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THE MAGAZINE OF REGIS COLLEGESPRING / SUMMER 2009The UN’s Premiere of ProtocolPeggy Kelley ’72 keeps order in the mostmulticultural assembly in the world.

“”People ask me what my work in anti-violence has to dowith environmental issues. Violence in the cities hasproduced a dangerous climate change of its own.—Carlos Moreno, page 8Mary Jane Doherty ’67, Ph.D.Special Assistant to the Presidentmj.doherty@regiscollege.eduRachel MortonEditor | rachel@rachelmorton.comCarolyn GormanClass Notes Editor | CGorman559@aol.comBidwell IDDesign | www.bidwellid.comRegis Today is published twice a year. © 2009, RegisCollege, Weston, Massachusetts. All rights reserved.The opinions expressed in Regis Today are thoseof the authors and not necessarily Regis College.Please send address changes to:Office of AlumniRegis College235 Wellesley StreetWeston, MA 02493-1571(781) 768-7243www.regiscollege.eduRegis CollegeBoard of Trustees 2009ChairEllen O’Connor ’67MembersCarole Barrett ’63, J.D.Ernest Bartell, CSC, Ph.D.Sister Helen Callahan, CSJSister Margaret Comfrey, CSJKathleen Dawley ’79Sister Joan Duffy, CSJMary Jane England ’59, M.D.Clyde Evans, Ph.D.Rev. Msgr. Paul Garrity, V.F.George K. HertzSister Karen Hokanson, SND, Ed.D.Ellen Kearns ’67, J.D.Judy M. Lauch ’68Christina McCann ’60Joseph Justin McCarthy, Ed.D.Sister Marilyn McGoldrick, CSJTeresa M. McGonagle ’81Robert F. Meenan, M.D.Brenda “Bonnie” Moran ’58Sister Mary Murphy, CSJDonna M. Norris, M.D. .Kathleen O’Hare ’69Joan SheaSalvatore SimeoneLorraine Tegan ’63Donato TramutoNancy M. Valentine, R.N., Ph.D.Richard W. Young, Ph.D. (Emeritus)

egısinsidegOn the coverPhotograph of Peggy Kelley at theUnited Nations by Kathleen Dooher.Features142022Premiere of ProtocolPeggy Kelley ’72 keeps the UN’s GeneralAssembly meetings up and running withefficiency, diplomacy, and the rule of law.Does History Determine Destiny?Resident Fulbright Scholar HumbertoGarcia asks why Latin America is so poor.Coming Full CircleDawn Marie Driscoll ’68 sees parallelsbetween today and the social activismof the ’60s.Kathleen DooherDepartments2Dear NeighborPresident Mary Jane England ontwo exponents of hope: PresidentObama and Pope Benedict XVI.8Taking ActionStudent wins environmentalaward for social activism withurban youth.26Alumni TogetherGatherings and events bringalumni together near and far.3Tower ViewsPoetry in motion, theatre studentsrevel in London, on parle Françaisà Regis. Construction revitalizesand Commencement is observed.1012Academic InnovationsFaculty Nurse Scientists bringexpertise to area hospitals toenhance research opportunitiesand apply evidence-based practice.Clear LightThe big picture at Regis.2852Class NotesNews of the classes.Hearts and MindsDanielle Rocheford ’91 writes thestory of her life with epilepsy in anew children’s book, Mommy,I Feel Funny.

dearneighbor2REGIS TODAYWe all have the power tocontribute to the world’sgreater dismay or to itsgreater goodness.The World and HopeFor over 350 years, the Sisters of St. Joseph have embraced a missionof tireless charity to “the dear neighbor, without distinction.” RegisCollege is an expression of that love, and as we launch a new, crispdesign of our college magazine to express a 21st-century mission, werecognize how much our neighborhood is actually the whole world.Regis students and alumni have roots in more than 40 countries andgraduate into positions of leadership and service here and abroad.The benefits of a college education are undeniable, but many youngwomen and men, especially urban youth, are having increasingly difficulttimes even making it to a private college like Regis. And thosewho persevere through graduation because of scholarships and thereinforcing presence of community must often launch their careerscarrying massive debt.Two world leaders have become the exponents of hope. PresidentBarack Obama developed his theme of “hope in the face of uncertainty”out of a sermon he heard on the Gospel and social justice. Now, asPresident, he represents the politics of hope. In his talk to Congress onFebruary 24 on the state of the economy, he observed:The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach.They exist in our laboratories and our universities, in ourfields and factories, in the imaginations of our entrepreneursand the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth….Pope Benedict XVI also focused on hope in his second encyclical,Spe Salvi (2007). During a recent trip to Africa, he appealed forgreater world solidarity to ensure that Earth’s resources are moreequally shared.As a learning community, Regis College takes courage from thesestrong leaders and their clear directions on the world and hope. Yes, theworld, locally and globally, is very much with us. We believe, “hopingagainst hope” (Rom. 4.18), we all have the power to contribute to itsgreater dismay or to its greater goodness. For even the breaking points,as the Sisters put it in their Constitutions, are unique occasions for theactivity of God.This year Regis shows its hope by revising our curriculum for thefuture and celebrating our first DNP (doctorate of nursing practice)candidates as they walk across the commencement platform in theirnew Regis College doctoral robes.Mary Jane England ’59, M.D.PRESIDENT

Poet RepresentsPoets don’t often get invited to read their poetry in front oflarge appreciative audiences. But this spring, junior JenniferLeBlanc was chosen to represent Regis at the IntercollegiatePoetry Festival held at Boston College.The English major says her inspiration comes from literature,especially women Renaissance poets. In addition to her poetry,she has written a series of dramatic monologues of women fromChaucer and Shakespeare. LeBlanc hopes to teach English whenshe graduates.Ars PoeticaA poem should be as smooth as a gray nailthat can bind tough lumber without scraping,that can be held without causing rash or scratch,that can be used on occasion or at convenience.3SPRING • SUMMER 09A poem should be as comprehensive as branchesthat stand in contrast to the coal blue horizon,that are outlines of something honest and true,but that are simple too, not large or heavy.And a poem should have a distinct turn,such as when you round the corner and then see,as sudden as a cough, a lucky accident, a surprise,the moon and one star, they are suspended in time.Kathleen Dooher

Le Cinemade France4REGIS TODAYAbove: Movie stillfrom Persepolis, ananimated film abouta young Iranian girl’scoming of age againstthe backdrop of theIranian revolution.Illustration by Marjane SatrapiClaudia Pouravelis loves everything French. It’s inher blood–her grandparents’ and her mother’s firstlanguage was French–and in her experience, sinceshe studied abroad in Paris.“So it’s something very close to me personally,”says the graduate admissions counselor of herleading role in obtaining a Tournées Film FestivalGrant to host a French film festival on campus.This is the third time in four years that Regis hasbeen awarded this grant, and is one of only fiveschools in Massachusetts to be so honored.“I applied for the grant four years ago becauseI definitely wanted to see a presence of Frenchculture on campus,” she says. The grant, awardedthrough the FACE (French American Cultural Exchange)Council, pays for the showing of five awardwinningFrench films covering an array of topics.“I have chosen the films based on connections toclasses here at Regis, some I’ve seen, or those I feelmay be good fits for our students.”The ongoing success of the film grant andfestival coincides with a revival of French in thecurriculum. There’s been a robust enrollment inintroductory French language courses this year.Theatre Course Plays Out in LondonThey came to experience drama at one of itssources: London, England—home of Shakespeareand the Globe Theatre.The 21 Regis students were there to take aclass, The Contemporary Stage: Intensive TheatreTour, and were accompanied by theatre professorFrans Rijnbout. Each morning their professor helda class at Regents College, preparing the studentsfor that evening’s performance. They studied theplaywrights, styles, and historical context for thenine plays they would see in this 10-day visit.Meaghan Callahan’s favorite was Joe Orton’sLoot. “Seeing it performed was spectacular,” shesays. The theatre and communications majorfound the whole trip wonderful: “The accents,the architecture, the history, the cleanliness, thehealthiness of the food (America is doing it allwrong!), but, not to be cliché, mainly the theatre.The accessibility to theatre there, and the openness,and the diversity. I was in awe every nightand through every show.”

Reshaping the future of athleticsThings are looking very different on the athletic fields at the northend of campus. Alumni softball players—see that red pick-up truckabove left? It is more or less on the former homeplate of your formerball field. And tennis players—your former courts were in the topright hand corner, where the green and gray trailers are.This major renovation plan“This expansion isimportant forrecruitmentand retention”includes expanding and relocatingplaying fields and raising themto NCAA competition standards.At the end of the process, Regiswill have six new tennis courts, a400-meter track, space for trackand field throwing events, a softballdiamond, and synthetic turfsoccer fields.The improvement will allow Regis to host NCAA post-seasonmatches and will put college athletes on par with the 13 other collegesin the Commonwealth Coast Conference. The facilities willserve the general student body, as well as varsity athletes.This expansion opens the way for more sports clinics and camps inthe outdoor sports, and is important for recruitment and retention.Plus it allows for the addition of several men’s teams—lacrosse, tennisand volleyball—as part of Regis’s coeducational transition.Financial support for this project comes from a $10 million bondissued through Mass Development last July.Left to right: Joanne Massey Howes ’65,George Hyland, The Honorable Madeleine M.Kunin, John Hennessy. Photo by George McLeanInternship Program Honors HylandWith the support and enthusiasm of George Hyland,other family members, dedicated alumnae and friends,especially classmate Joanne Massey Howes ’65, theCollege formally launched The Barbara KelleherHyland ’65 Internship Program for Women in Politicson Monday, April 27, with an inaugural lecture by thehonorable Madeleine M. Kunin, former Governor ofVermont and author of Pearls, Politics, & Power: HowWomen Can Win and Lead. Over 125 attended andparticipated in the animated discussion and reception.Republican Barbara Kelleher Hyland ’65 served formany years in the Massachusetts State Legislatureas Representative from Foxboro, and she joined DemocratsCarol Donovan ’59 and Lida Harkins ’66 acrossparty lines to form what other legislators sometimescalled “the Regis caucus.” In November, 2007, this legislatorknown for her ability to work graciously acrossthe aisle succumbed to lymphoma, and classmates,family and colleagues rallied to honor her.

Hope inHard Times“ You Regis College graduatesare now in that mix ofthe hardest-workingpeople on earth.”President Mary Jane England16REGIS TODAYThe Regis College 79th Commencement washeld Sunday, May 17, in the Tower Gardensunder skies that threatened rain but cleared.A jubilant crowd of students and faculty, parentsand friends, staff and trustees, listenedas television journalist Mary Richardson,the year’s honorary degree recipient, gave atimely Commencement Address about findinghope in an age of uncertainty.For over three decades Richardson, theco-anchor of WCVB’s nightly newsmagazine,“Chronicle,” has bucked the trend towardcelebrity and superficiality in the televisionindustry and has helped to tell the storiesthat affect people’s lives.“We are proud to honor Mary Richardson, who has given so much to usall in greater Boston,” President Mary Jane England said. “Her professionalstandards, integrity, and commitment to civic and charitable endeavors are amodel for our students and for the larger community.”Richardson’s words were timely; she addressed the current uncertaintyin the country but encouraged the students to have confidence and faith intheir abilities. “Be open to possibilities—any and every possibility,” she said.“Despite all the uncertainty, this can be a time of hope and optimism.”The college conferred 489 degrees—undergraduate, master’s, and forthe first time doctorates. Ten candidates received the doctorate of nursingpractice or DNP. This new degree expands dramatically the career optionsand advancement opportunities for its recipients. Mary Pomerleau, one ofthe 10 DNP doctoral candidates and an RN who teaching nursing at LawrenceMemorial Hospital in Medford, called it a “feeling of endless possibilities.”Among the bachelor’s candidates were the first two young men towalk the boards since the College went coed in 2007, Michael Barile andAdam Vinelli.President Mary Jane England ’59 reaffirmed the message of hope: “YouRegis College graduates are now in that mix of the hardest-working peopleon earth. You have new possibilities to realize. So be encouraged to hope.”243

5Paul J. VaccaroJaclyn Raffol123456776From left to right: Paula Harbecke, PhD, Vice President, Academic Affairs; Mary Richardson,Honorary Degree Recipient and Commencement Speaker; Mary Jane England, MD,Regis College President. Photo by Greg Mironchuk.Antoinette Hays, PhD, Dean of the Regis College School of Nursing and Health Professions,with Trustee Lorraine Tegan ‘63 in the background. Photo by Greg Mironchuk.Rebecca Alleyne-Holtzclaw, first Regis College doctoral recipient.Photo by Greg Mironchuk.Mary Richardson, Honorary Degree Recipient and Commencement Speaker.Photo by Greg Mironchuk.Michael Barile, first male Regis College Bachelor of Arts graduate since the Collegewent coed in 2007. Photo by Greg Mironchuk.The Ten DNPs, 2009: Rebecca Alleyne-Holtzclaw, Linda Battle, Kathleen DeLeskey,Patricia Heale, Angela Kulesza, Robin McNeill-Cunningham, Roxanne Mihal, Luanne Nugent,Barbara Pinchera, Mary Pomerleau.Photo by Heather CirasFrom left to right: Marjorie Arons-Barron of Barron Associates Worldwide; Professor JoanMurray, PhD; Mary Richardson, Honorary Degree Recipient; Mary Jane England, MD,Regis College President. Photo by George McLeanKathryn M. Davis ’94NewsmakersPaul J. Vaccaro was appointed the new Vice Presidentof Enrollment Management and Marketing. He comesto Regis from Dean College in Franklin, Mass., wherehe was Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Servicesand Dean of Admission. Kathryn M. Davis ’94 has beenappointed Public Policy Coordinator for the Board ofGovernors of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference.Elizabeth Vercoe’s solo flute piece, “To Music,” has justbeen released on a Capstone CD as part of a projectcommissioning new pieces for solo flute by Americanwomen composers.Student Stand-OutsAdriana L. Marcelli ’09, Valedictorian of the Class of 2009,presented a paper in a faculty session at the AmericanPsychological Science’s meeting in San Francisco thisspring. Her paper examines two of the major theories ofthe causes for sex trafficking—the marketplace theory andthe feminist theory—and argues the necessity of usingboth. The Penn State College of Medicine has acceptedtwo more Regis students in its prestigious NIH sponsored“Step Up” summer program. For 10 weeks under the auspicesof the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestiveand Kidney Disease, Erika Pereyra and Stephanie Cornleywill help conduct research in areas of diabetes, endocrinology,metabolism, nutrition, obesity, digestive, liver,urologic, kidney, and hematologic diseases. Aubrey Byronwrote such a compelling application to the MassachusettsCampus Compact about her experience with the RegisPeru trip, that she was one of 15 students in Massachusettsand Rhode Island to win “Raise Your Voice “ funds.Jaclyn Raffol and Mary Doorley ’08 were speakers at thefirst annual Graduate Student Recognition Ceremony,where honors were conferred along with graduatecertificates. Raffol, Rose Narcisco, and Kathleen Donnellyreceived honors.

8REGIS TODAYCultural CrusaderActivist sees youth violenceas part of the urban ecosystemWhen one thinks about environmental activism andGreen Campaigns, one tends to imagine cleaning uppolluted rivers and initiating responsible recycling.One doesn’t think about ameliorating the murderrate of youth under 25 in Roxbury. But Regis juniorCarlos Moreno does, and his leadership role in aRoxbury youth-oriented program has brought himonto a national stage, literally, where he acceptedthe National Conservation Achievement Award(the Connie) from the National Wildlife Federation,along with a governor, a senator, and a New YorkTimes columnist.Moreno moved to Roxbury from Cape Verde whenhe was a toddler. He lived in a family with strongvalues and was raised by a father, who he saystaught him to “think positive,” and to “think beforeyou act.” Moreno was dismayed to see his friendsfalling into lives of violence.“I’ve lost a whole bunch of close friends to violence,”he says. “I just lost a friend a few months ago.”The murder rate of young black men in Bostonwas among the highest in the country, and therewere parts of Moreno’s own neighborhood he wouldavoid at night. This wasn’t right. It wasn’t the kindof life he wanted to lead, and he was heartbrokenseeing his own friends dying before they evenreached adulthood.So he launched a campaign to clean up hisenvironment—clean it up of violence and restorea healthy economic climate so young black youthhad the possibility of jobs and a better life.“ I feel that a green environment and thehuman environment are related,” says Moreno.“Environmental work is aboutquality of life in the community.Violence in our cities has diminishedthat quality of life, endangered wholepopulations, especially young men ofcolor, and produced a dangerous climatechange of its own. Youth are becomingan endangered species. If we don’ttake care of ourselves, we don’t takecare of our environment.”Moreno was well qualified to leadthis grassroots campaign. He had beenworking at the Roxbury EnvironmentalEmpowerment Project (REEP) since hewas a 13-year-old; he just wandered in,looking for a summer job. The goals ofthis organization are to give youth theskills and tools they need to become leadersin their community in order to create healthy,clean neighborhoods. What he learned thereprepared him to step up and rally the youthof Boston in numbers that quickly got theMayor’s attention.He and his fellow community activists teamed upwith other Boston youth groups and together organizedmarches and rallies, demanding increasedfunding for summer jobs. Their rallies were huge,some of the biggest in Boston in years. And theydeveloped an understanding of, and relationshipwith, the City Council and the Mayor.“We attended a lot of City Council meetings,”he says. “The protests we had had a big impacton City Hall.”Kathleen Dooher

taking action“Environmentalwork is aboutquality of lifein the community.”That big impact had a big number: $1.75 millionwere allocated for Boston youth jobs and programthat year.The Connie wasn’t Moreno’s only award. He alsoreceived the Brower Youth Award in the fall of 2007.Moreno, for his part, is a little embarrassed aboutbeing singled out for honors. He stresses that thishas been a group effort and cites his fellow communityworkers and his mentor at REEP, Marlene Rose.They in turn have nothing but the highest admirationfor Moreno. Brandon McDowell, a youth educatorsaid in REEP’s web video about Carlos’s work:“Every leader has always had a vision, andCarlos has that. For me it’s been inspiringwatching Carlos take the lead.”For now, Moreno continues hisinvolvement with REEP, and thissummer he hopes to start a basketballleague. Basketball is his firstlove. And yes, he says, there are lotsof leagues already, but his leaguewill be for people who have beenleft out, rejected. For those too old,or too uncoordinated, or who forsome reason have not been welcomedon a court. Moreno’s courtwill be open to all.“At the end of the day, I feelthere’s a lot of at-risk youth thatneed help. And I feel as a personI should serve my community.”9SPRING • SUMMER 09Carlos Moreno won a major nationalenvironmental award for social activismin Roxbury.

innovationsacademic10REGIS TODAYFaculty Nurse Scientists, left to right: Maureen Beirne-Streff, Penelope Glynn, Joanne Dalton, and Patricia Dardano.Nurses improve practicethrough researchAlmost everyone knows that medical outcomes inhospitals are determined by the frontline care of anurse. So is the patient’s sense of ease and the family’sconfidence that a loved one is being well caredfor. But in an environment of shrinking resources,hospitals are increasingly challenged to provide thekind of resources that enable nurses to keep theirknowledge current. Until now, that is.For four years, Regis College, which has alwaysbeen committed to partnerships with practice, haspursued a program enabling nurses on the healthcare site to connect contemporary research to theburning clinical questions they are facing. Foursenior faculty members—Patricia Dardano, PenelopeGlynn, Joanne Dalton, and Maureen Beirne-Streff—implement the role of the Regis College FacultyNurse Scientist at four different practice-partnerhospitals in greater Boston and thus promote evidence-basedpractice. Each of these high-level nurseeducators goes to the affiliated area hospital one daya week and creates opportunities for staff nurses toimprove their practice through research.Patricia Dardano, chair of the College’s DNP(doctorate of nursing practice) program, calls thisblending of academe and practice “an innovativemodel.” Doctorally prepared faculty nurses serve asresearch mentors, consultants, and strategists tonurses in the hospital.In the past, nurses relied heavily on intuitionand common experience. Now with rapidly growingresearch assimilated by nurse scientists andbrought to bear on actual health care situations,nurses can look as well at data on patient satisfaction,quality improvement, care outcomes, andexpert opinion, and begin to apply the results immediatelyin their practice. This is what is knownas “evidence-based practice.”“What I see as my major charge is to disseminatean understanding of nursing research throughoutthe institution,” Dardano says. She and theother Faculty Nurse Scientists do this by providingrelevant research articles to nurses through onlineforums and “Net-learning” modules, by offering anonline college course in nursing research, and byKathleen Dooher

“With this program,researchcomes alivefor studentsand nurses.”sponsoring meetingsknown as NursingResearch GrandRounds. At thesesessions, the facultymentors take up immediatelive clinical challenges so that, when staff nurses encountersuch a situation, it immediately becomes a topic of inquiry andeducation as well as best-practice care.For example, in Penelope Glynn’s hospital, Caritas Norwood,the question arose: What are the standards for family visitationin the post-anesthesia care unit? They weren’t letting visitors into see family right after patients come out of surgery.“When you look at the evidence, it is clearly valuable to let familyinto the PCU. Evidence showed that and as a result policy waschanged,” Glynn says.Another topic they explored was family presence during CPR,especially allowing children to witness resuscitation. “Evidenceshowed that no matter how dire the situation was, it was beneficialfor the family to see that CPR was going on,” she says.The nurse scientists have tackled tube feedings and care forpatients with dementia. One group is evaluating an innovativepre-op educational program developed to orient surgical patientsto their upcoming surgery.Joanne Dalton, who works with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital,finds that connecting research with a clinical setting alsobenefits her students at Regis. “We are an applied science,”says Dalton. “Unless you have your foot in both worlds, there’ssomething missing. With this program, research comes alive forstudents and nurses. That’s the real strength of the program.”Educating nurses, more nurses, is a priority in this country.According to a paper by Glynn, the average age of a nurse is 50years old. But she and Dardano see the interest in nursing asa career increasing dramatically, limited only by the number ofprepared faculty and graduate programs. As we move forwardwith the education of the nurse of the future, it is critical thatthe academic world makes partnerships between practice andeducation a priority. This Faculty Nurse Scientist model is suchan example.“I am very positive about the future of nursing,” says Dardano.“Stronger, more accountable care is driven by the nurses.”Health and Fitness MajorA new major in Health and Fitness Studies willprepare students for entering professionalpositions in the growing health and fitnessindustry. The faculty approved the new majorwith two concentrations, Nutrition and SportManagement. The concentration in nutritionis particularly important as Americans facecontemporary issues in diet, food supply,and health.Completion of the program will preparestudents for leadership roles in a variety ofindustries, including educational administration,recreation management, and health andfitness management. It will also provide afoundation for graduate study at Regis in fieldssuch as communication, education, leadershipand organizational change, and health productregulation, and could possibly lead to a partnershipfor advanced entry into post-baccalaureateprograms at other institutions.Sample Health and Fitness Studies coursesIntro to Health and Fitness StudiesNormal NutritionHealth and WholenessObesity and Body Weight ManagementHealth and Human SexualityFirst Aid and CPR11SPRING 09Sample Sport Managementconcentration coursesSport in SocietySport ManagementSport Event Management and PromotionLegal Issues in Sport and RecreationFacility Design, Operations and ManagementAthletic Administration and LeadershipSport Management Internship/SeminarSample Nutrition concentration coursesAnatomy and Physiology I & IIMicrobiologyPathophysiologyNormal Nutrition IILifestyle NutritionCommunity NutritionNutrition Internship/Seminar

12REGIS TODAYSomething there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun...Excerpt from “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost

13SPRING 09Kathleen Dooher

14REGIS TODAYPeggy Kelley directs the United NationsGeneral Assembly meetings and theinternational conferences devoted tosocial and economic issues.

