1980s
Martin D. Polito, MPA'80, of Worcester, Massachusetts, was promoted
from senior accountant to systems accountant in the Public Works Department
in Worcester.
Ken Epstein, SET'82, and his wife, Sherri, of Worcester, Massachusetts,
welcomed their second daughter, Rachel Beth, in September. "Mother
and daughter are doing well," Epstein writes. "Dad and Jessica
are doing as well as can be expected."
Regina S. Rousso, GB'82, moved in September from Cincinnati to
Philadelphia.
Brian S. Snider, BA'82, expanded and moved his directmarketing
agency, GRI Direct, to Westport, Connecticut, in 1997. He is a past president
of the 1,000-member Direct Marketing Club of New York. Snider and his wife,
Mary Hanrahan Snider, Ed'82, live in Trumbull, Connecticut, with
their children, Joey and Ashley, and golden retriever, Bernie. They write,
"Joey is into baseball, hockey, writing, and video games; Ashley is
into Brownies, ice skating, computer stuff, and Beanie Babies; and Bernie
is into chewing on socks and stuffed animals and digging ditches in the
yard." They can be reached by e-mail at <bsnider@gridirect.com>.
Greg Thuotte, BA'82, and Fran O'Leary Thuotte, BB'82,
live in Newington, Connecticut, with their daughter, Emily Sarah. He is
a toy buyer for Ames Department Stores. She is a business analyst at Aetna
in Hartford.
Mark D. Pyke, BA'83, of Prospect, Kentucky, is senior vice president
of the bankcard division of National Processing. He, his wife, Gail, and
their son, Jack, have lived in the Louisville area for two and a half years.
Gary E. Brooks, CJ'84, is vice president of marketing for TRADE'ex
Electronic Commerce Systems in Tampa, Florida, where he lives with his
wife, Denise, and son, Colby. Brooks, who holds a master's degree in business
management from Lesley College, is president of the Tampa Bay chapter of
the Information Systems Security Association. His e-mail is <gebrooks@earthlink.com>.
Gary B. MacDonald, LA'84, is the new director of continuing education
and public programs at Southern Methodist University's Perkins School of
Theology in Dallas. A graduate of the Perkins School, MacDonald was formerly
pastor of the Maple Street United Methodist Church in Lynn, Massachusetts.
He worked for newspapers and magazines and in public relations before attending
the Perkins School, where he earned a master of divinity degree in 1994.
Suzanne Steen-Munro, BA'84, of Melrose, Massachusetts, is director
of human resources at Mullen & Company in Burlington.
Andy Entwhistle, CJ'85, of Harker Heights, Texas, is an Army
major serving with the First Cavalry Division at Fort Hood. He can be reached
at <entwhistle@n-link.com>.
Doug Howson, E'85, of Santa Rosa, California, works at Fibex
Systems, a start-up company that manufactures telecommunications equipment.
He and his wife welcomed their second child, Spencer Douglas, in June 1997.
Daniel Murphy, BA'85, is vice president of marketing for Pitney
Bowes Management Services in Stamford, Connecticut. Murphy, who earned
an MBA from Harvard Business School, was formerly vice president for strategic
marketing for Pitney Bowes Office Systems. He and his wife, Colleen, have
two children.
Eric J. Petherbridge, BA'85, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is
MIS project manager for Star Market in Cambridge.
Rosia Blackwell-Lawrence, AS'86, MPA'97, of New York City, writes,
"I have been happily married for five years and am the mother of two
adorable boys, Aaron and Jacob, and am expecting any day now the arrival
of a third son. Since graduation, I have worked in the union movement as
public relations director and executive assistant to the president of a
large public hospital workers' union in New York City, AFSCME Local 420.
I'd love to hear from folks, especially my African-American Institute buddies
and Green sorority and fraternity friends. E-mail me at <lo420@banet.net>.
It was good seeing folks at the Institute anniversary in May."
