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Class of '80John Kelly has been a civil engineer with the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Works since 1981. He is chief building official
for Los Angeles County. He and his wife, Betsy Thompson (81)
Kelly, miss Vermont but enjoy the beach as well as the skiing
California has to offer. They keep busy with their son, Brian,
and daughter, Sarah. Susanna Renken Shepard has been owner of
Black-eyed Susan Floral in Wyoming, Mich., since 1981. She is
divorced and has a son, Evan, who is sixteen years old. Susanna
still skis on the Michigan bunny hills and invites Essex Junction
Educational Center 76 grads to visit her. Contact her at <sshep10258@juno.com>. Class of '81
Class of '82David Ray sent greetings to his friends in the class of 82. He
was sorry to have missed the last reunion but hopes to see everyone
at the classs 20th reunion. Andrew McGuinness is living in Danbury,
Conn., with his wife, Joan, and daughter Meghan. He says hi
to friends from Hamilton Hall. Tim Dawson and his wife, Katie,
enjoy showing their new son, Cooper Joseph, the wilderness of
northern Minnesota. Michael Roche has owned the Stowe Tree and
Landscape Service, a successful five-person company, for the past
thirteen years. David Fultz of Atlanta was recently certified
as a neuromuscular massage therapist. He wrote, Come to Atlanta
to get rubbed the right way. Class of '83Keeley Bertrand Weening has worked at the Vermont Department of
Health Laboratory as a microbiologist since 1986. She and her
husband, Jim, have two children, Addison Joan and Jamie. They
live in Bristol, Vt., in a house that was a real fixer-upper
(and its almost fixed up). Besides being a mom, working full-time,
and working on the house, Keeley is a Brownie Girl Scout leader
and a Red Cross volunteer. Ann Bowen is a perioperative team leader
for ear, nose, and throat, oral-maxillo-facial, and ophthalmological
surgery and assistant team leader for neurosurgery at her hospital.
In her free time, she is crew chief for William Ace Smith when
he races. Ace owns BFR Motorsports and drives two Mazda RX7 race
cars. One of the RX7s is a hill-climb and autocross car, which
he has used to win several regional and divisional championships,
including the 1994 Pennsylvania State Solo II and SCCA NEDiv Solo
I series in 1997 and 1998. The new car is going to be run in E-production
SCCA in 1999. Julie Collier Edelson and her husband, Jeff, welcomed
their first child, Steven Theodore, on November 2, 1998, five
weeks early. His godmother is Mary Handy (80) Grunvald. Julie
left a full-time job in an occupational rehabilitation supervisory
position to become a contract rehabilitation consultant for a
national case management/vocational agency. She provides rehabilitation
case management, ergonomics consulting, job analysis, and return-to-work
services at the job site. This new position lets her balance work
and parenthood very nicely. Professionally, she has kept in contact
with Laurie Austin and Paula Smith 85. If anyone is attending
the 1999 physical therapy conference in Washington, D.C., dont
hesitate to contact Julie so she can help you find accommodations
and activities. She also would love to get together and socialize.
Her email address is <edel777@aol.com>. Wendy Hillman MacPherson
gave birth to a son, Gavin, in July 1998. She reported that two-year-old
Claudia is a loving big sister and brings him toys and blankets.
During Wendys maternity leave, the family traveled from San Diego
to Vancouver, British Columbia. Fortunately, the children both
love to travel. Wendy (reluctantly) returned to work supervising
a county elder abuse response team. The family hopes to travel
to Vermont this year to visit friends. She would love to hear
from lost acquaintances at <wendy.hillman@state.or.us>. Bob Lesnikoski
recently completed the first commercial harvest of cranberries
at his home in Fletcher, Vt., under the business name of Vermont
Cranberry Co. Bob has been working on developing bogs in Fletcher
for the past four years. Eric Mayor has been happily married to
his wife, Kim, for the past five years. They both became certified
scuba divers recently. Eric can be reached via email at <altaman@san.rr.com>. Class of '84Greetings, classmates. The news to report this issue is a bit
lean. I need to hear from you. Just reading about me will be quite
dull for you all. I did have the pleasure of getting together
with a bunch of classmates in February. MJ Paisley Pender, Suzy
Fuchs Lavieri, Sandy Weir Warkentin, Joan McDermott Clowes, Lynn
Frymoyer Boynton, and Jennifer Duncan got together for a baby
shower for me. It was wonderful seeing everyone. Leigh Hodgson
Nesdale wrote that Chris Hodgson 82 and wife Janine welcomed
a son, Jack Dean, on December 21. He has joined his sisters Kate
and Brooke. George Grigel wrote that Dave Tanis recently accepted
a position in Dublin, Ireland. William Weigel of Yarmouth, Maine,
was appointed president of Nelson & Small Manufacturing Management,
LLC. He will retain his position as chief operating officer at
Rockwood Swendeman as well. Class of '85It appears that most of us have been having a great yearI did
not receive many letters this quarter. I hope you all realize
that when I dont get much to write about, it makes my job a lot
harder. I may have to start making things up about people. As
for myself, I do the sales and marketing for a start-up coffee
company. Our company grows coffee in Maui, Hawaii. We are in the
process of bringing our coffee products into the mainland U.S.