By Rachel MortonThe General Assembly depends uponPeggy Kelley ’72to keep order in the houseIt’s St. Patrick’s Day in New York City andthe famously boisterous parade has madegetting to the United Nations building onEast 46th Street a long and convolutedjourney. Along the way, the scene is all Irish,or honorary Irish, pride. Picture windowsare covered with green paper shamrocks,and throngs of people are celebrating theday and their heritage with gusto.15SPRING • SUMMER 09Kathleen Dooher

16REGIS TODAYAt the UN,the blonde,blue-eyedPeggy Kelleyis representingher Boston-Irishroots. Wearinga bright greenprint blazer, shestrides throughthe sea of multiracialfaces,through thesaris and theheaddresses, the dashikis and the Afros.Among these ambassadors from over 190 nations,the cool and composed Kelley ’72 plays a criticalrole. As director of the United Nation’s GeneralAssembly and the Economic and Social Council,she’s in charge of running the meetings, advisingthe president of the General Assembly, and enforcingrules of protocol and legality.Kelley’s got a commanding presence—both in theAssembly meetings, where she sits on the dais nextto the president, and on the floor of the UN buildingin midtown Manhattan. Despite her prestigiousposition and international polish, it’s not hard toimagine the little Peggy Kelley who grew up inDorchester, daughter of Tom Kelley, a florist, andhis wife Marie, and a member of St. William’s Parish.Kelley, 58, may be far from her Boston roots,but she walks with the confidence of someone verymuch at home in her job and her life.Raised in what she describes as a “typical BostonIrish Catholic family,” Kelley remembers thatexpectations for her were the same as the generalcultural norm for women: “When I went to Regis in1968, most women were going to be social workersor teachers.”And that’s what Kelley imagined for herself.That is, until she realized she was good in math,and that she enjoyed economics courses. The headof the economics department Sister Helen Fenton,CSJ, encouraged her to major in economics, “but Itold her no, that I wanted to help people. She said Icould help people more by being an economist thanI could by being a social worker.“And believe me, that changed my life.”Kelley went on to graduate school at Syracuse,where the chairman of her dissertation committeewas a UN consultant. At that time they were lookingfor young talent, and he recommended Kelleyfor a job. She took it before finishing her Ph.D., andhas been there ever since.“At the UN I was hired because I had a backgroundin economics. Regis made a big difference.”She’s worked her way up the ladder, and now she’san institution at this institution. Her office on the29th floor, with a breathtaking view of the ChryslerBuilding and midtown Manhattan, indicates withwhat regard she is held in the organization.So what does the director of the UN GeneralAssembly do? Well, someone has to organize andrun these meetings, comprising the representativesof 192 countries who speak many languages andwho have many cultural differences—meetings thatare occasionally acrimonious and that depend uponstrict protocol and rules of order.Technically, the president of the General Assemblychairs the meeting, but because the presidentchanges every year, Kelley represents the continuingrule of order, the institutional memory, and thekeeper of the flame of protocol, diplomacy, and UNpolicy. She sits to the right of the chair, who thisyear is the former foreign minister of Nicaragua.“We advise the chair. I guide the legality of theprocess and ensure UN policy is adhered to.”Mostly things go smoothly but sometimes diplomacyand courtesy fail when countries are inconflict. When that happens, it is Kelley who, withan iron hand, reestablishes order by immediatelyadvising the president on the strict protocols thatmust be followed. For example, recently a meetingwas disrupted when two countries—India andPakistan—brought the meeting to a halt by repeatedlycalling for Points of Order.One of Kelley’s colleagues, who was running thismeeting, found herself unable to restore order. Shecalled Kelley.“Peggy, I’m in a mess,” she said, and Kelley wentswiftly to the Assembly Hall and informed thepresident how to break up the stalemate. Soon hehad the meeting back on track.A friend of Kelley’s later told her that when shewalked in everyone said: “She will make a rulingand we won’t dare contradict her!”Kathleen Dooher

Kelley laughs, “When you’ve been here as long asI have, I’m recognized as an authority. It’s no bigdeal, this is what I do.”This kind of discord between nations and theirrepresentatives seems downright civilized comparedto some of the situations Kelley has presidedover. She also runs all the UN’s major internationalconferences in the economic and social fields. Shedirected the world meeting on population in Cairo,the meeting on habitat in Istanbul, and in Beijingthe conference on women. It was a charged subject,as the subject of women brought with it theissue of abortion.“We were in the Plenary Hallwhen all of a sudden in thebalcony, there was thishuge demonstration. Howit happened, how theygot in we don’t know.But demonstratorsstarted throwing bannersdown onto thefloor. Not only am I incharge of making surethe president knowshow to run the meeting,but Security looks tome for decisions. So whenthey asked me, ‘What do youwant us to do?’ I said, ‘Throwthem out. Get them out of here.’ ”Kelley has seen many changes inthe General Assembly during her long careerat the UN. “The biggest change is the end of theCold War,” she said. “When I came in the seventies,there was the Soviet Union and its bloc, and theWest. And they yelled at each other and Khruschevbanged his shoe.”The number of member nations has jumped from155 when she arrived to 192 today. The newer nationsare primarily the Eastern European countriesthat became independent and newly independentcountries that were once colonies.And all that has been for the good, Kelley said.“My observation is that before there was much lessdiscussion. You’d vote with the Soviet bloc or withthe Western bloc. Now there’s much more attemptingto find a consensus. The developing countries“She will makea ruling and wewon’t darecontradict her!”have formed a bloc and this has helped them a lot.“This is good for the world. There’s less directconfrontation, more willingness to compromise. It’sgood that the poorer countries have a bigger voice.Now they’re united, and the bigger powers arelistening to them.”While the United States is a big financial supporterof the UN—providing 22 percent of itsoperating budget each year—the previous administrationfound much to fault with it. John Bolton,the Bush appointee to the UN, believed that theU.S. was contributing the lion’s share ofthe money and having less and lessimpact in the organization. ButKelley disagrees.“I think America has avery strong voice in theUN. Everyone knowsif the Americans don’tagree, it won’t happen.The Americans have alot of influence here.”Susan Rice, the newU.S. ambassador to theUN, reflects the Obamaadministration’s newperspective, saying thatthe U.S. needs the UN asmuch as the UN needs theU.S. Kelley is hopeful about thenew era: “I think the change inadministration is going to be very goodfor the UN and very good for the U.S. TheUN does a lot, especially in peace keeping, that ifit didn’t do it, it would fall on the U.S.’s shoulders. Ithink the U.S. is getting a good deal. I sincerely do.“We are using U.S. aid, but we are out there inthe field distributing it in 144 countries. Because ofthe UN people are being fed, educated, immunized.The majority of our money is spent on vaccines,education, health, humanitarian assistance, food,and clean water.”She stresses that this is really what the UN isabout—alleviating poverty, humanitarian assistance,and human rights. Though she admits therehave been failures, tragic failures, in Rwanda andtoday in Darfur. But the fault lies not in the GeneralAssembly, which voted to provide assistance in17SPRING • SUMMER 09

18REGIS TODAYboth these massacres, but in the Security Council,which has the binding vote.“The UN is ready to go to Darfur, but the SecurityCouncil isn’t ready to send us.”The Security Council has only 15 members, five ofthem permanent with veto power—China, France,the U.S., the UK, and Russia. So if one of thesecountries vetoes an action, it is stopped. In the caseof Darfur, several countries have stood in the wayof action. “Economic interests have trumped humanrights,” she says.On this brisk and sunny St. Patrick’s Day, theGeneral Assembly has gathered to discuss the fateof children and education in areas torn by war andother emergency situations. Today they are meetingin a large, tiered hall, and members sit in alphabeticalorder at tables labeled with their country name,Benin to Zimbabwe.The keynote speech is given by Her Highness,the Princess of Qatar—a stunning woman withan elegant headdress and heavily kohled eyes. Shemakes an impassioned speech in Arabic about theneeds of children in war-torn areas.For those who don’t speak Arabic, no worries.Above the floor of the Assembly Hall, there areglass booths with translators, watching and performingsimultaneous translation into each of thesix official languages of the UN—English, French,Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic. At eachseat in the chamber below is a plastic earpieceand a dial, where members and visitors can dialbetween languages.Kelley, who speaks French fluently, has traveled to80 countries during her three and a half decades atthe UN, including a year in Namibia, where she waspart of a UN project to usher in democracy as thecountry moved away from South African apartheid.They helped set up a voting system in a countrywhere most people didn’t read or write, and managedto get multiple parties to agree upon how toconduct the election.“Some were white, some were black,” Kelley saysabout the competing political factions. “Many hadfought against each other and had been enemies foryears. My job was to bring the 11 parties togetherto talk about how to conduct the election in a freeand fair way. In the end, they adopted the Code ofKelley feels a little like agodmotherto Namibia,where she was partof a UN project tousher in democracy.Conduct. It was really quite amazing. There was noserious incident of intimidation or death.”Kelley feels a little like a godmother to Namibia,and when, years later, its foreign minister was aguest at the General Assembly, he exclaimed to her,“You are my sister!”“That was really nice,” she says.She has made friends like these around the world,and with her ambitious job and relentless travelschedule, did not settle down into married life until,at age 48, she fell in love with a Lebanese man whoworked at the UN. They married and she is nowhappily involved with step-children and grandchildren.This year she has commuted during the weekendsto Florida, where her husband—accustomed toa Middle Eastern climate—spends the winters, andBoston, to visit with her five siblings and numerouscousins and nieces and nephews.But on this March 17th, she will head home afterwork to Westchester to host her UN colleagues andother friends at her annual St. Patrick’s Day party,a tradition she’s followed for most of her 34-year career.Most years, her brother makes the trip to NewYork from Boston to serve as bartender and, forjust one night, the vast diversity of the world meltstogether to become a celebratory Kelley green.As far as she’s concerned, the luck of the Irishhas mostly been on Peggy Kelley’s side. “It’s been amarvelous career,” she says. “Life changing.”Peggy Kelley surveys the General Assembly hall, including theglass booths high above the floor where translators provide thesix official languages of the UN: English, French, Spanish, Russian,Chinese, and Arabic.Kathleen Dooher

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destinyDOES HISTORY DETERMINEFulbright scholar brings new perspectives to Latin American studies20REGIS TODAYWhen Humberto Garcia came to Regis it was the end of summer.The campus was bathed in golden light and Garcia was smitten.“It was a wonderful sight,” he says. “The big trees atthe entrance, the beautiful landscape.”Garcia, from Bogotá, Colombia, came to campusas a one-year Fulbright Scholar in Residence. Hewas to teach courses and to continue his work on thehistory of Latin American development—an area ofresearch that had gained him the recognition of theFulbright Committee.For Garcia this was a dream come true. He couldcontinue his research, share thoughts with NorthAmerican colleagues, learn about the U.S. and itsculture from his students, and practice his English.Then the cold weather came — a rude shock to aColombian unused to the northern climate. He wasa runner and in the fall had enjoyed running aroundWeston, Waltham, and Framingham— “nice neighborhoods.People tell me it’s a wealthy neighborhoodand you can notice that.” But with the drop in temperature,Garcia retreated indoors.“I have seen those people running and I thinkthey are very brave. I wouldn’t be able to run inthis weather.”It was just as well, because he began teachingtwo courses second semester, and as students begangetting to know him, his advising responsibilitiesincreased. “Basically Latinos are comfortable withme as a tutor.”One of Garcia’s classes, and the subject of hisresearch, is to explore the question: Why are LatinAmericans so poor? In the course, History of LatinAmerican Development, he takes his studentschronologically from before Columbus set foot in theNew World to the 19th century looking at what happenedthat led to this stage of underdevelopment.

?“We are focusing on whathappened in Latin Americathat was different than therest of the other colonizedsocieties. What made LatinKathleen DooherAmerica a failed developmentprocess, and NorthAmerica a successful developmentprocess?”In a class late in thespring, eight studentsdiscuss, in pairs, five questionshe has posed on thetopic, The Triumph of Neocolonialismand the LiberalState, 1870 –1900. There’sa quiet hum of conversationas the students pair off,and he moves among then,helping them come to some conclusions.History major Shannon Tonelli ’10 traveled toPeru during spring break, and she says the coursehas really fueled her interest in Latin America.Her partner Jessica Gallo ’11, an international relationsmajor with a Spanish minor, has appreciatedher professor’s background and the experience hebrings to the class. “I like the fact that he has firsthandexperiences and can connect to the presentday situation.”Garcia became interested in the subject of LatinAmerica’s failure to develop during his summercourses at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá,Colombia, after hearing a presentation by HarvardProfessor James Robinson.“It’s not a very popular subject in Colombia,” hesays, so he had the field pretty much to himself.He went on to get a master’s in economic theoryat National University. Garcia has been teachingeconomics at the Universidad de Bogota Jorge TadeoLozano, in downtown Bogotá, before being awardedthe Fulbright and coming to Regis,What the class is learning is that there are severalcompeting theories. Simply put, as Garcia writes,the two theories come down to: “Someone else’s faultversus the individual’s fault.”There are the dependency theorists who contendthat Latin American countries were debilitated byThe subject ofhis research is toexplore the question:Why areLatin Americansso poor?their colonization. Thatthe colonizing economiesexpanded and grew strongat the expense of the hostcountries, keeping theeconomies and institutionsweak and underdeveloped.Then there are theinstitutional theorists whobelieve that it is how peopleorganize their societies thatmakes the difference ineconomic success or failure.Basically, societies createflawed or successful institutionsthat either prevent orencourage prosperity.In his writings, Garciatries to integrate these twomajor theories in hopes of finding some cooperativeway to approach solving the region’s underdevelopmentquestions.This one-year appointment at Regis has reallyembedded Garcia into the life of Regis. He lives oncampus in a suite in Domitilla Hall. He eats all hismeals in the dining hall, which is an odd experiencefor an adult, the father of two children.“It’s kind of weird,” he admits. “And yes, I do gettired of going to the cafeteria every single day, but Ihaven’t any choice. I don’t have a car.”Garcia has never lived on a campus anywhere, inall of his undergraduate and graduate years becausein Latin America, campus living is not the norm.Students live in town in apartments or rent roomsin family houses.Though being carless has limited his explorations,Garcia has made his way to Boston and Cambridgefrequently. “Harvard, MIT, BU. There is a lot goingon. I go almost every week for a conference or forumor movie. It’s very stimulating in academic andcultural terms.”But mostly he has enjoyed getting to know theRegis community. “I have met people from Vietnam,China, India, Europe—from all over the place. Andevery single individual has something that I canlearn from. The interactions with the faculty arevery enriching, very enlightening.”21SPRING • SUMMER 09

i thank You God for most this amazingcomingfull circleday:for the leaping greenly spirits of treesand a blue true dream of sky;and for everythingwhich is natural which is infinite which is yesBy Dawn-Marie Driscoll ’6822REGIS TODAYThat E. E. Cummings poem was the prayer with which TishBrush and I, as seniors, began our lecture to Sister ThérèseHiggins’s freshman English class in 1968. You won’t find manycollege professors inviting two seniors to teach a freshman collegeclass — unless you were at Regis. And of course we said yes. Howcould we not respond to her challenge to see how well we’d do? Yeswas a given at Regis: yes we could teach a class, yes we would apply tolaw school, yes we did stretch ourselves beyond what we thought possible.1968, 2008: Presidential election yearsI thought of that E. E. Cummings poem this pastfall when I was volunteering as a lawyer for theObama legal team in Florida—and not just for theoptimistic spirit of “Yes We Can!” one of the Obamacampaign mantras. The habit of saying yes, ofshowing up, of pushing yourself to do somethingnew, was ingrained in me over 40 years ago when Ifirst set foot on campus. Learning Florida electionlaw and plunging into months of voter protectionwork was just the latest course in lifelong learning.The 2008 election brought back memories andemotions of 1968, a watershed year in Americanlife and the year of our graduation. January beganwith a Boston grand jury indicting peace activists,including Dr. Benjamin Spock and Yale’s WilliamSloane Coffin. A military spokesperson at Ben Trein Vietnam said it was “necessary to destroy thetown in order to save it.” College students descendedon New Hampshire in March to laborfor antiwar candidate Eugene McCarthy,who nearly won the presidential primary.On March 31st Lyndon Johnson announcedhe would not run for presidentagain; my date and I listened toJohnson’s speech on his car radioin the college parking lot. MartinLuther King Jr.’s assassination inApril sparked rioting across thenation, and Robert Kennedy waskilled the night of our graduation.While our campus often

felt idyllic, it was illusory—theground was shifting under ourfeet. As we left college for workor graduate school, the Regisculture of promoting social justiceturned into personal activismfor many of us.There was no more critical electionthan the one of 1968, we thought—our highschool friends were dying in an unnecessary war andthe “best and the brightest” minds in governmentdidn’t reflect our values. Social conditions at homewere deteriorating as military spending was increasing.A recession was looming. But being Regis graduates,few of my classmates became street demonstrators—wewere trained to work within the system.We were expected to have thoughts, to defend them,to explain ourselves, to stand up and be counted. Asseniors we dressed in cap and gown for our seniorseminar and, cloaked in authority, we learned tovoice our opinions with authority. So in1968 we worked within the politicalprocess for our candidateof choice. We were youngand optimistic.Life intervened.Decades flew by.We became wives,mothers, grandmothers,retirees.But for some ofus, another unnecessarywar,trillions of dollarsof militaryspending, governmentofficials whodid not reflect ourvalues, and a loomingrecession calledus to activism again—working within the system,walking streets, callingpotential voters as if ourlife depended on it. TheObama legal team’smission was “everyvoter votes”—and if inmy Republican countythat meant we helpedmore RepublicansWe soughtjusticefor all,hanging chadsfor none.than Democrats, so be it. Wesought justice for all, hangingchads for none. We had ourwork cut out for us; in 2008, 131million Americans voted, exceedingthe turnout in all electionssince 1968.A relevant educationOur 40th reunion this past year brought backmemories of the courses I had at Regis. As a publicschool graduate I dreaded the idea of compulsoryphilosophy and religion and struggled through them.Little did I know that as I studied Socrates andPlato their lessons would guide my life and career.These early Greek ethicists said each person musttravel his own path to learn the truth—not fromauthority, but from ourselves. Careful observationis the best teacher. To achieve moral excellence, youmust take the same route as you would to CarnegieHall: practice, practice, practice—and learn fromyour mistakes.I began to practice what we later came to callbusiness ethics early in my career, never anticipatingthat this subject would later engage me morethan the practice of law. I recall one incident frommy days as Vice President of Corporate Affairs andGeneral Counsel of Filene’s.Over the years I became responsible for insurance,real estate, public affairs, and security aswell as legal affairs. I made a decision to back mysecurity officers 100 percent. They had a difficultjob, preventing employee and customer theft, andprotecting our assets. I needed to encourage candorfrom my troops and they had to know I was on theirside. So I never overruled them on a case, evenwhen a priest was apprehended for shoplifting onChristmas Eve.One day I was in my office late and answered myphone. A man said, “Your security guards picked upmy wife for shoplifting and I want to tell you abouther experience,” he said. “I don’t think I can helpyou,” I said. “If we’ve apprehended her, she’s goingto court.”“Oh, she’s been to court and was found guilty,” hesaid. “I just want to tell you about it.” I listened.The next day I called in my director of securityand asked him to quietly investigate the case.We uncovered massive security fraud in one ofour stores. Our security manager—promoted andrewarded many times over as one of the best—had23SPRING • SUMMER 09Photos from Regis archives

24REGIS TODAYbeen manufacturing evidence, lying on the stand,and making up cases, with unsuspecting customersas the victims. Our customers insisted they hadn’tbeen shoplifting. Of course they said that, what elsewould they say? In fact they had been telling thetruth and our security people were lying.I could have patted myself on the head for uncoveringthe fraud and firing the manager. But insteadI realized that was not the entire truth. The blameof the ethical crisis rested at my desk because I hadapproved the performance appraisals and compensationsystem for security managers, which rewardedthem for the number of shoplifting cases theyhad. Not surprisingly this manager always had themost cases. The incentive to behave unethically wasbuilt into our performance measurements.I should have noticed the high turnover rateof young security operators who quit rather thanbehave unethically. And I had clearly not thoughtabout providing a safe and anonymous way for employeesto raise concerns or act as whistleblowers—astandard feature of corporate ethics programs today.The business ethics movement is based on a returnto values, to our roots in philosophy and religion.I would become an Executive Fellow at BentleyUniversity’s Center for Business Ethics and spendover 20 years teaching, writing, and consulting inthe field.Ethics, a Regis valueThe intersection of ethics and finance has never beenmore relevant than now. Forty years ago few of ushad much money; we were working hard at primarilylow wage jobs, paying off school loans and tryingto pay for graduate school. We shared apartmentswith used furniture. Few of us started married lifewith a spacious house, two cars and credit cards. Soperhaps for us the recent implosion of Wall Streetand stories like the Madoff-Ponzi scheme scandal aremost inexplicable, a sudden change from prosperityto depression affecting those who worked hard andfollowed the rules.In a 1968 poll 53 percent of respondentssaid they felt that the rich getricher and the poor got poorer.This was at a time when thegap between rich and poorwas relatively narrow. But infour decades, with tax cutsand trickle-down theories toa no-strings-attached $700While our campusoften felt idyllic,it was illusory—the groundwas shiftingunder our feet.billion TARP corporate rescue program, the rich andpowerful have become more rich and powerful, whileordinary workers have lost ground, many of themwomen. Today more than 34 percent of the country’sprivate wealth is held by just the richest 1 percentof people. While business elites have ruined a globaleconomy with incomprehensively complex shellgames of financial maneuverings, labor unions wereattacked, jobs moved overseas, employees became“independent contractors,” and benefits disappeared.We thought the worst thing that could happenwas that one health care crisis could movea family from middle class status tobankruptcy. Now all it takes is one underwatermortgage or poorly advisedfinancial investment.How did we end up with26-year-old investment bankersperforming tasks of no obvioussocial purpose except to earnincomprehensibly large sums ofmoney, rewarded for “profits” thatnow appear to be imaginary?Those of us in the businessethics field are now going backto the drawing board to see whatwent wrong. We knew that “culture”trumped “compliance” every time; forexample if the culture rewards high stockprice, employees will do anything to makethe financial statements look good in the shortterm, while giving lip service to qualities such assustainability and merely checking off the box onannual compliance audits. They know the daysof the gold watch and pension at the end of a longtenure are over, so it is every man for himself. Butperhaps the problem lies beyond the culture of anyone organization, as we live in an interconnectedglobal economy. It’s not just Wall Street adults whowere greedy, it was the young man in the pickuptruck in Florida flipping single family homes forno money down, and the small town inAustralia investing in risky syntheticcollateralized debt obligations.At some point, the music stops.But here is the question,40 years later: Where is thedemand for social justice now?Where is the outrage? ShouldRegis grandmothers taketo the streets to protest the

dismal state of our economyand our political leaders’ failuresor try to work within thesystem to bring about a betterworld? I’ll leave that to othergraduates to decide.Forty years later, good newsAll is not bleak, however. Forty years agoover 60 percent felt that Negroes were asking formore than they were ready for and that RichardNixon was a man of “high integrity.” Now we havea black president of the United States—a HarvardLaw School graduate, constitutional scholar, andformer U.S. senator who was seven years old in 1968.Forty years ago Catholic authority figures told usthat we had to marry Catholics. I am celebratingover 30 years of marriage to a Jewish husband,perhaps the most virtuous man I know. He mayalso be the only living Jewish man whose nameadorns a bench at a Catholic women’s college, inour fine arts center. I couldn’t have imaginedthat my relatives would includegays and lesbians, black Muslimsfrom Senegal, and Jewish doctors—and that’s on my Catholic side ofthe family. My husband’s familyis a little more traditional. I doknow that Regis never preachedabsolutes, but openness. Yes todiverse experiences. Yes to foreigncultures—remember ourlay missions, our own precursorto the Peace Corps? Yes to thosewho inspire us with their ownmoral excellence.Forty years ago the systemic clergyabuse scandal in the Boston Archdiocesewas unimaginable. Today Doubt, the popularplay and movie about Sister Aloysius and FatherFlynn, set during our freshman year in college,brings front and center a longstanding Regis value:Think for yourself. Obedience to ritual does not meanthat individuals have proper values or act ethically. Itshould be no surprise that one heroine of the Bostonclergy abuse story was a woman who spent 16 yearsin Catholic schools. Judge Constance M. Sweeneyexemplified a cultural sea change when she ruledthat over 11,000 previously classified church documentsshould be made public and required CardinalBernard F. Law to answer lawyers’ questions. I feltWhere isthe demandfor social justice now?Where is theoutrage?right at home when I came backto Regis on graduation weekendin 2002 and saw a circle of studentdemonstrators, respectfullybut forthrightly protesting theCardinal’s presence on campus. Theculture of social justice at Regis hadnot changed and the rest, as they say, ishistory.The good news that the scandal teaches us is thatorganizations—public companies, nonprofits, evenchurches—have character. How they do what theydo, how they make decisions, how they communicatetheir values, how they earn trust, how they relateto their constituencies, is now their fate as much aswhat they do. Mottos, principles, statements, and exhortationswithout substance are meaningless. Theessence of ethical behavior starts with how, evenmore important now when every action or statementcan be spun around the globe on YouTube with theclick of a mouse.And what of the future, of the next 40 years? Isuspect the answer is the reason we return for reunions,in part to soak up the lessons Regis still hasto teach us, but also to learn from our classmatesand those who have graduated ahead of us. What istheir wisdom about work, about health, about friendships,about family, about failings, about ethics,about faith?The wisdom in our answers will be the lessons wealready learned at Regis:Say yes.Stretch yourself to meet new challenges.Study something new.Show up.Act with integrity.Count our blessings.For as E. E. Cummings said, “I thank you God,for most this amazing day… and for everythingwhich is natural which is infinite which is yes.” Hemight have added, “and I thank you God, for Regis.”Dawn-Marie Driscoll ’68 received a J.D. from SuffolkUniversity Law School in 1973 and was awarded honorarydegrees from Suffolk University (D.H.L. 1989), BentleyUniversity (D.C.S. 1994), and Regis College (D.A. 2002).25SPRING • SUMMER 09

togetheralumni262REGIS TODAY123456781Three generations of alums visittheir alma mater in June 2008.Front: Ann Harvey Stadolnick ’74,Joan Cunningham Harvey ’49,Kate Healy Robbins ’79. Back:Mary C. Cunningham ’73, FrancesHealy McGowan ’83, Kathryn AnnStadolnick.3Dr. Mary Jane England ’59, MDand Don Bowman, Vice Presidentfor Institutional Advancement,hosted a reception in January atClub Pelican Bay for alums livingand vacationing on the West Coast. Members of the Class of 1953 and friendsenjoying the festivities: Rita Allen, Mary Norton, Kathryn Cauley Driscoll,Marilyn Hall Mora, and Joan Cannon Bagley.Special thanks to Eileen McCormick Langenus ’78 who represented Regison September 26 at the inauguration of Pamela Trotman Reid as presidentof Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn.Enjoying the festivities at the annual Holly Tea on Sunday, December 7was Deb Foley Watson with her daughter Kelly Watson and Erica Gianoulis.Enjoying the festivities at the 73rd Annual Regis Night at the Pops, heldon Saturday, May 9 is the McCann Family. From left to right: Brian Szela,Laura McCann-Szela ’85, Christina Kennedy McCann’60 and her husband,Jim McCann.Members of the Class of 1954 enjoy the warm weather of Jupiter Beach:Rosemary Denmark Murphy, Norma McNamara Quinn, Betty Morrissey Neal,and Pat Cronin Huie.College roommates from the Class of 1958 Patricia Donnelly Tardif andMary Reynolds Kennedy met recently for lunch in Naples at the Turtle Club.Linda Grustka Daigneault ’69 and her husband Ted who represented Regison October 17 at the inauguration of James H. Mullen as the president ofAllegheny College.54

