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	1990s Wendy M. Balester, CJ’90, MJ’91, of Randolph, Massachusetts, writes, “To any and all grads of the master’s program in criminal justice, 1991, and those in the bachelor’s program in criminal justice, 1990, I would love to hear from you. Danny Jackson, if you are out there and see this, please e-mail me at <nebhson@prodigy.net>. Any of our friends in that group, you know who you are, get in touch. In the last several years, my life has taken several unbelievable turns. I did start out with the Department of Justice at Immigration and Naturalization. However, I then decided to return to nursing school. After finishing up at New England Baptist Hospital several years ago, I am a registered nurse and am a practicing hospice nurse for Vista Care. I did a stint in prison. No, I was not incarcerated. I was actually working at MCI–Cedar Junction as an RN. Anyway, if anyone from our class is out there, like Pete, Diane, my best buddy from Puerto Rico: Get in touch, would love to e-mail/chat.” Brenda (Cuccinello) Blaney, BB’90, of West Long Branch, New Jersey, notes she and her husband, Terry, have been married nine years and have two children, Michael and Nicholas. Brenda is director of rehabilitation for a sub-acute rehab department at Genesis Rehabilitation. “For those who are wondering, Andrea also works for Genesis. She also has two children, Brandon and Gina,” says Brenda. “I think of all my NU years and friends often. I would love to hear from you.” Her e-mail address is <bbpt33@aol.com>. Jay L. Rogers, CJ’90, is the vice president of the private client service group at Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., in Los Angeles, California. He can be e-mailed at <jay.rogers@bear.com>. Stuart Selber, MTPW’90, of Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, is an assistant professor of English at Penn State. Sonya E. Bogaars, AS’91, married Neil A. Abromavage on February 3 at Oceancliff in Newport, Rhode Island. The couple lives in New York City. Jon Boroshok, MBA’91, his wife, Caren, and daughter, Stephanie, celebrated the birth of Tyler Matthew Boroshok on June 21. The family lives in Groton, Massachusetts. Jon is president of TechMarcom. His e-mail address is <jb@marcomoutsource.com>. Cara (Call) Crisafulli, BB’91, of Dedham, Massachusetts, writes, “I’m still hanging around the Boston area, working in home care. Ken and I have two kids, Alex and Nicole. To all who are waiting, a reunion is coming for the entire class of 1991 the weekend of October 26–28, 2001. Events are being planned that will be fun and reminders of days at NU. Make plans to revisit Boston, the old (but drastically changed) campus, and friends you haven’t seen in a while. Watch your mail for details.” Karin (Salisbury) Duprey and Sean Duprey, both BB’91, live in Providence, Rhode Island, with their children, Cameron and Kendall. Sean is senior account executive for Nextel Communication in Providence. Karin is New England regional manager for Dynasplint Systems. “We want to say hi to ‘the gang,’ and we’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion in the fall,” says Karin. Their e-mail address is <skduprey@msn.com>. Laura Haas, L’91, is director of grants/assistant director of development for the Development and Marketing Department at the Medical Foundation in Boston. Jay Hargis, MBA’91, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, writes, “I’m actually using my master’s degree. I am working at a company called Brass Ring as the manager of East Coast client services. We help client companies hire and manage talent through technology. How have ten years passed? Would love to hear from others in the HRC program or housing staff survivors.” His e-mail address is <jay_hargis@yahoo.com>. Fred McGhee, AS’91, of Honolulu, Hawaii, received a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Texas in Austin in May 2000. His focus was on African diaspora studies. He notes he’s actively seeking academic employment. Michelle E. Simmons, AS’91, writes, “I returned to my hometown of Houston two years ago after the Chicago weather