market. Keep an eye out for our line, Mauis Kaanapali Estate
Coffee, and pour yourself a cup of paradise. Adam Barrett, Al
Bauman, and Mark Bonanno wrote to tell me that they survived a
few seafaring days on Adams sailboat. The trio met up with Paul
Christensen 86 for a night. Adam, who is married with a two-year-old
daughter, owns his own advertising agency. Al owns a computer
consulting company and, along with his wife Susan Angelina, has
two children. As for Mark, he spends his time lawyering, grad
school teaching, windsurfing in Oregon, and accepting wife applications.
(For those interested, I can get his address.) Michael Sage was
named a partner in the financial restructuring practice at Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Tafts New York office. Katherine Wierengo Russell,
her husband, and children Victoria and Samantha are living in
Dracula, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta. Katherine is director of distribution
for a mens apparel company. Peter Plumeau returned to Burlington,
Vt., with his family. He is executive director of the Chittenden
County Metropolitan Planning Organization, the regions transportation
planning agency. Jon Henry started his new job as director of
admissions at the University of Maine in Orono last March. He
had been director of admissions at Johnson State College in Vermont
since 1993. He and his wife, Sara 87, look forward to moving
to the Bangor area this summer with their sons, Andrew and Jordan.
Peter Fayroian G87 is dean of students at the Robert Louis Stevenson
School in Pebble Beach, Calif., where he lives happily with his
dog. Diane White Mealo completed her 12th year with the Reedy
Creek Environmental Laboratory at Walt Disney World. She is lab
operations coordinator in microbiology. Diane and husband Mark
are also cattle ranchers, having established their registered
angus herd last summer. Their first two calves were born last
fall. Dale and Wendy Murdock Spaulding live in Canterbury, N.H.,
with their daughters, Caley and Erin. They wrote, Life is very
busy, however, we always take time to enjoy ourselves. Jim Griffin
is a CPA in public practice in Worcester, Mass. He is married
with two children and one due in July. James and his wife, Patricia,
enjoyed meeting UVM alums at the hockey telecast in Worcester.
Jim recently obtained his MS degree in taxation from Bentley College.
His wife Patricia is a registered pharmacist. Barbara Strehle
Dolce wrote hoping to get in touch with some of her old geology
classmates. If you want to get in touch with her, please write
me and let me know whats going on in your life. Well, that is
it for now. See you next quarter
Class of '86The Burlington area continues to grow and change, with expanded
malls, new stores and great restaurants, changes to the campus,
etc. Luckily, it still has that fun, small-town feel with lots
of events and activities to keep us busy. Anyway, on with the
news
Hope Connors wrote in to say that she was fortunate enough
to see Jody Staunton and Bill Jaffe 88 in New Cannan, Conn. She
also attended Tom McCargo and Sarah Gordons wedding on Marthas
Vineyard in September 1998, where she ran into Grant McCargo 84,
Quentin Jaffe 84, and Trist Deery. She also reports that Eugenia
Burnett 89 was married in New Jersey, and her friends, Mike Doolittle
89, Bill Jaffe 88, Steve Staunton 89, and Hank Harder 89 were
all able to attend. Hope goes on to say that she is back in school.
