1980s
Calvin Allsop, BA'80, of West Hartford, Connecticut, started a new
position as an associate vice president of investment strategies at USI
Consulting Group in Glastonbury, Connecticut. He provides investment advice
to institutional clients.
Peter Burns, CJ'80, of Barre, Vermont, is an account executive
for Norwest/Wells Fargo Education Financial Services, covering all of New
England colleges and universities. "After a long stint off the boards,
I'm finally skiing again with my three sons. Would love to plan an N.U.
varsity ski team reunion for 2000," he writes. "Any former members
interested? Smitty, where are you?" Friends can e-mail Burns at <peter.burns@norwestsl.com>.
Edward S. Dlugosz, ME'80, of Crofton, Maryland, is chief of environmental
compliance and safety auditing for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration. He notes that seven governmental agencies, including the
National Weather Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, are administered
by the bureau.
Kathleen A. Hoar, BB'80, of Boca Raton, Florida, is the rehabilitation
director at two acute care hospitals, in Boca Raton and Delray Beach.
Joe Levine, E'80, of Amherst, Massachusetts, is a partner in
Equipment Concepts, a manufacturers' representative agency specializing
in material handling and automation. He and his wife, Debbie, have a son,
David, and a daughter, Rachel. He would like to hear from friends at <jlevine50@aol.com>.
Elizabeth Gaudet Nolan, N'80, of Lexington, Kentucky, was the
1997 Kentucky Emergency Nurse of the Year and received special board recognition
from the Emergency Nurses Association. She is involved with pediatric injury
prevention through the SAFEKIDS Coalition.
Chris Semonelli, E'80, is vice president of sales and marketing
for Erez USA in Newport, Rhode Island. He formerly worked for Cooley Incorporated
in Pawtucket and Exxon Company in Los Angeles. He and his wife, Trish,
and five children live in Middletown, Rhode Island.
John Clark, CJ'81, was presented the Special Achievement Award
from the U.S. Marshals Service for his humanitarian actions responding
to a tornado in Nashville, Tennessee, in April 1998. Clark is the chief
of in-service training at the Marshals Service Academy in Glynco, Georgia.
Marian (Gold) Considine, BB'81, of Rochester, New York, is married,
has three children, and owns her own business. She says she'd like to hear
from Michael Roche, BA'81.
Karl Friedrich, E'81, and his family of three children have lived
in Portland, Oregon, for nearly two years. He is the products marketing
manager for Sequent Computer Systems. Friedrich says he'd like to hear
from former classmates at <Karl_S_Friedrich@msn.com>.
Elizabeth (Enos) Guerin, FD'81, of Essex, Massachusetts, says
she's a "stay-at-home mom with a three-year-old son and a six-month-old
daughter, and would enjoy hearing from classmates."
John W. Pipp, BA'81, and Nancy Pipp, AS'85, relocated
to Hilliard, Ohio, from Pennsylvania. John works for Kraft Foods, where
he started as a co-op student. The Pipps and their three sons, Billy, Timothy,
and Richard, are involved in school, sports, and scouts. Nancy and the
boys wrote a children's book and are seeking a publisher.
Bill Ryan, CJ'81, has been with the Metro-Dade Police Department
in Miami, Florida, for seventeen years. He is currently assigned to the
homicide bureau. Ryan and his wife, Cindy, have been married for seventeen
years. They have two sons, Patrick and Sean. He can be reached at <seapat@bellsouth.net>.
Thomas Baker, CJ'82, and his wife, Amy, of Manchester, Massachusetts,
welcomed a son, Charles Edward, on October 22, 1998. He joins a brother,
Matthew. Baker has retired from "many wonderful years of employment
with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" and says he's looking forward
to raising his two boys.
Mary K. (Goddard) Brende, BA'82, and her husband, Eric, of Hermann,
Missouri, recently welcomed a son, Evan Christian. Their older children
are Hans and Anna Rose.
Thomas P. Carafa, CJ'82, of Fayetteville, New York, has started
a new job as a staff attorney at a law office in Syracuse. He and his wife,
Eva, have a daughter, Jillian.
