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energy positive and aspirational. All the while we have been taking care of College life amid our present realities, we have been looking forward— along with everyone else— to planning for our future beyond the pandemic.

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reetings from Winooski Park!

As our College community transitions to a quiet winter phase with our students safely returned home for the holidays, we are glad to be able to share this collection of notes and updates from our Saint Michael’s College family with all of you.

COVID-19 has thrown a gigantic wrench into the works of everyone’s planning, but a great point of pride for those of us in the Saint Michael’s community is how hard and effectively we have worked to keep our campus safe and to keep our

Indeed, we are actively planning for that future. In August, we launched a new strategic planning process, with a two-part charge for the committee. That charge is to use the opportunity we have in gathering many thoughtful and inspiring colleagues together both to address the immediate challenges we face as a small college in the Northeast, and to define the longer-term programs and projects that will shape the identity of Saint Michael’s College for the years to come. We have subcommittees working across eight interconnecting areas, and the work they are doing together is inspiring. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the enrollment of the College’s

first women students, I am reminded that Saint Michael’s has always been a place ready to embrace positive change while preserving its core principles. Our strategic planning process this year marks a moment for us to adapt for a future of serving our students that expands opportunities for them and reinforces our Catholic mission.

May this holiday season bring you and your families joy and happiness, and the knowledge that although we may not be able to be physically together this year, we are bound by a spirit and love for one another that transcends distance. We will overcome these times and celebrate together again.

I am looking forward to those celebrations.

Lorraine Sterritt President

Dear Readers, The Purple and Gold Gazette is serving as a temporary replacement for the Saint Michael’s Magazine we had been publishing twice a year.

We have suspended publication of the magazine to provide the College important budget relief, but will continue to share recent highlights and class notes, and news of the passing of cherished alumni.

We hope to bring back the Magazine and the wonderful stories of our students, faculty, and alumni, soon.

Sincerely, The Magazine Editorial Staff

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BY MARK TARNACKI

we are sacrificing much by giving digital media” this power over us.

Dean Tara Natarajan and Anthropology Professor Adrie Kusserow, who knows the speaker from earlier work together, presented the introduction and welcome during the Zoom.

INTERNSHIPS, JOB GUIDANCE STILL VIBRANT IN PANDEMIC

Nicolas Carr presented this year’s Sutherland Lecture, titled “Living Virtually: How Digital Media Shapes Our Thoughts and Perceptions.”

NEARLY 120 HEAR AUTHOR CARR’S VIRTUAL SUTHERLAND TALK

This year’s 2020 Sutherland Lecture on October 22, by author Nicholas Carr to a virtual audience of about 120 people via Zoom because of the pandemic, was titled “Living Virtually: How Digital Media Shapes Our Thoughts and Perceptions.” The bestselling author talked about how computers, smartphones, and social media have reshaped the way we live –a trend accelerated by the social distancing required during the current pandemic.

The speaker said that while we are adapting to using our smartphones,

Long-term relationships can offer critical sustenance through hard times, says Ingrid Peterson, director of the Saint Michael’s Career Education Center (CEC). Since arriving at Saint Michael’s in 1994, she has carefully cultivated fruitful and long-standing internship opportunities with businesses in Burlington and beyond to benefit students through on-the-job experiences or career guidance.

When the pandemic sent students home in March, Peterson and her CEC colleagues adapted fast, arranging virtual internships where needed and creating a selection of online career-coaching events and counseling channels. Students stay connected and choose in-person, virtual, and hybrid internship options now, she said, explaining, “We help students realize it is probably going to take longer and be harder, but the opportunities are still out there.”

Traci Griffith, Saint Michael’s journalism professor, was elected national ACLU officer.

PROFESSOR GRIFFITH ELECTED NATIONAL ACLU OFFICER

Ingrid Peterson, director of the Saint Michael’s Career Education Center, cultivates internship opportunities.

“So many people are looking at ways to make a difference today, and this is mine,” said media law expert and civil rights activist Traci Griffith of the Saint Michael’s College faculty about her recent election as secretary

Griffith, who teaches media studies, journalism, and digital arts, is making the most of a year’s leave from teaching (planned even before the pandemic). She’s grateful for the opportunity to optimize the extra time that a break from classroom teaching allows so she can engage on urgent matters of rights and race at a pivotal moment in history. She’s been with the national ACLU for six years.

MOVE Core Team leader Sierah Miles, left, and a community volunteer with a trunk full of food to deliver to Dismas House, a transition facility for recently released prisoners.

MOVE STUDENT LEADERS PIVOT NIMBLY TO KEEP SERVING

Lara Scott, director of the signature Saint Michael’s College Campus Ministry volunteer service program MOVE, is inspired by “the incredible work MOVE Core Team leaders and student employees are doing to keep their peers engaged and the larger community feeling supported,” overcoming pandemic obstacles.

A few she mentions for fall semester: apple picking to help supply a local food shelf, with others volunteering at that food shelf regularly as workers; preparing and delivering meals for Dismas House for released prisoners transitioning back to

society; volunteering at Winooski Senior Center as they plan masked and distant activities; partnering with and mentoring local children; and developing a letter-writing initiative called “Pen Pals” to keep kids engaged and connected safely.

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for the executive board of the national American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Steve Doyon, business administration and accounting professor, was the Joanne Rathgeb Teaching award winner.

NEW PARTNER CHICAGO SCHOLARS BOOSTS ACCESS, OPPORTUNITY

accounting). They heard a keynote Saint Michael’s College has signed a message from last year’s scholarship memo of understanding with Chicago award winner, Adrie Kusserow of the Scholars, a seven-year college access anthropology/sociology faculty, titled and leadership development program. “ScholARTship and the Anthropology The organization works with students of Empathy”; heard Board of Trustin Chicago who are rising seniors, ees Chair Patricia Casey speak of the supporting them through college trustees’ appreciation of faculty; and graduation and in career placement, formally recognized retiring longtime said Michael Stefanowicz, director faculty while welcoming new faces of admission at Saint Michael’s. and acknowledging those granted Margaret Bass, special assistant to tenure or promoted to full professor.

Saint Michael’s President Lorraine Sterritt for diversity and inclusion, strongly supports the initiative.

Chicago Scholars describes its mission as serving “academically ambitious, first generation college students from under-resourced communities in Chicago.”

VIRTUAL ACADEMIC CONVOCATION HONORS FACULTY SCHOLARS

Because of the pandemic, this year’s annual Academic Convocation on Friday, September 25, was a virtual event via Zoom rather than being held in the McCarthy Arts Center as most years. More than 100 faculty, staff, students, and College leaders gathered online to present three major annual faculty awards: for service (Peter Vantine, French); for scholarship and artistic achievement (Michael Bosia, political science); and for teaching (Steve Doyon, business/

Patricia Casey chairs the Saint Michael’s College Board of Trustees.

NEW TRUSTEE LEADERS BRING STEADY OPTIMISM TO MISSION

The new Board of Trustees chair is Patricia Casey, a veteran enrollment professional who foresees the College enduring and ultimately thriving at the other end of the pandemic and a

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shrinking pool of college prospects regionally and nationally. After the June meeting, the board’s leadership now consists of the board chair and two vice chairs among 28 trustees.

Casey is senior education consultant for Maguire Associates, Concord, Massachusetts; new vice chairs are veteran members Mark S. Dalton ’72, a retired publishing executive from Londonderry, New Hampshire, and Maureen Usifer ’82, a Burlington finance executive and former corporate CEO. New trustees are Burlington community leader and scholar Patrick Brown, PhD, M’85, and insurance/brewing executive Timothy Ford ’83; returning as a trustee is former board chair William Gallagher H’19.

NEW “NETWORK” TARGETS PANDEMIC CHALLENGES

Students are addressing pandemic challenges alongside faculty and staff collaborators on the new “COVID Action Network (SMC CAN!).

The Network takes on the unprecedented health, educational, social, and logistical challenges of the pandemic on campus, including helping to contain its spread. Participants are taking courses containing community-engaged learning projects, working with campus organizations on COVID action and education, or taking the two-credit COVID Action Network practicum course. Professor Patricia Siplon (political science) is director; Wellness Center Director Mary Masson convened the network.

GRANT, CREATIVE MENTORS ENABLE SUMMER RESEARCH

Three Saint Michael’s students did summer research at the intersection of scientific and quantitative majors

representative on a new Racial Equity Task Force for Vermont established

by Vermont Governor Phil Scott.

such as math and statistics, even in a pandemic, by adapting to mostly virtual projects. A $1 million National Science Foundation federal grant awarded to the College two years ago largely funded them. The three are Mitchell Andrea ’21 (Biology major, Math minor, Pelham, New Hampshire, faculty mentors Bret Findley, chemistry, and George Ashline, math), developing exercises for students that more clearly link calculus and chemistry; Reece Pawlaczyk ’21 (Biochemistry major, Math minor, South Burlington, Vermont, mentor Findley), developing a lab to introduce students to “computational chemistry”; and Sam Berry ’22 (Chemistry major, Physics minor, Jericho, Vermont, mentor Alain Brizard, physics), exploring oscillating chemical reactions.

Mukeba has long been active in addressing urgent human needs and justice, whether in his adopted U.S. home or his original homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo, which he fled because of war in 1996, spending extended time in refugee status across Africa before being resettled with his family in the U.S. in 2005.

Mukeba is also executive director of the Vermont Ibutwa Initiative, helping survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a group that has a strong relationship with the College through faculty and staff.

Trish Siphlon, head of the public health program, launches the Public Health Equity Certificate Program.

COLLEGE LAUNCHES GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY

Kyendamina (Cleophace) Mukeba ’12 serves on the new State Racial Equity Task Force.

MUKEBA ’12 TO SERVE STATE RACIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE

Kyendamina (Cleophace) Mukeba ’12, a Saint Michael’s College Political Science graduate, this summer was appointed to serve as a community

In an effort to solve health-care inequities, Saint Michael’s has launched an online Health Equity Graduate Certificate program, taking aim at one of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. and world by providing community members, professionals, and college graduates with the skills needed to tackle topics such as the health implications of race-based systems of inequity; linkages between poverty and the opportunity to live a healthy life; and the challenges of rural health.

variety of roles are Zach Minior ’17, Kristen Cowens ’12, Christopher Pepin ’08, Julia Hughes ’17, Meredith Wolfrom ’00, and Molly McGovern ’14.

ST. MIKE’S PEOPLE JOIN IN PUSH FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE

Craig Duffy ’06, a Saint Michael’s Spanish graduate and liberal arts enthusiast who became a supply-chain logistics specialist across varied industries, landed in January with the major Boston-area pharmaceutical firm Moderna, and since early spring has been supporting one of the most promising clinical trials for a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19. Moderna has been in the headlines since the pandemic started for the company’s promising work.

Craig Duffy ’06 works at Moderna, which is actively working on developing a COVID-19 vaccine.

Duffy is past president of the St. Mike’s Alumni Association’s Board of Directors and is a current trustee.

The alumni office reports that other graduates at Moderna in a wide

Susie Ellicks ’18, center, with the Mamava cofounders Christine Dodson (left) and Sascha Mayer (right).

DIVERSE EXPERIENCES LED TO FLEXIBILITY AND A DREAM JOB FOR SUSIE ELLICKS ‘18

Susie Ellicks ’18 says a demanding senior year at Saint Michael’s College directly prepared her for a job she loves with the fast-growing and promising Burlington startup Mamava, where today she applies skills she developed as an English major, varsity athlete, and marketing/ communications intern. Mamava “designs solutions to empower breastfeeding and pumping mamas on the go, like our freestanding lactation pods and lactation space locator app,” according to its marketing language, which Ellicks now helps develop and disseminate, among other duties.

SAINT MICHAEL’S CELEBRATES CLASS OF 2020 IN VIRTUAL CEREMONY

Saint Michael’s College and its 501 new graduates from the Class of 2020 figuratively marched out of, and into, uncharted territory during an hour-long prerecorded Virtual Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 10, the College’s 113th —energized by ebullient and uplifting live-chat and joined by several

thousand graduates, families, faculty, and staff online.

Preceding the mid-morning YouTube event itself was a half-hour of spirited anticipation as people signed on and offered congratulations, shout-outs, and happy emojis on the chat; the event featured words of admiration, support, and celebration from President Lorraine Sterritt, Vice President for Academic Affairs Jeffrey Trumbower, Dean of Faculty Tara Natarajan, student speakers, alumni, and faculty. Nearly 3,000 people signed in to view the event at some point, with nearly 1,500 at one time at peak. A total of 75 master’s degrees were conferred and 426 undergraduate degrees. The Fairbanks winner was Katelynn Briere ’20, and the winner of the Prevel award was Shane Coughlin ’20; Dina Alsaffar and Lillian Richardson were valedictorians.

