Bill Emmons, who received the first Edward Finnegan “Ever to Excel” award, played in the first Beanpot Tournament, and played football and hockey at Boston College, shared some updates from over the years. “Immediately went into Air Force from graduation. Became a lieutenant, single- engine pilot, and instructor. While in Arizona, met and married my wife 66 years ago. When living in Boston, with IBM, joined the New Hampshire National Guard as a captain, where I flew F-87s. Great experience and fun! Have five childrenand six grandchildren. One son played hockey at Yale and in the NHL for a short time. One daughter, Catherine Kennedy ’90, married Shawn Kennedy ’89, a hockey player at BC. Enjoying the school’s growth and sticking to its mantra. Enjoyed many a football game with friends over the years.”

Betty Glynn Hannon wrote in, “Greetings to one and all from this BC senior who’s alive and well here in sunny California. I live just a bit north of San Francisco and would love to host a gathering of other BC seniors. Anyone interested? I love to swim every day, and do so much more. How about you? It would be wonderful to see old friends from near and far.”

Philip “Jack” Dawson, MEd’59, shared some of his awards and accomplishments. He won the National Football Foundation Maine Chapter’s Distinguished American Award in 2007, served as mayor of Portland, Maine, from 1995–96, and is the owner and CEO of Dolan Flavoring Company in Portland. Congratulations on a wonderful career!

Greetings to the great Class of ’57. Hard to imagine that our class will be celebrating our 65th Reunion this year. The kickoff to our 65th was a get-together in September held at the Cadigan Alumni Center, which was funded and named for Pat Cadigan ’57. Bill Cunningham spearheaded this wonderful event enjoyed by approximately 40 of our classmates. The event included the television viewing of the BC vs. Temple football game, followed by a Mass celebrated by classmate Father Gene Sullivan, DEd’81. • Received a note from Ed Hines indicating he and his wife, Anne, have ended their living in Naples, Florida, and have established themselves in Harwichport. Ed is still very active in veterans programs, the DAV, and the Wounded Warrior Project. • Paul Daly writes that he, Jim Devlin, and Jim Doherty recently were guests of Bill Cunningham for golf and lunch at Woodland GC. • Dick O’Brien reports that he and his wife, Jane, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Ogunquit, Maine, with their three children and eight grandchildren. His daughters Kristen ’89 and Carolyn ’90 were of great help to them during the pandemic. His granddaughter, Maeve Holland, is a member of the Class of 2025. • Bill Cullinane has attained his Irish citizenship and celebrated it with a family golf outing in Chatham, where he and his wife reside. Be on the watch for more information on our upcoming 65th class reunion.

Anthony Busa ’59 and Bea Capraro Busa now spend most of the year in Naples, Florida. We thank Bea for the many years she organized the Naples luncheons. • Paul Fennell is smiling again now that he’s back to dancing a couple of times a week in Orlando. • We have our own “Spy Who Came in from the Cold” in Guy Guarino. Guy, of Ipswich, is finally able to share stories from his days as a communications intelligence analyst officer in the U.S. Army in the years surrounding the Korean “Conflict” and the Cold War. After ROTC and BC graduation, he worked with NSA agents and the Republic of Korea military intelligence community to intercept and interrogate North Korean agents who penetrated South Korea. Life was not without mishaps. One time, their small landing craft, returning in the Yellow Sea from North Korea under cover of darkness, ran aground on a sandbar. Guy and his colleagues feared the results when in the morning they were observed by locals and an unknown helicopter. Fortunately, they made it away. His identity and missions were seriously restricted: no letters home to friends or family, including his wife, Frances. To conceal his identity, he was paper-transferred from the Army Security Agency to another branch of the Army. Forty years later, Social Security had no record of his military service. Guy’s stories began to surface in June when he visited Omaha to watch his grandson, an All-American swimmer and U.S. Nationals bronze-medal winner from Auburn University, compete in Olympic trials. They visited the Strategic Air Command Museum where Korean War aircraft are exhibited. The visit prompted Guy’s grandson to ask questions and, for the first time, Guy shared some war experiences. • On a personal note, I, Marian Bernardini DeLollis, spent two grand weeks in a Wai’ula’ula estate at Mauna Kea on the Big Island in Hawaii. Getting there, though, required an 11-hour, direct flight from Boston to Honolulu, a brief layover, and an hour-long flight to Kona. I was hosted by my vacationing daughter and son-in-law Karen and Mark McLean, both ’88, and entertained by my grandson, Grayson (10), who is already an impressive golfer. Karen, Mark, and Grayson held their own, playing four award-winning, 18-hole courses. I just cheered them on.

I received news from our classmate Tom Tierney, Carroll School, of Arlington. He writes that he takes his morning walk to a neighborhood Dunkin’ Donuts where he joins his contemporaries in a discussion/argument about the day’s news. After an hour or so, he walks home, mad. Why don’t these guys understand? Next day, same routine, but I suppose it’s good for the blood circulation. He is also a longtime season ticket holder for BC hockey. He described his first visit this season for a game: In the Comm. Ave parking garage near the Forum, he looked out at the Lower Campus and realized that the “Plex” was gone, replaced by a lovely lawn. Who still remembers the ponds that were there when we were parking and then walking up those long wooden stairways? He also looks forward to the Laetare Sunday Mass and Brunch and the Veteran’s Memorial Mass on campus. • John W. Fitzgerald, physics major, late of South Boston and Dorchester, now of San Francisco, writes with a family story that belongs in the category of “suspect genes.” His grandson, Kyle Walsh, a freshman at UCLA, while enjoying a COVID-induced first semester in Hawaii, had his surf board rise up, strike him in the face, and break his jaw. Fitzie never should have left the bosom of Carson Beach. So, stay well and send some news.

Double Eagles Joe Shields ’61, Jim Reilly, Allan McLean, Matt Connolly, and myself were among the attendees at a special luncheon on the Boston College High School campus marking 65 years since our graduation. BC adjunct professor Dave Twomey ’62 was the architect of this event. Sadly, Matt passed away a few weeks thereafter. A graduate of BC Law School, he was a former U.S. Marine Corps officer as well as a career prosecutor and deputy district attorney for Norfolk County. • The social highlight for the class was the previously postponed celebration of the 60th anniversary of our BC graduation. Although attendance was limited in size, the following stalwarts were on hand for a delightful luncheon in historic Gasson 100: Eugene and Maura Connors, Paul and Jean Cunningham, Pauline Doherty and Paul Croke ’55, Joyce Dwyer, Vin and Peggy Failla, Bernie and Pat Gleason, Bob and Alice Hart, Gerard Hayes, Robert and Sheila Kelley, Tom and Sandra Kelly, Allan and Mary Ann McLean, Jack McNealy, Bob and Alyce Morrissey, Fred and Ann Marie O’Neill, Jim Reilly, Jane (Shea) Sullivan, Fr. Leo Shea M.M., John Sheehan, and Carolyn (Duffy) Winer. • Well-deserved kudos are due to our one-man committee of classmate Fred O’Neill and to Corinne Wyson ’16 and her dedicated colleagues from the Alumni Association for the success of this memorable milestone. • The Waltham Little League has honored retired dentist Vin Failla with a permanent trophy in his name celebrating his many years of volunteering with the city’s young people. • Checking the calendar our 65th is only three years away! Sláinte.

David Driscoll shared that, after working for 32 years as a high school principal in Medway, he has retired to Venice, Florida.

Joyce Francis McDevitt and Patricia Stabile Marma have remained friends since graduation. When Patty and her daughter Marijean ’86—long-time residents of Ft. Lauderdale—came north in July to visit a South Shore family, they spent an enjoyable day in the North End with Joyce. • Life is good with Paul Apholt. He and his wife, Eleanor, have recently returned from attending homecoming weekends for two grandsons, one at the University of North Carolina and the other at Gonzaga University. Representing Boston College is their youngest daughter, who is getting married next summer. • At a recent social event marking the 75th launching of the Exchange Club of Needham, Paul Deeley received the president’s pin from his wife, Maureen. • We offer our sincere condolences to the families of the following classmates: John Breen graduated with a BS in physics. He leaves his wife, Kathleen, and five children. He loved collecting Lionel trains. David Allen majored in accounting. He leaves his wife, Freda, and three children. Kevin Leary founded VPNE Parking Solutions in 1990, a company he successfully built with his son, Kevin. He was very supportive of organizations like Camp Harborview, Nativity Prep, and Christmas in the City. He leaves his wife, Mary Kelleher, and six children. For Donald Lemieux, a BC accounting degree was followed by a law degree from American University. He maintained a private law practice in Falls Church, Virginia. He is survived by his wife, Carol, and three children. After starting out at BC in the pre-med program, Stephen Burns completed his career as chief of radiology at a hospital in Warwick. He leaves his wife, Nancy, and four children. John Jenney attained a doctorate of law. He practiced with the Massachusetts court system as first assistant registrar of probate for Norfolk County. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen. While Frank Faggiano achieved a successful career as a VP in human resources, he devoted himself to helping young people find their career path and supporting the BC baseball program. • I’m guessing it’s the age, but there’s a lot of reminiscing going on. When Gerald Greely recalled that Frank and I met freshman year, Jerry shared that he met Mary Anne in history class at Gloucester High and have been dating ever since. • Good to hear from Louis Kirouac, another proud Bishop Bradley High School grad. Hoping you and all you hold dear are well.

Retired newspaper columnist Joe Gergen P’10, emails from Lido Beach about nostalgia: sharing a third-floor dorm, the fire escape balcony, at “hotbox” St. Joseph’s Hall, with John Casey. Joe extolls John’s remarkable freshman “earned” selection, only underclassman BC team on the “College Bowl” TV quiz show. John’s answering barrage was a golden highlight. He excelled in graduate math at Michigan and Brown University. He was a founding member of the Northeastern University computer science department and a professor for the better part of 40 years. • Joe DuBois passed away December 2019 after bravely facing Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia effects. Joe was a McLean, Virginia, resident since 1970. He obtained a master’s from BC in 1965, a PhD in mathematics from Lehigh University in 1968. He had a 34-year accomplished career at the U.S. Department of Labor within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and retired in 2009 as director in the office of statistical analysis. His impressive work wonderfully impacted workers’ safety nationwide. Forever an Eagle. No retirement recluse, world traveler. Left his wife, Joan, daughter Karen DuBois Kelly ’91, son Jim, and four grandchildren. • In Cape Cod last summer, Paul Hardiman; Carol and Jim Norton, P’90; Kay and John Golden; Mary and Bob Uek, P’89, ’90; Brian Sullivan, MA’65, P’87, ’90, ’93, ’01 and Oky Goldman; and Judy and Frank Carney, P’92 gathered. • In February 2020, Bill Murphy retired from a 50-year legal career. He was a partner at Parker Coulter Daley & White, and later Curtin Murphy & O’Reilly P.C. Bill boasts two BC daughters: Dorothy ’89 and Deborah ’97. • Last summer, Ann Marie and Bob Reardon, MA’66, P’91, hosted their annual Martha’s Vineyard four-day weekend. Gathered were George Bourque; Wayne Budd, H’13, P’90; Frank Catapano, P’88; John Pellegrini; Eddie Spain, P’90; Gerry Ward, P’92, ’96, ’98. Bob has beaucoup praise for their deserving spouses. • Bill Haley is teaching electrical theory at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland. • On his 81st birthday, Frank Connolly surrendered his long-running, prodigious part-time vocation: alpine skiing instruction in Telluride, Colorado. He relocated near his dear Jackson, New Hampshire. Given BC’s relative proximity, he hopes to partake in alumni activities. Welcome back, Frank. • In October, Eagles returned to venerable Lewis Grille. On the agenda: pub grub, buzz, old times. Gathered were Frank Carney; John Cuneo; Dick Gould; Bob Grazado; Paul Hardiman; Mike Lydon, MBA ’70; Jim Norton, P ’90; Ed Rae; Bob Uek; Carl Young, JD’66.