alumni together6Upcoming AlumniEvents 2009JuneSunday, 14Legacy BrunchSunday, 28Brockton Rox Baseball GameJulyThursday, 16Rent at the Colonial Theatre87Alumni VolunteersAlumni Shadow ProgramRegis College’s Experiential Learning& Career Center (ELCC) partnered withthe Alumni Association to offer currentstudents an opportunity to explore theircareer interests. Launched in October,2008, the Alumni Shadow Programwas supported by 41 alumni volunteers and involved 17 students from the juniorThursday, 23Speed-NetworkingJob-Finding WorkshopThursday, 30Annual Cape Cod Summer LuncheonGuest Speaker: Marilyn Stasio ’60Columnist for New York TimesBook ReviewAugustThursday, 27Young Alumni Event atMargarita’s in WalthamOctoberWednesday, 7President’s AssociatesRecognition EventFriday–Sunday, 16, 17, 18Regis College HomecomingSaturday, 17Leadership Day27SPRING • SUMMER 09and senior classes. The Shadow Program coordinators, Alumni Association VPNoreen Kelliher and ELCC Co-Director Karen Single, are grateful to our alumnivolunteers for their time, expertise, and support of this new offering to Regisstudents. We look forward to working with everyone again next year.Save the DateSenior/Alumni ReceptionEach year the Alumni Association Board of Directors hosts a reception towelcome the graduating seniors into the Association. As part of this event, alumsreturn to tell of their experience as students at Regis and their chosen careerpath. This is a wonderful opportunity for the seniors to network and learn moreabout careers that are available to them. Speakers for this year’s event wereKathie Jose ’87, Chief Nursing Officer at Lahey Clinic, Diane Santos ’83, managerof a stem cell research laboratory at Harvard University, Susan Elise Shumacher’81, Director of Marketing Communications and Services at ZOLL Medical.Annual Cape CodSummer LuncheonJuly 30, 2009The Wianno ClubOsterville, MAGuest Speaker: Marilyn Stasio ’60Columnist for New York TimesBook Review

classnotes28REGIS TODAYErica Haas ’03 (right), Rebecca Mores ’03 (middle), and a guest enjoy lobster at Reunion 2008.193475th Reunion Class1937✒ Kay O’Brien Connolly, ProvidenceHouse, 180 Corey Road, Brighton, MA02135 I hope you had a healthy winterand are now looking forward to awonderful spring and summer. I hada nice chat with Margaret H. Sharkie(Shawnie). She is doing well and islooking forward to good weather, afterthe harsh winter. Shawnie is such ajoy to talk with. S. Alice McConvilleis enjoying her “new house” at MarionWoods. She keeps busy there. She alsovisits her brother, Father Phil, wholives on Staten Island in New York.She mentioned leaving a copy of RegisToday on the table and some of theSisters (residents) have enjoyed readingit. Best Wishes.193970th Reunion Class✒ Ruth Ford Nolan, 234 Court Road,Winthrop, MA 021521940✒ Mary Kerr Lynch, 275 MirickRoad, Princeton, MA 01541-1127,978-464-5611 Greetings to all myclassmates. Our prayers and sincerecondolences to our classmates thathave passed away recently; PalmaDebaggis Johnson on December14, 2008, Ruth Monahan Savage onJanuary 20, 2009, Helen J. Connollyon February 7, 2009, and Mary FordFitzgerald on March 3, 2009. Maythey rejoice in the prescence of theLord. Classmates, enjoy the beautifulflowers of spring, followed by thewarm breezes of summer. Plan tochat with you for the Regis Today fallissue. Bless one and all and RegisCollege “High on the Hilltop.”1941✒ Mary Mullen Burke, 297 PleasantStreet, Milton, MA 021861942✒ Elizabeth Powers Hehir, 14 Eel RiverCircle, Plymouth, MA 02360-21141943✒ Marie Halligan Bellissimo, 25 CobbStreet #2209, Mansfield, MA 02048 Catherine O’Hare Lind attended theRegis Naples reception on Sunday,January 25. Kay spends the wintermonths in Naples, away from theNortheastern weather.194465th Reunion Class✒ Margaret Kelly Young, 384 WestStreet, Leominster, MA 01453,879-537-3541 Dear Classmates,Hope you are all well and enjoyingthe winter months. I had a longconversation with Marguerite “Peggy”Flood Casey this fall on the phone.She and all of her children are fineand doing well. She was nice to call. Gertrude Cronin and I made the Massin the fall for all deceased Regis girls.They are Virginia Fredette Adams,Eileen Fay Hickey, and Mary LandriganPicardi. Just heard from Alice Averythis week and she is retired after 48years at Cardinal Spellman HighSchool in Brockton and is residing

class notesat St. Joseph Hall, 90 Bethany Rd.,Framingham, MA. I closed the duesaccount bank book out as nobodywas sending dues and I sent a checkfrom the Class of 1944 to Regis in theamount of $541.35. Any money youwish to give to Regis may be sent toBarbara Clancy, Director of AlumniRelations at Regis. I am not sure ifyou will receive Regis Today beforeour reunion, but I want to remind youthat our 65th reunion will take placeon the weekend of May 29-31, 2009,and I do hope as many of you who canwill be in attendance to have fun andtalk about the olden days. The twoluncheons for reunion classes at Regisare on May 29 and 30. Make your reservationswith me or call the AlumniOffice at Regis. Hope to see you there.Fondly, Peg.1945✒ Annette P. Pendergast, 101 WeatherbeeDrive, Westwood, MA 02090 Again greetings to all you rising starsof Regis. Since the last edition ofRegis Today, it is with sadness that Iinform you of the death of our classmateRuth Murphy O’Brien on August,28, 2008. Please keep Ruth and herfamily, her son Francis of Milton,and her daughter Catherine of NewMexico, in your thoughts and prayers. To keep you updated on our classI visit with Betty McNally Finiganat Charlwell House in Norwood twoor three times a month. Also, ClaireDunn Hern visits Betty often. I try tokeep her informed of any news of theclass and the College. I was talkingto Philomene Winchester Murphy onFebruary 10, and she said that shehad been talking to Doris Lynch andDoris was going down to Naples, FL,to spend a month with Betty CroninCrane from February 24 to March 25.Sounds great to be in the sunny southafter the cold and snowy days we havehad around Boston. Subsequent totalking to Phil, I gave Betty Crane acall in Naples and she said it will bea great threesome with Doris Lynchand Eve Casey Carey who also livesin Naples. Betty also told me that sheand Eve Carey attended a receptionfor alumni and friends at the PelicanBay Club that was given by Pres.Mary Jane England ’59. Also, BarbaraClancy was there as she headsup the Alumni Office. At ChristmasI received a card and note from MarySullivan O’Brien of Milton. All is wellwith her and her family. She said shekeeps in touch with Betty Boback Leewho has moved to Pembroke with herdaughter. I had a letter from ourpresident, Mary Jane England, thatwas sent to fund agents and classreporters telling us that Regis is aliveand fulfilling its mission. Also twonew programs in health and fitnessand nutrition and sports have beeninitiated at the College. And earlyin the spring of 2009, Regis plans tobreak ground on the expansion of theathletic fields and the renovation ofthe library. I think I had mentionedbefore that I am a member of theAnnual Fund Executive Committee,so I will be getting in touch withyou regarding our Annual Fund for2008-09. Also if you can believe itwe will have a reunion year in 2010.I don’t want to jump the gun but itreally doesn’t seem possible. As I’mwriting this news, I am looking outmy wide picture window at six inchesof white, white snow all over mynice green grass. Hopefully, springis around the corner. Girls, stayhealthy and happy and keep in touch.1946✒ Elizabeth Brugman O’Brien,48 King James Drive, East Dennis,MA 02541, 508-385-21691947✒ Phyllis Brosnahan Richardson, 3Wingate Road, Lexington, MA 02421,781-862-6262 By all comparisons,we are still a very active class. InDecember, ten of us traveled to Registo participate in the annual memorialMass for Regis graduates who diedin 2008. The chapel was filled withwomen, prayer and song, accompaniedby the Regis Alumnae Choir.During the Mass, we remembered oursisters Muriel Allen, Marion Carr, MaryJane Connor St. Germain, Mary-JeanMulvey O’Hara, Cornelia Sylvester,and Mary K. Walsh. We were pleasedto learn from her sister that MarionCarr had left a large gift to her almamater in her will. Immediatelyfollowing the Mass,our class adjourned to thefoyer for brunch and a classmeeting. Attending wereGertrude Breen Alfredson,Eleanor Consentino Feuer,Esther Connolly Spellman, S.Therese Higgins, Alice DunbarO’Halloran, Phyllis GallinelliCampbell, Jean MacDonoughCronin, S. Dorothy McKenzie,Rita Dailey Fahey and PhyllisBrosnahan Richardson. Atthe conclusion of our meetingwe wished each other happyholidays and good health in the newyear. Our next class meeting willbe in the spring. Please plan to joinus if you can. In January, I waspleased to attend the annual Regisalumni gathering in Naples, FL.Brenda Duggan ’57 hosted this specialannual event. Having just arrivedmyself from the cold snowy north, thewarmth and sunshine was a welcomedguest in addition to the more than 50who attended. And as I write this,I have just learned that on February4, we lost another classmate—JeanneLandry Gibbons of Harwich. Her familyrequests that memorial gifts in hername be made to the Regis AlumniFund. Happy 2009 to all. Stay happyand healthy.1948✒ Mary Lou Cooney Manning, 4942Bel Pre Rd., Rockville, MD 20853 Last fall, our classmates, AnnO’Hare Smith, Jean McDonald Snyderand Jane McGrath met at Joan DohertyMahoney’s home in Fairfield,CT, for a mini-reunion, which culminatedin a trip to NYC to see therevival of South Pacific. They gave itrave reviews and urged everyone whocould to see it, not just to revisit oneof our era’s best loved musicals, but toexperience a fresh and exciting musicalexperience. Our condolencesgo to Lillian Catignani Cirafice on thedeath of her husband Peter. We willremember them both in our prayers.Lillian lives in Naples, FL, in thewinter, where she often plays golf withMargaret McGrath. She also continueswith her skiing at North Conway andItaly. We are in awe of such abilityand agility. Regina Harrington notonly enjoyed seeing her Regis friendsat Regis Night at the Pops in thespring, but repeated the pleasureat Christmas at the Pops where sheagain enjoyed the music with a numberof Regis friends. Louise Sullivanenriched the past September with awonderful cruise to the Caribbean.We hear she had a wonderful time. Janet Megan Greehan keeps very,very busy. She is not only heavilyinvolved in duplicate bridge, she alsoJanet Megan Greehan ’48finds time toplay golf andping-pong.finds time to play golf and ping-pong.This is really assuring a “sound mindin a sound body.” We have amongus a new great grandmother, NancieTurner Donelan. “Nothing new aboutthat,” says Nancie, “I’ve always beena great grandmother!” We hadnot heard from Frances Madigan forquite a while, so our roving reporter,Ann Smith called her. She had beenrecuperating from surgery, whichhad taken about a year, and has29SPRING • SUMMER 09

30REGIS TODAYrecently resumed her activity at St.Columbkille’s parish, where she isa Eucharistic minister and assistsat funerals. It’s great to know sheis feeling better. When we were nottoo happy in our geographic parish,my husband and I started to attendMass at all the neighboring parishes.We settled on the closest one in ourneighborhood, which is in the largecommunity called Leisure World. Theparish is called Our Lady of Grace. Icould not resist such a juxtapositionof titles, and was soon naming it, affectionatelyand with no intended disrespect,Our Lady of Leisure. WhenI told that to our roving reporter,she said I had to include it, so if youdon’t like my sense of humor, blameMrs. Smith. Joan Doherty Mahoneyis asking for prayers for her twelveyear-oldgranddaughter who has beendiagnosed with an extremely rare andvery serious disease. She livesin Connecticut and is traveling toJohns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,MD, for treatment. Jean McDonaldSnyder took two of her granddaughtersto visit Ann Smith in January.When they were leaving, Emily, acollege freshman, announced thatshe had had a much better time withGrammie’s friends than she did withher own. We always knew that theclass of ’48 has more fun. Jean couldprobably sell ice cubes to Eskimos.In this very bad real estate market,she continues to rack up sales. Wayto go Jean! My husband and I keepin touch with Sister Mary of Jesus(Elaine Gillson). She lives in a hermitagein New Jersey. We ask for herprayers for all of our special needs,and since that is her whole mission inlife, we take great comfort knowingthat we are included in those prayers.To reach her with your special intentions,write to her at Hermits of OurLady of Carmel, 80 Pleasant HillRoad, Chester, NJ 07938-2135. UnlikeJean McDonald Snyder ’48could probablysell ice cubes toEskimos.so many of us who are out and aboutin the world, she always answersyour letter. For those of you with acomputer, Regis has put up a new sitewhere you can put news about yourselfand your classmates. Register atregistowertalk.net and start sharingnews and happenings so much moreeasily. I can then share themin this column with those whodo not have a computer. Weheard on the grapevine thatAnn Marie Koch has moved toFlorida. Let us know how youlike it, Ann Marie. I hopeall is well with all of you. Godbless.194960th Reunion Class✒ Betty Ann Hynes Elliott,38 Oxford Road, Wellesley, MA02481, baelliott2@verizon.net The ground is still white withsnow as I write these notes(it’s February) but I suspect ourreunion will have come and gone bythe time you’re reading this. I guessthose of you who didn’t make it willhave to wait till the next issue to readall about it. And I hope that thoseof you who were able to participatewere well rewarded for the effort.After all, it isn’t every day that onegets to her 60th college reunion. Weremembered seven classmates at thememorial liturgy last November: Arline Fahey Keefe, MaryAnn FinnertyHopkins, S. Carolyn Macdonald, NM,Helen Devine Mc Gauley, Jean DoyleO’Donnell, Doriann Kelley Perrotti,and Nancy Rooney Powers. Amongthose attending the Mass and brunchwere Mary Breslin, Kaye Barron Cox,Lou Moll Dallas, Betty Ann HynesElliott, Nancy Natoli Fay, Dot WaldronFitzgerald, Cay Foley Hines, BettyPerrault Joyce and her husbandMarty, Eileen Dewire Locke, RosemaryMcAuliffe, Pat Molloy McDermott,Mary O’Brien Pratt, and Claire EremianScully. Since then Anne SullivanSimon passed away at home on January31. Anne was a lifelong residentof Salem. She was predeceased by herhusband John Crane Simon and issurvived by three stepchildren andtwo grandchildren. Pleasekeep Anne and her familyin your prayers. MaryBreslin couldn’t attend theHolly Tea but purchasedseveral raffle tickets and, loand behold, won two ticketsto a Celtics game! Maryvery graciously gave themto a young neighbor who isa rabid fan, and he and hisson went to a great game,sitting in “the best seatsin the house.” A win-winsituation, I’d say. LoisMcWeeney Moulton, Eileen DewireLocke and Pat Cauley Ross attendedPresident Mary Jane England’sreception in Naples, FL, in Januaryand sent glowing reports northward. Word reached me that Dot WaldronFitzgerald and Nick spent some timein Florida this past winter. RightA ReminderClass Notes for the fall 2009 issue are dueSeptember 30, 2009; each class limited to1,000 words.You are invited to submit articles and news whichis of interest to your classmates. If you know ofany alum who would make an interesting subjectof a profile, please let us know that, too. Newsmay be submitted to your class reporter or tothe Office of Alumni Relations, Regis College,235 Wellesley St., Weston, MA 02493 or e-mail:alumni@regiscollege.edu. Notes received afterSeptember 30 will run in the spring 2010 issue.now Joe and I are packing to go downsoon ourselves (this being February,remember?). I for one won’t miss allthe cold, snow and ice we’ve beeninundated with here in New Englandthis winter. I wish I had more classnews but I can only write about thoseI have heard from or about. Hopefullythe next issue of Regis Today willbe newsier considering it will followreunion for which I have high hopes.Till then …1950✒ Mary Daily Neylon, 69 ViolaStreet, Lowell, MA 01851-4922✒ Anne Swiston O’Hara, 55 LexingtonAvenue, Magnolia, MA 01930-3949✒ Jacqueline Choquette Picard,80 Hadde Avenue, Cumberland, RI02864 As we are writing this thereare piles of snow in our yards, andwe can’t wait to feel the warmth ofspring. You snowbirds down southreally lucked out this year! Our condolencesto Grace Avery and her childrenon the loss of their dad and herformer husband, Frank Mackiewicz,last August. Our deepest sympathy isextended to Helen Harty Keough andher husband Ray on the loss of theiryoungest child Maureen at 44 of rheumatoidarthritis. We also extend oursympathy to Rosalie Gardner whosebrother Christopher died in Californialeaving a wife and family. TheLowell Sun had a write-up in Decembernoting the death of our theologyprofessor, Father Anatole Baillargeon,OMI, at the Immaculate Heartof Mary Residence for retired Oblatesin Tewksbury. Father designatedhis remains to science in the form ofan anatomical gift to Tufts UniversitySchool of Medicine. A memorialMass was held for him in Januaryat the Oblate residence. MarieCanane Dillon and her husband Johnvacationed in Australia last summerwith their daughter and son-in-law.They thoroughly enjoyed the famoussights of Sydney and then traveled onto Brisbane. They returned home intime to attend the wedding of their

class notesfirst grandchild, whose receptionwas held at the same location as hermother’s had been. Marie made merrywith family and friends from Bostonwho traveled to the momentous occasion. Mary Kilcoyne Choquette andNorm have relocated from Vero Beachto New Orleans where they live nextdoor to their daughter Margo; theyenjoy their new location immensely. Polly Doyle Powell could write aninteresting book about her years oftravels. She recently returned fromher second trip to Stockholm andGothenburg, Sweden’s largest seaport.On her way home she stoppedto visit Reykjavik, Iceland, where shecelebrated her birthday and cruisedby glaciers, waterfalls, and icebergs,all the time enjoying the sights oflovely birds and chunks of lava. Terry Leblanc Gray had a wonderfulcruise on the Mein and Rhine andvisited Vienna, Austria, and Cologne,Koblenz, Wertheim, Ruthenburg,and Heidelberg in Germany. JackieChoquette Picard enjoyed a fun-filledfamily vacation in Puerto Vallarta,Mexico this winter. She and her sonJoel went on a chartered fishingtrip and Jackie caught a 100 poundsailfish! Terry Leblanc Gray visitedAnn McCarthy Lynn at the WingateRehab in Haverhill. After a busy lifecaring for her husband and daughter,working in the trust fund departmentof a bank, and volunteering with theSt. Vincent de Paul Society, Ann isnow enjoying knitting and doing puzzlesin her retirement. Mary TowneBaggett and her husband Jim havemoved from their home in Williamsport,PA, to a nearby assisted livingfacility after a busy life raising sixchildren, she enjoys being waited on. I was talking to Helen KonopackaJennings recently and she informedme that Rita Canning Meurer is recoveringnicely from a stroke which shehad a very short time ago. At the timeof this writing (it’s early February),she is expected to be released fromthe rehab hospital in a month. Shewould love hearing from us classmatesat her home: 1462 DocksideCourt, Frederick, MD 21701-9117. Alice Boyce Smith loves her newtownhome in Ellington, CT; it’s justa few miles from her big old housein Tolland. She has lovely neighborsand doesn’t miss the old house at all!In December she went to Florida forher oldest grandchild’s graduationfrom Central Florida State University.That new grad is now the salesmanager for Marriott in Dallas, TX.Dallas is now on Alice’s list of placesto visit. Everyone loves to hear thenews of classmates, and we’d love toinclude your news. So please get intouch with Jackie, Alfreda, or me—our addresses are at the top of thecolumn. Also, please note that insteadof having a separate spring meeting,we will get together at the TowerLuncheon which the Alumni Associationgives in early May. There we canmeet our friends from other classeswho were there at the time we werestudents. Keep well. Hope to see youin May on campus.1951✒ Marie Barbano Tassinari,2 Bellevue Road, Arlington, MA 02476 Classmates, please be mindful thatI am writing this in February, sowalking in the park behind my homeis like being in a winter wonderland.The air is frigid, but invigorating. Ilove it. However, those of you who areslipping on icy roads or those applyingBen Gay to muscles aching fromthat winter sport of snow shovelingundoubtedly believe me insane. Irealize several of you are basking inthe Florida sun. Pat Chisholm madeher way to visit Anne Downey Tierneyin Florida, finding it a great placeto recuperate from hip surgery. Margie Linney Carrol, who resides inupstate New York, is undaunted byher iced-up gutter and loss of electricpower now and then. It is, after all,winter. Margie makes her way on thesnowy roads to her volunteer work atthe local senior center. She is busy invaried activities leading knitting andquilting classes. Soon Margie willassist others in their tax preparation.The joy of being a math major. Maureen Walsh McEvoy admitsto a harsh Maine winter. However,the gathering of the family for Al’sbig birthday, and Christmas in NewJersey, eased the winter doldrums. Back on the home front, JaniceMcBride Power and Ann Brown Janesonce again are enrolled in Regis’LLARC program. They are enjoying acourse, Northern Women in the CivilWar. Our committed fund agent,Marylee McLaughlin Girouard, assuresme that all is well with her family, forwhich she is most grateful. Marylee’sbiggest concern is the Annual Fund.She is very eager to increase thepercentage of class donors to the fund.Mary’s mantra is “Increase Percentage.”Let’s please Marylee and supportRegis. Mary Mecagni Quintonhas found a great deal of enjoymentas a volunteer in the Friends of theWeymouth Library. Surrounded by allthose books, Mary considers herself“a fox in with the chickens.” Marycontinues to teach CCD and promisesnot to change scripture. She isdelighted at the tasteful reconstructionof her parish church, SacredHeart. Mary caught up with JoanDesRoches for lunch at Legal. It wasold times again. Joan remains in herfamily home in Needham enjoyingeach day as it comes. She is anotherone planning to enjoy the Floridasun. Jeanne Bourneuf Burke is welland busy enjoying her family. RuthDurnan Johnson has enthusiasticallywritten of her involvement with theJesuit initiated Ignatian VolunteerCorps. The Corps is dedicated to servingthose in need and to working for amore just society. Ruth serves as a basic-needscounselor for the poor. Sheasserts she gains more than she givesand urges classmates to look into theCorps which will soon be opening aBoston office. Contact Ruth for moreinformation. Sister Marjorie Marie(Rosemary Howe) recently retired aslibrarian at Bethany. We wish Rosemarya happy retirement and goodhealth. In keeping with the growingtrend, Florence Seaver Mulkern andhusband Matt have moved into acondo. No more snow shoveling, Matt. Beatriz Lopez De Romana Corso,who recently lost her husband Jose,was joined by her daughter MarieEugenia for the Christmas holidays.Marie flew in from the Netherlandswhere she lives with her husband. To Barbara Palmer Schlichte, weextend our sympathy and prayersupon the death of her husband Miles.Our thoughts are with you, Barbara. And finally, we ask your prayers forour classmates and their families whoare suffering from illness and loss. It would be great hearing from moreof you. Do share your lives with us.1952✒ Ann Purcell MacDonald,2001 Falls Blvd #455, Quincy, MA02169, 617-479-0339 ✒ CatherineDeveney Kaladin, 29 Tower House Rd.,Falmouth, MA 02540, 508-548-8873,kaykaladin@comcast.net As wewrite this update of our class, we lookout our windows at a snowy sceneand wish all a very happy 2009. However, it is with sadness that Ireport the death of Joan Enos Lynch,a very loyal member of our class. Joantravelled from New Hampshire tomany of our class luncheons and morerecently from North Falmouth. Sheleaves her husband, Dr. John Lynchand her five sons to whom we sendour sincere sympathy. In JanuaryI received word of the death of PatColeman Cleary of Rochester, NY.Again, we send our condolences to allher family. Pat leaves seven children. Sadly, I heard from Pauline GendronGamache’s family that Polly died onJanuary 14. Her husband, Normandpredeceased her after a long illness.We ask your prayers for our departedclassmates and their families. Wetalked with Mary Foley Noon andlearned that she is happy to have hersister, Carmen home from Peru whereshe has been stationed for some years.She is now living with her order of the31SPRING • SUMMER 09