Ariel Wish ’20 donned her cap and gown to watch her Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement.

Said President Sterritt in reference to the pandemic, “You will never forget your last semester of college.

It is the stuff of which stories for your grandchildren will be made.

You will forever hold a special place in my heart—Class of 2020—for what we’ve been through together, apart, but no less together.”

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St. Mike’s has also taken steps to complement regional public health master’s degree programs by creating agreements with the University of Vermont and Boston University to allow a certificate holder an easy entry with transferable credits to their programs, said Trish Siplon, who leads the public health faculty team.

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Anne O’Shaughnessy launches new Holistic Restorative Education Certificate Program.

Restorative practices are gaining currency in education as a concept rooted in repairing harm by focusing on practices that move a community to a place of healing. This 4-course, 12-credit program caters to educators of all kinds. Enrollment will be capped at 18 students per “cohort” that would take the sequence together as a group from start to finish over a year. The program’s originator is Annie O’Shaughnessy, founder of True Nature Teaching and an educator about restorative practices since 1990. She recently offered popular virtual summer workshops through the College.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM HELPS EDUCATORS BE ‘RESTORATIVE’

Holistic Restorative Education (HRE), a new certificate program through the Saint Michael’s Graduate Education Department, provides educators with the ability to integrate “restorative practices” into a class setting.

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GIVE

As you well know, even before the pandemic, Saint Michael’s and its peers around the country were facing significant challenges. Although the COVID-19 crisis has compounded those challenges in some ways, we have also benefited greatly from our location in Vermont, our ability to deliver a flexible teaching model, and our dedication to supporting students. We were able to recruit the Class of 2024 and welcome this newest class along with returning students to campus this fall. We are hopeful for the spring semester and excited to see the impact of new majors, minors, centers, and programs.

In order to move forward, we are rolling out a targeted fundraising campaign focused on raising immediate and necessary funds to support the College.

This strategic fundraising initiative will serve as the foundation on which to build a long-term campaign to further support the future of Saint Michael’s.

The goal of the campaign will be to strengthen support for unrestricted and budget-relieving priorities while meeting our most urgent needs, including those stemming from the impact of COVID-19 on the campus community.

You will be hearing more about this effort throughout the year, and we encourage you to show your support. www.smcvt.edu/waystogive

N OT E F RO M ALU M N I B OA R D P R E SID E NT G E O RG E B OW E N ‘ 92

As I write, they are predicting the first snow of the year, and it inevitably brings with it fond memories of campus. Mt. Mansfield’s peak is frosted; winter is on its way. I can remember getting excited for skiing, all the while lamenting the end of the fall, arguably the prettiest time to be on campus. I hope I stirred some great memories that made you smile.

In my role on the Alumni Board I get to visit campus several times a year, and each time it feels as if I’m home.

This year, with COVID-19 safety protocols in place, all of our board meetings are on Zoom. To say it has been hard is an understatement. I miss that visceral connection to campus, the chance to walk through the quad, maybe catch a rugby game on the 300s field, or visit the Campus Store.

We’ve all had to find new ways to connect. Luckily, the Alumni Engagement Center has been hosting virtual events that not only bring us together, but are fun to be a part of! Since September 1, I’ve been to a virtual Happy Hour, Trivia Knight, Travel & Tourism Panel, Sutherland Lecture, and amazing “First Women of SMC” panel—the BEST Zoom of the year!

Here is some more good news—most of them were recorded and are available on the alumni website. So if you are looking to escape for an hour, why not reconnect with St. Mike’s? You’ll be glad you did—I promise.

If you have been looking for a way to engage with St. Mike’s, now is a great time. Whether it’s serving on a virtual panel, connecting your class during your reunion year, or offering career advice to students on SMC Connect, there are a multitude of ways to connect. Email alumni@smcvt.edu to find out more.

HERITAGE CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT: ALCIDE ‘56 AND YVONNE PORELL

Porell Family Scholarship Established as a Thank You to Saint Michael’s

BY C ARL A FR A N CI S, D E V E LO PM E NT A N D G I F T PL A N N I N G O F F I C E R

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l Porell ’56 recalls with clarity his Saint Michael’s College experience and the people with whom he shared the experience.

“I was a serious science student,” says Al, a Chemistry major who says he overcame the challenges of transitioning from a small, parochial high school to the rigorous academics of Saint Michael’s with the support of dedicated faculty.

Now, six decades after graduation, Al and his wife, Yvonne, have decided to recognize all that Saint Michael’s has given to their family with an estate gift to the Alcide L. and Yvonne C. Porell Family Endowed Scholarship.

Al credits Saint Michael’s with providing him the foundation for his professional life. He explains, “Graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, and a commission in the United States Air Force, provided me with the intellectual skills I needed to succeed in my chosen professional careers.” Al served in the Air Force for 23 years and retired

as a highly decorated lieutenant colonel. Following his military retirement, Al channeled his expertise into a 15-year career with Lockheed Martin.

Now retired, Al devotes his time to Kiwanis, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Wine Society, and reading books related to historical topics. Al and Yvonne also spend time with their family.

CHEMISTRY DEGREE ROOTED IN THE HUMANITIES

The professors who helped Al succeed weren’t limited to the chemistry department, though Professors Henry Lemaire, PhD (inorganic chemistry) and Francis Quinlan, PhD (organic chemistry) are at the top of the list.

However, his chemistry professors were the ones who gave him the foundation needed for post-graduate studies, which included master’s degrees in nuclear chemistry from the Ohio State University and in industrial management from Central Michigan State University.

TIMELESS FRIENDSHIPS AT ST. MIKE’S

Al Porell ’56 with his wife, Yvonne

Throughout his career and studies and family life, Al has maintained a strong connection with the Class of 1956. He has served numerous times on the Class of 1956 Reunion Committee.

Al recalled a funny memory at his 60th Reunion when a classmate called him by his undergraduate nickname: “All Sides Parallel,” a pun on his unusual name (pronounced phonetically AL-SID PO-RELL) and in reference to his science-based studiousness. “He also recalls with fondness the special service he received when he ordered food at the snack bar in French — from French speaking short-order cooks — and jazz sessions in Austin Hall on cold, winter Saturday afternoons.”

RECOGNIZING THE COLLEGE’S CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH A GIFT IN THEIR WILLS

Al and Yvonne recently updated their wills, and in the process reconsidered their position in view of the benefits their family has received as a result of the education Al obtained from Saint Michael’s. To recognize these contributions, and to say “thank you” to Saint Michael’s, they have established the Alcide L. and Yvonne C. Porell Family Endowed Scholarship, which will be funded via a gross percentage of their estate.

As advocates of education at all levels, from elementary to PhD, Al and Yvonne say that supporting scholarship students at the College is a natural extension of their giving priorities.

Like Heritage Circle members Al and Yvonne, you can have an impact on future Saint Michael’s students with a planned gift. Contact Carla Francis at 802.654.2618 or cfrancis@smcvt. edu to learn more.

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Class Notes 1971

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author of several previous books, has another book JOE ASKLAR, Marlborough, out, Every Day Is Saturday, CT, recently sent to Rev. that got this favorable Ray Doherty ’51 a nice review from a well-known email remembering Joe’s fellow author recently: wedding that Fr. Ray “Who could envision Jerry conducted decades ago, Zezima emerging as the causing Fr. Ray to comment, Will Rogers of retirement?

“Forty-nine years have Only anyone who’s ever passed quickly!” Joe read his laugh-out-loud wrote to his longtime columns on the absurdities priest friend: “Dear Father of daily life. ...” (Kevin Doherty: Happy belated Cowherd, New York Times 90th birthday!! What a bestselling author of milestone!! We think of you Hothead.) The publisher’s often and hope this letter website says that Jerry has finds you in good health. “the winning formula for Carol & I just celebrated our finding happiness in 49th wedding anniversary. retirement. In this, his fifth You came to Wethersfield, book, the syndicated CT, on September 18, 1971, humorist recounts his crazy and with your blessing career and chronicles the married us on that day. crazy things he is still doing Here we are 49 years later, with family, friends, and with three grown and everyone he meets. Every happily married children Day Is Saturday is a funny and seven wonderful look at life after work, a grandchildren. We still see cheerful guide to making it many of my St. Mike’s through a lockdown, classmates: Homer, Andy and—best of all—an Macaroy, Brian Ritucci. We enduring love story.” Jerry will be up next year for my says that Saint Michael’s 50th St. Mike’s reunion and College is mentioned in hope to see you then, in the Chapter 1, adding, “In meantime, stay healthy and Chapter 8, I interview four safe … Fondly, Joe & Carol of my 1975 classmates: Asklar” (See photo) Hank Richert, Tim Lovelette, Peter Keefe, and Clay Hughes. I also mention two other classmates, Denny Smith and JERRY ZEZIMA , Coram, NY, Rick Lajoie. The real star a longtime nationally of the book, my wife, Sue syndicated newspaper (Pikero) Zezima, whom I humor columnist and write about throughout,

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also was in the Class of ’75.”

1977 MICHAEL TOUGIAS, Plymouth, MA, has released the fourth book in his True Rescue series for middle readers (age 8–13) published by Holt/MacMillan.

This book is titled Attacked at Sea and is the true story of an American family that survived a U-boat attack during World War II just 30 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River. His editor, Christy Ottaviano ’89, is also a St. Mike’s graduate. Attacked at Sea is a Scholastic selection and Junior Library Guild award recipient. Michael is the author of 30 books for adults in addition to his middle reader books. “My aim with these books,” says Michael, “is to make them fast-paced so that even reluctant readers become swept up in the story.”

1988 LISA (CULLITY) DRENNAN, Pembroke, MA, is the founder of MERGE Diverse Abilities Inclusion Consulting. She works with recreation, sport, camp, and community organizations, providing training and consulting on using

inclusive practices, ensuring that persons with disabilities are welcomed, engaged, and supported to be successful. As a keynote speaker or panelist, she delivers thought-provoking and powerful messages on the topics of community inclusion. www.mergeconsulting.org

2000 KEVIN BEZIO, ESQ., Voorheesville, NY, is part of a new practice group and Public Finance practice area co-chair for Barclay Damon law firm. Kevin is a member of the Public Finance and Financial Institutions & Lending practice areas, and his new co-chair is a member of the Tax and Public Finance practice areas as well as the Tax Credits team. They will take over as Public Finance practice area co-chairs from a colleague who is preparing for her 2021 transition to managing partner. According to a release on the change, “Barclay Damon attorneys team across offices and practices to provide customized, targeted solutions grounded in industry knowledge and a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses.

With nearly 300 attorneys, Barclay Damon is a leading law firm that operates from

LISA CRUZ, Princeton, NJ, writes, “I live in Princeton with my 7-year-old daughter Aurora. I was recently appointed as the lead, Immunology Patient Advocacy and Professional Affairs team, at Bristol Myers Squibb.”

2001 KAREN LYONS, Lebanon, NH, writes, “I married my husband, Brian Moore (not a Saint Michael’s alum), on December 6, 2019. We eloped and shared vows on the shore of Tripp Lake at Wolf Cove Inn in Poland, ME. When I joined my life with Brian’s I also gained two beautiful bonus daughters—Madison Moore (age 12) and Mia Moore (age 10). (See photo)

2005 JESSICA (MURRAY) SCHOENLY AND JOSHUA SCHOENLY, Nashua, NH,

welcomed their first son, Duncan, on December 29, 2019.

2006 COURTNEY (ALEX) WITTENSTEIN, Harwich,

MA, just celebrated the second anniversary of her business, Tidal Marketing in Orleans, MA. The company has accelerated

over the past two years, working with everyone from local businesses to national organizations creating marketing plans.

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a strategic platform of offices located in the Northeastern United States and Toronto.”

2009 CINZIA COPPOLA , Brooklyn, NY, was promoted to vice president of Northern Trust’s Wealth Management Division, effective November 1, 2020.

2010 EDDY SANTANA, Brooklyn,

NY, writes with news of his life and work: “Two years ago I started Remy Candles in honor of my firstborn son. I make richly scented candles that come in all natural waxes like soy, coconut, and apricot. I began this project because I want to teach him to be financially literate, something that a scary [number] of people are not. It has been an awesome experience so far and I am looking to grow the business. Right now I have a website, www.remycandles.com, that directs you to my Etsy shop and I am working on opening up other platforms like Etsy to sell the candles in.” Eddy said he hopes that by spreading the word among St. Mike’s alumni he might expand his customer base.

