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1950
Charles Carlton sent a report of his activities, including editorial
contributions to books by Romanian colleagues and papers published
on Nicolae Ceausescu, the Szekler minority, Romanian the “5th
Romance language,” as well as a review article on Rebecca Posner,
a contemporary British Romance scholar. He went on a tour of Romania
in September 2003 and found that “it always reminds one of
Vermont.” We were sorry to learn of the death of Robert Abbiati
on September 21, 2003. In 1989, he retired as Spaulding High School
vocational guidance counselor. Prior to that, he worked as a counselor
for the State of Vermont. He is survived by his wife and four daughters.
Doris Jones Fafunwa wrote from Nigeria about the birth of her seventh
grandchild in Atlanta. The baby and his mother flew to Lagos for
a naming ceremony. Her daughter, Sheri, was promoted to full professor
at Central Connecticut State University, where she is head of the
fine arts department. After a long battle with the government, Doris
successfully retrieved her family’s land, which she plans to
develop to help alleviate poverty. Doris’s husband, Babs, who
celebrated his 80th birthday, received the high honor of Commander
of the Order of the Niger, and Doris continues her involvement with
the Braille Center and Child Life-Line. Mario Barberi sang songs
at a fundraising dinner at Barre’s Old Labor Hall last October.
Your class secretary asked him afterwards to contribute news for
our class column. He sent an interesting article about his life
work as a missionary in Japan from 1952-1992, working on agricultural
development and teaching about livestock for the Division of World
Missions of the United Methodist Church. Since his return to Barre,
he and his wife have been singing in a choir and community chorus,
entertaining in nursing homes, and learning Italian to help with
family history research. Bob and Thelma Perkins have added some
new activities to those previously reported. Thelma is co-chair
and Bob is on the steering committee of a Lifelong Learning Institute,
established by a grant from UVM. Bob is also working with Rutland
Area Physical Activity Coalition, and they both worked on the campaign
of former Vermont Governor Howard Dean. Bob and Thelma enjoyed a
trip to Russia, taking an inland cruise on the Volga and connecting
lakes and canals to St. Petersburg. Harold and Marilyn Clark wrote
that a recent article about the Wall Street student program reminded
them that Harold believes that the original program was initiated
by Professor Ricciardi in 1949-50. The trip actually took place
the summer of 1959, and Harold was to have participated, but he
was employed immediately after graduation. Sylvia Morrison Kadetsky
lives in Delray Beach, Fla. Her husband, Bernard, passed away in
February 2003. Sylvia’s sister, Phyllis Mix ’52 of Port
Chester, N.Y., attended a recent class reunion with her husband,
Dr. Harry Mix. Lillian “Bunny” Cotnoir Doyle wrote from
Texas that she planned to ski in Canada over the Christmas holidays.
Barbara Beal Green wrote from Longmont, Colo., that she enjoys spending
time with her grandson and singing in her church choir. She hopes
to make another trip to Vermont. I just received an email message
from Joseph (aka “Joe D”) Matteo, who keeps in touch with
many of his UVM pals who are now retired: Henry and Jayne Elespuru
of Sacramento/ Truckee, Calif.; Bill and Phyllis Viets of Burlington,
Vt. and Naples Fla.; Dr. Ken and Sally Williams of Los Angeles;
Dave Hill of Albuquerque, N. Mexico; Lou Mailea of New Brunswick,
N.J.; and Tom Parker of Fairfax, Va. Joe started at UVM in January
1947, just after he was discharged, and he roomed at first in the
Van Ness Hotel in Burlington, where Charles Ballantyne was his roommate.
He left UVM in 1948 and graduated from Purdue in 1960.
Class
secretary - candh@sover.net
1951
Dot Post Stevens keeps busy by participating in three book groups
and playing in a recorder quintet. She and Tom have given up their
boat, but they still enjoy going out on their sons’ boats.
Jo Buck Hayslip and husband, Ellwyn ’50, were looking forward
to skiing and après ski activities in New Hampshire and Colorado
this winter. Jo said that they get away with mostly après
ski. Sounds good to me!
