1952
Bill Gilmartin, Teaticket, MA, reports that during the winter months, he and his wife, Ruth, have been volunteering at the Immokalee Friendship House in Immokalee, FL, for more than seven years. This year they devoted 100 hours of service to the La Casa thrift store, next door to the shelter, where Bill and Ruth help migrant farm workers and their families obtain clothing and other household items.

1955
Anthony Agostinelli, Portsmouth, RI, is a jazz historian, producer and retired university professor. He currently produces the Peggy Award-winning TV program JazzBash on Cox Cable. He is also preparing his collection of recordings and jazz memorabilia, which has taken close to 60 years to amass, to be given over by his estate to the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Arthur Lavallee lives in The Villages, FL, where he stays active in softball, water volleyball, tennis, bike riding, dancing, pickleball, golf and table tennis.

1956
Alcide L. Porell, Loudon, TN, and his wife, Yvonne, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 12, 2008. It’s never too late to celebrate the golden anniversary for Jack Seigal, Sloughhouse, CA, and his wife, Dottie, who celebrated the special occasion in March 2008, two years after the fact, in at the Lodge at Koele on the island of Lana’i, Hawaii.

1957
Rev. Pierre LaVallee, Bristol, VT, was appointed by the Most Rev. Salvatore Matano to serve a term as a diocesan dean for the Addison Deanery. Louis A. Dursi, Somers, NY, has been volunteering for 15 years at the Northern Westchester Hospital. He also plays “lots of golf” and has six grandchildren. “I say God has been good,” Louis writes.

1958
In March, Robert Shea, Redlands, CA, received an award in recognition of his 10 years of service as a ski instructor for the disabled.

1959
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Reunion Chair: Dick Henneberry
Rev. Reid Mayo, Rutland, VT, retired on July 1, 2008, and was given senior priest status. Arthur B. deGrandpré, Plattsburgh, NY, wrote to say that he and his wife, Peggy, “are the proud grandparents of Elizabeth Jean deGrandpré, born on Valentine’s Day 2007, my late mom’s birthday.”

1960
Fran Pinard, Barre, VT, received a 2008 Vermont Coaching Achievement Award from the Vermont Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. When reflecting on his career, which spans more than 40 years of coaching and teaching, Fran was hailed as being “one of the most successful Vermont high school basketball coaches.” Fran and another coaching achievement award recipient were recognized for having “gone above and beyond in their coaching careers, trying to ensure they help shape positive minds of scores of athletes, not only on the field or court, but in schools and in community.”

1963
Jim Pawlowski, Houston, TX, retired in 2003 after 38 years with the NASA Johnson Space Center. He now enjoys spending time with his wife, Mary Lou, and their children and grandchildren. Edward J. Creem Jr., Middletown, CT, retired in June 2007 as a senior dispatcher and E-911 administrator for the Cromwell Police Department. Judge Bob Jacon, Melrose, NY, established a mental health court connections program for Rensselaer County, NY. He has been the county’s court judge since 2005, and before that, a private practitioner for 31 years. In 2002, Bob retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Air Force Reserve.

1964
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Robert Butler, Buffalo, NY, received the 2008 Honors Professor of the Year award at Canisius College in recognition of his contributions to the college’s honors program. Robert is an English professor and a renowned expert on African American literature.

1965
Class Agents: John Cunningham; Ray Dargie
Michael Tranghese, Bristol, RI, commissioner of the Big East Conference, announced his intention to retire in June 2009. The conference, a collegiate athletics league comprised of 16 teams, is the largest in the NCAA Division I. At the grand opening of the new Winooski, VT, Community Center in March, Rich Tarrant and his wife, Deb, announced that the center would be named in honor of Shirley and Bob O’Brien ’42. Rich and Deb made the lead gift to renovate and enhance the Winooski Community Center

1966
Dr. Leo Shea III, New York, NY, was cited in an article on Lyme disease in the New England Psychologist. An expert in the study of the disease, Leo is chairman emeritus of the National Research Fund for Tick-Borne Diseases, Inc. E. Joseph Lee, Windham, ME, was appointed the 13th president of Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, ME. The college has a full-time enrollment of 1,075 students.