2011 MATTHEW JORDAN,

Portsmouth, VA, completed

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Joe Asklar ’71 of Connecticut and his wife recently shared this photo of themselves with Rev. Ray Doherty, SSE ’51, who officiated at their wedding.

This image shows Joe and Carol holding a photo from their wedding day with Fr. Ray, circa 1971, standing between them. (See 1971 Class Notes)

Karen Lyons ’01 married Brian Moore on December 6, 2019. “We eloped and shared vows on the shore of Tripp Lake at Wolf Cove Inn in Poland, ME. When I joined my life with Brian’s I also gained two beautiful bonus daughters— Madison Moore (age 12) and Mia Moore (age 10),” Karen shares.

Jerry Zezima ’75, a longtime nationally syndicated newspaper humor columnist and author of several previous books based on Long Island, has another book, Every Day is Saturday, that has been receiving rave reviews (see Class of 1975 notes for more details).

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Ryan Arsenault ’14 and Kelly MaDonald ’13 were married at Willowbend Country Club in Mashpee, MA, on September 14, 2019, with many alumni present. Last row, left to right: Kevin Schneider ’12, Molly Yasi ’13, Nora Moore ’13, Jean-Marie McGrath ’13, Christina Billotti ’13, Petr Soustal ’13, Dan Evarts ’13, Connor Logan ’13, Colby MacDonald ’13, Kyle Hirshom ’22; Second row, left to right: Leslie (Dronseiko) Learned ’84, Jake Learned ’84, Morgan (Sherry) Evarts ‘13, Caroline Biles ‘13, Erin Brien ’13, Julianne Vesciglio ’13, Justin Castagna ’13, Ali (Shappy) McAuliffe ’13 & Tim McAuliffe (not pictured) ’13; First row, left to right: Beth Cusimano ’14, Cheryl (Stankard) MacDonald ’84, Julia (Heald) Montalbano ’13, Ryan Arsenault ’14, Kelly (MacDonald) Arsenault ’13, Rich Rodeschini ’13, Eric McGuirk ’13, Ali (Lajoie) Soustal ’13.

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his emergency medicine residency at Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA, at the end of June 2020. He moved to his next duty station as an emergency medicine physician with one of the Marine expeditionary units/combat logistics battalions out of Camp Lejeune, NC.

2013 KELLY MACDONALD,

Contuit, MA, got married (see 2014 notes).

KYLE BUSBY, Littleton, MA, got married (See 2016 notes).

2014 RYAN ARSENAULT,

Reading, MA, and Kelly MacDonald ’13 were married at Willowbend Country Club in Mashpee, MA, on September 14, 2019.

Kelly and Ryan met at Saint Michael’s where both were varsity athletes, Ryan on the men’s hockey team and Kelly on the field hockey team. (See photo)

2015 JOHN PELKEY AND JENNIFER (O’BRIEN) PELKEY were married on

September 28, 2019, at Christ the King Parish in Rutland, VT, with many alumni in attendance.

Officiating the ceremony was Monsignor Bernard Bourgeois, a member of the Saint Michael’s College Board of Trustees.

(See photo)

CATHERINE VU, Milton,

MA, married Sean Morrissey ’16 on July 25, 2020 at St. Agatha Parish in Milton, MA, surrounded by immediate family and close friends. Catherine is currently working as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner on the South Shore. Sean is a Petty Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, stationed in Boston aboard the USCGC Escanaba. (See photo)

2016 THOMAS BUDD, Park City, UT, got married. See 2017 note for details. (See photo

by Meghan Lynch ’16, who was their wedding photographer)

SEAN MORRISSEY, Milton, MA, got married. (see 2015 notes and photo).

EMILY LOEBS Littleton, MA, married Kyle Busby ’13 on September 6, 2020 at Bishop Farm in Lisbon, NH. Their wedding was officiated by beloved professor and mentor, Dave Landers. Emily is currently working as an assistant vice president of business execution & strategy at State Street in Boston. Kyle works as medical device sales representative at Wright Medical. They reside in Littleton, MA

2017 MADDY HANSEN, Park City, UT, married Thomas Budd ’16 at the Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden, VT, on October 10, 2020. (See photo by Meghan Lynch ’16) FORREST OWEN, Northborough, MA, married Ally Farren (Miami University of Ohio graduate) on May 30, 2020.Their wedding photographer was Meghan Lynch ’16. (See photo)

Catherine Vu ’15 and Sean Morrissey ’16 were married on July 25, 2020, at St. Agatha Parish in Milton, MA, surrounded by immediate family and close friends.

Catherine is currently working as a pediatric nurse practitioner on the South Shore. Sean is a petty officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, stationed in Boston aboard the USCGC Escanaba. Catherine and Sean reside in Milton, MA.

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John Pelkey ’15 and Jennifer Pelkey (née O’Brien) ’15 were married on September 28, 2019, at Christ the King Parish in Rutland, Vermont. Alumni in attendance included (back row, left to right): Erik Hoiseth ’15, Sam Olore ’15, Mark Worthen ’15, Trevor Brown ’15, Evan Spencer ’15, Matthew Prescott ’15, Daniel Kirk ’15, Ryan Tota ’15, Matthew Napoli ’15, John Wadleigh ’15; (front row, left to right): Keryn Wojciechowski ’92, John Pelkey ’15, Jennifer Pelkey ’15, Amy Kangas ’15, Michelle O’Brien ’87, Chloe Duchesne ’15, James O’Brien ’87, Natalie Page ’15, Hanna Schuschke ’15, and Kristina Anderson ’15. Not pictured: Timothy Wood ’98.

Officiating the ceremony was Monsignor Bernard Bourgeois, a member of the Saint Michael’s College Board of Trustees.

Emily Loebs ’16 married Kyle Busby ’13 on September 6, 2020, at Bishop Farm in Lisbon, NH. Their wedding was officiated by beloved professor and mentor Dave Landers.

(See class notes for more details)

Maddy Hansen ’17, Park City, UT, married Thomas Budd ’16 at the Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden, Vermont, on October 10, 2020.

(Photo by Meghan Lynch ’16)

Forrest Owen ’17 married Ally Farren (Miami University of Ohio graduate) on May 30, 2020. Their wedding photographer was Meghan Lynch ’16.

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MARCEL J. LEBLANC, Winooski, VT, died October 7, 2020. He was a summa cum laude graduate of the College in Classical Languages with minors in French and Philosophy, heading his class. Following graduation he was instructor in foreign languages in the Bruston Moira School System in upstate New York. In 1951 he began serving a two-year tour of duty in the Army, assigned to an intelligence unit, the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC). He then saw service in Korea until the end of hostilities in 1953; that same year he resumed his teaching career as department head and instructor of French and Latin in the Harrisville Central School in north-central New York—a position he was to hold for the next 36 years.

In 1957 he earned his master’s degree in French.

Through his career Marcel continued post-graduate studies including at the University of Vermont and St. Lawrence University. In 1962 he was selected to be among 80 teachers of French from throughout the U.S. funded by the government to spend a summer in France exploring French culture with emphasis on its educational system and exploring different regions to learn customs. In 1985 Marcel

was instrumental in launching the St. Lawrence– Lewis counties interactive television network to link several northern New York schools. He taught Latin on the network. At Harrisville Central, he initiated the school’s first yearbook and was its adviser for 30 years.

He also founded the school’s National Honor Society chapter and was its adviser until his 1989 retirement, and he advised the student council, senior classes, and other groups.

He was an officer of his local teachers association and a collective bargaining representative as well as a contest administrator for the American Association of Teachers of French in his region, and chairman of the foreign language teachers group in the same zone. In 1966 he was appointed consultant in French instruction to the New York State Education Department, and he served the French regents examination committee for a time. He was known for privately tutoring his students in need. Marcel was an avid hockey and tennis player, dedicated to physical fitness, weight training, and daily hour-long walks. He was a serious Montreal Canadiens fan. He enjoyed classical music, gardening, carpentry, and creating original stained-glass panels. He enjoyed summers at his cottage in South Hero.

Marcel never married.

He is survived by extended family.

JAMES C. MURPHY, Pittsfield, MA, died August 29, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he earned a master’s degree in social work from St. Louis University. Jim was a social worker in St. Louis before returning to Pittsfield in the early 1960s. He loved travel, visiting Europe and Latin America. For many years he worked for the Pittsfield public school system, first as a teacher and later as an adjustment counselor, retiring in the early 1990s.

After his retirement Jim purchased a condo in Largo, FL, and spent winters there.

He was serious about his Catholic faith, engaging discussions on church news and policy, studying church architecture, and playing organ at his local parishes.

He also volunteered as a Eucharistic Minister, serving area nursing homes.

He was a Heritage Circle supporter of the College through a will provision gift.

Jim is survived by extended family and his caregiver, Mario.

BEN J. WALKER, Simsbury, CT, died October 19, 2020.

He served in the Navy during World War II, enlisting at age 18 out of high school. He was a petty officer in the SEABEE Battalion 4th Marine

Division, and he won numerous awards and decorations for service that included frequent combat action such as the invasion and battles for the Japanese-held Saipan and Tinian Island and Marianas.

Returning from the service, Ben married and enrolled at Saint Michael’s under the G.I. Bill. He graduated with honors in Business, later attending the Hartford College of Law. Ben was employed by Aetna Life and Casualty for 20-plus years in several field offices, and in Hartford, CT, as a claim officer and executive in the home office claim department, retiring in 1992. He also held leadership posts in local, regional, and international professional societies for claim officers.

He was a Simsbury resident for over 60 years, active in leadership and with the Color Guard for the VFW and American Legion, and a member of the SEABEE Veterans. He participated in the living history curriculum at his local high school, educating students on life during the Depression and World War II. Ben was active in his parish and his local historical society, was a library supporter, supported Saint Michael’s with his time and gifts as a proud active Golden Knight, and was a charter member of the National World War II Memorial. Ben’s wife, Irene, predeceased him. He is

survived by a daughter and extended family.

PAUL E. BOUCHER, Lower Gwynedd, PA, died April 15, 2020. After Saint Michael’s, Paul earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Vermont.

He served from 1953 to 1957 in the U.S. Air Force as a weather forecaster during the Korean War. Paul was an actuary for Prudential Insurance for 33 years before retiring in 1990. He was active in his parish, enjoyed a good game of duplicate bridge, and was a baseball, hockey, and football fan. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ellen; a son, Shaun Branon, M’99; two daughters; a brother; two sisters; and extended family, including nephews Giles Boucher ’88, Kevin Boucher ’17, Patrick Boucher ’92, and Stephen Boucher ’91, and a niece, Kimberly Boucher ’89, plus an uncle, John Branon ’56, and many other alumni cousins. He was predeceased by two alumni brothers, Bernard Boucher ’54 and Rev. Maurice Boucher, SSE ’44.

DR. NEIL F. MARA, Bloomfield, CT, died August 20, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he earned a master’s degree in bacteriology from the University of Massachusetts. He also worked at Sealtest Creamery in Springfield, MA, from high school through graduate school to help his parents make ends meet. Neil

CLEMENT RAYMOND “RAY” VILLEMAIRE, Win-

ooski, VT, died June 17, 2020. Ray used his knowl-

edge of French in the Korean conflict to be an interpreter for American forces as an Army sergeant.

Some years after Saint Michael’s he earned a master of education degree in administration at the University of Vermont over three summers. He lived his whole life in Winooski except for moving to Burlington’s Converse Home for his last years. His tenure as an educator, including teacher, administrator, athletic director, and coach for the Winooski school district, spanned 35 years. He loved mentoring youth, coaching football, basketball, and baseball, always stressing sportsmanship. He was serious about his Catholic faith as a member of both St. Francis Xavier and St. Stephen parishes in Winooski, and later in life, he frequented the daily midday Mass in the Saint Michael’s College Chapel. His community involvement was vast, from youth activities to civic committees to the Winooski Historical Society. He was well-known for his work with the Vermont Referees and Umpires Association and for his strong singing voice. Ray loved time at his camp on the Georgia Shore in Vermont. His wife of 59 years, Shirley, died in 2010.

He is survived by a son, two daughters, two brothers, a sister, and extended family.

1952 DR. RICHARD B. CARNICKY, Phoenix, AZ, died

July 17, 2020. After Saint

Michael’s, Richard, a Connecticut native, obtained his D.O. degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1957, beginning his career as a staff physician at Bashline-Rossman Hospital in Grove City, PA. He soon became a board-certified family medicine physician.

He and his wife moved to Phoenix in 1961 to raise their family, and Richard opened Northern Avenue Clinic and served as a family medicine physician for 56 years, retiring in 2013. He was active in the Arizona Osteopathic Medicine Association and held hospital and professional leadership roles including chief of staff at Community Hospital. He also taught many medical students over the years, was active in his parish and as a community volunteer, and enjoyed gardening. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Carol; a son; three daughters; and extended family.

