never find friends so supportive and fun, but I did! Thank you to all who have shaped such wonderful memories and have kept in touch. I do keep in touch with Jeannette Beer-Becker, Eileen LaRochell-Ramer, and Petra Gerstberger-Rowland.” Valerie Welsch Hale comments that Class Notes seems empty and wonders if everyone is on social media. She is living the hectic juggling act of raising two teenagers while still an active scientist and teacher. As close to Vermont as she could get is Amherst, Massachusetts, where she has worked at Amherst College sine 1997. Wayne Davis sends greetings to all UVM alumni, and invites you to look him up if you have the occasion to be in the Dayton/Cincinnati Ohio area. According to Wayne, there are a few Catamounts out that way. Sara Prineas Wurzer lives in New Jersey and practices pediatrics in Hamilton, New Jersey. She had daughter, Jane Beatrice, on October 5, 2012, who joins sisters Grace and Claire and brothers James, John, and Mark. Class secretary Sarah Reynolds reports that Mary (Giambruno) Fuge and Jennifer (Mongeon) Eisenlau had their own UVM mini-reunion recently. Unable to travel to Burlington, they met in Cincinnati for a Bengals-Giants football game and tailgating with their children (Mary has six kids; Jennifer has one boy). When not tailgating or being mothers, Mary and Jennifer are deep into their respective careers. Their UVM degrees have come in handy: Mary is the director of the St. Rita Hospice in Lima, Ohio; Jennifer is a professor at Front Range Community College in Boulder, Colorado. They wish they could have been joined by their UVM roommate of four years, Deb (Wilson) Kelly, also of Boulder, Colorado. Maybe next year. Send your news to— Sarah Reynolds 2 Edgewood Lane Bronxville, NY 10708 ssrey2@verizon.net
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Nathan Graham and his spouse, Heidi Kenison Graham, both School of Business Administration graduates, have lived in Maine for twenty-four years. They have two children, ages seventeen and fourteen. Their seventeen-yearold daughter is a high school junior and is looking at colleges throughout New England. Maybe UVM is in her future? Katherine B. Swindell reports that all is well in Portland, Oregon. She had a great time seeing Mike Reardon on a work trip and loves running into Ann Taggart ’90 at various neighborhood spots. She looks forward to getting together with the Groovy Girls (Kate Fallon Croteau, Robyn Fried Boyd, Moe Kelly Gonsalves, Kim Slomin McGarvey, Emily Katz Moskowitz, Pecka Sue Mooney Noonan, and Stefanie Conroy Wallach), and will miss Diane Peligal O’Halloran madly. Robert Shire, who practices chiropractic in midtown Manhattan, has added health coaching to the practice and is expanding all over the country, helping people lose weight and achieve optimal health. Ilana (14) is a freshman at Scarsdale High School, and Evan (10) is in the fifth grade at Edgewood School. His wife, Nancy, keeps the Shire engine running smoothly as CFO (Chief Family Operator). Send your news to— Maureen Kelly Gonsalves moe.dave@verison.net
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Samantha Carleton married Matthew Blischak in Boston’s Trinity Church on November 10, 2012. In attendence were alums Trish Huie, Brian ’88 and Carol Kane, Jon Hill, and Donna Brooks ’88.
Samantha and Matthew have moved to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and would love to hear from any of Sam’s classmates. Kelly McBride joined TD Bank as store manager in New Britain, Connecticut. An assistant vice president, she is responsible for new business development, consumer and business lending, managing personnel, and overseeing the day-today operations at the store. Kelly has twenty-four years of retail banking experience. Mitchell Gould and Julie Brecher Gould proudly celebrated their son Jake’s bar mitzvah on March 9, 2013. Their younger son, Maxwell, helped celebrate. Amy Mendel and Lee Rosenthal graduated together in 1990, but it took seventeen-plus years to find each other before marrying in 2010. They are living in Port Washington, New York, and having a great time with their two-year-old son, Sammy. Send your news to— Tessa Donohoe Fontaine 108 Pickering Lane Nottingham, PA 19362 tfontaine@brandywine.org
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Scott Drake married his partner, Jeremy Davis, on August 18, 2012, at the Barn at Boyden Farm in Cambridge, Vermont. Friends and family were able to enjoy all the Lamoille River Valley had to offer. Scott is currently the store manager at Under Armour in Lake George, New York. Shaunda Kennedy Wenger had her book, Reality Bites, Tales of a Half-Vampire, selected as a finalist for juvenile fiction in the 2012 Book of the Year Award by ForeWord Reviews. Chris Ostrowski and family moved from the mountains of Park City, Utah, to the beach of Sayulita, Mexico almost two years ago, wanting to experience the world in a different way than they could in the States. “Lots of people talk about doing something like this, but we were able to make it happen,” says Chris. His wife continues to work for the airlines; their kids, aged 6 and 8, attend a Spanish-speaking Montessori school; and Chris moved his decorative concrete business there. Sayulita is home now. Follow their latest adventures at www. ozzyandashleyadventures. blogspot.com Send your news to— Karen Heller Lightman 2796 Fernwald Road
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Matt St. John became the executive officer of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, a regulatory agency in northern California in May 2012. Charged with preserving and protecting surface and ground water quality, Matt finds the position challenging, but always interesting and diverse. His daughter, Anastazia (12), is an avid reader and loves theater. His son, Aidan (10), enjoys playing lacrosse. They keep him young at heart. Matt would love to hear from UVM classmates. Gene Barfield and Tim LaCroix, after thirty years of loving happiness, were married March 15. The ceremony took place at the government headquarters complex of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Native American people, of which Tim is a tribal citizen. The newly married couple expressed their most sincere thanks and great respect for the people of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and to their government, for acting in support of the equality of all people. They will host a celebration of their marriage at a later date. Send your news to— Lisa Kanter 10116 Colebrook Avenue Potomac, MD 20854 jslbk@mac.com
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20TH REUNION OCTOBER 4–6, 2013 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email alumni@ uvm.edu. Dan Brister’s new book, In The Presence of Buffalo, was published in July by Graphic Arts Books. This nonfiction essay collection weaves personal reflections and stories of the present-day slaughter of America’s last wild bison with information gathered through historical, cultural, and scientific research. The book traces Dan’s journey from his days at UVM as a student of English and environmental studies to his grassroots work on the Yellowstone boundary as executive director of Buffalo Field Campaign. Jonathan Tofel and his wife, Anne, welcomed their second daughter, Ellery Kane, who was happily
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25TH REUNION OCTOBER 4–6, 2013 alumni.uvm.edu/reunion If you are interested in planning your upcoming reunion, email alumni@ uvm.edu. Joyce M. Letourneaut Cabrera and her husband are very proud that our eldest daughter, Cas-
sidy, followed in Joyce’s footsteps and chose UVM and Burlington as the ideal place to further her education. She studied hard and managed dean’s list and is already preparing for her first summer at Groovy UV. Karla Galfetti Smith reports that after raising kids (ages 10 and 13) and volunteering at non-profits for a number of years, she is back to (paid!) work at a computer hardware company in Westborough, Massachusetts. Send your news to— Cathy Selinka Levison 18 Kean Road Short Hills, NJ 07078 crlevison@comcast.net
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