Michael Densmore lives in Punta Gorda, Florida, where he is “enjoying retirement and all that beautiful Southwest Florida has to offer: golf, beaches, softball, etc.” • Ron Martino writes: “All is well with Maureen and I in Newburyport. We are pleased to see one child of one of our three BC-graduated kids now at BC and potentially more looking to apply.” • Bill and Ruth Bennett made an eastern odyssey from their home in Arizona in September ’21. On their trip they were able to catch the football games vs. Colgate and Mizzou, and spend some time in Maine and Cape Cod visiting friends and classmates. • Friends and former students of Bill Collins are currently involved with endowing a scholarship in his name at BC High. If you would like to help push them over the goal, contact the development office at BC High. • John Martini writes, “Our family operates Martini Vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York. We use some of the grapes we grow to produce the wines under the Anthony Road Wine Co. label.” • Tom Mulvoy: “I told Sister Eleanor Frances, my seventh-grade teacher, that I wanted to work on a newspaper. Some 66 years later, I’m doing just that. After 35 years at the Boston Globe, from which I retired as managing editor in 2000, and six years running a journalism seminar at the Heights, I took on a new job as a three-day-a-week associate editor with the Dorchester Reporter, a weekly from my boyhood neighborhood. • Stephen Curley sent this note: “John (Jack) T. Shea, my freshman roommate and lifelong best friend, passed away peacefully in December 2020.” • Bill Cormier: “After nearly 30 years leading a large local real estate company, I and a business partner formed Hourihane, Cormier & Associates in 1998 in my hometown of Rochester, New Hampshire. My wife, Cally, and I live on Great Bay and are finally getting back to visiting our children Monique ’90, a corporate General Counsel in Atlanta and Billy ’92, a high-yield bond salesman with JP Morgan in London. • Ann Carty-Thrailkill retired from the Palo Alto VA hospital as a nurse practitioner. She returned to Boston in early May 2021 for the funeral of her younger brother, who died of cancer. Her daughter, who graduated from BC in 1989, lives in Boston and works for Wellington Co. Her son lives in Chicago, and is a chemist and patent attorney for a pharmaceutical company. Ann’s grandson is a Harvard grad who lives in New York and works on Wall Street; her granddaughter is a third-generation BC grad who also works on Wall Street. • Milly and Fred Dunfey have moved from Tucson, Arizona, to Westborough to live at Del Webb Chauncy Lake. “We both have played pickleball all over the country, winning a couple of national tournaments along the way. We moved to be closer to family after nine years in Tucson.” • Jim Spillane is back in Indonesia at the Jesuit university in Yogyakarta, where he has been teaching three courses most semesters: business ethics, professional ethics, and international economics. • The cover of the Summer 2021 edition of Boston College Magazine featured a letter from Arthur Doyle when he was director of admissions for BC. The letter in question welcomes the first woman admitted to A&S. Arthur was also known as the first director to reject an applicant from BC High (which caused great consternation at the Jesuit residence at BC High). • John Moynihan has stepped down from the role of class correspondent, and the Alumni Association thanks him for sharing news on behalf of the class of 1964. Please send any future news to classnotes@bc.edu.

Kathy Hogan took care of the records of this class in the School of Education. She also attended the Evening College, as did many BC secretaries, and Kathy worked on The Heights. After she left BC, she went back to college at Bridgewater State, found her creativity, graduated with honors, and has never looked back. Kathy loves teaching and ended up teaching ESL to adults for 10 years. She also started the Reverend Maurice V. Dullea, S.J. ’17 Scholarship Fund in 1996 (her uncle was the AD from 1940 to 1957), and this is the 20th year it’s been awarded. This led Kathy to seeing the connection between sports and physics. Her blog is sportscience-kathy.blogspot.com. • After 30 years living in Cape Coral, Florida, David Skehan and his wife, JoAnne, have moved and purchased a new home in Ormond Beach, Florida. David and JoAnne celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary and his semi-retirement after 35 years of leading his company, Skehan & Associates, Inc. 2021 also marked the death of an era with the passing of David’s older brother, Thomas F. Skehan ’54, who lived in York, Penn., had seven children, 40 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Tom was 88. David and his two brothers, Tom and John J. Skehan ’51, were the first in their Brighton-based family to attend Boston College. • The South Dakota Historical Society Press has published Warren “Sandy” Barnard’s 17th book, George Armstrong Custer: A Military Life, which is a biography of the Civil War and Indian wars officer. In addition, he and his wife, Betty, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in late July. • A special thank-you to Ed Lonergan, who orchestrated the 60th reunion of our class at Matignon High School. It was a great event. Since so many of the Class of ’61 went on to Boston College, we had an enjoyable time renewing both Matignon and Boston College friendships. We remembered our deceased Matignon/BC classmates: Jim Sullivan, Eleanor Thornton Sullivan, and Rosemary Thomas MacKinnon.

Bonnie Gorman wrote in, “I have been busy saving the world from COVID by volunteering at a COVID vaccine clinic we set up in Quincy for the Metro Boston area. Also working hard on advocating for a single-payer universal healthcare system here in the U.S. just like the rest of the developed world!” • Sadly, Christopher Mungovan passed away on March 16, 2021. He is survived by his spouse of 49 years, Marilyn Mungovan; their two children, Margo and Reed; his brother, John; and grandchildren. Chris was commissioned an Army lieutenant through the ROTC program at BC. He went on to serve with the 1st Infantry Division (the storied Big Red One) in Vietnam during 1967–1968. • Joseph Meehan added, “Just enjoying general life in High Rise in Fort Lee, New Jersey. My wife and I both hail from New Jersey, Diane from Fort Lee, I’m from Maplewood. We enjoy dining out with friends both new and old and occasional trips to the shore or Poconos. Very proud of my four grandsons. Two started kindergarten in September; Alrik Meehan in Westchester, New York, and James Whalen in Montclair, New Jersey (his mother, Meghan Meehan, is BC 2000!). Glad to see BC football on TV so often this fall. Been in touch with PD, a.k.a. Paul Delaney, in Florida.”

Peter Lincoln has been elected chairman of the board of the Liberty Bay Credit Union in Braintree. He also became a grandfather for the first time with the birth of Bodie Samuel Lincoln to Peter’s son, Jonathan, and daughter-in-law, Courtney. • Mark Branon plans to spend this winter in Hawaii with his two youngest granddaughters and their parents, as he was unable to do so last year due to COVID. Mark has eight grandkids in total. • Jerry Levinson, an economics major in CSOM, passed away in September. Jerry had a long battle with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Jerry never let his disabilities define him or slow him down. After many years in San Diego, he and his wife, Dorothy, returned to New Jersey to retire and be near family. The class extends its condolences to Dorothy, his sons Keith, Michael, and Ryan, and to Sasha, his golden retriever. • Richard Moran writes that after leaving BC (A&S chemistry major) and Milton, he went to Buffalo, New York, to pursue a PhD in pharmacology and biochemistry at SUNY Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Then on to Madison, Wisc., for postdoctoral at McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. Next up was USC as a professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology. Richard then came back east to the Massey Cancer Institute in Richmond, Virginia, as associate director for research. He worked at Massey for the next 24 years. He retired in 2015 and moved back to the Boston area, settling in Marshfield. He is the father of four: Tim, Terry, Erin, and Keith, all of whom have advanced degrees in engineering or biology. Richard is married to a lovely lady from Zimbabwe who is also a retired professor of molecular biology and founding member of the field of epigenetics. • Bill “Blake” Murray, who we mentioned in our last column, passed away suddenly in Rye, New York. Blake was an economics major and in a second career, taught in both the U.S. and China. He was Brooklyn-born, an Army veteran, served in Vietnam, and was awarded the Bronze Star. Attending services from the Class of ’67 were Fred Faherty, Mike Ford, Rob Wilde, Bill Kitley, Joe Kiely, Peter Canning, Tom Walsh, Joe Alves, Pat Hogan, Ralph DeSena, Pris Tessier DeSena, Doug Miller, Ken McDonald, Bill Zak, and John Kelleher. The class extends its condolences to Blake’s wife, Maurine, daughters Courtney Storz (Erik)and Brooke Murphy (Charles), and seven grandchildren. • Mike Equi has died. Throughout his lifetime, Mike battled Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare progressive degenerative movement disorder that ultimately robbed him of his mobility and his primary career (dentistry), but never sapped his good humor, intellectual curiosity, or faith. Mike earned his DDS from Columbia and was a Navy veteran. He was predeceased by his beloved Martha so we extend the class’s condolences to his children and family. • Looking forward to our 55th Reunion. Stay tuned!

Winter greetings from warm and sunny California. • Bob Alcarez reports that for many years fellow classmates have been meeting monthly for breakfast in Braintree. The group includes Norm Cohen, Richard Smith, John Mullaney, John Mulholland, Phil Piscatore, and John McColgan. • Pradeep Nijhawan and his wife, Deb, have permanently retired to Sun City Center, Florida, after having lived for fifty years in Kokomo, Indiana. They have enjoyed connecting with fellow Eagles who were also members of the BC International Club. • Congratulations to Dr. John Trapani, emeritus professor of philosophy at Walsh College in North Canton, Ohio, who has added to his many laurels in academia by receiving the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. He continues his professional trumpet playing in the 17-piece John Trapani Big Band. • Sadly, Bob Kelley reports the tragic loss of his son Bryan Kelley ’01. A proud Eagle alum, young Bryan’s favorite BC memory was the awesome Flutie-to-Phelan TD pass. He could recite verbatim the Dan Davis radio call of the play. May Bryan soar like an Eagle on eagles’ wings. • Several classmates, including Frank Vidmar and Paul Deschenes, reported on the loss of heir friend, Bob Gass. Bob was a remarkable gift to our world, serving the Randolph, community for 40 years as town meeting member and school committee member for 25 years. He coached Little League for over thirty years and founded Randolph Youth Basketball. The Randolph Middle School gymnasium was named in his honor. Both his public and personal life were dedicated to education and youth, particularly as an advocate for those with special needs. Proud Eagles Frank Vidmar and Bob held BC basketball season tickets together for 40 years. Additionally, Bob and his son, Michael ’98, held BC football season tickets. Bob, with his wonderful sense of humor, was known as being compassionate, kind, and caring to all, devoted to his family, friends, and town. Flags in Randolph were flown at half-mast for a week after his passing. On July 28th, more than 200 people gathered for his public memorial. To his beloved wife, Diane; their children Jon, Michael, and Callie; and his grandchildren, we offer our deepest sympathy for this true man for others. • Take care and be kind to yourselves, my friends. Go, Eagles!

Jim Malone and wife Alice were blessed to have spent their 32nd consecutive summer on Nantucket in 2021. This summer was highlighted by Jim’s 9th hole-in-one in June, and their daughter Katie’s marriage to James Gallen on October 9. The Malones returned to their home in Charlottesville in late October. • Neil Maher reported that as a chemistry major at BC, it took decades for him to appreciate the literature, philosophy, and history courses that were part of the A&S curriculum. After much stalling, Neil has now enrolled in a humanities program at Hood College. His first couple of courses brought him back to Massachusetts, looking at what led to the Salem Witch Trials and also to an examination of the cultures of some of the world’s great cities. • Rick Carroll reported that on October 2, 2021, he and classmates Bob Budic, Pat Daly, Kathy Daly, Kevin McGuire, Roger Mooney, Bart Nichols, Bill O’Dowd, and Henry Stamm attended a memorial service for their good friend Gene Buehler, a former trustee of the University. The service, organized by Gene’s wife, Deborah, was held at the Harrington Athletics Village at Boston College. • Mike Morrissey indicated that he is not ready for retirement yet as he is having too much fun to stop now. Mike recently accepted the position of chairman of the board of Protective Life, a Fortune 500 provider of life insurance and annuities. • I hope all of you are doing well. Please take the time to write/email me and let me know what is new with you.

Margaret Breunig retired in 2018 from being a school nurse for 30 years in two different districts. She went back to New Jersey City University for her master’s and a certification as a certified school nurse (CSN). • Bob Bouley, JD’73, writes, “Pleased to report that Candace and I have retired to Daniel Island, South Carolina, and are enjoying our new life in a beautiful new setting. Our daughter, Brynn, lives and works in Charleston, and our son, Cole, who lives and works in NYC, has been able to spend time with us and take advantage of the two great golf courses that are part of our club. Enjoying our team’s success this year and proud of our coaches and players.”

Diane Crowley shared, “In March 2020, I was furloughed from my job as a vascular access specialist, placing long-term IV catheters (PICCs and midlines) in nursing-home patients in New York State. A few months later, we were encouraged to return to work even though the risk remained high. Because of my age and the riskiness of the job, I chose to stay home but did not resign until August 2021. Last year gave me a new grandson, who lives close by, and a new puppy, a Bernedoodle. I also belong to a women’s breast cancer survivor dragon boat team, and we will be competing in New Zealand in 2023. I do miss nursing and I always will, but I also am enjoying new loves and new adventures in this next chapter of my life.”