ARMAND J. HALLE,

Worcester, MA, died May 7, 2020, of COVID-19.

Armand was a corporal in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War, serving in France as an interpreter. After college he worked at the former J.F. McElwain shoe shop and for many years as an automotive parts salesman, all in Manchester, NH. He moved to Worcester, MA, in 1966 and was a master printer at Heffernan Press for 26 years. He was active in his church as a French

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served in the U.S. Army in Korea and devoted himself to caring for the chronically ill at a leper colony near his base. He earned his M.D. degree at the University of Vermont before spending much of his medical career at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. He was a founding member of Woodland Anesthesia Associates, P.C., which grew into one of New England’s largest anesthesiology practices, serving 11 hospitals and surgery centers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. For many years he was chief of the St. Francis anesthesiology department and president of its medical and dental staff. He cared for thousands of obstetric, pediatric, coronary, and trauma patients and was instrumental in founding a renowned chronic pain management clinic and outpatient surgery program at St. Francis. He also taught hundreds of residents and student nurses.

St. Francis named Neil a “Distinguished Physician” to honor his career. He and his late wife lived in Groton Long Point, CT, and Naples, FL. He enjoyed skiing, boating, travel, golf, and sailing, even using celestial navigation since he knew the planets and stars. His wife of 61 years, Anne, died in 2018. Neil is survived by four sons, a daughter, and extended family.

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and English lector until it closed in 2008. He also was active in the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Holy Name’s Golden Age Club.

He was a charter and life member of his local Catholic War Vets chapter and a member of the Central Massachusetts Korean War Veterans in Worcester. As a young man he was an avid baseball player, and served as a coach and manager in Manchester recreational leagues. He enjoyed singing.

Armand is survived by four daughters, two sisters, and extended family.

DANIEL E. JENNINGS,

Spring, TX, died June 26, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he earned a master’s degree in social work from Boston College. Dan served on active duty in the U.S. Army Reserve in the Medical Service Corps as a social work officer. He was a psychiatric social worker in San Francisco and also taught at the University of San Francisco, where he met his wife and married in 1959. They moved to Bowie, MD, where Dan taught at the Graduate School of Social Work at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He earned his social work doctorate there in 1965. He later taught and was acting dean at Portland State University in Oregon, then dean of the Worden School of Social Service at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX. He was a charter member of the National Association for

Social Workers and served on the Catholic Charities USA board for nine years.

He also served many professional groups in the social work field. In 1978, he moved to Houston, where he became dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston. During a sabbatical from there, Dan served as a delegate to the United Nations representing NGO Caritas Internationalis. After retiring from that university, he was program director at Shalom Center in Splendora, TX. He also worked with the Jesuit Educational Center for Human Sexuality in Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C. In the 1970s he and his wife were a team couple for the Marriage Encounter movement and then became very active in the Focolare Movement (Work of Mary). In retirement Dan attended daily Mass, and was a lector and Eucharistic Minister. His wife of 58 years, Mary, died in 2017. Dan is survived by a daughter, four sons, a brother, and extended family.

WILLIAM S. LIBERATOR, Windham, CT, died July 21, 2020. A U.S. Army veteran, he served during the Allied occupation of the Pacific from 1946 to 1948. For years Bill worked in the insurance industry for the Connecticut General Insurance Company and later the Saint Paul Insurance Company. He earned the CLU designation and was recognized on numer-

ous occasions for outstanding sales. Later he developed a successful career in the office products business.

He was a well-read student of history, and serious about his religious faith, as well as a skilled storyteller with a good sense of humor.

He enjoyed bird-watching, hiking, canoeing, and biking throughout the U.S. and abroad. He was a fan of the Red Sox and UConn soccer and women’s basketball. Bill is survived by two sons, two daughters, and his close companion of more than 25 years, Shirley Olsen, plus extended family.

JOHN MCGARRY, Rutland, VT, died May 10, 2020.

When he was 7, his family moved to Rutland from Brooklyn (where he was born and had been adopted

by Dr. McGarry, who delivered him). After Saint Michael’s, he did master’s degree studies in business at the University of Vermont. He served as a Navy corpsman during the Korean War. In the service he also was a chaplain’s assistant at the Navy Medical Hospital in San Diego, CA. His post-military work career included sales in life insurance and pharmaceuticals in Pennsylvania, and human resources positions for large companies and for that state. In 1981 he retired as human resources director of the State of Pennsylvania to move home to Vermont, where he pursued a lifelong dream of owning a country store. He and his wife bought what

became McGarry’s General Store in Wallingford in 1980, and after four years, he moved to Rutland and went back on the road in sales. He also was a stay-at-home dad when his children were young. He spent summers in this period as a cook for eight years at Camp Calumet Lutheran in Ossipee, NH. He loved camping there and cooked breakfast each summer morning for 200-plus children and staff.

With his children grown, he purchased a hot dog wagon and operated it in front of Home Depot in Rutland for 10 years, also operating the Spartan Arena concession stand for four years. He was active in his Lutheran church, the Elks, and the American Legion. He loved to cook at church, and for Dismas House, serving transitioning prisoners once a month for 10 years.

He enjoyed garage sales, collecting, and travel. John is survived by his wife, Eloise, four sons, a daughter, two brothers, and extended family.

EDMOND J. NOLAN, West Milford, NJ, died June 3, 2020. He grew up in North Carolina before his family moved to Bennington just prior to Ed attending Saint Michael’s, where he earned a Chemistry degree. He was hired by DuPont and moved to Indiana before transferring to Woodbury Heights, NJ. In 1963 DuPont transferred him to West Milford, NJ. Ed coached Little League and was a Scoutmaster. He was

JAMES W. SCIARRINO, Poquonock, CT, died August 29, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he earned his master’s degree in mathematics from Albany State University (presently SUNY Albany). He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and worked for 38 years as a systems analyst for UTC Laboratory in East Hartford, CT; for GE; and for the Connecticut Department of Human Services. He was active in his parish for over 50 years and loved skiing, sailing, golf, and time at his lake cottage. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary Ellen; three sons; two daughters; two sisters; and extended family.

1954 ARTHUR J. KULZER,

Holyoke, MA, died September 25, 2020. He joined the U.S. Navy out of high school in 1946 and, during his tour of duty in the Marshall

Islands, participated in Operation Sandstone, in which he witnessed three above-ground atomic bomb tests. After his time in the service, he attended Saint Michael’s on the G.I. Bill and earned a Chemistry degree. He worked for his entire career at the former Stanley Home Products in Easthampton, MA, until retiring in 1989. In retirement he worked at Canal Lanes in Southampton to be close to the sport that he loved, candlepin bowling, and he taught many youths and adults the game. He survived a bout with cancer, and came through a COVID-19 infection in the spring of 2020 at a site where more than 70 fellow veterans died. Arthur’s wife of 64 years, Claire, predeceased him, as did two sons.

He is survived by two sons, three daughters, and extended family.

1955 THOMAS J. COWELL, JR.,

Saratoga Springs, NY, died May 5, 2020. He was a high school baseball and basketball star and played varsity baseball at Saint Michael’s for three years.

After Saint Michael’s he completed U.S. Army service at Fort Benning, GA, as a specialist before moving his family to the Schenectady/Saratoga Springs area. Tom was employed by the New York State Department of Labor, starting as an investigator; in 1974 he was appointed unemployment superintendent for the southern part

of the state and relocated to Binghamton, NY. In 1988 he returned to Albany in the Mario Cuomo administration as Capital District regional director of the Labor Department. He retired as a regional superintendent of unemployment insurance after a 36-year career. Tom spent 20-plus years wintering in Fort Myers, FL, and became a proficient golfer. He enjoyed annual beach vacations in Maryland and sports of all kinds. He played semi-pro baseball during his college summers and was a football referee for high school, college, and semi-pro for the Capital District Football Association for 20 years. He also belonged to the area’s Umpire Association for 15 years and was an original member of the Schenectady Ole Timers Baseball Club.

He played softball with a men’s over-50 league and was involved as a YMCA recreation specialist and a private school recreation counselor for many years.

Tom is survived by his wife of 64 years, Clare; two sons; four daughters; and extended family including grandson Patrick Ivory ’08, niece Mary Sweeney ’86, brother-in-law Col. William Robb ’52, and son-in-law Thomas Fisch ’68.

NORMAN R. FAUCHER, Biddeford, ME, died October 4, 2020, of cancer.

He was a high school baseball star (elected to the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame) and a four-year varsity player at Saint Michael’s,

and was contacted by Major League scouts. He served in the U.S. Army, stationed in France, until 1957. After the military he worked for the Beneficial Finance Co. in Portsmouth, NH, for three years. In 1960 he joined Bugbee-Brown Co., a wholesale food distributor in Biddeford, as a salesman, rising through the ranks to vice president and general manager. He ended his career at York County Biscuit Co. in 1999 as the specialty food buyer. Norm was active in his parish and a charter member of the former St. Joseph’s Credit Union in 1963. He was a past president both of his parish and his local Rotary club and served on the board of Southern Maine Medical Center for 12 years; he was a corporator for Biddeford Savings Bank and a lifelong member of the St. Louis (high school) Alumni Association. He enjoyed tennis, baseball, reading, walking, skating, and playing bridge and cribbage.

He was a big Red Sox fan, enjoyed annual vacations to Barbados for 15 years, and visited Hawaii and France after retirement. His wife of 58 years, Doris, died in 2015.

His brother, Raymond Faucher ’46, predeceased him. Norm is survived by two sons, two daughters, a sister, and extended family including nephews Robert Faucher ’76 and Roger Faucher ’80 and niece Lucille Faucher-Kuhlm ’77.

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an active volunteer at his parish as Eucharistic Minister and usher while running bingo nights and serving the parish council.

He was a member of the VFW. He also was active in Alcoholics Anonymous for 44 years. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Susan; four sons, including Charles Nolan ’75; two daughters, including Kathleen Tonelli ’78; and extended family, including son-in-law Paul Tonelli ’78. His late brothers also were alumni: Robert Nolan ’52 and Richard Nolan ’55.

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JEROME J. CRONAN SR., Overland Park, KS, died September 14, 2020. He attended Saint Michael’s on a football scholarship, but not before joining the U.S. Marines and being sent to Korea just in time for the end of the war. He then came to the College funded by the GI Bill along with his football scholarship. After college he started his career in sales working for E.F. Kemp Nuts. He married and moved his growing family from Scarsdale, NY, to New Jersey, then New Hampshire and Ontario, Canada, finally landing in Overland Park, KS, in 1977. His sales career evolved from peanut salesman to sales manager for Chevron Chemical Company and continued with Chevron for 35 years until his retirement in the mid-1990s. He was active in his parish and attended daily Mass, and also enjoyed golf. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Aileen; a son; three daughters; and extended family.

GLENN T. GOOD, Houston,

TX, and Shelburne, VT, died July 23, 2020, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In 2016, Glenn and his wife, Susie, established the Good Prizes in Excellence in History and Business at Saint Michael’s. After college he graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Glenn was a U.S. Navy veteran, attending Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI, with an assignment as supply

officer of the USS Tolvana, a large tanker fitted for underway refueling with the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific during the Cold War. After two years at sea, Glenn was transferred to NAS Port Isabel, TX, as a supply and fiscal officer. He left active duty in 1969 as a full lieutenant and retired from active reserve service in 1979. Glenn had an extensive career in the banking industry. He was selected for the executive training program at Texas National Bank of Houston and then assigned to the National Accounts Department, Texas National Bank of Commerce. He was a founding officer of the Capital National Bank, responsible for business development and marketing. In 1972 he joined Gulf Coast Investment Corporation as vice president of production and marketing.

The company was sold in 1985, and Glenn went on to establish Mortgage Financing, Inc., a closely held mortgage company providing government-insured or -guaranteed residential mortgage loan facilities in five states. After selling the company in 1991 he worked at the Resolution Trust (RTC), established by Congress to close and liquidate insolvent savings and loans. He was an asset marketing specialist in Louisiana and Dallas until RTC dissolved in 1996. He was past president of the Houston Mortgage Bankers Association and held other banking industry leadership positions. As a

mortgage consultant, Glenn worked for the Texas Housing Authority in Austin and later for a luxury home builder in Houston.