chased me away. I’m working as the director of marketing for an IT consulting firm and have recently taken up skydiving. I’d welcome any news from old friends.” Her e-mail address is <mstantial@ureach.com>. Kathleen (Kokoszka) Wescott, N’91, of Portland, Connecticut, reports that she and Timothy M. Wescott were married on September 19, 1998, and this year celebrated the birth of a daughter, Emily Katherine, on February 23. Kathleen is a disability nurse case manager with Aetna US Healthcare. “I would love to hear from fellow classmates,” she says. Her e-mail address is <kawescott@snet.net>. Ed Desmond, AS’92, of Newton, Massachusetts, is the administrative assistant and part-time youth minister at Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Newton. He’d like to hear from friends in the Northeastern Choral Society. Friends can reach him via his e-mail address <edspeedracer@yahoo.com>. “Thanks for all the fun and memories during my time at NU,” he says. Eric Donaldson, CS’92, and his wife, Kathy, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Meghan Kayli, on January 5. They live in Shawnee, Kansas. Eric develops online catalogs for Summit Marketing Group and works from home, which allows him “to be both a full-time employee and a full-time stay-at-home dad. It’s a challenge, but it’s worth every minute of it.” Contact him via his e-mail address <edonaldson@hotmail.com>. Valerie (Lyons) Hodgson, BB’92, of Berkley, Massachusetts, and her husband, Dan, celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary and the birthdays of their two children, Kyle and Jenna, in May. Valerie is an outpatient physical therapist at New England Sinai Hospital. Bassil Youakim, E’92, received an MBA from Louisiana State University and is a plant manager for General Electric in Selkirk, New York. Daniel-John Aylward, UC’93, is a presidential management intern and a systems analyst in the Navy’s strategic systems program in Washington, D.C. He received an MBA in information systems and organizational behavior from Boston University in May 2000. Michael Besancon, AS’93, completed an orthopedic fellowship at Iowa State University and is starting a three-year residency in small-animal surgery at the University of California in Davis. He received a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Iowa State in 1997 and did a medicine and surgery internship at South Shore Animal Hospital in South Weymouth. “I’d love to hear from anyone I’ve lost contact with in the past eight years,” he says. His e-mail address is <mfbdvm@gateway.net>. Heather (Stevens) Cronin, PAH’93, and her husband, Tim, celebrated the birth of their third child, Corinne, who joined siblings Patrick and Madeline, on April 16. The family lives in Pembroke, Massachusetts. Chip Heard, AS’93, and his wife, Suzi, welcomed the birth of Rebecca Chaney on May 30, 2000. They live in Quincy, Massachusetts. Chip reports he’s “pursuing a career in teaching” and says he’s looking for leads or connections with other education alumni in the South Shore area. His e-mail address is <chipsuzi@msn.com>. Jennifer (Kaufman) Lackowitz and Jeff Lackowitz, both BB’93, celebrated the birth of their first child, David Benjamin, March 21. The family lives in Smithtown, New York. Kevin Lavigne, MJ’93, has been a U.S. probation officer with the District of New Hampshire since 1998. He and his wife, Kristen, live in Bedford, New Hampshire, with their children, Grant and Julia. Michael Boldezar, AS’95, and Tonya Leach, AS’93, were married on April 29, 2000. They live in Brookline, Massachusetts. Northeastern alumni at their wedding included Chris Randall and Lisa LaBarbera-Randall, Heather (Ricciardi) Nalbandian, and Jeff Lan. Michael is a Microsoft consultant, and Tonya, who received an MBA at Suffolk University, is the director of marketing for Davis Vision. Their e-mail address is <tmbold@hotmail.com>. Garrett Lee, AS’93, L’97, has joined the litigation practice group of Gadsby Hannah LLP, a law firm in Boston. He previously was an associate at Burns and Levinson. E-mail him at <glee@ghlaw.com>. Kim Malloy-Salmon and Matt Salmon, both BB’93, GB’00, live