Congratulations to Jane Donovan de Vries and Lloyd on the birth of their first grandson, Ari James de Vries, born on June 30, 2021. The parents are their son Karl and daughter-in-law Jane. • Also, congratulations to Suzy Berry Slattery, who just retired after a 31-year career in teaching. Suzy checked on our 50th reunion dates, as she plans on taking a granddaughter to Europe next spring and did not want those dates to conflict. Since her brother lives in Washington, D.C., and she retired, Suzy will be coming here to see Margot Dineen Wilson, Lisa Kirby Greissing, and me. • A classmate who lives in Mississippi reports that last summer’s Hurricane Ida only caused scattered tree limbs in her area. • For our 50th reunion, please remember to update our contact information at Boston College. • If anyone needs a Study of Western Culture reading list, I will be happy to send that to you. In fact, I started re-reading a few of those books. • Please take care and send me lots of Newton news for our column.

Bob Miecuna recently retired from the historic Yonkers Raceway Track at Empire City Casino after a 35-year career as the official race secretary at the track. Congratulations to Bob as he enters his retirement and celebrates his remarkable career! • Edwin “Ned” Moore wrote with some life updates: “Connecticut Yankee through and through. Live at the shore of Long Island Sound. I was shamed into lots of healthy activities, long walks along the water, biking, and golf (someday I will master the game). Happily married to Donna for nearly 45 years. We are the proud parents of three wonderful children, all BC grads and spread out around the country. We have eight grandchildren, one a hockey fanatic who we see at BC, and one who is crazy about football and may give the Eagles a look if Nick Saban doesn’t find him first. Easy, guys, they are only 10 years old. Good luck to the Eagles, and thanks for everything.” • Michael O’Keefe added, “In answer to the question posed, I did not change jobs. In fact, at the end of this term, I will have been in my office for 40 years. Twenty years as an assistant district attorney, and 20 years as the district attorney of the Cape and Islands. It’s been a great ride. All the best to the Class of ’73.” • Norene Buczynski Freeman is very happy to announce that her first children’s book, Do You Know How Wonderful You Are?, is now for sale on Amazon. After her first grandchild was born, she was inspired to write the 38-page rhyming and lushly illustrated book to celebrate the goodness and precious qualities all children possess. Norene believes that every child is holy and needs to know it. She hopes this book helps kids from all backgrounds realize that “no matter what bad may have happened to you or what bad you might have done, too, there is a light inside that no one can harm, no matter their might!”

Thanks to all who took time to send updates. I wish everyone a happy and healthy new year! • I received a great note from Diane George, who is the twirling coach at Villanova. Many of us still appreciate how much the band and the twirlers added to the great atmosphere and fun of the football games. Diane was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when we were sophomores, and in October she was recognized by the Joslin Diabetes Center for her exemplary managing of the disease over these 50 years, through diet, exercise, and use of insulin. Interestingly, it was at Villanova where she first performed with the band and twirlers 50 years ago…time does fly! • Edward Sullivan and his husband, Bruce Backman, are living in Boston and have recently celebrated their 42nd anniversary. Congratulations! They were one of the first gay couples to legally marry in the state. Ed is happy to see some of the changes on campus, among them the presence of an official GLBT+ BC alumni/student organization. • Mary Jane Gilligan-Kimball thanked all the nurses who persevered throughout the pandemic. After 40 years in nursing, including 30 as a NP in geriatrics at the Manchester, New Hampshire, VA, Cookie retired in 2014. She and Ted moved to Lake Sunapee in 2016, where they enjoy spending time with their son, Tad, his wife, Megan, and their two grandsons. • Dennis McCleary sent an update on the 50th fall football reunion in Sarasota, which was postponed because of COVID. He reports that everyone “behaved,” and that all the stories of Tom Condon, Don Macek, Tom Marinelli, Gary Marangi, Pat Sgambati, and Jay Tully get better every year. What a great tradition. • More grandbaby news: Ed and Paula Fraser Donnelly have a new granddaughter, and Jim and I hope she will be able to play with our new granddaughter (baby number seven) at the beach next summer! Please stay well.

Greetings, friends! A heartfelt thank-you to the BC Alumni Association for planning a memorable 45th reunion filled with overflowing laughter and excitement. Our Reunion, in combination with other classes, began Friday evening under the tent adjacent to the McMullen Museum. The venue was ideal for reconnecting and reminiscing on treasured memories of our years at the Heights. Classmates enjoyed scrumptious food, a fabulous dessert bar, dancing to fine music, watching past ’75 videos and photos, and the sheer joy of being together. All of us attended at least one event during the October 15th weekend: Amaza Reid, Catherine Lind Finstein, Dennis Orr, Donna Matteodo, Dorothy Di Pesa, Frank Mastrocola, Gerard Kells, yours truly, Janet Horrigan, Jayne Mehne, Kathie Cantwell McCarthy, Kathleen Bannon Magee, Kevin Conway, Marc Melikian, Mark Riley, Michael Markey, Nancy McCleary, Paul Conroy, Paul Finstein, Richard Rigazio, Shawn Sheehy, Susan Murphy, Thomas Cannon, Thomas Kniffen, Vincent Quealy, William Fallon, and Steve Carroll. • Vinnie Quealy attended the Reunion events and enjoyed catching up with many longtime friends, was delighted to serve on our class Reunion gift committee, and always glad to find ways to remain connected to BC. The generosity of classmates continuing to support BC over the course of an especially challenging Reunion year was gratifying for him. Most recently, Vinnie has been active with the Boston College Ireland Business Council (BCIBC). The role of the BCIBC is to connect Boston-area business leaders and Irish business leaders to promote business expansion and investment between the two communities. • It was a pleasure for me to meet and chat with Gerard Kells and his wife, Kimberly ’76. They enjoyed Reunion weekend with close friends, Kevin and Beth Worgul (both ’76), Kevin Conway, and Mike Markey and his wife, Marie. Gerry was amazed at the many changes that have taken place on campus and seeing many of the beautiful new buildings. They all laughed at the fact that some of the Mods are still there! • Jack Zarkauskas graduated in ’75 with a BS in accounting and MBA in ’87. He worked for 40 years in financial services in Boston and retired from State Street as a risk manager in 2016. He is currently teaching business courses at Quincy College and looks forward to the diminishing of the pandemic to resume travel. • Dolly Di Pesa has been appointed to the Quincy College board of governors. She will serve on the program, finance and facilities, strategic planning, community advisory, and the compliance NECHE committees. • I look forward to hearing from you and want to extend my best wishes for a happy, healthy, and blessed 2022.

Our Reunion year (45th!) came in very trying times, with predictable adverse effects. Many classmates will return at their leisure given the tenor of the times. Change is in the air, as always on the Heights. The Flynn RecPlex is gone and there is a needed Fish Field House to augment athletics. The women’s lacrosse team is the reigning national champion! What a great achievement! Saturday, September 11 was the 20th anniversary of the murderous terrorist attacks on our nation and way of life. It was moving to see it remembered at football games across the land, and right to recall that it took two of our classmates’ lives. Danielle Delie was remembered by many, and her plaque at the campus Labyrinth Memorial was visited for thoughts and prayers. On Long Island, New York, a memorial service for Eddie Papa was hosted by his widow, Patti, and their four daughters, celebrating all facets of Eddie’s too-short life. One could hear the music across the miles, and see Ed’s radiant smile once again. • The aging process has affected many of us, so take a moment and spare a prayer for those in need. This writer greatly appreciated the company of Kathy Murphy, Beth Hurley, and Pola (Papetti) Buckley in such a time of need! Congratulations to all our retirees and those who have become grandparents! Amazing! • Dr. Walter and Pat O’Hara Rok celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last June after renewing their vows in Cana, Israel. Pat served as a nurse at Seekonk High School for many years and retired last summer. Dr. Walt is still a pediatrician in Fall River, with an emphasis on medical management. Fun time is spent on their motorboat and with their first grandchild in the D.C. area. Walt and Pat volunteered for the Moderna COVID vaccine trial in autumn 2020. Walt and Pat continue to “Rok” on in Barrington, Rhode Island. • Wishing all a healthy and happy winter and spring and deliverance from these trying times. God bless.

Christine K. Barrett’s first granddaughter, Audrey Root, who was reluctant to enter this world, was born to her eldest daughter, Antonia, who was so sick that the family didn’t even say the word “baby” until she was seven months pregnant. When Audrey was born, they didn’t know her gender until one hour after the birth! Very funny! Christine’s son, James, married Bronte Butler, at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve in December 2019. James is a top-20 recruiter for Total Quality Logistics (supply chain trucking nationally), and Bronte is with the City of Las Vegas, collecting traffic fines. Christine’s younger daughter, Nora, after five years in Las Vegas, is progressing from EMT to a nationally licensed paramedic. She completed a year working for both Vanderbilt Medical Center and now Sumner County as a first responder/paramedic. Christine and her husband, Bill, continue in semi-retirement; she administering the state high school equivalency exams, and Bill’s working as a golf marshal. She gives a shout-out to her classmates for our 45th reunion coming soon. • Eileen Moran read Lou Chrostowski’s update in the prior edition of the BC Magazine, prompting her and Mark Fortunato to visit Lou while on vacation in South County, Rhode Island. Eileen and Mark live in Boston and their children, Michael and Katie, live nearby with their spouses and two grandchildren. Eileen went back to BC for a master’s in pastoral ministry (STM ’06) and enjoyed working as a retreat director and hospital chaplain. Eileen and Mark are both retired, and, while biking the rail trails of New England kept them sane during the pandemic, they look forward to volunteer opportunities and traveling adventures. • In September 2021, Jeffry Bauer celebrated 38 years as a leadership volunteer for the American Red Cross. Jeffry also celebrated one year as the regional chief operating officer for the American Red Cross, Michigan region. Thank you for your volunteering services, Jeffry! God bless the world and may all good things find the path to your door.

Happy winter of 2022 everybody! Here’s the scoop. Marybeth (Tallarida) Machesney, whose husband, Michael Machesney ’77, with whom I worked at the Eagle’s Nest, said that’s also where she met him, and the rest is history; they celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary in 2021. Between jobs and grad school (Texas A&M for Michael), they’ve lived in five different states. Moving was hard, she wrote, but it provided a way to see parts of the country and how others lived that they never would have experienced if not for the moves. Their three grown children live in New York City, Austin, and outside Madison, Wisc. Marybeth and Michael live north of Milwaukee, not far from their youngest who lives with her husband and their first grandchild, Beckett. Marybeth said a true silver lining to COVID was getting to see all three of her adult children for most of the pandemic. • Kathleen Norris is enjoying life as emeritus professor of educational leadership while still teaching doctoral-level research methods and dissertation courses at Plymouth State University and master-level leadership courses at Granite State College in New Hampshire. She’s also having a great time returning to her roots as an English teacher by teaching ESL to young Chinese students for VIPKID and dividing her time between New Hampshire and Florida. • Jean Canty Schwartz sent me a touching missive about her father and fellow BC graduate, James Michael Canty. He was a member of the Class of ’43 but actually graduated early with a BS in physics in 1942. After returning from World War II as a U.S. Naval officer, he continued his service to our country as a special agent in the FBI for 35 years. Her dad celebrated his 100th birthday on October 1, 2021. • Phil Dorsey wanted me to let classmates know Bill “Whitey” Felton passed away in early 2020. Attending Whitey’s memorial service in his beloved Berkshires were classmates and fello 1914 Beacon Street/Store 24 roommates. • Finally, Rich Scheller had neck surgery just days after Eddie O’Sullivan’s son’s wedding in June 2021. The following is what he sent to several of his New Jersey classmates: “I wanted to talk about this friendship we have all had for the last 45 years. It is a beautiful thing and I think we sometimes take it for granted. What we have I am told happens rarely, that 25-plus college friends stay so close over the years sharing good times and rough times. For myself, I feel blessed to be part of the group, never more than this past week. Unless you have been in a similar situation as me, you cannot imagine how all the kind words gave me strength and resolve, and increased my determination to get better. I will add one last thought: After talking to Fr. Keenan, I think the friendships we have are centered around love; we all love each other.” Indeed!

David Brown left the Boston wholesale flower industry in a career change to become a Coldwell Banker Realtor on the North Shore. He is enjoying his new job, meeting people, and sharing knowledge and ideas. • Joe Bonito recently completed his doctorate in business administration from Temple University’s school of business and is hoping to teach once he finishes his corporate career.

