1950s
Charles G. Ellis, E'50, of Punta Gorda, Florida, notes he and his "wonderful
wife," Jean, have been married since 1950. They have a son and daughter
and seven grandchildren. Ellis entered Northeastern on a $500 scholarship
from Bourne (Massachusetts) High School, left to serve in the U.S. Army
in Burma for 4 years during World War II, and returned to N.U.-finally
graduating in 1950, 12 years after he entered the university. Ellis spent
36 years with Whitman and Howard, an architecture and engineering company
in Boston and Wellesley. He retired to Florida in 1990 and still is president
of his class (1937) at Bourne High School.
Elliott L. Adelman, BA'51, of Montebello, California, says he
and his wife, Joan, spend "more and more of our time" traveling.
They've visited thirteen Elderhostels, made a trip to Australia and New
Zealand, and made another to Greece, the Greek islands, and Turkey. "Our
most frequent trips abroad, however, have been to Israel, where our youngest
daughter has lived since 1979," he says. He sends an obituary for
David Paul Kane, who attended Northeastern in the late 1930s and later
founded a successful brokerage business, Kennedy, Cabot and Company, in
Beverly Hills, California.
Chet Milligan, E'53, of Greensboro, North Carolina, retired in
1992 from the Trane Company. He reports he does some air-conditioning consulting
work "when not playing golf or traveling."
Walter A. Richmond, E'53, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, retired
from General Electric Aerospace after forty-one years. "Some of our
spacecraft are still working well in Earth orbit, and there are some that
are not yet launched. Landsat 7 is our latest in orbit," he states.
Peter F. Grady, BA'57, of Pocasset, Massachusetts, was awarded
the Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association's 1999 Referee Award
for his many years of service to high school and college hockey.
JoAnn Consoletti Jennings, Ed'57, of Middletown, Massachusetts,
retired in the spring after forty-two years as a teacher in Holliston.
Eugene F. Lally, E'57, says he's "combined my photography
hobby, which started when I was eight years old, with my archeological
work. I am having another one-man show in February at the Mission Viejo
(California) City Library of my American Indian Pueblo collection taken
in New Mexico."
Milan W. Lawson, E'57, of Montpelier, Vermont, has been with
the Vermont Agency of Transportation for forty-two years. He manages the
Special Projects Unit and previously was the director of maintenance for
the state transportation system.