a l u m n i c o n n e c t i o n FALL 2007

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The Alumni Connection is published two times ver its 60-year history, Holyoke per year by the Holyoke Community College Community College has developed a Alumni Office, Holyoke, , and is reputation for preparing students for distributed without charge to alumni and friends O of HCC. Third-class postage is paid at Springfield, transfer to an array of quality, four-year colleges Massachusetts. and universities. HCC graduates are recognized Editor: as having received a university caliber education, Kathleen E. Moore ‘98 and that high-quality education stands them in Consulting Editors: good stead as they transfer to the baccalaureate Anne B. Garber & Joanna Brown level. A vivid reminder of this legacy was Copy Writers: provided at the college’s recent 60th birthday Joanna Brown, Kathleen E. Moore ‘98 Design: party. More than 300 individuals, many of Peter Hutchins, Litmus Designs them alumni, crowded into the Bartley Center to celebrate the college’s birthday. On the lips Class Notes: News and photographs from alumni should of many were plaudits for the education they be addressed to the Alumni Office, Holyoke received at HCC, and for the way it transformed Community College, 303 Homestead Avenue, their lives. Those of us who work at the college Holyoke, MA 01040. HCC President William F. Messner were heartened to receive direct feedback from Letters: so many alums regarding the positive academic Readers are invited to submit letters and and social impact that the institution had had on them. As we plan for the future, a stories concerning HCC and its alumni. critical focus for us will be on maintaining the quality of education for which the college Contact the alumni director by phone (413) 552-2253 or email: [email protected]. is justifiably proud while providing access to our services to new populations who are edu (put “HCC Alumni Connection” in the playing an increasingly important role in the life of the region subject line). Class Notes/Change of Address: Please submit the reply form on page 10, or call —William F. Messner the Alumni Office (413) 552-2253. 2006-2007 Alumni Council: President Gloria G. Lomax ‘75 First Vice President Gertrude E. Monson ‘97 Second Vice President Stephen F. Bryda ‘03 Secretary Marsha Ryan ‘70 Alumni Council Members: Joanna Brown, ex officio Angela M. Belisle, R.N. ‘77 Laura L. Brennan ‘79 Carol Bright ‘75 Dawn R. Bryden ‘89 Carrie Buckner ‘77 Eddie Corbin ‘68 Judy A. Cote ‘86 Geraldo Cotton ‘06 Patsy J. Dailey ‘99 Margaret DeJesus '90 Elizabeth A. Murphy ‘74 Pamela Murray ‘95 James Sheehan '74 Rhonda Soto ‘97 Nancy Spagnoli '83 Karen Thompson-Brown ‘04 Vandelyn T. Wright ’83 Celebrating the college’s 60th anniversary on June 7 was a team effort, especially when it The Alumni Council, a group of key alumni came to lighting the candles on the 60-foot birthday cake. Lighting candles for each of the six volunteers, oversees alumni initiatives. To decades of our history were some of HCC’s special friends. Seen here are two of our honored learn about joining, please call Joanna Brown, candle-lighters: Maureen Gazda '05 and Kathleen Frost Burke, the granddaughter and daughter, (413) 552-2253. respectively, of HCC’s founding president George Frost.

Alumni Connection 2 Fall 2007 A Letter from the Director of Alumni Relations

ear alumni, • HCC’s small classes provide a setting in which each student is involved in DIn this issue of the Alumni the learning process. Connection, we focus on one • HCC’s faculty members are superb of HCC’s chief strengths: educational teachers, committed to student excellence. This point is eloquently success. expressed by the success of our many • HCC’s staff consistently “go beyond alumni, three of whom are featured in this the call” to assist students whose life issue. challenges could easily have derailed their educational ambitions. Sheila Donohue ‘81, Jerry Levinsky ‘73, and Susan Hall ‘05 each found the My anecdotal sense, gathered through resources at HCC that they needed to go conversations with hundreds of alumni on to exemplary success. Sheila is now a during the past eight years, is that top executive at IBM, Jerry is senior legal more than 90 percent are satisfied counsel for the with the education they received at office of the Massachusetts Commission HCC. This hunch is confirmed by the Director of Alumni Relations Joanna Brown Against Discrimination, and Susan is recent graduate survey, conducted by a junior at Wellesley College. Each of HCC'S Office of Institutional Research. Sincerely, them traveled a somewhat bumpy road For instance, in the class of 2005, 98 before they came to HCC, but all of them percent of respondents said they would excelled at their college studies, thanks to recommend HCC to friends or family Joanna Brown the support, encouragement, and talent who are interested in attending college; Director of Alumni Relations of our faculty and staff. 94 percent of the respondents who [email protected] transferred to other colleges said they (413) 552-2253 Sheila’s, Jerry’s and Susan’s stories are feel that HCC provided them with “good unique, but contain common themes to excellent preparation” for their current P.S. This year, the HCC Theater that exemplify the spirit of Holyoke college programs. Department and Electronic Media Community College: program will hold a reunion for all former Please join me in welcoming Diana Stiles, students who have participated in either • HCC puts out a “welcome mat” to our new director of development. In the the HCC Players or the Electronic Media people of all ages and from all walks coming weeks, many of you will have Program. Get on the mailing list by of life. Applicants are not required to the opportunity to meet Diana, whose emailing to [email protected] with take SATs or Achievement Tests to enthusiasm, creativity, and talent are “HCC Players/EM” in the subject line or enroll here. welcomed additions to our work. Please visit our new alumni pages at www.hcc. feel free to contact Diana at edu to view event information and to sign (413) 552-2746. up for the event online.

The Frost Society

reated in memory of HCC’s first president, Dr. George Frost, this society recognizes individuals who have made a provision in their estate plans for the HCC Foundation, CInc. Membership is offered to all who make such bequests, regardless of the amount. All donations are greatly appreciated. Frost Society members receive personal invitations to college events and are recognized in the Foundation’s annual report. With the recent additions of Heather Sabin ’93, Gregory R. Dubreuil '88, and Nadine A. Dubreuil '85, the Frost Society currently has 22 members. If you would like to join, please contact Erica Broman, executive director of the HCC Foundation (413) 552-2747 or [email protected].

George Frost

Alumni Connection 3 Fall 2007 "I'm just savoring the moment"

higher education was bumpy. Her first Honors Colloquium was every bit as attempt at college – after graduating challenging as my work at Wellesley.” from Classical High School in 1983 – stalled when she became pregnant “I took Diane’s African-American history with her daughter Whitney, now 21. class and loved it. She was such a great Over the next two decades, Hall took lecturer, so well prepared. Phenomenal, classes at private and public colleges really. And, as a person, she really from Massachusetts to Maryland. Each engaged me...Kim was my toughest critic time, the experience left her wanting as a writer. She was always asking me something more. ‘What do you mean by this?’ and that made me work harder to articulate my “I never felt like I was at that place points.” where I was going to be a part of the community, where it was all going to That work paid off for Hall, whose work,” she says. “Then I came back to eloquence has garnered praise far Susan W. Hall '05 Springfield in 2001 and I got a course beyond academia. A volunteer in Deval bulletin from HCC. I started reading Patrick’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign, ong before she stepped onto the every little thing and thinking: I can do Hall struck up an email correspondence HCC campus, Susan W. Hall was this. I can get to where I want to go.” with Patrick’s wife, Diane, that continues Ldreaming about where she would to this day. It was one of Hall’s finish her undergraduate education. Inspired as she was, Hall still had her emails—sent on the eve of the historic moments. victory—that the governor-elect used as “I got on the mailing lists for Smith inspiration for his inaugural speech. In College and Mount Holyoke because they that email, Hall asked the first-lady how both had programs for non-traditional the Patrick administration would nurture students. I had been getting their stuff “I never felt like I was at the lessons learned during the campaign. for 15 years,” says Hall, 41. “I would read that place where...it was According to a Boston Globe article through their brochures and imagine all going to work. Then I written the day after his election, Patrick what I’d do. It allowed me to dream.” paid tribute to Hall’s query: came back to Springfield In 2005, when Hall graduated from in 2001 and I got a “She (Hall) said everything I’m trying to HCC, those dreams turned into real-life say tonight,” Patrick said. choices. course bulletin from HCC. I started reading Says Hall: “I’m just savoring the The Springfield native had been accepted every little thing and moment.” at both of her “dream schools” and wait- listed at a new contender: Wellesley thinking: I can do this. I - Kathleen E. Moore ‘98 College. Never one to take the easy road, can get to where I want Hall chose Wellesley. to go.” “I was wait-listed due to deficiencies in math,” says Hall, who just finished her junior year at Wellesley. “They wanted “At first, I was overwhelmed by the me to take college algebra, preferably tests, the reading, the paper-writing, the pre-calculus. Just to make sure, I took whole college thing,” she says of her first them both.” semester at HCC. She says it was her professors—Kim Hicks, Diane Beers, Mark Dreams and determination have always Clinton, Don Hanover, among others—who fueled Hall, a single mother who helped her flourish. aggressively climbed the corporate ladder at AT&T and graduated as a “Mark Clinton and Don Hanover’s classes valedictorian from HCC. But before really helped raise my critical thinking she came to HCC, her journey through and writing skills,” she said. “And the