1967
Col. William M. Gladski, Beavercreek, OH, retired in April 2008 after more than 40 years of service to the U.S. Government. Rich Feeley and his wife, Terri Feeley M’81, are semi-retired, living in Ocala, FL, and Colchester, VT. They continue to own Coburn & Feeley Property Management in Burlington, VT, and are real estate investors in Vermont and Florida. They are proud grandparents of two girls, Mollie Shea Feeley, 9, and Summer Caroline Feeley, 6.

1968
Vincent Matteis, Lyndonville, VT, writes that the sales company he founded, AMVAL Associates, celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. While he was unable to attend his 40th reunion this year at Saint Michael’s, he says he will be there for the 45th gathering. Edward W.J. FitzGerald Jr., Berea, KY, was recognized as a “teacher who made a difference” by the University of Kentucky Student Center. Over the years, Edward has taught at Krirk College and Thammasart University in Thailand, and was the international student advisor at Berea College in Kentucky for 22 years.

1969
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Richard Jakubowski M’70, Scotland, CT, is retired after a 35-year career as a high school administrator and English teacher at the Windham High School in Connecticut. Peter Pesenti, Fairfax Station, VA, completed his Ph.D. in environmental microbiology at George Mason University. During his professional career, Peter has spent 23 years in the US Air Force, and has also worked as a research scientist for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, fulfilling assignments for the Department of Defense, Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security. Peter has since transitioned into the federal service sector and is now the program manager for the bioforensics research program within the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Peter and his wife, Beth, celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary in May. “We are now looking forward to catching up on travel and visiting with our adult children,” he writes.

1970
Jay Cody, Jacksonville, FL, is the boys’ basketball coach at Creekside High School. He previously spent 26 years as a head coach and state championship winner in New Jersey.

1971
Class Agent: Peter Hooper

1972
Class Agent: Louise Stafford
Joseph Sullivan, Cohoes, NY, continues in his career as a broker/trainer at Prudential Manor Homes Realtors. John Quinn, Middlebury, VT, the Addison County State’s Attorney for Vermont,?received national media attention for a creative approach to enacting justice in?a case of?vandalism on the?Vermont summer home of famous poet?Robert Frost, which included ordering?the youths charged with the crime to take two classes on Frost’s work. A. Robert Buonanno, MD, FACS, FAAOS, Johnston, RI, is the chairman of the department of surgical services at the Saint Joseph’s Hospital Health Services of Rhode Island. Marco Rosa, Mountain View, CA, is the vice president of human resources at MAP Pharmaceuticals. He has worked in the human resources field for more than 20 years.

1973
Rev. Michael DeForge, Shelburne, VT, was appointed by the Most Rev. Salvatore Matano to serve a term as a diocesan dean for the South Burlington Deanery. Fred Koechley, San Antonio, TX, served a six-year term on the board of directors of the San Antonio USO (United Service Organizations). He continues to work for the Air Force as deputy director of the Lackland Air Force Base Retiree Activity Office.

1974
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Rev. Jerome Mercure, Waterbury, VT, was appointed by the Most Rev. Salvatore Matano to serve a term as a diocesan dean for the Capital Deanery. Ronald J. Gosdeck, Blue Bell, PA, is vice president, global recruiting, at the Unisys Corporation. A special celebration was held for John Coon, Jericho, VT, to commemorate his 30 years of “theater magic” as the theater director of the Colchester Theatre Company at Colchester High School. Several theater members, alumni, families and faculty members gathered for the event in May.

1976
Tom Torti, Essex Junction, VT, was elected to serve on the board for the Vermont Council on World Affairs. He is currently the president of the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce.

1977
Class Agent: Karen O’Hearn-Visinski

1978
Gene Frenette was promoted to lead sports columnist at the Florida Times Union, the paper where he has worked for the past 27 years. His new role finds him covering the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars. He also writes columns and maintains a daily sports blog. Gene has won numerous writing awards from Associated Press Sports Editors and the Florida Sports Writers Association; he?also took second place for sports column writing by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. Gene lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Dot, and their four children, Sean, 21; Joey, 16; Kelly, 14; and Matthew, 6. “I keep in touch with Walt Baumann ’63, who still lives in Colchester, to keep up with the Purple Knights,” he writes. “Since my father’s death in 2006, I haven’t had a chance to get back up to Burlington, but I’ll be taking a trip to Fenway Park for the Twins-Red Sox game with my son Joey, who attends the same high school that the Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon went to, for his 16th birthday.”