32REGIS TODAYSisters of Charity of Halifax, NovaScotia in their community housein Wellesley. Many also have hadcontact with Louise Fay Dyer who atthis time remains at D’Youville SeniorCare and appears to be showingprogress. S. Mary Hart is living inRoslindale and is recovering from herrecent treatment. We ask prayers forour ailing classmates. Mary Noonsees Pat Hogan Hogan frequently.Her loving husband John passed awayrecently and is sadly missed by Patand her son Jim and his family. Patkeeps busy with her three grandchildren. One of the rewards of this jobof correspondent is the opportunityto talk to old friends and classmates.I was in contact with Lois BrighmanSaltamacchia who is living in Essexwith her sister and sounded as she didalmost sixty years ago. She celebrateda very big birthday with her eight childrenand fifteen grandchildren. Loiskeeps in touch with Carlotta KrauthO’Brien who is recovering from a kneereplacement. Another wonderfulcontact I made was with LorettaFord Goldrick who is still living inNewport, RI. Her daughter, Heatherand her husband live in Hanover, NH,where her husband is a doctor there.They have two beautiful boys, Liamand Luke. Loretta and Tom enjoythe boys and visit as often as possible.Loretta keeps busy taking coursesat Salve Regina. Joan BarretVanTassel had heart surgery in thefall of 2008 when she had a valvereplaced and bypass surgery. Sheis doing very well and wanted toexpress her appreciation to all whosent cards, prayers and support. We want to thank Marie Rizzo, the“Mayor of Medford,” for the excellentpresentation she made at our fall luncheonat Regis. She spoke on Moralityin the Media and educated all presenton the subject. Nancy Smith lovesher new condo in Needham and heardfrom Peggy O’Donoghue who is nowliving in Chelmsford and teaching atthe Sylvan Learning Center. Nancysounded so cheerful as usual. MarieReilly Kearns was busy preparing a79th birthday party for her healthyhusband and the family. Marie hadthree children and lost a son to cancerat an early age leaving grandchildrenwho are now in college. Mariehas four grandchildren all in college.She says her health is terrific and shethinks it is due to the five months ayear they spend in Dennisport on theCape. Great news. Marie CorcoranMenton in Melbourne, FL, reportsshe broke her arm tripping over a dogand her husband has recovered frompneumonia. Marie had four childrenand now ten grandchildren who keepher busy. Most of her family is in theFlorida area. She keeps in touch withHelen Collins Carty, Jo Spurea Carlisi,and Nancy Smith. Dorothy BarrettBemis spends time in No. Palm Beachgolfing and swimming. She plays golfin Marblehead at the Tedesco GolfClub. She misses Marilyn HowardMoran with whom she did these thingsand their grand walks together. Stay well. Exercise. Energize!1953✒ Shirley Connors Sardella, 52Eunice Circle, Wakefield, MA 01880,781-224-3468 Greetings from deepin the heart of winter. Spring will bewith us when you read this report,I hope. Peg Donnelly sends herthanks to Barbara Keenan McLarneyfor the 55th reunion celebration andto Helen Valle Binell for her years ofoutstanding reporting in Regis Today.Peg appreciates the endless loyaltyof her classmates and their generousgiving to the Regis Fund. Kay Powers Leddy announces thebirth of her granddaughter, AnnaCatherine, born July 17, 2008. Kayand John have eight grandchildrenand have recently celebratedtheir 50th anniversary. In a recentconversation, Kay reminisced aboutlate afternoon campus walks. Fitnessstarted then. Claire Russell Meganand husband, Tom, toured the HolyLand last November. Among placesthey visited were Nazareth, Bethlehem,Cara, Jerusalem, and the ViaDolorosa. At daily Mass, scripturalreadings sprang to life as they listenedto the Gospel readings. Claireremarked upon the impoverishedPalestinian sections and the beautyof Jerusalem. She and Tom had agreat trip, but are happy to be home. Fleurette Arpin O’Toole enjoysduplicate bridge, reading, and birdwatching. She and her husband, Buzz,have listed over 500 species. Fleurettehas traveled to England, Hawaii, andJapan. Her daughter was marriedin Japan. She has five children andeight grandchildren ranging in agefrom 29 years to 6 years. Fleurettegets together often at her home withClaudette Prevost (Sister Jane ofJesus and Mary) and Theresa AudetteWood-Lavine. Sister Jane currentlylives in Plainville, but in the pasthas lived in El Paso, TX, Hyattsville,MD, Los Angeles, CA, and La Gloria,Mexico. Sister received her MA incounseling from Rhode Island College.Sister underwent open heartsurgery several months ago. TerryWood Lavine currently lives in NYC,but her career has taken her to Washington,DC, Germany, Africa, and theMiddle East. Terry earned a master’sdegree from Georgetown Universityand was the first Regis Collegegraduate to be awarded a Fulbrightscholarship. A complete profile ofTerry’s amazing career can be foundin Regis College Report on Philanthropy2008, p. 10. Claire O’ConnellMcAuliffe recently visited the GreekIsles. A highlight of her trip was atour of Ephesus where our BlessedMother spent her final years. Ephesusis small and rocky, but attracts manyvisitors. Donkey is a common modeof travel on the Isles, although carsare also used. Claire’s tour stops alsoincluded Athens, Turkey, Croatia,and Venice. It was a remarkable tripand an incredible experience. Anearly December 2008 trip to Hawaiijump-started our Christmas season.John and I enjoyed visiting Oahu,Maui, the Big Island, and Kawaii bycruise ship. On February 11 we willbe on our way to Texas for the birthof our seventh grandchild. On asad note, classmate Roberta “Bobby”McDonough Joyce passed away inDecember of 2008, after a lengthybattle with Alzheimer’s disease.Please keep Bobby’s family in yourprayers. Please stay well and try tosend news. Your classmates want tohear from you.195455th Reunion Class✒ Mary Alvord Biette, 46 Ocean Drive,Brunswick, ME 04011-7917✒ Helen Sullivan, 164 Newburg Street,Roslindale, MA 02131-3336,helensullivan2@verizon.net By thetime you read this the sun will be outand the hellish winter of 2008-09forgotten. News, my dear classmates,was not plentiful. However, stalwartgroup that we are, some of us pulledourselves up from the ice, lined up fortreatment in the local emergencyclinic and got right back to routine. As you recall, our 2007 annualmemorial Mass had to be cancelledbecause of rain. Yes rain, fellowday-hoppers, who plowed throughsnow up to and over the hubcaps tomake those never-cancelled classes,last November we were stopped byrain. This year we were blessed withgorgeous weather and an even moregorgeous turnout including newarrival Marcia Gaughan Mahoney whojoined us from West Harwich alongwith the always and forever faithfulGinny Hannigan, Marianne (Sandy)Sanderson Shay, Pat Cronin Huie,Carol (Bo) Bocasky Remick, MaryDriscoll Gardetto, Mary RocheSullivan, Regina Seales Caines; andyour ever popular and outgoingpresident and vice president PegRogers Savage and Helen Sullivan. Our next memorial Mass isscheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009,at 11 a.m. followed by lunch. (We willkeep you posted of any changes.)Could you please e-mail somesuggestions for music? I have lined upa recent graduate of Notre Dame

class notesUniversity to play for us and, quitefrankly, our usual hymns have beenboringly overused. I also think FatherWalsh is tired of keeping us on pitch.This fall we will be remembering Lt.Joan M. Donovan, USN—JoannieDonovan to us—who died suddenlyNov. 26, 2008, the day beforeThanksgiving. A “fit audiencethough few” (Shakespeare) attendedthe Christmas lunch at Luciano’sincluding many of the usual suspectsnoted above. Mary Delicata DiRe whodied last March was sorely missedand fondly remembered. But whenRegina Seales Caines, unable tomake the lunch for a few years,appeared out of the darkness (wewere in the bar at the time) a rousingcheer and standing ovation eruptedthat shocked everyone in the room.Actually, our table was finally ready,Reg. Checking in with Beatty RussoDevine of carpool #1 was the bestthing I did one dull Sunday. Beatty,grandmother of 13 and soon to begreat grandmother of two, is much toobusy and happy dealing with familymatters to do anything that wouldinterest the rest of us she said. Shesees the country’s economic woes asthe work of the Holy Spirit, showingus the way to real peace and happinessand the importance of familylife. Right on, Beatty! (This is not tosay she did not have a great time inHawaii a few years ago or in Irelandwith the Boston College football teamwhen her daughter played in theband). Running out of people to calland places to go, I called 1954 classpresident extraordinaire PeggyRogers for help. “If you want newscall Connie Murphy Davidson.” Likejust don’t sit there! Good move.HereI found that our Boston area palshad broken through the ice and snowsometime in March and were lunchingat the Cheesecake Factory in theSouth Shore Plaza. This sturdycrowd included Marie Dalton Leuders,Kay Tobin, Ann Cunningham Flaherty,Margie Roche Sullivan, Anne McInerneySanderson and of course, ConnieDavidson herself. No, I don’t knowwhether Marie skied or ran fromNeedham to Braintree. Also, I did notfind out how Terry Hook Lynch feltabout the fire at Hook’s Lobster. Terrywas probably at the Hook Farm inFlorida and did not get my call but Iwanted her to know we were concerned. Still lacking regional scope,I headed south to Cape Cod and calledSandy Shay (aka Marianne Sanderson)who sounded a little like Cape Codwas closed for the season. Sandy didmention that she and her husbandJohn had a christening to attend.Their 11th grandchild (and seventhgrandson) would be baptized at hisparish in Greensboro, NC, in March.It was mid-February but to make surethey were on time Sandy and Johntossed a few things in a suitcase,stashed the golf clubs in the trunkand headed south. Only five weeks tomake it to Greensboro. Maybe seatingwas tight but I suspect that anotherprediction of 5 to 12 inches of lightand fluffy on the Cape promptedimmediate evacuation toward Floridanot only for the christeningbut to visit their otherchildren and 10 moregrandchildren—11 altogether,seven grandsons and fourgranddaughters all living inVero Beach or GreensboroNC. Why is everyone inFlorida? Next stop:Maryland to see how MarieClogher Malaro, one of ourresident class genii (That’splural for genius, rightAllison?) Well! Marie retiredfrom law and is nowprofessor emeritus fromGeorge WashingtonUniversity. No longer willing to dealwith Washington traffic she drove uponto the five-mile, somewhat shakybridge over Chesapeake Bay toMaryland’s Eastern Shore and foundjust what she was looking for—ahouse on nine acres of land and, sureenough, no traffic. Super genius andoverachiever that she is, Marie sawthere was work to be done. A newhospice had to be built and Mariebecame chairman of the HospiceCommittee, arranged for the designand building of a new facility, thenstepped down to the more humbleposition of member of the board, aposition she holds on the QueenAnne’s County Historical Society aswell as the local museum. EasternShore’s indigenous residents tracetheir families back to colonial days.Many of the homes they live in werebuilt in the 17th century. The Malaros’found a population of respectful,industrious people with strong senseof values and slight suspicion of‘comers over.’ Accordingto Marie her best day was when—after many fund raisers and committeemeetings—someone at Mother ofSorrows Parish, where she isEucharistic minister, called her Marieinstead of Mrs. Malaro. It took lots ofvolunteering and hours bakingthousands of muffins but an achievementwell worth the effort. In additionto her community work, Marie stillwrites and deals with legal issues forher profession and G.W. University.Note: will someone call Marie andprovide her with the definition of theword ‘retirement’ which includescoming to reunions. Speaking ofreunions, this one is well worthreporting. The Big Four on the thirdfloor of College Hall was not only aroom but a quartet that never losttouch and for the past decade, getstogether every year. The fourroommates are Pat Cronin Huie,Rosemary Denmark Murphy, NormaMcNamara Quinn and Betty MorrisseyNeal. You guessed it! The reunion andfinal location of our class notes tour isFlorida: West Palm Beach where PatHuie lives and the Juno Beach areaBetty Morrissey?Well someone had totake care of theyellowconvertible.where Norma and Rosemary havewinter homes. Betty Neal comes downfrom Charlotte, NC, for an entireweek of shopping, moviegoing andreminiscing about those happy,romantic days at Regis. Those dayswhen Norma and Pat were up beforedawn waiting on tables for threemeals a day, climbing the threeflights back to the room to study afterserving the evening meal and gettingthe dining room ready for breakfastthe next day, and hearing aboutRosemary’s job in the library andpresident’s office. Betty Morrissey?Well someone had to take care of theyellow convertible. It was 55 yearsago but we all remember those days?Three three-hour classes and twotwo-hour classes every week, but onlyhalf a day in the lab on Saturday; theseminars, practice teaching, eight orso papers due every semester with noJanuary break to write them; thefive-flight run down to gym andfive-flight climb back up with fiveminutes to change into your gym suitthen back into your skirt before nextclass! No shorts or slacks allowed oryou will be censured, campused,dismissed or all three. Then foranyone still alive in senior year—comprehensives. I think we qualifiedat least for a PhD. Regis was hardwork but we survived and realize howfortunate we were to have gone there.When jobs were scarce, we found wewere qualified to do anything short ofbrain surgery and Anne DowneySaunders, MD could probably handlethat. And truly, it was fun. You werefun and thanks for the memories. Sheila Joyce Greenlaw and herhusband Don were joined by Bob andMary Alvord Biette on May 3rd for aweek of sun and fun in Bermuda! I cannot end this column without a33SPRING • SUMMER 09

34REGIS TODAYsincere thank you to Marie KenneyStevens who called to help inwhatever way she could when mypuppy Teddy fractured my foot lastfall. Thank you so much, Marie! Theyears mean nothing when you havefriends like that. This column is verylate and probably awful to read. Ithink it is my last and I should havedone a better job. After reunion, newofficers take charge! May I have adrum roll, please.1955✒ Janet Condrey Beyer, 52 AuthorsRoad, Concord, MA 01472-2607,Jbeyer1126@aol.com For this issue,we asked you for recommendationsfor day trips from your home. Asalways, we got thoughtful answers. Madeleine McCarthy Lynch wroteabout her hometown: Newport hasmany architectural, historical andwaterfront attractions with whichyou are undoubtedly familiar, andmany fine restaurants. We’re notagents of the chamber of commerce,but it’s a short ride from many placesin New England with an abundanceof rewarding sites to visit. Rightnow we are blanketed with the samesnow as everyone else, so the warmermonths are recommended, and moreattractions are open to the publicin spring, summer and fall. Otherthan touting the hometown, a greatplace to visit in Boston is the IsabellaStewart Gardner Museum. Last summerwe recommended that institutionto a recently arrived graduate studentfrom Argentina. She has been thereseveral times since then, and on a recentreturn visit to our home, gave ita rave review. Margot O’Meara Eganrecommends the Mark Twain Housein Hartford, CT, and also in Hartford,the Connecticut Science Museum, dueto open in June. “On a personal note,”she writes, “we have two new grandchildrenwho were born last summer,Seamus Patrick Egan in Boston andSadie Mae Egan in Marlborough CT.We are very blessed!” Not all of usare retired; Lois Sullivan McWalter isamong those working. She’s a specialeducation teacher in the Concordschool system. She’s looking forwardAnne Fox Fitzpatrick ’57had an interestinginsight into thechad fiascoin Floridanot mentioned in anyTV news coverage.to spring and her house in Cape Cod,her favorite escape place. PhyllisBudrick Murphy writes: Quincy has agreat trip. The trolley picks you up atthe old Bargain, across from the CityHall and First Parish Church (alsoa historical site, where John Adamsand John Quincy Adams are buried).It will take you to the Adams Mansion,which has lovely gardens, thehouses where the two presidents wereborn and return you to your startingpoint. Braintree claims the birth ofthe two presidents and has their birthcertificates at its Town Hall. Being anoriginal Quincy girl, I give the honorsof their birthplace to Quincy, becausethat is where their birthplaces residenow. This is an ongoing debatebetween Quincy and Braintree. Also,Braintree has the home of SylvanusThayer, across from the Town Hall.Thayer is known as the Father ofWest Point. He graduated in one year,was an early superintendent andfostered the engineering program.Both towns have exceptional libraries.Quincy’s old, Braintree’s is new. As for news, last November, myhusband, Bob, my daughter, Patricia,and I went on an exciting Celebritycruise to the Mediterranean. Wefound Istanbul to be quite unusualand interesting. After enjoyingChristmas and New Year’s with thefamily, we’ll be spending some ofthe cold winter months in Florida.We’re all looking forward to spring! Margy Flavin dittoed some of Phyllis’scomments about Quincy: To visit inQuincy: the Adams National HistoricalSites; the Adams’ birthplaces; theAdams house, library and gardens onAdams Street and the Church of thePresidents where both presidents andtheir wives are buried. Enjoy lunchat Marina Bay overlooking the water. Peggy Vincent Kelley claims “TheVineyard has everything: high energybeaches for those who are stalwartswimmers, low energy beachesperfect for paddling and entertainingsmall grandchildren. We have shopsand restaurants, all of which servewonderful seafood. We have history—didyou know the British cameinto Vineyard Haven often duringthe Revolutionary War? We havecharming old houses andchurches built during thewhaling era when there wasa lot of money around here.We have an interestingmuseum and lovely harborsfull of sailing vessels of alltypes and sizes, and plentyof places to sit and watchthem sail by. Ferries saildaily out of Woods Hole,which is less than 100 milesfrom the Regis campus.” Pat Hogan Sullivan gives aclose-up view of the inauguration:We survived and even enjoyedthe inauguration. I had a front rowseat at my neighbor’s house—niceand warm, and the food was excellent.Alexandria offered Jumbotronviewing in Market Square. As wimps,we opted for the cozy living room. Wedid venture to the Michigan ball. Itwas very nice, no hoopla, no Obama,no cash bar. The location was lovelyat the newly reopened Museum ofAmerican History. We mingled withcharming Midwesterners who don’tpush or shove or cut in line. (Quite achange from the Washington partycircuit.) We took a break to see asmall exhibit on Abraham Lincoln. Hope you’re all well and having agood winter, writes Barbara GilmoreStitts. Our family has had a full yearplus. Our daughter, Kathy, had tripletsDec. 1, 2007, two boys and a girl.All are healthy and progressing well.They also have big sister, Lauren,who is five and in kindergarten. Ouryoungest, Anne Marie, was marriedSept 6, 2008. On the local sceneshe wrote, “We absolutely love theGoodspeed Theatre in East Haddam,CT. It is a small, intimate theaterthat produces three plays each season,several of which have gone onto Broadway. This 2009 season theproductions are 42nd Street, Camelot,and A Funny Thing Happened on theWay to the Forum, Sept. 13–Nov. 29.For more information call the boxoffice at 860-873-8668. Anotheridea for a special family vacation isrenting a villa complete with staff.For our 50th in 2007, our family of12 with children from age three toteenagers rented a beautiful villaoverlooking Montego Bay in Jamaica.The staff of seven plus a 24/7 drivertook care of our every need and thensome. We rented through Villas byLinda Smith Inc., Cabin John, MD20818, 301-229-4300; website www.jamaicavillas.com. It was truly a tripof a lifetime and even today my nowfive-year-old granddaughter talksabout it. Happy daytripping andtravels to all. Nancy Roche Buckhoffwrites, “Since we lost our oldest child,Marianne (Lee) Nolan we have foundpeace. We know she’s in heaven, atpeace and is whole. Recently, God hasblessed us with so many gifts. In Mayour youngest daughter, Karen Jackson,will give us another grandson,Brennan. Then in June our youngestson, Stephen and Charnet will bring ababy girl, Dailynne. And last but notleast, our daughter Lee’s oldest child,Kelly Nolan, will wed Brian Kohnin September.” Carol McDermottGuebert is looking forward to a cruisefrom Rio to Barcelona in March.Carol has a new email address:cguebert@bellsouth.net. Carol’s yearwas saddened by the death of hersister and our classmate, Joan, in

class notesJanuary. Condolences from our classto Carol. We will all miss Joan.1956✒ Geraldine Dowd Driscoll, 7 ConantRoad #50, Winchester, MA 01890,rdriscoll65@comcast.net ShirleyLeClair Luchini passed away peacefullyon Wednesday, February 11,2009 at home with her family by herside, after a long, courageous battlewith ovarian cancer. She was a faithfulcommunicant of the Church of theIncarnation, serving as president ofthe Women’s Club and singing in thechoir. She was also a member of theCatholic Graduates Club of GreaterHartford. A wonderful wife, motherand grandmother, she will be dearlymissed by her family. We will missher as well.1957✒ Judy Sughrue, 47 Rosewood Drive,Stoughton, MA, 781 344-3357,nettiedog@comcast.net The Regis‘57 luncheon October 15, 2008, atthe Tea House was another verysuccessful gathering of our class.Never at a loss for words, conversationsranged over a number of topics:family, travel, politics, and of course,health. Among the attendees wereConnie Fontaine Perron, Jean VolanteO’Connor, Eileen Kelly Moynihan,Carol Young Fradette, Helen GrahamMcGonigle, Alice Scanlon Cogliano.Cathy Cogliano, Rosemary WeidnerMahoney, Nancy Swendeman Loud,Pat McCarron Pettersen, Elly Burke,Isabel Long Chesak, Mimi IantoscaCosta, Cathy Alemi Palmerino, GinnyPyne Kaneb, Carol Noonan Driscoll,Brenda Murphy Dugan, Carol HurdGreen, BeBe Gannon Brady, and AnneFox Fitzpatrick. Besides lunch wealso had our annual meeting. NancySwendeman Loud proposed an attractiveidea for trips together. Bynow you have received informationfor the first trip proposal, Portland,ME. In fact, since I have to submitthis column months before you readit in Regis Today, the Portland tripcould have happened. RosemaryWeidner Mahoney presented anupbeat and humorous report on ourclass treasury. One could see thateven her students who might not haveliked math would have enjoyed herclasses. The upcoming presidentialelection caused some debate, pro andcon Obama. Although agreement didexist for the election to end and forthe nation to move on to the extremelyserious challenges we are facing.Former ballot box entrepreneur AnneFox Fitzpatrick had an interestinginsight to the chad fiasco in Floridanot mentioned in any TV news coverage. Carol Hurd Green has finishedher chapter on Catholic women for theArchdiocese of Boston. She had plansto visit her daughter in Portland, OR,for the holidays. Isabel Long Chesakalso has been writing as a freelancefood writer. Her writings inspire oneto select a food theme trip. Otherinteresting travel notes for our classtravels included Ginny Pyne Kaneb’strip to Hudson Bay, Canada, for thePolar Bear Run early the next morning.Sheila Cruchley Campbell andCynthia Souza Nakane appear to beour most traveled classmates. Sheilaand her sister took a long cruise inthe South Pacific stopping at EasterIsland, Pitcairn, and Costa Rico. Butthe boa constrictor two feet away didmake me envious. Cynthia and herhusband, Paul, had many adventuresaround the globe; driving to New Orleansby way of San Diego, more drivingfrom Czech, through Poland andGermany and by train in Japan. Theyattended conferences and met friendsand family along the way. Suzy TreacyMcGovern called me from outside theLibrary of Congress on her cell phone.I was surprised that she was there forObama’s Inauguration. However, shewas in DC for the anti Roe v. Wadedemonstration, something whichKathy Speer Howrigan told me shewished that she could have done withSuzy. But Kathy was calling from herhome way up in Vermont where shewas resting from being the caretakerfor her dying sister. I was delightedto hear from Angie Oledon Guevara.Writing from Quezon City, the Philippines,Angie told of a very successfullife. She married her boyfriend whohad studied at medical school inBoston. Together they have had fivechildren, two girls and three boys.Her eldest daughter lives in Canada.All her children are professionals andfour are married. Angie pursued acareer in banking starting out as anassistant vice president for corporatelending and retiring as a bankdirector. Health is also a concern forAngie. A stroke prevented her fromattending our 50th and she needs tokeep on maintenance medication forhypertension to keep stable. Her husbandalso recently had health problemsso Angie is busy with his care. So, here’s to our classmates who havebeen and are caregivers to children,parents, spouses and siblings. Manygraces to you. Judy1958✒ Joan Meleski Kenney, P.O Box 33,Hyannis Port, MA 02647, kenneyjo@aol.com, joan_kenney@post.harvard.edu ✒ Paula Kirby Macione, 11 ZeusDrive, Chelmsford, MA 01824 Sincethis has been a long and difficultwinter in many parts of the country,we are thinking about the buddingof the trees on the Regis campus andencouraged by the coming of spring. Winter was improved for many ofus by travel to warm places, DonnaCoffey Young to California, Arizona,and Athens, Greece, where her sonlives, Mary Jo Kilmain to Siesta Key,FL, and Mary Reynolds Kennedy andElaine O’Connell Fitzpatrick to NaplesFL, where they attended the Regisreception in January and where Marywas visited by Pat Donnelly Tardiff. Iwas invited to present two workshopsin Hawaii in February, one on the BigIsland next to an active volcano, andthe other on Oahu, just up the streetfrom the school where PresidentObama was educated. Frankie BoyleNugent was not as fortunate warmthwise,as her winter conference was inChicago. In a similar vein, MaureenO’Connor Fitzgerald’s daughter, wholives in Colorado, visited her motherin Palm Beach Gardens, FL, duringa week when the temperatures inColorado were in the 70s, and Floridawas registering a balmy 35 degrees—Mother Nature at her best! PeggyMosher Melanson has set off on a tripto Australia and New Zealand, andAnn Marshall cruised the Baltic inAugust, where she especially enjoyedSt. Petersburg. Upcoming travelersinclude our new class president,Lou Berube Williams, who plans a tripto Europe in April. Also, Lou had avisit last October with Andrea KeefeKrupke, who has returned to Newport,RI, to live in her original family home.Three of Ann Smith Tobin’s grandchildrenlive in Paris, and Ann and Billwill be traveling there in May fortheir granddaughter Sarah’s FirstCommunion; Ann also reports theimpending arrival of their 13th grandchild.Ann has been making telephonecalls for the Regis Fund, and has enjoyedtalking to many classmates whoare still fondly reminiscing about our50th reunion. Also announcing a newgrandchild is Peggy Wood Mahoney. On a sad note, we mourn the loss ofour classmate Virginia Dowd Davidson,and extend our condolences to herhusband John and family. In an attemptto extend the scope of our classnews, we would like to know how andwhere our classmates are travelingin their minds. Are you in a book clubor discussion group? Are you taking acourse? Do you have a must read bookto share with your classmates? Pleaselet us know, so that we can includethis in the fall/winter issue.195950th Reunion Class✒ Maureen O’Connell Palmer,525 Washington Street, Apt. 206,Hanover, MA 02339 ✒ Ellen Mc-Swiney Shea, 246 Highland Street,Milton, MA 02186-4431 Since I35SPRING • SUMMER 09

