1960s
Stephen A. Chase, BA'60, of Turnersville, New Jersey, retired from
Cigna Systems in March 1998. He now works ten days a month in Cigna's "Encore"
program for retirees and officiates high school football in southern New
Jersey.
Frank J. Imbornone, BA'60, splits time between his residences
in Malden, Massachusetts, and Tamarac, Florida. He writes, "Retired
from Boston Naval Shipyard in 1978. My wife passed away in 1995, and I'm
just getting my life back together. I enjoy ballroom dancing and playing
duplicate bridge. I bought a video digital camera and a flatbed scanner,
but need education to set up and operate same. Not bad for a seventy-seven-year-old."
Arthur Z. Bookstein, E'61, of Newton, Massachusetts, practices
patent and trademark law with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, in Boston. He
reports that his first grandson, Max Willrich, was born last September.
John C. Chronis, MBA'61, moved from Arlington, Massachusetts,
to Centerville, Massachusetts. "Plan to be in a condo on the golf
course this summer," he writes.
Erik R. Hanner, E'61, of Farmers Branch, Texas, is a commercial/
corporate real estate consultant and an independent distributor of Nikken
Wellness Products.
Jim Turney, E'61, of Austin, Texas, is a computer consultant
to the Texas Department of Human Services at the agency's Austin headquarters
and teaches computer science at Park College's extension campus in Austin.
His wife, Audra, is a stockbroker and financial adviser with Everen Securities.
He writes, "We recently moved to a new home we designed and built.
On Valentine's Day, I completed my second Motorola Marathon at the age
of sixty-five. I completed my Ph.D. in 1994 at age sixty-one (added to
a master of science from MIT in 1964). I may be a late achiever, but look
forward to a continued career. Besides regular running with our Airedale,
we have a boat on Lake Austin, and drums, xylophone, and an electric piano
in the musical corner. Life in Texas is great." For more news and
photographs, visit Turney's website at <http://drjet.com>.
Albert R. Forster, E'62, reports that he retired from his job
as vice president of manufacturing in 1995, moved to Phoenix, Arizona,
and is working as a deputy sheriff in Maricopa County.
Wilma Cerruti Lucas, MEd'62, of Conway, South Carolina, is active
with the Coastal Carolina University PDK chapter. She traveled to Hong
Kong last year and to Australia and New Zealand in 1995 and has taught
on every continent except Antarctica.
John McCloskey, BA'62, retired last December after a thirty-year
career with Inland Container. "I am a proud member of N.U.'s President's
Club," he notes.
Stephen G. Rudin, MEd'62, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, is director
and psychologist at Behavioral Medicine Associates in Whitman, Massachusetts.
He is also on the faculty of Boston University and Bridgewater State College.
He writes, "I have a lovely wife, Marsha, and four and one-third grandchildren!"
Charles T. "Ted" Schmidt Jr., MBA'62, of Saunderstown,
Rhode Island, was recently honored by the University of Rhode Island, which
renamed its Labor Research Center for Schmidt, the facility's founding
director. He is now director and professor emeritus of labor and industrial
relations at URI.
Gary Singer, BA'62, writes, "I left A. C. Nielsen after
almost thirty years, with my last position as vice president, marketing
services, and took an early retirement in 1993. I started a second career
working for a couple of software consulting firms in Illinois as vice president,
sales and marketing, and retired a second time in June 1998. My wife, Kathy,
and I relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Illinois in July 1998,
and now I'm in the process of establishing a new business in nature and
wildlife photography. Kathy was able to retain her tenure with Allstate,
securing a position here in the local Albuquerque office. Our two daughters
are both in Los Angeles. Our elder, Rachel, is an actress, while Tara currently
works for a long-distance telephone reseller. I'd love to hear from old
classmates. My e-mail address is <gsinger@earthlink.net>."
Brian R. Smith, E'62, has completed his thirteenth book, Roads
Taken: Reflections on Life to a Daughter on the Occasion of Her Sixteenth
Birthday, in honor of his youngest daughter, Vanessa. His previous books
covered small business, computers, management, veterinary practice, and
theoretical physics.
Burton Covitz, LA'63, writes, "I retired last year after
thirty-five years as an actuary in the property/casulty insurance industry.
I moved into a beautiful new home in the 'active adult' community of Sun
Lakes, Arizona, located twenty miles southeast of Phoenix, with my wife,
Sheila, and youngest son, Scott, who recently graduated from the Art Institute
of Phoenix. We have two other sons, Peter, who is a graphic artist for
one of the largest publishers of educational books, located in Glenview,
Illinois, and Howard, who is a systems analyst for First Data in Westborough,
Massachusetts."