Class
secretary - jsabens@aol.com
1952
We received the sad news that Joan Crane Braverman passed away earlier
this year. Joan served as our class secretary until her recent illness,
and she did the best possible job for many years. Everyone loved
Joan because she was always full of life and fun, and we send our
condolences to her family, especially her husband, Dick. My husband
and I recently enjoyed a fabulous Alaskan cruise. When we returned,
our three children threw us a surprise 50th anniversary party. In
attendance were 75 friends and four grandchildren. UVMers at the
party were the Pearls, the Sussmans, and the Lapidows, plus three
UVM children. Please send me your news. Keep it coming!
Class
secretary - twre@gmavt.net
1953
It is always a delight to hear from old friends, and I love sharing
the news. Debbie Symmes Walsh reported from Southern California
that, after 50 years, she saw her UVM roommate and sorority sister,
Molly Sylvester Beresford, and her husband, Bill. She had a great
time with them in Santa Barbara. Another voice from 51 years past
was that of Bev Purinton (’54) Brown, a five-year nursing student
who said, “I really identify with more people from the class
of ’53.” Since she still lives in Vermont, she can keep
track of building growth at UVM and can hardly believe all the houses
that have gone up in what were meadows when we were there. Bev plans
to stop in at UVM and look up our Milestones memory book. In another
personal note, Jean Hawley Navarra, anticipating our annual get
together in Palo Alto with Jane Wilson (’52) Durie and Bunny
Fitzsimmons (’54) Smith, commented, “Let’s hope we
have our usual reunion before we forget who each other is!”
Truly, since many of us are slowing down a bit, do send your news
soon to help jog everyone’s memory.
Class
secretary - nanhiker@aol.com
1954
Our class president Francine Strickler Sherman sent greetings to everyone.
She wrote, “Our committee is putting together a wonderful 50th
reunion celebration for June 3-6 in Burlington. Please mark your calendars
and contact me at franes@cox.net to let me know of your interests
and suggestions.” Last fall, I reported on a mini-reunion of
Adsit House residents from 1951-52. As a result of that note, I recently
heard from Natalie Little (’55) Urban, yet another member of
the class of 1955. Over a 50-year period, changes in how we look should
be expected. Seems elemental, but in the last few months I have recognized
Robert Merchant. Bob served in the Vermont Transportation Department
when I was on the Transportation Board in the 1970s, but we did not
know that we were classmates until many years later. We met for the
first time in 25 years, and I reintroduced myself and he introduced
me to his wife, Mary. Now retired, he is living in Island Pond, Vt.
It was closer to 50 years later when I saw and recognized Charlie
Perkins at a funeral in Burlington, his native town. All this portends
well for our forthcoming 50th reunion. Some will have changed a lot
and some scarcely at all. I especially look forward to meeting Peter
Rose, with whom I have shared many email messages of late. His latest
communiqué was that he was in Copenhagen a short time ago,
and he decided to track down our classmate Mitsuo Kawamoto, who was
a friend of Peter’s. Peter wrote, “I had been thinking about
this for five years, but, as we all do, I procrastinated too long.
Mitz had died three years ago. So there you have it. Call someone
you love before it’s too late.” There will be much more
about Mitz and his career in our forthcoming Memory Book. Just in
time for this issue came an email message assuring me that Harry Rutten,
who once hailed from New York City, is now living in New Jersey. He
plans to bike for five days from his home to UVM for our reunion as
a form of contrition for his UVM days. Whatever could he mean! I look
forward to seeing you at our 50th reunion if not before.
Class
secretary - kwendling@aol.com
1955
Hi, everyone! I’m writing this column as I am preparing for a
New England “see the grandkids” trip. We’re up to nine
of them now, including, of course, the quads in Boston and the rest
in Maine. Might just have to hit Vermont en route back for old time’s
sake. Hope your winter has been good to all of you, whether you are
in a sunny, warm climate or the snow-capped mountains. Not too much
news in this issue. Larry Sullivan of Poultney, Vt., represented UVM
at the Green Mountain College inauguration of John F. Brennan recently.
