Class of '90

Brian Urey moved from San Francisco to New York for his new position at Flemings. He recently became engaged to Soraya Betterton. Brenda White Smith and her husband, Samuel, have a daughter, Grace, who was born in August 1998. Brenda will complete her MSW degree at Boston College in 1999. The Smiths make their home in Williamstown, Mass. Brenda was the 1988 NCAA cross-country ski champion. Amy Frazier Denslow and husband Kent ’91 are living in Plano, Tex. Kent is now south central and West Coast regions’ operations manager for IDX Systems, and Amy is marketing communications manager at PageNet. Rob Schukei, who works at Burlington’s IDX, and his wife, Lisa, have two sons, Nate and Geoffrey; Bill Wyrick and his wife, Dianna, are both lawyers in Pittsburgh; Amy Brangaccio works as a marketing specialist at Bill’s Khakis in Pennsylvania; Karen Mundorf (’89) Summers reported that she, husband Jim, and sons Nate and Ryan are doing well in Massachusetts. Chrissy Reith McGowan and husband Mark ’91 were delighted to announce the birth of their son, Christopher Mark, on September 27, 1998. Their daughter, Madeline Anne, is nearly two. Chrissy and Mark live in Oak Hill, Va. Peter Harries was promoted to senior manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers in Phoenix, Ariz. Bonnie Borton Lysek had a wondeful time at the 100th anniversary celebration at the Pi Beta Phi house. She enjoyed getting reacquainted with Ruth Henry and Kim Nolan Gilliam. Bonnie’s husband and daughters, Emma and Maddy, also enjoyed the weekend in Burlington. Allen Currier will be returning to Burlington, Vt., to do a one-year interventional radiology fellowship at Fletcher Allen Health Care. Abraham Madkour is editor-in-chief of The Sports Business Daily, the only executive online news briefing on the business of sports. Mary Jo Otto and husband Gary Koenen announced the birth of her son, Robert James Koenen, on December 4, 1997. Richard First wrote that he married Jenny Evans on August 29, 1998. They spent their honeymoon in Hawaii and learned to surf. He was happy that Scott Mathieu, Bob Stoddard, Bob Ward, Bob Lobel, Andy Rosenberg, Peter Rosenberg, and Colin McNulty were at the wedding. Steve Krupkin and his wife, Liz, live in Evanston, Ill. They were married last February in Chicago “because it feels like Vermont that time of year.” In attendance at the wedding were Chris Bersani ’89, Cynthia Forebush ’89, Brian Bodell, Andrew Coleman, Frank Gorski ’89, Garth Fondo, Bill Gage ’87, Pete Monte ’87, and Tim Spencer. Robert McLafferty, MD ’90 joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., as an assistant professor of vascular surgery.

Class of '91

Glenn Cademartori continues to live in Hoboken, N.J., and works for the Meadowlands Racetrack of the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority as director of marketing. He recently became engaged to Kirsten Bronkovic of Princeton, N.J., and they plan to wed in Philadelphia on October 9, 1999. Ellen Jacobs Blum and her husband, Steve, announced the birth of their second child, David Benjamin Blum, on July 24, 1998. Sandra Goldstein Pohlman is a patent attorney for a law firm in Munich, Germany. She misses her UVM friends and invites them to join her for the “real” Oktoberfest. Maureen O’Brien wrote that Ellen Abrams married Steve Glasshand on October 31, 1998, two years after their first meeting. In attendance at the wedding were Lisa Towne, maid of honor, Laurie Almon Bompey, Risa Porosoff, Erica Lipsky, Rachel Singer, Emily Gradess, Dave Gleit, and Maureen. Ellen and Steve will live in Atlanta, where she is a middle-school teacher. Her Washington, D.C., friends sent the message, “Ellen, please come back to DC. We miss you.” Louisa Murray married Chad William Preston on September 6, 1997, in Ticonderoga, N.Y., at her family’s Lake George summer home. Louisa and Chad live in Seattle, Wash., where Louisa has a private practice in SOMA bodywork and Chad works for Corporate Express. Jonathan and Liz Bohn Scharf are the proud new owners of a one-bedroom condominium in Cambridge, Mass. Jonathan completed a master’s degree in the agriculture, food, and environment program at Tufts University’s School of Nutrition. Skip Carlson is a field engineer with the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center in Randolph Center, Vt.

