| CLASS NOTES clients, announces a milestone event, their 30th anniversary, founded in 1985 by managing partner David McKechnie, CLU. Send your news to— Lisa Greenwood Crozier lcrozier@triad.rr.com
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Lynn Tarbutton Cummings writes, “I retired from the Training & Development Department at UVM eight years ago, and have been teaching painting and collage classes and entering art shows for about 10 years. My husband and I travel more since my retirement, especially to warm places when it’s cold in Vermont! This winter we will be in Cuba and in previous years have been to many parts of Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, various Caribbean islands, several European countries and the southwestern United States. Travel inspires many of my paintings, so I come home with hundreds of reference photos for my paintings and those of my students. My son John W. Hutchins ’12 works at UVM and lives in South Burlington. Son Kyle Hutchins recently moved back to South Burlington from Medellin, Colombia, where he spent three-and-a-half years teaching English as a foreign language at a university. Retirement is great! Busy, but in a very good way.” Sanne KureJensen has been hired as the recycling coordinator for the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Susan Podell Mason is so grateful to be living a happy life in Waterbury, Vermont. She shares, “I work at Vermont Medicaid and put the physical therapy skills I learned at UVM to work every day. My son Seth Mason ’17 attends UVM. My daughter has married and moved to Santa Fe. She attended grad school at UVM with me regularly as an infant, interrupting many classes!” Kim Krandall just reunited with classmates for a weekend in Grand Isle Vermont. “Thirty years and over half of us are still actively practicing dental hygiene! Our weekend was full of past memories as we hiked Camel’s Hump, had cocktails at The Daily Planet, shopped downtown, and enjoyed the hospitality of local classmates: Bea Shumway and Claudette Bouffard and Liz Wark. We may not see each other often enough but as soon as we do it’s like old times! Fun, fun, fun!” There is a photo of the group on the Flickr photo gallery at alumni.uvm.edu. Susan Marchand Higgins ’85 writes, Chris Higgins and I had a great time at the wedding of Bill Wallace to Toni Cole along with Doug Keefe, Peter Long, John Stamatov and MaryJane Lightsey Stamatov ’82, Rob Churchill and Sheryl Pietroski Churchill ’87, Don Connors ’81, Jim Ahern ’83, Mark Denney ’83, Chris and Margo Anderson Connors ’85, Dale and Wendy Murdock Spaulding ’85 and Mike Vagnoni ‘91. Send your news to— Abby Goldberg Kelley saragrant2001@yahoo.com Kelly McDonald jasna-vt@hotmail.com Shelley Carpenter Spillane scspillane@aol.com
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Jonathan Henry ‘85, G’91 and Sara Arnett Henry ‘87, G’91 celebrated 28 years of marriage in August, only one day after their son, Andrew, got married. Jon is the vice president of enrollment management at Husson University in Bangor, Maine, and Sara is the director of Disability Services at The University of Maine. Their younger son, Jordan is a senior at the University of Southern Maine. They reside in Hampden, Maine. Sherri Steinfeld Maxman writes, “After careers in publishing and pastry, I have started a new business called College Maven, in which I advise families on the college application process, with a specialty in working with students with learning disabilities. I am always excited to recommend UVM to students! I have been living in Manhattan for the past 25 years but still love to visit Burlington, where my brother, Gene, and his wife, Kim Steinfeld ‘87, reside.” Craig John Mabie and his husband, Douglas Sutherland, completed their move up into the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. Living in the town of Cle Elum, they are enjoying all the outdoor activities that small town mountain life affords. Cathy Irish Tremblay writes, “The Class of 1985 celebrated its 30th Reunion on campus in October. It was great to see so many classmates as we gathered at Waterman Manor to enjoy the sunset and reminisce about our days at UVM while listening to some wonderful music.” Send your news to— Barbara Roth roth_barb@yahoo.com
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Maria Heck Swanson writes, “I resigned from my physical therapy job working with children with developmental disabilities just in time to help my eldest son move to Alaska to begin grad school in Fairbanks, while my youngest takes a semester abroad in Scotland. Our drive along the Al-Can highway was stunning! Volunteering a lot with local library and soccer club while contemplating my next career move, working in my garden, and doing some more knitting. Life is indeed good!” Howard Solomon shares, “I’m living in Belvidere, New Jersey, with my partner Carlos. I am a branch manager and investment advisor representative with Next Financial Group, Inc. in Fairfield, New Jersey. I hang out frequently with Andrew Pearl and his family. The dogs consume much of our time as I breed, course, and show Bedlington Terriers and Salukis. We spent 10 days this spring in Colombia which was amazing. Would love to hear from old classmates.” Lori DeRosa Centerbar is currently in her 11th year at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, teaching English. She continues to love what she does and is forever grateful to have chosen teaching as her career. She remains connected to UVM by opening her classroom to many education majors as interns. She also delights in watching her son, Zachary, navigate his way through his undergraduate work, majoring in mechanical engineering. Mike Patterson shared that he and his wife Noelle celebrated their 25th anniversary in August, 2015. Their eldest daughter, Rachel, is a junior at the Uni-
versity of Maryland. Their middle daughter, Caroline, is a freshman at Mount Saint Mary’s University, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and their youngest, Abigail, is a junior in high school. Mike has served on the Board of Directors for the Metro D.C. chapter of NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) for several years, and in July he began serving a one-year term as president. He has also written two articles for Fine Homebuilding Magazine; the most recent of which appears in the January 2016 issue. As for me, I’d love to hear from any old classmates, particularly denizens of 4th floor, Wright Hall, where I lived for three years! Send your news to— Lawrence Gorkun vtlfg@msn.com
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Patty Hession Watson reports, “On Cape Cod with my husband Peter (St. Mike’s) and my two ski-buddies: Charlie, 11; Sally, 10. Love working for Barnstable County improving quality of life for year-round Cape Codders. Fond memories of Billings Rotunda, Monty R’s burritos, Joe Schall’s environmental biology and finishing organic chemistry lab on way back from Mad River.” Celeste Leon writes, “I’m delighted to announce my novel inspired by a true story. Luck is Just the Beginning, was just released by Floricanto Press. Some of you may remember the story of my father winning the lottery and changing his life. Visit www.celesteleon. com for more information and feel free to contact me as I love hearing from my fellow UVMers!” Send your news to— Sarah Reynolds ssrey2@verizon.net
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Brockett Muir lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He continues to move forward with his mobile technology invention. Brock’s creation includes the mobile notifications you see, hear, and feel on your devices. For example, when you receive a SMS or MMS, you might hear an audio notification. That is part of Brock’s patent portfolio. Jeff Barron and his family just visited Brock and it was great to reconnect! Dee Barbic writes, “Finishing up my 24th year with the Vermont State Police as a lieutenant currently assigned as the professional standards commander out of headquarters in Waterbury, Vermont. I regularly see classmate and fellow Harris Millis RA, Tracy Fay Stolese. I am living in the area with my husband, Allen, and step-children, Harry and Harper. We are all huge UVM hockey fans and support the team at the home games.” Karen Spiller shares, “I met my husband Jason Loughman in 2011 while we were both living in the Republic of Palau (where my classmate and college roommate Rachel Dimitruk has been living since 2001), and we just moved to Sydney, Australia. Fellow UVM classmates at our 2013 wedding included Jill Bernstein Shinnick, Luisa Zauli, and Laura Schaefer Wild-