Marty Young of Mystic, Conn., was at a Morse family wedding recently.
Hope Keeler Morse was there from California. Marty keeps in touch
with Margaret McGowan Shirley, who is back teaching in New Hampshire.
Dr. Peter Laibson, of Haverford, Pa., represented UVM at the Muhlenberg
College inauguration of Peyton Randolph Helm last October. I chatted
with Ben Aibel recently, and he enjoys his Vermont hideaway no end.
I’ll get there yet, Ben! Neither of us is retired, so we just
can’t do it yet. Do write to me. Be well, everyone!
Class
secretary - janebattles@juno.com
1956
We were sad to receive word of the death of Kathleen “Kay”
Keresey Morse in November 2003, following a sudden illness. Kay had
lived in Kingston, N.H., and had served as assistant librarian there
for many years until her retirement in 1994. Since then, she did a
lot of volunteer work for the library. She was a long-time employee
of AT&T. Liz Semans Edelson wrote from Merion, Pa., where she
lives with her husband, Philip. Through the years, Liz has spent a
good deal of time working in her local library, has had her share
of health issues, and is currently taking classes each semester at
the University of Pennsylvania, pursuing her love of literature. She
would like to know where Pat Kolk might be. Ruth Carroll Parmenter
and her husband, Ed, visited recently in Burlington. The Parmenters
live in Syracuse, N.Y. Ruthie was involved in a very debilitating
auto accident in September 2001, but with lots of determination she
is making a good recovery. Ruth and Ed have brought up 11 children,
all but three of them adopted. They form quite a diverse group, a
sort of United Nations in the Parmenter family. Somehow Ruthie found
time to rise through the ranks of Toastmasters International and was,
for a time, district governor. While maintaining the family has been
foremost in Ruthie’s life, her role as district governor of Toastmasters
has been a prized accomplishment. Ruthie would be happy to swap stories
with classmates. Our class president Michael Rosco sent greetings
from Thousand Oaks, Calif. He hopes we are all thinking about attending
our 50th reunion in the not-too-distant future.
Class
secretary - jkstick@aol.com
1957
Many UVM classmates celebrated their Burlington High School 50th reunion
at a beautifully organized and very enjoyable weekend of activities
in Burlington. Suzanne Gurney Day, who lives in Montpelier, Vt.; John
’60 and Sally Davis (’57) Adams from Lexington, Mass.; Rhoda
Rosenberg Beningson from Sarasota, Fla.; and Joan Bugbee Boardman
from South Burlington were among the organizers. Joan and husband
Bob held a gathering on the lawn of their lakeside home Friday night.
Other UVM graduates in attendance were Martha Abell Rudd of North
Pownal, Vt.; Max Ansbacher of New York City; Lewis Bodman of Kirkland,
Wash.; Sally Cook Hood of Waterbury, Vt.; Lorna Dean Brown of Pocatella,
Idaho; Jack Detore of Estero, Fla.; Ralph Deslauriers of Bolton Valley,
Vt.; Ronald Hill of Stow, Mass.; Charles and Jean Johnson Lord of
Williston, Vt.; Art Lambert of Burlington, Vt.; Peter Minott of Sarasota,
Fla.; Max Rothman of Girdwood, Alaska; Miriam Samuelson of Salzburg,
Austria; Roger Rivers ’58; John Richwagon of Benton, N.H.; Nelson
Slack of Waterville, Vt.; Orazio Destin from Florida; Jean Mackenzie
Noe of Bedminster, N.J.; Lyle Miller of Belvidere; and your class
secretary. We were very happy to renew our friendships, and I apologize
if I missed someone. Many submitted biographies for the reunion, and
I will include some updates in this and future columns. Joan Bugbee
Boardman lives on Lake Champlain for six months and in Florida for
the rest of the year. She and her husband, Dave, have active outdoor
lives. They have been married for 47 years and have two daughters
and three sons. The sons are involved in the family business in Burlington.