Class of '92

Greetings from across the pond. I am currently living in the UK and working for a corporate culture consulting firm. Let me know if any of you are expats as well and get in touch. Here is the news from our classmates. Keep the updates coming. Rebecca Gratz wrote that she recently completed her master’s degree in environmental studies and her teaching certification for grades seven through 12 in history and social studies. She lives in New Haven, Conn., and is looking for work. Christopher Neumann has joined the New York office of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. He is focusing on his practice in corporate law. Christopher graduated magna cum laude from St. Johns Law School in 1998. James Gildea was married in October 1998 to Monica Ceklosky in Westfield, N.J. Fellow alumni in attendance included Josh Hunt ’93, Adam Cate ’94, and the groom’s sister, Cristin Gildea ’95. James and Monica now live in Clark, N.J., and look forward to skiing in Vermont soon. Holly Donovan, formerly Holly Hubbard, recently completed her MEd at St. Michael’s College. She is currently employed by Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center, Vt. Kaaren Sprague wrote that in June 1998, she married John Meyer in Las Vegas. Mark Klym and his wife, Suzanne, recently moved to Raleigh, N.C., after Mark left the Navy JAG Corps, where he had practiced law for three years. He will be working as an associate at Nicholls and Crampton in North Carolina. Jennifer Straszewski graduated from Marquette University in december 1998 with an MBA degree. Katherine Ann Thomas wrote that she attended the weddings of several classmates, including Polly Ringenback ’93, Karen Berlyn, Amy Jackel, and Heather Lawless. Next summer, Katherine is planning her own wedding to Patrick Zilkha, a Lehigh University graduate. Jana Baldwin Hamrell reported that her husband, Briant, is now self-employed. She also let us know that Jill Seeman has a new apartment in Manhattan and would love to hear from alumni. Deborah and Matt Sivret have moved to North Carolina for new careers. Melissa Howe Pitts has also moved to North Carolina for graduate school. Helvi Abatiell is enjoying her success with Creative Space, Vermont’s first and only art gym. In June 1998, Jamie Kaiser was married to Dr. Gerry Smith in Norfolk, Va. Kelly Luchini was maid of honor. Other guests included Heather Foster, Lisa and Corrie Sweet, Jen Child, Coleby Mantz, Maria Pizzagalli, Sue Gilmore, and Deanna Leonard Sivret ’93. Wendy Frazier had a baby boy in September 1998. She lives in Farmingdale, Long Island. Kathleen Gilmore Walker graduated with a JD degree from the New England School of Law in June 1998. While in law school, she worked as a paralegal for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services. She plans to take the Massachusetts Bar exam.