He completed 62 marathons, several in under three hours. He started running at age 45 and celebrated his 50th birthday by racing a 50-mile ultramarathon. He also competed yearly in the Vermont Senior Games and won three gold medals in 2019. Glenn was also an avid swimmer, up most mornings before the sun to run or swim. He enjoyed his house on Lake Champlain in Shelburne upon retirement. He belonged to many country clubs and social clubs. Glenn was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Susie; a son; a daughter; two brothers; a sister; and extended family.

THOMAS “ABBY” O’NEILL, Jay, NY, died May 21, 2020.

He was a high school baseball star and earned his business degree from Saint Michael’s before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1957, serving active duty through 1959, and in active reserve through 1961. He moved home to upstate New York in 1959 and was a senior employment interviewer, grants manager, and on-the-job training specialist for the New York Department of Labor for 38 years. He was assistant manpower coordinator for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid and was twice elected as

supervisor for the Town of Jay. He was a fan of the New York Giants, Rangers, and Brooklyn Dodgers, having attended games at Ebbetts Field. He enjoyed bowling, golf, horseshoes, skiing, basketball, swimming, and baseball as a participant. He served as an announcer for Au Sable Spirits baseball games, cofounded and was first president of the AVCS Booster Club and founded the Au Sable Forks Men’s Fastpitch Classic in 1962 (and was tournament director for more than half its history). He also was a leader for the area bowling league for 20 years and directed a bowling tournament for years. He was Champlain Valley Baseball League commissioner for seven years and in 2017 was inducted into the Au Sable Valley Athletic Hall of Fame.

Abby was very active in the community, including fundraising for the United Way and the American Heart Association. He was honored by the Plattsburgh Jaycees several times and helped bring back a Labor Day celebration in his area, while also leading efforts to build or improve athletic and recreational facilities.

In 1980 he received the Liberty Bell Award from the Essex County Bar Association. He was an officer in the American Legion and was honored three times as Legionnaire of the Year; he also was active in his parish.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Kathryn; three sons; a brother; and extended family.

1957 JOHN J. DWYER, Conyers, GA, died April 29, 2020.

Jack had a long professional career with Western Electric right out of college and retired as department chief with AT&T. He was active in his parish and was a strong athlete who loved golf and basketball. He established the Jack Dwyer

Golf Tournament and raised more than $165,000 for the Georgia Cancer Foundation. His wife of 43 years, Kathy, predeceased him. Jack is survived by three sons; four daughters; a sister; a brother; and extended family.

1958 EDWARD J. BIRON, Kettering, OH, died May 5, 2020. After earning his Saint Michael’s Business degree he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, and from 1959 to 1965 served as an air crew member on a variety of aircraft, primarily the KC-97. He earned an MBA in accounting in 1965 at Michigan State University, and from 1965 to 1973 served as chief of the accounting and finance division at various Air Force bases around the globe, including in Pakistan, the Netherlands, and Germany. Subsequent assignments of increasing responsibility followed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey (1973–77), Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado (1977–79) and Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (1979–85). He was a high-level planner for military readiness, mechanized systems, financial systems, and other key areas including worldwide logistics and supply and foreign military sales. He completed his 27-year Air Force career as a colonel, receiving many military awards and decorations, including the Legion of

Merit and the Air Force’s second-highest award for peacetime achievement.

After retiring from the Air Force he obtained his CPA license in Ohio and worked for Davue OB/GYN as the CFO until his full retirement in 1994. After retiring, he and his wife traveled the U.S. in their motorhome, spending winters in Florida camping at military bases.

After this period of travel he still wintered in Sebring.

He belonged to many accounting and military professional groups and was active in his Ohio parishes. Ed was a Founders Club and Fellows Club supporter of the College.

He is survived by his wife of over 60 years, Carlene; a son; a daughter; a sister; and extended family.

WALTER D. FOUCHER,

Hopewell Junction, NY, died July 2, 2020. An eighth-generation Vermonter raised in Bennington, “Bud” earned a chemistry master’s degree from the University of Vermont in 1959 after Saint Michael’s and his doctorate in physical inorganic chemistry from the University of Florida in 1962. He then had a 34-year career with Texaco/Chevron, starting in 1962 as a research chemist in the Texaco Research and Development labs in Glenham, NY. He was promoted to head of worldwide product research and development for all of Texaco’s labs, leading the company’s worldwide product research labs for 11 years, and he finished his

career as manager of human resources. Bud held many patents, including one for System 3, a gasoline additive technology that improved performance by reducing deposits that clog fuel injection systems. He also helped develop improved motor oils brought to market under the famous Havoline brad.

Bud retired from Texaco in 1996. He enjoyed travel, genealogy, live music, cold beer, political debate, and his dogs. He was an avid skier and professional ski instructor through the PSIA, working at Mount Snow as an instructor for many years. He once went to Chile to ski in the southern hemisphere. His other travels included cross-country camping, trips to Europe, and scuba diving in the Bahamas, Caribbean, and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. A son predeceased him. Bud is survived by his partner, Mary Ellen Moore; two sons from his former wife, Linda; a sister; a brother; and extended family.

FRANCIS MORIARTY,

Jericho, VT and Framingham, MA, died September 22, 2020. Frank served in the U.S. Air Force after Saint Michael’s and retired after 20-plus years of service. He also did some post-undergraduate studies in law and communications at St. Louis and Boston Universities, respectively.

He and his family traveled the world together during his military service. After retiring from the Air Force

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ROBERT J. WILLIAMS, White Plains, NY, died December 4, 2019. After graduating summa cum laude from Saint Michael’s, he attended Purdue University, excelling in math and sciences. His other great interest, however, was his Catholic faith, and his passion to help others took him into the seminary. He was ordained a priest, serving Vermont parishes for a time, according to his College file. He also once worked as a night janitor for WCAX-TV in Burlington. Later in life, Robert was employed by the State of Vermont as a statistician for many years, including as a clerk with the Department of Health in Burlington in the 1990s.

After retirement he volunteered in Burlington for the Red Cross, local food shelf, and library. He was a 4th Degree member of the K of C. He was very active in his parish, St. Joseph, and earned an award for his service. He enjoyed tutoring others in math.

Robert was a Fellows Club supporter of the College.

He is survived by a sister and extended family.

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in 1978, he settled in Jericho and worked for a period as a financial advisor and in insurance sales, later splitting time between Vermont and a farm in Harpswell, ME. Frank moved to Framingham, MA, in 2019 to be closer to his children. He was a vice president of the South Burlington Jaycees while an AFROTC instructor at Saint Michael’s in 1962. His wife, Judy, and a daughter predeceased him. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and extended family. His late mother, Mary Moriarty, was a master’s degree graduate of the College’s Teaching English as a Second Language program.

trips each summer. Later they explored the U.S. and the world, visiting Alaska, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Bud was a past president of the Essex Junction Jaycees, coached Little League, and was a Cub Scout leader and member of the Elks. He enjoyed gardening, running, racquetball, hunting, and golf, and was a Red Sox and New York Giants fan. Bud was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College.

His wife of 50 years, Mary, died in 2012 following Bud’s years of devoted care for her through a long illness. He is survived by a son; two daughters; a sister; a brother; and extended family.

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PETER J. FEAREY, Mendocino, CA, died April 17, 2020, of Alzheimer’s disease complications. He married right out of college and entered the U.S. Air Force as a lieutenant, serving assignments as a public information officer and communications director in Michigan, Greenland, and Redland, CA, for four years.

In 1963 he went to work for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company as a regional supervisor coordinating public affairs and executive recruiting for the southern California region.

In this period he earned his master’s degree in public administration from San Diego State University in 1969 and in 1970 was recruited to join the campaign staff of U.S. Senator John Tunney. Peter became his California field

CHARLES “BUD” ALLARD,

Essex Junction, VT, died August 20, 2020, of Parkinson’s disease.

Directly after Saint Michael’s he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving at Fort Benning, GA, for two years and reaching the rank of staff sergeant before returning to Vermont to serve in the Army Reserves through 1965. Bud was a resident senior claims adjuster for 34 years at the Continental Insurance Company. He was active in his parish including as parish council member and Mass lector. He and his wife, Mary—they met at Burlington’s Cathedral High School when Bud was a multisport varsity athlete there—were avid travelers, leading family camping

director based in Los Angeles. During that time he had a speaking role in the 1972 film The Candidate, starring Robert Redford and based on the Tunney campaign. After divorcing he moved to San Francisco in 1974 to be vice president of the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, a trade association connecting business and labor interests and addressing public policy issues at many levels. He became the association’s president in 1983. He remarried in 1982 and moved to the Mendocino coast in 1987 to buy and rehabilitate the Inn at Schoolhouse Creek in Little River, CA, which he and his wife operated through 1997 when Peter retired. Peter served as a volunteer firefighter in his communities for nearly 20 years and also was on a fire protection district board and a district hospital foundation board, and he helped found an ambulance support foundation in his communities. He also volunteered with the Sports Car Club of America as firefighter and EMT at northern California racetracks. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2003, continuing to enjoy life and moving gradually through levels of memory care. He loved the beach, kayaking, snow skiing, and walks. He was an avid reader of military history and science fiction and painted lead and pewter miniatures ranging from wizards to Civil War soldiers. He is survived by

his wife, Linda Wilson; a son; two daughters; and extended family.

DONALD P. LAMOUREUX, Dennis, MA, died September 29, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he earned a master’s degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Don served in the U.S. Air Force as a captain.

He was a lifelong educator and coach and mentor to the young people of Amherst, MA, where he lived for many years. He was active in his parish.

Don is survived by his wife of 61 years, Nancy; two sons; three daughters; and extended family.

HERMAN T. “TOM” LONG JR., Boca Raton, FL, died

July 24, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he began a long and distinguished military career as an Air Force officer. After serving early on in Germany, he was assigned stateside to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

He and his family moved often after each of Tom’s Air Force promotions up to lieutenant colonel, spending time in California, Alabama, Nevada, New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts, and he retired with his family to South Burlington, VT, in 1981. In his military career Tom earned two master’s degrees; numerous medals, awards, and decorations; and high praise for his work on procurement policy.

After his military retirement Tom worked for several years at Simmonds Precision before forming his own

JERRY A. TERINO, Enfield Center, NH, died August 11, 2020. After college he served in the U.S. Army before marrying and moving to White River Junction, VT, where he lived from 1962 to 1989, when he moved to Enfield Center. He began his sales career at Twinstate Fruit Company and later joined Bridgeman’s Furniture, before working at St. Johnsbury Trucking. Jerry began as a salesman there and worked his way up to branch manager before the company went out of business. He then worked for a short time at BSP Transportation in Enfield as a dispatcher until retiring. Jerry enjoyed working in his yard and spending time at the family hunting camp in Norwich since his youth. His wife,

Alda, predeceased him. Jerry is survived by two sons; a sister; and extended family.

1961 JOHN D. DUNCAN, Albany, NY, died May 25, 2020.

After Saint Michael’s he joined the U.S. Air Force, achieving the rank of captain. Following his discharge he worked at the Norton Company in Watervliet, NY, before following in his father’s footsteps as a master plumber in his own business. He enjoyed camping and boating at Lake George, hunting and fishing in the Adirondacks, and reading conservationist and science news. He is survived by two sons, two daughters, a sister, and extended family.

DR. JOHN R. GRACEFFA, JR., Nashua and Hollis, NH,

died October 13, 2020, of cancer. He grew up in Boston, studied biology at Saint Michael’s, and graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He then enlisted for two years in the U.S. Army, serving as a captain in the Dental Corps at Fort Benning, GA. In 1967 he moved his family to Nashua, NH, where his dental practice thrived. He served as president of the Nashua Dental Society and the New Hampshire Academy of General Dentistry. His wife was office manager and insurance coordinator for his practice, which they sold in 1997 so they could explore the U.S. in a

motorhome. Jack had a love of and talent for the arts. He spent years throwing pottery at his home studio. He also enjoyed photography, travel, nature, and woodworking. He was a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, and also learned pastels and acrylic painting, and most recently, watercolors.

He also enjoyed live repertory theater and opera and in his last year moved to Boston’s Back Bay. He also loved dogs, supported environmental causes, and was active in his Unitarian Universalist Church, with a fascination for astrophysics.

He was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College. Jack’s wife of 54 years, Charlotte, died in 2017. He is survived by a son, two daughters including Maria Taylor ’92, a sister, his companion Elaine Kauffman, and extended family.

DR. DAVID F. MAHON, Bar Harbor, ME, died September 2, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he earned his M.D. degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Brooklyn in 1965.

After an internship at the Boston City Hospital followed by two years in the U.S. Air Force, he began his radiology residency at SUNY Syracuse in 1968. He practiced in the medical imaging field for the next 29 years, retiring to Southwest Harbor, ME, in 1997. He was active in several professional organizations during his

career. Active in his parish, he loved travel, fine wine, and golf, and spent extended periods in Ireland. He was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College.