36REGIS TODAY“Yes We Did!”could be ourclass motto as weapproach our 50ththree Junes from now.have not heard from many of you,I am assuming that you are savingall your stories for our reunion. Youmay not receive Regis Today beforereunion, but I hope that many of youare planning to attend; it should befantastic! Please bring pictures ofyour families, your travels, etc. It willbe enjoyable to catch up. During oneof our many snowstorms, I chattedwith Rita Noonan Griffin, calling fromFort Myers where it was “only in the50s.” However, since Ritie’s home baseis Minnesota, she did not seem toosympathetic to my whiny complaintsabout the weather. Rita went to a Regisluncheon in Naples where she metJeannette Duffy Hartigan and BrendaMeade Doherty. Carole Donovanwas in Washington for the Inaugurationand the festivities thereafter. The monthly luncheons are stillgoing strong. In January, the girlsmet at Ken’s Steak House. Includedin the group of about 12 were MaryAnn Kennedy Smith, Yvette Le BlancBoyle, Mary Lou Holahan Hayes, andMary Courtney. I do hope to make acollage for viewing at the reunion. Ifyou have any pictures of Regis dayswhich you’d like to share, please sendthem to me. I promise that I’ll returnthem after the reunion. Hope to seeyou at the reunion.1960✒ Winifred Murphy, 50 Stearns Street,Newton Centre, MA 02459-2464 Christina Kennedy McCann is gatheringour classmates to begin planningfor our 50th reunion celebration in2010, so watch your mail for information.Chris is currently serving on theRegis Board of Trustees.1961✒ Kate Martin Hawke, 4 RocklandRoad, Marblehead, MA 01945,frhawke@comcast.net ✒ JudithKing Weber, 52 Apple Blossom Lane,Lynn, MA 01904 Dear Classmates,I’ll start with the sad news and endwith happier tidings. On November14, 2008, Kathleen Beisel died ather home in East Dennis. KathleenRoach Beisel was a widow when shejoined our class in our junior yearand members of the English Departmentmust remember whata delightful addition to ourclasses and what a gracioushostess she was. She wasvery proud of her degreefrom Regis and a generousalumna. On HalloweenJudy King Weber went trickor treating in Manhasset,NY, where she was visitingher son and his family. Shereconnected with SheliaButterfield Thompson wholives around the corner.Shelia is an artist whose watercolorsof Long Island and Maine’s east coasthave been shown in galleries in bothlocations, as well as, recently at TSIGallery in New York City. Shelia andBob are the parents of five childrenand Judy and Bob plan to meet againwhen they are next visiting on LongIsland. Many of the MassachusettsRegis girls are heading to Floridafor a month or more. I can’t tell youto keep your eyes open for a sightingbecause who knows when this newswill be published. However, if youthink you saw a familiar but olderface in Florida this winter, you probablysaw a classmate. On the goodnews front—Susan Fallon Kolk andI are recent grandmothers of twins.Susan’s daughter is the mother of Calliopeand Josephine and my son is thefather of Abigail and Owen. Susancame from warm Florida to freezingMassachusetts in January to helpwith the babies. We were able to meetfor lunch and a trip down memorylane at Regis where Susan found herfavorite oil painting of the ocean stillhanging in College Hall. With allthe changes there, it is comforting torealize that many elements of Regisremain the same. Slim pickings thistime—send news.1962✒ Maureen Connelly, 97 Neel Road,Harwich Port, MA 02646-2508✒ Rosemary Shannon Robbins, 43Mano Drive, Kula Maui, HI 96790 “Yes We Did!” could be our classmotto as we approach our 50th threeJunes from now. Nov. 4, 2008 hasseveral still buzzing about electioneve in ’60 when we took the “T”(Riverside was our link to the Hub)to the Boston Garden where we heldup a Gordon linen sheet on which wehad written: “Put a New John in theWhite House.” We did then, and becausewe weren’t old enough to vote,many of us bought the huge buttonthat read: “IF I WERE 21 I’D VOTEFOR KENNEDY.” As I do for everypresidential election, I wore mine tothe polls in November. When quizzedabout when and where I got it, I hada “junior moment” that triggeredmemories of that historic night. Hopeyou’ll e-mail me yours, not just aboutbeing in the Garden on Nov. 7, 1960,but attending our own Inaugural Ballin January 1961. Was it on the 20thand in the foyer of Regis Hall? Whoremembers either a sign or a story inThe Regis Herald that read: “Fromthe Regis Prom to the Presidency?” A history major then and historybuff still, Joanne Fitzgerald McCreaof Salem has always been a politicalactivist for democratic causes andcandidates. Invited by Senator JohnKerry to a congressional reception inhis honor in DC, also attended by ournew president, Joanne, on returningto the Hub, learned she was chosento be a member of the MassachusettsCommission on the Status of Women.Established “to provide a permanent,effective voice for women across Massachusetts,the Commission standsfor the fundamental freedoms, basichuman rights and the full enjoymentof life for all women throughout theirlives.” At The Parkman House luncheonafter the swearing-in ceremony,she met Angela Menino. Her husbandTom, should he run for a fifth term,may be opposed in the primary bytwo city councilors and a South Endbusinessman who just happens tobe Joanne’s son Kevin McCrea! Another history major and historybuff still, Ann Kimpton Bertone plansyet another “fact-finding” trip abroad,this time for an extended stay inLuxor, Egypt where her niece Dr.Jennifer Kimpton, an Egyptologist,now lives and digs. Had Regis offereda major in Egyptology, Jennifer, saysAnn, might have gone there insteadof Brown and Cornell. In touch withother “frequent fliers,” notably her“boat mates,” Joanne Bellucci Hardingand Sharlene Riel Locker, Ann reportsthat Joanne hasn’t traveled of latebecause of her mother’s illness butSharlene often heads south to visither daughter and granddaughters.SOS: classmates, please snail or e-mail me about your going-ons for thenext issue.1963✒ Valerie O’Hearne Leger, 42 SilasDeane Road, Ledyard, CT 06339-1331 Hello Regis classmates, especiallythose of you who have spent thiswinter (of my discontent) here in thenorth! I keep saying to myself “thistoo shall pass,” as the flakes comepouring down on top of the ice. I usedto be a winter person, skiing andwalking daily no matter what thetorment to my body. But now I realizeI only have so much energy/cartilage/vigor left and I have to apportion itwisely. So I don’t take out the trashanymore, as this uses up valuable—let’s call them ergs. I want to savewhatever is left for tennis, golf, and

class notesjust getting out of the car in lessthan two minutes! It seems some ofyou have more ergs left than I. JaneDeMarco Wittreich just spent a weekskiing in Colorado. She writes, “I amreacclimating to life in the Bostonarea after 34 years of living in Darien,CT. Activities at the French Libraryin Boston and at the Museum ofFine Arts along with volunteering atMount Auburn Hospital in Cambridgekeep me busy. We have a wonderfulbook group here at the Woodlands inBelmont where I have met many newfriends while engaging in stimulatingconversation. Of course, the highlightof being back in the Boston area isthe proximity of my two granddaughtersin Winchester. What fun it is tobe part of their lives. In the summer,George and I shuttle between Falmouthand his retreat inthe Northeast Kingdom,VT, close to the Canadianborder where wecontinue to work on ourgolf game. Nancy CollinsEdwards, Beverly FalcioneMarano, Liz Tosi Sullivan,Pat Hurley Keohane, andJoan Iverson Gallivanrendezvous from time totime.” Gosh, Jane, youcertainly are makinggood use of all of yourremaining ergs. I noticeyou are using the Frenchexpressions we learnedfrom Madame Laus also. Jane also reported thatJoan Gallivan has beenappointed public administratorfor Norfolk Countyby the Governor. This is a five-yearterm. Joan, we congratulate you andknow you will do a fine job. Joanand I were part of a group in 2007who toured France and Italy andwe really enjoyed ourselves. Andmore good news from Pat Hurley andhusband Hank Keohane: On August9, 2008, Pat and Hank had a wonderfulfortieth wedding anniversarysurprise party, given by their fourchildren at their home at Old SilverBeach, Cape Cod. Pat’s sister Kayand several classmates were presentto share in the festivities and wishthem well for the next forty years.It turned out to be a good rehearsalfor Pat and Hank’s first “offspring”wedding taking place this June at thesame location. Hank is retired but Patis working full-time at Harvard asassistant to the resident dean in oneof the houses. She is still enjoying theinteraction with the college age groupwhere there is never a dull moment. Nancy Edwards writes that she isworking at a nursing home one day aweek and volunteering at Milton hospitalonce a week. She and husbandBill will take a transatlantic cruise inApril and then drive to Boise, ID, inJuly with grandchildren to visit theirson and his family. Thank you,JoAnne Dufort, for calling me andtelling me your latest news. JoAnneis retired after working for the stateof New Hampshire for 35 years.Having belonged to an internationalgroup for racing chemists, JoAnnehas been everywhere for conferences,from China to England, to Japan toPakistan, which she loved. In a sharpcontrast, JoAnne spent last summerat York beach, walking and kayakingwith her dog. She reported that MaryJane Higgins has a website whereall can follow her news including herrecent marriage to Erle Johnson aswell as health issues—maryjayne.synthasite.com. Many thanks to myfellow French major, Jane Wittreich,Submit Class Notes Online!Regis College would love to know what’s new withyou. Regis Today is a great way to stay in touch withyour classmates and friends. Share your news about ababy, job, marriage, vacation, activities, anniversaries,and grandkids.If you would like to submit a class note, go to the RegisCollege Web site, www.regiscollege.edu, and click onthe Alumni page. Just fill out the form and submit yournews to the Alumni Office for the next issue of RegisToday. Thanks so much for your news! We look forwardto hearing from you.for most of the news in this issue.Flashes of the library at Brandeiswhere we lived before senior seminarand the nearby Pizza Place are goingthrough my mind as I type. Such awarm feeling that we are in touchin spite of years and distance. Say,I’ll bet many of you are in stimulatingbook clubs? How about somerecommendations? I will venture thefollowing: 1, The Tortilla Curtain (twoyoung undocumented immigrantsliving in the woods behind a gatedcommunity in California); 2, Riverof Doubt (Teddy Roosevelt takes atrip down an unexplored tributary ofthe Amazon after his defeat as thenominee of the Bull Moose Party). Icould go on and on but will wait foryour ideas! Peace and good health toyou. Jane O’Hearne Leger196445th Reunion Class✒ Barbara Bye Murdock, P.O. Box 266,Little Compton, RI 02837, barbara@murdockadvisors.com We arelooking forward to our 45th reunion,May 29-31. Anne O’Sullivan andJudy Machaj Susanin, our co-chairs,are busy checking with classmatesto ensure that we have a wonderfulturnout. They can be reachedby e-mail if you have questions:jsusanin@cox.net and anno2@msn.com. Block those dates off on yourcalendars! Sadly we have to reportthe death of our classmate, JaniceKeresy. This information is from AnneRicher Kirkpatrick. Janice KeresyCaron, our classmate who passedaway last September, was a friend ofmine. She was from Gardner whereBetsy Carr Langan Parks was fromand was Betsy’s roommate at Regis.She moved to Nantucket shortlyafter graduation where her husbandDenny was a coach at the high school.She had breast cancer and later braincancer. I occasionally talked with herand she was alwaysvery upbeat and hada lot of faith. AnneKirkpatrick continueswith more news.“Will and I have noimmediate plans tomove, retire, etc.Will is carving fewerdecoys and paintingmore land andseascapes. He is veryactive with the ConcordArt Associationand Newton OpenStudios. He is sellingquite a few paintingsand exhibits his workat quite a few juriedshows. I took a coupleof nice trips in 2008.Kathleen McKennaand I went to Albania, Croatia, Serajavoand Slovenia in the spring, aninteresting and fun trip. In October, Iwent with a friend to visit her daughterand family in southern France.We drove to Barcelona for a couple ofdays which was great and then spenta week in Morocco which was wonderful.I brushed up on my French andwas able to speak a lot of Frenchwhich I loved doing. I would actuallylove a job where I could speak Frenchand travel. This is probably not goingto happen, if you know what I mean!” In the process of connecting AnisaShubita Kreitem to one of our classmates,Ann Casey Collins gave meAnisa’s e-mail. She is so excited to bein touch with a few more of us, it waswonderful to hear from her. Anisawrites, “It has been years since I leftthe States, but I have Regis and allthe sisters and friends there printedin my heart and soul. I think of youall and wonder what you have beendoing all these years. I was marriedin 1973, had two sons; Tarek in 1974,and Samer in 1975. Tarek is marriednow and has two beautiful daughters,Suzie-Anisa who will be five in July,37SPRING • SUMMER 09

38REGIS TODAYand Anya-Norma who will be two inJanuary. Samer is engaged to be marriedthis year, hopefully. I retired twoyears ago from work as an assistantto the principal in a private school forunderprivileged children, supposedlyto look after my two granddaughters,but they moved last Februaryto Dubai. On the 23rd of January,my husband and I will visit themthere for three weeks. We are lookingforward to this, for we miss them terribly.” Barbara J. Murphy Noyes andnewly retired husband Larry movedto Colorado to be near their twodaughters and three grandsons. Shehas the same e-mail, barbara_noyes@hotmail.com. Ann O’Sullivan hadlunch recently with Ann Collins. Annand Jack sold their family home inNorth Andover last summer. Theywill be living in Rye, NH, not far fromLouise Brennan Murray’s family’s summerhome in Rye. Margaret FermoyleFlagg, our class agent, reports that 45percent of our class contributed to theAnnual Fund last year. She is hopefulthat we can better that percentage.Thank you Margaret for your efforts! Joanne Benedict Caulfield writes,“The Caulfields have finally done it.We both retired in June, me from amath tutoring job at the Park Schoolfor the past 18 years and Steve fromhis chairmanship of the ChickeringCompany, which probably insuredmany of your children in collegesaround the country. Two days laterwe moved from our condo on CommonwealthAve in Boston to a newhome on Orr’s Island in Maine. Aweek later we decamped for Nantucketfor the summer. We are now settledquite nicely in our new house on thewater and have been visited by KarenJohnson Celi and her husband John,as well as Kathy Minihane Eagan andher husband Eddie, among scores ofothers who have been curious aboutthe new chapter in our lives. Despiteit being a very different lifestyle, welove living in Maine. Life is good!” Judith Higgins Donohue writes,“Ralph and I have bought a homein the Villages, a golf community incentral Florida. I have not held a golfclub since Regis days and am lookingforward to relearning. We are snowbirds!I am teaching public relationsat Regis during the summer. See youat our reunion in May.” MaureenShea Dolan writes, “John and I arein Naples for February and March,planning to be back in Sudbury forEaster. We sold our homestead ofthirty-five years to our son Tim andfamily in October and moved to acondo nearby in Sudbury. We areexpecting two more grandchildrenin the spring, bringing our grandchildrento fourteen. Deo gratias! Sadly, just after Christmas we attendedthe wake of Richard O’Hearn,Pat Luben O’Hearn’s beloved husband.It was a loving tribute to him and hisdevoted family. Then we were indeedsaddened to hear about the passing ofour dear classmate, Jan Keresy lastSeptember. Our 45th reunion is onlymonths away and we look forward toa grand gathering on the “Hilltop.”Meanwhile, we send our heartfeltwishes to all for continued health andhappy days.” Shelley Hackett Phippswrites, “Retirement is wonderful.Time is one’s own—almost, as long asone does two half-hour walks in thedesert per day with ‘the dogs!’ I nowknow where ‘dogging’ someone comesfrom. They don’t take their eyes off ofme all day. This year I expect to beinvolved in organization developmentconsulting—maybe at UConn, TexasA & M, and Marquette. (Shelley’sprofessional career evolved with herwork with the U of Arizona Libraryand Information Technology Group.) I have upped my tennis schedule totwo teams and four social games perweek. I am undefeated in league play;our teams may go to the ‘sectional’competition in El Paso. Whoopie!El Paso. As previously mentionedI will be on a seven-day raft tripthrough the Grand Canyon the end ofMay so will not be able to join you all.Hope to be on the East Coast in Julyto visit friends and family (brotherTucker resides on Martha’s Vineyardyear round). I wish you all health,health, and health—all else follows—for 2009.” At the time of writingthese notes, we have just witnessed ahistoric inauguration. Barack Obama,with personal integrity and such avision of a better world is a refreshinginspiration. Let us hope that peaceand financial stability will follow. All of this news is collected when Isend a “request for news” via e-mail.Please make sure that I have youre-mail address, so that everyone willbe in the loop. I appreciate the nicemessages that I receive from you. Ihave included my address for anyonewho is boycotting cyberspace! Lookingforward to a great reunion! Bestwishes, Barbara1965✒ Gail Hoffman Burke, P.O. Box500, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568,burkegw@comcast.net1966✒ Irene Megan Norian, 2 ChipmanHgts, Middlebury, VT 05753 ✒ NancyLeverone Ortwein, 135 Medford Street,Arlington, MA, nanciortwein@msn.com1967✒ Mary Driscoll Egan, 10 Old NugentFarm, Gloucester, MA 02474-31181968✒ Dawn-Marie Driscoll, 4909 S.W. 9thPlace, Cape Coral, FL 33914,Dmdprudenc@aol.com ✒ ElizabethBrush Petzke, Freiherr-Vom-Stein-Str.38,65779 Kelkehim Germany, Eg.petzke@t-online.de After our wonderful40th reunion last year, we are stillcatching up with classmates, and wehope this inspires those of you whohave not sent any updates to at leastlet us know where you are. AdrienneBuuck reports that she got her MDfrom the U of Vermont in 1972. “Imarried a classmate who was nextto me in the alphabet, John Butler,in 1970. Nearly thirty-eight yearslater, it was a wonderful choice. DuringVietnam, they were drafting docsuntil age 35, so it was inevitable thatJohn would get called up. We ran outof money; we both joined the Army,who paid us for senior year in school,in return for a chunk of our lives.. Wespent a total of 11 years in the Army,where I trained in pediatrics andadolescent medicine, John, in generalsurgery. We had three children duringthat time. We moved to SouthGeorgia at the behest of some Armyfriends, and have lived here since1982. John was in a two-man practicefor 24 years, and also finished up his20 years in the Army reserves, witha five month stint in Southwest Asiafor Desert Storm in 1991. He retiredfrom practice in 2006, and now workspart time as medical director forour hospital. I did 11 years in publichealth when the kids were little; didtwelve years in practice after theygrew, and also retired in 2006. Now Iam a kept woman, and spend my timewith gardening, walking, Curves,and volunteering in kindergarten andat the library. Life is good. Our kidsare all grown, and we expect our firstgrandchild in the fall of 2008, andour second in May. My family still allis in the Boston area, and I go backseveral times a year to visit and helpwith my mother, who has multiplemyeloma, but is doing well. Regiswas for me a life-changing experience.I think of how much I learned;how I learned to love studying, andhow well that served me in medicine.More importantly, I learned selfconfidencein that environment, andit served me well in the male world Ientered in medical school and training.That has all changed for youngwomen now, of course, but back inthe 1970s I was most often the onlywoman in my class, rotation, or clinicexperience, and I know Regis gave methe kutzpah to handle that. As I readabout the decision to go coed, I havevery mixed feelings. There is much tobe said for four years of a more-or-lesssheltered time for a young woman totest her wings. Obviously, I date my-

class notesself, and am glad that the College hasthrived, in the face of these difficulttimes. At any rate, that is my story. Along way from our first semester inCollege Hall, but I have many wonderfulmemories of those days, andthe news from classmates has providedsome good reminiscence. Thanksfor taking on the responsibility ofkeeping us all connected. And withthe Internet, I promise I’ll stay intouch.” Carolyn Kelliher has beenliving in Hingham for about 25 years.Her son Kevin lives nearby in Quincy.“I have been a practicing attorney formore than 33 years. First I servedas an assistant attorney general, buthave spent most of the time in privatepractice. About eight years ago I relocatedmy practice in South Hingham,which has been very convenient. Igraduated from Suffolk Law Schoolin the class of 1975. My practice issomewhat general but with an emphasison estate planning, elder law andprobate administration.”196940th Reunion Class✒ Linda Gastka Daigneault, Win Tronics,Inc., 191 Pitt Street ✒ Sharon, PA16146, 724 981-5770 Ext. 230, Fax 724981-1772, lindad@wintronicsinc.com I hope that 2009 is and will continueto be a good year for you and yours.We are thrilled with the addition oftwo grandchildren in late fall. BrennaRae was born on September 19 andLucas Anthony was born a monthlater on October 22. We are blessed.Everyone was here for the weekafter Christmas and we enjoyed fourgenerations in one house—two greatgrandmothers,us, our daughters andhusbands and four grandchildren.A great time was had by all. I willcontinue to share Mary Beth Stanton-Cotter’s notes. She has passed onnews about the following classmates. Ruth Nolan Bing teaches preschoolin Lincoln, and has two daughtersin biotech, one living in Newton andthe other in London. Ruth will be afirst time grandmother this spring. Debbie Gagen works as a legal secretaryat the law firm of Goodwin Proctorin Boston. Susan Peterson Kingmanages state and federal contractsfor employment training. Sue hasthree children, two sons and a daughter(getting married this summer). Eileen O’Leary Hathaway Krell lives inSyracuse, NY. She has three childrenand spends her winters in CocoaBeach, FL. Another classmate whospends winters in Florida (Largo) isAnne Christian Burr who recentlyretired from the practice of law andhas three grandchildren. KathyDesmarais works in the public informationservices department of Healthand Human Services in NH, anddoes a lot of traveling in her sparetime. Mary Ann Stork O’Connor doesqualitative research at DartmouthMedical School. Barbara GilbertiMurray is living in Rancho Palos, CA,has three daughters and is director ofvolunteer services at a local non-profithospital which she enjoys very much. Rachel Raymond Sullivan has twomarried daughters and continues towork as a social worker at HasbroHospital in Providence, RI. She enjoysspending time with her daughtersand grandchildren. Joanie ClarkeStruzziero is a school psychologistand received her PhD at age 50. Inaddition to writing three books sheteaches at Northeastern and UMass.Joanie has two children. DianeParenteau-Klein has two childrenand continues to teach part-time. Shereceived her law degree in 1978 andacts in local theater. Jayne Irelandmoved to France after graduation, receivedher PhD, is currently workingfor French Nutrient Data Base andremarried several years ago to a Danishgentleman named Anders. CindyFitzgerald Sullivan continues to workin the engineering group at Stratusand enjoys her work and her threechildren. We have many classmateswho have entered or are entering theretirement arena. Patricia HardingCatalano is retiring from the townof Ashland as HR administrator andis looking forward to retirement.She should take some notes fromMary Flanagan Dunbrack who retiredfrom Baring Asset Management as aportfolio manager and loves retirement.Rosemary Sheehan Snowlinghas retired from teaching and hasthree boys, one in California and twoin DC. Anne Marie Coakley Gentileis retired from banking, serves onthe finance committee in Ashlandand has eight grandchildren. JeanneProvancher Goulet retired from IBMand has a son at Purdue and hermother living with her. Louise Nolanretired as assistant superintendent ofWoburn school system. She volunteersat Dana Farber and the MFAand teaches at Middlesex CommunityCollege. Nancy Gregory Troy and herhusband have three adult children,have recently retired and are enjoyingit very much. Believe it or not,I still have more notesfrom Mary Beth and willlet you know about othersclassmate goings on in thenext newsletter. I also hopeto have some news from our40th reunion. What a rush!Seems like only yesterdaywhen we had to wear ourbeanies and a toothbrusharound our neck. (Did youforget?) Do you rememberthe rooms in College Hall,the announcements by thelady at the switchboard, signing outand in, curfews, wearing lace mantillasto Mass? Drop me a line with afew of the things you remember. Untilnext time, take care and God bless.1970✒ Nora Quinlan Waystack, 3 GreatMeadow Road, Byfield, MA 01922,nqwaystack@comcast.net Greetingsand salutations, Class of 1970, I hope your Christmas holidays werejoyfully spent, and that the new yearhas treated you and yours well to date. First of all, on behalf of our class, Isend condolences to Nancy McCallumBrenerman on the death of her father,William “Bill” McCallum, who passedaway on February 3. Kathy DobbynBouchard and I attended his memorialservice in Portland, ME, and werehappy to connect with Nancy’s familyafter many years. The followingmorning I received a call from Kathyto say her daughter, Amy, had justgiven birth to their first grandchild,Campbell Paige Kennedy. Needlessto say, Kathy and husband, Mike, are“over the moon!” When the conversationabout possible retirement comesup, Kathy assures me she doesn’tsee how that can ever happen withall the shopping she has in mind forher new granddaughter. That plusthe fact that she loves her position asassistant principal of the King MiddleSchool, an award winning expeditionaryschool. I’ve learned that expeditionaryschools are affiliated withthe Outward Bound program andare unique in their focus on originalresearch and team-building even inthe earliest grades. I received ane-mail update from Carol Giacomothat missed the last issue which Inow include. After 24 years coveringforeign and defense policy for Reuters,the international wire service, andtraveling the world with seven secretariesof state and various presidentsand other US officials, Carol joinedthe New York Times in August 2007,as the member of the editorial boardresponsible for writing editorials onforeign and defense policy, i.e. Iraq,Afghanistan, North Korea, Pakistan,etc. She is now separated and livingin her hometown of Greenwich, CT,Seems like only yesterdaywhen we had to wearour beanies and atoothbrusharound our neck.39SPRING • SUMMER 09

