1980s
George A. Bernet, MBA'80, of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, is a certified financial planner with Chestnut Hill Financial Group.
Avis D. Bullard, PAH'80, of Rochester, New York, received a master's degree in clinical chemistry from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a method development chemist at Eastman Kodak Company.
Robert M. Deacy, CJ'80, of Wilmington, North Carolina, is the outage manager for two nuclear power plants operated by Carolina Power and Light Company in Wilmington.
Diane Demers-Griffith, AS'80, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, received a master's degree in counseling and psychology with a certificate in guidance and counseling from Antioch Graduate School. She is a high school counselor. "Adopted an infant girl from Romania who is now unbelievably already five years old," she says.
Karen Celia LaRiviere, AS'80, and her husband, Art, celebrated the birth of their second child, Megan Noelle, in June. Matthew is their first child. The family lives in Benicia, California. Karen is an operations and human resources manager for a law firm.
Dorayne L. Passler, PAH'80, of Salem, New Hampshire, is a senior clinical research associate at Med-Sense in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Scott Sweet, BA'80, is president of Palm Harbor Capital, an equity trading firm, and serves on the board of directors of Zenith Industries. He and his wife, Susan, and son, Daniel, live in Clearwater, Florida.
John F. Clark, CJ'81, says he's given up the brutal winters of San Diego and is now an instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. He lives on Saint Simons Island.
Jeffrey G. Finn, BA'81, has moved from Pompano Beach, Florida, to Mission Viejo, California. He is a sales manager for Weyerhauser Corporation in Los Angeles.
Harriet F. Freedman, UC'81, of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, notes she was "taking courses over fourteen years, now eighty-one years old."
Joseph A. Guth, BA'81, and his wife, Tracy, welcomed a son, Kevin Bellamy, on December 13, 1995. They live in Pepperell, Massachusetts.
Kelly A. Higgins, CJ'81, GCJ'85, and her husband, John, had their second child, a boy, on March 19. The family lives in Westford, Massachusetts.
Robert E. Hyldburg Jr., BA'81, bought a 206-year-old home in Woburn, Massachusetts. He reports he is "restoring and updating it, keeping the old style and country look."
Estelle K. Keast, GB'81, of Carlisle, Massachusetts, is a staff psychologist in behavioral health sciences at Lowell General Hospital. She chairs the Carlisle Council on Aging and is a board member of the Greater Lowell Mental Health Educational Consortium.
William M. Knott Jr., UC'81, of West Medford, Massachusetts, has been the lead singer of the folk music group Blunt Instruments for ten years. He's formed a new group, Mackerel Sky, which performs folk, bluegrass, and pop.
Jane Kralik, MBA'81, is the new chief operating officer at SBA/Steffian Bradley Associates in Boston. She is also vice president and treasurer of SBA, an architectural and design firm.
Kevin A. Tedesco, AS'81, of Westfield, New Jersey, is the press representative for the CBS News program 60 Minutes. His second child, Patrick, was born in March 1995.
Lynne Townsend, BB'81, of Derry, New Hampshire, earned a master's degree from Ohio University in 1983. She has two daughters, Samantha and Jessica, and is a speech-language pathologist in the Hampstead School District.
Margaret J. Voland, AS'81, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, says she made her first donation to the Annual Giving Program "due to the excellent instruction of Dr. Glorioso (main speaker at the College of Engineering Honors Banquet in May). Dr. Glorioso is truly appreciative of the preparation for life he received at N.U. Appreciation is a great virtue, and I want to show appreciation also. Thanks for the education."
Darlene Lobaugh D'Altorio, BB'82, of Stow, Ohio, is the new director of rehabilitation services at Edwin Shaw Hospital in Akron. She has more than 100 therapists reporting to her. She and her husband, Jim, have three children, Darren, David, and Elesia. She can be reached at <daltorio1@aol.com>.
Sindey Yablin Dranoff, BA'82, of Holland, Pennsylvania, is telecommunications research manager at Scott-Levin, a health care research and consulting company in Newtown.
Thomas D. Fellner, BA'82, was married May 11. He is a divisional controller at Simmons Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ronald J. Gilmore Jr., BA'82, and his wife, DeLynn, celebrated the birth of their first child, Nicholas Ronald, on December 24, 1995. They live in Naperville, Illinois, and work at First Chicago/First Card. Ron says "hello to J. Donnelly, B. Brady, M. Seeto, S. Roberts, Taxidis, Q-ee, and all the other great people. Not enough space to name all. Many fond memories of all of you. I cherish the memories."
Keith W. Hochstin, AS'82, of Greenwich, Connecticut, is a member of the New York Stock Exchange. He is an executive vice president at Hochstin, Jakobson & Company.
Steven L. Jones, BA'82, of Glastonbury, Connecticut, and his wife, Fern, welcomed their first child, Andrew, in December 1995. Jones is national accounts manager for Liberty Mutual.