Alumni Connection 4 Fall 2007 Persistence pays off

t’s a lesson that many HCC students for civil rights or debating the finer have learned: persistence pays off. points of a jazz performance, he is rarely I lukewarm. As a teen, however, he didn’t That’s what Jerrold S. Levinsky always channel that enthusiasm into discovered in 1972, when his first recognizable goals. application to Rutgers University’s Livingston College was rejected. “It was the late 60s and I was full of passion for music, but not a lot else,” he “I got on a bus and went to New Jersey. says of his four years at Longmeadow Completely unannounced, I walked into High School. “I had been accepted to the admissions office and asked the Berklee College of Music...but if I couldn’t director why,” says Levinsky, a native of be John Lennon and I couldn’t be John Longmeadow. “He said that to get into Coltrane, it wasn’t clear what I was going Livingston College from out-of-state, to do...my guidance counselor told me I they were looking for students with A wasn’t college material.” averages. It’s not that I had failing grades, but I didn’t have all As. He told me to go Levinsky entered HCC in the fall of 1973, Jerry S. Levinsky '73 someplace else and apply as a transfer.” fully intending to remain for two years. His plans changed when he received his Levinsky headed back to Western That “someplace else” was Holyoke first semester grades: all As. Massachusetts, disappointed but Community College, where Levinsky’s undeterred. He would finish his studies at native intelligence flourished. HCC before making another trip to New Jersey. “I had never done that well in anything “I never worked so hard associated with math and science, but He had settled into the long wait when, a that semester at HCC, I began to see the as I did that semester week later, the letter arrived. relationship between math and ideas,” at HCC—in part out of a he says. “I still have my course notebook fear of failure, in part out "Congratulations. You are hereby invited from that semester. I’ve never let it go, to join..." because everything I’ve done since then of desire to learn... I had is grounded in what I did that semester.” never felt so genuinely Levinsky's voice trails off as he recites, verbatim, the acceptance letter he That’s saying a lot. excited.” received from Livingston College more than three decades ago. It was an honor In the 34 years since Levinsky well-deserved, but, at the time, it felt like enrolled at HCC, he has completed his Transcript in hand, Levinsky made a gift. undergraduate studies, earned a law another unannounced trip to the degree, enrolled in a doctoral program, admissions office of Livingston College. “I only stayed at HCC for a semester, and taken a job at the Massachusetts The scene was like an out-take from the but I always tell people I am a grad,” he Commission Against Discrimination Wizard of Oz: says. “The confidence I gained here is (MCAD), where he now serves as something I never had before and it’s senior legal counsel for the Western “I pulled out the grade report from something I never lost.” Massachusetts office. He has even taught HCC, and, as the admissions director college courses in law. was looking at it, I said ‘I can do this,’” - Kathleen E. Moore ‘98 Levinsky recalls. “This was the same “I never worked so hard as I did that guy I’d seen before. He was half-smiling, semester at HCC—in part out of a fear but he was probably thinking ‘This guy is of failure, in part out of desire to learn,” nuts.’ Then he said their policy was to only he says. “I had never felt so genuinely accept transfers coming in at two years. I excited.” said, even more emphatically ‘But this is where I want to go, and I can do this.’ He To those who know Levinsky now, that said he would hand my transcript to the passion is a given. Whether advocating admissions officers.”

Alumni Connection 5 Fall 2007 "I got what I needed"

That determination was evident from an That fall, Donohue enrolled in a cultural early age, when Donohue, one of seven anthropology class at HCC “just to see if I children, began hatching "the plan." could do it.”

“When I was in grade school I had a little “I realized I hadn’t changed at all,” she blue pamphlet that had biographies of says. “I was a good student in high school each of the presidents,” she says. “I said and I saw that I could be a good student in to myself ‘I don’t know what a lawyer college.” is, but if you are a lawyer, you get to be president.’ I always kept that in mind.” For Donohue, the key to college success was support. At home, she received that A top student, Donohue was well on her support from an extended family that way to realizing that goal when, as a helped her with childcare. At HCC, she high school senior, she met and married found it in the classrooms, where teachers her husband. Two children and a divorce fed her nascent curiosity and encouraged followed in fairly quick succession. At her ambitions. She refers to the late 22, when her high school classmates Miriam Sajkovic as her “unofficial advisor” Sheila M. Donohue '81 were graduating from college, Donohue because the two often chatted about was waitressing at the Mountain Laurel, Donohue’s dream of transferring to Mount heila M. Donohue doesn’t harbor juggling two toddlers as a single parent. Holyoke College. Donohue never took a regrets, but the IBM executive does class with Sajkovic, however. Shave what you might call “retroactive fantasies.” “If there were support programs at HCC “I’m very goal-oriented then, I didn’t have time for them. I was “I wish I’d taken another year at Cornell constantly going – to work, to classes, to person... I already had and completed the business/JD program,” see my children,” she says. “But everyone says the 1981 HCC graduate. “They had a the plan when I came was so supportive that I got what I combined program, and it’s just another to HCC. College was needed.” year. Think of what I could have done.” something I already -Kathleen E. Moore ‘98 Think, indeed. knew I was going to do.” In the 26 years since she graduated from HCC, Donahue has completed an Editor's note: Sheila is one of the many undergraduate degree in European HCC alums who have chosen to express intellectual history at Mount Holyoke their gratitude by creating a scholarship or College, earned a juris doctorate from “People (customers) were always saying award. The Vincent and Patricia McElroy Cornell University, and nimbly climbed the ‘What’s a smart girl like you doing in a Award, named after Sheila's parents, is corporate ladder at IBM, where she now place like this?’” says Donohue. “I was given out each year to a graduating HCC serves as the senior negotiator for global thinking the same thing. I thought I’d student who is continuing her education at contracts. ruined all of my chances, that there was . no way to get back on track.” But Donohue, who only recently returned from a three-year work assignment in Donohue didn’t stew very long. By 1978, Paris, doesn’t live in the past. Neither, too, she had convinced administrators at does she suffer idleness gladly. Enrico Fermi High School to schedule a GED test, which she aced in one try. “I’m very goal-oriented person. When Though the tests were normally graded I don’t have a goal, I feel like I’m by computer, Donohue’s test had a floundering,” she says. “I already had the handwritten note on it: “highest score plan when I came to HCC. College was ever.” something I already knew I was going to do.” Sheila Donohue was back on “the plan.”

Alumni Connection 6 Fall 2007 A Letter from the President of the Alumni Council

ear Alumni, Our advocacy might surprise you, too. D A few months ago, I had the In the first three years of the Alumni supreme honor of addressing the Association’s five-year fund raising graduating class of 2007. It is something I campaign, we have raised more than do every year, but it never gets old. When $467,000 in gifts and pledges. These I am standing at the podium, I can see funds have supplied the Kittredge Center that this is a very powerful moment in for Business and Workforce Development their lives. After the celebration subsides, with the best in technology. The funds they will embark on new adventures—as have also provided the latest equipment students at four-year institutions, as for other classrooms and labs throughout valued contributors to our economy, as the campus. Some funds have been dynamic minds affecting every aspect of earmarked for endowed scholarships, so society. that future students will have a chance to flourish. Two HCC alumni, Ed Mazar '78 They are, at graduation, shedding their and Dr. Richard Leon Provost '49 recently identities as HCC students. Now, they will established endowed scholarships. We adopt a new identity that I hope they wear thank them for remembering HCC with proudly: HCC alumni. such a lasting gift. Please consider making a difference by becoming an alumni donor today. As anyone who was there can attest, If there is one thing that I have learned in graduation day was sweltering. The HCC my life as a former HCC faculty member, Alumni Association provided all of our as an HCC alumni donor, and as your Gloria G. Lomax ‘75 867 graduates with bottled water. This act Alumni Association president, it is that if President, HCC Alumni Association of generosity was only a fraction of what you are generous in all that you do, you Retired Professor of Early Childhood the HCC Alumni Association has done for will make a profound difference in the Education HCC’s students, but many of the students world. (413) 552-2073 in that crowd were probably unaware.

2008 HCC Alumni Fund (fund year closes on June 30, 2008)

Enclosed is my 2008 contribution of: ❑ $ ❑ $25 ❑ $35 ❑ $61 ❑ $100 ❑ $250 ❑ $500 ❑ $1,000 ❑ $2,500 ❑ $______

I/we wish to contribute to the following fund: ❑ Alumni Unrestricted (where the need is greatest) ❑ Gloria G. Lomax Scholarship Fund ❑ Alumni Scholarship Fund ❑ Miriam "Mim" Sajkovic Scholarship Fund ❑ Other: ______Name(s): ______Graduation year or years attended: ______Address: ______City/Town: ______State: ______Zip: ______Home/Cell telephone: ______Email: ______Employer: ______Position/Title: ______❑ My/our check is enclosed, payable to HCC Foundation (2008 fund drive ends June 30, 2008) ❑ My/our gift will be matched by: ______(please submit matching gift form) To charge a gift, please call (413) 552-2546 or visit our secure donation page at hcc.edu/alumni/sppt_don.html ❑ I do not want my name included in the 2008 Annual Giving Report. Please mail to: HCC Foundation, 303 Homestead Ave., Holyoke, MA 01040. For more information please call (413) 552-2253.

Alumni Connection 7 Fall 2007 AROUND CAMPUS

867 receive degrees and certificates at HCC’s 60th commencement On June 2, HCC celebrated its 60th commencement under sunny skies at the O’Connell Memorial Field. The two-hour program featured four student orators, seen here flanking President Messner, (from left): Asamnew T. Anbessie, Victoria Mitchell, Kimberly Boyd, and Paul V. Condarcuri. Commencement was also the occasion for announcing the four individuals who received 2007 Distinguished Service Awards: Northampton resident Kay Althoff '82, West Springfield resident Robert Gilbert, and Amherst residents Alfred Charbonneau '54 and Vanessa Rivera. The award annually recognizes individuals from the community who have made significant contributions to the college.