40REGIS TODAYLela Aukes-Niemer ’75reminds us thatshe is still renting outholiday apartmentsfor any interestedclassmates on theThai eastcoast.staying temporarily with a sisterwhile trying to sell her house inChevy Chase, MD, (in the worst marketin 50 years) and relocate permanentlysomewhere in the Greenwich-Winchester County area. Carol’s son,Christopher Marquette, graduated inJune 2008 from St. Anselm’s AbbeySchool in Washington, DC, and is nowa freshman at Holy Cross. She stillfinds it difficult to get the notion ofthose excruciating 1966–1970s “mixers”out of her head while visiting theHC campus. She notes, however, thatthe co-ed social scene is quite differentfrom when we were in college andHC was all men, and Chris seems tobe settling in just fine. I learnedseveral months ago that upon losingher husband, Frank, Anne BlackRecchia, relocated from Westboro toNewburyport. Dede Dalton-Martell,Patty Hanifey and I were to meet forlunch shortly after I spoke to Anne,and it was agreed that I would bringAnne along as a “surprise.” It wascertainly a rousing lunch. Anne is activelypursuing her love of art and isa member of an artists’ co-operative,Bridge Gallery, located in MarketSquare, Newburyport. She is alsocurrently studying mural painting atthe Montserrat College of Art in Beverly.Her daughter Lauren, 29, worksin graphic design and lives in Allston.Her son Daniel, 26, lives and works inWestboro for Bose. She recently sawMerry Toomey Penta at the openingof Bridge Gallery this February. Ireceived a Christmas letter/familyupdate from Ouida Williams Johnsonthat she suggested I share in my nextRegis Today report. Perhaps thatwould be a painless way for some ofyou to send me some info. Just addme to your Christmas list! Ouida’shusband, Freddie, is still at PaineCollege in Augusta and commuteshome to Alpharetta on weekends.Daughter, Joi, married Army StaffSergeant Felix Murphy earlier in theyear and is now pregnant with twins.Felix is a career Army man withalmost 20 years in service.Joi has worked in severalresearch labs at EmoryUniversity since graduatingseven years ago, andhopes to continue therepart-time after the babiesare born. They live in Rex,GA. Freddie III has workedin the restaurant businessfor a few years sincehigh school. He plans toattend Paine College nextyear. Daughter Toni, andhusband Lester Purry havelived in L.A. for a few yearsas he works in the tv/movieindustry. Toni recentlylaunched her PR firm andis currently featured in theJanuary issue of O Magazine. DaughterLorna attended Paine College andis now managing a Bath and BodyShop in Augusta. Her two childrenare teenagers and considering collegesin Georgia and California. Ouidawas laid-off from AT&T several yearsago after 25 years. She then taughtmath at American InterContinentalUniversity for a few years. In JanuaryOuida started teaching at Paine College. I recently received an “invitation”from Marcia Ragonese Falzonevia Facebook. I joined thinking thatwould perhaps put me in touch witha few more of you out there. Onceagain, any updated contact info wouldbe greatly appreciated. So many of usare in a state of transition and I’velost contact with you. Also, if thereare any classmates you would like tohear from, let me know and I’ll mentiontheir names next time. Nancy,Patty, and I would love to hear fromGinny Patch (Chrishna Ba). Pleasekeep in touch, and if you’re on Facebook,be sure to find me!1971✒ Patricia Funder, 25 Sawmill Drive,Plymouth, MA 02360-44431972✒ Susan (Sukey) Saunders, 157 LexingtonAvenue, Cranston, RI 02910,401-467-63165, smsaun@aol.com I’m happy to say that I heard from afew classmates who had some news toshare. In January, Sharon McDedeKolor proudly announced the birth ofher fifth grandchild, William Paul,the first child for Sharon’s daughterBonnie and husband Dan. Bonnieis a pharmacist at the VA Hospitalin Philadelphia. Sharon spent afew weeks in New Jersey with thenew parents and falling in lovewith baby Will. At the end of February,she planned to visit son Frankand his family and get in some qualitytime with her three grandchildrenin Portland, OR. Her son Tom andhis wife and daughter live in Buffalo.Tom, a percussionist, holds a MMfrom Julliard and is an assistantprofessor of music at the U at Buffalo.This is Sharon’s year for familyvisits so, no doubt, she’ll be headingfor Buffalo at some point. Last year,Sharon and Richard took an amazingtrip to Turkey and Egypt wherethey immersed themselves in Greekand Roman history and tales ofthe gods, took in the sounds of theMuslim call to prayer, visited incrediblybeautiful mosques, the SilkRoad, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, andsaw amazing land forms and a hugefertile plain that used to be under theAegean Sea. Our classmates certainlytake some great trips! A minireunionwas held last October whenSharon, Ann Hafey O’Neil, Karen DrewKane, and Paula Connolly Connolly attendedthe Cape Cod wedding of MaryClancy’s daughter. I don’t have muchinfo here other than that Paula andher husband live on the Cape yearround now and Karen is still teachingancient history to middle schoolersin Chelmsford. Maria Zodda’sdaughter Meghan returned fromher Peace Corp tour in Kazakhstan.The experience has her interestedin pursuing an advanced degreein public health. Maria had a hipreplacement last August. Two monthslater, she and Meghan went to Romeand Sicily. In keeping with familytradition, Maria headed for the slopesover the Christmas holiday. You justcan’t keep this woman still, can you? Janet Wilhelm asked me to sharewith you that her father passed awayin June 2008, after a long battle withcancer. I’m sure you join me in sendingour belated sympathy to Jan andher Mom. Louise McDonald Goeckel’sdaughter, Sarah, started her freshmanyear at St. Mary’s College ofCalifornia. She is studying businessand accounting. The college ismuch like Regis in its small size,Catholic tradition, liberal arts focus,and personal, substantive attentionfrom the professors. On move-in dayLouise found herself thinking thatshe would have been just as happy tobe bringing Sarah to her first day ofkindergarten again. I’m sure she wasalso re-living her first day at Regis. Thanks for the news, ladies. Hopefully,we will have more for the nextreport. Until then, be well.1973✒ Pat D’Amore, 50 Jane Road,Newton, MA 02459, pattidamore@gmail.com Maureen Lyons, AnnMarie McCarthy, and Pamela Sampsonattended Homecoming 2008, whenthe ‘73 Beacons were honored thatSaturday, October 18. Head coach

class notesof the Beacons, Olive Nolan, waspresent at the celebration, and visitedwith the team for a festive dinner.Maureen shared her memories of theteam as she spoke to her teammatesand fellow alums, about the uniformsthey used to wear, the songs they’dsing on the bus rides home, and thededication the coaches and teamshared as they stayed determined tokeep the team official. Maureen alsoattended the alumni athletic events,cheering on with her friends and family,the Boston Celtics as they took onthe Phoenix Suns on January 19, andthe Boston Bruins as they faced theNew York Islanders on March 14.197435th Reunion Class✒ Grace Murphy, 6 Colony Road,Lexington, MA 02420, 781-861-3914,grace.murphy@gdc4s.com If RegisToday reaches you before reunion,remember to save May 29-31 for our35th reunion. It would be a great opportunityto catch up with each otherand see all the great things that arehappening at Regis. Hope to see youthere!1975✒ Cathy Grealy Cohen, 6028 CopelyLane, McLean, VA 22101, cgcohen@aaodc.org Having survived breastcancer in 1999, Shelly (Michelle)Shields Buono has been cancer-freefor 10 years, is doing well and livingin New Brunswick, NJ, with herhusband George, and two childrenGabrielle, 20, and George, 18. Shellyteaches French in New BrunswickHigh School. She has just completedcourse work at the Foundation forEducational Administration, NJEXCEL towards three New Jerseycertificates for supervisor, principaland school administrator. In 2007,Shelly received the New Jersey Governor’sTeacher Recognition, Teacherof the Year. After a long career inteaching French and ESL (English asa Second Language), Shelly thinks itis time to make a career change andshe hopes to find a job in administration. Her daughter, Gabrielle, isspending a semester abroad in Paris,France, with Rutgers U. She, like hermother, enjoys living in Paris andhas an apartment in the sixth arrondissementin the heart of the LeftBank. Gabrielle is majoring in Frenchand communication. Shelly’s son,George, attends a community collegeand hopes to transfer to Rutgers U inhis junior year and pursue a career inbusiness. Shelly’s husband, George,was recently diagnosed with cancerof the esophagus. She would appreciatesome prayers from her Regisfamily. She sends her love to all herRegis colleagues and hopes they areall happy, healthy and surrounded byloving friends and family. Feel free toe-mail her at MShieldsB@aol.com After living on Cape Cod for severalyears and then on Sanibel Island inFlorida, Donna Bosche O’Brien andher husband are now trying out theCarolinas. On a mission to find theperfect place to retire, they are inSouth Carolina just south of Charlotte,NC—a beautiful launchingplace for exploring the mountainsand lakes and spend weekends onthe Carolina and Georgia coastal region.Those of you thinking you mightwant to move south should contacther for advice! She isn’t working rightnow—just playing lots of tennis anda little golf but is likely to be back upat Falmouth this summer. Mary AnnDellea Cronin reports that Felice Pelosiis working as an administrator forthe Northeast region of OSHA. Herhusband, Peter, works for the Dept.of Labor. They live in Boston duringthe week and on Cape Cod weekends.Nancy Haggerty Eaton and Gerry livein Milton. Their son, Matthew is livingon the North Shore of Boston andenjoys his job. Mary Ann continues towork for the State Dept. of Childrenand Families—Child Protective Services.It is a really busy time with anincrease in cases due to the increasein unemployment and stress peopleare under. Mary Ann is spending alot of time with her father who is stillliving and in Pittsfield. Her husbandworks in the auto industry—which isa bit tricky these days, as well. Theirdaughter is 16 and studying for herdriver’s license! Joan Gallagher hasgiven up Tennessee and the corporatelife for now and is looking for anyclassmates that might be in Wichita,KS, where her husband is the CIO ofSpirit Aerosystems. She is teachingwriting at Friends University andButler Community College and is adoctoral candidate in the EducationalStudies Program at Lesley Universityin Cambridge—specializing in (howtimely) adult learning. Even with allthat, she finds time to continue hernon-profit work serving on the boardof the Salvation Army. She may seesome of you on the Cape this summerin Harwich. After 11 busy yearsas the CEO of the new Main StreetCommunity Foundation in Connecticut,Cheryl Dumont-Smith took sometime off to re-group. In 2008, shewas asked to join the Trinity Collegeadvancement team as director of a varietyof parent related programs andinitiatives. She would love to catch upwith classmates as she travels up anddown the Eastern seaboard for Trinity.Cheryl lives in Bristol, CT, withher husband Attorney Ed Smith andthe youngest of their three children,Patrick, age 14. Donna ScannellRichards has no plans to retire andabsolutely loves her job running thelaboratory at the Lahey Clinic. Sheis currently serving as president ofthe BayState Chapter of the ClinicalLaboratory Management Association,so between work and that she ispretty busy. Her daughter is tryingfor a job in Washington, DC, if anyonehas some advice or leads. Finally,our classmate Lela Aukes-Niemer remindsus that she is still renting outholiday apartments for any interestedclassmates on the Thai east coast (seewww.somphong.info) Her daughterAlexandra turned 20 and is transferringfrom RMIT Melbourn, Australiato Bangkok Catholic University“ABAC” Assumption University. Sheis open to a student exchange forclassmates’ kids!1976✒ Janice Carey Keough, 5 PinehurstDrive, Cumberland, RI 02864-1918✒ Rosamond Dunn Lockwood, 47Greenfield Street, Manchester, NH03104-1605 ✒ Linda Reed Tolman,11 Georgetown Landing, Bass River,MA 026641977✒ Julie O’Connor McGinn, 16Pumping Station Road, Peabody,MA 01960-5718 ✒ Carol ManningChicarello, 15 Ely Road, Arlington, MA02476-71211978✒ Janet Buckley Bernard, 113 HubbardStreet, Concord, MA 01742-2414197930th Reunion Class✒ Debbie Southworth Howard, 11841NW 24th St., Plantation, FL 33323,deboo813@hotmail.com ✒ JanetMills-Knudsen, 12B Lawrence St., Woburn,MA 01801, janetknudsen@rcn.com Happy 30th anniversary of ourgraduation from Regis! We hope to seeyou all at the reunion in May. Here’sthe latest news from our classmates:Debbie Southworth Howard has movedback to Florida—this time to Plantation,in the Everglades just west ofFort Lauderdale.. The relocationwas due to her husband Ray’s newjob. Debbie reports that Marie CainBlackwood is also enjoying a newhome in southern California.Marie’sboys are active in water polo. JoyceBlanchard Campbell continues to runmarathons regularly. She is currentlytraining for the 2009 Boston Marathon. Kathy Mulvihill Brutzman andher husband Bill still live in Morristown,NJ, although they moved acrosstown a year and a half ago. Their41SPRING • SUMMER 09

42REGIS TODAYson Brian graduated from LoyolaCollege in Maryland last May and isnow teaching English to freshmen atAssumption University in Bangkok,Thailand. Son PJ is in grade 10 andplays guitar and lacrosse. Kathy’ssuccessful Mary Kay businessrecently earned her and her husbanda cruise to the Bahamas. Kathy regularlygets together with Jean JianosGray and her family, and also enjoyeda recent visit from Louise Clark andher husband, Lewis Peterman. Loretta Salvucci McClary is practicingas both an attorney and a CPA specializingin taxation and estateplanning. She works out of her homeoffice in Waltham now that her “nest”is empty. Loretta’s oldest daughterowns a goat farm in upstate NewYork, works for Catholic Charities asa domestic violence advocate, and isin nursing school. Her son works forthe City of Newton as the turfgrassexpert for the city’s sports fields andplans to marry in July 2009. Heryoungest daughter is a freshman atBentley University. Margo SteenMelville is now a senior attorney/managerat the Mass. Department of CorrectionsLegal Division, doing civilrights defense litigation. Margo’s songraduated summa cum laude and PhiBeta Kappa from Clark Universitylast May and is now a first-year lawstudent at Boston College Law School.Her daughter is a junior at WheatonCollege majoring in psycho-biology. Last summer Margo had lunchwith Chris Crowley-DeLosh and herhusband Steve. Chris is now teachingSpanish. She reports that herson earned a BS in engineering fromNotre Dame and is working in Ohio.Her daughter is a senior at the TischSchool at NYU. Rosemary Noon isa principal in a consulting businesscalled Loom Press. She is currentlyworking with the Lowell Plan, Inc. toimplement the city’s creative economyplan and to direct a leadership programcalled Public Matters. Rosemaryis also the curator of Regis’ CarneyGallery. Kathy Shepard traveledto China and Taiwan this year, a tripthat was highlighted by visits to theGreat Wall and the Forbidden City.Kathy saw Susan Chilelli Wallace attheir high school reunion in Bennington,VT. Karen Walsh Fortin isa math specialist for grades 1 to 5,teaching almost 700 students a week.She now has a multi-generationalhousehold, with her dad, daughters,sons-in-law, and granddaughterssharing her home. Karen frequentlysees Debbie Fietze LeBlanc, as wellas her former Regis roommate, JanetMorehouse. Janet Mills-Knudsen isteaching advertising, public relations,and journalism at Salem StateCollege and Endicott College. She andher husband and daughter enjoyeda tour of Ireland last spring. Ourcondolences to Kathy Shepard, whosefather passed away last summer.1980✒ Judith Allonby, 7 Rockland Park,Apt. 2, Malden, MA 02148-3654✒ Marie O’Malley, 1 Green Street,Milton, MA 02186-2318 Judy Allonbyattended Regis College Alumni SportsFans at the Boston Bruins game onSaturday, March 14, 2009. It was awonderful turnout, and everyone hada great time watching the Bruins defeatthe New York Islanders. MarieO’Malley attended a new program atRegis, called “Dinner for 12 Strangers,”where four alums, four facultymembers and four students meet fordinner to enjoy the company of 12strangers connected to Regis. It wasa great time, and she highly recommendsit!1981✒ Teresa McGonagle, Flagship Wharf#612, 197 Eighth Street, Charlestown,MA 02129, Tmm387@comcast.net1982✒ Patricia Barrett Rinaldi, 306Danbury Road, Apt. 10, Wilton, CT06897-2530 ✒ Elizabeth CareyStygles, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston,MA 02493 A friendly hello from theOffice of Financial Aid at Regis College!I, Elizabeth Carey Stygles, havereturned to our alma mater and amcurrently working in the FinancialAid Office. I am active on campus,offering a helping hand to the AlumniRelations Office during ReunionWeekends, as well as attendingmany of their social events. I highlyencourage you to attend the Wine andCheese they host each Spring andFall. They are a wonderful complimentaryevent held in the CarneyGallery of the Regis College Fine ArtsCenter. I would love to hear from allof you, so that we could gather newsfor the next edition of Regis Today.Hope all is well!1983✒ Anne McKenzie, 4508 BuffaloTrace, Annandale, VA 22003,703-978-2121, anne.m.mckenzie@gmail.com On behalf of the class,I send condolences to Roberta GolasLeecock on the death of her father.Roberta treasures, even more now,the photos and memories of the Regisfather-daughter dinners. After teachingfor 13 years, Roberta decided topursue her music interests and wentback to school for a degree as a boardcertifiedmusic therapist. She hasworked at Quaboag on the Common, anursing home in West Brookfield, forthe last 10 years. She loves what shedoes and is delighted she made thecareer change. She recently boughta home in West Brookfield, unfortunatelyalone, and another one of life’schanges. I received news of anotherbig change from Paula Golombek. Sheand her family moved to Gainesville,FL, after 20 years at Penn State. Sheis currently a clinical associate professorin linguistics at the U of Florida.Although it sounds as if she wearsa white lab coat to work, she does not.She teaches and conducts research onsecond language teachers. She enjoysthe Florida sunshine but she and herchildren miss a good snow. If you areon Facebook, Paula would love to hearfrom you. Patty Robinson Drooff hasbeen busy raising two children, Caley,11, and Collin, 9.. Both children attendDerby Academy in Hingham andlove school, sports, and the arts. Aftera long hiatus, she is working parttimeas the assistant radiation protectionofficer at the research nuclearreactor at MIT. Her husband Peter isan underwriter for PNC and enjoysthe best of both worlds as he is ableto work from their home in Marshfield.They were saddened by the lossof S. Cabrini Angelli but pleased tohear the many stories of her familylife and her career as an educator atthe service held in her honor. Pattywrites that S. Cabrini will alwayshold a very special place in the heartsof many Regis alumnae. While beingamongst so many of the Sisters of St.Joseph, Patty was reminded of howmuch these caring women gave to allof us. Our class was represented atthe Holly Tea by Georgeann AbbanatAbatzis, Maureen Dalton, PatriciaMooney Smith, and Diane Santos.Hope to see more of the class of 1983at these events. My tidbit of newsis that I finally visited Poland. Aftermany years of studying Spanish atRegis and beyond, I was able to travelto the “motherland” to learn about myancestry front and center. As I reportedin the last edition, I am eagerto hear from fellow classmates. Pleaseremember to send updates of yourmoves and job changes so that yourcontact information may be updatedin the Regis database. We need e-mailaddresses as well.198425th Reunion Class✒ Liz Hughes VanderAarde, 13397Georgia Circle, Apple Valley, MN55124, 952-432-6625, Lizabee123@aol.com Hi Class of 1984. I am havinga really hard time with our classnotes this time around. I just foundout that we have lost a fellow alum,Lorraine Kohr. I am sure no one needsto go to their yearbook to scan the

class notespages for Lorraine’s photo, and thatmany of us shed a few tears when weheard this news. The facts from theGlobe are that Lorraine passed awayunexpectedly, lived in Braintree anddied at the age of 46. She was the vicepresident of development for PriceRehabilitation Center in Newton. Theobituary also mentions that Lorraineleaves behind her mom, Virginia,her sister, Christine, a niece andnephew, and her close friend, Mindy. It’s amazing how after all you haveaccomplished in your life; this ishow you leave it—with a few wordsdescribing you in a nutshell. Unfortunately,like many of us, I never sawLorraine after Regis. I do rememberher “back in the day”— and when Ido—I smile. You never saw Lorrainewithout a grin from ear to ear andwhen she laughed, we all did, too! Shewas always up for fun and ready foranything. We also saw her compassionateside, that of a listening earmaking her a good friend to anyonewho had the privilege of meetingher. My heart and prayers go outto those who loved her and knew herbest. She was really something andwe are all better people for havingknown her, even if it was just forthose four years “way back when.” So,being in Minni-no-place and feelinglike I needed to know more about Lorraineafter Regis, I scoured the weband found something that will reallymake you smile and remember theLorraine we all knew and loved. ByDan Atkinson/Staff Writer, WickedLocal Newton, Posted Feb 10, 2009@ 03:22 PM, Newton—At the BarryPrice Rehabilitation Center, LorraineKohr was the person who knew everyoneelse. She organized events withSenators Ted Kennedy and John Kerryand helped set the center up to beremodeled through “Extreme Makeover:My Hometown.” “She really wasable to connect with tons of people,”recalled Justin Sallaway, the Center’spresident. “She was a celebrity aroundhere.” Kohr, 46, died last week at herhome in Braintree. A graduate of Regisand Bentley colleges, she served asMetroWest director for the Red Crossand president of the Newton-NeedhamChamber of Commerce from 2002to 2004 before moving to the PriceCenter. “On Friday she walked outand said, ‘See you Monday,’” Sallawaysaid. “This is a shock to everybody.” “She always greeted you with a smileand her warm personality,” said TimBraceland, the chair of the chamber’sboard of directors. “Her loss is justan absolute tragedy.” Braceland saidKohr used her charm to convincemore people to participate in chamberevents. “It was very difficult to say nowhen she asked you to do something,”he said. As the Price Center’s vicepresident of marketing development,Kohr helped create the public faceof the nonprofit organization, whichprovides programs and services forpeople with developmental disabilities.She ran the Price Center’sgolf tournament fundraiser, wrotegrants and brochures and produceda show on NewTV about the Center.“Anybody who talked with her wouldsay she was just incredibly giving andkind and interested in otherpeople,” Sallaway said. “We’regoing to have a hard time fillingthat void.” Kohr’s familyis asking that memorial donationsbe sent to the BarryL. Price Rehabilitation Center,38 Border St., Newton,MA 02465. Sallaway said theCenter was fortunate to workwith her for 3 1/2 years. “Sheworked so hard and was sodedicated,” Sallaway said.“We were lucky to have heras long as we did.” So maybe we allwalk away with something from this.Maybe we all try to reconnect witheach other via telephone, e-mail, Facebook,reunion! Maybe we all need tomake the first move toward renewingold friendships. Life is too short butmemories can last a lifetime. Reservesome time in your hectic life to createnew memories with old friends. Comeback to where it all began at Regis. And, speaking of memories, joinFacebook. Michelle Gasson pressuredme into it and I am glad I did! I nowhave been able to correspond wall-towallwith Nancy Maloney Donahueand Lisa Clivio-Wentrup. I told them Ineeded news and got it! WOW! Wherewas this when I was begging for newsall these years? Lisa is a middleschool guidance counselor. She andher husband, David, live in Newport,NH, with daughters Ashley 14and Melissa 11. Lisa is into karatebut temporarily recovering from footsurgery. She goes back to Woburn oftento check on her parents. Nancyand her husband, Bob, just celebratedtheir 20th anniversary. They live inStoneham with their kids, Brian,16, and Elizabeth, 12. Nancy writesfor the local paper in Stoneham andworks at Winchester Hospital. Shestill keeps in touch with Lisa, KatePreston Low, Diane Spinelli, and LisaMenino Theriault. I am thinkingthat since Nancy has been writingnewspaper articles for over a dozenyears and is on Facebook, she is agreat person to take over these classnotes after the reunion! So, lookoutNancy, the pressure is on! I alsoheard from Peggy Keegan! She saysshe will be at the reunion and nowthat I am her Facebook friend, I willharass her to show up! ElizabethD’Agostino Kearns, husband, Billyand her “cherubs” (as she always refersto her kids) are all in school now.Elizabeth is volunteering at schooland busy settling into their new homein Westwood. Her words which I’dlove to share are, “Life is good and Iam very happy!” Time to wrap thisup now. If you receive Regis Today beforethe reunion, I want to encourageyou to PLEASE come to the reunion!I won’t be a martyr but I am flying1500 miles, ditching my kid’s eighthLife is too short butmemoriescan last alifetime.grade variety show, sticking my husbandwith pulling two shifts at a travelingsoccer tournament in betweenhim coaching our youngest and it’sgraduation week for my eighth graderand my oldest from high school andhis open house for roughly 200! So thepressure is on. Take some time to eat,drink and be merry with some veryold friends at one of the most beautifulplaces in the world! If you don’tshow, we may nominate you for classreporter! So I am guessing you’ll bethere for sure!1985✒ Audrey Covelle Wilsack, 2 SugarbushLane, Andover, MA 01810-3257✒ Melinda Hanlon Powers, 5 FoxChase Lane, Weston, MA 02493 Holly Kendrick Babin reports: “Greetings,all. I hope this finds my Regisclassmates well. From October 2005to January 2009, I served underthe leadership of Secretary MikeLeavitt and President Bush at the USDepartment of Health and HumanServices. I served as deputy assistantsecretary for Public Affairs in adepartment with more than 60,000employees. The work was fascinatingand I worked on issues as diverseas the health of first responders of9/11, enrolling beneficiaries for theMedicare prescription drug coveragebenefit (43 million Americans werecontacted for that effort), physicalactivity guidelines for all Americans,pandemic flu preparedness and globalhealth diplomacy. I was the publicaffairs lead for many of those initiatives.I’m now writing to you fromBaghdad, where I’m serving as seniormedia analyst and speechwriter forMulti-National Forces Iraq. I workwith Major General David Perkins,the spokesperson, and a team ofextremely talented individuals in43SPRING • SUMMER 09