1979
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Saint Michael’s friends came together on Cape Cod for Labor Day 2007 to share in Sue-Ann Corrigan’s 50th birthday celebration. At the gathering were Jeff Angus ’78, Kelly Diamond ’77, Maggie Downes Angus, Barbara Graham, Jayne Speechley Boyle ’78, Rick Boyle ’78, Patty Morrissey Hearns ’78, Bobbie Cole ’75, Martha Dame ’78, and Alicia Harkness.

1980
Therese Taylor, Barre, VT, will run for a legislative seat as Barre’s state representative in the November 2008 elections. She is the director of education and public programming at the Vermont History Center. Joe Gonillo, Essex Junction, VT, was chosen by the National Federation of State High School Associations for being “best in his profession” as the coach of the Essex High School girls’ track and field teams. James Gumbley is the fire chief for Cranston, RI.

1981
Robert Hammerl is the chief information officer for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. He lives in Waterbury with his wife, Michelle, and their two sons. Gail M. Owen is serving in Baghdad, Iraq, as a Future Operations Plans Officer in the Multi-national Corps – Iraq, serving on the Civil-Military Operations staff. The city of London, England was a meeting place for Julie Colby MacBride of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland, and Jackie Kirby Keady of Longmeadow, MA. The two met up in April during Jackie’s visit with her daughter, Caroline, a junior at UMass-Amherst, who spent the spring semester abroad. “Jackie and ‘Colbs’ visited Big Ben and the Tower of London, shopped at Harrod’s, took a river boat on the Thames and flirted with many a Beefeater,” they write. “We send along cheers to Saint Michael’s and to our 30-year friendship!”

1982
Brian French, Burlington, VT, is president of the Century 21 Vermont broker council. Brian owns Century 21 Advantage in South Burlington. Moira Rauch-Thane, Rancho Mirage, CA, is the volunteer coordinator for the Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert. She is also a volunteer herself at several non-profit organizations, including serving as the media liaison for the Red Cross in the Coachella Valley.

1983
James Skiffington, East Longmeadow, MA, and his wife, Christine, announced that James Stephen III (Traigh) was born May 27, 2006, and Declan Brian was born January 19, 2008. They join siblings Breanne, Brianna, Kayla, Cailin, Madison, Liam and Griffin.

1984
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Katjana Ballantyne, Somerville, MA, and Richard Nilsson had a daughter, Sophia Abrianna, October 17, 2007. She joins big sister Iliana.

1985
Rev. Patrick Forman, St. Johnsbury, VT, was appointed by the Most Rev. Salvatore Matano to serve a term as a diocesan dean for the Northeast Kingdom Deanery.

1986
Paul Hebert, Saratoga Springs, NY, and his wife, Michelle, had a daughter, Lauren Michelle, February 8, 2008. Jerome Guiney, Buford, GA, works for The Hanover Insurance Group, where he serves as the regional vice president of its commercial lines business for the Southeastern United States. Tim Kenney, Richmond, VT, is the first chief operating officer for MyWebGrocer, a provider of eCommerce and eMarketing services for retail grocers.

1987
Patricia Collins-Colford, Franklin, MA, and her husband, Robert, had a son, Matthew Robert, February 7, 2008. Michael Gunzenhauser and Deborah Desjardins, Pittsburgh, PA, adopted a son, Adam Jonah, born April 24, 2008. Kelly Gamble, Riverton, WY, married Kevin Kershisnik in Jackson Hole, WY, on October 8, 2006. Ted Kenney, Williston, VT, is a lawyer and a member of the Williston Selectboard. He and his wife, Lucy, have two daughters, ages 3 and 5.