HCC Welcomes Deb Orre HCC teams up with NASA CAPS turns 30 and Diana Stiles In April, HCC was accepted as a member In April, In March, the institution in the Massachusetts chapter the college college welcomed of NASA’s Space Grant Consortium. celebrated Deb J. Orre as The announcement means eligible HCC an important the new dean of students will be able to participate in milestone, as Nursing Education. NASA-sponsored internships and research the Center opportunities. Three HCC students, Malissa for Academic A doctoral Vyce, John Chicoine, and Mark McDonough Program candidate at the were subsequently accepted into the Support University of research program based at UMass this past (CAPS) Massachusetts, summer. marked its From left, Vice President for Deb Orre Orre took over 30th year. Institutional Development Erica from Springfield HCC is the only Broman with her predecessor, resident Patricia Triggs, a retired HCC community Known on Elaine Ironfield nursing administrator who had served as college in western campus HCC’s interim dean of Nursing Education Massachusetts as the CAPS Center, the program during the search process. Orre comes to to join the has provided coaches, tutoring, and HCC from Community consortium, mentoring to generations of HCC students College, where she served as the dean of which includes who need a little boost to succeed at Health Sciences since 2001. 15 educational college-level coursework. Seven current institutions and former administrators in the program In May, Diana Stiles joined the Office of Jeffrey Hoffman statewide. The were feted during the two-hour program, Institutional Development as the new consortium which was held in the Kittredge Center for director of development. A native of New is one of 52 nationally that funds the Business and Workforce Development. York City, Stiles received her BA from development and use of space-related Vassar College educational outreach activities. HCC Dean Those recognized were: Claire Bouley, and has also done of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics retired English and Modern Languages graduate work X. Ran Duan will serve as the campus faculty; Carrie Buckner '77, retired tutor at the Divinity liaison for the program. coordinator; Hannah Gray, retired dean of School at Harvard Academic Support; Isabel Huskey, current University. Stiles Formal announcement of the new dean of Student Services; Elaine Ironfield, and her son, connection was made by Jeffrey Hoffman, retired vice president of Institutional Sebastian, live in a former NASA astronaut who heads up Development; Robert Lussier, ’88, current Hatfield. the Massachusetts consortium from his CAPS tutor; and Tom O’Brien, ’75, current offices at the Massachusetts Institute of CAPS tutor. Diana Stiles Technology (MIT).

Alumni Connection 8 Fall 2007 AROUND CAMPUS

Rufus Reid headlines HCC names 2007 Marieb Awardees HCC jazz festival In May, the college World renowned jazz announced that ESL faculty musician Rufus Reid Eileen F. Kelley and Pamela headlined the 10th Kennedy were chosen as annual HCC Jazz the co-recipients of the Festival, March 30-31. 2007 Elaine Marieb Chair Reid joined up with for Teaching Excellence. the Amherst Jazz Named after retired HCC Orchestra as well as anatomy and physiology several HCC music professor Elaine Marieb, students to make the the award was established weekend festival sizzle. in 1990 and is given Rufus Reid annually to a faculty A native of Atlanta, member for excellence Reid has received numerous awards and in classroom teaching. recognition for his work, including the Kennedy, a 21-year college 2005 Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award, employee, chairs and from left, Eileen F. Kelley and Pamela Kennedy the 2006 New Jersey State Council teaches in the English as a on the Arts Fellowship, and the Charlie Second Language (ESL) program. Kelley the Outstanding Non-unit Professional Parker Jazz Composition Award. A noted has taught in that program since joining (NUP) Staff Member of the Year, and jazz educator, Reid’s book “The Evolving the college faculty 20 years ago. Linda Sullivan, a clerk in the Science, Bassist” is widely recognized as having Engineering and Math department, was set the industry standard for the bass Also in May, HCC Graphic Designer Jack recognized as the 2007 Classified Staff method. It was recently released on DVD. Scanlon was recognized by the college as Member of the Year.

HCC named “Best in Valley” The 2007 Valley Advocate’s Readers Poll confirmed what we’ve known all along: from Northfield to Longmeadow, HCC is the best community college going. This, according to the readers of The Valley Advocate. If you read the paper’s “Best of” issue, you might have seen this photo, which announced HCC’s new honor to the world. In past years, HCC was recognized as the best community college in the greater Springfield area. This year, the award recognizes our popularity in a much larger service area.

Seen here, from left are HCC students Lisa Rawding, Joy Marshall, Hussein Abdallah, Amanda Meli, and Campus Activities Coordinator Vivian Ostrowski

Alumni Connection 9 Fall 2007 Alumni Letters

I learned from Dr. Sajkovic, outside the was fortunate enough to have Miriam classroom as much as inside, have stayed Sajkovic as my professor for Philosophy with me. They have, in fact, given direction I101. Mrs. Sajkovic posed the question, not only to my career but to all aspects “How many angels can dance on the head of my life. More than anyone else, Miriam of a pin?” to the class as an assignment. Sajkovic taught me to think, to feel, to After a couple of weeks of receiving wrong think about feeling. answers (like, “an infinite number”) and befuddlement from the class, Professor I regret that I did not stay in touch with Dr. Sajkovic finally went through her answer, Sajkovic much beyond a few years after step by step. “Her brilliant answer, leaving HCC. I last saw her in 1970, when I though complex, made perfect sense. paid a call to my then-fiancee. Dr. Sajkovic Unfortunately, I can’t remember what her told me that she thought she was “a answer was, but I would like to! Could you keeper.” She was right, of course. My year please include my question in the next at HCC was one of the most intellectually issue of the Alumni Connection? Could you stimulating years I’ve ever had, anywhere. include my e-mail address so that people This was due, in large part, to the could respond?” (You can email Laura stimulation and excitement brought by Martin to tell her the correct answer to: teachers like Dr. Sajkovic and the late [email protected]) Herbert Michaels. I was lucky enough to John Burgess '68 get in touch with Dr. Michaels a few weeks - Laura Martin ‘91 before he died. I regret I did not have that was a student at HCC for only one chance with Dr. Sajkovic. year, 1967-68, and had classes with IDr. Sajkovic for both semesters before - John Burgess ‘68 transferring to Georgetown University’s In memoriam: School of Foreign Service. Both in my later studies and in my 25 years as a We are saddened to learn of the U.S. Foreign Service Officer, the lessons passing of the following members of the HCC community:

Harold F. McGrath ‘53 Joan F. Buckley ‘55 John F. Sears ‘56 James F. Saccavino ‘63 Mary Jane Saccavino ‘65 Class Notes/Email List/Change of Information John T. Szarlan ‘68 Name: Class year: Thomas N. Lamontagne ‘69 Former name: Virginia S. Forrish ‘72 Joanne Wall ‘72 Address: David O. Warren ‘73 Home phone: Work phone: Thomas E. Andrzejczyk ‘74 Employer: Position: Lydia Booker ‘76 Donna V. Maroney ‘76 Email address: Joseph G. Bonkowski, Jr. ‘77 ❑ Class notes contribution to be published in the Alumni Connection. Marie E. Wheeler ‘77 ❑ Comments to the director of alumni relations (will not be published). Joan H. Marulli ‘78 John F. McTigue ‘81 Patricia J. Slattery ‘83 Larry R. Stasiak ‘85 Denise M. Bibeau ‘89

Please return this form by Nov. 10 to: Alumni Office, HCC, 303 Homestead Ave., Holyoke, MA 01040, fax to Drucylla J. Masi ‘90 (413) 552-2479, or send to [email protected] with subject line of “HCC Notes.” Lorie S. Avery ‘04

Alumni Connection 10 Fall 2007 Class Notes

1956 ranging from depression to schizophrenia, 1994 In October 2006 Arthur LaMirande was in persons age 16 and older. She may be Gina M. Barry, an attorney in the Estate appointed organist of St. John’s Church in reached at (603) 673-1364. Planning/Elder Law Department of the Elizabeth, NJ, the largest Episcopal Church Springfield-based law firm of Bacon & in New Jersey. Since that appointment, 1983 Wilson, P.C., has been honored as a "2007 LaMirande has been a busy man. He gave Marilyn Kalish is Massachusetts SuperLawyer Rising Stars." an organ concert there on April 1, an all- the owner of the She was also chosen as a SuperLawyer 20th century Easter Season concert at Vault Gallery in Rising Star in 2006. NYC’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral on April Great Barrington. 29, and another concert at Singapore’s After studying with 1999 Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on May 8. Frank Cressotti Maria T. Lopez is a mortgage loan at HCC, Kalish officer at Chicopee Savings Bank 1973 transferred to in Chicopee. Lopez, who is fluent in Teresa LaFreniere the University English and Spanish, handles all aspects was one of 11 of Hartford. A of mortgage lending, from home support staff practicing artist purchases and construction loans to employees from Marilyn Kalish for 23 years, she home refinancing. Lopez also advises Massachusetts serves on the HCC first-time home buyers about how to honored recently art department advisory board. In 2004, improve their financial record, if they at a State House Kalish opened the Vault Gallery, in which do not currently qualify for a mortgage. ceremony, where she shows the work of major American She can be reached at (413) 598-3190 or she received the artists. She encourages HCC alumni to [email protected] 2007 Probation visit the gallery at 322 Main St. in Great Teresa LaFreniere Employee Barrington, to call at (413) 644-0221, or 2003 Recognition see her work at www.vaultgallery.net. Award. LaFreniere, a probation operations supervisor, has worked at 1989 Hampshire Probate and Family Court for Marion E. Duncan received her LPN more than three decades. Chief Probation certificate from Springfield Technical High Officer Bill O’Riordan said LaFreniere has School in ‘67. She was an LPN for 22 years maintained the same enthusiasm for her before coming to HCC, where she received job she had when she first started. He her A.S. in nursing in 1989. She has been added, “Terry began in an old-school era in the nursing field for 40 years, and is still with pencils, erasers, and mimeograph doing per-diem skilled nursing visits, at the Rennie Silva, Ronald Tchetter, and machines, and now she thrives in her job age of 73. Josh Root surrounded by high-tech equipment and new age expectations. Teresa has assisted 1992 thousands of people over the years by Attorney James E. (Jim) Boyle currently Rennie Silva ‘03 and Joshua Root ’04 were explaining procedures and court orders works in the Government Affairs chosen as two of the first Peace Corps and providing general direction. She does Department of the Greater Boston members to serve in Cambodia. Seen here this in such a calm manner that it has Chamber of Commerce, where he serves are, from left, Silva, Ronald Tchetter, the helped to ease the stress of those coming as the Assistant Director of Economic director of the Peace Corps, and Root. into the court,” said O’Riordan. Development. In this role, he analyzes and The two HCC grads teach in secondary prepares legislative, public policy, and schools—Silva in Battambang province, 1979 regulatory data, testifies on behalf of the near Thailand, and Root in Kompong Rosemarie K. Garreffi-Carlsmith has chamber before committees and boards Cham province, east of Phnom Penh. opened psychotherapy offices in Nashua at all levels of government, and directly Root graduated from Cornell University in and Wilton, NH, after completing 17 years lobbies members of city, state, and federal December 2006 and is hoping to publish of community mental health service. She government. Jim resides in New Bedford his senior thesis “Fight Town: A Ringside specializes in treating addictions, from with his wife Maureen and their two Perspective of Class, Immigration, and alcoholism to eating addictions, and children, Aileen and Donovan. Conflict in the Paper City, 1850-2000” in diagnosing mental health disorders, sometime soon.

