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Class of '60Ken Klein and wife Cindy live in New Rochelle, N.Y. They have
two grandsons, Bradley Pogostin and Austin Berger. Harvey and
Joyce Hinman Butterfield of South Glens Falls, N.Y., are both
retired. They enjoy traveling and visiting their children. Carolyn
Sims Watts of West Yarmouth, Mass., wrote that her daughter, Holly
Jean Arnott, attended flight safety in Vero Beach, Fla., where
she completed her commercial pilots rating in 1997. Roger Amidon
is finishing his sabbatical at China Medical College Hospital
in Taichung, Taiwan, where he worked with the clinical faculty
in community medicine, researching health problems of the aging.
He wrote that China Medical College has an international reputation
for their research and training in integrating traditional Chinese
medicine with Western medicine. Roger will continue as a consultant
to the hospital. He hopes to contact UVM alumni in Taiwan before
his next visit. Herzl Spiro, MD 60, represented UVM at the investiture
of Nancy Zimpher as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
on March 26, 1999. Joan Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu received several
honors in 1998: the American Red Cross Overseas Presidential Citation
for Social Change, SEED Award for Outstanding Work with Disabled
Students at SUNY-Oswego, the Womens Center Award, and the Intensive
English Program Award at SUNY-Oswego. She retired as a professor
of communication studies and womens studies. Joan and her husband
spent the winter in Cuernavaca, Mexico, at an intensive Spanish
program. Class of '62John Whelan and his wife, Bunny, now live in Seven Lakes, N.C.,
near Pinehurst, golf capital of the USA. John retired from the
National Security Agency in 1994, after thirty-three years of
federal service. Now a real estate broker, he manages Coldwell
Banker, Prime Resort Real Estate office in Seven Lakes. Dr. Jonathan
Tenzer represented UVM at the inauguration of Gregory Farrington
as president of Lehigh University last April. Jules Older was
named co-winner of the Harold S. Kirsch Award for excellence in
snowsports magazine writing, the second time he has received this
honor. He also received honorable mention for his book, Ski Vermont.
Jules is editor-in-chief of Ski Press, Canadas biggest ski magazine,
and he is a writer for Vermont Quarterly. Jules also writes for
Journey, Vermont Magazine, Yankee, Inside Tracks, The New York
Post, and the Providence Journal. Patricia Bishop McKean thoroughly
enjoyed reunion in June 1998. She thought it was wonderful to
be back on campus and see classmates and friends from the classes
of 63 and 64. After thirty-seven years at The American Stock
Exchange, Charles Stevens will retire on July 1, 1999. He wrote
of his future plans, On to Pennsylvania and real estate development.
Stephen Burzon and his wife, Nancy, recently purchased their dream
home, a 1790 restored farmhouse, in Danby four Corners, where
they plan to live in a year or two. They are living in Texas,
where Steve has his own business, Steve Burzon marketing Event
Media Partners, which does general magazine consulting and brokers
relationships between magazines and sponsored events. Their son,
Matthew, will attend Holderness Academy in Plymouth, N.H., next
September. Their two duaghters are working and raising their families
in Connecticut. Joyce Frechette Fifield and husband David 61
make their home in Clifton Park, N.Y. Joyce is retiring after
23 years of teaching pre-school, the last nine as director. David
retired in 1995. He prepares income taxes in season and enjoys
operating his antique tractors at their summer home in South Hero,
Vt. The Fifields have three children: Stephen is a major in the
New York Air national Guard, where his pilots C-130 aircraft on
missions to the South and North Poles. Susan taught school for
two years and is now a stay-at-home mom with her own custom sewing
business. Sarah is an attorney in Albany, N.Y. Joyce and David
both enjoy golf and expect to travel more after retiring. Tom
Allen 63 retired a director of air resources for the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation in 1996. He was
presented with the S. Smith Griswold Award by the Air and Waste
Management Associaiton, an award given nationally for outstanding
accomplishment in the control and prevention of air pollution.