1988
Dani Duggan, Pembroke, MA, continues to be very involved in theater. She works in the theater department at Middleborough High School, her alma mater in Middleborough, MA, and is also the artistic director at the Devanaughn Theater Company in Boston. In May, she directed the performance, Book of Days, that was performed by members of the Plymouth Community Theatre. Dr. Richard Visser was presented with a commendatory resolution in his honor by Councilwoman Jan Perry of the Los Angeles, CA, City Council for his contributions to the study of childhood obesity. He is the first individual in this particular field to be recognized by the council which, over time, has bestowed commendatory resolutions to Donald Trump, Bruce Willis, Halle Berry, and Matt Damon for their contributions to the city. Daniel Roke has been finishing up his time in the US Air Force and has been serving as the chief, department of anesthesia, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He will relocate to Nashville, TN, in October with his wife, Suzanne, and his daughter, Emma, where he will work as a pediatric anesthesiologist at Vanderbilt University’s children’s hospital.

1989
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009

1990
John Berry and Susan Sutherland Berry, Marblehead, MA, adopted a daughter, Kayla, born February 27, 2008. Kerry Ann Hermanspan McCaughey, Willington, CT and her husband, Jay, had a son, Jack Henry, March 2, 2007. Susan M. Dyer, Falls Church, VA, was promoted to director of account services at JDG Communications.

1991
Class Agent: Brian Fagan
Katie Daly, Buffalo, NY, married Rob Johnson in July 2005. They had a son, Ethan James, February 27, 2008. Katie and her husband are both teachers in Buffalo. Kristen Stebbins Lesser, Milton, MA, and her husband, David, had a son, Andrew Warren, February 20, 2008. Thomas and Christine Mellon Smith, Newburyport, MA, had a daughter, Mollie Mellon, June 14, 2007. Patrick Merriam, Plainfield, VT, was chosen to be the athletic director at Spaulding High School in Barre. He was formerly the athletic director at South Royalton High School, and is the vice president of the Vermont State Athletic Directors Association. Sybil Dunne Chicoine, Shelburne, VT, was promoted to vice president of marketing at Coldwell Banker Hickock & Boardman Realty. Shaun T. King, Underhill, VT, reports that he and his twin brother, Shelby King, released their debut CD for their band, King Me! The album is titled, We Wanted Moore. Victoria Keating Barsily sends the update that she relocated from Mendham, NJ to Westport, CT. She and her husband, Brad, had their third child, son Peter Andrew, on October 24, 2007. Their son, Alex, is 5, and their daughter, Betsy, is 7. Audra Toussaint, Charlotte, NC, graduated from Queen’s University in Charlotte with a master’s degree in business administration. She is the finance and IT manager at the US National Whitewater Center. Jean Couture is the assistant director of residence life/summer housing coordinator at Saint Michael’s. Brad Feeley, Warwick, RI, is employed as a quality control administrator for Shank Balfour Beatty, a tunnel building contractor. Brad is currently assigned to the North Dorchester Bay CSO Storage Tunnel Project in Boston.

1992
Sean Day, Dublin, CA, and his wife, Motoko, had a son, Colin Satoshi, July 6, 2007. He joins big brother Liam. David and Melissa Starr MacDonough M’99, North Ferrisburg, VT, welcomed son Elliot into the world, February 12, 2008. Edward Martin and Gina Ziccolella Martin, Reading MA, had a daughter, Alexa Marie, March 12, 2007. A daughter, Caitlyn, was born to Christine Jones McDonald and Justin McDonald ’94, Pittsfield, MA, on January 20, 2008. Dr. E. Morgan Scheiber III, Marshfield, MA, writes that he now owns his dental office. He has been married for 10 years and has two children, a son age 8, and a daughter, age 6. He ran his 10th Boston Marathon in April. Folk singer/songwriter Rebecca Padula, Hinesburg, VT, has released her third album, titled Fire & Water. Susan Fumagalli, Gettysburg, PA, ran her first half marathon, the B&A Trail Half Marathon in Severna Park, MD, in March, with a time of 2:29.08. She applied her participation toward raising funds for The Sorghum Fields Project, an initiative focused on helping a Sudanese village in Africa. Susan raised over $800 for the foundation. Heather Clow, Hartland, VT, was named the executive director of the Lebanon Opera House, an 800-seat performing arts center in Lebanon, NH. She is also pursuing a master’s degree in administration through Goucher College in Baltimore, MD.