Alumni Connection 11 Fall 2007 The Gift of Opportunity Campaign (Alumni Donor Summary)

President’s Circle Gold Summit Society Mary Louise Hoyt ‘88 Joan M. Banner ‘87 Thomas F. Hawley ‘80 $5,000+ $1,000-$2,499 Phyllis Hudzikiewicz William W. Batchelor ‘69 Margaret Hayter ‘76 Anonymous Anonymous Myers ‘68 Gerry D. Bates ‘76 Constance A. Henning ‘78 Henry S. Andrus ‘71 Karolyn Ali ‘65 Joseph Hudzikiewicz ‘56 Angela M. Belisle ‘77 Paul A. Hudgik ‘78 Attorney Paul D. Kay G. Althoff ‘82 Mary Ellen Kaeding ‘83 Mark S. Bellucci ‘80 John L. Iarrusso ‘72 Boudreau ‘67 JeanAnn Z. Armitage ‘76 Lawrence A. Kane ‘78 Susan M. Benoit ‘84 Thomas Jacques ‘88 Arthur W. Brodeur ‘56 Anna ’90 and Doug Bowen Mona Kennedy ‘87 Dr. David A. Bernstein ‘75 Marianne L. Jerzyk ‘74 Joanna L. Brown Attorney Harold F. Robert and Janet Judith A. Bessette ‘77 Lt. Col. USAF Andrew W. Alfred Charbonneau ‘54 Brunault ‘54 Kervian ‘83 David S. Billips ‘92 Johnson ‘75 Betty Cinq-Mars ‘68 Kathleen A. Buckley ‘76 John W. Keyworth ‘00 Ann M. Boland ‘79 Rachel A. Joyce ‘91 Donald R. Delano ‘73 Steve H. Chevalier ‘89 Priscilla Kisiel ‘71 Maribeth H. Boss ‘95 Representative Michael F. Sheila M. Donohue ‘81 Daniel Chlastawa ‘76 Kathleen A. Klimoski ‘90 Russell F. Boudreau ‘72 Kane ‘90 John T. Doyle ‘51 Richard and Carol Alan J. Kurpaska ‘78 Alan G. Bower ‘69 Naomi L. Karolinski ‘70 Attorney Maurice J. Constant ‘66/’85 Richard E. Lacharite ‘69 Laura L. Brennan ‘79 H. J. Kellogg ‘05 Ferriter ‘52 Eddie Corbin ‘68 Leonard M. Lamarre ‘96 Patrick B. Bresnahan ‘57 Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. ‘52 Serena K. Fuller ‘77 George R. Ditomassi ‘54 Karen A. LaRiviere ‘81 Kathleen M. Bronner ‘77 Shirley R. Kolby ‘83 Joseph H. Gareau ‘71 Martha M. Doktor- Melissa G. Latour ‘01 David W. Brown ‘72 Joseph G. La Belle ‘88 Joseph V. Gosselin ‘68 Munro ‘76 Kathleen Lucas ‘01 Ernest J. Brunault ‘50 Anthony and Susan Michael J. Kittredge ‘73 John and Joan ‘60 Diane M. Mango ‘73 Stephen F. Bryda ‘03 Larosa ‘68/’69 Donoghue Dr. Elaine Marieb ‘80 and Carol McCarthy ‘73 Dawn E. Bryden ‘89 Susan M. LaRose ‘83 Donald L. Dostal ‘63 Mr. Harvey Howell Thomas P. McNamara, Stephen A. Burke ‘56 Ann E. Lastowski ‘76 John P. Epstein ‘77 William P. Martyn ‘56 Jr. ‘71 John and Jacqueline Dona P. Laughlin ‘80 Edward ‘78 and Elizabeth Foster ‘82 Beverly A. Morley ‘88 Calkins ‘59/’81 Robert and Carol Maxine Mazur Kim P. Gifford ‘89 David C. Morrell ‘72 Susan M. Camposeo ‘87 Laughlin ‘81/97 Steven and Moira Francis M. Kane ‘56 Edward J. Murphy ‘48 Karen A. Carlson ‘82 Beth A. Leary ‘81 Mitus ‘80/’93 Robert and Janet Michael D. Niziolek ‘68 Veronica M. Chapman ‘90 Paul D. Lodola ‘58 Dr. Richard L. Provost ‘49 Kervian ‘83 Paul D. Noreau ‘93 James J. Chartier ‘58 James J. Long ‘63 Alex Sajkovic ‘78 Stephen T. Makowski ‘74 Helen Norris ‘75 Gary M. Chase ‘76 Betty J. Longtin ‘85 Gregory ‘90 and Sallie Maureen A. Mathers ‘81 Dr. Henry M. Padden ‘57 Jack A. Cohen ‘77 Kathleen Lukasik ‘86 Schneider Leah O’Goley ‘89 Elaine A. Pluta ‘92 Kathleen Curran Hill ‘84 Kelly A. Markham ‘04 Elizabeth B. Schofield ‘83 Sheryl A. Quinn ‘71 Eileen Rakouskas ‘89 Edward A. Czajkowski ‘73 Michael D. Marshall ‘77 Michael ‘64 and Kevin M. and Kathleen L. Pamela K. Reed ‘04 Joseph and Carline Joan Sobon Anne-Marie Darcy ‘84 Ryan ‘86 Patrick D. Reis ‘89 McCarthy ‘65/’66 Peg ‘58 and Gary Richard J. Darcy ‘78 Marsha and James Maureen A. Robert ‘78 Timothy McKenna ‘82 Wendlandt Ryan ‘70/’71 Carol J. Day ‘77 Marc R. Rouillard ‘95 Kimya McLaurin ‘02 Joseph ‘54 and Angela Janis M. Santos ‘74 Pamela O. Dean ‘82 Heather D. Sabin ‘93 Mara D. Michelman ‘94 Wright ‘54 Carolyn Barbacki Scott ‘59 Donna M. DeFant ‘77 Richard H. Slavas ‘74 Kathleen A. Moran ‘95 Patricia A. Seely ‘76 Carol L. DeLisle President’s Circle Silver Ginette M. Smith ‘01 Dimauro ‘82 Elizabeth A. Murphy ‘74 Helen M. Shea ‘71 $2,500-$4,999 Mary E. Stack ‘76 Guiseppe Desimone ‘77 Linda M. Nawracaj ‘00 William J. Wagner ‘71 Anonymous John W. Stearns, Jr. ‘79 Suzanne Doyle ‘79 Kenneth and Amanda Attorney Aaron and Eileen Dr. David M. Bartley ‘54 Erika E. Subocz ‘97 Packard ‘86/’84 Wilson ‘62/’99 Erin K. Doyle-Gallerani ‘90 Donna M. Bliznak ‘83 Keith A. Swan ‘87 Rosemary Dreger ‘79 Barbara A. Partyka ‘84 and Ronald J. Sheehan Society Peter R. Tallman ‘87 Deanna M. Dreicorn David F. Piangerelli ‘74 Tomasauckas ‘95 $500-$999 John and Margaret Scalise ‘58 Mary Ann Polmatier ‘71 Brian and Cynthia Anonymous Thompson ‘65/’72 Ellen Dunn-Murphy ‘71 Richard C. Pont ‘98 Burns ‘85/’84 Christine E. Backus ‘72 Katherine T. Vinson ‘94 Janet R. Dwyer- Myriam Quiñones ‘95 Robert Dana ‘49 Anthony P. Batakis ‘73 Peter G. Warren ‘73 Hoppock ‘85 Anne Ridabock ‘94 Margaret E. DeJesus ‘90 John Burgess ‘68 Margaret A. Weck ‘78 Laura B. Emerson ‘88 Yolanda M. Rigali ‘67 Gregory ‘88 and Nadine George Counter ‘57 Ann Weisse ‘98 Virginia A. Fontanilles ‘90 Brian M. Rosenkranz ‘88 Dubreuil ’85 John S. Courtney, Jr. ‘91 Robert P. Ziomek ‘87 Cara K. Foster ‘96 Maureen Ross Carl Eger ‘56 Jill M. Crosler ‘02 Cheryl A. Fox ‘76 O’Connell ‘78 Amy Fillion ‘79 Phoenix Society Edward Czajkowski ‘73 Jean R. Fraser ‘88 Heather L. Ruel ‘01 Steven P. LeFebvre ‘79 $250-$499 Alfred J. Donais ‘89 Carol Ann Gawle ‘76 Marguerite G. James L. Lindahl ‘90 Anonymous Richard W. Fountain, Mary Ann Gazillo ‘68 Salvadore ‘73 Gloria G. Lomax ‘75 Cathy A. Abbruzzese ‘83 Jr. ‘80 Deborah Golas ‘71 Lauren J. Scott ‘69 Gertrude E. Monson ‘97 Richard J. Adam ‘68 Douglas N. Gates ‘72 John C. Gorey ‘69 Maryellen M. Seward ‘74 Paul K. Moran ‘64 Richard W. Adams ‘48 Denise Gerow ‘01 Andrew J. Griffin ‘83 Michael E. Sheedy, Jr. ‘80 Pamela Murray ‘95 Jacqueline S. Aiken ‘74 Michael and Madelyn Regina A. Gross ‘95 James M. Sheehan ‘74 Joseph L. Peters ‘70 Stephen J. Andrichak ‘85 Ginley ‘82/’86 Michael H. Hall ‘05 Donna A. Sheldon ‘96 Harriet L. Reed ‘69 Samuel D. Armstrong ‘79 John F. Hamel, Sr. ‘54 Gary P. Hamel ‘69 Donna Sherwood ‘90 John S. Richards ‘63 Douglas J. Arnold ‘75 Karen Healy Denno ‘76 John J. Harnois ‘70 Christine J. Silverman ‘68 Attorney Daniel J. Gail M. Arnold ‘77 Susan J. Hess ‘90 James B. Hawkes ‘76 Linda A. Silvestri ‘75 Szostkiewicz ‘87 Claire D. Bailey ‘92 Frederick J. Smith ‘59