Dianne Eagelson Lowry, BB'82, lives in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she practices pediatric physical therapy. She earned a master's degree from Louisiana State University in 1988. Her husband, Philip, is a geologic specialist with ARCO. They have two children, Caitlin and Ryan.
Byron O. Magafas, L'82, and his wife, Darlene, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Odessa Reiko-Marie, on December 6, 1995. They live in Maryland Heights, Maryland.
Denise (Pitts) Mortenson, BB'82, and John Mortenson, BA'81, live in Mendham, New Jersey, with their children, Philip, Erin, and Robbie. John is the chief operating officer of L. P. Thebault Company in Parsipanny.
Lee Peterson, BA'82, of Acton, Massachusetts, received a master's degree in training and development from Lesley College. She says she gave herself a ten-day trip to Ireland to celebrate her new-found freedom. Peterson is a training program manager at Digital Equipment Corporation in Littleton.
Michael Rotman, BA'82, and his wife, Linda, welcomed a daughter, Heather, on April 3, 1995. They live in Cotuit, Massachusetts. Rotman is an account executive for Eastman Kodak Company, where he has worked for eleven years.
Abeer A. Alwan, E'83, of Los Angeles, California, is an assistant professor of electrical engineering at UCLA.
Brian M. Conroy, AS'83, and his wife, Jaquelyn, announce the birth of their son, Brandon Edward. They live in Saddle River, New Jersey.
Lisa Calechman Kalb, BA'83, and her husband, Elliott, had their first child, Wyatt Frederick, on August 22, 1995. They have a new home in North Caldwell, New Jersey. Lisa is an account executive for Attachmate Corporation. Her husband produced the basketball and boxing segments for NBC during the Summer Olympics.
Christine E. Lenick, L'83, and her husband, Ben, live in Reston, Virginia. They celebrated the birth of their daughter, Corey Madeline, on November 28, 1995. "Along with her brother, Tyler, she's a ton of fun," says Christine. "I'm also enjoying running my own marketing consulting firm, Alliance Enterprises, which is in its third year of operation. All in all, balancing job and family is a constant challenge but always rewarding (but I could use a vacation)."
Bobbie S. McCardle, BA'83, of Englewood, Colorado, had her first child in June 1995.
Jeanne O'Neil McCoy, BB'83, of Oak Park, Illinois, reports the birth of Meghan Margaret on December 12, 1995. She joins siblings Tim and Peter John.
Ellen A. Mernick, CJ'83, lives in Sausalito, California. She asks Gerry Humphrey, Anders, Lisa, Tom, and Mary to get in touch with her or Mary Drabot for a possible reunion.
Jill L. Nelson, LA'83, is living in Miami and studying at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing.
Dennis A. Porter, AS'83, of Framingham, Massachusetts, says "hello to Bennett Chin and Richard Jackson, wherever you are."
Jim Reynolds, BA'83, and his wife, Ann, announce the birth of their second child, Kalli, on November 10, 1995. They live in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Beverly R. Sherman, N'83, of Brockton, Massachusetts, works in pediatrics at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton. She and her husband, Rick, have two children, Craig and Rebecca.
Luis A. Velez-Cortes, BB'83, works in the U.S. Postal Service distribution center in his home town, Hyde Park, Massachusetts. He reports he and his wife, Eileen, enjoyed N.U. Night at the Pops in June.
Worden Willis, MBA'83, is a stock broker at Your Discount Broker in Boca Raton, Florida. She and her dog, Cara Boo, an Italian spinori, live in Parkland.
Joseph K. Witmer, LA'83, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, is a public utility attorney for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in Harrisburg.
Bob Zielinski, BA'83, is manager of the Boca Raton, Florida, branch of Chase Manhattan Bank. He and his wife had their second son, Andrew, in May. They live in Lighthouse Point.
Mark D. Corbett, BA'84, of Birmingham, Michigan, works in the employee benefits division of Marsh & McLennan. He says he is "thoroughly enjoying the first four years of marriage" and recently celebrated his son's first birthday.
Nancy (Ripple) Dodsworth, LA'84, is documentation and training manager and practice leader at Whittman-Hart. She, her husband, Mike, and sons, Andrew and Ryan, live in Hamilton, Ohio.
Holly M. Durgin, UC'84, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is a branch manager for Advanced Environmental Technical Services.
Dawn C. Gilligan, FD'84, of Reading, Massachusetts, was married in August.
Mary Lewis Gupton, BA'84, of West Orange, New Jersey, has joined the Connell Company, an export and financial services broker, as director of information technology. She and her husband, Greg, welcomed their first child, Heather Morgan, in April.
