1950s
John W. Hosmer, LA'50, of Southington, Connecticut, sends along this
solemn message: "My wife, June, and I were enjoying our retirement
and looking forward to our fiftieth wedding anniversary, but last September
a head-on collision with a truck took her life. If it had not been for
the quick response of police, medics, doctors, and surgeons, I would have
died with her. I'm getting along OK, but wish we could have celebrated
our fiftieth together."
Paul E. Busteed, E'51, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, says he's
enjoying his retirement after working in electrical engineering for ten
companies over forty-two years. His longest affiliation was fifteen years
with Honeywell.
Robert U. Johnson, LA'51, of Beverly, Massachusetts, reports
that his daughter had triplets on April 7. "I now have eight grandchildren,
including the triplets and twins in California," he says.
Arthur M. Stickney, LC'51, B'53, of Newington, Connecticut, writes,
"The batons that I was honored to carry as class marshal at my 1951
graduation from Lincoln College, and again as class marshal at my 1953
graduation from the School of Business, are still proudly displayed at
home along with my diplomas."
Ellis E. Walker Jr., E'51, of Concord, Massachusetts, is "retired
and loving it."
David B. Appleton, E'52, and his wife, Sue, own and operate the
Pleasant View Bed and Breakfast in Bristol, New Hampshire.
Salvatore P. Luciano, BA'52, of West Peabody, Massachusetts,
notes that his class will celebrate its fiftieth reunion in 2002. "Please
make your views known to the alumni office. See you at the reunion,"
he says.
David W. Paulson, E'52, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, says he's
still employed by Sverdrup Civil as a senior electrical engineer. He's
worked on Boston's "Big Dig" at the Sumner and Callahan Tunnels,
as well as on tunnels in Toronto, Ontario, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. "Down
to a three-day week, trying to get to full retirement," he says. "Heading
to Florida for vacation, where I'll visit my cousin, Don Paulson, E'52."
Edward E. Altshuler, LA'53, of Newton, Massachusetts, received
the 1997 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Harry Diamond
Memorial Award. He was cited for his more than 100 scientific publications,
patents, and presentations in the fields of antennas and propagations.
Altshuler is a member of the Electromagnetics Directorate at Hanscom Air
Force Base in Bedford and is conducting antenna research for the Air Force
Research Laboratory. From 1964 to 1991, he was a lecturer in Northeastern's
Graduate School of Engineering.
Kenneth S. Moody, E'53, says he and his wife have given up life
on the road and have decided to settle down in Casa Grande, Arizona. "We
enjoyed traveling but found it to be much too expensive for our limited
budget," he writes. "We would love to hear from anyone who would
care to communicate with us. I would especially like to hear from any of
my classmates who would like to chat." His e-mail address is <ksmoody@juno.com>.
Melvin Norris, BA'54, of Newton, Massachusetts, presented the
Gail Norris Memorial Scholarship to Elliot Stein, a post-baccalaureate
certificate student in Northeastern's health information program.
Raymond D. Arnold, E'55, and his wife, Helen, have retired to
Lake Form, Texas.
James P. Hodgkins, LA'55, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, reports
that he and his wife, Elaine, have returned to Massachusetts after spending
several months touring French Polynesia, the Hawaiian Islands, Arizona,
and Florida.
Cornelius T. Lynch Jr., MBA'55, of Norwood, Massachusetts, has
retired from New England Telephone.
Donald F. Richard, E'55, ME'64, of Saratoga, California, recently
spearheaded a merger between Altatatron, a contract manufacturing services
company, where he serves as executive vice president and chief financial
officer, and Flextronics International, a publicly traded company. After
a thirty-year career in engineering, sales and marketing, and general management,
in 1985 Richard started an independent consulting business in the San Francisco
BaySilicon Valley area. Though he now intends to devote more time
and attention to his three grandchildren, Richard says no retirement announcement
is forthcoming.
Richard E. Butler, E'56, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, is retired
from Konsato. "Love it. Busier than ever," he says.
Richard A. Mortenson, E'56, ME'69, of Stow, Massachusetts, reports
that he retired from Test Devices in 1997. "I planned to retire six
months earlier, but we had a devastating fire at our plant in April 1997
and I felt obligated to remain and help rebuild the physical plant,"
he says. "I have enjoyed retirement so far. I am busy in my woodworking
shop and find plenty of neglected around-the-house projects to keep me
busy. We also spend lots of time at our summer cottage in Maine. It's great
to be able to travel when everyone else has to work. We are busy with our
grown children (two boys and a girl) and our three granddaughters (another
was due in February). Went to the fortieth reunion and was disappointed
that more class members weren't there. Hope more go to the forty-fifth,
which will be here before we know it."
Jane M. Estes, BB'57, of Bridgewater, New Hampshire, is retired
and "doing all the fun things one does on a lake in the mountains."
Frederick R. Medugno, LA'57, of San Diego, retired in June 1997.
He has twelve grandchildren.
Peter P. Saunders, E'57, of Chatham, Massachusetts, reports that
Keepers, his seventh book of poetry, has been published by Steppingstone
Publishers. One of the selections, "You Knew," honors retired
Northeastern English professor Lloyd Skiffington.
Andrew J. Tringali, E'57, of Medford, Massachusetts, has been
retired for five years. "I still travel quite extensively during the
winter months, which enables me to play golf twelve months a year,"
he says.
Mack C. Giovanni, E'58, of Sunnyvale, California, says that his
son, Mark Kevin Giovanni, received a master's degree in planning from the
University of Southern California in May.
Arnold Smokler, PAH'58, of Sarasota, Florida, founded the International
Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation and was elected president at
the organization's annual conference in April.
Herbert Hadad, LA'59, has been appointed chairman of the awards
committee of the Society of the Silurians, the oldest press club in America.
The Silurians sponsor an annual excellence in journalism competition to
select the best work in the New York metropolitan region in a variety of
categories, such as spot news, feature writing, commentary, humor, news
and feature photos, and radio and TV coverage. The awards committee also
selects individuals to honor for unusual accomplishments and contributions
to journalism. Hadad's own writing was featured in the July/August issue
of Poets & Writers, a national magazine devoted to the writing life,
with a profile of White Pines Press, a publishing house. Hadad also won
a writing award from Writer's Digest for a personal essay on defending
one's family.
Paul Kopcha, E'59, of Oceanside, California, is retired after
a career with the Army Reserve, General Dynamics, and Lockheed Martin.
He says he's "enjoying the good life."
Tristan Leavitt, LA'59, has retired from the U.S. Treasury Department
and from the Army Reserve. He and his wife, Dorothy, bought a farm in Maine,
where they plan to breed English mastiffs and cashmere goats. "Princeton
is a very small town with wonderful, friendly, and helpful people,"
he says. "None of this 'from away' nonsense one might encounter in
the midcoast towns. We are all Yankees here, and that is what counts. We
have bald eagles swooping over our fields on a regular basis."
Kenneth A. Perkins, BA'59, is retired and living in Tucson, Arizona.
He says he's expecting a fourth grandchild and is enjoying golf and travel.
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