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Nancy E. Snow ‘79 Deborah J. Brodie ‘84 Frank J. Czarniecki, Jr. ‘67 Timothy A. Steigmeyer ‘71 James F. Bronson, Sr. ‘61 Brooke A. Darden ‘79 Eugene J. Sullivan ‘57 James A. Brough ‘74 Donna M. Delaney ‘78 Faith V. Sullivan ‘99 Kim M. Broussard ‘82 Kristine K. D’Elia ‘89 Attorney Sean T. Kathryn A. Brown ‘77 Charlotte L. Demers ‘84 Sullivan ‘87 Margaret C. Brown ‘71 David W. Demers ‘49 Susan E. Tawrel ‘71 Terri Brown ‘81 Lise Denault ‘74 Hang Truong ‘05 Carrie Buckner ‘77 Peter C. Deschenes ‘73 Stanley G. Waletkus ‘71 Christopher M. Burke ‘68 Gerard L. Desjardins ‘78 Kenneth J. Watson ‘97 Kathleen T. Burke ‘64 Joyce D. Desorcy ‘88 Diane T. Webster ‘04 Philomena M. Burke ‘80 Kimberly A. Desrosiers ‘98 Thomas Werbiskis ‘83 Carolyn J. Burrows ‘98 Jody A. Dewey ‘04 Richard Whiting ‘74 Lisa A. Caivano ‘86 Debra J. Diemand ‘96 Valerie L. Wilder ‘93 Gail A. Campanella ‘69 Russell and Leslie Dodge Gail T. Wright ‘75 Catherine Campbell ‘90 ‘81/’95 Nancy M. Zolty ‘86 Ellen A. Campbell ‘74 Dr. Charles H. Doolittle III ‘60 Homestead Society Karen A. Campbell ‘76 Christopher Dostal ‘72 $100-$249 Stephen and Karen Dana A. Dostal ‘95 Anonymous Canary ‘76/’81 Robert J. Dowding ‘76 Brenda J. Ainsburg ‘00 Thomas H. Cantwell ‘80 Lisa G. Dumas ‘89 Audrey V. Anderson- Bonnie Capen-Rowan ‘86 Porter ‘01 Paula Caproni ‘73 Robert and Deborah Eaton ‘80/’83 John M. Arooth, Jr. ‘93 Nancy L. Carey ‘87 Stephanie L. Ehiwele ‘84 Alice M. Askew ‘57 Claire E. Carocci ‘85 Lisa Eliopoulos ‘91 David P. Bachand ‘80 Paul R. Carriveau ‘72 Donna E. Engel ‘92 Susan Baez ‘89 Richard P. Cauley ‘82 Susan G. Englehardt ‘84 Laurie Balboni-White ‘79 Louise E. Cavanaugh ‘74 Barbara A. Evans ‘78 Jeffrey Ballard ‘91 John E. Cebula ‘80 Franklin R. Faivre ‘61 Doreene M. Barber ‘93 Joan M. Celuzza ‘76 John R. Fallon ‘59 Elizabeth Barci Hill ‘78 Kelly Cerino ‘85 Darlene R. Farr ‘83 Guy B. Barnett ‘54 Francesco Cervone ‘90 Mary Anne Fitzgerald ‘68 Diane M. Barstow ‘90 Tammie Chaffee ‘90 Diane R. Flagg ‘80 Valerie Basdekis ‘78 Attorney Joseph K. Cynthia M. Fleischner- Steven Batchelor ‘85 Chancellor ‘95 Jacques ‘05 Marie A. Bates ‘79 Deanna M. Chelte ‘87 Barbara E. Fletcher ‘72 To celebrate HCC's 60th anniversary, the college Mary K. Bathelt ‘83 David and Suzy Cieboter ‘89 Denise C. Fontaine- commissioned Westfield-based artist, Leo Pilares '03 Paul and Gail Pincince ‘73 Beaupre ‘58/’54 Marie L. Ciosek ‘76 to create light-hearted caricatures of HCC's three Michael T. Fortier ‘84 Lawrence and Maureen Edward J. Clancy, Jr. ‘65 Louis Fox ‘87 sitting presidents. Seen here is our current President Bellucci ‘73/’72 Daniel J. Clark ‘83 Judith A. Franz ‘98 Bill Messner. Robin Belville ‘90 Laurie E. Clark ‘83 Bruce J. Frey ‘77 Nancy E. Benard ‘97 Robert S. Clark ‘66 Jean A. Gagne ‘69 Romola Harrington ‘67 Bernice C. Jones ‘96 Charles F. Berube ‘56 Patricia Ann Clayton ‘74 Gail M. Gamache ‘87 Priscilla F. Haskins ‘79 David P. Justin ‘82 Katherine R. Berube ‘84 Leonard Cohen ‘72 Nancy J. Gardner Bryan and Barbara Lynda D. Kamik ‘78 William Bevan and Mary Joseph and Denise Oksman ‘77 Hauschild ‘77/’66 David J. Kazierad ‘78 Mulvaney ‘71/’84 Collins ‘72/’75 Mary V. Gay ‘85 Gerald D. Healy ‘66 Jefferson Keith ‘76 Martha S. Blair ‘81 Jo Condon ‘82 Dean W. Geoffrey ‘76 Terri L. Hewes ‘86 Patrick J. Kelleher ‘76 Samuel Blank ‘71 Jean B. Connell ‘79 Edward H. Germain ‘71 Patrick J. Higgins ‘77 Peter and Phyllis Laurie Bonneau ‘91 Lynn A. Conway ‘81 Margaret A. Gilbert ‘86 Bronwen G. Kennedy ‘65/’76 Francis X. Bonneville ‘77 Elaine E. Cooper ‘87 Deirdre A. Gintowt ‘81 Hodgkinson ‘96 Christine Kern Warnock ‘91 Lynn F. Boscher ‘77 Nicholas L. Cosmos, II ‘66 Robin Giroux ‘93 Michael C. Hogan ‘94 Robert W. Killam ‘71 Clifford Bosworth ‘83 Judy A. Cote ‘86 Robert and Christine Garrett R. House ‘84 Lydia G. Klimczuk ‘82 Gerard G. Boucher, Jr. ‘90 Claire R. Couture ‘89 Gondek ‘75/’01 Barbara H. Howard ‘73 Barbara A. Klofas ‘86 April E. Bowers ‘02 Frances H. Couture ‘99 Irene M. Gosselin ‘95 Karen S. Howe ‘84 Grant M. Knapp ‘97 Tom and Joane Andrew J. Cowell ‘86 Barbara J. Grady ‘74 Robert J. Hughes, Jr. ‘89 Kari S. Knapp ‘87 Bozek ‘66/’66 Karl T. Cressotti ‘75 James M. Granfield ‘84 Alberta M. Humason ‘79 Gary F. Knightly ‘78 Gail A. Brannan ‘88 Cynthia A. Crosby ‘78 David C. Gravel ‘71 Bonnie Irzyk ‘79 James B. Knightly ‘77 Kimberly L. Brantley ‘83 Jacqueline M. Curran ‘99 James A. Grimaldi ‘76 Shirley E. Jackson ‘86 Anne-Marie Knox ‘70 Kelly E. Braudis ‘89 Anne Marie Curran- Donna M. Grzelak ‘85 Vincent J. Jackson, Jr. ‘62 Diana M. Kocot ‘78 John A. Bresnahan ‘71 LaPlante ‘74 Glenda M. Guthrie ‘83 Edwin S. Jakus ‘69 Sharon J. Koehler ‘87 William and Rosalind Catherine M. Curry ‘89 Ramona Janowetch ‘82 Brezinski ‘68/’68 Joan Czaporowski ‘72 Joseph R. Gwozdz ‘85 William K. Koszewski ‘53 Ann T. Harper ‘86 Greg M. Joly ‘83