1993
David and Colleen Connolly Devine, Pittsfield, MA, had a son, Connor Edward, August 4, 2007. Carlos Martin-Donadio and Jill Frizzell-Martin, New York, NY, had a daughter, Sofia Grace, July 4, 2007. Twins were born to Patrick O’Shea, Alexandria, VA, and his wife, Molly, who welcomed daughter, Julia, and son, William, into their family on July 24, 2007. Celeste Viger, Portland, ME, is the director of economic development and special projects for Congressman Tom Allen of Maine. Melanie Kana, Norwood, MA, has been volunteering in Mexico for the last three years. She is the director of the Catholic Youth ministry program, “Life Teen,” at an orphanage. Brendan C. Kinney M’06, Essex Junction, VT, was promoted to associate vice president for institutional advancement at SUNY Plattsburgh. He will continue to oversee the public relations/marketing efforts at the university, in addition to assisting with the management of the capital campaign. Andrea Bell, Brighton, MA, has conducted scientific research in a variety of environments since her college graduation, including at Yale University, Rockefeller University, Bayer Pharmaceutical, and presently in the oncology department at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research.

1994
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Jeff and Kim Kennedy Miller, Long Beach, NY, had a son, Timothy Kennedy, November 14, 2007. Rebecca Parillo, Ashland, OH, is the director of global education at Ashland University, where she oversees the university’s study programs in the United States and abroad. Chris Flanagan, Cincinnati, OH, was named PTA Educator of the Year for his school district, which is part of the larger Hamilton County Council of PTAs. He has been teaching sixth grade at Whitaker Elementary School and will switch to teach second grade in the fall. Graduates from the Saint Michael’s class of 1994 met up at Mangy Moose at Jackson Hole Resort in Wyoming in March 2008. Gathering there were Marc Oettinger, Katy Downy, Blake Nicolazzo and Derek Divenere. Jon Towslee, Dorchester, MA, is the branch manager of Citizens Bank in Uphams Corner in Dorchester.

1995
Darren Baird and Amy Beth Abbott, Winthrop, MA, had a son, Matthew, January 25, 2008. Twins were born to Nickelle Benoit Crowley, Miami, FL, and her husband, Thomas, who welcomed daughter, Ella, and son, Jackson, into their family on January 18, 2008. Colleen McGrath, Maynard, MA, married Sean Finnerty in the fall of 2007. Anne Connolly, Needham, MA, was sworn into the New Hampshire Bar in January, which enables her to practice law in New Hampshire in addition to her current license for Massachusetts, where she has been practicing since January 2002.

1996
Class Agents: Eileen DeLuca; Claudio Accardo
John and Tara Egan Miller, Oakland Gardens, NY, had a son, Ronan Patrick, May 14, 2007. Nikki L. Moore, Arlington, VA, married Dr. Michael J. Hughes, October 20, 2007. Nikki works for Thomson West-GSI. Her husband works for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in West Bethesda, MD. Craig Davignon, Bourne, MA, is a fourth grade teacher at Rochester Memorial School.

1997
Molly Coyne Kennedy and Michael Kennedy ’98, South Weymouth, MA, had a daughter, Grace Catherine, March 3, 2008. Adam C. Scarano and Jennifer Cary Scarano live in Westford, MA, with their son, Nicholas, who will be 2 in August. Jennifer earned her master’s degree from the University of Kansas, and Adam earned a master’s of fine arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Adam is the finance unit coordinator at the Harvard Business School.

1998
Daniel and Christina Bereault Harrison, Litchfield, NH, had a son, Graham James, January 21, 2008. April Kendrick Thorburn, Wilder, VT, and her husband, Andrew, had a son, Thomas Edward, March 17, 2008. MaryEllen Enos, Rockville, MD, married Bryce Baker. Nicole Locke, Medford, MA, writes that she and David Gorman were married in June of 2007. They moved into their new house in Medford in early December, “just in time for the holidays!” Annalyn Gilchrist, Somerville, MA, earned a Ph.D. in cell biology from McGill University. Kari Svab, Tucson, AZ, received a master’s degree in oriental medicine from the Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