He and his wife, Patricia Hoskiewicz Allen, your class secretary,
live in Clifton Park, N.Y. Tom is partner in ARG, LLC, an air
pollution consulting firm, is a trainer for the California Air
Resources board, and works with the northeast states in their
air pollution training activities. One week a month, Patty joins
Tom for a training session somewhere within the U.S., and they
have enjoyed seeing our beautiful country, inlcuding Hawaii and
Alaska. They have three sons: Tom is with hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection & Insurance Co., and he and Mary live in the Chicago
area; Dave recently returned from living in Alaska and is an attorney
in Albany, and Brian and Katie live in Boston, where Brian is
head brewer with the Boston Beer Works. In addition to all the
travel, theyre taking up golf and enjoy gardening and dancing
in their spare time. Class of '63Now that Im back in the USA after seven years in The Netherlands,
theres no excuse for not contacting me so I can include your
news in our class column. I know youre all out there. Ive even
talked with some of you during the past year, and we do have some
exciting things to share. So, lets not be the class with just
the secretarys address listed in our column. For your convenience,
please use my email address. Id love to hear from you. In the
meantime, spring is here, and I wish all of you a happy and healthy
year. Enjoy what you like to do most. Maureen Oliver Mintz wrote
that she is enjoying her second career as a part-time assistant
in the business office of a private school. Her leisure activities
include reading, participating in a book club, playing bridge
and golf, cross-country skiing, and taking vacations. Her husband
is still a busy pediatrician. Daughter Jessica graduated from
Williams College in 1998 and is spending a year in Taiwan and
China. Son Joseph attended Ithaca College for a year and now lives
and works in Ithaca while deciding what direction to pursue. Maureen
would love to hear from nursing school classmates. Class of '64Sadly, I must report that we have lost another classmate. Nancy
Hike died in March after a battle with breast cancer. Joyce Lahey
Draper continues to work full-time as a county health department
director with the Tennessee Department of Health in four counties
of middle Tennessee. She has two married daughters and two granddaughters.
Her husband is an attorney with offices in Lookville and Gainsboro,
Tenn. Soon, Joyce will have worked thirty years with the Department
of Health. Andrea Layman Shiffrin is a speech pathologist and
realtor in Orange, Conn. She just became a grandmother for the
third time. Peter Bigelows son, Todd, has joined him as part
of the Foresight Group, which specializes in life and health insurance
for individuals and employers. The company has been in operation
since October 1988. Christine Graeter Kassal wrote that her daughter,
Sonja, is a French horn performance major at the Cleveland Institute
of Music. She wrote, After two months with an empty nest, Jim
and I took in an exchange student from Bulgaria. Carol Lange
Ahern wrote that her family has relocated to Bethany Beach, Del.,
after twenty-nine years in education including many with the Department
of Defense overseas schools in Germany. Carol began a new career
in real estate, and she is looking for other UVMers in the Bethany
Beach area. Paula Georges is a doctoral student in public policy
at UMass Boston. Her son, Peter, attends the University of Pennsylvania,
and her daughter is a student at Boston Latin School. Husband
Dick is an associate professor at Boston University School of
Public Health. Diane Rich Ladd of Clermont, Fla., is in her 32nd
year of teaching high school foreign language in central Florida.
She primarily teaches French, but also some Spanish. Diane enjoys
visiting her son, a 1998 graduate of the Air Force Academy, who
is now a second lieutenant stationed at Travis Air Force Base
in California. On April 25, 1999, Douglas Barrett represented
UVM at the inauguration of Walter Harrison as president of the
University of Hartford in Connecticut. Have an enjoyable summer
and keep the news coming in. Class of '65Ann Stebbins Cioffis family has owned the Dartmouth Bookstore
for the past 115 years. It is the oldest bookstore in America
that has been continuously operated by the same family (Anns
family, the Storrs). Class of '66
Class of '67William Meezan will be leaving his position as the John Milner
Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Southern California
at the end of this academic year. He and his life partner of twenty
years, Michael Brittenback, who is a church musician and concert
pianist, will be moving to Ann Arbor, Mich., where Bill will become
the first Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Families and Children
at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. His installation
into that endowed chair will take place on October 5, 1999. The
School of Social Work at the University of Michigan is considered
to have the finest social work program in the country. Michael
Sutliff owns a sporting goods store and ski shop in Gloversville,
N.Y. His wife, Pat Bouffard (66) Sutliff, teaches high school
French. The Sutliffs daughter, Amy 93, teaches high school in
Scottsdale, Ariz., and their son, Matthew, a likely future UVM
student, is living and working in Essex Junction, Vt. Mike would
like to hear from old friends. Richard Strauss of Peabody, Mass.,
was named Man of the Year by the Brotherhood of Temple NerTamid
on May 5, 1998. Later that month, he was elected president of
the Temple. On May 17, his son, Robert, graduated from St. Johns
Prep, and he now attends Babson College. May 30, son Jonathan
graduated from Lehigh University. On June 3, Richard was honored
by Cohen-Hillel Academy with the Presidential Award for outstanding
service and dedication to the Jewish day school. George Shapiro
and his wife, Amy Geffen, live in Forest Hills, N.Y., with their
sons, Andrew and Douglas. George is an associate with a major
medical malpractice law firm in New York City. Amy is director
of professional development with the Reinsurance Management Society.
