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1980s
Teresa Ilgunas, N’81, of Arlington, Massachusetts, has been a case manager for Hospice Care, Inc., for ten years. She married Algis Ilgunas in May 2000.
Christopher J. Lahoda, BA’82, is president of GrowthQuest Management Training in Princeton, New Jersey. The company specializes in teaching new and prospective managers essential management skills. His e-mail address is <lahoda@growthquesttraining.com>.
Jill Nelson, LA’83, of Hollywood, Florida, graduated from the American Institute of Massage Therapy in August and says she’ll soon take the national licensing exam.
Dennis A. Porter, AS’83, of Framingham, Massachusetts, says hello to Bennett Chin, CJ’83. E-mail Porter at <dap61-2001@yahoo.com>.
Kathleen Twerago, BA’83, and her husband, Jeff, live in Stoughton, Massachusetts, with their children, Maria, Jeffrey, and David. Kathleen works out of her home as a freelance market researcher.
Alan Goldberg, BA’84, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, has been married to Kelly Fox for sixteen years. Their son, Andrew, attends the Sabis Foxboro Regional Charter School. Alan works for ICL Imaging in Framingham, and Kelly is a certified financial planner with American Express. His e-mail address is <agoldberg@icl-imaging.com>.
Liliana Gutierrez and Daniel Kaufman, both MBA’84, of Dalton, Massachusetts, say they and their children, Carlos and Carina, “love living in the Berkshires.” Dan is the sourcing manager for GE/Selkirk, and Liliana is a client manager for IBM.
David Abrams, MBA’85, lives in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife, Tracy, and children, Jacob, Harley, and Sophie. David is the managing director for A. G. Edwards Investment Banking in Boca Raton. “I have also signed on as an adjunct professor of finance in the MBA program of the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University,” he writes.
Helena Champion, MBA’85, lives in Winchester, Massachusetts, with her son, Ian, who attends Winchester High School. She is a GMP manager for Cambridge Isotope Laboratories in Andover. “I still enjoy skiing and traveling to Europe and elsewhere. This summer, I took Ian to Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK on vacation and to attend my brother’s wedding. I also enjoyed hiking in Maine at the AMC Echo Lake camp,” she writes. E-mail her at <helenachampion@hotmail.com>.
Kevin Rittenhouse, E’85, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, says, “I’m finally adjusting to being called ‘Coach’ for the various sports teams my son Kevin (a.k.a. Peanut) plays on. Wow, time flies.”
Jeffrey Weintraub, BA’85, has a private optometric practice in Burlington, Vermont. He focuses on primary care and treatment of anterior segment ocular disease, and is one of the team doctors of the Montreal Expos. He is engaged to be married.
Michael R. Farra, BA’87, of Saratoga Springs, New York, is a national account manager for the eastern zone at Fuji Film USA. Fran Hodgkins, AS’87, of Lynn, Massachusetts, received the 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award for her first book, The Orphan Seal (Down East Books, 2000). The award recognizes “books that promote the humane ethic of compassion and respect for all living things.”
Greg Neary, BA’87, of Boston, is a logistics consultant for Answerthink. Previously, he worked twelve years for United Parcel Service in technology deployment, operations management, and industrial engineering. In August, he married Sarah Sinclair Bird, a managing consultant at Hewitt and Associates. “I would like to hear from any grads from the 1980s,” he writes. E-mail him at <gregjn@bellatlantic.net>.
Kevin Sheehan, E’87, and his wife, Kristen, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Catherine Clare, on April 24. They live in Brookfield, Connecticut. Kevin is a marketing manager for GE Capital Commercial Equipment Financing in Danbury.
Jeanie (Golde) Wright, BB’87, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, is hoping to be “at home with my three girls and taking a break from working as an early-intervention specialist. Hoping all is well with the class of 1987.”
Tracy (Fisher) Benedict, E’88, and her husband, Jim, welcomed a son, James Charles II, on November 9, 2000. He joins a sister, Jordan, at their home in Atlanta, Georgia. Tracy works part time as a regional operations and engineering manager for FedEx Ground.
Ted Pearlman, BA’88, and his wife, Pam, celebrated the birth of their first child, daughter Reece, on September 20. They live in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Camille and Jim Pimentel, both AS’88, live in Orange Park, Florida. Jim notes he left active duty with the Navy in 1994 and graduated with honors from the University of Florida law school in 1997. He’s now the sex crimes and child abuse prosecutor in the state attorney general’s office. He’s also a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve. Camille earned a master’s degree in public administration from Old Dominion University and is a manager for talent and acquisition at the Jacksonville Electric Authority. They have a son, James William II, who keeps them busy. Their e-mail address is <jcpimentel@sprintmail.com>.
Kevin Burns, BA’89, and his wife, Jackie Moran, celebrated the birth of their first child, Nicole Marie, on August 2. They live in Chicago, where Kevin is a senior manager with Grant Thornton.
Marlene (Shine) Fitzmaurice, AS’89, and her husband, Jim, welcomed their first child, Griffin James, on August 11. “He is a very good baby, and we are enjoying every minute with him,” she writes. “I am planning to run the Boston Marathon on April 15. I qualified by running the 2000 New York City Marathon in 3 hours, 24 minutes, making me the 171st woman overall. I hope that all my old NU friends can come and cheer me on (like the good old days on Commonwealth Ave.).” The Fitzmaurices live in Mt. Kisco, New York.
Tim Locascio, E’89, ME’96, and his wife, Stacey, welcomed their first child, Luke Timothy, on September 28. The family lives in Osterville, Massachusetts.
Thomas H. Moon, BA’89, of San Francisco, writes, “We have two children, Robert and Monique. I cofounded FAB Logistics, an international logistics company specializing in the semiconductor industry.”
Dale Rhoda, AS’89, and Kara Maupin were married August 4, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. They live in Arlington, Massachusetts. Dale notes he’s “working hard to make air traffic safer and more efficient” from his post at the Research and Special Programs Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation in Cambridge. Kara is the head of human resources at the accounting firm McGladrey and Pullen in Burlington. Dale reports he and Kara met at Park Street Church in 2000 while preparing to teach English at a summer camp in the Czech Republic.