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1980
Class Co-Chairs
J. Christopher Collins
Elizabeth Palomba Sprague
Kathleen L. Wiese
The Aug. 24 edition of The Catholic Free Press featured an
article about the participation of Scott
Schaeffer-Duffy and Christopher J. Allen-Doucot '89 in a recent peacekeeping
trip to the Holy Land; Schaeffer-Duffy is a member of the SS Francis and Therese
Catholic Worker community in Worcester.
1981
Class Co-Chairs
James G. Healy
Elizabeth Stevens Murdy
William J. Supple
The Aug. 19 edition of MetroWest
Sunday News included a profile of Gerald L. "Gerry" Curley, who is the senior
vice president in charge of lending at Hudson (Mass.) Savings
Bank. Sheila Dolan hosts a national radio show with her four sisters,
called Satellite Sisters.
1982
Class Co-Chairs
Jean Kelly Cummings
Susan L. Sullivan
Anthony A. Ashur has released his third collection
of inspirational music,
titled Blessed
Assurance-a collection of contemporary arrangements of hymn tunes for
the piano. Thomas P. Joyce Jr. has accepted a new position as president
of Hach Co., a subsidiary of the Danaher Corp. in Loveland, Colo. Mary (Oakes)
Laub, who works as a civilian financial analyst for the Air Force, is now stationed
at Ramstein AFB in Germany. Eileen Shea McDermott and her husband, Shane,
announce the birth of their daughter, Bridget, on Jan. 29. McDermott works part
time as a medical social worker for the home health care program of Muhlenberg
Regional Medical Center, Plainfield,
N.J. Gregory E. Sullivan is a controller for the champagne importer, Clicquot
Inc., and a comedy improv performer and teacher in New York City.
1983
Class Co-Chairs
Patricia G. Haylon
David J. Trasatti
Michael S. King and
his wife, Suzanne '85, announce the birth of their son, Kevin Patrick, on Jan.
13. The Valley District Dental Society, Longmeadow, Mass., recently
elected Stephen W. McKenna, D.M.D., to the board of trustees of the Massachusetts
Dental Society; McKenna maintains a private dental practice
in Springfield, Mass.
1984
Class Co-Chairs
Fred J. O'Connor
Richard W. Shea Jr.
In August, Kevin C. Casey, president of Collages.net,
Inc., Langhorne,
Pa., announced the promotion
of A. Normand "Norm" Racine Jr. to the position of chief operating officer
for Collages.net. In October, Casey announced that their company has been selected
as "Hottest Online Service" by the Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
for the second year in a row. Sherry B. Levin has accepted a position as girls
basketball coach and coordinator of events at Worcester Academy; she continues
to serve as the director of the Sherry Levin All-Star Basketball camps, which
run each summer at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. Levin also serves as
co-chair for the U.S. Maccabiah Women's Basketball team which participated in
the 16th World Maccabiah Games 2001. H. Elizabeth "Liz" Mitchell and her
husband, Marvin, announce the birth of their daughter, Leandre Barbara, on March
26. Daniel G. Molloy and his wife, Susan, announce the birth of their
son, Luke Daniel, on Sept. 18,
2000. Caryl A. Procita and her husband, Vinnie, announce the birth of
their daughter, Kylie Antoinette, on May 24, 2000.
1985
Class Co-Chairs
Thomas M. Flynn
Joseph Terranova
Class Correspondent
Joanne S. Niland
Patricia O'Leary Engdahl is the new director of the
Office of Social Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation
for the Worcester Roman Catholic Diocese.
Her responsibilities include advising the bishop on public policy issues relating
to the office's mission, and coordinating with volunteer commissions, parishes
and groups
inside and outside the diocese. Suzanne Amabile King and her husband,
Michael '83, announce the birth of their son, Kevin Patrick, on Jan. 13. Karen
A. Nemsick works as a social worker in San Francisco, Calif.; last year,
she founded Women in Action, a nonprofit organization for women who are making
the transition from welfare to work. David S. O'Connor Jr. and his wife,
June, announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline Jane,
on March 8.
1986
Class Co-Chairs
Patrick L. McCarthy Jr.
Kathleen A. Quinn
Kirk Freund Chartier is senior director, alliance
partnership strategy, for Answerthink Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
He is also in his third year as volunteer
instructor with Presidential Classroom, a program in Washington, D.C., for high
school
seniors. Conventual Franciscan novice Robert P. Cook made his profession
of first vows at a special ceremony held Aug. 15 at St. Stanislaus Bishop and
Martyr Basilica in Chicopee, Mass. In February, Ann E. "Nancy" Cummings was
promoted to the position of corporate accounting director of Allied Services,
a not-for-profit healthcare system in Scranton, Pa. James
A. Delle, assistant professor of anthropology at Franklin & Marshall
College, Lancaster, Pa., received an American Council of Learned Societies grant
for his project, "The Governor and the Enslaved: Archaeological Investigations
of an African-Jamaican Village at Marshall's Pen Plantation." Delle's research
concerns the archaeological and historical analysis of the transition from slavery
to freedom in Jamaica. William K. "Bill" Olsen Jr. and his
wife, Kathy '87, announce the birth of their son, Sean Richard, in May. Michael
T. O'Neill and his wife, Tricia, announce the birth of their son, Conall,
on May 25, 2000. James J. Ostromecky, D.D.S., and his wife, Barbara, announce
the birth of their daughter, Tara Marie, on March 8. Ellen
Gillooly Schrier and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their son,
Matthew Robert, on Nov. 26, 2000. Valerie Noris Sullivan and her husband,
Lawrence, announce the birth of their son, Tyler. Sullivan currently works
in the marketing group for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in New
York City. Timothy R. Walsh, who is a deputy district attorney in San
Diego, Calif., was named "prosecutor of the year" for San Diego, in 2001; he
is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego Law School.