Laurel L. MacKinnon, BB'82, works in real estate at Prudential
Ursula M. Stephan in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband
and four children.
Jim Murphy, BA'82, MBA'88, has been named president and chief
executive officer of Wellspring Resources in Jacksonville, Florida. Wellspring
is a wholly owned, total benefits outsourcing subsidiary of State Street
Global Advisors, where Murphy is a principal. He and his wife have three
children.
David S. Saroff, BA'82, of Fall River, Massachusetts, earned
a certified purchasing manager certificate from the National Association
of Purchasing Managers, in 1998.
Bill Urkewich, BA'82, is director of marketing and a partner
in Digitaria, a digital media and graphic design company in San Diego.
His company's website address is <www.digitaria.com>.
Bric A. Wheeler, MBA'82, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is associate
director of the Management Development Center at the University of Tennessee's
College of Business Administration.
Mark Barry, LC'83, is a vice president with Tractebel Power in
Houston. He lives in the Woodlands with his wife, Michele, and one daughter
and two sons.
Michael A. Clifford, E'83, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, is a
principal of Digital Geographic Technologies of Boston. "The survey
and mapping division of my firm is active in the Central Artery/Tunnel
and Logan 2000 projects," he says.
Mark Crehan, BA'83, of Jackson, New Jersey, is a sales manager
at ATT Wireless. He has three daughters, Katelyn, Ashley, and Lauren, and
a son, Matthew. "Keeping busy with coaching basketball with my children,"
he writes. His e-mail address is <mcrehan@att.com>.
Jeff Engle, E'83, says that after working nearly sixteen years
in software product development, marketing, and management in Boston, he
has joined his wife's placement and recruiting company. "We're a two-person
company doing placements into the coolest software companies in the Boston
area," he says. "We work together in a home office in Boca Raton,
Florida. The wonders of phone technology, the Web, and e-mail allow us
to do business as if we were in Boston."
Anne Levinson, L'83, has been appointed a judge in the Seattle
(Washington) Municipal Court. She has served as chairwoman of the Washington
State Utilities Commission and as deputy mayor of Seattle.
Diane Donley Mankus, N'83, and her husband, Stephen Mankus,
AS'82, of Frederick, Maryland, say they'd like to hear from old friends
at <burbs1996@aol.com>. They have three children, ages nine, five,
and two.
Lidia Pedro, AS'83, of Bedford, New Hampshire, is the new senior
communications specialist at Image Data, a pioneering identity fraudfighting
company in Nashua. She begins her new post after being senior news producer
at New England Cable News in Newton, Massachusetts. Pedro and her husband,
James Iannone, BA'84, MBA'88, have two children, Michael and Carissa.
Iannone is business manager for the integrated defensive electronic countermeasure
programs at Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company, in Nashua.
Dyke W. Shaw, BB'83, is director of marketing and sales for Mount
Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire.
Andrea D. Tracey, PAH'83, UC'89, of Burlington, Massachusetts,
writes, "MIS/EEs: check out a great company in Lexington, Massachusetts,
Rational Software. Forward résumés to <atracey@rational.com>."
David N. Valentino, BA'83, of West Long Branch, New Jersey, writes,
"My wife and I have spent the last five years helping our autistic
son join our world. He is now in second grade, attending public school.
You can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it. Now helping other
families who have an autistic child."
Edward Bachelder, BA'84, of Melrose, Massachusetts, writes, "Thank
you, Northeastern. After fifteen years of working in the management consulting
industry, I am still indebted to the great faculty for teaching me so many
useful theories and tools."
Jeannette Bouchard and Lance M. Dean, both MA'84, live
in Knoxville, Tennessee, with their sons, Townes and Guthrie. Jeannette
manages a graduate fellowship program at Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
Lance received a doctorate in English from the University of Tennessee
in Knoxville and teaches English at the Webb School.
Paul F. Cochrane, E'84, has moved back to Massachusetts (Worcester)
after stops in Iowa and Texas. He runs the improvement program at Wright
Line.