Class of '93

Greetings from Boston…it is a pleasure to serve as “the mouth of ’93”…I encourage classmates to drop me a line or send me email so that your fellow UVM classmates can hear from you. Zack Gund sent his best from the Windy City of Chicago. Zack is attending business school at Kellogg and is enjoying it, although he complains his homework cuts in on his MTV time. Tom Egan is still on Wall Street, pursuing his MBA at NYU. Tom and his wife, Julie, have their first addition to the family, a bulldog, which Tom has named Jeter in honor of his favorite Yankee shortstop. Fellow New Yorker Rob Jamison is keeping his day job as a stock broker, although he claims his first love is following NASCAR and baseball. Scott Stern wrote from San Francisco claiming that Patrick Guinness still owes him grocery money from their time on South Prospect Street. Scott is engaged and working for Mondavi Vineyards. Elizabeth Wessman is living in Hawaii with her husband, Derek, and their son, Collin. Derek is a P-3 pilot in the U.S. Navy, and Elizabeth is working part-time as a public health nutritionist for the Women’s Health Initiative Research Project. Gregory Hullstrung is working is private practice in New York City. Greg and his wife, Liza, are expecting their first child in the summer of 1999. Carolyn Turner Maull is “loving” her job as an athletic trainer at Princeton University. After graduating from UVM, Carolyn attended Columbia University for exercise applied physiology and sport sciences and then spent two years at the University of Denver in Colorado before moving on to Princeton. Melanie Edwards and Mark Furr ’92 sent their best from Georgia. Melanie is teaching high school English and coaching the debate team. Mark is working as a mechanical engineer. He travels nationally and internationally to manage engineering projects on U.S. military bases. Naomi Shulman is in New York City, working as an editor at St. Martins Press. She fondly remembers the start of her literary career as an intern at the Vermont Quarterly and credits the experience for helping steer her into publishing. Allan Urgent has relocated to Brookline, Mass., and is working as an associate of Testa, Horwitz & Thibeault, LLP in Boston. He wrote to “say hello to the OMA crowd.” Russ and Laura Bartels ’94 are living in Farmington Hills, Mich., and were expecting their first child in early 1999. Meade Berman is enjoying graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote, “I love Philly, and my graduate studies in urban planning have been challenging but very fulfilling.” J.J. Toothman, who works as a Web designer at FutureOne in Phoenix, Ariz., has agreed to create and maintain a class of 1993 homepage. You will be able to access the page in the very near future by visiting www.uvm.edu and following the links to alumni, parents, and friends. Please share any ideas of suggestions about the pages with J.J. at jjt@futureone.com.

Class of '94

Hello, everyone. Hope you made it through the winter and are looking forward to this summer’s reunion, a perfect chance to get reacquainted with old friends, roommates, and the UVM community. Anyone interested in volunteering to help make our first reunion a success should contact the UVM Alumni Office at (802) 656-2010. Hope to see you all there. Now, on to our news…Mike Belizzi was married to Jennifer Russ, a ’97 graduate of UVM’s nutrition master’s program, in September 1998. Ed Cook served as best man, while fellow alums Jon Hodes, Noah Sternchos, and John Philips ’96 served as ushers. Kim Belizzi ’97 was a bridesmaid. Many other UVM graduates were in attendance. The couple spent their honeymoon in the Caribbean before settling into married life in Raleigh, N.C. Karen Spach and Drew Larsen ’93 were married on September 27, 1997. UVMers in the wedding party included Mara Young, Sara Golier, Kara Swenson ’93, and Doug Krause ’93. Doug Schneider and Stacey Clark also attended. Karen and Drew went to Belize on their honeymoon and now make their home in Denver, where they often see Andre Dubois. Jonah Sigel is in his second year of law school at the University of Miami. When not at school, Jonah works for the Florida Panthers NHL hockey team. Jonah will marry Lisa Stone from Michigan on May 30 and, therefore, will be unable to attend our reunion. Dr. Craig Rothenberg and Maryellen Ginsberg plan to be married on June 27, 1999. Craig will finish his residency in June, and he plans to go into private practice, eventually opening his own practice within a few years.

