 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Go: With the Flow |
| Meyer and Silla |
| Northeastern Remembers |
| Letters |
Sports |
| E Line |
Books |
| Alumni Passages |
Classes |
| From the Field |
First-Person |
| Huskiana |
1960s
Ed Mitchell, BA’60, reports that he and classmate Fred Strobel held a mini-reunion on Siesta Key in Florida last year. Leonard N. Swartz, BA’60, of Chicago and New York City says he continues to travel internationally for business and has visited China, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, England, Mexico, and Canada in the past year.
Jack Whittier, BA’60, of Acton, Massachusetts, last year enjoyed a Mediterranean cruise that included stops in Italy, Greece, Monaco, Malta, and Barcelona, Spain.
Kenneth B. Fowles, UC’61, of Cromwell, Connecticut, and his wife, Dorothy, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in April. He retired from Kamatics Corp. as vice president and controller in 1992. The couple has two sons and a daughter. “My spare time is spent singing in a local choir and entertaining at local rest homes for the elderly,” he writes.
M. David MacFarlane, P’62, retired from Genentech, Inc., as vice president of regulatory affairs. He enjoys golf, hiking, and travel from his home base at Indian Ridge Country Club in Palm Desert, California.
Robert M. Martin, BA’62, of Danvers, Massachusetts, writes, “With the training I received [at Northeastern], I spent thirty-five years at Raytheon Missile Division working on the Hawk and Patriot missile systems as a tool and machine designer.”
William C. Orman, Ed’62, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, reports that since retiring as principal of the Stoneham Middle School, he has served as interim principal six times since 1995.
Nicholas Shestople, E’62, of Temecula, California, retired in December after forty years in government service, eighteen of them in the military. “I returned to the United States—to California, where it is warm and dry, unlike Germany, which is cold and dark,” he writes.
Barbara L. Carlson, LA’63, MS’66, of Springfield, Vermont, reports that she retired in November, saying, “I have moved to my beloved Vermont.”
William F. Delaney, BA’63, of Springfield, Virginia, sold his CPA practice to a Fairfax CPA firm, Burdette Smith Group, where he consults on a part-time basis. “Grandchildren and golf are now the priorities,” he writes.
Charles G. Gifford Jr., LA’63, of West Hartford, Connecticut, says, “I am enjoying retirement, have never been busier . . . singing in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, taking digital photography, and building a deck out behind our house.”
David Haskell, LA’63, of Malden, Massachusetts, sends “greetings to all my old colleagues on the NU News.”
John P. Sullivan, E’63, Needham, Massachusetts, is president and CEO of the Geotechnical Group, Inc., in Needham.
James W. Melloni, MBA’64, is a test engineer for the Air Force Protection Group at Hanscom Air Force base in Bedford, Massachusetts. “With the current crisis, I have been extremely busy testing security systems at various Air Force test sites around the country,” he writes. “I do run into a few of my classmates who have retired. However, I enjoy the activity and will continue to stay on the job as long as needed.”
Robert J. Desmond, ME’65, of North Falmouth, Massachusetts, retired from Raytheon in 1995 after thirty-five years as a consulting scientist and engineering manager. “Lorraine and I are now full-time golfers,” he writes.
Robert O’Keefe, E’65, reports he’s “still living in Honduras . . . twenty-six years now. Best weather in the world.”
Edward Doyle, LA’66, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, retired from the Burlington school system after thirty-five years as a teacher and department chairman. “My other job interests, catering and tour directing, will keep me busy,” he writes. “My winters will be spent in the Dominican Republic. My wife, Elke, works in retailing. My older daughter, Meike, is a banker. My younger daughter, Petra, will complete Cornell’s veterinary school in May.” E-mail him at <herrd45@hotmail.com>.
Robert Gravina, LA’66, of Nashua, New Hampshire, is a training program manager for Compaq Global Services.
Hayg Boyadjian, LA’67, of Lexington, Massachusetts, writes, “My career as a composer, modern classical, continues well. Works of mine were recently performed in Japan, Russia, Armenia, and the United States. Three world premieres are to take place soon, works for guitar solo, for double bass and violoncello, and for choir and piano. Five CDs already include works of mine, and a sixth CD will be released soon featuring my Symphony No. 2, which was recorded in Poland by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.”
Rosanne Karp, N’67, of Quincy, Massachusetts, is a case manager for gynecology and gynecological oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Robert C. Murray, BA’68, of Canton, Massachusetts, reports that he, classmate Bill Maloney, and their wives toured Italy last summer. E-mail him at <uprrmurray@aol.com>.
Al Blanchard, E’69, announces his suspense novel The Iscariot Conspiracy has been released by Koenisha Publications. The plot revolves around the death of a high-level Vatican official in Boston and the investigation that follows.
Paul Clemente, BA’69, of Hingham, Massachusetts, has been appointed vice president for business and finance, and treasurer at Bentley College, in Waltham. Clemente will serve as chief financial officer, responsible for the college’s business and financial functions. Before moving to Bentley, Clemente was associate director for finance and administration and chief executive officer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for six years. Prior to that, he was at Boston University for fifteen years, serving as associate vice president for financial affairs, comptroller, and associate comptroller. Clemente is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of College and University Business Officers, and serves as vice chairman of the Boston University– Chelsea (Massachusetts) Public Schools Partnership.