Steven J. Kalucki, LC'84, of Windham, New Hampshire, is a test engineering manager for Agfa in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Rhonda Lipkin, L'84, of Baltimore, Maryland, writes, "I'm celebrating ten years of civil legal services with the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland, and am raising two boys with my partner of fourteen years, Michele Nethercott, L'84. Michele practices criminal law with the Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore."
Darren Lynch, BA'84, of Teaneck, New Jersey, is an account executive for Bell Atlantic.
Ann Adams Mermelstein, MA'84, and her husband, Robert, live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with their daughter, Jennifer Louise, who was born September 6, 1994.
Jay Smith, E'84, of Phoenix, Maryland, says "hello to all civil engineers from the class of '84."
Alan M. Weinstein, E'84, lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with his wife and daughters, Emma and Sophie. He works for Rexam as the European marketing director.
Charles A. Whiteman, BA'84, of Belmont, Massachusetts, is a contract manager in the HIV/AIDS bureau of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. His wife is a lawyer for the Department of Environmental Protection. "We both love our jobs and the causes they represent," he says. "We were married in Lenox, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires in November 1994, a year and a half after meeting and falling madly in love in New Orleans at the Jazz and Heritage Festival."
Checrallah Abi-Chaker, E'85, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, and his wife, Deborah, have been married for thirteen years. They have three boys and one girl. He runs his own building contracting business in Boston.
Holly Ardito, BA'85, of Waltham, Massachusetts, received a master's degree from Yale University in 1989 and is a health care analyst for Tufts Associated Health Plans.
Patricia A. Decker, CS'85, and her husband, Christopher, welcomed a daughter, Mary Amanda, on March 14. They live in Bradford, Massachusetts.
Andy Entwistle, CJ'85, is a captain in the Army. He is stationed at the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt. E-mail address is: <aentwistle@centcom.dsaa.osd.mil>.
Sandra (Legg) Forgiel, N'85, and her husband, David, welcomed the birth of their second son, Peter Christian L. Forgiel, on May 20.
Bijan Kheradi, E'85, of Coventry, Rhode Island, is an operations manager for AlliedSignal. "I am having a great time. Three kids and my wife, Emily, AS'84, do keep me busy," he says.
Mia C. Mahedy, E'85, writes to say she "passed the Oregon PE exam, getting married to David Sexton of Salem, Oregon, and looking for a house."
Homer Pena, E'85, works for Dow Chemical in Venezuela. His address is Calle 75 #65-160, URB Los Olivos, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Lisa Brenner, MBA'86, of Minneapolis, writes, "After years of working in the advertising industry, I am now the CFO of the Minnesota Multiple Sclerosis Society, the largest chapter in the United States. It's a nice change working for a
'bigger' cause."
Nadim Jaroudi, E'86, of Nashua, New Hampshire, received a master's degree from Stanford University in 1987. He is international sales and marketing manager for Airtech Corporation, an Internet and multimedia tools provider.
Katherine Croteau Macone, AS'86, and her husband, John, welcomed a son, Joseph Francis, on February 29. They live in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Macone took a six-month leave from her job as copy desk editor at the Lowell Sun. "As a first-time mom, I am enjoying being at home full-time with Joseph," she writes. "I've gotten involved in Amesbury town politics and am trying to start a community gardening program. I would love to hear from old Northeastern News and yearbook cohorts, especially Marie Grady and Chris Regle."
Martha Soshnick, L'86, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, published an article, "Who Needs a Lawyer?" in the March 1995 issue of Massachusetts Family Law Journal.
Wayne Kurtz, E'87, and Lisa Treadway-Kurtz, BA'90, celebrated the birth of their first child, Nicole Kathleen, on January 6. Lisa is head athletic trainer at Rider College in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. They live in Trenton.
Lisa M. Laibinis Augustine, PAH'88, and her husband, Dominick, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Marissa, on March 24. She has an older sister, Joelle Marie. The family lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
John F. Capuzzo Jr., BA'88, married Mary Ellen Comer on New Year's Eve last year in Scituate, Massachusetts. They honeymooned in Barbados for two weeks. They were expecting their first child this fall.
Ann L. Collins, L'88, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, says she and her parents, Bill and Louise (McCabe) Collins, class of 1956, enjoyed N.U. Night at the Pops. "It was a great night," she says.
Lynn D. Meltzer, L'88, of Venice, California, is president of the Los Angeles County Public Defender Association.
Anne-Marie Santiago, MBA'88, and her husband, Alan Greenberg, celebrated the birth of Allison Leigh on April 11. They also have a son, Alex, and live in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Ronald M. Bielicki, AS'89, of Milton, Massachusetts, is chief executive officer of the Win Foundation, a nonprofit group in Boston for disabled athletes.
Cliff Cohen, L'89, is a resident estate planning attorney in the Boston office of the regional New England firm of Hinckley, Allen & Snyder.
John L. Hill 3d, BA'89, of New Orleans, Louisiana, reports that John H. Hill IV was born March 21, 1995.