Tom Siegert is enjoying having his fifth child at BC! He was also recently named to the board of trustees, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey. • Richard Rapp added, “My wife, Susan, and I have been enjoying the ‘sawgrass’ experience, consisting mostly of golf, tennis, and Friday happy hour in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. We make repeated trips north to visit our children, Jackie ’09, Michelle, and Richard ’11, who are scattered about New York and New England, as well as to attend most BC home football games. Classmate Steve O’Connor and his wife, Linda, are frequent house guests.”

Doug Miller retired after three decades as a trial attorney with two large Chicago law firms. For over 10 years he was also an assistant professor with Loyola University School of Law where he taught a variety of courses, published articles and course books, and received several awards, including “Who’s Who in American Law” and “Who’s Who in the World.” Doug and his lovely bride Birgitte will soon celebrate their 36th anniversary. Their oldest daughter, Kristina, lives in Barcelona, following completion of a prestigious MBA program in Madrid. Their younger daughter, Emma, is a Chicago public school teacher and recently married. Doug enjoys texting and visiting with his good friends Rob Reilly, Ray Devasto, Brian Hale, Dan Arkins, and Tim Cruz. • Florence Berghane Hannon has lived in Exeter, New Hampshire, for almost twenty years. In 1989, she wed James T. Hannon, Jr., a successful businessman and an audiophile. He sadly passed away in 2012 but the couple created many happy memories together, building two houses on the NH seacoast and raising their three children, Dan, Katherine, and Emily. Both James and Florence were magazine editors and writers. Florence is an artist and a member of the Seacoast Artists Association, where she has an online gallery. • John McLaughlin holds two graduate degrees from Harvard and a law degree from Suffolk University Law School. He has more than twenty-five years of experience as a senior investigator in the areas of law enforcement administration and investigative services. President of McLaughlin & Associates in Lynnfield, John recently joined forces with John Flannery to create a new weekly podcast, “On the Level,” which can be found on all major podcasts. Their program showcases the major issues of the day, including truth, law, and justice in the United States. Check out John on Twitter: @Harvard1988. • After years of working in patient care, clinical office practice, and pay-for-performance programs for physician networks, Kate McGovern stepped away from full-time work last year and is pursuing work as a professional patient advocate, helping individuals and families navigate complex health care matters. • By all accounts, our 40th Reunion in October was a blast! Highlights included some late nights at “The Hotel California at Newton” a.k.a. the Marriott; a Shea Field tailgate hosted by Tim Chapman, JT Fucigna, and George McGoldrick; and a musical revival at the American Legion in Bedford organized by Neil and Erin Gorman Kirk and Brian Kelly. Be sure to check out our digital 40th Reunion yearbook at bc.brightcrowd.com/1981!

Michael Dunford, a retired U.S. Marine, shared that he is the co-chair of the executive committee of Boston College Veterans Alumni Network (BCVAN). BCVAN was established in 2011 to honor the University’s servicemen and women and to strengthen the bonds among alumni, veterans, and the greater BC community. • In February 2021, William Campbell was appointed director of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. • Gabriella Milley gathered in Boston with Patricia Flaherty, Jan De Mayo, Mary Jane Ercha, Brigid Gray, and Kathleen Carson in October. They had a great time reminiscing and enjoying each other’s company. • Grace Cotter Regan hiked Machu Picchu and the Rainbow Mountain in Peru with her sister Kelly Cotter ’85 and three other formidable women. They also visited the beautiful Jesuit Cathedral in Cusco. • David Olsen retired as a special agent of the FBI in 2017. David and his wife, Kelly, enjoyed their first Family Weekend at BC. Their daughter, Shea, is MCAS ’24 and their son, Daniel, is CSOM ’25. • Michael Mancini accepted a new pharmaceutical position as a specialty representative with Nestle Health Science in August 2020. • Cindi Bigelow’s son, David Bigelow O’Hara, was married last July in Maryland to Mary Kate. • Paul Marino and his wife Jennifer’s twin sons graduated from Harvard. Paul is working for the Los Angeles Kings and John is playing hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins and wears #6. • Susan Murphy is delighted that her son, Michael, married his childhood sweetheart, Ashley, in early October. Susan joined the staff of UMass Lowell as assistant director of transfer admissions in December 2019. • David Bracken, Dan Portanova, Joe Fontana, Dan Campbell, and John Pinnock met in D.C. for the Mets/Nationals game. They enjoyed each other’s company and stayed in the area for a few days. • Dan Johnedis founded Cratus Capital LLC 13 years ago. Cratus Capital is a registered investment advisor based in Florida. Dan is interested in making opportunities available to BC students and alumni from both the undergraduate school and the Graduate School of Business. He can provide a job description to interested parties or the career center, who can choose to work remotely. Dan is interested in boating, hiking, golfing, traveling, and bodybuilding in his free time. He recently visited the Boston area for a family reunion. • Kevin McNulty and Debbie Harrington McNulty are excited about their youngest daughter Kate’s enrollment in the Class of 2024. • Congratulations to Timothy King, who was recently elected chairman of American Mensa.

Greetings! After 30 years in the Washington, D.C. area, TJ Kozikowski moved to Long Branch, New Jersey, and enjoys living five blocks from the ocean and exploring the Jersey Shore on his bike. He looks forward to seeing live music and being able to travel, including a trip to Italy. Over the past five years, a combination of business and leisure travel has allowed visits to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany (Oktoberfest!), Turkey, Austria, France, Czech Republic, Poland, and the UK. • Jeff Smith is now an empty nester and, after over 25 years, has moved to the Sierras from the Bay Area. Jeff and Tami feel fortunate to be surrounded by the mountains, Donner Lake, and a lifestyle they enjoy. Jeff is active, advising young technology companies in Northern California through the Tech Futures Group, while Tami has embarked on a new job with Tahoe Donner in member services. Their kids have launched, pursuing their passions working for environmental and renewable-energy companies and studying hard at graduate school. Jeff planned to host a BC Bath reunion celebration in the mountains this past September. • Frank and Ann Scott Kilkelly celebrated 35 years of marriage on June 1. They have had five of six children graduate college, including Caroline, BC ’16. They are blessed with three grandchildren and a fourth on the way. Frank is an orthopedic surgeon in Hanover, Penn. • Mary Jacobs writes that 2020 was hard for everyone. Being a nurse in a hospital was especially challenging, with much suffering from COVID. Mary writes that BC gave her strength and knowledge to accomplish dreams despite hard times. Faith and hard work can make great things happen. Mary and her husband sold their home. She continued to work at Greenwich Hospital and lived with family in New York, while her husband looked for a new home in Bucks County, Penn. They settled into a new home last January, where they plan to retire. She thanks BC nursing buddies, Carrie B., Linda L. MD, Donna D., and Liz C. for their help. • Juliette (Dacey) Fay’s sixth novel, Catch Us When We Fall, is now out. Set in Boston, it follows a young pregnant woman’s recovery from alcohol abuse, with the reluctant help of her only sober friend, a Red Sox third baseman with his own problems. Juliette and husband, Tom ’83, live in Wayland, with a rotating roster of their four children.

Congratulations to John Vollino on his appointment as clerk of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. John lives in Richmond and on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with his wife of 31 years, Laura Lee Garrett, and their pup, Lexi. • Dr. Chris Mulloy is happy to announce his son, Matthew ’25, is enrolled in the Carroll School of Management. Chris has been a dentist in New Jersey for the past 30 years. He, along with his wife, Carissa, soon-to-be-married daughter, Kate, and Matt have been living the dream! Go, Eagles! • After BC, James (Jay) DeMaria attended Suffolk Law School, then opened a law firm on Beacon Hill in 1994 and was managing partner of the firm until his retirement in 2019. Jay and his wife, Colleen, spend most of their time living on Cape Cod, where Jay is in his third term as president of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, one of 10 teams in the Cape Cod Baseball League, the premier amateur baseball league in the country. Jay sends a shout-out to the boys from the 4th floor of Keyes South…what a crew! • In May 2021, Christine Mosher set up her own private psychotherapy practice in Buzzards Bay near her home in Onset. Christine sees clients either in person or via telehealth. She enjoys working with clients and having the flexibility of working for herself. • After more than 11 years as the U.S. head of communications, alumni and institutional development at IESE Business School, Marie Oates joined Euromoney PLC as their head of communications. Marie lives in New York City. • In May, there was a gathering of the Mod 33A and 33B boys, including Jim Pier, Ken Ryan, Steve Herrick, Brendan Nolan, and others. • David Sullivan lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and recently founded University Prep Advisors, a consulting and education group that specializes in helping students and parents navigate the college admission process. David works with families and PTAs from Connecticut to California to educate parents and assist students in preparing for and applying to college. • Quite a few of our classmates attended the Reunion Weekend in October, celebrating 35+ years since graduation. The celebration included a class party and a football game. Amazing how quickly the years go by.

Hi, ’86 Eagles, how is everyone? This is a special column because we just celebrated our 35th reunion—it was EPIC! • Thanks to Colleen Egleston Bonde for writing in to update us on her family. Colleen wrote that her daughter is currently enrolled in the Carroll School of Management and a member of the Class of 2022. Congratulations to a new generation on the Heights! Her family attended Family Weekend and saw a spectacular victory when BC beat Missouri—our Eagles look awesome and the stadium was electric! The energy and excitement felt like the Flutie years and it was awesome to see the students, alumni, and all Eagle fans tailgating and cheering on our amazing team. Go, Eagles, in all sports…ever to excel! • A shout-out to our Reunion committee and class co-chairs: Kathy Beam, Peter Bell, Mikey Hoag, and Rene Jones. Thanks for your hard work, generosity, and selfless hours of volunteer time that made this event spectacular—I think the best yet! Friday, October 15, a group of ’86 Eagles joined alumni from the Classes of ’85, ’90, and ’91 in a heated tent on Lower Campus and we just dominated the event with dancing, laughing, toasting, and reminiscing about our glory days! There were two photo booths that captured the reunion memories of BC forever friends whether freshmen floormates, Mod roommates, athletes, class couples, friends. The message was consistent—everyone has amazing friendships of 39 years that will last forever. It was awesome to hear how many groups were freshman floormates; from Cushing, Keyes (North and South), Hardey, Duchesne (East and West), Upper, Lower, and off campus were all represented. If you think back to 1982, you made one of your best life decisions to attend Boston College and become a graduate of the Class of 1986 and with primitive computers, no cellphones, no internet, a five-hour drop-add line, paper housing questionnaires. No matter where you were placed you found your forever friends! The connections and friendships are unique and everlasting; thanks, Boston College, for creating such a fun, loving, and academically challenging environment so that we will always cherish our college years and keep coming back for more! The dance floor was packed because of the music by DJ Paul of Mass Rhythm. I want to personally thank all the ’86 dancers that joined me to jump, stomp, hop, and dance to favorite class songs: “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” by Meatloaf, “American Pie” by Don McLean, “Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC, and “Sweet Caroline,” plus lots of other excellent tunes! I think our dancing is improving as the years go on. We relived the 80s for one wild night. I still can’t believe it’s been 35 years! Please send me updates of post-reunion festivities, mini-reunions, family or career news, or any newsworthy item you want to share with our classmates—we love staying connected. Everyone looked incredible, young, energized, and happy—we have figured it all out! If you missed it, we missed you and hope that you join us next time for the epic fun—’86 never disappoints! Well, keep the mail coming and keep living the dream and staying healthy. Remember, once an Eagle always an Eagle. See ya at the 40th!

Martha McNamara sent a short note saying that her daughter, Megan Collins ’15, married Sean Flaherty ’12 on Cape Cod on September 25, 2021, and all seven of her roommates attended the big BC wedding: Maria Montuori, Michelle Guzowski, Sheila Watts, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Tara Bergen, Joanne Spadorcia, and Kathy Delaney. Megan had several of her roommates from BC as bridesmaids, and Sean had several of his fellow BC football players as groomsmen. From the welcome drinks at Baxter’s Fish and Chips to the Mass at Our Lady of Victory in Centerville to the reception at Hyannisport Club, Martha wrote that it was one of the best weekends ever! • Camille Fine’s daughter, Ansley, is a member of the BC Class of 2025! • In June 2021, Paul Roselli retired from Fidelity Investments. • M. Quentin Williams wrote, “Proud of the work that BC Athletics and Dedication To Community is doing together to educate all of BC’s student-athletes, coaches, and administrators about justice issues. Pat Kraft is the real deal and has been a great hire for the University as BC engages in this pioneering effort. Such an honor to work with him.” • Joseph Andriola added, “Married almost 30 years with three great sons. Oldest is a Fulbrighter studying in Europe; middle son living large at University of Colorado Boulder; and our high school student is enjoying his senior year. I’m still practicing law, and enjoying living in Connecticut with vacations with our extended family on Cape Cod for the past 30 years. Still a Mets fan, suffering the delusion that next year is our year.” • Mark and Molly Delaney Druffner continue to work in Tanzania, East Africa, building hospitals and schools. Mark is a family physician and teaches doctors and nurses at the mission hospitals, and Molly is the executive director of Partners 4 Hope Tanzania. Mark and Molly have seven children and three grandchildren.