44REGIS TODAYBaghdadis very tough onmy shoe collectionand I’m sureProject Runwaycould do something toimprove the lookof my body armor.CJ9, Strategic Communications andthe Media Operations Center. Again,the work is fascinating. It is amazingto witness firsthand the turnaroundin a country that has just held successful,legitimate and accepted provincialelections. Since the surge inUS troops, violent attacks are downdramatically—as much as 90 percent.Now, as our US troops begin towithdraw, we are watching a peopleembrace democracy, strengthendiplomatic ties, reject Al Qaeda andgrab the reins for their own securityand prosperity. For my part, I reviewboth (translated) Arabic and Westernpress clippings, help develop messaging,work with journalists and lookafter preparation work for pressconferences for general officers. I havebeen truly blessed to serve as a publicservant—this time working as a contractorfor the US Army, and I highlyrecommend it for anyone else who hasthe opportunity. Living in Baghdad,many miles from my husband inNew Hampshire and son at UMassAmherst, presents its challenges; andI am fortunate to have a husband whoallows me to take advantage of the opportunitieslife has presented to me.Baghdad is very tough on my shoecollection and I’m sure Project Runwaycould do something to improvethe look of my body armor. And myhelmet does nothing for my hair.” Inother news, Tara Agen is chief of stafffor HP’s Americas LaserJet, Suppliesand Solutions business. This $6 billionbusiness operates across Canada,U.S. and Latin America. Before joiningthe printer business team, Taraheld a variety of roles in HP across amultitude of businesses: storage, serversand PCs for the last fifteen years.Prior to joining HP, Tara worked inadvertising/marketing and also hadher own business specializing indatabase marketing for political candidatesand referendum campaigns. Tara has worked across the world andis still on record for being part of theteam that created HP’s fastest growing$1 billion business in its companyhistory, the HP Pavilion PC startup.She has held a variety of peoplemanager and cross-functional rolesat HP giving her experiences acrossenterprise and commercial marketingand sales, reseller and retail marketingand sales, category management,service and support management, andpr/analyst relations and communications.Tara has expertise for environmentallyresponsible printing andis recognized inside and outside HPas an expert on this subject. Taraholds a certificate in direct marketingfrom Bentley College in Waltham.She also spent a semester at AmericanUniversity, Washington, DC, intheir Government & Politics Programwhile working on Capitol Hill in theUS Senate. Tara lives in Suffern,NY, with her life partner, DavidGutierrez, a jazz muscian, creativedirector, producer and digital artsspecialist. She enjoys creating sculpturesand watercolor and oil paintingsin her spare time. She is also an avidgardener. That’s it for specific news,but we do ask that you join the RegisCollege Class of 1985 on linkedin.com/home, an online networking sitethat helps you find inside connectionsto jobs, industry experts, and businesspartners. The group provides RegisCollege alumni with access to agrowing number of people in an arrayof industries and jobs. LinkedIn isthe leading professional networkingWeb site used by more than 5 millionpeople. Through our members-onlygroup, you can: 1) Leverage the powerof the Regis College Alumni Group toconnect with Regis alumni and theirnon-Regis contacts; 2) Accelerate yourcareer through referrals from Regisalumni; 3) Learn more than just aname—view professional profilesfrom fellow alumnae; 4) Inform othermembers of what you have to offer tothem and their contacts; 5) Choose tolimit your network searches to otherRegis College alumni group membersonly. Access to the group onLinkedIn is free, completelyoptional, and is availableonly to select members ofthe Regis Class of 1985 community.Members of thegroup have been confirmedby Alumni Association staffas members of the Regiscommunity. Whether youalready use LinkedIn ornot, you can join the http://www.linkedin.com/groupsdirectory,Regis Class of1985 Alumni Group today.Once under groups, searchfor Regis College Classof 1985. Click on to jointhis group and if you don’treceive immediate approval,we’ll verify your degree andapprove your membership within2-3 business days. About onlinebusiness networking: You can useLinkedIn, an independent commercialservice, to expand and track your networkin an organized and systematicway. Complete a simple profile andthen use LinkedIn to connect withindividuals you know who are alreadymembers. The Regis Class of 1985group on LinkedIn provides an idealstarting point and becomes moreuseful as it grows. We hope to seeyou on LinkedIn soon, to learn what’snew with you, as we prepare our classnotes for Fall 2009!1986✒ Sara Mulrooney, 2701 8th StreetSo. #302c, Arlington, VA 22204-2262,smulrooney@usa.net ✒ Kim LivingstoneSinclair, 81 Wagon Wheel Road,Plymouth, MA 02360-3482, blklab81@yahoo.com Hello ladies. We hopethis note finds you well. It was greatto hear from so many classmates. Theclass of ‘86 is as busy as ever. KellyCurtin Clifford wrote to let us knowthat she is living in Hooksett, NH,now with Billy and their five children.Their oldest is 16 and driving andtheir youngest is 4. As you can imagine,Kelly is extremely busy organizingtheir busy lives. She is hoping toget back to teaching this coming fall. Fran Mooney Stolz and husbandMike are still in Minnesota and doingwell. Her three girls are growing fast,and are now 12, 14, and 16. They arebusy with sports and dance and avariety of instrumental music lessons.Franny got her teaching license inApril 2008, and received her master’sin education in December. She isworking as a preschool teacher. Mikeloves being in a house full of women,but happy to escape to his job at a UKstart-up. Joanna O’Gorman Mooneyis still loving life in Beverly. She andRick celebrated their 20th anniversarythis year and are busy withthree teenagers and home renovations.Joanna continues to be verysuccessful as a fitness instructor andpersonal trainer. Michelle CafarellaSogolow says that time is flying forthe Sogolows—Zach is a sophomoreat BC High and will be joined thereby his brother Josh next year. Theyare just beginning to think about thecollege application process. Michellepointed out how weird it is to thinkthat one of her sons could go to Regis!She is running a preschool programwhich she says is the perfect job andschedule for her. Patti McGrathConnolly is busy with two boys aged10 and 7. They have a typically crazysports and music schedule. Not onlydo these boys love playing multiplesports, they are also big fans of theirMom! Patty is still playing softball.

class notesShe is in her 30th year in the NewtonWomen’s Summer League whichcontinues to bring back happy memoriesof her catching days and greatteammates at Regis. Suzanne SullivanGeer is living in Northville, MI,with her husband Ron and their twochildren Timothy, 12, and Caroline,6. Eileen Vogel Hackney is in her12th year in Groton. Her daughter,Elizabeth, 16, started boarding schoolthis fall at The Marvelwood Schoolin Kent, CT, and loves it. Her sons,Nicholas, 14, and John, 12, are still atthe middle school in Groton and busywith school, soccer, scouts and musiclessons. Eileen coaches both indoorand spring soccer teams for the boys,and also runs the training for playersand coaches for the Groton DunstableSoccer Club. Michael is working hardfor EMC and in his spare time he isthe designated team photographer forall of the kids various teams. MauraMoran is living in Brookline with herwonderful nine year old daughterZoe, who was adopted from China.They traveled back to Zoe’s homelandrecently and had a fabulous time.Maura teaches kindergarten andspends her “free” time acting as taxidriver for Zoe, who is a competitivegymnast. Nancy McGowan Usalisinforms us that all is good in theUsalis clan. PJ is going to be going tohigh school next year, he is playingselect hockey and lacrosse. Timmyis in third grade, LOVING life andhaving a great time playing hockeyfor the Middlesex Islanders. As ifthis doesn’t keep Peter and Nancybusy enough, she also serves as theonly woman on the baseball board,and coaches. She is teaching secondgrade where everyday is a partybecause they love everything at St.Mary’s School in Danvers. We don’timagine it would be any other waywith Nancy as their teacher! TinaGentile Andrea is in Framinghamand teaching preschool, splitting hertime between special ed and generaled. Her three children are now 12, 10,and 9. Tina also coaches travel softballand Special Olympics, teachesCCD, and is active in PTO. MargaretBarrett is still living in Arlington,and is working in human resources inthe high tech field. She enjoys hostinghigh school aged exchange students.So far she has hosted students fromArgentina, Thailand, Hong Kong,and Korea. She is also on an impressivequest to travel to all 50 states.At this writing she has only eight togo! Lissa Rothwell Ahern is livingin Wilmington, and working for theWilmington public schools. Her sonsare 13 and 14. Her husband Steveis a lieutenant with the CambridgePolice Department and the commanderof the Bomb Squad! She gottogether with other Regis grads atValerie Brown McGuire’s ‘88 summerhouse in Harwichport last summer.Cathy Gagnon McCrorey, Lisa DowdShepard, and Beth Alger Legare ‘85were all there and are doing well.Lissa also sees Jayne Hunt Swart fromtime to time. Jayne is living in NorthReading. As for your reporters,we are also keeping busy. Kim is inPlymouth, where she loves coachingDan’s second grade soccer team. I(Sara) am still teaching in Arlington,VA. I get to split my time betweenESL reading instruction during theday, and working with our immigrantfamilies in a school based literacyprogram. As I write this, I am preparingto leave for my eighth visit to ElSalvador, where I’ll be serving as aninternational observer in their presidentialelection. Although I love DC,I’m very fortunate that I get to spenda good part of my summer at my cottageup in Harwich catching up withNew England friends and family. It was so great to hear from so manypeople. Please keep the news coming!We want to hear from EVERYONE.Your classmates want to know whatyou’re up to. Please e-mail us updatedinformation and encourage classmatesto do the same.1987✒ Aspasia Alexopoulos Bakolas,8 Pitsmoor Road, Roslindale, MA02131-2127 ✒ Angela Iatrou Simon,10 Angelica Drive, Framingham, MA01701-3618 ✒ Janet McBride-Roy,62 Congress Street, Milford, MA01757-2071 ✒ Deborah PellegrinoHedison, 275 Crestwood Road,Warwick, RI 02886-94111988✒ Kym Johnson Miele, 31 RandallStreet, Greenville, RI 02828, kimberly.miele@siemens.com ✒ Michelle GrayBird, 4416 Blantyre Place, Valrico, FL3394, dmbird01@verizon.net Hello Ladies! Our 20th class reunionwas last year and here is a list ofattendees: Sarah Walcott Abramson,Jackie Albrikes, Laura Doherty, MaryBunnell Faulkner, Liz Higgins Fitzgerald,Barbara Grady, Jean McDonald Klasen,Rosalind Powers Kessel, MarthaWaldron and Julie Dennis Walsh.Since we had only a few people attend,we will begin planning for our25th reunion in 2013 earlier. If youhave never or rarely return to thecampus, please consider attendingour 25th reunion. I know we willhave our Saturday night dinner inMorrison House. I will be stayingon as class reporter and I willbe joined by Michelle Gray Bird. Hercontact information is listed above,so please contact one of us, so we canhave the best class notes! I did hearfrom a couple of classmates. ChristineRhoades Travers e-mailed me with thefollowing: Well, I have been workingin the mortgage industry for 21years. YIKES! I have been a trainer,operations manager, underwriter, andsales associate. I have been extremelyfortunate to have a career that allowsme to balance my family and career.I am currently working at Bank ofAmerica (Countrywide Bank soonto be Bank of America on April 1,2009) as a sales associate for a topproducing sales office. I love it! I havethree busy children, Hannah, 11,Kevin, 8, and Abigail, 3. My husbandKevin and I both love our crazy andbusy lives.. I recently got togetherwith Martha Waldron and keep intouch with her often. She is now themarketing director for the Girl ScoutsEastern Division in Boston. She isenjoying her new adventure as a “GirlScout” (hee hee). I often see LindaClement Ahern. She is busy with herfamily, Charles, 8 and Corinne, 7.It was wonderful to see some facesat the reunion and I wish everyonea happy and prosperous 2009! Kathleen Forrest Regan also recentlycontacted me. Kathleen reported thatshe has left the “Boston” crazy worklife style and works 3.2 miles fromher home in Dedham. She is the salesand marketing manager at Finz Seafoodand Grill on Rte. 1A in Dedhamand she also handles all the groupevents. It is a great job and she hasthe opportunity to spend more timewith her 4 1/2 year old son Michael.He is in pre-k five days a week andloves it! Soccer and baseball are hisfavorite sports and he is learning toskate and play the piano. If anyone isin the area and wants to stop by Finzit would be great to see classmatesagain. If anyone has news to report(and I know you all have somethingto share), please contact Michelle ormyself. Our class also currently hasno class officers. If you are interestedin being president, vice president,treasurer, fund agent or involved withour 25th reunion, please contact Kymor the Alumni Office.198920th Reunion Class✒ Maria Alpers Henehan, 33Baker Road, Arlington, MA 02474,781.643.499, paulhenehan@verizon.net Hello, Class of ’89! Can you evenbelieve it is our 20th reunion year?Yikes! I hope to see many of you atour class reunion in May. It will begreat to reconnect with old friends.That being said, I do have somenews to pass along. Briege WalshO’Connell and I attended the HollyTea with our daughters this year. Ithas become an annual tradition forus. We saw Suzanne Casey with her45SPRING • SUMMER 09

46REGIS TODAYniece, an annual tradition for them aswell! Briege is teaching second gradeand living in Milton with her husbandJake and two daughters, Caroline andMary-Kate. They recently finishedremodeling their kitchen. Briege andJake met up with my husband Pauland I for dinner in the North Endin January. While we were having afew drinks, Moira Doherty Manningcame into the restaurant. We hada chance to catch up with her for abit. She and her husband Gary andson Owen live in Medford. Owen isattending preschool and Moi is backto work. Mary McSoley Ohrn and herfamily celebrated their first semiwhiteChristmas in Pennsylvaniawhere Mary is not enjoying the coldat all—major shock from the sunnyweather in Florida! Mary has beenquite busy getting the boys up tospeed in their new home. Gail ParkinsGrant is another classmate tryingto acclimate to the cold weather asshe and her husband Patrick havemoved from Jamaica to Toronto—yikes! I recently heard from NancyAntonellis D’Amato who lives in NorthFramingham with her husband andtwo children, Hannah, 5, and Asher,14 months. After 17 years of mathediting, she quit her job to start herown company while still doing somefreelance editing. S. Maria Iannuccillois enjoying her work with the SacredSisters of Notre Dame. She continuesin her role as vocational counselor.Maria had the opportunity to go toNew York City to see the Rockettesperform before Christmas, soundslike a great time! Bonnie Usher isliving in Attleboro and says she is a“computer geek wannabe and NewEngland sports junkie.” You are nowannabe, Bonnie! Bonnie is workingin some capacity with computers,seems to be doing somethingfabulous frequently and having aball following the Pats and Sox asfar as I can tell. Kathleen Flemingrecently bought a condo in New Yorkwhere she works for the New YorkTimes. Kathleen and I have beencorresponding on Facebook which hasbeen a great way to reconnect withold classmates. I have also been intouch with Kimberly DeVito who isloving life in sunny Florida where sheis a store manager for Lily Jewelers.She mentioned that she was in theprocess of working on a new websitefor them. I checked out their currentone, and the jewelry is gorgeous! Shauna Burke lives in Quincy andworks as a recruiter for Adecco. LilianaMantilla currently does clinical work inpsychiatry and also works counselingpeople with addiction issues. JenOteri Sarrasin lives in Northboro withher husband, three daughters, andson. She is homeschooling her childrenand really enjoys the freedom it givesher family to explore and try newthings. Kristin Dolder Wenger livesin Bedford, NH, with her husbandDavid and their three sons. She lefther job in education to take some timeat home with her boys. Karol MayburyMacintosh lives in Sandwich withher husband and two children. KathyNawn Conrad lives in Pelham, NH,with her husband, son, and daughter.She is a fourth grade teacher andreally enjoys what she does. She is biginto scrapbooking if anyone is lookingfor tips. After seven years of livingin the same town, I ran into Jo-EllenCaffrey McGinnity while participatingin a community service project. It wasso great to see her and catch up for abit. JoEllen teaches fourth grade inReading. Rita Ryan Greenburg andher husband Steve will be married 20years in August. She is very excitedfor her daughter Corie who will goto Florida State in the fall. She saysthat her family, which includes threedogs, keeps busy hunting and fishingbetween their house in Naplesand their cabin in the mountains ofVirginia. Rita is a fire chief in Naples. I had lunch with Christine EnwrightWilson, and we ran into Lisa MenninoTheriault and her family. Lisa has fivechildren, four sons, and one daughter.She and her husband recently boughta house down the street from theircurrent house in Stoneham. Theyplan to move in once the renovationsare complete as she runs a preschoolout of her home. As for myself, Iam doing some freelance marketingconsultation and editing as well asplenty of volunteering and managingthe schedules of my four CEOs. I amparticipating in the Avon Walk forBreast Cancer for the second time. Ihad the most incredible experiencelast year and look forward to walkingthe two days (39 miles) again thisyear. Did I mention this involvescamping? Yikes! All worth it thoughas I feel certain we all know someonewho has been touched by this awfuldisease. Perhaps some of you walk aswell, I would love to hear from you.As always, please keep in touch asI know many of us flip to the backof the Regis Today to read the classnotes when the magazine arrives. Theonly way to satisfy the need to knowis to drop me a line! Be well.1990✒ Robin Daley Doyle, 5 Rose Lane,Atkinson, NH 03811-21461991✒ Rosemary Hughes, 111 MaldenStreet, Everett, MA 02149-5329✒ Maria Rodriguez Rodriguez, 5069Willow Oak Place, Montclair, VA22025-3010 Dear Class of 1991, I am writing to share some sadnews. On January 22, 2009, ourclassmate, Jane Henry Hetheringtonpassed away at Beth Israel DeaconessMedical Center in Boston, after fightingkidney disease for over a decade. Jane grew up in Scituate where sheenjoyed swimming at Minot Beachwith her family. She graduated fromFontbonne Academy in Milton, MAin 1987 where she developed her loveof singing and performing arts. AtRegis, Jane met her husband, Christopher,through their shared love ofmusic in the Glee Club. Jane’s kindnessof spirit touched all whom sheknew. She will be missed. Pleasekeep Jane and her family in yourprayers. May she be at peace.1992✒ Audrey Griffin-Goode, 90Leslie Road, Waltham, MA 02451,Audreygriffin04@yahoo.com Helloclassmates! I hope 2009 is treatingyou well. Let’s get right to the news. Carolina Costa’s twins are nowtwo years old! Time flies. They havebeen enjoying summer in Lima everyweekend at the beach. Last year, inNovember, Carolina and her familywent to Panama and met YolaniFaraudo. Carolina writes, “We hada great time.” Lise Riet-Lagueemailed her latest news: “We are backliving stateside for a few years. Afterspending almost 10 years abroad,the last four in Switzerland, Lise’shusband Jan was transferred for afew years to Wilmington, DE, forhis work with DuPont. Lise, Jan,Annabel, 5-1/2, and Caroline, 20months, are living in Kennett Square,PA, and it is a lot of fun to be here.If anyone lives close by and wouldlike to get together, we’d love to seeyou! We don’t have too much morenews. Annabel is in kindergarten ata local Montessori, Caroline is homewith me, and I am just busy doingall the usual household things. I didstart that little Ebay business for thevintage European children’s clothing,which is selling, selling, selling (Ilove this, it is fun). I am volunteeringat school as a member of the Home-School Association, am the assistantballet teacher for Annabel’s balletclass, and generally taking care of therest of the usual stuff, working out(and deciding whether or not to startteaching aerobics again, which theyask me continually at my health club),transporting everyone to all the afterschoollessons (ballet, gymnastics andswimming lessons), taking care of thedog, THE USUAL!” Joanne McHughand her two sisters, who were born inthe United States, officially becamedual citizens of Ireland on August 1,2008. Since all of their grandparentswere born in Ireland, the McHugh

class notesladies thought it would be a greattribute to them to continue on thefamily citizenship. Congratulations,Joanne!1993✒ Jean Lorizio, 504 East EighthStreet, South Boston, MA 02127-4110199415th Reunion Class✒ Heather Williams, 33 Gurney Street#1, Cambridge, MA 02138 ✒ KarenCorkum McCue, 57 Windward Lane,Manchester, NH 03104 News receivedfrom the Alumni Relations Office: After graduating in 1994, Fumi (neeKataoka) Shaw went back to Tokyo,Japan, and began a career in thefinancial industry. She has spent herentire career involved with frontdesktrading of various financialinstruments but is now contemplatinga second career in the arts. Shemet her future husband, Thomas, alawyer and CPA in 1998. They thenembarked upon global traveling, visitingover 30 countries in a few years,including trekking in the Himalayas,swimming with dolphins, Nessie, anda pilgrimage to Lourdes. The couplewas married in Hawaii in 2002. Theirdaughter Ayaka Ekaterina Shaw wasborn in early 2004. Ayaka, now fiveyears old, is bilingual and attends aninternational Catholic girls school inTokyo. Fumi loves ballet and recentlygave her first adult performance. Shehas also taken up jogging, with eyeson the Honolulu Marathon later inthe year. She is active in her daughter’sschool and their church, teachesher daughter piano, ballet, andJapanese characters, and will soon betraveling back to the US to attend theworld figure skating championships inLos Angeles.1995✒ Johanna Taylor, 64 Summer Street,North Easton, MA 02356-2251✒ Janet Condrey Beyer, 52 AuthorsRoad, Concord, MA 014722-2607,Jbeyer1126@aol.com For this issue,we asked you for recommendationsfor day trips from your home; asalways, we got thoughtful answers. Madeleine McCarthy Lynch wroteabout her hometown: Newport hasmany architectural, historical andwaterfront attractions with which youare undoubtedly familiar, and manyfine restaurants. We’re not agentsof the chamber of commerce, but it’sa short ride from many places inNew England with an abundance ofrewarding sites to visit. Right now weare blanketed with the same snow aseveryone else, so the warmer monthsare recommended, and more attractionsare open to the publicin spring, summer and fall. Other than touting thehometown, a great place tovisit in Boston is the IsabellaStewart Gardner Museum.Last summer we recommendedthat institution toa recently arrived graduatestudent from Argentina.She has been there severaltimes since then, and, on arecent return visit to ourhome, gave it a rave review. Margot O’Meara Eganrecommends the Mark TwainHouse in Hartford, CT, and also inHartford, the Connecticut ScienceMuseum, due to open in June. “On apersonal note,” she writes, “we havetwo new grandchildren who were bornlast summer, Seamus Patrick Egan inBoston and Sadie Mae Egan in MarlboroughCT. We are very blessed!” Not all of us are retired; Lois SullivanMcWalter is among those working..She’s a special education teacher inthe Concord school system. She’s lookingforward to spring and her housein Cape Cod, her favorite escapeplace. Phyllis Budrick Murphy writes:Quincy has a great trip. The trolleypicks you up at the old Bargain,across from the City Hall and FirstParish Church (also a historical site,where John Adams and John QuincyAdams are buried). It will take youto the Adams Mansion, which haslovely gardens, the houses where thetwo presidents were born, and returnyou to your starting point. Braintreeclaims the birth of the two presidentsand has their birth certificates atits Town Hall. Being an originalQuincy girl, I give the honors of theirbirthplace to Quincy, because that iswhere their birthplaces reside now.This is an ongoing debate betweenQuincy and Braintree. Also, Braintreehas the home of Sylvanus Thayer,across from the Town Hall. Thayer isknown as the Father of West Point.He graduated in one year, was anearly superintendent and fosteredthe engineering program. Both townshave exceptional libraries. Quincy’sold, Braintree’s is new. As for news,last November, my husband, Bob,my daughter, Patricia, and I went onan exciting Celebrity cruise to theMediterranean. We found Istanbulto be quite unusual and interesting.After enjoying Christmas and NewYear’s with the family, we’ll be spendingsome of the cold winter months inFlorida. We’re all looking forward tospring! Margy Flavin dittoed some ofPhyllis’s comments about Quincy: Tovisit in Quincy: the Adams NationalHistorical Sites; the Adams’ birthplaces;the Adams house, library andgardens on Adams Street and theChurch of the Presidents where bothBonnie Usher ’89is a “computer geekwannabe andNew Englandsportsjunkie.”presidents and their wives are buried.Enjoy lunch at Marina Bay overlookingthe water. Peggy Vincent Kelleyclaims “The Vineyard has everything:high energy beaches for those whoare stalwart swimmers, low energybeaches perfect for paddling andentertaining small grandchildren.We have shops and restaurants, allof which serve wonderful seafood.We have history—did you know theBritish came into Vineyard Havenoften during the Revolutionary War? We have charming old houses andchurches built during the whaling erawhen there was a lot of money aroundhere. We have an interesting museumand lovely harbors, full of sailing vesselsof all types and sizes, and plentyof places to sit and watch them sail by. Ferries sail daily out of Woods Hole,which is less than 100 miles from theRegis campus.” Pat Hogan Sullivangives a close-up view of the inauguration:We survived and even enjoyedthe inauguration. I had a front rowseat at my neighbor’s house—nice andwarm, and the food was excellent.Alexandria offered Jumbotron viewingin Market Square. As wimps, weopted for the cozy living room. We didventure to the Michigan ball. It wasvery nice, no hoopla, no Obama, nocash bar. The location was lovely, thenewly reopened Museum of AmericanHistory. We mingled with charmingMidwesterners who don’t push orshove or cut in line. (Quite a changefrom the Washington party circuit.)We took a break to see a small exhibiton Abraham Lincoln. Hope you’reall well and having a good winter,writes Barbara Gilmore Stitts. Ourfamily has had a full year plus. Ourdaughter, Kathy, had triplets Dec.1, 2007: two boys and a girl. All arehealthy and progressing well. Theyalso have big sister, Lauren, who isfive and in kindergarten. Our youngest,Anne Marie, was married Sept 6,2008. On the local scene she wrote:we absolutely love the GoodspeedTheatre in East Haddam, CN. It is asmall, intimate theater that producesthree plays each season, several ofwhich have gone on to Broadway.This 2009 season the productions47SPRING • SUMMER 09