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Michael J. Mazella ‘68 Sandra E. Potito ‘83 Glen T. Sullivan ‘90 Linda R. Mazzoni ‘87 Nicole M. Pratt ‘01 James R. Sullivan ‘59 Jacqueline L. Diane L. Pronovost ‘70 Kathleen R. Sullivan ‘82 McCullough ‘93 Amy P. Provost ‘05 Timothy E. Sweeney ‘91 Joseph P. McDyer ‘77 Rosaleen T. Quinn ‘95 Linda S. Syniec ‘82 Neil D. McElwey ‘62 Paul H. Racine ‘72 Deborah A. Tataro ‘96 Dale K. McGrath ‘77 Linda J. Rainville ‘69 Michael J. Tenerowicz ‘72 Kevin P. McKenna ‘77 Fletcher D. Ramsey ‘95 Heidi L. Terault ‘92 Eileen F. McMahon ‘85 Susan Raymond-Fic ‘89 Elizabeth L. Thayer, Sharron A. Meaden ‘79 Lindsay G. Read ‘03 R.N. ‘91 Ruth I. Mercer ‘88 James J. Reardon ‘73 Rachel H. Thomas ‘84 Frances A. Merski ‘92 Christopher P. Reilly ‘72 Wayne E. Thomas ‘73 George W. Mettey, Meghan L. Reynolds ‘93 Karen Thompson C.P.C.M. ‘69 Robert J. Richard ‘87 Brown ‘05 Theresa Michalczyk ‘84 James E. Richards ‘64 Rebecca J. Threat ‘96 Cynthia A. Mis-Palley ‘75 Joan P. Rigali ‘81 Leo W. Tisdell ‘87 Estelle M. Mondor ‘78 Gail Roberts ‘91 Karen F. Topolski ‘80 Karen A. Monette ‘77 Luke D. Roberts ‘85 Trent A. Toran-Sandlin ‘94 Martha H. Monroe ‘70 Mona J. Roberts ‘68 Norma J. Turcotte ‘80 Peter M. Montovani ‘61 Nancy J. Roche ‘86 Kathleen M. Vamvilis ‘81 Daniel J. Moore, Sr. ‘77 Jon S. Roe ‘76 Susan D. Vik ‘77 Susan Morawski ‘73 Stephen and Bonnie Attorney Alfredo A. Brian F. Moriarty ‘82 Rowan ‘85/’86 Vivenzio ‘68 David C. Morse ‘75 David A. Ruggiera ‘76 Edgar A. Vogt ‘62 Edward Moses ‘88 Heidi V. Runnals- Gary L. Wage ‘79 Patrick and Paula Vedovelli ‘88 Norman B. Wagner ‘68 Mulvaney ‘76/’79 John E. Ryan ‘82 John J. Wall ‘86 Donald Musante ‘70 Ellen Ryan-Trudeau ‘82 Jill M. Walton ‘91 Al L. Mutti, Jr. ‘70 Carlo Sarno ‘90 Louise Walton ‘82 Phyllis J. Neary ‘91 David L. Sassian ‘75 Rudika Ward-Horner ‘89 Kara Noble ‘82 Scott A. Saunders ‘85 Paul and Donna James F. Noonan ‘64 George R. Savaria ‘99 Waterman ‘74 Erin C. O’Brien ‘90 Lori G. Savino ‘80 John A. Weber ‘72 Kevin B. O’Brien ‘78 Janice M. Scarfe ‘81 Wayne K. Welch ‘05 Maria A. O’Brien ‘77 Paul Schwabe ‘80 Gene D. Whitcomb ‘72 Former HCC President David M. Bartley as rendered Paul M. Olbrych ‘64 Norman S. Scott ‘76 Dwight P. Wildman ‘72 by Leo Pilares '03. Brenda J. Olinski ‘86 Warren E. Scott, Jr. ‘79 Glen R. Wiley ‘79 Michelle L. O’Neill ‘83 John F. Sears ‘56 Joseph G. Williams ‘70 Thomas J. Orszak ‘72 Donna J. Sexton ‘87 Ruth V. Williams ‘52 Joan M. O’Shaughnessy ‘73 Thomas P. Shaughnessy ‘51 Paul and Diane Margaret M. Ott ‘78 Wilson ‘78/’79 Michael J. Krassler ‘83 Mary Ann LaRochelle ‘78 Robin A. Sheehan ‘95 Denis R. Ouimette ‘86 Cynthia G. Winberg ‘88 Robert A. Krausse ‘80 Neil W. Larsen ‘69 Peter M. Shepka ‘72 Jessica A. Paddock ‘00 Marjorie P. Wood ‘80 Nancy M. Kubetin ‘73 Steven N. LaValley ‘79 Norma Siddall Brown ‘80 Stephen R. Page ‘80 Kimberly J. Wright ‘78 Ronald W. Kusek ‘75 David A. Lawrence ‘68 Gail Siepierski ‘81 Anna Paige ‘00 Drusilla O. Zielinski ‘93 Harvey B. Kushnet ‘68 Claire M. LeBlanc ‘90 Luanne Simmons ‘77 Joan B. Pallotta ‘94 Karen F. Kwiecienski ‘73 John and Patricia Dalisay N. Singh ‘87 Emerald Club Michelle R. Pandolfi ‘78 Debra L. Labrecque ‘99 Leecock ‘82/‘82 Steven M. Skowronek ‘86 $50-$99 Lois Pare ‘93 Daniel L. Lachance ‘00 Cynthia M. Lefebvre ‘93 Raymond W. Sliz ‘64 Anonymous Janice M. Parmelee ‘79 Miranda J. LaCoste ‘88 Charles R. Lemay ‘77 Phyllis A. Smigiel ‘82 David B. Adair ‘81 Kathleen S. Paskus ‘96 Normand D. Laflamme ‘56 Nancy A. L’Esperance ‘77 Raymond M. Jeanne Affhauser ‘96 Lorraine E. Patrick ‘91 Sokolowski ‘73 Adine C. Lagacy ‘86 Ronald E. Lindman ‘72 Anthony J. Albano ‘83 Steven and Catherine Ruth-Ann Solek ‘93 Barbara Lajoie ‘72 George E. Lindsey ‘86 Linda A. Alvord ‘76 Penniman ‘78/’96 Nick J. Sophinos ‘95 Melissa A. Lajoie ‘95 Stephen T. Loftus ‘80 Janine Leslie Ana E. Perez ‘91 Nancy A. Spagnoli ‘83 Arthur G. LaMirande ‘56 Mary M. Lynch ‘74 Anderson ‘87 Sharon R. Perreault ‘80 Carl C. Spedding ‘71 Nathan C. Lamitie ‘90 Catherine M. Lyons ‘85 Robert E. Anson ‘78 Margaret H. Perry ‘76 Cecile St. John ‘58 Edward W. Lamlein, Jr. ‘58 Edward J. Lyons ‘71 Peter J. Antaya ‘85 Alex K. Phakos ‘82 Greg A. St. Onge ‘85 Dr. Susan E. Lander ‘76 Helen K. Mahoney, R.N. ‘83 Joseph A. Audette ‘77 Jennifer F. Picard ‘96 Robin L. Stacy ‘82 Janet M. Lanier ‘78 Daniel and Susan Mangan Ellen L. Bacon ‘82 Bonnie Beth Pierce, Lois L. Standen ‘71 Shirley R. Lanpher ‘91 ‘71 /’86 Harry P. Bacopoulos ‘91 R.N. ‘81 Maryanne Stefanelli ‘81 Barbara L. Lapierre ‘83 James H. Marcus ‘76 Albert H. Bail ‘53 Constance M. Pijar ‘67 Roger F. Sugrue ‘57 Linda L. LaPlante ‘72 Donna L. Marino ‘76 Edgar Bail ‘70 Linda M. Porowski ‘90 Timothy M. Sugrue ‘80 Roland W. Laramee ‘61 Catherine B. Martin ‘94