Andrew attends Stuyvesant High School and is interested in engineering.
Douglas holds an orange belt in judo and studies fencing and mathematical
computations. George and family would welcome calls from UVM friends. Class of '68Marianne Martin Halls son, Todd Rogow 93, G95, has earned both
his bachelors and masters degrees in business administration
from UVM. Mariannes daughter, Jennifer Rogow 95, is now enrolled
in medical school in the state of Washington. Her youngest child,
Meagan Rogow, is currently a UVM student. Carolyn Mirkin Reich
wrote that she lives in Westwood, Mass., with her husband, Richard,
and daughter Cara, who is in high school. Her son, Ben, is a college
student. Carolyn works in the Westwood schools as a substitute
nurse. Robert Rudd continues to be a program administrator of
the 410 bus Bee-Line System, which serves all of Westchester
County as well as the surrounding areas. Peter Watson has played
the Highland Bagpipes for the past three years and continues to
repair wooden boats and houses. He and his wife, Clara, are home-schooling
Holly and Forest. Clara works with flower essences for healing;
Holly is learning piano; and Forest is learning ice hockey. The
family gives horse-drawn hayrides and enjoys sailing and ice boating. Class of '69Marilyn Lanou Hindes is teaching an alternative program for learning-impaired
students. She enjoys being a grandparent. Nancy Eddy has worked
at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on the general surgery/vascular
floor since 1974. She would love to hear from classmates and invited
friends who are traveling through White River Junction to give
her a call because shes not far from the 89-91 interchange. Leslie
Wernick Leslie works for a non-profit environmental organization
that advocates green plans (comprehensive, systematic, long-term
environmental strategies). Her office is in New York, and she
is currently working on a green plan for New York and New England,
a satisfying challenge for her. Leslies son, Tristan, was married
in June 1998. Robert Gilbert is chair of the USF&G insurance companies
national advisory council and a member of their board of directors.
Susan Brown Lanning wrote that while working on building her consulting
business, she reconnected with Pam Marvinney Banks on many occasions,
including a Theta Christmas party in Manhattan with her daughter,
Liz, a Theta and a new Manhattan Upper East Sider. Susan would
love to hear from other old friends because the good times arent
over. Arthur Brown teaches history and coaches girls track at
Stamford High School in Connecticut. He was expecting his twin
daughters to be on the team next season. Steve Kunken has been
elected village justice for the Village of Huntington Bay, N.Y.,
since 1994. His wife, Nicolette Pach, is presiding over the first
family court drug court in the country. Michael McMorrow wrote
that both of his children have left the nest. His daughter is
a Spanish translator in Madison, Wisc., and his son, Gavin, completed
his studies at UVM. Linda McMeekin is a hospice nurse with the
Visiting Nurse Association in Colchester, Vt. Mike and Diane Smith
(71) King are still living in Rose Prairie, British Columbia,
Canada, on a 320-acre farm in the foothills of the Rockies. Mike
is line crew foreman for B.C. Hydro in the Fort St. John district.
The Kings have four children and two grandchildren. Their youngest
daughter, Rebecca, attends the University of Regina and plays
on the womens hockey team. Charles Howard, MD 69, represented
UVM at the inauguration of Stuart Cook as president of the University
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