Scott Greig, BA'84, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is in private
practice as an acupuncture physician. He'd like to hear from classmates
by e-mail at <BodyEnergy@aol.com>.
Peter D. Kraus, AS'84, of Townsend, Massachusetts, will receive
a Ph.D. in operations research this month from the University of MassachusettsAmherst.
John E. McKay, BA'84, is chairman and chief executive officer
of McKay Communications in Boston. He and his wife, Michelle, live in Canton,
Massachusetts. They have a daughter, Kristen, and were expecting their
second child in April. McKay can be e-mailed at <JMcKay@McKaycom.com>.
Shelley Nachum, BA'84, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is celebrating
the tenth anniversary of her business and has launched a website for career
development services at <www.ExpertResumes.com>.
Luis A. Vazquez, UC'84, is coordinator of a health and safety
training project of the International Union of United Auto Workers. The
project is funded by grants from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. Vazquez,
his wife, Kristin Mahler, and their three sons live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
David D. Briggs, BA'85, is a major and an operations analyst
for the Army. He and his family have moved to Seoul, Korea.
Simone M. Caron, MA'85, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is
an associate professor of history at Wake Forest University. She and her
husband, Christopher O'Neill, have a son, Quaid Camire, and a daughter,
Sydney Alden.
Caroline A. Costello, N'85, is a clinical coordinator on the
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Children's Hospital in Boston. She and her
husband, Rob, live in Needham, Massachusetts, with their daughter, Brianna.
Stephen A. DiTullio, AS'85, his wife, Cari, and their three children,
Alex, Matthew, and Elizabeth, live in Madison, Wisconsin. DiTullio graduated
from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1992 and recently became
a partner at the Madison law firm DeWitt Ross & Stevens, practicing
primarily in employment and labor law. He says he'd like to hear from former
journalism classmates and other friends at <sad@dewittross.com>.
Mark Hauser, E'85, of Medford, New Jersey, married Jeanne E.
Anderson on October 24, 1998.
Charles Heineck, BB'85, married Jill Cohen of Falmouth, Massachusetts,
in June 1998. Heineck is a physical education teacher with the Dekalb County
School System in Georgia and president and owner of Home Beautiful, a painting
company. His wife is a real estate consultant with Jenny Pruitt & Associates.
Heineck says he's still active on the basketball court. He can be reached
at <homebeauti@aol.com>.
Craig Hudson, E'85, of Amity, Oregon, writes, "Trying to
catch up with old friends, as time slips through your fingers so quickly.
I have been working in Oregon for the past eleven years and married a beautiful
Boston woman whom I met in Dallas, Texas. We celebrated our ninth anniversary
on New Year's. We have two great kids, Zachary and Lea, and a Great Dane
'lap' dog. We have a small vineyard where we grow chardonnay, and it is
a wonderful place to live. If you're from the class of '85, take a minute
to say hello." His e-mail address is <hudson@open.org>.
Joshua P. Kimball, BA'85, and his wife, Diane, of Fayetteville,
North Carolina, celebrated the birth of a son, Sean Ryan, in July 1997.
Kimball, a major in the Army, can be reached by e-mail at <KimballJP@bragg.army.mil>.
William A. Kyrioglou, E'85, is a senior project manager with
Quest Communications in Denver.
Cynthia L. Sawyer, AS'85, reports on her recent adventures. "Backpacked
through Europe, worked for five years as personal assistant to Steven Tyler
of Aerosmith, and then went to work as a production assistant for jazz
musician Pat Metheny. Later, I lived in Manhattan, working as an office
manager for Right Track Recording Studios. Finally, after being away from
'home' for almost twenty years, I decided that the quality of life was
much more important than the quantity of life, so I packed it up and moved
back to Maine. I'm now working with a Portland-based entrepreneur to start
a holding company. Life is good."
Susan (Motyka) Anderson, BA'86, married Jesse Anderson in May
1998. They live in Worcester, Massachusetts. Since earning a master's degree
from Simmons College in 1989, Anderson has worked at the American Antiquarian
Society. She started as a cataloger and became assistant curator of manuscripts
in 1995. "Hello to all," she says.