Joan and Dave are involved at the UVM Catholic Center. Rhoda Rosenberg
Beningson and husband Herb look back on a very abundant life of sailing
with their two sons and involvement with career, community, and arts
support. They now enjoy attending art performances, volunteering with
the Literacy Council, and taking courses. Roland and Rachel Thompson
Burroughs of Underhill Center, Vt., had a great time at our UVM reunion.
Roland enjoyed the Vermont Quarterly article about Professor Frank
Bryan; both are graduates of Newbury High School in Vermont. Of the
11 who graduated with Roland and Frank, three others graduated from
UVM: Charles Bailey, Margaret Urquehart Hutchins, Raymond Welch ’62.
I was contacted by Miriam Sunderford (’54) Sargent about the
Sigma Gamma reunion reported in our last column. Miriam and Gayle
Rowell ’56 were two attendees from the ‘50s who did not
make my report. Miriam’s aunt, Alice Sunderland, was one of the
founders of Sigma Gamma in 1920. Miriam lives in Manchester, N.H.,
and when she wrote in January it was eight degrees below zero there.
Aren’t you glad it’s spring?
Class
secretary - suzanwc@aol.com
1958
George Milo recently retired for the second time. He is now professor
emeritus at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He and
his wife, Beverly, recently moved to a new home in Jacksonville, Fla.
After 41 years of research in molecular human cancer, he decided to
move on. They will spend summers in their home on Lake Champlain and
winters in Florida with their children and their families. Their oldest
grandson received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. George
hopes other classmates were as fortunate as he was to have had an
outstanding professional career and an excellent retirement future.
Evan Salmore of Greenwich, Conn., represented UVM at the inauguration
of Purchase College’s new president, and Judith Gibson of Canton,
N.Y., represented UVM at the Clarkson University inauguration last
October.
Class
secretary - vtdawson@aol.com
1959
Anita Fregosi Ristau of Barre, Vt., has been awarded Nurse of the
Year honors by the Vermont State Nurses’ Association. Currently,
she is director of the State Board of Nursing.
Class
secretary - hshaw@sc.rr.com
1960
Judith White Pockriss of Freeport, N.Y., sent lots of exciting news
about her family. Judith is the coordinator of volunteers for Nassau
County Museums on Long Island, recruiting and supervising more than
600 volunteers who assist at eight museum and preservation sites.
She also serves on the board of the Association of Professional Volunteer
Administrators. Judith recently became a grandparent for the first
time when grandson Cole was born to her son Peter, who is director
of development at Historic Hudson Valley. Her younger son, Adam, works
for ABC television news, and he plans to marry this spring. Bob Mashia
was selected to receive the 2003 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service
in the state of Massachusetts. He received the award for achievement
and commitment to volunteer service. He has served AARP as well as
WestMass ElderCare, and the Boy Scouts, and has had leadership roles
in his church and in Rotary.
Class
secretary - pheald1@cs.com
1961
Thanks to Steve Berry of Lexington, Mass., who sent out a few email
messages and received news back from classmates. Here’s what
he received for this issue: Margaret Connolly Leeper, “Montana
Maggie,” wrote that she and her husband are remodeling their
home on Hylite Creek in Bozeman, Mont. They also have a condominium
nearby in Big Sky, where they ski, hike, bike, golf, and snowshoe.