in Westborough, Massachusetts. Matt is the executive director of Beaumont, a long-term care community. Kim is the director of rehabilitation at Beaumont. They continue to enjoy frequent trips to Boston. “Hello to all our NU friends,” they add. Their e-mail address is <huskies93@aol.com>. Susan (McCaig) Mamula, PAH’93, and her husband, Richard, welcomed the birth of their first child, Richard Andrew, on April 5. They live in Oakdale, Pennsylvania. Susan is the manager of Rite Aid Corporation’s Drug Information Department in Pittsburgh. She’d like to hear from friends at her e-mail address <smamula@riteaid.com>. Aaron D. Pyman, BA’93, and Lisa-Anne (Ferrari) Pyman, former administrative assistant to the Northeastern honors program, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Kira Elizabeth, on January 22. They live in Natick, Massachusetts. Aaron is an account manager at Sun Microsystems. Lisa-Anne founded and runs Pyman Concepts, which provides marketing services, including website content and design. Friends may e-mail them at <aaron.pyman@sun.com> or <lpyman@earthlink.net>. Stephen E. Smith, AS’93, is an antitrust and general business litigator in the office of Skjerven Morrill MacPherson LLP in San Francisco, California. Clinton Eller and Marissa Pelton, both BA’94, are engaged after eight years of dating since junior year at Northeastern. Clinton earned a master’s degree at Pace University in New York City while working at Chase Bank. Marissa works at Assouline, Inc., a book publishing and creative service company. Anne Knights, BA’94, and her husband, Mark, welcomed a son, Joseph Ryan, on April 27. The family lives in Apopka, Florida. Anne is a legal assistant at the firm of Gray, Harris, and Robinson in Orlando. Frank McCoy, BB’94, married Erin Nolan, a Bryant College graduate, on June 3, 1995. They live in Stony Brook, New Jersey, with their children, Eileen and Ryan. Cindy (Meacham) O’Connor, PAH’94, and Kevin O’Connor, CJ’94, welcomed the birth of their first child, Kaitlyn Ann, on October 30, 2000. They live in Milford, Massachusetts. Kevin works for the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, and Cindy is a pharmacist with Brooks Pharmacy. Bruce K. Skillin, AS’94, writes, “I am still in the Army Judge Advocate General Corps. I just started a yearlong tour of Sarajevo, Bosnia, after completing an exciting and fulfilling yearlong tour in Korea. I hope all my friends are excelling and enjoying their post-NU days. Drop me a line if you want to chat.” His e-mail address is <bkskillin@lycos.com>. Christine A. Brophy, AS’95, has relocated to Long Island, New York, and is an editorial assistant in the Health and Nutrition Department of Family Circle magazine. Friends may contact her via e-mail at <christinebrophy@hotmail.com>. Donald T. Ford Jr., BA’95, of Atlanta, Georgia, announces the birth of twin sons, Christopher Daly and Alexander Walden, on February 16. Margaret King, BB’95, of East Walpole, Massachusetts, and husband Tim have two children, Carrie Elizabeth and Abigail Helen. Margaret says Abigail was a “preemie” and gave her a “quick review from her pediatric and development classes. Everyone is doing fine,” she says. Richard Winkler, L’95, of Boston, is the corporate counsel at OneSource Information Services in Concord, Massachusetts. Peter C. Eastman, MBA’96, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, writes to correct what seems to have been a case of mistaken identity. “In the May 2001 edition of the alumni magazine, I was mistakenly listed as deceased,” he states. “I just wanted to assure everyone who read it that the news of my untimely demise is greatly exaggerated. In all fairness, it seems logical that there may have been some confusion between myself and my father, Carl W. ‘Pete’ Eastman, who was a professor in the communications department, and department head in the 1980s. He passed away May 13, 2000. He retired from NU in the summer of 1998.” Timothy J. Geis, E’96, of Arlington, Virginia, married Stephanie Schuster on October 9, 1999. They celebrated the birth of their first child, Alexander James, born on December 26, 2000. Timothy