Great to hear from Diane Hunstein, who is proud to announce her daughter Stephanie graduated from the Lynch School in May 2021. After celebrating that, she enjoyed a mini-reunion in Maine with Mod 40A roommates Lisa Smith MacDougall, Anna Punsal, Karen McKenna Roche, Jennifer Fish Muscato, and Liz Ross Meissner. • Susan Petroni, the founder, publisher, and editor of FraminghamSource.com celebrated five years publishing in 2021. The news site also expanded its coverage area during the pandemic to include Ashland, Natick, Marlborough, and Framingham. Source also had its first-ever BC intern during the summer: Grace Mayer ’22. • My Keyes North basement floormate Stephen Picazio wrote from Sarasota, Florida, to announce his daughter Brooke accepted a rowing scholarship and will be at the Carroll School as a member of the Class of 2025! He was at BC for Family Weekend, caught an amazing Pops concert, and, after tailgating with Jeff Flaherty and Jean Crescenzi, cheered the Eagles to victory over Missouri. Stephen is still with Merrill Lynch in Venice, but manages to spend summers fishing on Cape Cod. He’s also thrilled that Brooke has some of the same professors that he had! • Finally, the September 15–17 Cape reunion organized by Mike Muller and Ralph Santora sounds like it was a rousing success. The list of attendees alone exceeds my word limit for this column, but suffice to say that the three-day event included whale-watching, biking, a lobster/clambake on the beach, and various other meetups. The Alumni Association kicked in some swag, including custom beer koozies. Plans for the 2022 event are already underway and all are invited, so start planning now!

We’ve had an overwhelming number of (great) updates this past year—thank you! Greg Schulte joined a mini-reunion in July hosted by Chris Bellonzi in his former hometown of Portland, Maine, with Tommy Kurtz, Tom Walker, Georgia Critsley, Maria Joseph Peckham, Greg and Mary Alice Schulte, Dennis Quinn, Dan Miller, Joe Gydus, Joe Speidel, Jim DeAngelo, Monique Anderson, Beth Tuico, Clare Curley, Jane McClellan Rohan, and Lisa Blando. An awesome time was had by all with plenty of lobster and spirits at Gritty McDuff’s and other great local spots. While Greg recently became CFO at Chelsea Lighting of NYC, he and wife Mary Alice spent 2020 volunteering on the Joe Biden presidential campaign: knocking on doors, canvassing, acting as out-of-state observers, and making speeches as campaign surrogates in central Michigan. They were part of the Oakland County GOTV team that was also selected to run Jon Ossoff’s Atlanta-area campaign in the Georgia U.S. Senate race. • Deborah Williamson McCabe and her BC roommates are committing to every-other-year get-togethers, after gathering in 2019 at Nancy’s in Naples, Florida, and at Joann’s at Lake Winnipesaukee in 2021. Coining their crew, “#BC8,” this includes: Nancy Trust Johansen, Lisa DeMayo, Kathy Young, Joann Rude VanderPoel, Mary Wills Funari, Kristen Dacey Iwai, Jackie Kondel, and Deb. • Jenifer Bosco is an attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, and lives with her husband and two children in Arlington. Her daughter, Isabel, started at Oberlin last fall. • Check out Steve Pemberton’s new book, The Lighthouse Effect, which shares stories of ten ordinary people he has encountered along his life’s journey who inspired him and whom he hopes will do the same for each of us. • In August, we sadly lost classmate Bill Harrington, who died suddenly. Our thoughts are with his wife, Janette, and children, William T. “Billy” Jr., Jacqueline, and Charles “Grady.” • In September, we honored the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and our classmate Sean Lynch, who died in the towers that day. • In October, classmates gathered for a weekend of sharing remembrances and good stories of classmate Scott King, who sadly passed away in February 2020. Our thoughts remain with his wife (and ’89 classmate) Becky and their three daughters, Emily, Abby, and Molly.

For those who were able to attend all or part of our Reunion weekend, thank you for the fabulous stories, pictures, and laughs! Under the enormous white tent on Friday night, there were beautiful smiles and total gratitude for the opportunity to be together in a perfect setting. It was great to see everyone and word on the street is that the tailgating scene on Saturday was epic; I am already penned in for the full Reunion experience for 35! If you have not joined the Class of 1990 Facebook page, there are great pictures from the many events of the weekend. • In other news, Laura Civetta writes that after teaching high school English, she embarked on a new path teaching middle school theology at Sacred Heart Greenwich. In her free time, she publishes short stories and personal essays. Laura is now querying agents with her first novel. • Leslie Rohrbacker lives in Madison, New Jersey, with her husband, Neil, and 14-year-old sons, Luke and Jed. Leslie is happy to report that Eagles are now well represented in Madison and surrounding Morris County towns, although there are also a few more ND grads than is desirable! Leslie is the chief operating officer and a partner in BAL, a large global immigration and mobility services firm. Neil owns a custom closet and wine cellar design company. Luke and Jed are proud freshmen at St. Peter’s Prep, the only Jesuit high school in New Jersey. When not in NJ, the Rohrbackers are in Kennebunkport, Maine, where they bought a house during the COVID real estate boom. This was also a tactic to get the boys hooked on New England so they will go to college there! Look them up and say hello when in NJ or Maine! • Colleen Sweeney writes that she lost her father, Joseph F. Sweeney ’51 (A&S), at the age of 93 on April 6, 2021. A proud alum, he will be dearly missed by Colleen and the rest of the family: Ann Sweeney Augustyn ’78, JD’81, and Joseph F. Sweeney, Jr. ’81. • Mike Bumpus shared that his daughters Ellie ’20 and Clare ’22 will both go through graduation ceremonies this year. Daughter Grace ’18 lives in South Boston and works for Putnam Investments. Kate and Mike have moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Their son, Michael, is a freshman at Brown.

Laurie McLeod joined the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters as their chief operating officer. She is excited about supporting work on environmental conservation and justice in her home state. And it is even more relevant, as she is thoroughly enjoying her new home at the Jersey Shore. • Hon. Joseph Harrington was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker as an associate justice of the Fall River District Court. Classmate Senator Walter Timilty attended his swearing-in ceremony in January. Joe and his wife, Tina, live outside of Boston and have three sons: Colin ’23, Brendan, and Declan. • Katie O’Connell continues to own and operate Dragonfly Yoga Barn, Studio & Retreat in N. Sandwich, New Hampshire, and was awarded “Lakes Region’s Best 2020” #1 yoga studio. She was also highlighted in Yankee, Spirituality & Health, and Real Simple. 2020 was a bust for the retreat business due to the pandemic so Katie closed her doors and turned to the world of online yoga literally overnight. Katie and her husband, Declan, celebrated 29 years of marriage this year and have two kids Finnian (25) and Bridie (23). • Elizabeth “Liz” Jack was elected last month as a judge in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. Prior to being elected, Liz served as a prosecutor for the state attorney’s office. Liz won a hard-fought election after having to make significant adjustments to her campaign due to COVID-19. • Congratulations to Dave O’Neill, head coach at the University of Texas, on leading his team to the 2021 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship! • Elizabeth Melahn is enjoying life as a kindergarten teacher at Saint Augustine School in Andover, successfully completing the most challenging teaching year ever during this pandemic. She is married to Matt Stroika and is the mother of five amazing boys. • Manuel Muchacho sends greetings to all from Puerto Rico. He has two boys: Manolo (20, a student at Duquesne) and Enrique (17, soon to be a student at Loyola Maryland). If you land on the island, give him a call, only Muchacho on the island. • Rey Roldan was part of a CNN TV special called “Toxic: Britney Spears’ Battle For Freedom.” The one-hour special aired in September and again in October. As Rey was Britney’s publicist for her first two albums, CNN interviewed him to discuss his time with her. • Irene Kontje is a part of the COVID-19 “Great Resignation.” She left a good-paying job and a New York City apartment to become a location-independent online business manager. She will start out in Mexico and see what happens from there. Let the adventure begin. Again. • Congratulations to Mark Dennehy, who was recently promoted to chief amateur scout for the New Jersey Devils!

Hi, everyone! Thanks to those who sent in updates. Please reach out if you have news to share! • Heide Bronke Fulton sent in the following update: “I spent the pandemic with my family in Alexandria, Virginia. Despite restrictions, I’m glad to be back in the U.S. after several years overseas with the U.S. Department of State. In August 2020, I was appointed as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), with responsibility for INL’s Western Hemisphere and aviation portfolios. In June 2020, I retired from the U.S. Army (Reserve) after 28 years with the rank of lieutenant colonel. I survived the pandemic thanks to Zoom calls with Kim Bahs Rector, Renee Pike Strachan, Carol Belletete McDaniel, and Kristine Hall Farmer. Looking forward to our in-person reunion in 2022!” • Debbie Volpe Hogan and Matt Hogan are celebrating their 25th anniversary this August. Matt is lead counsel, R&D Contracts at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Debbie is assistant director of the BC School of Social Work doctoral program and an adjunct professor in the BC Sports Administration program. Debbie is also a first-year doctoral student in the Lynch School Higher Education program. Their three sons are also BC students: Matty is a senior in CSOM, Nick is a sophomore at the Woods College, and Tim is a freshman in CSOM. Katie is a senior at the Dublin School. Debbie and Matt just purchased a home in Dover. • Tricia Pelnik-Fecko sent in the following update: “I am currently in my 25th year at Albany Medical Center practicing internal medicine and pediatrics. My son Aidan is a junior at Villanova University, double-majoring in math and Spanish. My son Evan is a high school senior, and my daughter, Bryn, is a freshman at BC, majoring in math. We just celebrated with two of my college roommates, Stephanie Evans and Roseann Sheehan. As good Eagle luck would have it, Bryn found her roommate, Katharine Baker, on the BC Facebook page. Katharine is the daughter of our classmate Kelly Lang!” • Debbie Bosworth Kittleson and Jeff Kittleson ’91 are thrilled that their son, Colin, is a freshman in CSOM. It has been so fun for Debbie and Jeff to be in Boston for freshman move-in and Family Weekend. Highlights include tailgating with Dallas friends Chris and Joe Popolo ’89 and seeing Dave Mazzullo, Mark Walker, and John Doran at the game!