David is survived by two sisters and extended family.

JOHN “JACK” O’BRIEN, Punta Gorda, FL, died May 8, 2020. Jack was a dedicated teacher and later worked many years for the Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, first in Highgate Springs, VT, as supervisory immigration inspector, and retiring as the Portland, OR, port director. He was an avid golfer and reader. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Ann; two daughters; a son; two brothers; and extended family.

1963 THOMAS N. SCHAPPERT,

Clayton, NC, died September 12, 2020. Tom served in the National Guard, had an MBA in management from New York University, and had two successful careers working for IBM and Fidelity Investments. With IBM he joined in the data processing division in 1963 in New York State and was promoted to positions of greater managerial responsibility in New York and Ohio. He also had a four-year assignment in Singapore with IBM World Trade Asia Corporation. For a time into the 1990s he lived in New Fairfield, CT, and later moved to North Carolina. He was a lector

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consulting business, Parkway Consultants, and serving as a senior government procurement specialist for the State of Vermont.

Tom was a volunteer coach for youth baseball, basketball, and swimming, and also a Scout leader and volunteer on the South Burlington parks planning commission to expand the park system and bicycle trails. He and his wife spent winters in Boca Raton, FL, and summers in Vermont for many years. His wife of six decades, Mary, died in May 2020. He was a Founders Club supporter of the College. Tom is survived by three sons including Kevin Long ’94, a sister, and extended family.

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and Eucharistic Minister at his parish and brought the sacrament to shut-ins. He was an avid reader and enjoyed golf. Tom was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College.

He is survived by his wife, Kitty; two sons, including Thomas R. Schappert ’89; and extended family.

PAUL A. VERRET, Saint Paul, MN, died June 29, 2020. He was a Burlington, VT, native, the son of a grocer and a philosophy graduate of Saint Michael’s, and he was an Edmundite seminarian for a short time after graduation, before moving to Minnesota to launch an impressive career in civic development and philanthropy. Paul was with the Wilder Foundation early in his professional career and was president of the St. Paul Foundation for many years. After his retirement he continued his community service through membership on several boards of directors, including the Minnesota Historical Society, Ramsey County Historical Society, Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, and United Hospital Foundation. A story in a Minnesota newspaper said, “He has worked behind the scenes on virtually every major civic project undertaken in the St. Paul area.” Projects he influenced included the Science Museum of Minnesota, many redevelopment projects, and a zoo, and he was instrumental in the creation of the St. Paul District Energy Project in

downtown St. Paul. Under his leadership, the St. Paul Foundation grew from a staff of two to 60 workers, and Paul managed funds worth $573 million, making more than 4,700 grants worth $28.8 million.

Throughout his service after retirement, he was advisor to the Katherine B. Andersen fund of the St. Paul Foundation. Paul was an avid reader of biography, history, and mystery. He loved travel to Europe and learning languages, and enjoyed gardening, feeding birds, hiking, and bird-watching along the Mississippi River. He was a Fellows Club supporter of the College. Paul is survived by his wife, Carolyn; three sisters; and extended family.

PHILIP BEAN, Naperville, IL, died October 26, 2020 of interstitial lung disease/ idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, four years after his diagnosis with the disease.

A native Vermonter, Philip received his doctorate in history from the University of Illinois in 1976. He taught at Illinois Benedictine in Lisle for 30 years and reached over 2,500 students. He brought an extra level of interest to his lectures by coordinating his ties to them -- ships, airplanes, rockets, fife and drummers, etc. He was known as a problem-solver as he served as head of the Summer School and also the Evening School in addition to his teaching. He served as president of the Lincoln Group of Illinois for 10 years and oversaw its

quarterly publication. He had an interest in his family genealogy which included one of the Salem witches.

His students enjoyed spoofing history by having him dress as a warlock at Halloween. Philip is survived by his wife of 51 years, Janet, three brothers including Saint Michael’s biology Professor Emeritus Daniel Bean, and extended family.

1964 JOHN F. MCDONALD,

Shrewsbury, MA, died July 21, 2020, of cancer. He attended Worcester Junior College before completing his Saint Michael’s degree.

After that he attended the master’s degree program in communications at Boston University and was a production assistant for a year at WGBH-TV in Boston. There he developed his skills in video, working at WGBH with Pete Seeger, William Cosel (a fellow Saint Michael’s graduate and producer of Evening at Pops), and Julia Child, from whom he learned to cook.

During this period he also was an announcer at WSRS-FM in Worcester. He produced and recorded voice tracks for many long-running commercials and shows. One Christmas he was snowed in and on the air for 32 hours straight.

He began his teaching career for the Diocese of Worcester in 1965 and received his education master’s degree from Worcester State University.

He continued his education

with courses at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. In 1971 he moved to the Shrewsbury public schools, where he stayed for 32 years teaching various subjects including video production. He was passionate about public access to video production and produced a weekly program with his middle school students. After retiring from teaching he ran his own videography business. He produced live HD coverage of many municipal board meetings in Shrewsbury and was active in information projects about the local region and Lake Quinsigamond. He was elected Town Meeting member and served his local public access cable board. He achieved 4th Degree in the K of C and was active in his parish as a Eucharistic Minister and televising Christmas Mass. John is survived by his wife of 46 years, Leona; three daughters; a son; and extended family.

1965 LT. COL. JOSEPH B. BELLINO, Shrewsbury, MA,

died August 28, 2020, of cancer. He was an all-star high school basketball and baseball player growing up in Worcester, MA, before coming to Saint Michael’s, where he completed ROTC and entered the U.S. Air Force as an officer. He was posted in Florida for four years after marrying before returning to Massachusetts.

He was active on his parish

THE HON. GERALD M. FOX, JR., Stamford, CT,

died July 30, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he graduated from the University of Connecticut Law School and reached the milestone of 50 years of admission to the practice of law in Connecticut. For many years he was in private practice as a partner at Abate & Fox in Stamford, and for the last 25 years was a partner at Fox & Fox, LLP, with his son, Gerald.

From 1990 until 2014 he was the elected probate judge for the District of Stamford. During his 24 years as judge, he presided over thousands of proceedings involving the people of Stamford. He was a member of the Connecticut Probate Assembly and was a member of the National College of Probate Judges.

He was a frequent lecturer to the Fairfield County Bar Association and Connecticut Bar Association on real estate and probate law. He

served the Stamford Board of Representatives and Board of Finance, and was honored as State Street Debating Society Man of the Year and Grand Marshal of Stamford’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. He served many other state and local boards, including the areas of education, nonprofits, drug treatment, and urban development, and was pro bono legal counsel for the founding of youth sports and sailing foundations. He was active in his parish and served the Stamford Yacht Club board.

He loved Vermont, Cape Cod, Ireland, Yankee games, and golf. Gerald was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia; four sons, including Brendan Fox ’96 and Daniel Fox ’08; three brothers; three sisters; and extended family.

JOHN R. KUPFERER,

Burlington, VT, died May 24, 2020, of COVID-19.

After earning his Saint Michael’s teaching degree, John settled with his wife in Poultney and raised two children. He was a history teacher, principal, football coach, and driver’s education teacher. His wife of 43 years, Mary, died in 2008.

He is survived by a son, a daughter, a sister, and extended family.

WILLIAM V. “BILL” MEISENZAHL, M’66, Colchester, VT, died July 30, 2019. Growing up in the Bronx during the Depression, he lost two sisters and his father to tuberculosis. His mother

became sick, sending him and his brothers to a home for boys, where they were raised by nuns. Eventually Bill and one brother were reunited with their mother.

After studying theology at Saint Michael’s for a time, he decided to enter the monastery and became a Trappist monk at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, MA, where he learned the trade of stone masonry, traveling to Colorado and Argentina to help build other monasteries. After 12 years as a monk, he decided to leave the monastic life and re-enter society. He left in 1963 on the day JFK died.

Two weeks later he met Dorothy (Dot) while they were volunteering together at Catholics for Latin America. They married two years later after he completed his education master’s degree back at Saint Michael’s. He eventually took a job teaching English at Richford High School and did masonry work during summers. Bill helped his father-in-law convert a large barn into a summer home in Fairfax, and in 1976 his family made it their full-season home after his father-in-law died.

Bill became a full-time self-employed brick and stone mason, leaving a mark on many area projects.

He worked at IBM for five years. He was active in his parish and the K of C. After 35 years in Fairfax he relocated to South Burlington to Grandway Commons for the last eight years. Bill enjoyed golf, followed UVM and Saint Michael’s

basketball, and was a fan of Notre Dame football and the New York Yankees and Giants. He enjoyed fixing things and was a great cook, baker, and gardener. His first-born daughter died tragically in 1970. Bill is survived by his wife of 54 years, Dorothy; two sons; a daughter; and extended family.

ANTHONY V. VILLANTI, JR.,

Williston, VT, died October 16, 2020. Tony served as a B-52 pilot in the U.S. Air Force and over the years remained close to fellow pilots in his training class at Moody Air Force Base, GA. He was a founder of Villanti and Sons Printers with his father and brothers in 1971, and worked in the family business for 37 years. He served on Burlington’s Howard Center Board of Directors from 1992 to 2002, including three years as president. In his youth he was a strong athlete in baseball and football. All his life he enjoyed hunting and fishing, and later, golf, sailing, and travel, especially a trip to Paris. He enjoyed watching sports including PGA golf and the Patriots. He also was an avid reader, a history buff, and more recently, a poet.

Tony is survived by his wife of 55 years, Suzanne; two sons; a sister; and extended family.

1966 SHAUN M. BRANON, St. Albans, VT, died July 5, 2020, from a complicated pancreatic disorder first

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council and helped save his lifelong parish from closing.

Joe was a commander of the 101st Air Control Squadron in Worcester, MA, leading his squadron to several Outstanding Unit Awards. He retired in 2004.

He was an avid competitor in tennis and golf and enjoyed cooking, a good cigar, and sideline coaching of his children in football and lacrosse. He told great jokes and enjoyed social life.

Joe’s wife, Sue, died in 2016.

Joe is survived by a daughter, a sister, and extended family.

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diagnosed in 2011. Raised on his parents’ dairy and sugaring farm in Fairfield, he was one of 10 children.

Shortly after Saint Michael’s he married, 17 days before leaving to serve in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1968 in the Vietnam War. He worked for General Electric for 36-plus years as a human resources leader, starting his career in Trenton, NJ, and then moving to Levittown, PA; Pittsfield, MA; and Rutland, VT. He was active in his Rutland parish and supported Catholic schools in Rutland. He also was an active community volunteer, leading the Rutland chapter of the GE Elfun Society as well as the boards of the Dodge House and Vermont Catholic Charities. He was an avid outdoorsman, including canoeing, fishing, hunting, boiling sugar, and snowmobiling, and he loved to travel, including to Vietnam, Thailand, Ireland, Italy, Hawaii, Mexico, and Alaska. He presided at and enjoyed the Branon Family Reunion every five years, typically attended by more than 300 Branons. Shaun is survived by his wife of 55 years, Dede; three sons; a daughter; four brothers; five sisters; and extended family.

PETER B. FRANK, Naples, FL, died August 8, 2020.

After Saint Michael’s he earned his law degree from Suffolk University in Boston in 1971. He built a law practice with his wife, Ann, initially as Frank & Frank Attorneys-at-Law in

Rhode Island and then as Ann T. Frank, P.A., for the past 30 years in Naples.

Peter enjoyed travel, golf, and rooting for his adopted football teams, the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles. He was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College.

Peter is survived by his wife of 52 years, Ann; three sons; a daughter; a brother; a sister; and extended family.

1967 JOHN A. GOLUB, Colches-

ter, CT, died September 11, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he studied at Marquette University in Wisconsin.

John spent several years with the Redemptorist community and was a director of religious education at Saint Andrew’s parish in Colchester, CT. He worked for many years with the State of Connecticut, including as a welfare investigator. He is survived by two sisters, two brothers, and extended family.

1968 PAUL MATIS, Mt. Sinai, NY, died July 29, 2016, the College learned recently.

After earning his English Literature degree from Saint Michael’s, Paul earned a master’s degree in education from Hofstra University. He had worked for a time as a labor services representative, including as a claims examiner for the New York State Labor Department while living in Patchogue, NY, according to a 1992

alumni survey. His wife, Karen, predeceased him. At the time of his death he was survived by two sisters and extended family.

