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| The First Five Years |
| September 11, 2001 |
| President's Annual Report |
| Letters |
Sports |
| E Line |
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| Talk of the Gown |
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| From the Field |
First-Person |
| Huskiana |
1970s
Dave Lamore, PAH’70, of Framingham, Massachusetts, is a retired pharmacist who works as a consumer advocate for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. He’s a member of a six-person team chosen to receive the Commonwealth Citation for Outstanding Performance.
Jane D. Hylander, N’71, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, writes to tell her classmates and friends that she’s still “alive and well and kicking,” despite the inclusion of her name in last issue’s alumni deaths listing.
Jeffrey Garside and Cheryl Grenier Garside, both LA’72, of Fair Haven, New Jersey, became grandparents with the birth of Ashley in May 2000. Jeff is in his thirtieth year with the Rumson Country Day School in Rumson, New Jersey. He has served in several capacities at the school and now teaches science.
Bill Hayes, BA’72, MBA’75, is the president and chief executive officer for VistaSource, Inc., a software company in Westborough, Massachusetts. Bill and his wife, Jan, have returned to New England after ten years in Houston, Texas.
Jack Madden, E’73, of Glenmont, New York, is a civil engineer 2 with the Freight and Economic Development Division of the New York State Department of Transportation. He notes he’d like to hear from other Northeastern ROTC and Scabbard & Blade alumni in 2001 to celebrate the fiftieth year of ROTC at NU. His e-mail address is <jvmadden@aol.com>.
Barbara Ferri, AS’74, of Maynard, Massachusetts, is in her second year of teaching sixth grade in Sudbury. She earned a master’s degree from Fitchburg State College in the spring.
Peter Zona, BA’75, is the chief financial officer at Tedeschi Realty Corporation in Rockland, Massachusetts. He joined the company as controller in 1987 and had been vice president of financial management since 1992. An avid sports fisherman, Peter, and his wife, Ann, live in Scituate, Massachusetts, with their three teenage children.
William F. O’Brien, MBA’76, is the chief marketing officer for ADC, a supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software, and integration services in Minneapolis, Minnesota. O’Brien also has served as a faculty member of the marketing department at Northeastern.
Theresa “Terri” Orr, MEd’76, of Waltham, Massachusetts, made a presentation entitled “Non-Academic Variables in Admissions” at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges NorthEast Group on Student Affairs in Toronto, Canada. She is the associate dean for admissions and student services at Harvard Medical School.
Steve Cody, BA’77, of Lincroft, New Jersey, is the managing partner and cofounder of PepperCom, a New York City public relations company. He is responsible for new business development, agency marketing, and overall account management. He and Edward Moed founded the firm in 1995. This year, they were regional finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Steve and his wife, Angie, have two children, Christopher and Catharine.
Gordon Wagner, BA’77, of Tucson, Arizona, is the vice president of a commercial real estate development and brokerage firm.
Paul Ware, ME’77, and his wife, Carol, have lived in Stoughton, Massachusetts, for nearly thirty years and have two grown children, Erik and Jennifer. Erik is married and living in Florida, and Jennifer is a research scientist in Beverly, Massachusetts. Ware worked in the quality profession for thirty years, most recently as vice president of quality for Safety 1st and The First Years. He now has his own business, PW Resources, which specializes in quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and new-product development. The company’s website is <www.pwresources.com>. E-mail him at <pware@worldnet.att.net>.
Alan L. Clapp, E’78, is a senior associate with Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., an engineering, planning, and applied sciences company in Providence, Rhode Island. He joined VHB in 1984 and is the managing director of land development. He and his wife, Kathy, and their three children, Meghan, Stephen, and Jessica, live in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
Ernest Hackett, BB’78, writes, “I have returned to the Boston area and opened a chiropractic and physical therapy clinic in town and another in Dedham. The name of the clinic is Patient First Chiropractic and Physical Therapy, PC. Please call or stop in if you are in the area. Our reunion is soon, and we should begin to plan the party. Please e-mail and let’s get started.” His e-mail address is <edochackett@cs.com>.
Desmond Pieri, MBA’78, writes, “Fulfilling a long-term goal to live overseas, Jules, the boys, and I have moved to Ireland. The boys started school on September 3, and we moved into a 200-year-old Georgian-style home in the center of Dublin on the 8th. The only thing we lack is jobs! But both Jules and I can work anywhere in the European Union: I was granted an Irish passport, as my grandmother was born in Ireland. And if you know of anyone who may be able to help us in our job searches in Ireland, I would appreciate hearing from you.” Their new mailing address is 21 Mountpleasant Square, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, Ireland. E-mail them at <desmondpieri@hotmail.com> or
<julespieri@hotmail.com>.
Michael Gill, E’79, of Berkeley, California, ran his first Boston Marathon this past April in what he describes as “a respectable old-guy time” of three hours, fifteen minutes. He met a group of Northeastern friends and classmates from the 1977 through 1980 classes for dinner after the race. “We all had a great time reminiscing about NU,” he writes. The group included Charles Hale, Ann (O’Connor) Geary, Joe Geary, Heidi (Patton) Moore, Andrew Wheeler, Maureen (McSweeney) Quill, and James Michael Quill.