They found this to be quite a change from the 42 years they spent
in McLean, Va., where Margaret taught school for 28 years. She said,
“Life in the fast lane of the Beltway gave way to a slow trip
through the Gallatin River Canyon.” She is now involved in a
docent program at the Museum of the Rockies, and she is studying life
forms and landforms, dinosaurs, Native Americans, astronomy, and Montana
history. She also is a ski guide at Moonlight Basin Ski Area. Husband
John continues as a maritime consultant. Her son, John, and his wife,
Jamie, live nearby, while their son, Matt, lives in Atlanta and works
for a tire company. Sarah Lyddon Morrison reported that she is semi-retired
but thinking of going back to work. She lives in Washington, D.C.,
where she is a volunteer foreign policy briefer on the John Kerry
Campaign. She belongs to clubs and organizations and has worked for
the American Legion for ten years. Sarah is the author of six books,
which are still sold through Barnes & Noble’s website. Mary
Prespare Maloney works at Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., in
the finance department. She lives in New York City and states that
she is now a "flatlander." Mary has also volunteered at
the Bronx Zoo for several years, and she belonged to the Westside
Tennis Club in Forest Hills for many years until she took up golf
last summer. She enjoys playing golf in Vermont. Her husband has retired
from his law practice, and she hopes to retire soon, too. Roy Kelly
retired in 1992 after 31 years as a music specialist. He spent six
years in Vermont and 25 years with the Brookline, Mass., school system.
He is now artistic director of the Charles River Chorale, director
of the Snug Harbor Community Chorus, organist and choirmaster at the
St. John The Evangelist Church in Duxbury, Mass., and choral director
of the Ip Piano School in Boston’s Chinatown. He and his wife,
Jeanine ’62, moved to Brockton, Mass., after having lived in
their house in Stoughton for 35 years. They celebrated their 41st
wedding anniversary last August. The Kellys have a son, Sean; a daughter,
Melissa; and three grandsons. Catherine Tyler Nordquist and husband
Don have lived in Charleston, S.C., since Don retired three years
ago. He plays clarinet locally, but Caroline’s hip replacement
surgery has curtailed her activities. She wrote, “I am now a
bionic woman.” By last October, she was back tutoring at Memminger
Elementary School and handling the publicity for the Metropolitan
Orchestra. Betsy Samuelson Greer started out with our class but graduated
from Oberlin College. She returned to Vermont in 1968 as a UPI statehouse
reporter. She stayed in Washington when her husband retired because
of her tennis friends, and she still keeps up with her UVM friends.
She keeps busy as an advocate for those with serious mental illness,
an avocation that she shared with her late husband. She continues
to play tennis and golf, and she enjoys cross-country skiing. Fred
Lippert, MD ’65, of Kensington, Md., hopes to retire from the
Navy this year.
Class
secretary - cpadams02@snet.net
1962
Class
secretary - traileka@aol.com
1963
Spring is
right around the corner if I am preparing the news for the spring
issue of VQ, yet it is currently two degrees where I live, and that’s
not as cold as the temperatures in Vermont. I hope we will be reading
the news in friendly weather. Judith French has been a patient alumna.
She has communicated with me since last spring, and, finally, I am
sharing the news with all of you. Judi retired in March 2002 from
her position as vice president of compensation programs for Northrop
Grumman Information Technology/PRC in Herndon, Va. She moved to Lake
Winnipesaukee, N.H., where she is busy with an arts and crafts business
and with writing. She can be reached via email at judithfrench@verizon.
net. Last summer, Judi visited with friends Hedy Ries and Judy Quigley
(’64) Halpin as well as cousins David ’65 and Frances Fortier
(’66) Thomas and Susan Thomas Englander. Judy also visited Colleen
Denny (’65) Hertel and husband Ron ’65. Even a longtime
friend such as Joan Smith Harper has a UVM connection, her husband
Norman ’58. Shirley Mumford Ferguson also retired in 2002 after
a 22-year career in sales with Xerox. She moved from Hopewell Junction,
where she lived for 32 years in a 170-year-old house in Franklin,
N.Y., in the heart of the Catskills. She does not miss her career
one bit. In fact, she is busier than ever renovating, painting, and
wallpapering. When she takes a break, it’s for a long walk with
her two labs. She would welcome hearing from classmates, and if anyone
is in the area, please contact her. Franklin is a small town, so it
won’t be difficult finding Shirley. Ira Adelman of St. Paul,
Minn., was installed as president of the American Fisheries Society
in August 2003. The American Fisheries Society is the oldest and largest
society of fisheries professionals with 9,000 members worldwide. Please
keep in touch and share your news with us.