So many 50th-birthday celebrations of BC ’93, corona be darned! Good for you all! Love seeing the pictures. • From Sophia Germanides Dryer: “To celebrate 32 years of friendship (and 50 trips around the sun), Karina Alberto Adourian, Grace O’Malley Ebaugh, Angie Bengzon Hazard, Kelly Kane, Heather Ryan Morrissey, Kristin Mangels Murphy, Daniela Bellitta O’Neill, Nicole Palina Pace, and I convened for a weekend of debauchery in Nashville. We are still recovering. The blessings are numerous: college graduations (Isabella Pace ’20), and matriculations (Aidan O’Neill ’25), new homes, and new jobs (Nicole Pace was just named chief marketing officer at Everise).” • Saw that Pat Laundry enjoyed a reunion at the BC–Missouri game with John Coffey, Tom Fowler, Steve Capshaw, Jeremy Couture, Bill McGraw, John Sullivan, and Dennis Schaeffer. • Michelle (Wright) Bucaria, Beth McBride, Ann (Boyle) Nagel, Anne (Trenkle) Schaefer, Beth (Ahmuty) Silveria, and Maureen (Mulcahy) Surber ’92 got together at that game, too! • I loved seeing pictures from a huge gathering at Matt and Tracy (Monaco) Lawlor’s house at the end of August. Maura Kelly Lannan, Mike Bertie, Christian Megliola, Jennifer Flynn Jarbeau, John Ladd, Laura Bete, Sarah Jewell, Hans and Michelle Dorsainvil, Joe Perschy, Bob Luiso, Dan and Karen Cushing, Jennifer Williams Riley, David Feliciano, Mike and Trisha Stravin, Rachel Cronin, Jess Hughes, Min Yoo, Ellen Berichon Murphy, Amy Gage Piselli, even Baldwin the Eagle showed up! • Ana Agrelot posted that she, Delia Román, Sarah Irizarry, Carla Rampolla, Bettiuska Segarra, Veronica Fernandez, Mari Merce Gomez, and Margarita Irizarry got together to celebrate 50. • Shana Erber posted about a 50th celebration with Laura Browning Davis, Tracy Madigan Grbic, and Laurie Maher. • Carl Kallen shared pics from his All Sports BC weekend with Mark Buonagurio, Jennifer Boyle Mehta, Eric Wiberg, Jeff Nicholson ’94, Mike Stokes, and Andrew Hegedus. • It was so great to see the Boston Marathon back after far too long an absence. I know Michele Campisi ran. And Mark Streeter ran for the 4th time, but this time was even more special than prior races with his daughter, Megan ’24, wife Joan (Monahan) Streeter, and other family there to greet him right across from St. Ignatius. • Julie Hanlon wrote that she was selected to be the deputy associate chief counsel (ITA) for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Go, Julie! • Keep enjoying and celebrating 50. Such a huge life milestone. Go, us! If you share updates, it does take a while to see them—this is hardly a place for breaking class news. That can be found on our Facebook page: facebook.com/groups/BostonCollege93/

Dan Hayes was recently promoted to the position of supervisory trial counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Chicago. • Cheryl Mastrogiovanni has published a children’s book about a boy who attends his first Bruins game in Boston— “because, of course, for those who know me, what else would I write a children’s book about!” she writes. • After almost 25 years in private practice, Bill Staar recently became the chief legal officer of Milton CAT, one of the largest Caterpillar dealerships in the country, with facilities located throughout New England and New York. He resides in Bedford, New Hampshire, with his wife, Paige, and two daughters, Lily (12) and Ally (11). • J. Davis Harte (formerly Jen Wilson) earned an MS in design & human environments from Oregon State University and a PhD in health from the University of Technology Sydney. She is director and faculty of the design for human health (DHH) master’s program at Boston Architectural College. Her husband is an associate dean and faculty member at Oregon State University, and she is stepmom to three young adults. She co-leads the Trauma-Informed Design Collective and Global Birth Environment Design Network. She recently surprised former roomie Rebecca (Murphy) Schmitz at work in the BC advising office! • After nearly six years in school (with two children in tow), Joy Russell-Moy is a doctor of acupuncture and integrative medicine at her own clinic, Joy of Acupuncture, in New York. Her specialties are acute- and chronic-pain conditions, cosmetic acupuncture, and organic herbal skincare. Joy recently got on TikTok (@joyofacupuncture) to create videos about the benefits of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine—she has 344k followers! • Martin Fernandez-Pello has two kids and lives in Madrid. • Finally, some sad news. Christopher Rusho passed away in June 2021. Chris worked as an IT professional in San Diego and Austin, Texas, prior to returning to his hometown of Syracuse, New York. Michael Monteiro said that while he and Chris didn’t know each other at BC, they became fast friends when they were both assigned to a project together in Minneapolis as newly minted consultants, spending time working and exploring a new city. Michael said he will always remember Chris’s “wit, creativity, kindness, and generosity.”

Melissa Markofsky McDonald had lots of updates to share. “[I am currently] in my 21st year working for Massachusetts Trial Court, currently in Clinton District Court as an assistant chief probation officer. Years of BC alumni connections within the system, most notably with BC alumnus colleague Matthew Nugent ’98, who worked in same court with me as an assistant district attorney. Met up with my Mod 22A roomie Melissa (Gagnon) Correia after her recent travel cross country from Washington to New England. Melissa just tied the knot with her partner, Joanna, last year and they are living the happy life running Tangled Thicket Farm in Mt. Vernon, Washington. Melissa still has the biggest heart and smile I remember so clearly from being bunkmates 26 years ago! [My] latest BC alum connection randomly happened when a fellow Boston Bruins season ticket holder reached out to request a few ticket swaps, only to find out he, too, is a BC grad (Chris Fallon ’05). The list of connections is endless. Can’t wait to see what the next 10 years bring for additional BC contacts.” • Beth Anish wrote in, “I am excited to announce that my first academic book, Irish American Fiction from World War II to JFK, will be out soon from Palgrave Macmillan. The book is based on research I started in my doctoral program at URI, as well as a lifelong passion for Irish literature and culture, fostered at BC. I was also promoted this year, to full professor of English at the Community College of Rhode Island. In personal news, husband, Ron, and I are empty nesters this year, with both kids off to college.” • Scott Livingston has been busy with family, work, and sport. He is the president of HORST Engineering in East Hartford, Conn. The family business turned 75 years old and, after a multi-year renovation, moved to a state-of-the-art factory. In addition to their core aerospace components business, they make Cross Spikes and the HORST Dreidel. Scott is a competitive athlete and does cyclocross, mountain biking, trail running, and triathlon. He serves on the board of the Appalachian Mountain Club and lives with his equally active family: Debbie, Shepard (15), and Dahlia (12) in Bolton, Conn. • Steve Lee has founded and runs Veritas Catholic Network, a non-profit media organization that is focused on evangelizing the culture through radio, podcasts, and other media.

Erin M. Dunston has been named to the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the legal profession’s oldest and most respected peer-review publications. She is currently a partner in the Philadelphia office of Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP. • Diana Pisciotta spent much of the pandemic in Newton, where she led the independent communications firm Denterlein virtually (where she recently celebrated her 20th anniversary, serves as president, and specializes in crisis communications and public policy). Her co-workers included her husband Paul Stewart, their 7-year-old son, Paul Joseph, and two Rhodesian ridgeback dogs. Mid-pandemic, Diana and Paul finally got married in a COVID-safe outdoor ceremony officiated by Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller. Diana is happy to be back in her Downtown Boston office in Post Office Square, and is craving coffee/drink meetups if anyone else is in town. • Juan Alexander Concepción has joined the law department of Boston Scientific Corporation, a global medical technology leader that addresses unmet patient needs worldwide. As senior legal counsel, Juan provides practical advice and solutions for workplace compliance and strategic workforce management demands. Before joining Boston Scientific, Juan served as employment counsel and director of employment policy and employee relations at MassDOT/MBTA.

On January 4, 2021, Erin Lynch Prata was sworn in as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. For the first time in its history, the five-member Court has a female majority. • New York City-based PR firm Baretz+Brunelle announced in October that Jeff Berardi, an executive widely regarded as one of the legal industry’s most respected marketing and business development advisors, has joined the firm as a partner after merging his consulting firm, Berardi Consulting LLC, into B+B. • Frank L. Gallucci III, principal of Plevin & Gallucci Company, L.P.A., in Cleveland, was a key member of the trial team representing two Ohio counties in the nation’s first trial attempting to hold pharmacies responsible for their role in the deadly opioid crisis. He joined with other leading plaintiffs’ lawyers to represent Lake and Trumbull counties in a seven-week-long trial in U.S. District Court in Cleveland before Judge Dan Polster.

Hello, Class of 1998! On July 3, 2021, we lost our dear classmate Josephine Sciarrino. Josephine will be dearly missed by friends and family for her jovial spirit and zest for life. Classmates are putting together a fundraising campaign for a bench to be placed on campus at Boston College. If you would like to contribute, please visit bc.edu/give, choose “other” as your gift designation, and type in “Josephine Sciarrino Memorial Bench Fund” under “where to direct your gift.” You may also type “Josephine Sciarrino” in the “in memory of” section. • Vince Lorusso recently co-founded Changebridge Capital, a Boston-based asset manager. He is a co-portfolio manager of Changebridge’s long/short ETF and sustainable equity ETF, both of which were listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year. • Bernadette (Quirk) Norton and husband, Leo, welcomed their first child, Henry Francis Norton, on September 11, 2021. • In July, Brent Bell was elected as chair of the board of directors for CFA Society Boston, having served on the board since 2016. CFA Society Boston’s 6,000 members promote the highest ethical standards, best practices, and professional development within the investment industry to educate and build trust in the communities they serve. On a more social note, he and his family made their annual pilgrimage to Martha’s Vineyard and continued their tradition of sharing a house with the Sullivan (John) and Sweeney (Sean and Jennifer Riordan) clans. • Katherine Orgeron welcomed a little girl to the world in mid-May 2021. She is a joy and they feel abundantly blessed to have her in their lives. In September 2021, Katherine was conferred her doctor of psychology degree. The doctoral program was a career change, as she was an attorney previously. In the future, she is hoping to use her doctoral degree and her legal background to work in the field of forensic psychology. As a family, they are enjoying the cooler weather and being outdoors as much as possible on the beautiful Virginia trails. • Andrew Barna accepted a new position of director of human resource services at Texas A&M University, and is currently living in The Woodlands, Texas, outside of Houston. • I was lucky to see Charise (Rohm) and Jeff Nulsen in October for a drink and quick catch-up.

Lowell Community Health Center (Lowell CHC) announced the appointment of Stacey Thompson to the position of health communications manager last summer. Congratulations to Stacey! • Brian Rich was recently selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2022 list. A partner at the law firm Halloran Sage, he received recognition for his commercial litigation practice. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on peer-review evaluation. • Michael Scialabba, DDS, was promoted to chief clinical officer for 42 North Dental in Waltham, the largest dental support organization in the northeast. He continues to practice chairside at Great Hill Dental Partners in Peabody, with a limited schedule. In 2018, he was appointed to the Board in Registration of Dentistry of Massachusetts by Governor Charlie Baker and, in 2021, he was voted chairman of the board by his colleagues. He lives in Wellesley, with his wife, Allison, and two sons, Mikey and Nicholas. • Several years ago, John McGowan left the law practice and returned to construction, obtained his contractor’s license, and proceeded to build a small but thriving custom remodeling building business in Sharon, where he lives with his wife and two boys. The business focuses on bread-and-butter work like additions, kitchens, bathrooms, and decks. He also serves on the board of directors for South Shore Habitat for Humanity. “I do not miss practicing law, but I write excellent customer contracts!”

After running a successful “make adulthood fulfilling” business for 15 years headquartered in Chicago, Saya Hillman has expanded her business to 12 other areas throughout the U.S. and London. Mac & Cheese Productions is guided by the mantra “find something that makes you happy and use it to make others happy” and connects people to people, people to opportunities, and people to themselves through individual and workplace offerings. The Boston chapter leader is the husband of Lori (Piscatelli) Scanlon. Many Mac & Cheese offerings reflect Saya’s very impactful time at BC. If you’re looking for community, personal and professional growth, and space for reflection, vulnerability, and leaning into fear—and if you live in one of its areas, join us! Saya lives and collaborates with her husband (who she met via one of her events) in Chicago. They are continuing to travel as much as they can—Japan, Mexico City, and Colombia last year—and to foster rescue dogs. • Jorge Cardona began a new job in late February at Donyati Consulting as an FDMEE developer. His husband, Ethan Jewett, also started a new career this February a as personal fitness trainer at Equinox. • Stephanie (Haug) Mullervy and her husband, John, welcomed Declan Ernst on December 10, 2019. He joins big brother Colin (2). The family resides in Natick. Steph is excited to serve on our Reunion committee and looks forward to connecting with friends old and new this May! • Please don’t forget to send your exciting news along to share with our fellow classmates. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Heights for our next Reunion!

Happy New Year, classmates! • Margaret Rickard Rubinacci became senior director of cable strategy at MediaKind in June 2021. She is also on the boards of Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT). Her boy- and girl-twins turned six this year. • Kathryn (Katie) E. Ray married Jim Conrad on June 19, 2021, in Cashiers, North Carolina. The couple lives in Atlanta. • Mike Adair lived in Boston for one year after graduation, working in asset management, moved to NYC, then Seattle until 2007. He got married, went to the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, started a burrito company called Red’s All Natural, had three kids, and has been making burritos and other natural/organic frozen items for the last twelve years. His family moved to Franklin, Tenn. (a suburb of Nashville), ten years ago and relocated Red’s to the south. He hasn’t been back to BC in 20 years, and while he was unable to make the reunion, Mike says he’s definitely in for the 25th. He sends well wishes to the Class of 2001. • Unlike Mike, I’ve returned to BC a bunch over the last two decades, and while the physical campus has gone through many changes (RIP Edmond’s and The Plex) and improvements (hello, fancy four-story recreation complex with adjacent pine tree preserve), it always feels like coming home. I attended our 5th Reunion very newly pregnant, our 10th and 15th Reunions with our two children, and was sad to miss our 20th. I hope that those who attended enjoyed your time back on The Heights. Everyone pencil in June 5–7, 2026, so we can celebrate our 25th in grand fashion!