1969 WILLIAM J. BIGONESS, Orleans, MA, died August 20, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he earned advanced business degrees from Michigan State University, including his doctorate. His professional accomplishments included serving as dean and director of the School of Executive Education at Babson College, and he was a tenured full professor at Boston University in its School of Management and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was professor and associate dean at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. He had 25 years of experience in academia and 20 years of experience in consulting projects and executive education programs, according to a news item in his files about joining Babson from 2001.

Bill was a visiting professor of business administration at the International Management Development Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland, from 1985 to 1987. In 1991 he was a visiting professor at Borconi University in Milan, Italy. He won many teaching awards. He worked with more than 20 corporations, including AT&T, British Telecom, and IBM. His professional interests included executive

education, human resource management, and organizational behavior, and he wrote in many prestigious journals on these topics. He was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College, and was a most generous contributor to endowed scholarships honoring Saint Michael’s faculty mentors George Olgyay and Cleveland Williams. No official word was available about survivors. A 1997 alumni survey stated he was married with two children.

RICHARD E. SAMBUCO, Waterbury, CT, died May 14, 2020. For a short time after college he was a high school teacher while taking classes for a master’s degree, but he eventually came back to Vermont and opened his first restaurant-bar, Finbars in Burlington. Later he settled in Massachusetts to open his second restaurant-bar, Jasmine’s in Pittsfield’s Dunham Mall, and finally returned to Connecticut. He continued to enjoy cooking throughout his life and was an avid reader and horse race enthusiast. Richard is survived by his mother, a son, a sister, and extended family.

1970 ARMAND BONNEAU,

Portland, ME, died July 9, 2020. He worked as a claims adjuster for the majority of his professional career, most recently for Allstate Insurance Company. He was active in his parish and a Boy Scout

MAJOR MICHAEL P. CRIMMONS, San Diego,

CA, died June 25, 2020 of COVID-19. As an avid and talented sailor in his youth growing up in Larchmont, NY, before Saint Michael’s, he was mentored and befriended by Ted Turner and other sailing “royalty,” and as a teenager he often sailed with them in international races up and down the East Coast. Michael was sworn into the U.S. Marine Corps while at Saint Michael’s and did his basic training during summer breaks, completing officers’ training in 1971. His highly decorated military career spanned Vietnam through Operation Desert Storm.

He initially trained as an artillery officer and later was a naval flight officer, serving multiple deployments overseas in numerous squadrons as a bombardier/navigator. He was wounded twice and was awarded the Purple Heart, the Gold Star, and numerous other medals and citations. He was an instructor in close air support, naval gunfire, and artillery. After retiring from

the Marines in 1991, Michael received master’s degrees in education and educational administration and became a teacher in the San Diego city schools and ultimately a high school principal. He also was a candidate for Congress between 2008 and 2012, another way to continue serving his country. He enjoyed cooking and would cook and shop for neighbors, even continuing to serve others in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

He is survived by his daughter; his girlfriend, Cynthia; three brothers; two sisters; and the hospital medical team who became his surrogate family as he was dying of COVID-19 since family members could not visit.

1971 ROBERT BEAUDRY, Hud-

son, NH, died July 21, 2020.

He was a member of the first graduating class from Nashua’s Bishop Guertin High School in 1967 and after Saint Michael’s went on to earn his MBA from Rivier University in the same city. After some years in sales and leadership positions in the coal and oil industry, Bob spent most of his life as an educator, teaching in the School of Business at Hesser College, at University of Phoenix, and most recently at Rivier.

He was instrumental in establishing the Nashua Senior Activity Center and was energetic in supporting the Biden for President campaign. He was a College

Fellows Club supporter of Saint Michael’s. His wife, Camille (“Kim”), died in 2009. Bob is survived by family and close friends.

CHARLES V. SUNUNU, Delray Beach, FL, died August 29, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he followed his passion for the theater and movies, working on a master’s degree in communications at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Charles loved the theater. For more than a decade he pursued his dream as an actor, writer, director, and producer in dozens of off-Broadway, regional, national touring, summer stock, and educational theater productions.

During this time he also performed in several independent films as well as serving as the U.S. representative and buyer for International Telefilms, the largest film distribution company in Latin America.

He also worked tirelessly on a number of successful New Hampshire gubernatorial campaigns for his brother, John H. Sununu, the former governor of New Hampshire and former White House chief of staff under President George H.W. Bush. From 1982 through 1991 Charles was a senior vice president of investments for Merrill Lynch and Prudential Securities.

He moved to Florida in 1984 to care for his parents and ultimately made Florida his home. In 1990 he opened and ran a financial advisory firm, Sununu Management, Inc.,

and since 2006 he was vice president of investments for Newbridge Securities in Boca Raton, FL. He never lost his passion for the performing arts, continuing to write and edit scripts. He is survived by a brother, a sister, and extended family, including his nephew, Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire.

1973 NICHOLAS J. PANARO,

Stamford, CT, died June 19, 2020, of cancer. At Saint Michael’s he was honored in “Who’s Who Among Students.” In younger years, Nicky enjoyed chess, Jeopardy, and softball, and was a Yankee fan and Star Trek enthusiast. All his life he loved dogs. His professional career included some years in Florida as board chairman for Koz-II, Inc. He later worked as a marketing supervisor for Raytheon in Stamford, CT. He is survived by a sister and extended family.

1974 BROTHER CYRILLE GUILBAULT, North Smithfield,

RI, died May 7, 2020. He grew up in Quebec and, prior to his 55 years of service as a Brother of the Sacred Heart in the U.S., he celebrated 25 years of service as a Brother of Charity in Canada and the United States. He joined the religious Brothers of the Sacred Heart in 1964 prior to earning his Saint Michael’s degree. Brother Cyrille taught religion,

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leader for years. He enjoyed hiking, geocaching, leather crafts, beading, weaving, making garden stones, playing cards, and traveling through most of the U.S. and to several foreign countries.

Armand is survived by his wife of six years, Priscilla; a daughter; a son; two stepsons; a stepdaughter; two brothers; a sister; and extended family. His first wife died in 2012.

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French, math, and business courses in schools of the Brothers throughout New England, and served as a camp counselor at the Brothers’ summer program in Mississippi. Retiring from the classroom in 1994, he continued to volunteer in schools in the New England Province and enjoy his hobby of woodworking.

He moved to a nursing home in 2019. He is survived by a sister and extended family.

1978 SCOTT G. DAVIDSON,

South Hadley, MA, died June 28, 2020. After college he went on to earn the designation of certified insurance counselor. He started his 42-year career as an insurance professional with Sentry Insurance, later becoming vice president at Gammons, Potter & Prentiss Agency alongside his father. He and his family later relocated to Vermont, where he joined Vermont Mutual Insurance as a special agent, and he served as president of the Vermont Insurance Professionals Association.

He was a talented singer, played Santa at holiday parties, and served his parish council. Scott was active in the Jaycees, was a fan of all Boston sports teams, and coached his daughters’ teams. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, MaryBeth; three daughters; four sisters; and extended family.

1979

DEBORAH S. BECKETT, Williston, VT, died August 21, 2020, from cancer that resulted from exposure to toxic burn pits during overseas military service.

After earning her business and journalism degrees at Saint Michael’s, she joined the Army National Guard in 1979 and served two tours in the Middle East in 2004 and 2010. Deb retired from the Guard with the rank of staff sergeant after returning from her second tour.

Also after Saint Michael’s, she married and moved to Williston to raise her children, and worked for 20 years for the Town of Williston, retiring in March from a 21-year career as the town clerk and treasurer.

She also served as lister, Zoning Board/Development Review Board member, cemetery commissioner, justice of the peace, town agent, and town grand juror. She was passionate about democracy, leading drive-through voting efforts as a national pioneer. Deb also was active with her Williston church, community food shelf, Rotary, Habitat for Humanity, Vermont League of Cities & Towns, and state and regional town clerk professional groups. She was an American Legion commander and VFW life member. Additionally, she was a Boy Scout troop leader, helping her son achieve Eagle Scout rank.

Deb is survived by her wife of two years, Toby Rockwood; a son; a daughter; and her former husband, David Beckett, whom she

amicably divorced in 2010.

MICHAEL J. LENNON,

Bolton Landing, NY, died August 3, 2020. After Saint Michael’s he worked three years in the insurance business before going into the family company, Almac Associates, as a job estimator, and he also worked regularly as a jack-of-alltrades. As a young man he enjoyed skiing and worked as an instructor at Gore Mountain. He was an avid boater and was “A Friend of Bill’s” for 21 years. He worked in the construction industry for many years, and most recently in sales for the Yankee Boating Center in Diamond Point, NY. Michael is survived by his wife, Linda; a son; a daughter; two brothers; two sisters; and extended family.

1980 MICHAEL S. CIFRINO, Hingham, MA, died April 30, 2020. After earning his Saint Michael’s English Literature degree, he graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in 1984. A landscape architect by trade, he had a great talent for event planning and ran his own businesses. Among his jobs through his work career were bookstore management, landscaping for Mahoney’s Rocky Lodge Nursery, and many years as president of Urban Tropical Plants in Boston, an interior landscaping company. He loved golf, coached his son’s baseball team, and was involved in youth hockey.

He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Frances; two sons; four brothers; three sisters; and extended family, including brother-in-law William Rooney ’80.

TIMOTHY J. SALERNO,

Cohasset, MA, died April 23, 2020, of melanoma. After college Tim began a 40-plus-year career in retailing, holding various positions in merchandising, promotional planning, and finance at Filene’s and Bradlees department stores and more recently at CVS Health in Cumberland, RI. An avid sailor of his sloop Vesper, he was a longtime member of Cohasset Sailing Club. He loved competitive basketball and played into his late 50s. He enjoyed puns, Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Big Bang Theory, The Princess Bride, and Monty Python. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Elizabeth “Liza” Salerno ’80; a daughter; four brothers, including Christopher Salerno ’82; three sisters; and extended family including sister-inlaw Alison Salerno ’83.

1982 JAMES L. WATSON SR., M’89, Portland, ME, died October 2, 2020, of cancer, six years after being diagnosed. He spent much of his professional career with Neocase Software and was dedicated to physical activity that included skiing, running, and competing in marathons and triathlons.

He was an avid reader and accomplished writer,

1983 THOMAS P. BROWN,

Norwalk, CT, died September 1, 2020. Tom spent the vast majority of his professional career in various real estate capacities, and also worked as a financial analyst for Gateway Bank in Norwalk, CT. He enjoyed volunteering for the Norwalk Exchange Club, cooking at the lobster tent during the Oyster Festival, and bartending at the Norwalk Boat Show. A lacrosse fanatic, Tom was passionate about strengthening Norwalk’s youth programs and was instrumental in the creation of Norwalk High School’s off-season enrichment program. He spent each summer beginning in

childhood on Cape Cod. He loved to entertain and cook.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Brown ’84; a son; two daughters; two brothers; and extended family.

1986 NICOLE A. CALAMITA,

Swampscott, MA, died April 24, 2020. After Saint Michael’s she earned a law degree from the New England School of Law and worked as an attorney. She moved to Medway, MA, to start her family before ultimately moving back to Swampscott. She enjoyed her earlier years traveling the world, and enjoyed Vermont skiing and the beaches of Maine and Florida. She loved reading, music, and animals. Nicole is survived by her mother, three daughters, a brother, two sisters, and extended family.

KEVIN R. STANTON, Hampstead, NH, died October 10, 2020. At Saint Michael’s he was a founding member and captain of the rugby team. Kevin worked in the lumber industry for almost 35 years, and for the past eight years was a territory manager for the Hood-McQuesten Group of Ayer, MA. He was active in his parish, the Hampstead Civic Club, and the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. He was an avid golfer and reader and a die-hard New England sports fan, particularly of the Patriots and Red Sox. He loved time at his camp in Vermont on Molly’s Falls

Pond, enjoying swimming, fishing, and whiffle ball. He also enjoyed travel, especially to Alaska and Ireland.

He was a witty storyteller and joke-teller and prankster. Kevin is survived by his wife of 32 years, Sandra Stanton ’86; a daughter, Meghan Stanton ’14; a son; two brothers, including Christopher Stanton ’78; two sisters; and extended family including cousins John Sheehey ’70, Timothy Sheehey ’97, Matthew Sheehey ’04, Joel Sheehey ’77, James Sheehey ’71, Martin Pfeifer ’92, John Pfeifer ’85, and Abel Junes ’10. He was predeceased by his alumnus father, Robert Stanton ’50, and three alumni uncles, Ed Pfeifer ’43, Rev. Robert Sheehey, SSE ’39, and Paul Sheehey ’41.

1987 JEANNE L. THOMAS, Fort Myers, FL, died May 2, 2020. She transferred to Saint Michael’s from Cazenovia College in upstate central New York and earned her degree in Psychology. She focused her greatest attention on animals and spent many years working with them.