Katherine (Croteau) Macone, AS'86, and her husband, John, celebrated
the birth of a son, Samuel Alessandro, in June. He joins his brother, Joseph
Francis, at the family home in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Macone can be reached
at <MacConer@aol.com>.
Peter W. Milligan, AS'86, of Brunswick, Maine, earned a doctorate
in environmental science from Rutgers University. He is now a postdoctoral
research associate at the University of Maine, where he studies trace atmosphere
gas cycling.
Joe Desmond and Lisa (Kropp) Desmond, both BA'87, of Pleasanton,
California, write, "We would love to hear from old friends or from
alumni living in the San Francisco Bay area." Their e-mail address
is <jldesmond@home.com>.
Stephen D. Dnistrian, AS'87, was elected to the board of directors
of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, based in New York City. An
executive vice president and director of public affairs for the organization,
Dnistrian is the youngest member to be elected to the board. He and his
wife, Cynthia, live in Milford, Connecticut, with their children, Sarah
Rose and Stephen Patrick.
Cheryl (Hall) Flagg, BA'87, of Reading, Massachusetts, works
at Partners First in Boston. She married Christopher D. Flagg in October
1997.
Fran (Nicholson) Hodgkins, AS'87, and her husband, Winston, welcomed
a daughter, Roslyn Kate, on May 19, 1998. The couple celebrated their second
wedding anniversary on September 7, 1998. She is a full-time freelance
writer and editor and invites journalism school classmates to contact her
at <hodgkins@hotmail.com>.
Laurence D. Kurzner, MBA'87, of Westport, Connecticut, is vice
president of marketing and business development for Foundation Technologies
in Waltham, Massachusetts.
William I. Miller, LC'87, reports he's moved back to California
for the third time and is now vice president of broadband services at Fujitsu.
"Moved into Mark McGwire's off-season Huntington Beach neighborhood,"
he writes, "so it's been pretty exciting since he hit his seventieth
home run."
Larry Stillman, AGS'87, of Melbourne, Australia, is developing
multilingual and disability access programs for the Internet and running
conferences for the State Library of Victoria. In November, he "indulged
myself with some study at the École Biblique in Jerusalem."
He can be reached by e-mail at <larrys@vicnet.net.au>.
Maria (Blaha) Doyle, BA'88, of Braintree, Massachusetts, writes,
"Can you believe it's been ten years [since graduation]? I'm awful
at keeping in touch, but would love to hear from all my old friends."
Her e-mail address is <mdoyle@rourkemsl.com>.
Daniel J. McCarthy, CS'88, of Arlington, Massachusetts, married
Patricia Sargent in July 1994. They have a son, Ian.
Marion B. Surette, BA'88, of Franklin, Massachusetts, earned
an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management in 1992. She is senior director
of Reebok customer services and has two children, Kendra and Kate. "Kevin
is a stay-at-home dad," she writes.
Jeffrey J. Van Straten, MBA'88, of Gilbert, Arizona, is director
of golf travel for America West Airlines in Phoenix.
David Wlodarski, AS'88, is a lecturer in stage and technical
management at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. "Hong Kong
is a wonderful place to live and work, and I will be here for the next
two years," he says. Wlodarski earned a master's degree in theater
design at the University of Idaho and taught technical production for a
semester at the University of Memphis.
Martin B. Keogh, BA'89, and his wife, Jennifer, of Houston, celebrated
the birth of a son, John Ryan, on August 26, 1998. They also have a daughter,
Mary Beth.
Kris (Doyle) McDonald, E'89, ME'94, and Tom McDonald,
BA'89, of Grafton, Massachusetts, welcomed a son, Thomas Tyler, on September
3, 1998. Kris is a manufacturing development engineer at Bose Corporation
in Framingham. Tom is an account executive at Interim Technology in Boston.
"Hello to all our old friends from N.U.," they write. Their e-mail
address is <suavemc@aol.com>.
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