Jill St. Laurent Foster dropped a line to say that she loves her
life as an at home soccer mom for her son, Christopher and daughter
Christina. She also serves as the fundraising coordinator for
Christophers school. She is still living in Capitola, Calif.,
where she has been for the past ten years. Matthew LaBarge has
just completed his first year in New York, working at the Brookhaven
National Laboratory. He says that his wife, Felicia, and children
Isabelle and Ian enjoy their new home on Long Island. Julie Kully
Faryniarz hosted a girls weekend in Connecticut for Tammy Campbell,
Lori Beaumont Martin, Sue Browning Claire, Gail Gasciantonio Welsh,
Evie Fleisher Katz, Frances Moore Eddy, Karen Hardock Ross, and
Lisa Brest Daley. Julie wrote, Even though we are busy with work
and our families, we were able to catch up right away and appreciate
our close UVM bonds. Kevin Bushweller is a senior editor of The
American School Board Journal. Kevin, one of six reporters awarded
a fellowship by the Education Writers Association, a national
professional organization for education reporters, will make an
in-depth study of student cheating in public high schools. From
his research, he has written two articles, Digital Deception,
which appeared in the March 1998 issue of Electronic School, and
Generation of Cheaters, which appeared in the April 1999 issue
of The American School Board Journal. His article Dolly, Frankenstein,
and Ethics, written for The American School Board Journal, has
won three awards, the 1998 National Association of Secondary School
Principals Ben-jamin Fine Award for Outstanding Education Reporting,
the 1999 Society of National Association Publications Gold Award,
and the 1999 Association of Educational Publishers EDPress Distinguished
Achievement Award. His article Education Vital Signs, published
in The American School Board Journal received the 1999 Benjamin
Fine Award. Kevin and his wife, Paula Smith 85, live in Lake
Ridge, Va., with their sons, Devin, Nathan, and Colin. Class of '87Hi, everyone. Hope all of you are enjoying the warmer weather
these days
in New York, we cannot complain. We just got through
another mild winter
not like Burlington at all. I spent almost
a week skiing in Vail last March and felt the ghosts of Risa
Dean, Howard Brophy, Bill Gage, Ed Howe, Smiley Lessard, Jennifer
Kohnen, and Keri Wolfson everywhere (especially at the Red Lion
for happy hour). I missed all of you. The news has dropped off
slightly, so, again, I encourage everyone to send me an update.
Congratulations to Cathy Colton Dunlap and husband Vic, who celebrated
the birth of their daughter, Elle (Eleanor Marion), on November
12, 1998. Cathy wrote that she is still working at the Wilderness
Lodge at Disney as an area recreation manager. After years of
working there, she just ran into Diane White Mealo at a meeting.
Diane works for the Reedy Creek District at Disney. Jennifer Borden
Mikell sent a note saying that she is having a grand time working
for fellow classmates Kevin Owens and Jeff Beer, who own a very
successful graphic design, screen printing, and embroidered corporate
apparel business. That sound like a blast. By the way, I know
that Jeff and Mia Beer had a baby boy last fall, but Im blanking
on the name and the birth date
please let me know so I can include
it in the next column. Jennifer also works with Bill Curly Peterson
88 and has two sons, Davis, who is three, and Sam, born in May
1998. Will Warren is living in South Hero, Vt., with his wife,
Reina Schloss Warren, their daughter, Silva, and two dogs. Will
is teaching science at Colchester High School, and Reina is on
leave from Shelburne Farms Education Program. Jane Spears, my
former Mason Hall friend, is living in Mahwah, N.J., and working
at a software company that she started, Crucial Software. The
company markets a scheduling, reporting, and management program
for all types of facilities and resources. Thomas Looby is a senior
producer at Disney in Los Angeles. Charles Morton was appointed
by the Bar Association of Baltimore City as chair of their technology
committee. Charles is a partner in the Baltimore law firm of Wright,
Constable & Skeen, LLP, representing clients in business planning,
commercial transactions, and commercial litigation. Charles Morton,
his wife, and their three children, Bridget, Claire, and Jack,
enjoyed spending a weekend with David Pope 88 and his wife, Beth.