Class of '95

Hi, everyone. Happy 1999. I hope you all had a great holiday and have enjoyed the winter so far. I made it home to Vermont over Christmas and was able to ski and skate. Otherwise, I have been enjoying life in the Big Apple and am still with Alliance Capital, working in product management on the domestic side of the mutual fund business. Marcy Dolgas wrote that she is living in Minneapolis and working at a law firm. She is engaged to Andrew Shelden, and they are planning an August 1999 wedding. She has kept in touch with Karin Walker, who lives in Sudbury, Mass., and works as an elementary educator, and with Rebecca Grosser Ballada, who lives in Colchester, Vt., with her husband, Viktor ’96. At last notice, Rebecca works at Central Vermont Hospital as a nutritionist. Kevin “The Red Rooster” Rooney married Debra Dabrowski, a graduate of Ithaca College, on October 10, 1998, at Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, Vt. Fellow Alpha Gamma Rho brothers and UVM alumni in attendance were Matt Randall, best man, Matt Nelson, Eric Wightman ’93, Loren Gosselin ’94, and Robert Duval ’96. Fellow AGR brother Andrew King ’93, who was unable to attend the wedding, did make it to the bachelor party festivities. Monique Karthaus ’94, a lifelong friend of the groom and fellow UVM alum, also attended the lakeside exchange of vows. The couple will continue to live in E. Berlin, Conn. Carrie McCuin Selby and her husband, Dean, celebrated their first anniversary in September. Dean was transferred to the Energizer Battery Plant in St. Albans, Vt., where he is a mechanical engineer. Carrie left her job at the Office of Hearings & Appeals in Albany, N.Y., and started working at the Department of Justice with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, also in St. Albans. Dean and Carrie recently bought a home in Fairfax, Vt., where they enjoy playing with their dog, Cody. Holly Blum and Jon Andrews were married in Essex Junction, Vt., on August 8, 1998. They live in Essex, Mass. There were many UVM alumni at the wedding, including David Flynn ’93, Bruce Gordon ’93, Elzy Sklar ’95, Mitzi Fowler ’95, and Beth Macomber. Kelli Shonter and Valerie Pappas wrote in with lots of news. Their New Year’s Eve ’98 in Vail, Colo., was a smashing success. They met Chris Ford, Jamie Hosker, Lisa Kimry, Randi Tinkelman, Tim Abrahamsen, and Joe Nastro, and had a snowy vacation with great friends. Kelli lives in Boulder and is the resource coordinator for a non-profit organization in Denver; Lisa lives in Boulder and is studying for vet school; Jamie lives in Boulder and is an attorney for Colorado’s new attorney general; Valerie lives in Denver and is a lawyer, specializing in medical malpractice defense; Joe lives in Oakfield, Wisc., and is helping manage a herd of more than 100 elk; Tim lives in Washington, D.C., and works for the NIH; Randi is finishing up a master’s degree in social work in Boston, where she often sees Chris Ford, a student of computer science. Peter Keith works for Robertson Stephens in San Francisco, where he lives with Holly Elmes ’96. Jamie Hosker recently visited Aaron Hirsch, who lives in northern Peru. Aaron was married in November. He owns a restaurant and a surf shop. Ann-Marie Vannucci lives in Hershey, Pa., and is dating a fellow UVM grad, Scott LaMoth. Ryan Clinton works at GCN in Stamford, Conn., as a bond trader. Zack Morton is a homeowner in Milton, Vt. Susannah Ural-Bruce is working on her PhD in military history at Kansas State University and is happily married to her husband, Robert Bruce. Blake Latta works for IBM in Chicago. He recently bought a home and got a puppy. Bridget Barr ’96 works for Inc. magazine in Boston. She is dating Phil Bellizia, who also lives in Boston. Most importantly, the gang’s burning question is, “Where is Matt Losse?” Please get in touch.

