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1950s
Murray N. Markson, BA'50, of Framingham, Massachusetts, writes, "I hope my classmates are enjoying their retirement and will make some generous contributions over the next three years to our reunion gift in the year 2000."David E. Gredler, LA'51, of Norwell, Massachusetts, reports that he occasionally bumps into former N.U. president Kenneth Ryder at the hardware store or the supermarket. "He was my history teacher," he writes. Gredler adds that he's "attending a study program for retirees at Harvard, preparing photo exhibits, working on melodies for my music books, and trying to maintain contact with grandchildren."
Joseph P. Furrier Jr., E'52, of Naples, Florida, notes that three generations of Furriers have attended N.U. He writes, "E'23, deceased; E'52, retired; and E'88 and CS'88, twins. More to come in a few years."
Ed Klein, E'52, is retired and living in Anaheim, California, with his wife, Ellie. They have been married forty-four years. Klein says their four children and eight grandchildren live nearby. He's active in many civic and church affairs.
Vito J. Maida, BA'52, of Andover, Massachusetts, reports that several football teammates from the class of '52 enjoyed their reunion on Cape Cod. "Missed many of you," he says.
Jim Chandler, E'53, of Hull, Massachusetts, notes he's retired from three different jobs. The first was in 1983 as a colonel in the Army reserves. The second was in 1986 from Charles T. Main, a Boston-based engineering company. The third came earlier this year as a building commissioner for the town of Braintree (he also did a stint as building commissioner for the town of Hull). Chandler oversaw the $100 million, second-level expansion of the South Shore Plaza in Braintree. He says he and his wife, Jan, plan to spend time traveling and "spoiling our granddaughter, Allison." The couple built their retirement home in Hull, overlooking Hingham Bay.
Clifton Clarke, E'54, retired from Boeing Company in Seattle in 1993. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Sun City, Arizona, where they "love all that blue sky and sunshine."
Carl S. Walker, P'54, of Clinton, Maryland, is in his fourth year of retirement and "enjoying traveling at home and abroad."
Ed Croke, LA'55, of Jupiter, Florida, spent thirty-nine years as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry. He's now a consultant working with emerging pharmaceutical companies throughout the country.
David P. Pushner, E'55, of New London, Connecticut, retired in 1994 after twenty-seven years with General Dynamics's Electric Boat Division in Groton.
Phyllis A. Dupee-Hughes, MEd'57, of Plympton, Massachusetts, writes, "Hi to Harold Simpson from your co-op partner." Dupee-Hughes retired from teaching in Middleboro when her husband became seriously ill, but says she's still serving as organist for her church.
Stanley Chrest, E'59, retired after thirty-two years with the Air Force Electronic Systems Center and Laboratories at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts. He says he and his wife, Carol, have moved into a new house in Rye, New Hampshire.
Herbert Hadad, LA'59, of Westchester County, New York, has been named a public affairs specialist in the U.S. attorney's office for the southern district of New York. A regular contributor to N.U. Magazine, Hadad is a former staff reporter for the New York Post and Boston Globe and is a contributing reporter for the New York Times. He is a judge in the annual contest of the Society of the Silurians, an organization of veteran journalists, and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the National Writers Union, and the New York Press Club. For several years, Hadad has taught creative writing for the Hudson Valley Writers' Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Joan Dutson Salisbury, LA'59, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, says she hopes to obtain a master's degree in applied psychology by December 1998. Her e-mail address is <joandfs@aol.com>.
Donald Stoddard, BA'59, MA'61, assumed the presidency of Strayer College in July. Stoddard has served as a member of the board of trustees at Strayer, which comprises nine campuses in Washington, D.C., northern Virginia, and Maryland.