Charles is a partner in the Baltimore law firm of Wright, Constable
& Skeen. Class of '88Hi there, UVMers from the class of 1988. Its me again, your crazy
class secretary, hoping this column finds all of you happy and
healthy. One things for sure; you are all very, very busy. Only
received news from a few of you for this quarter. Please take
a moment to send me a blurb; there are a bunch of people that
would love to hear what youre up to. Jeffrey Kremer wrote, I
have been living in New York City since the fall of 92. I got
married in 1995 and had a son in March 1998. Not wanting to raise
my son in New York City, I made arrangements to transfer to Portland,
Oreg. I am a network engineer for WorldCom, and my wife has a
job with Nike. Kathy Ploder Wyss wrote from very chilly Chicago
that she lives with her husband, Darren, in Naperville, Ill.,
and works at Northern Trust Bank. Last October, Michelle Rose
88 married Doug McKean in Salem, N.Y. It was great to see Louise
Toborg Merrigan and Jay Ottaway there for the celebration. Louise
is living with her husband, John, in Brookline, Mass., and Jay
is living in New York City with his wife, Katrina. Last July,
Claire Harper married Art Adamson in Berkeley, Calif. Elise Holland
86 was in attendance. Roline Daling is living in Minneapolis
and works at Northwest Airlines as a flight dispatcher. Laura
Boehner West lives in Dallas with her husband, David. They welcomed
their second child, Molly, late last January. Tom Deetre enjoys
being back in Burlington after having lived in Boston for more
than ten years. He works at Vermont Managed Care. Unfortunately,
Tom had to cancel a trip through the Appalachian Trail due to
back problems. Take care of yourself, Tom. Karen and Michael Royer
have had a good year in California, and business is good. Karen
has been busy with her original porcelain dolls. She entered an
international competition last July and won the blue ribbon in
the current doll category. Karen and Michael attended the wedding
of their sister, Alice Crook Eldridge, in September. Michael is
still racing bicycles in his spare time. He won first place in
a local Vermont road race. Amy Walchenbach Emery is enjoying graduate
school at Marymount University part time. She is studying in the
family nurse practitioner program. Amy will be taking a break
from her studies when her second child is born in June 1999. She
is hoping to graduate in spring 2001. Carolyn Wehler Randall sent
an email message that Jonathan Clancy 91 and Jacqueline Desany
Clancy 91 have a new baby, Madeline Tierney Clancy, born on January
29, 1999. Debra Drucker Ring is living happily in Manhattan with
husband Larry and daughter Haley. She has a part-time psychotherapy
practice. Last summer, she got together with Michelle Paradise
Ernst, Ali Vanneck Smith, Amy Bodette Levack, Colleen Kelly Mayer,
and all of their children for a ten-year reunion celebration.
In June 1998, Andrew Nickerson formed Global Geodate, Inc., which
provides digital mapping data to Fortune 500 companies. He celebrated
daughter Louisas first birthday in July 1998. Dave Krivit and
Sharon Guide-Krivit are happy to report that they have finally
settled down in Denver. Dave is an attorney, and Sharon is busy
training their newborn daughter, Marielle, for the 2018 Olympics.
They would love to hear from fellow alumni in the Denver area.
Class of '89Not much news this issuecould it be that people have been waiting
to catch up at Reunion? Dont forget that email is always a great
way to let me know what is happening. Some great news is that
Maureen Moe Kelly is engaged to David Gonzales, and they are
planning an August wedding in Boston. Too bad Bob Saada will miss
it as he will be busy mowing his lawn that day. Congratulations
to Elissa Perez Vancura, who welcomed a second daughter, Nicole,
last January. Nicole joins her older sister, Alexandra, who is
two. Jay and Jennifer Levine are celebrating the birth of their
second child, Emma. They live in Santa Rosa, Calif. Laura Curry
Dukat will be vacationing in Rhode Island all summer, hanging
out with her old roomie, Samantha McIntyre Bradshaw. She would
like to catch up with Betsy Fromoyer, Lani Vanderpool, Lynn Shapiro
Gurien, and Chris Norton. Felicia Thornton Herman had a second
child, Daniel, in September 1998. Margaret Eby Boothby lives near
Atlanta with her husband, Chris, and daughter Grace. She works
part-time as a physical therapist. Lisa Crosta McDonald and her
husband, Brett, had a baby girl, Alexandra, in June 1998. Matthew
Scribner lives in Naples, Fla., and is an account executive for
Gartner Group, in info tech research and consulting firm. He is
also completing his MBA at Florida Gulf Coast University and keeps
in touch with Rob Pierce, George Bachinski, and Craig Morlang.
Lisa Dewey Wells and family are heading to Columbia, Md., after
having spent five years in Rochester, N.Y. Lisa will be on sabbatical
from her teaching posi- tion and will stay home with her children,
Elleanor and James. She wrote, Since I might have some time on
my hands, I hope to find some UVMers in the Baltimore/Washington
area. Jonathan Packman graduated from the master of management
in hospitality program at the Cornell Hotel School in May. He
married Elizabeth Kaplan on June 5, 1999. He wrote that he was
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