Class of '96

Hi, everyone. I hope spring is on its way to wherever you are. I also hope it will show up soon in the Northwest. I have a tip for any skiers—try to make it out this way to Whistler/Blackcomb resort in British Columbia sometime. I took a winter ski trip there and found it amazing. Sure beats Sugarbush, although there is much to be said for Vermont skiing, of course. OK, on to the news…I’ll start with the emails. I recently heard from an old senior class council friend, Sandy Sanders, who lives in the South End of Boston, where he is a portfolio assistant at Evergreen Investments. Also in South Boston, Miguel Roque works at Price Waterhouse Coopers and is still a strong alternate for the local WWF club, despite recently suffering “an injury from a wrestler named ‘The Great Hambino’ while he performed his death-defying move, the Ham Drop, on me.” On the other side of the country, I heard from Jeramie Wright, who recently was promoted to account executive at InfoSpace.com, Inc. Rebecca Hill and Dana Stokes ’97 are roommates. Rebecca is working at Palace Press, and Dana is continuing her education. Karen Hammer wrote that, since graduation, she moved back to Massachusetts for a while, received her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, N.H., and recently moved back to Burlington. She is a family therapist with the Counseling Service of Addison County in Middlebury. Candace Upson Bignell lives in Los Angeles with her new husband, Chris. They were married on August 1, 1998, in Chatham, Mass. Bridesmaids included Julie Coyne, Meredith Curtin ’95, Monica Ly ’95, Audrey Alpert ’95, and Addie Mae Spongberg ’98. Candace works in Santa Monica at the John Wayne Cancer Institute and is enjoying the warm weather and sunshine. Alex Lemon wrote that he is a medical student at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Tex. Dale Patterson and Melissa Welch ’97 were married on September 6, 1998, in Killing-ton, Vt. They now live near Philadelphia. Other UVMers in attendance at the wedding included Eric Gauthier, Craig Stevens, Jay Stevens ’00, Brianna Gardner ’97, Susan Wertheim ’97, Ali Lawrence ’97, Tiffany Gardner, Dana Alpert, and Katie Schopman. I’ve also received a few snail mail letters over the past few months, which are always an extra treat. Sarah Shedd wrote with news: Lisa Flier and Mike MacDonald were married on October 7, 1998, and they live in Groton, Mass. Lisa Hill is soon to be married to Matt Isham in May 1999. Dana Rous started graduate school for social work at Simmons College in Boston. Donna Roderick wrote that she and her fiance of two years, Jon Lampson, have announced a wedding date of September 11, 1999. They live in Westfield, Mass. Amy Raymond wrote that she has settled down in North Hartland, Vt., where in August 1998, she married her husband, Kevin Raymond ’95. They have built a house there, and both have fulfilling jobs, Amy, as an RN at Mount Ascutney Hospital, where she recently finished an ICU course, and Kevin as a supervisor at TimKen Aerospace. In other class news…Theresa Schnapp accepted a position right after graduation with AmeriCorps in Phoenix, Ariz., where she worked in their literacy program. After her year-and-a-half commitment was completed, she moved to Flagstaff to continue working on a master’s degree in ESL at the University of Northern Arizona, which she expects to complete by the summer of 1999. Peter Yee is in sunny Kaneohe, Hawaii, and is happy to find other UVMers on the rock as well, including Rondee Lum ’94 and Bill Montgomery ’94. Peter is married now and has a daughter, Emily, born October 13, 1998. Laura Engelken and Rachel Bauman ’95 celebrated their commitment ceremony on August 1, 1998, in Santa Cruz, Calif. Former UVM campus minister Roddy O’Neal Cleary officiated. Laura and Rachel both work in student affairs at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As for me, I’m enjoying live in Seattle. I am still at the same travel publishing company, where I am now editor of two publications. It’s hectic, but satisfying. I’m just looking forward to another summer in the Northwest, full of hiking and trips into the mountains. I hope you all have a great spring and early summer. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Class of '97

Lots of news from East to West. Jason Robinson is living in the Boston area and working at Babson-United, Inc., a stock investment group, located outside of Boston. He recently ran into Claire Neely, who is working at Smith Barney in New York City. Christie Millard works for Goldman Sachs in New York, but will be transferred to the Chicago office in the near future. Mark Smaldon, Adam DeVine, Fred Losen, and Todd Unger have just moved in together in New York City. Deirdre Ganun is living in San Francisco and working an ad sales at CNET: The Computer Network. She reported on some of the many UVMers in San Francisco: Adam Hunter is at Van Kasper Company, Andrew Cho is at Montgomery securities, and Heather Jerman is doing psychology research at San Francisco University and working at Kuleto’s Restaurant in Union Square. Jason Hancock works at the corporate headquarters of Jamba Juice, a smoothie and health food company. Carolyn Walsh is a kindergarten co-teacher at the Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut. She is coaching varsity soccer and lacrosse and is halfway through her master’s degree in teaching at Fordham University. Andrea Ellis and David Schroeder are engaged and are planning a wedding in July 1999. After having lived in Steamboat Springs, Colo., with fellow UVMers for the past year, David is currently living in Philadelphia and working for Pontecchio, a small software company. Coast Guard Seaman Jessica Sivret recently completed U.S. Navy basic training with honors at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, N.J.

Class of '98

Navy Ensign William Windus received his commission as a naval officer after completing Officer Candidate School at Naval Avations Schools Command a the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.