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Richard Galasso, BA’90, of Palm City, Florida, is the East Coast sales manager for the marine electronics division of Fort Worth, Texas­based Uniden America, a producer of wireless products. “I’m enjoying fishing, boating, and diving 365 days a year in sunny Florida,” he notes.

John V. Bianco, L’91, of North Reading, Massachusetts, is a partner in the intellectual property group of the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray. He focuses on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property licenses and litigation.

Lisa Cloutier, N’91, of Auburn, Maine, writes, “After completing my internal medicine residency in 1999, I returned to my hometown and joined a private practice. As the new chief of the medicine department, I’ve been busy learning the ‘behind the scenes’ of medicine. This past June, Steve and I got married and then enjoyed a wonderful trip to Alaska. Admittedly, the RV got old, but we still have salmon if anyone wants to stop in.”

Thomas Hedderick, MPA’91, of Belmont, Massachusetts, is the financial manager for the Sloane Epidemiology Center at Boston University’s School of Medicine. He was appointed to the position in October 2003.

Mark G. McGonagle, AS’91, of Wayland, Massachusetts, reports the birth of daughter Catherine Emily in May 2003. Her older brothers are Mark Jr. and Eric. McGonagle earned an MBA from Boston College in 2002.

Adam Shaffer, BA’91, of Los Angeles, is the owner of Undercover, a fashion company with stores in Hollywood and Santa Monica; the company’s website is at www.undercoverfashion.com.

Manya Rossignoli Chait, MBA’92, writes, “I recently moved to a house in Lexington, Massachusetts, with my husband, Jon (we got married in 2000), and my daughter, Talia, who was born June 19, 2002. We love the space, yard, and town. I am still working at Schwartz Communications, doing high-tech PR. I’ve been at the company for seven years. I’d love to talk with any former classmates. Please e-mail me.” Her address is manyarc@schwartz-pr.com.

Patrick Gaston, MBA’92, of Alexandria, Virginia, is the new president of Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications. Gaston has been with the company nineteen years, most recently as executive director for strategic alliances in Washington, D.C. He is also a member of the board of directors of the NAACP Board of Trustees and Generations United, the National Latino Children’s Institute, America’s Charities, the Foundation of the University of West Indies, and the World Institute on Disability.

Douglas Gray, AS’92, was promoted to major in the Army and is a network officer for the Coalition Forces Land Component Command in Kuwait. He writes, “I ask you all to please continue to support and pray for our colleagues in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the hardships, they’re doing great work in those locations.” He can be e-mailed at douglas.gray@us.army.mil.

Howard S. Hirsch, AS’92, of New York, New York, writes, “Just had my second daughter, Caroline Rose, who was born on October 11, 2003. Her older sister is Miranda, who just started nursery school.” Hirsch has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing for Borax Paper Products in the Bronx, New York. He can be reached by e-mail at hhirsch@boraxpaper.com.

Scott E. Nelson, E’92, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, is a structural engineer and project manager for the engineering firm Goldsmith, Prest & Ringwall. He previously worked for Foley & Buhl Engineering and Anderson-Nichols.

Diane (Rita) O’Connell, PAH’92, and Kevin W. O’Connell, BA’92, of Franklin, Massachusetts, welcomed the birth of their third child, Quinlan David, on September 5, 2003. His siblings are Logan William and Megan Elizabeth. Nozomu Ogawa, AS’92, is a bond dealer with Toronto Dominion Bank Sydney. “I‘ve been living in Sydney, Australia, for over five years and haven’t been back to Boston since I graduated,” he writes. “I look forward to hearing from old friends.” His mailing address is 11 Armstrong, Cammeray NSW 2062, Australia.

Joan Ross-Inselberg, AS’92, and David E. Inselberg, BA’89, live in Long Beach, New York, with their children, Ross Harrison and Samantha Erin. Ross-Inselberg works in sales for ABC. She says she’d like to hear from 1992 alumni. She also notes that Kim Cox, AS’91, died on July 10, 2001. E-mail Ross-Inselberg at joan.m.ross@abc.com.

Jeffrey Tate, AS’92, of Manchester, New Hampshire, has started a company that supplies computer-aided design and drafting for civil engineering and surveying professionals. He and his wife, Holly, have two children, Hannah and Isaac. Tate can be reached by e-mail at jatdraft@comcast.net.

Kristen Trottier, BB’92, of Webster, New York, reports that she and her husband, Paul, celebrated the birth of their first child, Lucienne Rose, on June 9, 2003.

Scott Weissman, BA’92, of Houston, Texas, is a senior commodities trader for Entergy-Koch Trading, an energy trading firm. He and his wife, Suly, have two daughters, Gabby Nicole and Erika Lauren.