Marie L. Berry, N'86, is nurse manager of a family practice clinic
in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
David M. Bornstein, PAH'86, and Bonnie (Blenner) Bornstein,
AS'94, were married August 2, 1998.
Steven R. Daley, BA'86, of Brighton, Massachusetts, is in his
thirteenth year at General Electric and is co-owner of Atlantic Security
Bridge, an identification and card-access service bureau. His e-mail address
is <asbadge@aol.com>.
R. Michelle Green, MBA'86, writes, "After twenty years in
telecommunications, I have left to get a Ph.D. in counseling psychology.
Would love to talk to others doing major career shifts late in life (specifically
looking for Jere Congdon, MBA'86, for his counsel)." Classmates can
contact her at <nakadai@mindspring.com>.
Todd Greenly, E'87, of Berlin, Pennsylvania, has taken a job
as engineering manager with Berlin Lumber. "I'm really writing to
let friends know that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth,"
he says. "I would love to hear from you guys!" His e-mail address
is <Lgreenly@shol.com>.
Nadim (Ned) Jaroudi, E'86, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has
been with Intel for two years as business development manager covering
the Middle East and North Africa. "All that hard work and practical
training while at N.U. has really paid off," he says.
Ara Krafian, E'86, of Arlington, Massachusetts, is a senior associate
with Symmes Maini and McKee Associates in Cambridge.
Christine Lestha, N'86, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, has accepted
a new position as a nurse practitioner in occupational health at Brigham
and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Jill (Gottlieb) Loeb, N'86, and her husband, Bob, live in Briarcliff
Manor, New York, with their children, Benjamin and Elyse. Loeb is the pain
management specialist and quality assurance coordinator at Brandywine Nursing
Home. She has written articles on long-term care and pain management, and
is a member of Janssen Pharmaceutical's speakers' bureau, lecturing on
pain management.
Deborah Brown Regan, N'86, writes, "We're in the process
of building a new home in Cumberland, Maine, where I'll be a stay-at-home
mom with my four children, Patrick, Conner, Camden, and Melanie."
Winslow L. Sargeant, E'86, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has cofounded
an integrated chip design company in Allentown. In addition to his N.U.
degree, he's earned a master's in electrical engineering from Iowa State
University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of WisconsinMadison.
He and his wife of seven years have a son, Kgosi, and a daughter, Lorato.
He welcomes e-mail at <sargeant@enter.net>.
John S. Woodcock, BA'86, works for GATX. In March, he transferred
from Chicago to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to establish operations focusing
on rail-car leasing and chemical logistics. He says he'd like to hear from
classmates by e-mail at <jswoodcock@gatx.com>.
Richard Butterfield, E'87, works for Lucent Technologies in Concord,
Massachusetts. He and his wife, Lynne, live in Methuen. He writes, "Hello
to all my friends from the class of 1988 in the Department of Electrical
Engineering. I would love to hear from any of my pals from Melvin Hall."
His e-mail address is <rabutterfield@lucent.com>.
Lawrence P. Decelles, E'87, married Kari Lodico on October 17,
1998. They live in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He received a master's degree
in computer science from Boston University in 1996 and is the principal
software engineer for NexCen Technologies in Littleton.
Matthew H. DeFeo, BA'87, and his wife, Jeanne, of Millersville,
Maryland, have two children, Patrick and Brendan, and were expecting their
third child this month. "Jeanne is a pediatrician in Annapolis,"
DeFeo writes. "All is well at Black and Decker. I am the global sales
and marketing manager for the private label/OEM business."
Thomas L. Gordon, BA'87, of Walpole, Massachusetts, writes, "I
have a new daughter, Caroline, and I work for Electronic Environments."
Manuel A. Henriquez, BA'87, of Menlo Park, California, writes,
"Elizabeth and I are happy to report that our little baby girl, Isabelle,
is doing great."
Stacy D. Hoffman, BA'87, of Greenville, New York, married Ron
Rovner in 1995. They have two children, Michael and Carly.