Walsh was recently selected for the rank of commander in the
naval reserves.
1987
Class Co-Chairs
Erin B. Grimes
Kathleen E. Moylan
James W. Nawn Jr.
Christians Linked in Mission (CLM), headquartered in Cleveland
Heights, Ohio,
recently announced the
appointment of Joseph F. Cistone as executive director; his responsibilities
include providing strategic vision, leadership and oversight of all activities,
programs and staff. Sally A. Comcowich and her husband, Warren, announce
the birth of their son, Alexander James, on June 26. Paula
K. and Paul J. Eberle announce the birth of their son, Gregory James,
on May 24. Elizabeth T. "Beth" and John V. Fantozzi announce the
birth of their daughter, Jane Margaret, on Feb. 23. John continues to work at
Cambridge Associates Inc. in Boston as a consultant. John
M. Hackney works for Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in New York
City. Christopher M. Lucas and his wife, Pam, announce the birth of their
daughter, MacKenzie Hunter, on Jan. 23. Lucas works at EMC Corp. in Hopkinton,
Mass. Wendy (Elder) Lynch and her husband, Sean, announce the birth of
their daughter, Diana Marie, on Jan. 23. Stephen
J. McCormack and his wife, Patricia, announce the birth of their son, Markus
Patrick, on Oct. 4, 2000. Kathleen A. Olsen and her husband,
Bill '86, announce the birth of their son, Sean Richard, in May. R. Andrew
Richards is now associated with the New York City law firm of Sidley Austin
Brown & Wood. Frances Giordano Siciliano and her husband, Joseph,
announce the birth of their son, Nicholas Robert, on April 12. Siciliano continues
to practice law as a partner in the Boston firm
of White, Inker, Aronson. Kathleen (Bannon) Wroblewski, M.D., and her
husband, Len, announce the birth of their daughter, Stephanie Mary, on March
1. Wroblewski, who lives in Edmonds, Wash., works as a nephrologist.
MARRIED: Laura A. Bogni and Sean Saich, on June 15, at White Cliffs in
Plymouth, Mass. Mary
E. Duffy and Keith Miller, on June 9, in Rockport, Mass.
1988
Class Co-Chairs
Ellen S. Conte
Paul E. Demit
Martha Carroll Casey is a member of the litigation
department of the Boston
law firm of Taylor
Ganson & Perrin. In July, Raindance Communications Inc. announced the promotion
of William C. Davison Jr. to the position of vice president of sales.
The Hartford Business Journal selected Dennis F. Kerrigan
Jr. for inclusion in the publication's "40 under 40" issue of young business
leaders from the Hartford, Conn., area. Kerrigan received this honor in recognition
of his efforts to recruit more than 100 attorneys to represent domestic violence
victims on a volunteer basis throughout Connecticut and for his leadership activities
in the Hartford area. A trial attorney with the international law firm of LeBoeuf,
Lamb, Greene & MacRae and a director of the Hartford County Bar Association,
he also recently
received the Association's Judge Maxwell Heiman Award, presented annually to
a young attorney who exemplifies the late judge's dedication to clients and the
legal profession. Joseph A. Layden Jr. and his wife, Sally, announce the
birth of their son, Ryan Joseph, on Sept. 29, 2000.
MARRIED: Martha W. Carroll and Thomas C. Casey, on June 8, at Our Lady
of the Assumption Church in
Osterville, Mass. Tina M. Silvestri and Steven Young, on Oct. 14, 2000,
in Plymouth, Mass.
1989
Class Chair
Christina M. Buckley
Sean T. McHugh
The Aug. 24 edition of The Catholic Free Press featured an
article about the
participation of Christopher
J. Allen-Doucot and Scott Schaeffer-Duffy '80 in a recent peacekeeping trip
to the Holy Land. Allen-Doucot is a member of the St. Martin de Porres Catholic
Worker community in Hartford, Conn. Maura O'Brien Champigny and her husband,
David, announce the birth of their son, Connor Louis, on March 15. Champigny
continues to teach part time at Acton (Mass.)-Boxborough
Regional High School. Mary (Seraly) Cropp and her husband, Jeffrey, announce
the birth of their son, Jacob Perkins, on Feb. 28. The Hartford Business Journal
selected Christopher J. Fedina for inclusion
in the publication's "40 under 40" issue of young business leaders from the Hartford
(Conn.) area, recognizing him as a businessman who has advanced his career by
continually applying the lessons he has learned from his parents, teachers, coaches
and mentors. Fedina is the senior vice president of Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton,
WorkPlus.com division, in Hartford, Conn. Jennifer
(White) Hein and her husband, Charlie, announce the birth of their daughter,
Amy Catherine, on Aug. 15. June (Jarman) Keller and her husband, Ron,
announce the birth of their daughters, Grace and Cara, on
Aug. 3. Deirdre (Driscoll) and Robert S. Michalski announce the
birth of their son, Liam Robert, on July 13. Deirdre currently works in the emergency
room of St. Anthony's Hospital, Chicago, Ill., as a physician assistant. Robert
works in marketing at Wilson Sporting Goods Inc., also
in Chicago. Elizabeth Abbott Shea and her husband, Walt, announce the
birth of their son, Jonathan Walter, on Dec. 17, 2000. Robert R. "Rob" Sullivan has
written a book titled,
Getting Your Foot in the
Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand On. He has also started writing a weekly
career advice column for JobsOnline.com.
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