1999
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Rino and Jennifer Scola Agri, Danvers, MA, had a daughter, Katelyn Isabella, October 10, 2007. Erin Lowery Medina, OH, married Russell Johnson on October 15, 2006. Alumni in attendance were Laura Uzzi, Erin Sweeney ’01, Matt Sheehey ’98, Lisa Chesnel and Jara Johnson. Erin writes that she and Russell had a “beautiful baby girl, Abigail Rose, on December 7, 2007. She weighed 7 pounds, 1.5 ounces, and measured 20 inches long.” Erin is the director of gift packaging for the Wal-Mart account at American Greetings. Daniel and Laura Perez Kearon, Fairfield, CT, had a son, Rory Walter, September 6, 2007. A son, Jackson David, was born to Amy Lubas Senna, Manchester, CT, and her husband David, March 20, 2008. Julie Dahlen Warren, Plattsburgh, NY, is a high school social studies teacher in Plattsburgh. She married in 2005 and has two children, a son, Jansen, born January 13, 2006, and a daughter, Kiersten, born December 28, 2007. Paul Bryant, Lawrence, MA, and Jeremy Bryant were married on May 26, 2007. Alumni in attendance were Brad Cronin ’00, Kristen Mahoney ’97, Mathew Morse ’95, Kelly Matthews Morse ’98, Dr. James Courtney ’93, Kevin Plourde ’00, Sean O’Brien M’02, Valerie Masiello, Darren Beers, Jennifer Hood ’98, and Andrew Beyer ’05.

2000
Class Agents: Brian Greehan; Krissy Klumpp
Matthew Morrison and Emily Denbow Morrison ’01, Orland, ME, had a son, Jack David, December 30, 2007. Ken and Jennifer Pitts Morse, Haverhill, MA, had a son, Cameron Michael, December 26, 2007. Alicia and Jeffrey Hyde, Wakefield, MA, are married. The month of November 2007 was an exciting time for Beth Lee, Coral Springs, FL, who married Ryan McLain on November 10, and also passed the rigorous National Boards for Professional Teaching Standards. Elizabeth is a first grade teacher in Coral Springs. Trisha Webster, Carlsbad, CA, married Mark Mortier, September 15, 2007. Stephanie Dow, Arlington, MA, married Michael Tajima in August 2007. Capt. Peter Stambersky, Seaside, CA, returned from Afghanistan in June 2007 and is now stationed in Monterey, CA. He is pursuing a master’s degree in contract and acquisition management at the Naval Postgraduate School.  At the Beverly, MA, city clerk’s office in February, two reporters from competing newspapers found out they had much more in common with each other than awaiting presidential primary results. As Bobby Gates ’00 and Cate Lecuyer ’04 struck up conversation to bide time, they discovered that they had previously worked for the same boss while at different Vermont newspapers. Recounting their college years, they learned they had also both attended Saint Michael’s, though they never knew each another on campus because Cate started the fall after Bobby had graduated. It’s a small world! Bobby says. “Here we are in the North Shore, three hours away from Saint Michael’s. We’re killing time and we stumbled upon several shared experiences, yet we were never at the same place at the same time.”

