1950s
Robert L. Carter, BA'50, of Concord, Massachusetts, reports that in
1994 he "liquidated my business, Carter Furniture Company, after seventy-four
years in business in West Concord. I sold the real estate to the Minuteman
Association for Retarded Citizens and Human Services, and spend some time
volunteering in their shop."
David W. O'Neill, E'50, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, says he's
"still actively employed" as a consultant review engineer with
the Massachusetts Highway Department's bridge section. He has been "happily
married" for forty-two years and has a son, a daughter, and three
grandchildren.
Frank J. Madden, E'51, of Wollaston, Massachusetts, is active
in Northeastern's RE-SEED program, which places retired engineers and scientists
in local middle schools to give students a sense of how rewarding such
careers can be.
Peter W. Brownson, LA'52, of Clifton Park, New Jersey, notes
he's been a New Yorker since 1970. He and his son, Peter, a Northeastern
criminal justice graduate, are in business together.
Bob McGauley, E'52, of Jacksonville, Florida, a former sales
manager for State Farm Insurance, recently retired from his second career
as treasurer of the Arlington Congregational Church in Jacksonville.
John L. Woodbury, BA'52, reports that he's "semiretired
(twice) and working for a small U.S. company in Veracruz, Mexico. Life
ain't all that bad."
Arthur S. Robbins, BA'54, of Needham Heights, Massachusetts,
has retired after a thirty-five-year career as treasurer of Bradlee's and
vice president of the Stop & Shop Companies in Boston and now has his
own accounting consulting practice. He and his wife, Anne, have three children
and one grandchild.
Leon H. Glass, E'55, of Hackettstown, New Jersey, has retired
after thirty-three years with the Army at Picatinny Arsenal and several
years with Geo-Center in Newton, Massachusetts. He has four children-"none
married yet"-and sends along "best wishes to all my friends at
N.U."
Jerrold J. Abell, E'57, of Manchester, Connecticut, retired last
year from Rogers Corporation, where he had worked for more than thirty-seven
years.
Alan S. Hunter, E'57, of Alton, New Hampshire, retired in 1997
after thirty-five years with Textron. He says he's currently "building
our retirement log home in Sandwich, New Hampshire."
James G. Jacobs, E'59, ME'62, president of CID Associates, an
engineering and architectural firm in Boston, has been elected to the board
of directors of St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston. He has been active
with St. Elizabeth's, the Franciscan Children's Hospital Board, St. Columbkille's
Church, Brighton Little League, and the Allston-Brighton Hockey League.
He and his wife, Mary Lou, have eight children, all born at St. Elizabeth's,
where Jacobs also was born.