Class
secretary - tonimullins@comcast.net
1964
This is my last chance to encourage all of you to join us June 3-6
for our 40th (can you believe it?) class reunion. The celebration
won’t be the same without you. So come one, come all! Linda Blow
O’Conner of Cicero, N.Y., has retired from teaching preschool
after 21 years. In June 2003, she traveled across country by car to
visit her son and friends in California. Over the past year, she visited
her daughter in Virginia and friends Gary and Marion Gladding Winch.
Linda is enjoying her retirement. Peter Bigelow let us know that his
son, Todd, has just celebrated his fifth anniversary working with
his father in the Foresight Group, the business Peter established.
His business focuses on sales and service of life and health insurance
for employers and individuals. Peter will have been married to his
wife, Sue, a 1963 Vermont College graduate, for 39 years on July 31,
2004. Son Todd was married in November 2003, and he and his wife live
in Farmington, Conn. Peter’s daughter, Lisa, works for ConnectiCare,
Inc. Norman Bohn of Charlotte, Vt., my husband and I had a wonderful
trip to Italy in October 2003. We visited Susan Weatherby Engbrecht
and her husband, Ron. A wonderful, fully packed four days were enjoyed
by all. From Italy, we moved on to Germany for Oktoberfest, and the
men traveled to France for a military history tour. Jim Rosenberg
of Chestnut Hill, Mass., represented UVM at the inauguration of Boston
University’s new president recently. Finally, Duane ’63
and I are proud first-time grandparents to Caroline Warner Taggert,
born August 31, 2003.
Class
secretary - dsbarber@earthlink.net
1965
Jane Greenberg Patterson of Parker, Colo., recently represented the
University at inauguration ceremonies at Naropa University.
Class
secretary - dennycolleen@hotmail.com
1966
Class
secretary - kkmcguckin@adelphia.net
1967
Class
secretary - jane.carroll@cox.net35th
1968
Arthur Abelson, wife Lynne, and daughter Samantha ’02 are on
the move again. They recently relocated to Potomac Falls in northern
Virginia. Arthur is manager of pension compliance at NRECA in Arlington.
He would love to hear from anyone who is in the area. William and
Jennifer Rounds (’72) Nelson of Ryegate, Vt., continue to own
and operate Home Acres Farm with their sons. Jenny serves on the College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences advisory board and is agricultural
policy advisor to Vermont Congressman Bernie Sanders. That’s
all the news we have from classmates, but reunion is coming and here
are a few thoughts to help you start planning to come back to UVM
this June: “Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d
never end. We’d sing and dance forever and a day.” Remember…SAGA
Food Service, curfews, housemothers and their weapon of choice, the
broom, the Blackout of ’69, winter days so cold your breath froze,
crisp fall days and spectacular foliage, exams in Patrick Gym, studying
all night for exams, keg parties and witches brew, fraternity and
sorority rush, Janis Joplin and The Chambers Brothers, Julie at The
Mill, 20 loaves for a dollar and 19 cent hamburgers at The Lure, coffee
in The Den, football games and the UVM marching band, snow sculptures
two stories tall, sharing one phone with 30 people AND it was attached
to the wall. Come back, my friend. The memories never end. We’ll
sing and dance for a weekend and a day. Be there again for our reunion,
friends.
Class
secretary - dglew@vermontlaw.edu
1969
Make plans now to join us for Reunion 2004 — June 3-6, 2004.
It's three times the fun for 35th reunion attendees! The classes of
’68, ’69, and ’70 will celebrate reunion together this
year, so call all your friends and plan to be there. Here’s what
we have planned: Friday, June 4, cocktails with your classmates at
Waterman Manor, Saturday, June 5, celebration at the Quarry Hill Club,
and Sunday, June 6, farewell brunch cruise on Lake Champlain. Be sure
you save the date online
(alumni.uvm.edu) so your friends will know you’re coming.
Class
secretary - alumni@uvm.edu