1960s
Frank J. Imbornone, BA'60, of Tamarac, Florida, is engaged to Frances
C. (Burke) Weimann. He writes, "I met Fran at our local senior center
here in Tamarac. We were proud to have been a featured item in three local
newspapers and two TV channels. We celebrated her birthday at the center
on April 7 with a group of about ninety attending. Tell all the available
boys up in Boston to come on down and meet the love of their lives here
in southern Florida."
Peter Nardozzi, PAH'60, is retired and reports he has residences
in Maine, Florida, and Rome, Italy.
Leo F. Peters, E'60, ME'66, became an honorary member of the Boston
Society of Civil Engineers in June. The honor is bestowed on those "persons
of eminent engineering achievement." Peters has worked for Weston
& Sampson Engineers since 1965. A principal since 1970, he served as
president from 1982 to 1999 and is now chairman of the board of directors.
Leonard N. Swartz, BA'60, visited his thirty-sixth country, Haiti,
for the U.S. Department of Commerce in his capacity as worldwide managing
director of franchise services for Arthur Andersen. Swartz and his wife,
Brenda, live in Chicago. They celebrated the birth of their eighth grandchild
in the spring.
Fred Taylor, E'60, has retired to Onset on Cape Cod. He welcomes
e-mail at <ftaylor@capecod.net>.
Jim Canty, BA'61, of Solana Beach, California, is chief financial
officer of Allan Stanley Greenhouses, which supply floral bouquets to Costco
warehouses in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. He
competes in senior softball tournaments in the U.S. and Canada.
John C. Chronis, BA'61, is retired and living with his wife, Angelika,
in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, and Naples, Florida.
Leroy C. Underwood, BA'61, of Newport, New Hampshire, writes, "Enjoying
retirement living on a lake in New Hampshire, flying my Cherokee 140, and
playing golf."
John T. Wajda, E'61, of Longwood, Florida, has started a financial
planning business that teaches Bible-based money management to members
of Christian churches.
Beryl H. Bunker, BA'62, MBA'67, of Boston, is a retired financial
officer and volunteers at the Pine Street Inn, the Women's Education and
Independence Union, and Boston Women's Fund On The Rise. Her husband, John
W. Bunker, MEd'72, is a retired attorney.
Edward Levitt, BA'62, retired in 1999 after thirty-four years with
Ford Motor Company. He and his wife, Becky, bought a condominium in Canton,
Michigan, and travel often to Florida and Idaho to visit relatives. Their
youngest son, Marc, recently graduated with honors from Michigan State
University.
Mary C. Lydon, MEd'63, of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, retired
in 1996 from teaching after thirty-nine years. In 1997, she became an adjunct
professor of human performance and fitness at UMassBoston. "I
am so impressed by the outstanding young women and men with whom I have
been working," she writes. "It gives one a sense of pride in
our young adults who are preparing to assume leadership in our world. One
of my students this year was a student of mine in middle school and high
school."
Richard K. Madden, LA'63, of Belmont, Massachusetts, was recently
elected to a two-year term as president of the West Suburban Guidance Association.
He works as a counselor at Waltham High School. Madden notes that Wallace
P. Bishop was his adviser at Northeastern. James Molloy, senior associate
dean of N.U.'s College of Business Administra-tion, was the guest speaker
at the West Suburban Guidance Association spring meeting.
John G. Sabbey, BA'63, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, writes, "I've
read that my classmates are all starting to retire. I say 'tough luck.'
But try Stop & Shop-they have openings for part-timers."
Ann Gordon Carlson, LA'65, MA'72, of Marblehead, Massachusetts,
led a month-long Rotary International group study exchange to the Philippines
earlier this year. The group traveled under the auspices of the Greater
Boston district, representing some 2,300 Rotarians in forty-three clubs.
Carlson is a charter member of the Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor and
runs a graphic design and communications business. Her e-mail address is
<anncarlson@aol.com>.
David S. Goldman, E'66, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, received a
2000 American Society for Testing and Materials Award of Merit for his
work in the forensic sciences. The award is the highest the society presents.
Goldman has taught at Northeastern since 1975. He became a professor emeritus
in 1997 in order to devote more time to his consulting practice.
Stephen Z. Lavoot, E'66, married Barbara Green on June 20, 1999.
The couple live in Houston. Lavoot is a chief engineer at Lockwood, Andrews
& Newnam.
Hayg Boyadjian, LA'67, of Lexington, Massachusetts, writes, "Even
though I studied economics at N.U., I work as a self-employed piano technician-tuner.
I tune the piano at Blackman Auditorium. I am also a composer in the contemporary-classical
field, a member of Just In Time Composers, a group of nine Boston-area
composers. I have a number of my compositions on compact discs. The newest
CD that includes my symphonic work "Scorpius Rising" will be
released on the Opus One label soon. My Symphony no. 2, which was recorded
in January 2000, will also be released on CD in the near future. Both of
these symphonic works were recorded in Poland with the Polish Radio Symphony
Orchestra."
Donna Grady DeFlorio, Ed'67, writes, "Al and I retired and
moved from Connecticut to Marstons Mills, Cape Cod. We restored a 1965
MGB, for sunny-day use."
Dan Heldman, MA'67, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, writes, "Following
a fun-filled and very rewarding thirty-two-plus-year career at Liberty
Mutual, I've now retired. Keep up the good work, Huskies."
Don Zagoren, LA'67, of New Seabury, Massachusetts, is the current
Massachusetts Senior Golf champion. He is a vice president with Coldwell
Banker Hunneman in Boston.
John G. Kopf, BA'68, of Glen Rock, New Jersey, and his wife, Penny,
have been married for twenty-nine years. He retired in April 1999 as director
of marketing services and new-product planning at Schering Plough. One
daughter, Wendy, graduated from Penn State in the spring. Another daughter,
Julie, is a senior at Michigan State.
Robert J. Liddell, BA'68, of Burke, Virginia, recently began work
with SAIC in McLean, Virginia. His eldest daughter is enrolled at the New
England School of Law; his youngest is a sophomore at James Madison University,
where she is on the swimming team.
James E. Mann, BA'68, says he's "given up the rat race and
retired to Bonita Springs, Florida."
John McDonough, E'68, of Orono, Maine, was presented the McGraw
Award for outstanding achievements in engineering technology education
by the American Society for Engineering Education. He is the director of
the University of Maine School of Engineering Technology.
Edward Niekrasz, E'68, received the Lockheed Martin Nova Award,
the corporation's highest recognition for individual or team achievement,
at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., in June. A staff
engineer at Lockheed Martin in San Diego, Niekrasz has been with the company
since 1978. He was a heart transplant recipient in April 1992.
James E. Riley, LC'68, E'74, of Hollis, New Hampshire, has founded
James Riley Sales & Marketing, a manufacturer's representative firm
for RF and microwave components.
Paul R. Feeley, MEd'69, of East Sandwich, Massachu-setts, is a guidance
counselor for the Wareham public schools and is president of the Cape and
Islands Guidance Association.
Thomas Reichard, BA'69, of North Andover, Massachusetts, is director
of human resources at North Shore Medical Center in Salem. Andrew W. Weller,
BA'69, led a management buyout of a public company, Transportation Technologies
Industries, in Chicago, and now serves as the firm's president and chief
operating officer. He and his wife, Ellen, have lived in the Chicago area
for six years.