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forget that our reunion is this October 10-12. I hope to see many of you back in beautiful Burlington! I was lucky enough to catch up with Jenny Aust Stroud who lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Rob, and two sons Ty, 8, and Shay, 4. She is the senior vice president for an experiential marketing agency, Match Action. She recently saw Jennie Magaro in Vail, but is missing her UVM playmates and hopes to see everyone in October 2014. I also got to catch up with Mike Reardon last spring during a lacrosse game. He recently reunited with Keith Wegen, Allan Farquhar, and Drew Wollensak for a long overdue get together last summer at Mike’s home in Falmouth on Cape Cod and a quick trip to Nantucket for a boys’ weekend. The reunion was in part to celebrate Keith’s clean bill of health after his recent recovery from prostate cancer. It had been about ten years since the four former roommates had gotten together. The foursome reports that frequent gatherings are planned going forward. Not only has Keith received a clean bill of health, he has become a spokesperson for prostate cancer education and screening. In 2012 he skated 395 miles across his native Colorado, raising more than $17,000 in muchneeded funds for prostate cancer education and screening. This year, he completed a 555-mile in-line skate through Texas, where he works for employer and sponsor MERX Advisors. Congratulations to Keith on a remarkable accomplishment! Ray Quesnel and his wife, Wendy Tayler Quesnel, have settled in to a new home and new life in Fayetteville, North Carolina. “I became the headmaster at Fayetteville Academy, a private, pre-k through 12th grade, day school in July 2012. Wendy is a math teacher at the same school. Our two children, Kelly, 22; and Jonathan, 20; are currently college students, although not Catamounts, so we are also enjoying our new empty nest.” Paula Bibeault Roberge writes, “My daughter, Cassie, headed off to college this fall… at UVM! She is competing on the UVM Track and Field team and studying engineering.” Meg McGovern shares a quick update that she continues to be an active UVM volunteer, recently designated as vice chair of the Vermont Regional Board. “I moved out of the Vermont suburbs
and now live close to Redstone campus and my commercial real estate office on Church Street, above RíRá. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our 25th reunion!” Trudy Larson and her husband, Jordan Greenberg ’90, were excited to run into Wendy Bachleda ’88 at a Miranda Lambert concert in New Jersey last summer. Wendy was visiting from California, and they all had a great time catching up. Send your news to— Maureen Kelly Gonsalves moe.dave@verizon.net
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Paul Frascoia reports that he, John Cashman, and Dan Grove met up in Las Vegas in May. Frascoia got married to Jillian Geiss ’97 in April 2011 in Key West. Cashman and Armand Dellamonica ’92 and their wives were among the guests. Jillian works at FAHC, runs the Essex figure skating program, and coaches competitive figure skaters. Paul is the president of Critical Process Systems Group, a conglomeration of mid-sized industrial manufacturing companies. CPS is headquartered in Colchester, Vermont with factories around the United States. CPS employs numerous UVM grads. Kelly Hurstak and Lisa Ablove St. George recently caught up at dinner. Kelly is working in downtown Boston at Apex Companies, an environmental consulting and engineering firm. Lisa is working at Cartwheel Kids which designs and manufactures unique and innovative play things for children ages infant to tween. Judith Harding Janone retired after 30 years with the City of Burlington at the Fletcher Free Library. In September, Maura Williams completed her doctorate in classics at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. Her niece is a junior at UVM and enjoys her time in Burlington. Ken Field was recently named a Dean’s Fellow at Bucknell University for his research and teaching accomplishments as an associate professor of biology. He studies the immunology of bats affected by white-nose syndrome. Send your news to— Tessa Donohoe Fontaine 108 Pickering Lane Nottingham, PA 19362 tessafontaine@gmail.com
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Robert Lamb writes, “My wife, Monica, and I live in Reno, Nevada, with our twin boys, James and John. I work for Sage Ridge School as director of college counseling and often put in a good word for GroovyUV(M). Go Cats!” Matthew Conway says, “Sorry for being out of touch for 20-plus years! Life happens. I am living with wife and two daughters in Nairobi, Kenya, and working for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Don’t get stateside often, would love to hear from old friends! Write me at matthewdevinconway@ hotmail.com.” Colleen Pixley Fitzgerald shares, “Having moved to the United Kingdom from Dublin, Ireland, in January 2012, I am currently living in Hemel Hempstead and working as a library assistant for Central Bedfordshire County Council public libraries.” Alexandra Braunstein Scott is currently working as a physician assistant at the University of Michigan Hospital. She and her husband adopted a baby girl in June of this year. Bonnie V. Spindler Custen passed away on November 18, 2013 at a Winter Haven, Florida, hospital after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was only 61 years old. Bonnie was full of life and always had a smile for everyone. Bonnie was raised in Massapequa, New York. She was a manager for Revlon at several major department stores in New York City for most of the 1970s. She was married to her husband, Stephen, for over 32 years. In 1992, Bonnie moved to Florida after living in Vermont and graduating from the UVM School of Nursing. She was a dean’s list graduate and was selected and honored to give the Honor’s Day speech. Later in her career, she was one of the extraordinary nurses featured in the book Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: The Stories of Nurses. Catherine and Key Compton recently moved to Short Hills, New Jersey. Key writes, “We have three boys: Andrew, 6; Charlie, 4; and Simon, 9 mos. We spend most winter weekends in Stratton, Vermont, so please connect if you are in the area.” David DuPont is a realtor and entrepreneur in Mill Valley, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Dave is divorced with two children, 7 and 10. His latest website is a home valuation site
www.HomeToggle.com that provides a common platform for market participants to rate homes, and produces the most accurate home valuations found anywhere online. Merrick Lindsay Hoben is director of the Consensus Building Institute’s Washington, D.C., Regional Office, practitioner associate at the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and faculty associate at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Merrick helps stakeholders across diverse organizations and sectors, globally and domestically, to develop and implement more effective agreements. Merrick is listed on the roster of conflict resolution professionals of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Ben Stigler has much to be thankful for in Seattle: representing home buyers and sellers by day and focusing on his Zumba business by night. Ken Sturm says, “I have been back in Vermont with my wife, Angie, and son, Finn, since 2011 when I assumed the job of refuge manager at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, Vermont. I look forward to engaging in the current wildlife student community at UVM as well as reconnecting with any of my classmates who are still in Vermont.” Send your news to— Karen Heller Lightman 2796 Fernwald Road Pittsburgh, PA 15217 khlightman@gmail.com
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Send your news to— Lisa Kanter 10116 Colebrook Avenue Potomac, MD 20854 jslbk@mac.com
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Lynn Laferriere Madigan and her family have resided in Sutton, New Hampshire, for the past nine years. Lynn is a stay-athome mom and would love to hear from classmates. Clement Powers enjoyed the 20th reunion. “Great seeing those of you who came, but sorry not to see those who couldn’t. Great party with Chuck playing the Metronome and sounding as good as ever. Nice getting back to UVM to see the latest additions like the Davis Student Center, with all the amenities a student could possibly need plus some. But also the Burlington area to experience those things that are just as they always were, like a good ole