earned a professional engineer license in Virginia in January. Thomas N. Shorter, L’96, is an associate in the Madison, Wisconsin, law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP. He has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Wisconsin State Bar’s Young Lawyers Division. Nicholas G. Xenos, BA’96, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, received a JD cum laude from Suffolk University and has been admitted to practice law in Massachusetts at age 46. “It just goes to show, you’re never too old to rock and roll,” he says. Nicholas intends to work part time establishing a small law practice while he “hopes and prays for early retirement from General Electric in Lynn.” He says he’d like to hear from former classmates by e-mail at <nxenos@lynx.neu.edu>. Tracey (LeBlanc) Coble, N’97, of Durham, North Carolina, has a daughter, Katherine Elizabeth, and another child due this month. Tracey is the assistant nurse manager for the Neuroscience Center at Duke Hospital. She received an MSN from Duke University in December 2000. She can be e-mailed at <jtcraider@aol.com>. Joseph P. Depa III, AS’97, of Brick, New Jersey, was awarded the 2000 New Jersey Press Association First Place Award for Breaking News for daily newspapers under 60,000 circulation. A reporter for the Ocean County Observer in Toms River, Joseph shared the award with Donna Adinilfe and Shannon Radford for their coverage of a New Jersey plane crash. Amy Hayner, AS’97, and Todd Lewis, CS’96, were married November 4, 2000, in Boulder, Colorado. They live in Longmont, Colorado. Amy is a research manager for MessageMedia, Inc., and Todd is a sales representative for Pinnacle Distributing Company. Carey (Leone) Johnson, BA’97, married Michael Johnson on December 2, 2000, in Marblehead, Massachusetts. They live in Biddeford, Maine. Carey’s e-mail address is <care82997@aol.com>. Jim Jones, MJ’97, received a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1999. He’s started a consulting firm, Enforcement Industries Consulting, Inc., that specializes in consulting for criminal justice agencies. The website address is <www.eicsolutions.com>. Jim and his wife, Claire, live in Boston with their three children. Jim works for the Massachusetts State Police. Patrick C. Mulvee, AS’97, of San Jose, California, writes to Gamma Phi Kappa alumni, “We are having a GPK golf game at the start of Homecoming weekend, Friday, October 26, at 11 in the morning. If there is interest in playing, let me know. I encourage you to check out the <www.gammaphikappa.com> website and add your name to the alumni directory by e-mailing Chris Anthony at <chris@camaxx.com>.” Carrie Banks Spillane, AS’97, of Raymond, Maine, reports that her son, Seamus, is two years old, and that she is a research coordinator at St. Joseph’s College in Maine. “I would love to hear from Carolyn Cacace, CJ’98, Rosalyn Afshani, AS’98, and the others from Willis Hall,” she writes. Her e-mail address is <cspilla1@maine.rr.com>. Kerry (Myers) Wyse, CJ’97, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, reports she married her “first love, Caleb Wyse,” on June 17, 2000. Their second daughter, Miranda Jane Faith, was born on February 21, 2001, joining older sister Dominique. “I would love to hear from old classmates,” she says. Her e-mail address is <kwyse617@aol.com>. Andrew S. Boyea Jr., CJ’98, and Glen J. Jusczyk, AS’98, have formed Lil’ Dogs Screen Printing in Ludlow, Massachusetts. The company provides promotional products for the United Soccer Leagues. They are longtime friends and members of the Western Massachusetts Pioneers professional soccer team. Jusczyk is the assistant coach for the Northeastern men’s soccer team. Boyea is an assistant coach at American International College. Ryan Provencher, E’99, writes, “In February, I decided to take a chance on love, and I followed my heart to Sweden. I started working for a contracting firm in Karlshamn. It’s been a few months now, and I have no thoughts of returning to the United States anytime soon. I am hoping to be able to speak fluent Swedish before Jeanette and I get married on July 4, 2002.”