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Deborah L. Baker- David T. Crout ‘99 Howard ‘63 and Ellen Kathleen A. Krzystofik ‘79 John D. Morse ‘69 Gibbons ‘84 Debra Curran ‘78 Greaney ’76 Barbara L. Kulig ‘65 Francis J. Moskal ‘76 Marc A. Balboni ‘97 Joyce E. Curran ‘58 Patricia A. Green ‘93 Anne F. Kusekoski ‘85 Daniel C. Most ‘72 John J. Balise ‘80 Gregory J. Czech ‘72 Susan M. Greene ‘78 Theodore T. Kusnierz ‘50 Walter J. Mozgala ‘68 John D. Barberie ‘58 Debra A. D’Agostino ‘81 Karen Grencho ‘02 Edward J. Kuzeja ‘51 Stephen E. Mulvaney ‘70 Barbara M. Barlow ‘69 Pamela L. Dalton ‘79 John P. Griffin ‘65 Kenneth C. Lacoste ‘77 Betsy B. Musto ‘76 Linda L. Bartlett ‘82 Joyce S. Davidson ‘69 Debra J. Grudgen ‘79 Arlene M. Laflamme ‘70 Richard A. Nathans ‘70 Carole E. Bates ‘85 Brian T. Davignon ‘78 Patrick M. Guenette ‘00 Robert J. LaFleur ‘75 Debra Nathanson ‘89 Colleen A. Bean ‘93 Rebecca J. Davis ‘97 Janet C. Gurn ‘87 Ann Lee Lafreniere ‘89 Richard T. Neveu ‘85 Karin Bean ‘03 Joan E. Dawson ‘88 Diane L. Hall ‘96 Debra Ann Lajoie ‘88 Michael P. Nikituk ‘70 Wayne A. Beaudry ‘97 Edwin S. Decker ‘84 Celia M. Halleran- Linda L. Lajoie ‘73 William T. Norris ‘68 Judith A. Bechard ‘75 Donna M. DeJordy ‘74 Mondelli ‘85 Marilyn E. Landry ‘73 Mary E. O’Brien ‘77 Janet E. Bein ‘80 Daniel J. Delmonte ‘93 Mary J. Hamilton ‘83 Betsey L. Laperriere ‘88 Richard S. Okraska ‘77 Janet B. Belliveau ‘63 James L. Deming ‘85 Nelson R. Hanby ‘71 Jean A. LaPolice ‘72 Cindy A. O’Leary ‘80 Evlyn J. Belz Russell ‘71 Kimberly E. Denault ‘95 Michael E. Harazmus ‘91 Kenneth R. Larocque ‘69 Renee L. Oliveri ‘99 Judith E. Bennett ‘87 Robert J. Deren ‘71 Katherine M. Harris ‘06 Carole A. Lavalle ‘88 Sharon E. Olson ‘84 Mary C. Bennett ‘72 James R. Desellier ‘79 Lawrence J. Harris ‘64 Maurice C. Lavallee ‘83 Theresa M. Ominsky ‘75 Laurie J. Bernotas ‘86 Mary A. Devlin ‘87 Dr. William F. Hartford ‘72 Deborah J. LaValley ‘84 Tony P. Orefice ‘88 Patricia L. Bessette ‘80 Donald and Rita John and Susan Jo-Anne Mckenna Mary Lou Osowiecki ‘62 Luanne S. Bialecki ‘78 Dietrich ‘74 Hauschild ‘94/’78 Leahy ‘85 Donna L. Palivoda ‘95 Walter E. Bielanski ‘81 Donnamarie Donoghue ‘84 Robert F. Healy ‘57 Katherine P. Lebeau ‘02 Russell J. Paquette ‘72 Dr. Robert R. Blain ‘58 Arthur R. Doty ‘81 Terrence T. Heffron ‘57 Ann M. Lukasik ‘75 Carol A. Parent ‘72 Mary Ann Bobowicz ‘81 Thomas E. Doyle ‘85 June S. Henneman ‘94 Lois A. Lusignan ‘78 Anne M. Parish ‘79 David W. Boone ‘77 Joanne G. Draghetti ‘76 Peter P. Heymanns ‘72 Duncan P. Mackiewicz ‘96 Ronald M. Parlengas ‘82 Richard A. Boutwell ‘65 Gary N. Drapeau ‘69 Linda A. Himmelreich ‘00 Neila MacNeil Walsh ‘64 Jacqueline A. Pashko ‘78 Joane P. Bozek ‘66 Robert G. Ducharme ‘62 Beverly Hoekstra ‘80 James F. Maguire ‘88 Kenneth P. Pauze ‘77 Lorraine M. Brady ‘79 Jacquelyn Duda ‘82 Nicole L. Hubbard ‘93 Gary J. Majewicz ‘79 Phyllis J. Pearson ‘82 David P. Brazeau ‘70 Barbara A. Duguay ‘83 Susan R. Huetteman ‘80 Lorraine J. Malone ‘84 Glen R. Peck ‘78 Madelyn A. Breen ‘89 Ruth Elfman ‘68 Venetta L. Hungerford ‘01 Emily A. Mann ‘93 James E. Pelletier ‘78 Clifford D. Bresett, III ‘85 Walter and Dorothy Ely ‘87 Tracy A. Hunter ‘87 William J. Matchett ‘03 Paul A. Perron ‘85 Jacqueline M. Patricia A. Fallon ‘68 Marilyn K. Hyte ‘68 Karen A. Matthess ‘76 Diana T. Pinkos ‘82 Brouillard ‘82 Juliet Farrell ‘03 Frank J. Jazab ‘76 Robin A. Matys ‘81 Judith A. Piper ‘93 Danielle M. Brown ‘83 Anne T. Flournoy ‘85 Nancy M. Jenks ‘00 John P. McAvoy ‘82 Timothy Pitkin ‘84 Edward D. Brown ‘60 Edward A. Fontaine ‘58 Cynthia D. Jensen ‘92 Julianne M. McCarthy ‘84 Helen O. Plante- Matthew Brown ‘89 Lisa M. Fontaine ‘91 Francis A. Johnson ‘98 Margaret A. McCarthy ‘78 McDonald ‘93 Ann Marie Buell ‘76 Carrie B. Fowlkes, R.N. ‘80 Lorraine C. Johnson ‘52 William H. McCarthy ‘77 Constance Podolski ‘76 Paul E. Burt ‘76 Stephen P. Fox, Ph.D. ‘72 Joyce A. Jones ‘80 Peter P. McCavick ‘84 David E. Poulin ‘76 Thomas C. Cadigan ‘57 Elizabeth L. Freeman ‘96 Emma M. Jones-Higley ‘05 Mary L. McDonald ‘84 Christine M. Powell ‘81 Janet E. Calabrese ‘69 Joseph F. Frisino ‘75 Kenneth G. Kaiser ‘65 Philip P. McGeoghan, Jr. ‘71 Joanne C. Powell ‘76 Anna Calderon ‘97 Magda V. Galiatsos ‘68 Eileen A. Kane ‘82 Michael C. McGuire ‘79 John P. Pretola ‘68 J. Holden Camp, Jr. ‘61 Beverly S. Galusha ‘93 Krystyna Kane ‘70 Susan McIntosh ‘86 Robert B. Prouser ‘76 Bonnie S. Caron ‘06 James A. Ganley ‘83 Theodore ‘71 and Helen Verna E. McMahon ‘81 Cynthia B. Puza ‘72 Kathleen J. Caron ‘90 Luann Garcia ‘81 Kapinos Patricia J. McTaggart ‘52 Pamela A. Quirk ‘76 Lorraine E. Caron ‘86 Sherry L. Garvulenski ‘76 Debra J. Karetka ‘99 George W. Melnik ‘63 Katherine Quirk-Hebert ‘78 Robert Carr ‘78 Nancy J. Gates ‘82 Kathleen Kearns ‘91 Richard M. Merrill ‘70 Paul A. Racicot ‘77 Lynn R. Carroll ‘89 John E. Gavron ‘82 Richard D. Kearns ‘74 John and Laurie John F. Raftery ‘58 Pauline Casey ‘74 Kathryn E. Gawron ‘96 Margaret Kelly ‘73 Messer ‘76/’77 Irene C. Rappa ‘93 Alan F. Cathro ‘64 Michael S. Gay ‘92 Barbara J. Kenefick ‘82 Patricia Michalski ‘91 Ronald F. Reed ‘86 Martin T. Cathro ‘71 Joan Gemme ‘97 Michael S. Kennedy ‘65 Todd M. Michon ‘96 Michael E. Regensburger Linda M. Champigny ‘95 Alex and Mary Beth Patricia E. Kennedy ‘81 Diane C. Miemiec ‘88 ‘76 Richard N. Chapdelaine ‘72 Gerard ‘80/’82 Carol Keroack ‘79 Gretchen K. Miga ‘78 Dr. Vincent L. Remillard ‘61 John J. Charest ‘89 Joan A. Gibson ‘83 Elaine Kertenis ‘00 Stephen P. Mikelis ‘85 Lois M. Ritchie ‘85 Joan M. Chmura ‘88 Debra L. Gioranino ‘94 Robert J. Kibit ‘66 Kornelia L. Milewski ‘88 Dawn J. Rivest ‘91 John Cipora ‘83 Gail M. Gladu ‘74 Dorothy M. Killam ‘79 Carol J. Miller ‘76 Carl M. Rivotto ‘57 Charles E. Clapin ‘53 Carolyn M. Goepfert ‘86 Joan Kimber ‘76 Dennis C. Milos ‘75 Donato F. Rizzolo ‘72 Laura S. Clark ‘79 Arnold R. Goldstein ‘70 Christine J. King ‘76 David B. Mitchell ‘76 Ellen M. Robbins ‘75 Jacquelin A. Cloonan ‘95 Robert E. Gosselin ‘79 Linda A. King ‘97 Thomas Mooney ‘69 Dennis P. Robillard ‘71 Angela Coderre ‘98 Ann Marie Goucher ‘76 Darlene A. Klaubert ‘82 Denise J. Morgan ‘74 Jeffrey M. Rock ‘82 James D. Collins ‘86 Angela Graham ‘96 Ina Y. Klimczuk ‘81 Wendy A. Morgan ‘84 Jennifer M. Rock ‘97 Ronald Connor ‘71 Jo-Ann E. Grandchamp ‘78 Thomas E. Knightly ‘79 Catherine H. Moriarty ‘85 Scott P. Rockwal ‘88 Debra A. Couture ‘77 Janet L. Gravel ‘89 Gary D. Kopy ‘74 Katherine Moriarty ‘70 Jonathan A. Rodgers ‘79 Marjorie A. Crawford ‘73 Ronald W. Korza ‘72 Lisa M. Moriarty ‘82 Martha A. Rohall ‘77

Alumni Connection 15 Fall 2007 The Gift of Opportunity Campaign (Alumni Donor Summary)