48REGIS TODAYare: 42nd Street, Camelot, and AFunny Thing Happened on the Wayto the Forum, Sept. 13–Nov. 29. Formore information call the box officeat 860-873-8668. Another idea fora special family vacation is rentinga villa complete with staff. For our50th in 2007, our family of 12 withchildren from age three to teenagersrented a beautiful villa overlookingMontego Bay in Jamaica. The staffof seven plus a 24/7 driver took careof our every need and then some.We rented through Villas by LindaSmith Inc., Cabin John, Maryland20818, 301-229-4300; website www.jamaicavillas.com. It was truly a tripof a lifetime and even today my nowFacebookseems to be the newgathering spotfor class of 2002ersthese days.five-year-old granddaughter talksabout it. Happy daytripping andtravels to all. Nancy Roche Buckhoffwrites: Since we lost our oldest child,Marianne (Lee) Nolan we have foundpeace. We know she’s in heaven, atpeace and is whole. Recently, Godhas blessed us with so many gifts.In May our youngest daughter,Karen Jackson, will give us anothergrandson, Brennan. Then in June ouryoungest son, Stephen and Charnetwill bring a baby girl, Dailynne. Andlast but not least, our daughter Lee’soldest child, Kelly Nolan, will wedBrian Kohn in September. CarolMcDermott Guebert is looking forwardto a cruise from Rio to Barcelona inMarch. Carol has a new emailaddress: cguebert@bellsouth.net. Carol’syear was saddened by the death ofher sister and our classmate, Joan, inJanuary. Condolences from our classto Carol. We will all miss Joan,1996✒ Tara Sullivan Esfahanian, 177 UphanStreet, Melrose, MA 02176, tara@esfahanian.com ✒ Gia Salce Jobin,263 Maynard Road, Framingham, MA01702-5825 Hello everyone! I hope2009 is shaping up as a great yearfor you and your family. As you know,each year Regis sponsors a Holly Tea,and if you haven’t attended one, Iwould highly recommend it. It is myfavorite alumnae event. It is alwaysso nice to see people from other classes.Nicole Dutra attended the tea lastyear, looking fabulous. This was thefirst time she attended a Regis eventsince graduating and had a great timecatching up with Kacy Soderquist.Nicole is living in the city and workingfor Armani. Kacy Soderquistcontinues to work at Lynnfield HighSchool as an English teacher. Sherecently returned to Lasell College topursue a highly specialized educationprogram. Kacy is always doing somethingfun, whether it’s traveling withher students, or teaching in a summerprogram in Africa, she always keepsthings interesting! Julie Gleneckmarried her long time boyfriend andbusiness partner, Dave, in abeautiful service in Malibu,Hawaii. Julie is living withher husband in Phoenix, AZ.You can contact her via herwebsite www.julieminta.com. Paige Eaton Davis is currentlyliving in Jamaica Plainand works as an assistantuser services librarian at theMinuteman Library Network.She continues to play softballin the Cape Ann Women’sSoftball League. ChristineDoe Wise is working as an attorneyat the law firm of HamiltonBrook Smith Reynoldslocated in Concord. Her focus is U.S.and foreign biotechnology patent applications. Back in October, MichelleBurroughs Dean celebrated her tenyearwedding anniversary by runninga marathon with her husband Dave.Congratulations to the two of themon this milestone and completing thisgreat accomplishment. Kim DickerPowaznik is expecting her second childin June. The baby will be welcomedhome by big brother William who willbe two in the fall. Kim is doing welland lives in Watertown with her husbandBill. Jennifer Morrissey Irizarry’sdaughter celebrated her first birthdayearlier this year. Her daughter is justadorable. A number of 1996 alumnaeare on Facebook now and have reconnectedso if you use Facebook today,don’t forget to keep an eye out for yourRegis sisters. Register at: register.facebook.com/r.php.Regardless, pleasesend me updates so I can keep yourfriends and classmates informed! Ilook forward to hearing from all ofyou soon so my notes can be much longernext issue. Best wishes, Tara1997✒ Andrea List, 2 Howe Ave.,Oxford, MA 01540, 508-987-3122,List5@charter.net Greetings classmates.I hope everyone is survivingwhat seems to be a very cold andsnowy winter in New England. Iam very much looking forward tospring. I am glad to report that Ihave heard from our classmates. Christine Graves Zentgraf wrote tolet me know she is living in Clintonwith her two children Tyler, 10, andHannah, 4. Christine received hermaster’s degree about five years agoin special education and is workingas a resource room teacher for grades5-8. She also teaches math andELA. She mentioned that she keepsin touch with Lucy, Heather, MissyMonterverdi and recently caught upwith Jess Regan. She also reportedthat Emily Freda is married to Craiginand living in North Carolina. Laura Johnson Vittum informed methat Ann Letteri Johnson had a babygirl, Addison Marie, in December ’08.Addison joins siblings Emil Reeceand Ayva. Sue Lynch Nee welcomed ababy girl Ciara, she joins big brotherCaden. While on Facebook, yes I finallyjoined Facebook, Dawn BaggettaGray wrote to me to let me know thatshe is now a stay at home mom to hertwo year old daughter Emily and hasbeen living in Providence with herhusband Kirk for the past couple ofmonths. Dawn was working at TuftsHealth Plan for the past 11 years. As always please feel free to send anynotes that you would like included inthe class notes through e-mail: list5@charter.net. Please keep the updatescoming. I hope you all have a safe andhappy spring!1998✒ Amy Clines, 104 Partridge Run,Rincon, GA 31326 ✒ Rebecca Kitchell,627 Village Street, Northford, CT06472-1634199910th Reunion Class✒ Alexa Pozniak, 175 Roger Street,Hartford, CT 06106 Mary BorekParker got married to John Parkeron June 24, 2006, and two ladiesfrom the class of ’99 were in herbridal party, four year roomie MarthaMitchell and Michelle ChampagneGiusti. Her sister Ann Marie BorekPaulukonis ’97 was the maid of honor.Liz Osten Bettencourt was also therefor the happy day. They welcomedtheir daughter on October 2, 2008,Sarah Elizabeth Parker. Mom is homewith her until the fall but then shewill return to her middle school mathteaching position in North Andover.Two of the girls from the weddingalso had daughters this year. Michellehad Ella Nicole on Feb. 17, 2008 andLiz had Josephine (Josie) Eleanor onNovember 30, 2008. Pam Sale Alltongot married to a British guy, IanAllton in May 2007. They are headingto the UK this summer to spendtime with his family. They live out

class notesin Milford with their two miniatureschnauzers, Gordon and Reggie (whois named after Regis). Pam is workingas a clinical research managerat Millennium Pharmaceuticals inCambridge. Anita Piascik Knott andSteve Knott had a baby boy, JacobTaylor Knott born in December 2008. Michelle Galvin Sade won the 40under 40 most influential leadersaward this year and is the presidentof Springfield’s Young ProfessionalSociety. Page Wheaton Gallivan andher husband welcomed a baby girllast August, Tessa Kimberly. She isenjoying being a mom very much andreports that she is looking forwardto watching her grow up and explorethe world. Page is home full-timewith Tessa and happily reports thatshe and her husband are also inthe process of closing on a house. Danielle Eber moved to NY last yearand is living with her boyfriend andworking for a Boston based companyas a project manager. Nicole Merrilllives in Cincinnati with husband (andcollege sweetheart), Jeff Tenney anddaughter Adrianna. They are expectingtheir second child this June. Julie Hancock Merriam is living inCape Elizabeth, ME, and enjoyingevery minute of it taking care of herfour kids, the youngest of which willbe a year old this April.2000✒ Grace Milner, P.O. Box 295, Manchaug,MA 01526-0295, Phoenix.719@hotmailcom2001✒ Jessica (Shumaker) Grondin, 7Ranelegh Road, Brighton, MA 02135,jshu20@yahoo.com Hello ladies! Ihope that you are all well. I’ve beenmaking a big push for people to submitupdates, so please remember tosend them to me anytime. Also, I’verecently created a Regis Class of 2001group on Facebook so that we cancontinue to share events and noticeswith all 2001 alums. If you’re on FB,look us up! Now on to the updates. Courtney McAulay Patterson wasmarried in September 2008 to BrookePatterson. She tells me it was abeautiful and perfect day in Provincetown.Courtney continues to workat Brigham & Women’s Hospital intheir IVF lab where she’s been for twoyears. Erika Swanson is engaged!Her fiance Josh popped the questionin August and they are planning anOctober 2009 wedding. Erika alsoparticipated in the Susan G. KomenBreast Cancer 3-Day Walk in Bostonthis past August. Despite the drenchingrains and thunderstorms on dayone, Erika and her team finished the60 miles and never felt so amazing!Thais Teixeira Frost and her husband,Jason, and son, Jonah, welcomedtwin girls in March of 2008. Theynamed the girls Kara and Leah.The family is enjoying their doubleblessings! Kate Hancock reportsthat she received her MBA fromUMass Dartmouth in management,and accepted the position of humanresources director at Our Lady’s Havenin Fairhaven. Our Lady’s Havenis a non-profit nursing home operatedby the Diocese of Fall River. She isstill living in Swansea, and performingwith the Regis College AlumnaeChorus. She’s also serving as co-chairof the RCAC this year. JenniferRahall also has wedding news toreport. She is getting married in Juneafter getting engaged last April inPortugal. She and her fiance bought ahouse in Dedham last year and theyare busy doing some major renovationsto the house. She tells me thatshe gets to travel quite frequentlyas part of her job as the director ofevents for a small publishing companyin Bedford that deals with theforest products industry. KristenDiCorleto graduated from SimmonsSchool of Management in August of2008, receiving her MBA. After eightyears working for Staples, she is nowworking at Liberty Mutual in Bostonas a marketing communications manager.She continues to live in Boston’sKenmore Square. And as for me,I married my husband, MatthewGrondin, over Labor Day weekend atMoosehead Lake in Maine. We’ll begoing to Iceland for our honeymoonin a few weeks. We continue to livein Brighton and I’m still working forthe Boston Redevelopment Authoritywhere I’m now the deputy director forMedia & Public Relations. AnnmarieSzwarc Deyo and her husband, Jay,are the proud parents of a new babygirl, Sarah Renee. Sarah was bornon December 26, 2008, and weighedin at 6 lbs, 10 oz. Annmarie and Jayare doing very well and loving everyminute with their Christmas angel. That does it for this issue. Feel freeto send new updates to me at jshu20@yahoo.com or on Facebook. Jessica2002✒ Courtney O’Keefe, One VinalStreet, Somerville, MA 02145, soulsister.smugmug.com,myspace.com/soulsisterphoto Facebook seems tobe the new gathering spot for class of2002ers these days. Be sure to createa profile and keep up with all yourclassmates on a DAILY basis. This iswhat I know: Lisa Mavilia (Lemoine)is teaching both Spanish and yogaand, knowing her, probably at thesame time! She is enjoying Februaryvacation and the married life withhusband, Doug, in Weymouth. Takeone of her yoga classes, I hear it’s muybien! Danielle Greeley is workingat the Piccadilly Pub Restaurant asan assistant manager while makinga beautiful home in West Roxbury. Kathleen Cronin got engaged toboyfriend, Tim, and is busy makingwedding plans! Danielle Bazinetand husband, Dennis, hosted awine tasting for her Regis and NYUfriends at her home in Taunton thispast December. Her schedule iscrazy, as usual, but she is enjoyingevery minute of it. The last I heardof our jet setter, Kara Sprague, wasthat she was back from Australiaand residing in Maine. She returnedlast spring after traveling abroad fornine months. Destinations includedAustralia, New Zealand, Thailand,Malaysia and Singapore. Wow! Jesse Hoffman Bouranis and herhusband Mat are happy to announcethe birth of their first child, OwenScott. The handsome boy was born onOctober 25, 2008, and weighed 7 lbs.,9 oz., and was 21 inches long. Owen isalready breaking hearts! GeorgetteSwain Oosting and her husband Rudiwelcomed their first baby, MathildaMay, on December 23, 2008. Mathildawas born at home (planned homebirth) and weighed 6 lbs., 5 oz. Manyagree she is a cutie! Nancye FrancoisCajuste lives in Roslindale with Denel,her husband of five years, and theirtwo daughters, Grace, 4, and Nyrah11 months. Nancye works for BostonMedical Center. The family is happilyanticipating Nyrah’s first birthdayMarch 26! Kelly Linehan receivedher MS in Library and InformationScience from Simmons in 2007 andis working for the Cambridge PublicLibrary. She lives in Arlington withKate Adams ‘03. For the past yearand a half, Andrea DePaoli has beenan admissions information specialistat Harvard Law School in the JDAdmissions Office. She loves her job,and is always looking for the next ElleWoods! Karine Tolentino marriedher longtime love, Filipe Monteiro,in July 2008. The couple was marriedon the beautiful island of CapeVerde, and Karine was a stunningbride! Karine also graduated in 2006with an MPH and currently works atBrown University as an assistant epidemiologist. Tracy Johnson Leavitthas been married to her husband,Jim, for the past five years and thecouple lives in Massachusetts. Tracyis trying to get in contact with KatieFernandez. Let’s send out bestwishes with wedding planning toLaura DeMeo, Brianne McCarthy, andKate Phillips! Beautiful brides in themaking! As for me, I recently putmy photography company on the backburner while I pursue my MBA whileworking full-time at The Bank of NewYork Mellon Financial Corporation49SPRING • SUMMER 09

50REGIS TODAYin Everett. I hope all is well witheveryone else and please keep in touchby e-mail at cksokeefe@hotmail.com orat my Facebook profile. Also, a profilehas been created for the class of 2002,so be sure to check it out, submit somepictures, and keep us posted on what’shappening! Regards, Courtney2003✒ Kara Bilotta, 15 Appleton Street,Somerville, MA 02144, kbilotta@gmail.com20045th Reunion Class✒ Paula Power, 73 Tilton Avenue,Brockton, MA 02301, paulak.power@gmail.com ✒ Amy Cadell, 33 JohnsonStreet, Newburyport, MA 02950,acadell@gmail.com Hello the lovelyclass of 2004! This is Amy Cadell andPaula Power here with a quick updateon our class. Katrina Trina Hill lives inMiami, FL, working as an enrollmentcounselor at the U of Phoenix’s SouthFlorida Campus. She is teaching7-12 year olds how to dance hip hopat a dance studio called “The LittleGym.” Yokathelin Kathy Pimental andCasey Blondell both gave birth to babyboys. My goodness ladies, we havemoms among us! Jessica Homerreceived her master’s in leadershipand organizational change at Regis. Lorick Wash passed the bar and isworking in Boston as project managerfor a litigation support company. Please keep us up to date on whatyou are doing whether through emailor Facebook. You may not receiveRegis Today before our reunion, buthopefully you don’t forget that our fiveyear reunion is this May. Can’t waitto see you all!2005✒ Christina Aprea, 235 WellesleyStreet, Weston, MA 02493, Aprea.christina@gmail.com My dear classmates, I swear to you that moreand more every day, life feels as if ithas hit fast-forward on the remotecontrol, and I’m just trying to hangon. Anyone else out there feel thesame? If you do, then I’m sure when Iremind you our fifth reunion is only ayear away you’re shaking your headin amazement. We will have so muchto catch up on that weekend in May2010! But until then, here is what’shappening for the class of 2005. Facebook was a savior this timearound when it came to trying to findout what’s going on with everyone! Kathryn Bloomquist is currentlyin Holliston, and still doing the AlumnaeChorus at school. She is job hunting,but hopes everyone is doing well. Sarah Staunton is happy to reportthat after being laid off in Decembershe just got a new job as a foundationassistant at the South Shore Hospital. Michelle Class let me know thatSharon LeMay finally got engaged inNovember. We are so excited for youSharon! Samantha Belivacqua isstill living in Gloucester and workingat the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel as asales manager. Also, she will be attemptingdiving this upcoming Aprilon a trip to Punta Cana. FellowRegis employees Susan Walley andBonnie Woolfrey were in great spiritswhen I ran into them on HomecomingWeekend this past fall. Bonniealso let me know recently that AidenDaniel Muzrall was born Feb. 14,2009 at 6:40 pm to Kaitlynn DamonMuzrall and her husband Matt. Can’twait to see pictures, Kait! Speakingof running into people at Regis… Molly Volmer is working on her master’sin leadership and organizationalchange at Regis, completing it thisspring, so I’ve been fortunate enoughto see her on occasion. She and I bothattended a performance of Chicagoat The Orpheum this past December,with other Regis alums. When Mollycame to get her tickets at the office,she filled me in on her wedding inJuly 2007, when she married AdamLipper. They are living in Mashpee. She also filled me in about somemore of the “Pit Girls”… Judy Solarmarried Erik Olivenza of Randolphon October 11, 2008. They are livingin Randolph. Liz De Lise marriedTroy Stemen of Indiana on April 19,2008. Regis guests included IsabelHall & Devin Cashman, Cait Connolly,Leanne Stone, Nicole Collette, JudySolar-Olivenza, Amanda Valcarcel,Molly Vollmer-Lipper, Evan Rufo, andAmanda Bianchi. Liz and Troy alsohave a daughter who just turned onein January, her name is Sophia Rose.They are currently living in VirginiaBeach. They moved there on MemorialDay weekend because she accepteda job as the aquatics director at theYMCA. Cait Connolly is the headfield hockey and lacrosse coach atDaniel Webster College in NH. On aside note, Cait if you’re reading this, Iwatched three more Regis girls score1000 points this season and couldn’thelp but think of you each time. Ilook forward to the day they inductyou into the Regis Hall of Fame! Amanda Valcarcel married AntonioRosa on December 26, 2008, and theyare living in Puerto Rico. LeanneStone is still working at the VA inBrockton, living in Wellesley, andMolly said she thought Stoney may begoing to grad school, but she was notreally sure. As for me, I stay faithfullyconnected to Regis. It’s beenover two years that I’ve been back,and as I started with, life is flyingby. My true Regis friends distract medaily with their entertaining e-mails.Evan Rufo’s always good for a laugh,and Nickle, Campbell and Trina areby far the most patient people I knowwho continue to listen to my rantingand raving throughout the day. Ilook forward to Deven D’Angeli’s ’02wedding that’s around the corner, andas always, I look forward to all the familiarfaces I will see at reunion thisMay. For any of you who are in thearea, look for the invitation askingyou to come for the free Friday nightfestivities to see what reunion’s reallylike. Regis is inviting back the classesof ’08, ’07, ’06, and ’05 to join in thecasino entertainment Friday night,for a taste of reunion, in hopes toentice you to come when it’s our turn! Well, it seems like the majority ofnews these days circles around theeconomy, weddings, and babies! Notthat I’m complaining, because I supposewe are at that age, but I’d like tomake a request. Although all of thesethings are important, for the nextissue, I’d like to pose a question to beanswered. Because next year is ourfifth reunion, looking back as a freshman,what were you hoping to haveaccomplished five years out of college?No matter how big or how small,when we were freshmen first arrivingat Regis, we had no idea what wasto come, but we definitely knew justabout anything was possible. So forthe next issue, tell me what was goingon in your head when you were determiningyour goals. Share with yourclassmates, and then look to see whoelse possibly shared in your ideas. I do hope you all are well, and taketime to read the notes. Know that Ithink of you often, and would love foryou to pop in the office anytime. Orhey! Come to one of the many eventswe throw! If you aren’t getting the invitations,I highly suggest you e-mailthe office and make sure we have yourcorrect information, especially e-mail! Sincerely, Christina2006✒ Nicole Messuri, 6 Newport Street,Arlington, MA 024762007✒ Sarah and Leah Boniface, 200Manning Street Unit 14A, Hudson, MA01749 We have officially been out ofRegis for two years now, although itfeels like we just graduated yesterday.In the last two years, and even sincethe last issue of Regis Today, ourclassmates have much to share abouttheir lives. Sarah Boniface is stillworking for Salary.com in Waltham.During the winter she spent a weekrelaxing on the beach in Marco Island,FL.. She recently visited Regis classmatesAislynn Quinn and Kate Daley.

class notesShe also frequently sees Regis alumnaScarlett Leta ’04. Leah Boniface isstill working at Fresenius MedicalCare as a market analyst. To escapethe cold this winter, she went on twovacations. The first was with herparents and sister to Marco Island,FL, and the other was with her boyfriendMatt to Disney World. TinaTomaszczuk MacKenzie was marriedto Brian MacKenzie in August 2008.In April 2008 they bought a house togetherin Methuen. Tina is still workingat Lahey Clinic in the Hematology/Oncology unit. Marrissa Gondolaplans to graduate from Regis with aMaster of Science degree in Leadershipand Organizational change inMay. She sends a special thank youto Dr. Philip Jutras for his continuedsupport. Marrissa also welcomes heryounger sister Kristyn Gondola to Regis’Class of 2012. Jullieanne Dohertyhas been taking time to discover newfancy restaurants, cheering on theSox and spending time with her roommatesin their Boston apartment. Sheis flourishing as program coordinatorfor Fields Corner Main Street andspends her days promoting smalllocal businesses, coordinating ribboncutting ceremonies, and planningfor their annual June fundraiser,Dancing with the Stars of Boston.Jullieanne is looking forward to travelingwith her mother this summerand to begin working on the Bostonmayoral campaign. Kimberly Barrettcompleted a second bachelor’s degreein theater at Regis in May 2008.She then moved across the countryto Los Angeles with fellow alumna,Ashley Villandry ’08. Kimberly wasaccepted into The American Academyof Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, CA,where she will be trained as a professionalstage and film actress alongsidea select number of students fromacross the globe. Megan O’Donnellis currently teaching in Everett. Shealso coaches three sports: basketball,soccer, and softball. DeniseDauplaise was married in March2008. She is currently working as anABA therapist at Nashoba LearningGroups in Bedford. Elsbeth Cliffordis currently working at Work Inc. inNorth Quincy as a developmentalspecialist. She works with disabledadults in a day habilitation program.In her job, Elsbeth works with otherstaff members to help develop andimplement behavior plans, and teacha weekly curriculum to her clientsrelating to daily life skills. Her jobis challenging and requires a greatdeal of patience but she finds it veryrewarding in the end. Prior to this job,Elsbeth interned for CongressmanDelahunt in Quincy, and worked as aone-on-one aide with a teenager withAsperger Syndrome in Hingham. Shestill loves political science, but is takinga break to pursue a career in humanservices. In August 2008, Elsbethattended classmate Tina TomaszczukMacKenzie’s wedding. She frequentlysees Regis classmates Kate Daley,Elizabeth Aiello, Meredith Lynch,Marrissa Gondola, and Estefania VonHousen. She recently visited withEstefania’s adorable baby Lir. Elizabeth Haire is currently workingas a program manager in theCommunity Development Office atHighland Valley Elder Services inNorthampton. She works with theirgrant program to help recipientsimplement their projects in the community.Elizabeth is also the editor ofHighland Valley’s new magazine, LifeGrows On. She still lives in Agawam,and misses all the girls from the classof 2007. Liz hopes everyone is doingwell and having fun. Erin Gilmoreplans to complete her Master of Artsin Medical Sciences with a concentrationin mental health this May. Shewill be applying to medical schoolover the next year. It was good tohear from a few more members ofthe Class of 2007 this time. We arehoping to capture “notes” from moreof our class though for the next issue.Please send class notes to sboniface17@yahoo.comor lboniface16@yahoo.com to be included in the nextissue of Regis Today.Graduate Notes✒ Claudia Pouravelis, GraduateDepartment, Regis College, 235Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493 Greetings from the Office of GraduateAdmission! Our graduate alumnicontinue to make Regis proud in theprofessional and academic world.We are thrilled to hear from thosebenefiting from their Regis graduateeducation. Thank you for keeping usposted! Candace Linehan, BSN ’04,MSN ’05 (FNP) is still living in SouthBoston. She’s working as a familynurse practitioner at the East BostonNeighborhood Health Center in theFamily Medicine Department, and isgetting a master’s degree in PublicHealth at Boston University. Erin (Melton) Harrington,MS, Communication ’07, justgot married the month aftercompleting her degree in Juneof ’07. She and her husbandbought a house in Newtown,CT, at the same time. Afew months later they got aloveable boxer, Bonnie. Erinis currently working in themarketing department atSt. Vincent’s Medical Centeras a marketing associate. Anne-Marie Cardillo, MS, Communication’08, reports that somuch has happened since shegraduated from Regis, but specificallyso many GREAT things. Shesold her townhouse in Framinghamand bought a cute little cape inWatertown. She has been working atTufts Health Plan for nine years andonly when she received her Mastersin Communication from Regis did sheget promoted to a job she has beenvying for. Currently, she is a singlemom of a wonderful three-year-oldboy and they are doing just fine. Shehas been truly blessed to have hernetwork of family and friends and iseternally grateful to Regis College forhelping her succeed, both professionallyand personally. She looks forwardto seeing what all Regis alumni havebeen up to! Denisa Weinstein, MS,Health Product Regulation ’08, isdoing well. She’s been at MillenniumPharmaceuticals since September oflast year, and is thrilled to be there!She’s enjoying the regulatory arenaand says it’s stimulating to applyher regulatory knowledge to helpdevelop oncology therapeutics andgratifying to know that the outcomeof her work could help others. ChrisShoemaker, MS, Health ProductRegulation ’08, was hired to stay onas a sr. regulatory associate afterdoing a three-month internship inRegulatory Affairs at ZiopharmOncology. Unfortunately, she waslaid off in October due to financial issues.However, through a fellow HPRalum, her resume was submitted toBoston Scientific and she startedthere as a regulatory specialist in theUrology and Women’s Health groupin December. Chrissy Pierce, MS,Health Product Regulation ’07, livesin Tewksbury, and has worked forIronwood Pharmaceuticals for eightyears now. We are delighted to reportthat she and her husband welcomedtheir new baby, Violet Pierce, into theworld on October 4, 2008. Enjoy thesummer everyone, and keep the newscoming! The graduate student populationis an integral part of the Regiscommunity, and we love hearing fromyou. Claudia PouravelisLife feels as if ithas hit fast-forwardon the remotecontrol, andI’m just trying tohang on.51SPRING • SUMMER 09

52REGIS TODAYMommy,I Feel FunnyImagine spending your childhood and young adulthoodin fear—fear that you are being followed, thatyou are in danger. And what if that fear was real?That you were being stalked, but not by a person,by a disease in your own brain.That’s how it was for Danielle Rocheford ’91.Since she was a baby, Rocheford’s been stalked byepilepsy. The onset of a seizure descended on herlike a dark foreboding, like “a monster was sneakingup behind me,” she remembers feeling as achild. This prelude to a seizure, called an aura, isan often inexplicable feeling. What little Rochefordtold her mother was, “Mommy, I feel funny,” andthat became the title of her new children’s bookabout epilepsy.That Rocheford would reach this point in adulthood—aprofessional women, married with a child,actively involved with the community—was never indoubt. She has always been a determined woman.“I refused to let epilepsy take control of me. I wasdetermined to be the winner of this.”This even throughThe onset of a seizuredescended on her like adark foreboding, like“a monsterwas sneaking upbehind me.”her difficult 9th gradeyear when her medicationsceased beingeffective and she spentnearly the entire yearin the hospital.By the time shearrived at Regis,her illness was basicallyunder control withmedications, but she still had to tread very carefully.Courses that required speaking in front of theclassroom put a lot of pressure on her. As did takingclasses with strict time limits. And when she feltstressed, she’d have a seizure or just blank out.Rocheford persevered and did the things she lovedat college: played sports, got deeply involved inphotography, and completed the requirements for aB.A. in communications and sociology.But her seizures continued and five years aftergraduation, she took a radical medical step: brainsurgery. The surgery would involve removal of apiece of her brain—a piece very near the brain’smemory center. If anything went wrong, she couldlose memories. And this was what led to the book.“I wanted to put down on paper what I rememberedin case I lost some of my memory,” she says.Years later, on the anniversary of her surgery, hermother encouraged her to turn her writing into achildren’s book.The surgery was completely successful. Rochefordhas not had a single seizure since her surgery and isoff all medications.“I feel this is my way to give back,” says Rocheford.“To show positive reinforcement to other children.Epilepsy is still not spoken about. I wanted to tell atrue story for somebody who experienced it.”Published in March by Green Swing, a Wyatt-MacKenzie imprint, the book is selling well andRocheford hopes it will be used in schools, doctorsoffices, and libraries as a resource for families andchildren dealing with epilepsy.

Regisby the Numbers8,500,00078 39,750 22 90Dollar amountof financial aidfor studentsin fall ’08.Percent ofeducationcosts coveredby tuition.Dollar amountfor tuition, fees, androom-and-board forone academic year.Percent ofeducationcosts fundedby donors.Percent ofDean’s List studentswho receive aiddirectly from Regis.Help us re-affirm what we all know to be true:there is strength in regis numbers. One by one.Count me in.Mail: Return the attached remittance envelope from the center of the magazine | Online: Clickthe “Make a Gift” tab at www.regiscollege.edu | Phone: Alexis Rauch at (781) 768-7239Thank you.

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