2001
Class Agents: Caitlin Diesel Gregory; Andrea Gamelli Couture
Matthew Pelkey, Charlotte, VT, is spending the next two years teaching preschool at the International School Manila in the Phillipines. Laura Marashlian, New York, NY, wrote in with her plans to move to Martha’s Vineyard where she will work at a newly developed Waldorf School. For the past four years she worked as a Waldorf kindergarten teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School in Manhattan. Mike Cain lives in San Diego, CA, with his wife, Julia. He works in real estate planning and facilities for Peregrine Semiconductor. Christine A. Sweet is living and working in San Francisco, CA. “San Francisco is beautiful. I have just finished my second year of teaching high school English as a second language. I love it and find it totally rewarding,” Christine writes, adding, “I look forward to visiting the Class of 2001 at our next reunion.” Samantha Brown, Orange, CT, works in corporate communications at People’s United Bank in Bridgeport, CT. Michael Griffin, Orange, CT, works for Bridgewater Associates in Westport, CT. Benoit Pelletier Shoja, Nashua, NH, is working to raise cultural awareness of Franco-American heritage in New Hampshire, a segment that accounts for more than a quarter of the state’s population. Maria Ferrante Millikin, Fairfax, VT, is an account executive in the commercial insurance department at Smith Bell & Thompson. She is also studying for her certified insurance counselor designation. Laura Pepi Pratt, Huntington, VT, has a master’s degree in science education from Lesley University. She is a seventh and eighth grade math and science teacher in Barre, VT. In 2007, Laura was presented with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for Vermont. As part of the award, Laura received a $10,000 educational grant. Megan Lynch, daughter of Barbara and Paul Lynch ’68, was married to Kerry Mayo on February 23, 2008 in Saratoga Springs, NY. Alumni in attendance were: Katie Gilliam West, Brian West, Elizabeth Pantano, Paul V. Lynch ‘68, Benjamin Fresco, Nicole Napoli, Annie Cressey, Lisl Kuklinski, Alexis Mladanoff LaFreniere, Amanda McCauley ’04, Ali Beebe ’02, Michael Lombard, Zachary Cattan, Adam Marcionek ’02, JD Hoffmann, Elizabeth Strouse Connolly ’00, Pat May ’98, Jessica McEachern ’04, Ken Kadish ’68, Tim Shay ’68, John Broder ’68, Christopher Fenlon, Joshua LaFreniere, Tim Murphy, Andrew Woitkoski, Michael Beebe, Michael Buckman ’68, Michael Matus ’68, and John Dirkmaat ’68.

2002
Class Agents: Eric Galardi; Tim McMahon
Lawrence Baldino, Woodbridge, CT, married Laura Sandonato, April 26, 2007. Jill Tyler, Kattskill Bay, NY, received a master’s degree from the Union Graduate College in Schenectady, NY. Bradley Slover, Rockville Centre, NY, graduated from the Hofstra University School of Law on May 18, 2008. Kevin Regan and Courtney DeVarney ’03 were married by Rev. Brian Cummings, SSE ’86 on September 14, 2007.? Alumni who attended include: Robert Carroll, Toni-marie Spera ’03, Elizabeth Farrell ’04, Mark Koehnlein, Drew Esce and Kelly Nejman Esce.

2003
Robert and Danielle Wisz Hall, Wausau, WI, had a daughter, Hadlee Evelyn, August 31, 2007. A son, Will, was born to Amanda Frost Mattison, North Bennington, VT, and her husband, Timothy, April 18, 2007. Erin Burke, Andover, MA, married Michael Bergeron, July 14, 2007. Amy J. Wasielewski Macbeth, Milton, VT, and her husband have purchased a home on 10 acres of land. Christina Metropoulos, Naples, FL, received a master’s degree in special education, graduating with a 3.9 GPA from the Florida Gulf Coast University. She is a special education elementary school teacher at Journey’s Academy in Naples.

2004
Reunion! June 11-14, 2009
Emily Marcason-Tolmie reports that she and her husband are stationed in Seattle, WA, awaiting orders for their next base assignment. She will be attending the Writers Institute at Skidmore College this summer. Carolyn Dube, Hollis, NH, is a copy editor for the Telegraph of Nashua and the Milford Cabinet. She also designs pages for the Milford Cabinet and for three other associated weekly newspapers in Southern New Hampshire.

2005
Class Agent: Keely Ames
Jennifer Juall, Ashburn, VA, married Brian Deming. Dawana Whyte, Saint Petersburg, FL, married Christopher Hug, June 2, 2007. Alumni in attendance were: Marita Beale, Malika Barker, Shemaine Rose and Aimee Ahari ’06. Michael Sipala, Wakefield, RI, married Lindsey Gallup, June 30, 2007. Gennifer Giuliano, Montpelier, VT, will begin pursuing a master’s degree in language, linguistics and culture at Syracuse University in August. Ed Burke, Colchester, VT, is a part of Burlington’s Awareness Theater Company, a group of actors who travel around providing education and light entertainment surrounding the skills and issues of individuals with disabilities. In May, the company teamed up with Back to Back Theatre, a troupe of actors with intellectual disabilities from Australia, for a workshop. Angela DeBlasio, Rutland, VT, received her master’s degree in education on May 11, 2008.