Congratulations to Timur Pakay and his wife, Stephanie Pietros,  who welcomed a baby girl, Cecilia Ela Pakay, on April 6. Ceci joins big brother Oliver. Looking forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming reunion!

Timothy Spiegel joined Boston law firm Davis Malm’s business practice area last summer. He is a business attorney with a focus in corporate and finance matters. • Meg Butler, MA’17 married Cameron Smith on July 9, 2021, at Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden. The couple met on March 1, 2020, just before the pandemic began. Thankfully, their wedding reception at Night Shift Brewery was held just in time for the state pandemic restrictions to be lifted and many hugs to abound. Several Eagles were in attendance, including Virginia Butler ’68 (mother of the bride), Steve Butler, MBA’83 (father of the bride), Sarah Butler ’06 (sister of the bride), Stephen Butler ’13 (brother of the bride), Lisa Gill Sabey ’01, and Jacquelyn Tenaglia, MA’09. • Femaris Peña Verdaguer was named senior vice president of Mediahub, a division of the MullenLowe Group. He also became a member of the board of trustees of Lawrence Catholic Academy, a pre-K through grade 8 elementary school located in Lawrence. • Carl Oliveri started a personal training and nutrition coaching company called TRAK Fitness in January 2021. He welcomed his son, Leonardo Edward Oliveri, on August 24, 2021. • Alicia LaPolla has taken a new position as the associate dean of student affairs at Brown University School of Professional Studies. • Patrick Jennings has opened the law firm of Jennings, Turiello & Hirshorn, LLC, in Rye, New York. He has teamed up with two exceptional attorneys to build a team of dedicated professionals committed to servicing the needs of clients. As co-founder of the firm, Pat has taken on the roles of managing member as well as chair of the secured transactions practice group. • Marcus E. Howard recently returned to Massachusetts, where he teaches as a journalism professor at Northeastern University. • Kevin Swatt, MS’04, was advanced to principal at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP on November 1, 2021. Kevin leads the private industry assurance practice in the firm’s D.C. area offices and is currently living in Falls Church, Virginia, with his wife, Kathy, and two children, Olivia and Patrick.

Jennifer (Donovan) Lutz and her husband, Justin, welcomed their third child, Adeline Rose Lutz, on June 11, 2021. Addie joins big sister Evelyn (Evie) and big brother Thomas (Tommy). • Gerard Erbeck had his second son on October 6, 2021, and recently joined Fidelity Investments. • Stephen Savage launched his own entertainment company, Savage Pianos, that provides dueling piano shows for special events all over the northeast. • Danielle Hildebrandt Conway and her husband, John, welcomed daughter, Charlotte Marie, on July 14, 2021.

Burnell Holland married fellow Eagle Lauren Weaver ’08 in Cleveland on July 17, 2021. Classmates present included Justin McLean, Charles A. Grandson IV, and Grace (Simmons) Zuncic. The couple resides in Washington, D.C. Burnell runs Gilded Knight Consulting, a social impact strategy consulting and investment firm. Lauren works at Reed Smith as a white-collar criminal defense and investigations attorney. • On June 14, 2021, Adam Webster and Claudia Pouravelis ’03, MA’04 welcomed their daughter, Delphine Maxine Webster, into the world. Delphine joins her parents and brother, Frederic, living in Boston’s South End. Adam is a political consultant and co-founder of Castle Point Partners and Claudia is the associate dean of enrollment management and corporate engagement at Boston College’s Woods College of Advancing Studies. • TJ ’03 and Mary Christine (Kwiatek) Paxton are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Abigail Elizabeth, born June 2021. Abby has endeared herself to all, especially her big brother, John. • In August 2021, Duncan Delano opened the East Coast office of a full-service, boutique cannabis law firm, Emerge Law Group, which has been servicing cannabis businesses on the West Coast for over seven years. Duncan will be building the northeast practice, helping businesses obtain their local and state cannabis licenses and operate in a complex and ever-changing regulatory environment. Oh, and he has four daughters under age six with Katelyn (Rubert) Delano. • Shannon Decker and husband, Todd, welcomed Mary Therese Decker into the world on June 17, 2021. She joins big brothers Luke and Noah, and big sister, Tara, in the nest of Eaglets! • Joe Bowden and Shaun Tolson won first place in their flight in the Summer Classic at LeBaron Hills Country Club in Lakeville. The Summer Classic is an annual, three-day member-guest golf tournament. Joe and Shaun played seven 9-hole matches over the course of the tournament.

Vernon Araujo resigned from his position as development director after 10 years at Family Resource Center and accepted the role of director of philanthropy and community relations for Alpine Securities USVI. In addition, he had a son, Kingston, on September 21, 2021. • In June 2021, Matt Putorti announced a campaign for Congress, as a democrat, against Rep. Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District. • Tara and Ted Dunlap welcomed their second child, Cooper Fredrick Dunlap, in May 2020. Family is doing well and attempting to wait out the pandemic by alternating between trips to the park, long walks, and episodes of Sesame Street. They are still living in Los Angeles. • Melissa Alesi and her husband, John, welcomed their second daughter, Olivia Noelle, on December 16, 2020. • Sylvia (Hechema) Rutherford is now the executive director of NYC Mammas Give Back, a 501(c)3 organization serving mothers, children, and families living in poverty in NYC. Please reach out to her if you would like to get involved! • Christina (Vetre) Salazar and her husband, Jorge, welcomed a beautiful, spunky baby girl, Camila Malina, on August 4, 2020. The family lives in Downingtown, Penn., with their dog, Hazel. Christina runs a program for high school English learners with limited/interrupted formal education. She was grateful to be taking a sabbatical during the school year while she developed a handbook for supporting students like hers while she spends time with Camila. • Adam and Sarah Shipley welcomed their second child in 2020. Cora Shipley is doing well and is already being raised to cheer for BC teams! • Sahar Khalaj has been enjoying her time as a travel nurse, traveling alongside Meighann Recile throughout the U.S. and abroad. Most recently she was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel as a nurse in the Air Force Reserves. She is currently working on a transplant unit at MGH. Most importantly, she is a mom of an amazing little girl.

Dong Joo Lee started his new position as an assistant United States attorney in the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey in September 2021. • As the senior strategy manager at Edwards Lifesciences in Europe, Aleksandra LadaGola leverages the insights and wisdom from internal cross-functional units, external intelligence, and “voice of the customer” to determine market opportunities and strategy. Such an interdisciplinary approach and training was one that was learned and cultivated as an international studies major at Boston College. The critical thinking, analysis, and ability to articulate one’s viewpoint is a good baseline in any future employment position. Although she lives across the ocean in Switzerland, and has completed an executive MBA at a European institution, she remains a proud BC Eagle fan. • Jason and Katy (O’Leary) Ruiz celebrated the birth of their son, Thomas Anthony, on August 25, 2021. Tommy joins big siblings Jack (6), Corinne (4), and Grace (2). The family resides in Madison, New Jersey. • Edward Reynolds and Richard Reynolds entered Georgetown Law ​School in the fall of 2021. • Melissa (Koski) Carney and husband, Brian Carney, welcomed the birth of their son, Grant Michael Carney on July 22. Grant joins his older sister, Lucille (3), and brother, Francis (5). • In July, Kelly Higgins was named chief marketing officer of Doremus, an advertising agency in the Omnicom Group. The promotion makes Kelly the youngest CMO in the company’s 118-year history. • Kate Pierce and her husband welcomed their first daughter, Erika, in May 2021 after five years of infertility and pregnancy losses. They know how hard this journey can be and how helpful it is to have someone to talk to. If you ever need support, feel free to reach out to Kate at missmollyster@gmail.com. They are beyond ecstatic to watch their little Eaglet grow! • Caitlin Corrieri of Boston married Joe Augusta of Falmouth. on October 2, 2021, at St. Cecilia Church in Boston, followed by a reception at Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy. Bridesmaids included Elizabeth Genovese Clifton, Anne DiSalvo Dahl, Clare Murphy Marlin, and Rachel Rumely MEd ’08, ’15. Eagles in attendance included Sally Pennington Roller; Shannon Keating Kwiatek; Joe Kwiatek ’08; Chanmi Park; M. Amaris Kinne ’05, Lisa Iaccarino ’04; Mary Christine Kwiatek Paxton ’05, MEd’06; TJ Paxton ’03; and groomsman Randy Collette ’01. Caitlin is an eighth grade English teacher in the Belmont Public Schools and she and Joe currently reside in Waltham.

Chrissie Glenn worked through the pandemic in the emergency department in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, until she and her husband, Jay, welcomed their second baby, Eleanor, in October. They then relocated to a log cabin in Greenville, South Carolina, in the fall and are continuing to work in emergency medicine at Prisma Hospital. • After managing digital communications for large nonprofit organizations and institutions, Victoria Marzilli took the leap to start her own digital marketing consultancy last July. Victoria & Co. Digital specializes in digital strategy, website design, and social media for mission-driven companies and organizations. She also married Adjatay Nyadjroh in a beautiful wedding in Boston in June, surrounded by family, friends, and many fellow Eagles. It was a very busy summer for her! • Congratulations to Matt Becker, who was promoted to strategic sourcing manager for glass at Andersen Windows. His family relocated from Massachusetts to Minnesota over the summer. • Lorena Lopera joined the organization Latinos for Education two years ago as the executive director, New England. She has been working to increase representation of Latinx educators and leaders across New England. Most recently, she was appointed by interim Boston Mayor Kim Janey to serve as a Boston School Committee member. She is honored for the recognition of her work in the education ecosystem and looks forward to continuing to work hard to advocate with and for the Latinx community. • Jared Long and his wife, Elizabeth, welcomed their first child, Naomi, in December 2020. He said that welcoming a baby girl has been his highest high over the last year and has made every day working from home an absolute joy. • Kelly Golden recently made a career change from higher education to working in the corporate sector as a lead specialist for learning and development at Deloitte. She and her family now reside in Plymouth, where they love spending days at the beach. In addition, Kelly and her husband have both dived into real estate and have loved connecting with new and old friends on their home-buying journeys! Finally, Kelly will be speaking at this year’s South Shore Conference for Women. This is her second time speaking on the topic of confidence and networking. Kelly would also like to celebrate many of her BC ’08 classmates who have expanded their families this past year. Brianna Germain, Elizabeth Galligan-Bixenman, Elizabeth Carroll-Baldwin, and Cara Sullivan have all welcomed beautiful new babies! • On September 8, 2021, Daniel and Caitlin Leutwiler Meenan welcomed baby boy, Henry Taylor, into their family. Hank joins big brother, Timothy, and big sister, Malin, in cheering on the Eagles, and can’t wait to make his first visit to the Heights! • Katie Pope ’09, MA’13 and Matt Carroll were married on July 31, 2021 (the feast of St. Ignatius), at BC’s Connors Center in Dover. The couple was blessed to have 40 fellow Eagles celebrate with them, including wedding party members Marina Pastrana, Karl Danso, Bryan Connor, and Krick Cahill. Several beloved faculty members were also in attendance, including Biz Bracher, Fr. Michael Himes, and father of the bride/aspiring professional dancer Stephen Pope.