She was very active in her Catholic parish in Punta Gorda, FL, singing alto in the choir, and was a regular St. Vincent DePaul charitable volunteer before becoming ill. Jeanne worked for a time as a medical records coordinator for Associates in Psychology and Neuropsychology in Fort Myers, FL; before that, she did ac-

counting work for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Burlington, VT. She most enjoyed a time in her career when she lived in Sugarbush, VT, and worked and skied on the mountain there. She gave a loving home to many animals over the years.

Jeanne was survived by her mother, who died scarcely a month after Jeanne’s death; she also is survived by two sisters and extended family.

1991 EARL B. WHITMORE, St. Johnsbury, VT, died September 5, 2020. After growing up in California and western Massachusetts, he earned his Saint Michael’s degree in Art Education. Earl was a well-known member of the snow sports community as part of the Professional Ski Instructors of America East Division (PSIA-E) for 20 years, as well as a member of the PSIA-E Advanced Children’s Educator Team. He loved art, shooting, cycling, and baseball umpiring, and was an avid Red Sox fan.

Earl is survived by his wife of 25 years, Jennifer; a son; his stepmother; and extended family.

1994 KERRY E. LOPEZ, Rockville Centre, NY, died July 24, 2020. After Saint Michael’s, where her degrees were in English and Drama, Kerry led a diverse professional life, including working as stage manager at the Players’ Ring Theatre in

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frequently writing about his cancer on his blog www. stage4thinking.com. He was a major sports fan, particularly for the Mets and eventually the Red Sox and Butler Bulldogs basketball team. He was happy to say that his main motivation in coming to Saint Michael’s after growing up outside New York City was its proximity to ski slopes. Once married after college, he lived for a time in New York City before moving to Portland, ME, where he lived for more than three decades.

There he enjoyed rowing his one-man scull and photographing scenery. Jim is survived by his wife of 32 years, Maryanne (“M.A.”); a daughter; a son; a sister; and extended family.

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Portsmouth, NH, assistant manager at Borders Books and Music, coach at Curves Women’s Fitness Club, and, most recently, merchandiser at Kohl’s. Kerry is survived by her husband, Alfonso; her mother; a sister; and extended family.

She was the daughter of the late Henry Scully ’48, and her uncle was the late Rev. John Scully, SSE ’51.

1995 PATRICK T. JORDAN,

Wakefield, MA, and Bradford, MA, died September 28, 2020. Patrick taught at both the middle school and high school levels, and for the past several years was an online tutor—among the highest rated among such tutors in the country. He loved reading, the outdoors, hiking, and walking his dog.

Patrick is survived by his mother, a brother, and extended family.

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M1 9 7 1 PETER A. PICARD, Winooski, VT, died September 15, 2020. He earned his undergraduate degree from Lyndon State in 1967 before obtaining his teaching master’s degree from Saint Michael’s. Pete taught sixth grade for 32 years at John F. Kennedy School in Winooski without taking a single sick day. He served 10 years in the Vermont Air National

Guard and was deeply involved in Winooski athletics, coaching high school football for 32 years.

He enjoyed deer camp camaraderie since 1982 though he never bagged a deer. He also loved bonfires and socializing at his camp in St. Albans. After retirement he spent winters in Florida for 20 years. He enjoyed dancing and storytelling. Pete is survived by his wife of 53 years, Jeannette; a son; two daughters; three brothers; a sister; and extended family

M1975 SISTER ANNE CENCI, OP, Adrian, MI, died September 10, 2020, of COVID-19. She was in the 67th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican congregation. She received a bachelor’s degree in applied music from Siena Heights College in Adrian, a master’s degree in applied music from Michigan State, and a master’s degree in religious studies from Saint Michael’s. She served as an elementary music teacher for 18 years in Michigan and Chicago and ministered for 36 years as religious education coordinator in Michigan parishes, including 30 years at St. Andrew in Saginaw from 1978 to 2008. She moved to the Dominican Life Center in Adrian in 2016. She is survived by a sister.

M1977 SISTER RITA MORIN, CSJ,

Waterville, ME, died May

20, 2020. She had an education bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph’s College in Windham, ME, and, along with her Saint Michael’s master’s degree studies, did later studies in advanced studies at a university in Paris. She obtained a certificate in clinical pastoral education at Bon Secours Hospital, Methuen, MA. She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Auburn, ME, in 1951 and made her religious profession in 1958. She had teaching assignments in several Maine communities, and was chaplain in the pastoral care departments of hospitals. She also worked with developmentally disabled adults. She moved to Mount St. Joseph in Waterville, ME, in March 2018. She is survived by extended family.

M1981 SISTER STELLA M. DILLON, RSM, Albany, NY, died

June 12, 2020. She entered the Sisters of the Presentation in 1954 and transferred to the Sisters of Mercy in 1973, spending a total of 66 years in religious community. Sister Stella earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Saint Rose before completing her Saint Michael’s master’s degree years later. She taught in many schools in the Albany (NY) Diocese. She was long involved in annual musicals at Catholic Central High School in Albany. She also loved all sports, coached girls’ basketball, and organized the first girls’

track team at CCHS. She long ministered to the elderly at Heritage Home for Women in Schenectady, and while administrator there was honored as Business Woman of the Year. She also was Christian service coordinator at a Schenectady parish and chaplain at McAuley Residence, Albany. She is survived by two sisters and extended family.

M1989 GERTRUDE L. CROSS, Winooski, VT, died August 9, 2020. A graduate of Trinity College in Burlington, she also earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Vermont along with her theology master’s degree from Saint Michael’s. She taught the Rite of Christian Initiation in parishes in the greater Burlington area and was involved with adult religious education, especially about scripture. She taught religion at Rice Memorial High School for 19 years, retiring in 2004, but continuing as a substitute at Rice. She was also part of the High School Reach Out program in St. Johnsbury. Gertrude was an Oblate with the Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. She enjoyed classical theater music, travel, and studying Civil War history. She is survived by a brother, a sister, and extended family.

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ROSA B. BABCOCK,

M1 9 9 7 BROTHER ROBB WALLACE, FSC (Robert Lee Wallace),

Los Angeles, CA, died May 4, 2020. Brother Robb entered novitiate in 1972 and took final vows with the De La Salle Brothers in 1983 in Los Angeles. He had a bachelor’s degree from Reed College in Oregon, a master’s degree in theology from Graduate

Theology Union Berkeley, a diploma in Spanish from Cathedral College in New York, a master’s degree in counseling from UCLA, a master’s degree in social justice ministry from LaSalle College in Philadelphia, his Saint Michael’s master’s degree in spirituality, and a certificate in spiritual direction from Mercy Center. His teaching assignments included Concord, Napa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, and Emeryville in California; Milwaukie, OR; and Sunnyside, WA; he most recently taught at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles starting in 2013. No information was available about survivors.

FACULT Y, S TAFF AND FRIENDS WILLIAM A. DUMAS, Burlington, VT, died May 17, 2020. William was retired from Saint Michael’s, where he was a master locksmith.

He was a devoted lifelong member of St. Joseph Cathedral in Burlington. His wife, Pamela, predeceased him. William is survived by two sisters, a stepdaughter, and extended family.

DANIEL W. MCVEIGH, Essex Junction, VT, died April 25, 2020. In 1989 he retired from Saint Michael’s, where he worked in maintenance for 25 years.

Daniel served in the Navy and then the Army National Guard. He worked for 10 years mowing lawns seasonally at two Essex

Junction cemeteries. In earlier years, he and his wife, Shirley, enjoyed walking in Essex Junction to meet friends for coffee at Quality Bakeshop and McDonald’s.

Shirley died in 2019. Daniel is survived by two daughters and extended family.

DANIEL J. O’BRIEN, Grand Isle, VT, died May 19, 2020, of Parkinson’s disease. With his brother Leo O’Brien ’53, Dan established the Daniel J. and Leo Jr. O’Brien Family Scholarship. He was a third-generation Vermonter and worked tirelessly on behalf of his community and state. He grew up on a family farm in South Burlington and moved from agriculture into politics, becoming a lifelong Democrat and chair of the South Burlington and Vermont State Democratic Committee and Democratic National Committee. He also served three decades as chair of the Vermont Department of Liquor Control and was on the National Alcohol Beverage Control Board representing Vermont, along with other nonprofit boards and committees. In 1958 he and Leo Jr. formed O’Brien Brothers, focused on farming and livestock at first, but expanding to help fellow famers buy and sell cattle. Dan earned many awards and accolades for his community, state, and business achievements. He and Leo were honored as Vermont Citizens of the Year by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce in 2018. He enjoyed driving

around in his 1941 Packard looking at property and other sights, and he loved Saturday and Sunday family dinners—out, and at home after church, respectively. Dan was a President’s Medallion supporter of the College. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Sandra; his brother Leo Jr. ’53; a son; four daughters, including Molly Gregory ’91 and Katie O’Brien ’95; and extended family including nephew Patrick O’Brien ’89.

RALPH PRESTON, Hinesburg, VT, died July 8, 2020.

Ralph taught mathematics at Saint Michael’s for many decades. A native Vermonter, Ralph began studies in engineering at the University of Vermont before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served in the South Pacific and helped liberate a Japanese POW camp, served on a minesweeper, and even disobeyed a direct order so he could save a commander from sure death using his backwoods skills honed in Vermont.

He lived in a house he built himself in Hinesburg. He was known for making ships in bottles, and was considered the leading master of the craft around the world, lecturing frequently. Ralph also loved swing dancing and was an epic storyteller. A significant tragedy in his early life was when his young Swedish fiancée was killed by a drunk driver. In keeping with his love of science and education,

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Centerville, MA, died May 19, 2020. A graduate of Smith College, she earned a master’s degree at the University of North Texas in library science and went to work for the Dallas County Community College District for almost 20 years.

Her encounters with refugee students led her to return to school for her master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language at Saint Michael’s.

Returning to her community college’s inner-city El Centro campus, she became head of its ESL program.

After retiring to Cape Cod in 2005, Rosa continued her ESL work in Cape Cod Community College’s access program, and as a tutor.

She was active in a garden club and traveled extensively to explore remains of the ancient world and monuments of medieval culture.

She also served community libraries and her Episcopal church and volunteered at an elementary school. Rosa is survived by her husband of almost 60 years, Bill; a son; a daughter; and extended family.

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Ralph’s wife, Anne, predeceased him. He is survived by extended family.

CLAIRE H. QUINTAL, H’93, Worcester, MA, died April 20, 2020. She was renowned as a French scholar, internationally and nationally known speaker, author, editor, and translator. In academics she was a college and university professor and founder, emerita, of the French Institute at Assumption College. She earned academic degrees with highest honors from Anna Maria College (bachelor’s degree), a master’s degree from the University of Montreal, and a doctorate from the University of Paris. She taught secondary school in Rhode Island, and at the college and university levels in Paris, and in Worcester,

MA, at Assumption College, where she also was dean of the graduate school, and at Clark University. She had honorary degrees from Saint Michael’s and also from Assumption and Anna Maria. Claire was a Chevalier of France’s Legion of Honor and also an officer in its National Order of Merit.

She was among the first group of Americans to be awarded the Congressionally sponsored Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1986.

Claire worked on the creation and dedication of the Franco American Monument in Quebec, erected for the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city to celebrate the strong cultural and economic ties between Quebec and New England. In retirement she turned her attention to translating, lecturing, and writing and

was a consultant to former colleagues and French academics. She is survived by two sisters, a brother, and extended family.

MARGARET E. ROSS,

Shelburne, VT, died May 7, 2020. For several years she worked at Saint Michael’s as a secretary for Father Purtill, and in those years met her future husband, James C. Ross ’56. She taught her sons to box and her daughter to sew, and also taught them music, as she had talent playing piano, piccolo, and flute.

She enjoyed reading, singing in the church choir, and family trips. Margaret is survived by her husband, James; two sons including Jeffrey Ross ’88; a daughter; two brothers; two sisters; and extended family.

THOMAS RYAN, Essex Junction, VT, died June 7, 2020. Tom worked for 20 years running food service at Saint Michael’s before retiring in 1996. A native Vermonter, Tom enlisted in the U.S. Marines for three years after high school before moving to Burlington and attending the University of Vermont. Tom was a meat-cutter for Grand Union for four years and went on to work for Saga Foods (Marriott) for 36 years, with time at UVM and Trinity before coming to Saint Michael’s. After retiring he did small jobs in carpentry. In later years he was a regular at the midday campus daily Mass in the College Chapel. Tom is survived by his wife of 59 years, Barbara; three sons; three daughters; a brother; and extended family.