Kristine Schaedlich Kass, N'87, and her husband, Jim, of Kingston,
Massachusetts, welcomed a son, Karl Daniel, on April 14, 1998. She is a
pediatric nurse in Plymouth.
Betsy McCann, BA'87, and her husband, Mitch, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts,
have two children, Derek Andrew and Kristy Morgan, and were expecting a
third child this month. Betsy and Mitch met in London while she was traveling
and working in England and Spain for a year after graduation. She left
Fidelity Investments in Boston in April 1997 after seven years as a background
investigator supervisor. The McCanns opened a nightclub, Millennium, in
Manchester, New Hampshire, in February. Her e-mail address is <Betsymcc@Juno.com>.
Penny Moskowitz Miller, AS'87, and her husband, Jonathan, of
Phoenix, Arizona, welcomed a son, Jason Aaron, on August 21, 1998. Her
e-mail address is <Hockeywife@aol.com>.
William I. Miller, LC'87, of Huntington Beach, California, writes,
"I've relocated to the left coast for a new position with Fujitsu,
as vice president, marketing, for broadband data networks. We build Internet
access and backbone networks, enabling so many of us to have fun and use
the Net."
Kevin Sheehan, E'87, married Kristen Pascocello of Pearl River,
New York, on December 12, 1998. They live in Shelton, Connecticut, where
Kevin is a marketing product manager with General Electric.
Tricia (Cadena) Converse, AS'88, lives in Los Angeles with her
husband, Jonathan, and their son, Parker. She recently had an essay published
in Natural Health magazine. She says she gets to see N.U. pals Laurie (Vellucci)
Smith and Jeannie Melley when she and her family travel back east each
summer. Converse says she's been fortunate to get together with N.U. buddy
Liza Asner, who flies to Los Angeles from Portland, Oregon. Her e-mail
address is <trishjon@pacbell.net>.
John Day, E'88, cofounded Sterling Network Group in Quincy, Massachusetts,
in July 1998. "We started Sterling because we saw a big hole in the
marketplace for industrial strength network implementation," he says.
"We provide the services that help companies run their commerce-based
applications with confidence." His e-mail address is <jday@sterlingnetwork.com>.
Charlene S. Devens, BA'88, received a master's degree in health-care
administration from Framingham State College and is now accounting manager
at St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham, Massachusetts. She and her husband,
John, live in Millis.
James G. Diezemann, BA'88, has a new daughter, Anna, born last
June; a new job, manager of sales planning and development at Benckiser
USA in Greenwich, Connecticut; and a new house, in Brookfield. He and his
wife, Amy, met when he was on co-op at Ocean Spray Cranberries in 1987.
Their first daughter, Martha, was born in 1996.
Lynn (Sartanowicz) Manning, BB'88, is a kindergarten teacher
at the University of Rhode Island Child Development Center. She earned
a master's degree from Tufts University in 1990. Her husband,
Walter Manning Jr., BA'88, is in his last year of law school
at Roger Williams University and was scheduled to sit for the bar exam
in February.
David E. Marcus, BA'88, of Long Valley, New Jersey, reports the
birth of his third child, Justin Ryan, on September 29, 1998. As a senior
vice president at Franklin Mutual, Marcus oversees European investments
and manages in excess of $8 billion in securities.
Annemarie (Cerullo) McFeeley, AS'88, and her husband, John, live
in Malden, Massachusetts, with their three children, Brendan, Brittany,
and Corey.
Mark S. Pelletier, BA'88, MBA'94, of North Andover, Massachusetts,
received chartered financial analyst designation in September 1998. He
is a vice president at Fleet Corporate Finance in Boston.
Gregory L. Piccininno, BA'88, is a vice president at Merrill
Lynch in São Paolo, Brazil.
Paul Thornton, E'88, and his wife, Susan, welcomed a daughter,
Amanda, on January 6. She joins brothers Brian and David. Thornton and
his family moved from San Diego to Annapolis, Maryland, in July 1998. He
works for the IIT Research Institute. "Still looking to make more
friends around here, so if you're in the area, drop me an e-mail,"
he says. His address is <thorntonp@isyscon.jsc.mil>.
