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1950s
Melvin Miller, E’50, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, reports that both his daughters are married and that he has “two wonderful granddaughters.” He says he’s still “traveling/cruising the world with the same beautiful wife, is still self-employed, and in fairly good health.” Miller adds that he spends much of his time “with various electronic projects (high-tech toys, computers, hearing aids, etc.), playing the stock market, trying to understand the tax laws (who writes this stuff?), maintaining [his] Wellesley property (best exercise), participating in various family functions, and always wondering why lawyers, plumbers, and lousy dentists make so much more money than engineers.”
Dana A. Peterson, BA’50, of Methuen, Massachusetts, notes the passing last year of James Nimmo, BA’43. “Jim loved canoes, boats, and skiing. He taught me canoe skills,” Peterson writes. “He was also known for his business efficiency with Pacific Mills and Western Electric.”
Bud (Carmello) Pirrello, E’51, of Whitingham, Vermont, is a product specialist consultant, marketing products for electrical manufacturers in western Massachusetts and Vermont. He notes he’s “ever thankful for the depth of capability brought forth by Northeastern professors and the
co-op program.” Pirrello co-oped with Sprague Electric and went to work for Westinghouse after graduation. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and then spent twenty years as a heat-pump system designer and manufacturer. Pirrello and his wife, Maureen, retired to Vermont in 1988. His e-mail address is <budp@sover.net>.
Gordon Frank, E’54, MBA’61, of Huntersville, North Carolina, reports that he and his wife, Robin, recently held a mini-reunion in Kennebunkport, Maine, with Angelo Muzi, ME’54, and three fellow members of the Greenleaf Building Bridge Bums—Arthur Cohen, Edwin Nixon, and Charles Terp, all E’54—along with their wives, Mimi, Joan, and Lorna. Muzi lives in Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Cohen lives in Tucson, Arizona; Nixon lives in Lima, Ohio; and Terp lives in Shelburne, Vermont.
Jim Hodgkins, LA’55, and his wife, Elaine Elton Hodgkins, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, have pledged to establish a $25,000 hockey scholarship at Northeastern in memory of Hodgkins’s late brother, who played hockey for Marblehead High School, Cushing Academy, and Boston University.
Lawrence F. Miskell, LC’55, E’60, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, retired as quality-control manager from Russell Harrington Cutlery in Southbridge. He is a permanent deacon at St. Joseph’s Church in Charlton.
Fred Holtzman, BA’57, says he’s enjoying retirement in Westport, Connecticut. He writes, “One grandson and a second on the way. Maxine and I enjoy traveling, touring, and cruising to various states and countries.”
Pierce H. Deane, BA’58, of Sandwich, Massachusetts, retired in 1996 after thirty-four years as a quality-control manager. He and his wife, Paula, have seven grandchildren.