/27/2020, Vermont College 1970 Christopher J. Snyder, 71, 9/13/2020 1971 Virginia Boyce, 70, 7/21/2020, Spouse of Raymond R. Boyce ’71 1971 Edward G. Goble, 71, 9/11/2020 1971 David A. Watson, 72, 9/6/2020 1973 Timothy J. McCue, 69, 9/27/2020 1975 Deborah L. Nelson Hodgson, 67, Vermont College 1975 Thomas C. Owskey, 66, 7/25/2020 1975 Carol Denton Richard, 71, Vermont College 1979 Brian P. Sexton, 64, 7/9/2020 1980 Heather Garside MacDonald, 53, 9/30/2020, Sister of Kathleen Garside Melanson and Steven R Garson ’80 1989 Kevin M. Harvey, 72, 7/31/2020 1995 Alice Blanchard Lohutko, 68, 9/2/2020 1996 Rachel Colwell Brown, 49, 5/30/2020 1999 Suzanne Archacki, 74, 8/30/2020 1999 Joseph Morvan M ’07, 53, 7/19/2020, Norwich Employee 1999 Margaret I. Tuggle, 60, 9/6/20, Vermont College 2000 Phyllis I. Harris, 93, 9/16/2020, Vermont College 2006 Capt. Joshua J. Clark, USMC, 39, 7/12/2020 2010 Bill R. Barron M’10, 71, 7/18/2020 2010 Mac A. Johnson M’10, 74, 7/6/2020 Bernice Drown, 96, 8/20/2020, Retired Staff Neil H. Shannon, 72, 9/15/2020, Retired Staff