1960s
John Proctor, E'60, of Ivoryton, Connecticut, retired last year after
thirty-seven years as a Connecticut public schools educator, the last nineteen
as a superintendent. He now supervises student teachers and administrative
interns at Saint Joseph College and the University of Connecticut.
Gerald Schneider, E'60, and his wife, Linda, have retired to
Port Orchard, Washington. Schneider sold his business, Tri-Valley Contractors,
based in Oakland, California, in 1996.
John C. Chronis, MBA'61, is retired and living with his wife,
Angelika, in Yarmouth Port on Cape Cod and in Naples, Florida.
Fran Toland, UC'61, of Quincy, Massachusetts, will step down
next month as senior associate director of athletics at Harvard University,
where he has worked for the past forty-one years. As the athletic department's
chief financial officer, Toland's fiscal responsibilities have included
Harvard's intercollegiate teams, intramurals and club sports, support services,
and the development and maintenance of the physical plant. "I've had
the best of two worlds," Toland said in a release from the university.
"A Northeastern degree and a Harvard education."
Dave Hoyt, BA'62, retired last October after working thirty-four
years in the aviation industry, the last twenty as an international captain
based at New York's JFK International Airport. He writes, "Not quite
the career I planned while a student in the College of Business Administration,
but what a thrill. Ellie, my wife of thirty-nine years, and I have traded
in my aviation captaincy for a nautical one. We will be traveling the East
Coast and the Bahamas on board the Second Chance, an ocean forty-four-foot
sportfishing yacht. Westport, Connecticut, will remain home port for the
summer, with Jupiter, Florida, serving as winter's hailing port. No bent
metal in my aviation career and hoping for fair winds and tides in my retirement
yachting pursuits."
Edward N. Nazaretian, E'62, of Watertown, Massachusetts, has
been promoted to associate with Camp Dresser and McKee. He is an environmental
engineer focusing on water supply and distribution and wastewater collection,
treatment, and disposal.
Stanley M. Fertel, BA'63, notes he's "fully retired and
relocated to Boynton Beach, Florida." He has a grandson and is expecting
his first granddaughter in June. "Would love to hear from classmates,
especially any in Florida," he writes.
Leo E. Mortimer, E'63, has been appointed director of air traffic
technology for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, where he will
be responsible for advocating the organization's positions on a wide range
of aviation topics. "As an active pilot and flight instructor, I really
appreciate how these issues can and will impact general aviation,"
he says. Mortimer, who holds a commercial pilot certificate with instrument,
multi-engine, and glider ratings, formerly worked as an instrument flight
instructor for the TSS Flying Club in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He and his
wife, Nancy, live in Columbia, Maryland. Their three sons work in the area.
Joseph A. Defelice Jr., BA'64, of Canton, Massachusetts, has
been writing a column titled "Man About Canton" for the Canton
Journal for the past thirty years.
J. Michael Hughes, BA'64, of Melrose, Massachusetts, is a senior
mortgage consultant with Constitution Financial Group. He specializes in
residential mortgages and credit union member programs.
Victor J. Ragucci, UC'64, relocated to central Florida nineteen
years ago with his wife, Jeanne, and their children, Vic Jr., Brian, and
Laura. He writes, "As chairman and chief executive officer of BarrierMed
and its first subsidiary, BarrierMed Glove Company, I've put together 248
worldwide shareholders who have invested over $5 million to acquire exclusive
rights to a family of synthetic materials that will replace any product
made from natural rubber latex and its proteins, which cause allergic reactions
to medical workers, patients, and even in our homes. With the University
of Akron's College of Polymer Science and Engineering, patents have been
issued and pending covering cut and/or puncture resistance in polymeric
film materials. Obtaining exclusivity of all technologies enables BarrierMed
to spin off subsidiary companies and build them to the point of IPOs."
Don Bates, LA'65, notes the passing of Harold Bond, LA'62, on
March 6 at Bond's home in Melrose, Massachusetts, at the age of sixty.
Bond, an accomplished poet whose work appeared in the New Yorker, New Republic,
and Harper's magazines, "was a dear friend," Bates writes. "While
at N.U., he edited and published the literary magazine [the Spectrum] for
which I eventually became editor." Bates is chairman of the Alumni
Association's Board of Governors and is managing director for marketing
and new media of Media Distribution Services in New York City.
John M. Rolli, BA'65, of Sugar Loaf Key, Florida, writes, "Working
to create a new city in the Florida Keys. Spending more time scuba diving
and boating."
David Frost, E'66, and his wife, Barbara, live on their sailboat
in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. "We enjoy sailing aboard Lafalot and
visiting the children and grandchildren," he says. Frost is a manufacturer's
representative selling to the biotech and process industries.
J. Stewart Harvey Jr., MBA'66, of Acton, Massachusetts, is a
senior vice president for Aberdeen America in Boston.
Dorothy Titus Mastromonaco, Ed'66, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey,
is manager of the P. J. Boatwright Jr. Internship Program and assistant
to the Regional Golf Associations Program at the United States Golf Association
<www.usga.org>.
Frank Austin, E'67, of Boston, is an environmental program manager
with Stone and Webster, where he recently received the Chairman's Award
for Excellence. Gary B. Anderson, BA'67, of Concord, Massachusetts, writes,
"Enjoying life as a private investor, keeping up with current events,
traveling, and reading-all while reflecting on the comprehensive education
and rewarding times at N.U., which has made this life possible."
John R. Violette, UC'67, of Bow, New Hampshire, retired from
Xerox in 1994. He and his wife, Louiselle, have three children and two
grandchildren. They say they stay busy traveling the country in their new
motor home.
David F. Blondin, LA'68, of Pahrump, Nevada, has been elected
vice president of the board of directors for the Independent Computer Consultants
Association <www.icca.org>, a
national association of computer professionals. Blondin is president of
the software consulting firm Premier Software.
Alan M. Hamwey, BA'69, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, is a career
services manager for Clark University's Computer Career Institute in Framingham.
Matthew N. Harris, BA'69, of Eliot, Maine, is a financial adviser
with Waddell and Reed.
George Weinstein, LA'69, MA'72, of Burlington, Massachusetts,
works as a system support specialist and has written a regular column for
the Burlington Union for the past four years. He also works as a staff
photographer and writer for Tyro, an Internet entertainment and hobby magazine.