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Fall 2006 • Volume 32, No. 1

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1980s

John M. Aflague, N'80, of Smithfield, Rhode Island, has earned tenure and a promotion to associate professor at Rhode Island College. James Crider, CAGS'80, of Cataumet, Massachusetts, received an alumni award for excellence from Ohio's Defiance College this spring. For the second consecutive summer, Oxford University invited Crider to take part in a scholarly discussion of contemporary issues in psychology. He is an adjunct faculty member and consultant at Cape Cod Community College and has a private practice in psychotherapy and couples counseling in Osterville.

Pat DiGiovanni, AS'80, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is the deputy city manager in San Antonio, Texas. He worked in Kalamazoo's administration for fourteen years, the last eight as city manager. David W. Kelley, AS'80, of Hampton, New Hampshire, is a major in the New Hampshire State Police. He is the commander of the Investigative Services Bureau, overseeing four units: major crime, narcotics investigations, special investigations, and intelligence.

Michael W. Smith, MA'80, PHD'83, L'93, of Malden, Massachusetts, is an associate professor of sociology at St. Anselm College, in Manchester, New Hampshire. He teaches criminology, terrorism and genocide, and race and ethnic relations. He has authored Convictions Without Justice: From Condemnation to Exoneration, a book on wrongful convictions that is due to be published in early 2007.

Bruce E. Chadbourne, CJ'81, of Needham, Massachusetts, is the director of the New England field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "I am responsible for the apprehension, detention, and removal of aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes within the United States," he writes. In June 1979, when he was on co-op, Chadbourne was recruited as a special agent by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of Justice.

Michael and Diane Ricci, both PAH'81, live in North Reading, Massachusetts, with their two children. Michael is the director of pharmacy for HealthSouth New England Rehabilitation Hospitals, in Woburn. Diane is a pharmacist at Beverly Hospital. James Neville, LC'82, of Millis, Massachusetts, is the principal mechanical-hardware design engineer at data-storage maker EMC, in Hopkinton. "I have been with EMC for six years in the mechanical-hardware quality-assurance group, responsible for the mechanical design verification and test of the EMC computer data-storage systems," he writes.

Lorraine Atwood, PA'83, of Sharon, Vermont, is the vice president for finance and administration at Vermont Law School. Previously, she had been the school's comptroller since 2001. She is a member of the strategic planning committee for the American Council on Education's Office of Women in Higher Education, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants. She and her husband, Bradford, have four children.

Howard Greene, MBA'83, of Newton, Massachusetts, works at Sovereign Asset Management in fixed-income management. He is the lead portfolio manager of the active bond strategy and portfolio manager of the investment-grade bond strategy.

Frank Gurley, LC'83, of Brockton, Massachusetts, is the power electronics group's eastern regional sales manager at Magnetek, a digital-power products company based in Chatsworth, California. Earlier, he was the southeast regional sales manager and U.S. sales manager at Martek Biosciences, a nutritional-oil maker based in Columbia, Maryland.

Frank Marangell, E'83, MBA'89, of Manchester, Massachusetts, is the president of EVS-US and ScanMaster Systems, wholly owned subsidiaries of Elbit Vision Systems, which develops automatic optical-inspection and monitoring systems. Marangell previously served as vice president of sales at Orbotech's PCB division in the United States and Europe, selling automated optical-inspection systems for printed circuit boards.

Michael Trudeau, AS'83, of Harwich Port, Massachusetts, in the spring was named Prosecutor of the Year by the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association. He serves as first assistant district attorney for the Cape and Islands district.

Patrick Lott, BA'84, of Somerville, New Jersey, writes, "I was back at NU in March for a reunion of the Mayors of Huntington Avenue. It brought back great memories."

Paul O'Toole, E'84, is vice president and general manager at Mediware Information Systems, a developer of patient-care software based in Lenexa, Kansas. He was previously the head of technology company 3M's health-care division.

Patrick A. Plante Jr., CJ'84, of Lynn, Massachusetts, writes, "After twenty-four years of service (twenty-one in the Reserve, three on active duty), I retired from the U.S. Coast Guard. I enjoyed my time serving from three different units: MSO Boston, Chatham, and Point Allerton Search and Rescue. I continue to work at Union Hospital in Lynn as an operating-room nurse."

Thomas Robbins, UC'84, of Merrimac, Massachusetts, retired in the spring as colonel and superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police. In June, he accepted the position of police chief at Boston University.