Jenna (Bee) Wolf wrote, “After ten years in Colorado, I decided to move back east to be closer to family and start a new job in development at The Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire. It’s been a whirlwind since then as my (then) boyfriend and I moved to New Hampshire in May 2020, bought a house in February, got married in April, and delivered twin boys in May. Max and Carter are happy and healthy babies as I returned to work for the 2021–22 school year. I am hoping to connect with more of my BC family now that I am back in the area!” • After over a decade of living abroad working in tech, innovation, and global health, Ryan Littman-Quinn is reconnecting with his BC roots this semester as an adjunct professor of managing for social impact and entrepreneur-in-residence with the Shea Center. • Despite the uncertainty of the past year and a half, 2021 was a rewarding one for April Browne, MPA. In May 2021, she began a new position as a member of the executive team at Mount Sinai’s Institute for Advanced Medicine in NYC, where she now serves as director of quality management and evaluation. In July 2021, she was chosen as an inaugural member of the 2021 cohort for the Thomas Dolan Career Accelerator Program through the American College of Healthcare Executives. Also, in September 2021, April married her now husband, whom she met at Boston College in 2007. • Kristen Lappas’s latest film, Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible, has screened in more than 25 film festivals, and its laurels and recognition along the way have included the Audience Award at AFI DOCS, the Jury Award at DC Shorts, the Grand Prize at the Academy Award-qualifying IndyShorts Festival, and most recently, an Emmy Award win for Outstanding Short Sports Documentary. TV Guide called it one of the best shows of 2020! Kristen is currently directing a “30 for 30” film on the 1996 USA Women’s Olympic Basketball Team, which acted as a catalyst for the creation of the WNBA. • Kevin Ryan wrote, “I got married—not to a BC graduate, but to a Buffalo Bills fan—so we found common ground and named our dog Flutie. I also had a book called Ahead of the Game, published by HarperCollins, come out on January 25. It’s about an incredible entrepreneur named Delane Parnell who grew up in a drug-riddled environment in Detroit and today, at age 28, is the founder of a several-hundred-million-dollar esports company.” • Goulston & Storrs, an Am Law 200 firm, is pleased to announce that Andrew Bensson, JD’16, has joined the firm’s Boston office. Andrew is an attorney in the firm’s real estate group, where he will continue to focus his practice on leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, and financing matters.

Cathleen Chopra-McGowan and her husband, Daniel Morgan, welcomed a baby girl, Uma Joy, in April 2020, and because a baby in a pandemic wasn’t enough of a challenge, they also moved from Chicago to California to begin teaching at Santa Clara University, where they both teach in the department of Religious Studies. • Ariana (Ghom) and Patrick Greenwell have completed their training in their respective fellowships (Ariana’s in pediatric otolaryngology at Boston Children’s Hospital, Patrick’s in adult hip and knee reconstruction at New England Baptist Hospital) and have moved to Virginia to begin their practices. Ariana has taken a position as an assistant professor at UVA in the department of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery—while Patrick has joined the Shenandoah Valley orthopedics group at Augusta Hospital. • Sam Lipscomb Spain and her husband, Kevin, celebrated the birth of their first son, Aidan, on July 15, 2021. Aidan can’t wait to attend his first Eagles football game! • After honeymooning with his wife, Caroline, in Greece, George Somi joined the Worcester County district attorney’s office as a prosecutor in August 2021. • Stephanie Saltzman and James Mack were married on August 26, 2021, in a small family-only ceremony in York Beach, Maine. They look forward to celebrating with their BC friends and extended family in 2022!

Siobhan McKenna married Dave Jasinski in Kennebunkport, Maine, on July 17, 2021. Sean Peick officiated the wedding and Anthony Papetti served as the “man of honor.” Alex Stewart ’10 and Jeff Daniels ’09 performed music in the ceremony, and many other BC alums were in attendance. • In October 2019, Christopher Mason moved to Nashville to pursue a new opportunity at AllianceBernstein after living in Boston for 12 years. He recently became engaged to his fiancée Robin, a Swiss national, during a ski trip to the Swiss Alps. They plan to get married in the spring of 2022. • Kyndal Michel Marks and her husband, Sam, welcomed Henry Donald Marks on February 13, 2021. All are doing well and they look forward to attending Henry’s first game at Alumni Stadium this fall! • Hon. Grace E. Lee has been appointed to the national advisory council for Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and promoting racial justice for Asian Americans.

Ruben Sotomayor became a CFA charterholder in August 2021 after passing the May 2021 CFA Level III exam. • On October 2, 2021, Andrew Moore married Emily Lynch ’14 in a beautiful ceremony that took place in Carlisle, Penn. Groomsmen included Tom Warns, Alexander Moore ’15, and Mikolaj Gawlik. Bridesmaids included Caitlin Like ’14. • Roommates Katherine “KD” (Misgen) Nowicki and Emily (O’Brien) Tyksinski welcomed babies just a few days apart in August 2021. Elizabeth “Libby” is KD’s second child, and Theodore “Theo” is Emily’s first. Just as they once shared memories in Walsh and Ignacio, they are now enjoying the adventure of motherhood together. Both also share a passion for pediatric medicine and are balancing life as working moms. KD is a pediatric rheumatologist and Emily is a pediatric nurse practitioner.

Nicole Mollica recently started a new position as the director of admissions at Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree. • In 2021, Kira Mulshine moved from working at IBM in product management to working at Persefoni, a sustainable tech startup building software that helps enterprises calculate, reduce, and disclose their carbon emissions. She also shared that she’s “…gotten very into jiu jitsu over the past two years, catalyzed by my boyfriend teaching me while we were quarantined in Brooklyn.” • Sarah Gallagher is currently serving at U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, D.R. Congo, as a presidential management fellow. She loves the opportunity to work toward U.S. foreign policy objectives abroad and experience living on a third continent! • Kayla Manczurowsky also wrote in. “After clinicals in Boston hospitals during my years at BC and eight years of inpatient nursing in this great city, I am making the move to Portland, Maine, to begin a career in radiation oncology nursing. […] After caring for and losing my own mother, Rhonda, in July 2020 to mesothelioma, a very rare cancer related to asbestos exposure, I returned to work and was faced with working on the frontlines of the pandemic as a nurse in charge on a COVID unit. I saw a lot of suffering and loss in the past year, personally and professionally. Because of this, I have been inspired to make a change and continue in my mother’s footsteps, as she spent the last 11 years of her nursing career in radiation oncology at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center; she so dearly loved caring for her patients. I am humbled and honored to carry on her legacy as a nurse in the Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute’s radiation oncology department starting [in] November [2021]! My mom kept a quote on her desk at work: ‘Enthusiasm makes the ordinary, EXTRA-ordinary!’ I hope to share my enthusiasm and passion for this field of nursing with all the patients I encounter in the years to come.”

Marissa Manhart received a master’s in public health with a concentration in epidemiology from Rutgers University. She added that a lifelong interest in this subject area culminated in this degree, during the timeliest of circumstances. She is employed at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey, as a nursing performance, safety, and improvement coordinator. • Danny Hlawitschka moved to San Francisco and is working for the real estate tech company Doma. • On October 16, 2021, Christopher Knoth and Bridget Eide celebrated their marriage in Minneapolis, where they recently moved in July. Former vice president and University secretary, Terry Devino, S.J., was the presider of the ceremony at St. Bartholomew of Wayzata. They were fortunate to celebrate with many BC classmates (including all members of the 2014 Strip Mod). • Christine Zhao also wrote in: “This past fiscal quarter, the ladies of Iggy A31 and their affiliates celebrated David Farley’s big 3-0 birthday down on the Jersey Shore (but we assure you, it’s not that Jersey Shore—more boats, Teslas, and tennis whites than GTL) and were catered by David’s personal chef […] In addition to Iggy A31, representing the class of 2014 were Bill Kloza, Willis Wang, Vince Mendola, Wonchan “Walter” Yi (now resident of Vegas), along with honorary member Altan Gulen, husband of Michelle Cunningham Gulen. Both Lani Frankville and Charlotte Parish became homeowners. Allie Rottman, Clara Kim Aakhus, and Michelle Cunningham Gulen continue to soar up the corporate/tech ladders while being working fur moms. Christine Zhao, because she does live in NYC, has not bought a home but has started drinking more water. • Samantha (Koss) Oubre and her husband, Nathan, welcomed their first child, Leah Elizabeth, in June 2021. They reside in Charlotte, North Carolina. • Sarah Malaske and Scott Burgess were married on July 24, 2021, in their home state of Minnesota. Among family and friends, maid of honor Laura Fedorko; bridesmaid Amy Blenk ’12, MEd’13; Matthew Mazzari; Christopher Lu; and Elizabeth Wall Gunter ’13 made the trek to Minneapolis to celebrate, while Samantha (Koss) Oubre toasted from afar! Sarah and Scott reside in Houston, Texas.

Sean McBride and Nicole Gabaldon were wed in their hometown of Milwaukee, Wisc., on August 21, 2021. They had the time of their lives, and were surrounded by 31 fellow Eagles. Sean and Nicole currently live in Chicago. • The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors – Massachusetts recognized Jonathan Pierre of The Bulfinch Group as one of the four top young financial professionals in Massachusetts under the age of 40. Congratulations, Jonathan! • Roberto Martinez had a busy summer! He earned his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law in May 2021 and immediately started studying for the Illinois bar exam. On August 7, 2021, Roberto married Eryn Gronewoller, a University of Kansas graduate, surrounded by loved ones at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Chicago. • Zachary Conte wrote that he “went back to school and earned an MBA from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Go, Blue!” • Samantha Hodge shared, “I recently discovered that my love of animals and dance can be combined in the developing field of animal therapy. Unlike pet therapy, in which animals assist people with mental health concerns, animal therapy is a growing area of practice in which humans assist animals with their mental health. After spending several years in the medical field as a nurse, I discovered this field after visiting an alpaca ranch and realized that my true calling was in working with underprivileged animals. During 2020, I took a huge risk to shift course in my career, pursue an online degree in animal management while minoring in dance, and have been working at Desert Mountain Alpaca Ranch in Georgia as the primary animal therapist.” • Madeleine Irwin is excited to have recently embarked on a new career journey! After working at UC Berkeley for four years, she transitioned to a new role at Deloitte, where she works in learning and development in the firm’s consulting business. As part of this new role, she is fully remote and looks forward to relocating back east after exploring the West Coast for a few years.

Congratulations to Abigail Kopec, who completed her doctorate at Purdue University in October 2021 in astroparticle physics. She recently moved out to California for a three-year postdoctoral research position. • Natalie Yuhas recently started a new job at Boston Consulting Group, coordinating video marketing production.

After three years at JPMorgan Asset Management, Naomi O’Leary left in the summer of 2021 and began a new role on the West Coast at BlackRock. Her sophomore-year, eight-man roommates had their first reunion together over the summer in Florida. • Myles Willis wrote in, “Largely in response to the rising pandemic, I decided to make the move to return home to Atlanta. I was previously working as a project manager with a general contractor based out of Boston. I had always envisioned myself returning home to be closer to family. As many have noted, COVID-19 was an accelerator of present societal trends and my move ultimately was no different than others. In a lot of ways that was one of the positive takeaways from the pandemic. It can be easy to get stuck in ‘auto-pilot’ with life and the uncertainty spurred by COVID encouraged me to take the leap. I now work in construction tech, helping contractors adopt new technology to optimize their workflows.”

This past July, Grace Chung married her best friend and fellow BC Eagle (Class of 2016) in New York City. The pandemic altered their wedding ceremony plans, so rather than saying their vows followed by a party, they instead had an officiant with a few of their closest friends and family members. Two weeks after they got married, they moved from NYC to Atlanta. Both Grace and her husband decided to go to law school in Georgia, the Peach State and Grace’s home state. • Congratulations to Katie Kelleher, who started her first year at Harvard Law School. • Yejin Seo shared that he got his H-1B visa after three years of hard work in the States! • Jude Capachietti started working as a data analyst for a big tech company, and the role is fully remote. “The BC math department prepared me well for this! And now that I can work from anywhere, I moved out to Hawaii and I surf in my free time!”

Chris Russo, founder of Russo Strategic Partners, and Kris Meyer ’91, Hollywood producer and CEO of MuddHouse Media, partnered with Silverstein Properties, the developers of the World Trade Center, to produce an 11-part podcast series chronicling the historic rebuilding of the World Trade Center for the 20-year anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. The series, “Top of the World: Lessons from Rebuilding the World Trade Center,” is available on all podcasting platforms. Chris and Kris were lucky enough to take a photo standing at the top of 3 World Trade Center with Michael Teevan ’01, VP of communications for Major League Baseball, holding a red bandanna and honoring the memory of Welles Crowther. • Mei Huang recently started her master’s degree in economics and education at Teachers College, Columbia University!

Ben Posorske accepted a full-time offer at Moffitt Cancer Center, doing molecular oncology research in Tampa, Florida. • Krista Spadaccini shared that, after graduation, she moved across almost the entire country to Grand Junction, Colorado, to start her career as a broadcast journalist. Fast forward a little over one year, and she is moving back to eastern standard time! She will be joining the FOX 56 News team in Lexington, Kentucky, as a morning reporter. She is going to be working with a group of talented journalists to build the station from the ground up, and she’s excited to tell stories from 5–9 a.m.!

Buu Thong Tran shared that he secured a software engineering job four months after graduation.