Cynthia Morin Tracy, AS'88, and her husband, Robert, welcomed
a son, Ethan Robert, on January 13, 1998.
Thomas M. Bentley, CS'89, of North Chelmsford, Massachusetts,
works in the mobile communications group at Lotus Development. "We
develop software used to access Notes mail, calendar, and address book
entries with wireless hand-held devices, including cellular phones,"
he says.
Maryann (Roche) Crow, E'89, married Timothy Sean Crow of Wichita,
Kansas, on December 5, 1998. "I had been living in Roanoke, Virginia,
since 1993 and working for a division of General Electric that frequently
changed its name-a sure sign of the future (to me)," she writes. "I
moved to Wichita in October 1997 to take a job with Symbios Logic, a leading
manufacturer of storage systems, host adapters, and IC chips. Last August,
we were bought out by LSI Logic, which also specializes in manufacturing
chips." Her e-mail address is <maryann_crow@yahoo.com> or <maryann.crow@lsil.com>.
Katherine Fowler, PAH'89, of Collinsville, Connecticut, is a
dental hygienist in Avon. She and her husband, William, were expecting
a second daughter in January.
Martha Fournier, MA'89, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, works part-time
in community development. She has two sons, Hayden and Jason, and is "enjoying
motherhood immensely."
Patricia J. Hill, L'89, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been
elected a partner in the litigation area of the Boston law firm Bingham
Dana. She represents employers in litigation matters before federal and
state courts and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Christopher M. Klass, AS'89, and Kristen Isacsen Klass, CJ'89,
of Jersey City, New Jersey, welcomed their second child, Atticus Downey,
last spring. Christopher is president of the Klass Report and is in the
IS department at Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flom. Kristen is an
attorney with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Friends may
contact her by e-mail at <Klasskr@ffhsj.com>.
Diane Bradman Krentzman, CJ'89, MJ'92, and Scott Krentzman,
E'89, welcomed a son, Joshua Charles, on November 5, 1998. He joins
a brother, Samuel, and a sister, Jennifer. Diane is at home with the children
and Scott is a sales business manager with Stratus Computer.
Jeffrey D. McLaughlin, AS'89, and his wife, Kelley, of Boston,
welcomed a daughter, Erin, on March 27, 1998. McLaughlin, who earned an
MBA from Seattle University in March 1998, is a product manager for Boston
Communications Group in Woburn.
Jacqueline Moquin-Vaudo, Ed'89, MEd'96, and Daniel Vaudo Jr.,
BA'89, welcomed a son, John, in February. He joins a brother, Joseph.
Anil Mukerjee, MCS'89, of Goletta, California, is completing
studies toward a master's degree in Latin American and Iberian studies
at the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara. His e-mail address is
<amukerjee@hotmail.com>.
Bettina A. Pearl, L'89, and her husband, Steve, of Philadelphia,
welcomed a daughter, Gabrielle, on January 25, 1998. She is working for
a state senator who plans to run for the U.S. Senate in 2000.
Shelley M. Poliner, BB'89, lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, with
her husband, Jeffrey, and son, Justin. She works part-time in home care.
"Busy with aerobics, motherhood, enjoying outdoors, and working part-time,"
she writes. I see Mike Bove in Massachusetts and Chris Areson in Michigan.
Sure do miss everyone."
Ann N. Ray, BA'89, of Bristol, Connecticut, is chief executive
officer of her own insurance agency. She reports she's completing work
toward an MBA and hopes to enroll in law school.
Dianne (Daproza) Spillman, AS'89, and her husband, Brian, of
Brookerville, Maryland, welcomed a daughter, Samantha Brynne, on December
9, 1998.
Christine (McCarthy) Winters, BA'89, MST'96, and her husband,
Peter, of Boston, welcomed a son, Thomas, on April 15, 1998. "Everyone
is doing great," she writes. "Chip, or anyone else who would
like to say hi, send an e-mail." Her address is <cwinters@dttus.com>.
Frederick N. Zeytoonjian, BA'89, of Alexandria, Virginia, is
compliance director for the Democratic Governors Association.
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