John J. Sanguinet, AS'84, MPA'93, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in March was named the assistant town manager and personnel director in Billerica. He had been the assistant town administrator and planner in Truro since October 2002. Previously, he was the town administrator in Abington.

Arthur Riel, CS'85, MS'87, of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, spent the last eight years in investment banking. Now he has started Lighthouse Global Technologies, a technology outsourcing/ products business in Stamford. He and his wife, Susana, have two children, Alexander and Elena. Riel says he's interested in hearing from classmates and students. His e-mail address is arthur@riel.com.

Christine (Lestha) Abbott, N'86, of Charlton, Massachusetts, writes, "I'm still working at Brigham and Women's Hospital. It's been eight years now. I got married in 2002 at our lakeside home. I have an eleven-year-old stepson, Dylan, and a two-year-old son, David. Life is very busy with work and home, but I would love to hear from classmates." Her e-mail address is clestha@partners.org. Jordan Adams, AS'86, and his wife, Corinne A. Miller, live in Jupiter and Tampa, Florida. Adams sources products, is an on-air guest for the Home Shopping Network and other television shopping channels, and produces and announces sports programming.

Bill Gaudette, E'86, and Debby Weinberg Gaudette, AS'86, live in Cheshire, Connecticut, with their sons, Cal and Adam. Bill is in technical sales for Precision Twist Drill, a cutting-tool manufacturer based in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He is active in Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts with his sons and plays the trombone with the Cheshire Community Band. His e-mail is williamgaudette@sbcglobal.net. Debby is a customer-service manager for business-transaction processing company ADP, where she has worked for nineteen years. She is the assistant den leader for her younger son's Cub Scout den and teaches Hebrew school in Cheshire.

Robert J. Healey Jr., MA'86, of Barrington, Rhode Island, is running once again for that state's lieutenant governor, as a member of the Cool Moose party. His platform: Rhode Island doesn't need a lieutenant governor. An attorney, liquor wholesaler, and land investor, Healey announced his candidacy in March from a beach in Uruguay, where he has a home. "I have chosen this location because I think it demonstrates that, no matter where you are in the world and no mat ter what you are doing, you can also be serving as Rhode Island's lieutenant governor," he said in an e-mail sent to news organizations. "I have tried in the past to reason away the office. This campaign, I will try to abolish it through ridicule."

Robert R. Kent Jr., BA'86, of Franklin, Massachusetts, is a senior vice president/relationship manager in corporate banking at Citizens Bank, based in Providence, Rhode Island. He is vice chairman of the Boys & Girls Club of Woonsocket and is on the communications committee of the Franklin Youth Baseball Organization.

Timothy Lutts, UC'86, of Salem, Massachusetts, is the president of Cabot Heritage Corporation, which publishes investment newsletters. He was the featured speaker at the eighteenth annual Money Show conference, held in Las Vegas in May.

Sharon (Quigley) Senna, AS'86, of Southlake, Texas, writes, "I remarried in 2001, and I moved back to the Dallas–Forth Worth area in 2005. Still working for Fidelity Investments and loving it! In addition, I've published my first book, a collection of poetry titled Heart Lines." The online publisher is Wheatmark.com.

Karl Elken, BA'87, of Newtown, Connecticut, is vice president and publisher at eWEEK, a Ziff Davis enterprise newsweekly.

Manual A. Henriquez, BA'87, of Atherton, California, writes, "In February 2004, I cofounded and now serve as the chairman and CEO of Hercules Technology Growth, a specialty finance company targeting private equity– and venture capital–backed technology companies. In June 2005, Hercules Technology Growth Capital completed its IPO on the NASDAQ, with market capitalization in excess of $100 million."

Frank Prokos, CJ'87, of Sharon, Massachusetts, has opened a law practice in Walpole concentrating on personal-injury litigation. His e-mail address is fprokos@prokoslaw.com.

John Furrier, CS'88, of Palo Alto, California, is the founder of PodTech.Network, which he started in May 2005. Based in Menlo Park, PodTech is a media company dedicated to podcasting.

Tom Murphy, ME'89, of Franklin, Massachusetts, is the chief marketing officer at security-software company Bit9, in Cambridge. Previously, he was vice president of marketing at Symantec, an online-security firm.

Thomas Spencer, MBA'89, of Franklin, Massachusetts, is vice president of finance at VidSys, a Boston company that produces video management and solutions for security and surveillance. He was formerly vice president of finance and operations at Aether Systems, a wireless-communications company.