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From our man in Afghanistan Just got back from two months in the Middle East and Central Asia. I made it back to northern Afghanistan to visit the warlord Dostum (above left) and gave him a copy of the UMass Dartmouth (December 2003) Alumni Magazine. He loved it! He showed off to all of his commanders (each of whom must lead 1,000 troops to be in his inner council) and I got it all on film. This guy is Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Army, the warlord who brought down the Communist regime in Afghanistan in 1992, and a man whose own private militia has 50,000 fighters (he also has a ‘hit’ out on Bin Laden). What does he do in his spare time ….He checks up on his UMass Dartmouth alumni news! Prof. Brian Glyn Williams, history University professors leave lasting mark After being in the Washington, DC area for over 10 years, I moved to Richmond in August 2005 to accept the job of senior risk assessor for the Commonwealth of Virginia. I am still amazed at how UMass professors, such as Dr. (Chang-Ning) Wu, Dr. (Alan) Bates, Dr. (Geraldine) Gamburd, and Dr. (Jack) Stauder, still have an impact on my professional life. UMass Dartmouth was great in the ’80s. And when there was nothing on campus, you could drive for less than an hour and be in Newport, Boston, Providence, or Mattapoisett, or catching the ferry to the Vineyard. Carlos (Barbosa) A. Martins ’87 Richmond, VA Martins, a multidisciplinary studies major, is environmental risk assessor for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. We welcome your letters. Please send them to: Alumni Office, 285 Old Westport Rd., North Dartmouth MA 02747; email: umassd.alumni@umassd.edu
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Linnea Hultgren Sciarappa ’93, mathematics, is a production manager for Eastern Acoustic Works in Whitinsville. She and her husband Jason have two daughters, Sophia and Olivia, and live in Charlton. Brian Dailey ’94, English, of Woodstock, GA, is athletics director and dean of students at St. Francis School in Roswell, north of Atlanta. He is engaged to Robyn Michelle Lince, of Marietta, and plans to marry next June. Andrew P. Flanagan ’94, business information systems, has proposed to Susan Sheehan, with a North Conway, NH, mountain-top wedding planned for October. The couple lives on Mt. Desert Island, Bar Harbor, ME. James Nissen ’94, electrical engineering, is an engineer at EMC Corporation in Franklin. Robert Perry ’94, civil engineering, of North Easton has joined Corporate Environmental Advisors Inc. as regional manager of its Plymouth office. Previously, Perry was manager of environmental services for the Boston regional office of Clayton Group Services Inc. Mike St. Onge ’94, finance, is corporate controller for accounting and administration for Cirelli Foods, the largest family-owned broadline food service distributor in New England. He has an MBA from Bryant University, and most recently was assistant controller at Agar Foods, Taunton. He lives with his wife Stephanie and daughter in Acushnet. John R. Guarino ’95, mechanical engineering, began work for Raytheon in June 1995, the day after earning his degree. He received the Raytheon Aldo Miccioli Scholarship and enrolled at Tufts University to earn his masters degree. He returned to Raytheon in September 2000, and manages the Underwater Systems and Analysis Section in the Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Mechanical Engineering Directorate. Leonard Mello ’95, and Lisa Camara ‘95, both accounting, are married and live in East Freetown. He is the CFO of CHILD, Inc. in Warwick,
RI, and she is a senior financial analyst with Invensys of Foxboro. Stephanie Sears ’94, multidisciplinary studies, of Merrimac, married Kristofer Smith in November 2004. She works in marketing and sales for a Woburn company, and he works for a commercial plumbing company. Christina Morgano Braga ’95, accounting, married Kevin L. Parker at Las Vegas Garden of Love Chapel this past January. She is finance director for Standing Together Against Rape in Anchorage, AL. Tara L. Davis ’95, biology, Worcester, instructs developmental courses at Quinsigamond Community College. Catherine Yates ’95, textile design, works as a teacher in Vermont. Aaron D. Fox ’96, electronic imagery/photography, married Shari L. Fried in September 2004. He is art director of Basement Club Studios. Sheila Johnson ’96, English, Marshfield, teaches English and social studies at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. Stephen Millar ’96, finance, is an analyst for the private equity division of Bank of America. He lives in Somerset with his wife, Melissa, and their dog Bear. They were to have their first child this fall. Joseph M. Vieira Jr. ’96, mechanical engineering, of Suffolk, VA, works as the senior engineer for
Deaths Harvey Crook Jr. NBTS Albert A. Silva NBTI Chris Warrington NBIT Stephen J. Spulock ‘67 Wayne J. Leshyk ’68 Frances Lussier ‘70 John R. Violette ‘71 William “Bill” C. Mills ’72 Ann Marie “Annie” Barrow ’74 Charles Rose ’75 Michael W. Florek ‘76 Raymond Belli ’76 Bernie Baker ‘88 Arlene Mello ‘89 Jean Ann Muldoon Mastey ’95 Racolle L. Thomas ‘97