Ava Rothenberg Lawrence, AS’93, of Allston, Massachusetts, is an assistant professor of music at Northeastern. “After working in the entertainment industry for nearly ten years, I have returned to NU to teach music, with a concentration in music industry. I would love to hear from alumni who are working in the entertainment industry (no matter what your major was). Please e-mail me, and let me know where you are working and what you are doing,” she writes. Her e-mail address is a.lawrence@neu.edu.

Jason Levine, AS’93, and his wife, Allison, celebrated the birth of their second child, Maya Faye, on October 14, 2003. She joins her brother, Rhys, in the family’s home in New Castle, Delaware. Levine is the assistant design editor at the News Journal in New Castle.

Christine McEnroy, AS’93, of Bonita Springs, Florida, is a real estate agent in Naples. She had worked ten years in technology for IBM and EMC. Her e-mail address is christine@southbayrealtygroup.com.

Mark Reid, ME’93, of North Andover, Massachusetts, is the vice president of engineering for First Virtual Communications, a provider of web conferencing and communications solutions. He works in the company’s Nashua, New Hampshire, office.

Christopher D. Delmonte, CJ’94, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has been promoted to detective sergeant and supervisor of the Detective Bureau for the Bridgewater Police Department. Delmonte was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar after earning a law degree in 2000. He and his wife, Andrea, have three children, Brian, Allison, and Jonathan. He can be reached by e-mail at cdelmonte@bridgewaterma.org.

Candace Harper, AS’94, and Marquis Harper, AS’98, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, note that their family was recently featured in the “Parenting” section of Ebony magazine.

Susan L. Mallard, MBA’94, of Holden, Massachusetts, is vice president of business development and client services for the Bava Group, a communications consulting company in Wellesley. She formerly worked at Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment.

Darryl Mapp, AS’94, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, writes, “I am trying to contact some old friends, Lori Bosi, David Thomas, and Susan Jhun. Drop me a line.” His e-mail address is darryl3223us@yahoo.com.

Sheila Borghi Nash, CJ’94, of McLean, Virginia, reports the birth of her son, Spencer Logan, on September 20, 2003. “Mom and baby are healthy; mom and dad are absolutely thrilled,” she writes.

Karyn Geary, GB’95, of Lynn, Massachusetts, is one of the first nurse practitioners in the country to pass the Advanced Practice Palliative Care Nurse examination to become board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Geary, who works at the Hospice of the North Shore in Danvers, is one of only fifty-two nurse practitioners in the United States to receive the certification.

Sumeet P. Mehra, BA’95, of Laredo, Texas, writes, “I want to send a big hello to all my friends from the classes of 1994 and 1995. If any of you are in Laredo or on your way to Mexico, please come by our restaurant, Drumsticks House of Wings, for a few cold beers and some ‘wicked good’ wings.” His e-mail address is smehra@stx.rr.com.

John R. Dunn, AS’96, of Nashua, New Hampshire, notes that he has finished law school. Friends and classmates can e-mail him at johnrdunnjd@aol.com.

Alison (Rutherford) Martin, AS’96, and her husband, Miguel, celebrated the birth of their first child, William Harrison, on May 22, 2003. They live in Inverness, Illinois.

Robert V. Hogan, UC’97, of Newton, Massachusetts, is an operations manager for FedEx Express. He can be e-mailed at fedex023@msn.com.

Lisa Reynolds, CJ’97, of Johnston, Rhode Island, notes that she and her fiancé, Mike Veach, celebrated the birth of their first child, Dustin Michael, on November 2, 2003. Reynolds recently finished law school.

Rebekah Wilcox, N’97, married Eric Gendron on August 22, 2003. NU alumni at the wedding included Ailish Wilkie, Lori Palumbo, Heather Wilcox, Thomas Wilcox, Andrew Wilcox, Eric Murphy, Laurie Rebello, Christian McCloskey, and Kristen Calheno. Wilcox has lived in South Boston for two years and works at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Rachel (McCaffrey) Gerlitz-Appel, AS’98, of Marietta, Georgia, writes, “After leaving Florence, Italy, I moved back to the states. My experiences at Northeastern have helped me create and run a successful business as a massage therapist. My husband (Jason) and I were married in Poipu on the island of Kauai on October 20, 2002, in a beach ceremony.” Friends can e-mail Gerlitz-Appel at infinitei8i@hotmail.com.

Aubry Shackelford, E’98, of Houston, Texas, is a project manager at Berwanger, an engineering and software development firm.

John A. Lawson III, CS’99, married Jennifer Howard on May 31, 2003. They live in Glocester, Rhode Island. Lawson works for Houghton Mifflin.