2006
Class Agent: Ryan Woods
Craig Duffy, Franklin, MA, is working in global operations for Reebok International, Ltd. in Canton, MA. An active marathoner, Craig ran the 26.2 mile Walt Disney World marathon in January and he ran in the 2008 Boston Marathon in April. Dave O’Connor works in the Washington DC office for Sen. Patrick Leahy ’61. Dave is the legislative correspondent covering foreign operations, defense and trade issues. Jonah Kessel, South Lake Tahoe, CA, is the visual director at the Tahoe Daily Tribune. A series of his photographs have garnered much attention. The photo “A Mother’s Tears,” which depicted the returning of a coffin of a soldier killed in Iraq, became an AP photo that was run in newspapers around the world. Jonah also won first place in a National Press Photograph’s Association Region 10 contest for his photo essay, “The Will to Live: Disfigured, but unbroken.” The essay documented the life of a woman who underwent amputations to her upper body from a bacterial infection. Mike Lefebvre, Somerville, MA, is a reinsurance analyst at Liberty Mutual in Boston, MA. Brendan McGonigle, Byfield, MA, is taking on a remarkable endeavor, bicycling about 5,000 miles from Boston to Los Angeles to raise funds and awareness for the National Center for Family Homelessness. A blog of his travels is located at http://bike4ncfh.org

2007
Class Agents: Lauren Remmes; Greg Tobey
Ashley Mabardy, Natick, MA, is working in her first varsity position as the coach of the girls’ lacrosse team at Natick High School. She is no stranger to the program as she was a freshman player on the team with the program began in 2000. David Miller is a human capital analyst with Mercer Human Resource Consulting in Louisville, KY. Breana Coombs is a high school Spanish teacher and field hockey coach in Rutland, VT. Paul Blomerth, Reading MA, will pursue the graduate history program at the University of Vermont in the fall. Ryan Dulude, Winooski, VT, is a customer relations counselor at the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC). He is also an assistant coach for the Saint Michael’s baseball team. Tara Hostnik, Burlington, VT, works for the DREAM program, helping to direct the summer camp. Ashley Pelletier, Smithfield, Rhode Island, is an AmeriCorps participant, currently working in Montpelier, VT with the department of planning, zoning and community development. Corrie McCarty, Somerville, MA, is the assistant director of admissions for the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. Mercedes Mack works for the non-profit organization Jubliee USA Network in Washington DC. The organization advocates for debt cancellations in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Haiti in order to fight poverty and injustice. B.J. Robertson, Burlington, VT, a player on the Vermont Frost Heaves basketball team, participated in the American Basketball Association’s All-Star 3-point contest. Christine Hultgren, Portland, ME, was promoted from assistant inventory buyer to inventory buyer at L.L. Bean.

Master’s
1960
Rene Tellier, N. Smithfield, RI, completed his master’s of arts degree in English. His thesis focused on “Artistry and Characters: Willa Lather.” Rene is in the process of writing a book on “The Way We Were,” which is about French Canadian culture and language in Northern Rhode Island and Environs: 1900-1950.

1990
David Cobb, Lyndonville, VT, was elected to the board of directors for the National Association of Elementary School Principals. He will serve as director of Zone 1, representing elementary and middle school principals for all of New England and Delaware. David is the principal of the Lyndon Town School in Lyndonville, VT.

1991
Brian DuBoff, Saint Clair Shores, MD is the director of Maryland’s southern region Small Business Development Center, which is hosted by the College of Southern Maryland.

1994
Dorothy Barewicz M’03, South Burlington, VT, was named a Catechetical Scholar by the National Catholic Educational Association. She will spend two years participating in a scholars program working on a research project that focuses on the social and cultural challenges affecting religious instruction. Her work will be mentioned in the Catechetical Scholars IV resource book, to be published by the National Catholic Educational Association. Dorothy is currently the director of the Office of Catholic Formation of the Diocese of Burlington.

1999
William Talbott, North Ferrisburg, VT, was appointed acting commissioner of education by the Vermont State Board of Education. He will also continue on in his current role as chief financial officer and deputy commissioner to the Vermont Department of Education.

2002
Randi Hacker, Lawrence, KS, is the creator and writer of the radio series “Postcards from Asia,” which is broadcast weekly on Kansas Public Radio. She writes that she is working on her second novel and is busy raising her 12-year-old daughter adopted from China.