1950s
Elliott L. Adelman, BA'51, of Montebello, California, visited Northeastern's
program in Tel Aviv, Israel, last year. N.U. shares a building with Clark
University, New England College, and the University of New England. "Two
young women in the N.U. office explained that the university offers two
master's-degree programs in education," he writes. "However,
low demand in 1999 resulted in just a certificate program in management
being given. As I left, I wondered if the College of Business Administration
shouldn't be involved in the Israel program."
Edward S. Hurvitz, BA'53, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, is
retired and now serves as treasurer of the Sigma Epsilon Rho honor society.
George Bagnall, E'55, of Kokomo, Indiana, writes, "After
N.U., I went west to California. Met my wife, Ann, there and moved within
a year to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where I raised two children. Worked mostly
at ITT and Magnavox. Still in the general area working a little as a software
consultant. I was in Sigma Phi Alpha. My friends were Don Doucette (whom
I would like to contact), Mike Lanes, Bob Stuart, and lots of guys in the
frat. I'd like to hear from any classmates. Best to y'all." His e-mail
address is <gbagnall@hotmail.com>.
Frank Long, LA'55, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, retired from Bethlehem
Steel in 1986 as general manager of human resources for the Marine Construction
Group. That same year he became principal consultant for Win/Win Strategies,
a consulting company for which he headed the Human Resources Innovation
research panel of the Ship Production Committee of the Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers. He retired again in 1996, and in 1998
he founded the Lehigh Valley Woodturners, a local chapter of the American
Association of Woodturners. Members exchange ideas, skills, techniques,
and technology on the application of woodturning tools and technology.
Donald B. Upham, BA'55, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, comments,
"A year to downsize and become a snowbird, spending winters in Aiken,
South Carolina."
JoAnn Consoletti Jennings, Ed'57, recently retired from teaching
after forty-two years, having worked in Germany, Italy, Japan, and southern
California before returning to schools in her hometown of Holliston, Massachusetts.
Jennings was a member of the pioneer class of the College of Education
in 1953. "Our mentor and leading professor was Dr. Savigano, a terrific
teacher," she says. Jennings credits her career success to N.U.'s
teacher training, practice teaching program, and liberal arts underpinning.
She writes that she is now enjoying life between a seaside home in Newport,
Rhode Island, a mountaintop home in the Berkshires, and Holliston, adding,
"Friends all welcome to visit."
Richard W. Miller, E'58, ME'60, has relocated his engineering
business, R.W. Miller & Associates, to Venice, Florida. He is working
on the fourth edition of his book, Flow Measurement Engineering Handbook,
published by McGraw-Hill.
Len Surette, E'58, of Santa Ybez, California, has retired from
Raytheon after forty-three years, including co-op time. He can be e-mailed
at <lsurette@syv.com>.
Leonard D. Brown, E'59, of Lithonia, Georgia, retired last November
from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, where he worked for ten years
as a local area network engineer. Prior to that, he worked as a manager
of systems engineering at Combustion Engineering. "My wife, Gwen,
and I plan to relocate to the Hampton Roads area, where we will be near
our grandchildren." He says he'd like to hear from classmates at <lbrwonnis@mindspring.com>.
Leonard Miraglia, MBA'59, of Dedham, Massachusetts, retired from
the Boston public schools and now serves as cochairman of the Retired Teacher
Chapter of the Boston Teachers Union.
Donald Sandrelli, LA'59, of Arlington, Massachusetts, is retired
from teaching and "loving the transition time."