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class notes
precedes Reunion Weekend, I will
share the details and news in our
next Regis Today. I hope we had a
good showing at our 30th Reunion.
Certainly, we will share a lot of laughs
and even some tears about aging, caring
for parents, jobs, and children/pets.
Patty Robinson Drooff left MIT about
3 years ago and is now the Associate
Director of Health Physics at Brigham
and Women’s Hospital. She and her
family also moved to Hingham to be
closer to work and schools. Daughter
Caley is a freshman at Thayer
Academy in Braintree and son Collin
is in 7th grade at Derby Academy
in Hingham. At our 25th Reunion,
Maureen Dalton’s daughter was just
inquiring about Regis and this year
she graduates from our alma mater.
She is looking at graduate coursework
over the summer. Maureen’s son
Kyle works as a barber and recently
organized a dodgeball tournament
Center. She is delighted to see her children
becoming successful young adults
and is certain that other parents share
this satisfaction. Congratulations
to Catherine Wilson who graduated
from Regis in May 2012 with a Master
of Science in Health Administration.
She credits former Regis President
Mary Jane England ’59 for getting her
interested in the program. Catherine
works at the Joslin Diabetes Center-
Beetham Eye Institute and is getting
her feet wet in healthcare. Diane
Santos has stayed on at Harvard as an
administrator for a research lab, which
focuses on understanding ALS (Lou
Gehrig’s disease). She has also taken
a number of master’s level management
classes at the Harvard Extension
School. She studies the drums, a
lifelong goal. Taking on a new activity
and learning a new skill later in life
is “daunting!” Diane says. She keeps
busy with volunteer work at a local
animal shelter, tackling various home
improvement projects on her childhood
home (where she lives), and seeing fellow
classmates Gail McDonough Mulani,
Catherine Cavanaugh, Anne Haggerty,
and Deborah Castelli ’84. Since our
last Reunion, Diane writes that a
highlight was when she was invited
to speak at the Regis Senior Alumni
Night. She has wonderful memories of
the dinner, all of the speakers’ talks,
and meeting the Regis seniors. About
a year ago, Catherine Cavanaugh
adopted 2 children from the MA State
Foster Care system — Mystique, now
13, who is interested in science/engineering
and Jaquan, 4, who is very
athletic. Going from a solo household
to having an active home, between
children and pets, has taken some time
getting used to. For the past 3 years,
she has been working for Xerox as a
Business Analyst, and is lucky to be
able to work from home. In her “free”
time, Catherine and her dogs volunteer
as therapy dog teams for DOG
B.O.N.E.S., a local therapy group.
She invites anyone who has questions
on adopting from foster care or adopting
at these ages, to get in touch
(I will share her email). Back from
another family trip to India, Gail
Mulani is in her 7th year working
part-time for the Town of Belmont as
an Administrative Assistant for the
Food Services Department. Gail enjoys
her schedule as it provides maximum
school her sons attend. This is helpful
for her, but she is not so sure that
her sons like it. Gail’s older son Jay
loves sports and is in the middle of
his college application process. Neal,
her younger son, looks forward to his
role in the spring musical at the high
school. Gail manages the ticket sales
for the shows and is involved in the
creation/coordination of fundraising
events. In my household, I have a
couple more years before sending my
that after having worked for Johns
Hopkins for almost 20 years, I would
have all the answers but I certainly
will be looking for Gail at the Reunion
to get some helpful tips. Again, let’s
make the effort to gather for our 30th!
1984
✒Nancy Maloney Donahue, 211 Park
Street, Stoneham, MA 02180, 781-279-
1926, nbbedonahue@yahoo.com
Hello Class of ‘84! I’m sorry to leave
you all hanging in the last edition.
I think my notes got lost in the big
recycle bin on the Internet. It’s hard
to believe this cold winter night will
be a distant memory when you read
these notes, but I for one can’t wait for
the warmer weather. And apparently,
there is a nugget of truth to the senti-
the majority of our class turned an
unbelievable 50 during the past year!
Happy half century to one and all!
Patricia McAuley graduated from BC
in May 2012 with a master’s in Social
Work. She now works as Hospice
Social Worker at Hospice of the Good
Shepard in Newton, MA and loves it.
She also passed her license exam and
now proudly sports LCSW after her
moniker! Patricia has been married
to Jerry for 23 years. Son Sean, 20,
is a sophomore at American U in DC,
majoring in International Service and
Mandarin. In July, Patricia hosted
a mini Regis reunion at her home
in Needham with Cheryl Keneavy
Hablanian, Deirdre Moraes, Anna Cabral
Augiar, and Leah Pellegrino, with Kathy
Minihane Pardy phoning in from FL.
They reconnected and reminisced,
dusting off the Regis Yearbook and
digging up old photographs. Karen
Peterson Snook says life is good in
Elliot, ME, where she has lived since
she married husband Dave in 1989.
Dave is an assistant store manager for
Market Basket and Karen carts daughter,
Heather, 15, all over New England
for AAU Basketball. Liz Hughes
VanderAarde visited Marco Island with
Heather Sweet Sherman ’85 and Mary
Pacilio Haggerty in 2012. While there,
they saw a Facebook post from Eileen
Walsh ’86 who was making her way to
Marco Island from NC with her mom
and aunt. They all met up for dinner
and shared a lot of laughs. Liz has 2
studies at Fordham U and Sam is a
high school senior at Academy of Holy
Angels High School in Minneapolis.
Her youngest, Max, is in 7th grade. In
between college visits with Sam and
year-round soccer travel, life is crazy
busy, but Liz says she “wouldn’t have
it any other way!” Deb Scott says
hello from Newburyport. She continues
to move forward on her “reinvention”
mission from Cardiac Surgery
sales to the personal growth venue.
In 2012, Deb founded a teleseminar
program called The Motivation
Marathon, which brought together 46
international experts and celebrities
to share tips that could be trusted to
help people live their best life (www.
motivationmarathon.com). Deb’s radio
show “The Best People We Know
Radio Show” (www.blogtalkradioshow.
com/thebestpeopleweknow) has over
200,000 global listeners on blog talk
radio, ranking 1–2% in 17 categories.
Her book, The Sky is Green & The
Grass is Blue—Turning Your Upside
Down World Right Side Up continues
to inspire people and has won 4
national awards for excellence since
it was published in 2009. Deb is also
pursuing her Master’s Degree in
Theology in New Evangelization and
wants to continue helping teens with
their Catholic faith. Deb formerly was
ish.
Deb’s social media network continues
to grow on Facebook, Twitter and
LinkedIn. “I would love to hear how
everyone is doing!” Deb Tremblay
Lynch is enjoying a big year. She and
husband Kevin celebrated their 20th
anniversary last May, and a trip to ME
in Sept. was planned for her 50th. Deb
and Kevin live in NH. Daughter Noelle
studies at Marymount U in VA. Teri
Maio Morrow in Bedford is busy with
work, vacation, and twin daughters
Kate and Elie. She’s dismayed that
we’re not too far away from our 30th
Reunion. “I keep doing the math and
coming up with the same answer.
Regis couldn’t have been that long
ago!” says Teri. Celine Boyle and
Marie Lefebvre kept trying to plan a
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