Gerry Koss, BA'63, of Needham, Massachusetts, has been working
as an independent consultant in the technical recruiting field since leaving
Digital Equipment in 1991. He and his wife, Nancy, recently welcomed their
first grandchild, Eden Rose Ravech.
George Yphantes, LA'63, of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, reports
that he has two grandsons, Wyatt and Nathan.
Paul Coran, BA'64, of Rockville, Maryland, is civil rights counsel
for the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Brenda,
recently celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary and their two sons
have "left the nest." His e-mail address is <coran@bigfoot.com>.
Geraldine Nathanson, LA'64, received an associate's degree in
music from County College in Morris, New Jersey. She and her husband, Stanley
L. Nathanson, E'63, ME'65, live in Wharton, New Jersey.
Anne M. Calvert, LA'65, of Louisville, Kentucky, is senior manager
for education, training, and documentation at Adware Systems. Last October,
she made a presentation on distance learning at a conference in Albany,
New York.
Edward Moore, BA'65, says he and his wife of thirty-seven years,
Joan, have left the corporate world and now own Ferndale Lodge in Sebastian,
Florida. Moore says that Ferndale "is the first of several real-estate
ventures he and his wife have undertaken after spending many years fighting
corporate battles at McDonnell-Douglas and the Harris Corporation. They
welcome Northeastern graduates to their riverfront motel, whose website
is <www.Sebastianfl.com>.
Gary P. Rabold, PHD'65, of Manhattan, Kansas, has been named
vice president of technology transfer at Mid-America Commercialization
in Manhattan.
Ann M. Butler, LA'66, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, writes, "I'm
using my recent master's degree in Irish studies from Boston College, combined
with my love of theater, nurtured at N.U., to research and write about
Irish women playwrights and novelists. What fun!"
Phil Scanlan, E'66, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, received the
Outstanding Environment Project of the Year Award from the Renewable Natural
Resources Foundation last November in Washington, D.C. The award recognized
Scanlan's work in improving the water quality in New Jersey and a subsequent
book he wrote about the work. Northeastern classmate Steve Walker attended
the award presentation with Scanlan.
Robert Freeman, LA'67, of Denville, New Jersey, is the product
manager for Vacuubrand, the U.S. direct-factory representatives of Vacuubrand
GMBH & Company of Germany. The firm manufactures and distributes vacuum
pumps for use in chemical laboratories and manufacturing. He says he'd
like to hear from old friends at <bowbird@prodigy.net>.
Marguerite Krupp, LA'67, of Norwood, Massachusetts, presented
a paper, "Paperless Publishing: The Press of the Future," at
InterChange '98, a regional conference of the Society for Technical Communication.
Krupp is an associate fellow of the society and teaches in Northeastern's
Graduate Technical Writing Program.
Gwendolyn L. Coffie, N'68, of Mountain View, California, retired
last year as quality improvement coordinator for the San Francisco Department
of Public Health's Special Program for Youth. Last May, she enrolled in
the marketing communications certification program at San Jose State University's
Professional Development Center. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing
from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in education administration
from Stanford University.
Eileen Goldstein Eisner, MEd'68, of Westfield, New Jersey, presented
two papers at the annual American Speech and Hearing Convention in San
Antonio, Texas. She is owner and director of Speech and Language Services
in Westfield.
Steve Fine, PHD'68, and Gail Fine, FD'66, of Peabody,
Massachusetts, are saddened to report that they lost their eldest son,
Dan, to melanoma last October, at age twenty-six. They have started the
Melanoma Education Fund to provide education about the disease and the
importance of frequent self-skin examinations. The fund has a website at
<www.skincheck.com>. They
urge all readers to visit the site for potentially lifesaving information.
Michael Kess, MA'68, of Rockville, Maryland, married Marsha Lampert
in March 1998. His son, David, expects to receive a degree in journalism
this year from Northeastern.
Gregory R. Ambrose, LA'69, owns Ambrose Insurance Agency in Lynn,
Massachusetts. He and his wife, Karen, and daughter, Carolyn, live in Lynn.
John F. "Jack" Azzaretto, LA'69, has been named vice
chancellor for public service and international programs at the University
of California Riverside and will continue to serve as dean of university
extension. As vice chancellor, he will be responsible for coordinating
the university's expanding international initiatives and public service
activities.