Diane E. Rosingana ‘84 Walter A. Wessell ‘69 Gary E. Bell ‘75 Ronald L. Chaban ‘78 Jeffrey L. Dellamattera ‘95 James A. Rossmeisl ‘69 John M. Whalen, Jr. ‘71 Sally A. Bell ‘57 Gisele C. Chalifoux ‘78 Laura A. Dellapenna ‘82 Janet E. Ryan-Roman ‘70 Tracey A. Whalen ‘95 Melissa E. Bennett ‘91 Susan Chaloux ‘01 Susan L. Demers ‘92 Beverly J. Rzewnicki ‘87 Barbara E. Wickstrom ‘86 Eileen M. Berge ‘94 Glenn M. Chamberland ‘88 Donna L. Dempsey ‘73 William H. Safarik ‘73 John F. Wieland II ‘00 Jean E. Bernier ‘81 Madeleine Chamberland ‘51 Kathleen Deprey ‘81 Joan K. Samolewicz ‘74 Henry J. Wielgosz, Jr. ‘78 Mark A. Berube ‘89 Lynne M. Chambers ‘82 Evangelos E. Dermitzakis Sarah E. Sansom ‘75 Joyce A. Wiernasz ‘89 David J. Bessette ‘73 Karen M. Champagne ‘90 ‘85 Joanne Santos-Pontes ‘96 Thomas and Frances Marsha J. Bessette ‘82 Mark R. Chapin ‘96 Bonnie J. Derosia ‘88 Susan M. Sasseville ‘03 Wilhelmi ‘83 Ann C. Betters ‘85 Gary M. Chmiel ‘75 Donna M. Desmarais ‘01 David J. Satlawa ‘79 Douglas N. Wilkinson ‘53 Jeffrey and Lynne Rita Choi-Boyer ‘83 Lynette M. Desmarais ‘94 Alexandra Schoolcraft ‘82 Mark A. Witowski ‘88 Bibeau ‘83 Rozanne L. Chouinard ‘79 Todd G. Desroches ‘92 Pauline Sciarappa ‘95 Bridget B. Wood ‘83 Kathryn Birtwell ‘99 Susan M. Christian ‘91 Francis J. Detoma ‘97 Debra C. Shafer ‘80 Karen M. Woods-Mauer ‘77 Mary Bisbee ‘93 Suzanne L. Cichaski ‘93 Denise Devine ‘83 Victoria Johnson Linda J. Wosko ‘79 David Black ‘76 Bradley P. Ciechomski ‘79 Phyllis A. Dewberry ‘86 Shankle ‘89 Christine E. Wright ‘89 Ronald J. Blajda ‘78 Dino G. Ciocci ‘76 Sandra Deyo ‘00 Karlene F. Shea ‘78 James A. Wuller, Jr. ‘72 Darlene C. Blakesley ‘94 Lisa A. Clark ‘95 Deborah A. Dion ‘85 John P. Sherbow ‘73 Sarun Yin ‘90 Brenda L. Blood ‘01 Dorothy C. Clayton ‘88 Patricia A. Dion ‘85 Donna C. Shipman ‘84 Dennis J. Young ‘84 Muriel R. Bolduc ‘98 John F. Cleary, Jr. ‘73 Debra M. Discawicz ‘96 Robert H. Simkins ‘66 Ronald W. Young ‘57 Peter Bombard ‘78 Moira Clingman ‘96 Jean L. Dixon ‘97 Kathleen M. Skwira ‘66 Lynn M. Yvon ‘84 Charles E. Bongiovi ‘72 Kim Cloutier ‘81 Robin E. Dizek ‘84 Patricia J. Slattery ‘83 Marlene T. Zagranski, Debra A. Borecki ‘78 Joan M. Clowes ‘77 Lisa G. Doten ‘01 Isabel Smidy ‘81 R.N. ‘90 David and Sue Diane E. Coard ‘82 Sandra E. Doucette ‘85 Kevin and Teresa Snow ‘84 Richard S. Zebrowski ‘76 Boutin ‘69/’92 Connie M. Cocchi ‘86 Kathy J. Dowd ‘77 Christopher Todd Michael R. Zielinski ‘89 Arthur B. Bovino ‘74 Raymond H. Cognac ‘81 Dorothy J. Downer ‘67 Sobon ‘89 Barry B. Bowen ‘78 Cougar Club Jessica A. Cohen ‘97 Allen Dubbrin ‘60 Timothy J. Somers ‘74 Up to $49 Esther L. Boyer ‘73 Peter J. Cokotis ‘82 Suzanne R. Dube ‘82 Allan B. Sonoda ‘58 Anonymous Doris E. Brackett ‘70 Wayne R. Collaro ‘80 Myriah L. Dubuc ‘00 Susan M. Spencer ‘88 Donna M. Abad ‘78 John M. Braska ‘66 Edward E. Comini ‘77 Michael T. Duffy ‘81 Patricia A. Spradley ‘79 Donna M. Abbe ‘79 James T. Brennan ‘79 Jeffrey W. Como ‘97 Karen S. Duncan ‘86 Susanne M. St. Sauveur ‘91 Catherine H. Adams ‘79 Lionel N. Brindamour ‘73 Nancy A. Connors, R.N. ‘89 Marion E. Duncan ‘89 Anne-Marie Standish ‘89 Carol Adamski ‘85 Pierre R. Brisson ‘00 Carol E. Conroy ‘78 Sherri D. Dungan ‘97 Douglas J. Stefancik ‘93 Donna A. Agustynowicz ‘02 Margaret M. Brochu ‘84 Melanie A. Corbeil ‘00 Joanne M. Dunn ‘86 Patricia M. Strain- David and Patricia Jean Carol Brocka ‘74 Michael Cordi ‘72 Karen L. Dunne ‘81 Johansen ‘78 Aiken ‘66/’84 Thomas J. Broderick ‘89 Kathleen A. Cortese ‘86 Robert L. Duquette ‘80 Philip Straub ‘06 Harold J. Akey ‘72 Anne Marie Brodeur ‘74 Michael W. Coscore ‘77 Jennifer P. Dutko ‘86 Sandra G. Strickland ‘80 Debra A. Albert ‘95 Christinem Brouillard ‘71 Amy E. Cotnoir ‘93 Francis J. Dygon ‘80 Joan C. Strycharz ‘79 Bem P. Allen ‘98 Rebecca A. Brown ‘87 Catherine T. Courchesne Eliza A. Eberli ‘84 Nancy A. Subocz ‘89 Rosemary Amo ‘90 Robert C. Browne ‘90 ‘97 Lisa Ellis ‘97 Kathleen C. Sullivan ‘74 Shirley A. Anop ‘66 Eugene G. Brunelle ‘74 Laurence Cournoyer ‘95 Frederick and Deborah Leslie A. Sullivan ‘79 Lisa M. Antolick ‘84 Lu Anne Budreau- Karen A. Couture ‘80 Enko ‘85/’84 Thomas P. Sullivan ‘77 Diane M. Arventos ‘87 Pliska ‘84 Sheila M. Craven ‘83 Karen C. Esempio ‘92 James R. Suprenant ‘83 Shawn D. Asselin ‘83 Marlene Buendo ‘76 Brian J. Crawford ‘84 Nancy J. Fagan, R.N. ‘77 Raymond J. Surprenant, Susan A. Atwell ‘82 Michael S. Bulda ‘85 Kelly L. Crawford ‘87 Robin Falconer ‘81 Jr. ‘79 Charlene M. Audette ‘77 Lester N. Bull ‘73 Nathan D. Crowell ‘79 Holley A. Fasoli ‘99 Cynthia M. Swadba ‘73 Susan M. Austin ‘91 Paula J. Burgielewicz ‘75 Karen E. Crowther ‘82 Richard M. Feldman ‘65 Diane M. Tabb ‘05 Melonie Babich ‘76 Elizabeth C. Burns ‘89 Paul E. Cummings ‘77 Marlene A. Felton ‘86 Joyce A. Tanguay ‘69 Sheryl E. Bacon ‘78 Frank J. Burton ‘71 Thomas P. Curtis ‘86 John S. Ferrara ‘73 Alan T. Taupier ‘55 Carl A. Bagge ‘73 Thomas J. Burton ‘79 Donna M. Cyr ‘79 Patricia E. Ferrell ‘81 Kelly Taylor ‘87 Norma Bagnall ‘77 Margaret M. Butera ‘86 Jane H. Czaporowski ‘72 Deborah M. Ferriter ‘75 Robert and Kathleen Kimberly L. Baker ‘94 Jeanne D. Butler ‘76 Sharon M. Czarnecki ‘91 John J. Ferriter ‘79 Thompson ‘73/’72 Deborah M. Baldiga ‘82 Dennis P. Cadieux ‘75 Barbara A. Daigle ‘77 Carole S. Fickert ‘83 Mary Beth Tichacek ‘90 Kathryn F. Baldyga ‘85 Richard T. Calderigi ‘89 Elizabeth Daignault ‘84 Sandy A. Fickert ‘81 Robin R. Tierney ‘74 Linda M. Balicki ‘90 Donna L. Callahan ‘95 Patsy J. Dailey ‘99 Nancy Field ‘84 Judith A. Tracy ‘86 Karen A. Banas ‘93 Karen M. Calvanese ‘81 Philip T. Dailey ‘73 Linda A. Fish ‘84 Donna M. Trybulski ‘71 Robert R. Baran ‘94 Sarah L. Campbell ‘96 Margaret J. Dalton ‘76 Janet J. Fisher ‘74 Teresa A. Urbinati ‘81 Paula B. Barbacki Sheryl L. Cardani ‘94 Dolores Danek ‘80 Thomas P. Flaherty ‘91 Robert C. Vachula ‘63 Tonkin ‘75 John F. Cardwell, Sr. ‘83 Robert A. Day ‘80 Barbara L. Flathers ‘81 Donna J. Valletti ‘83 Mary T. Barrepski ‘83 Kathryn A. Carey ‘89 Pamela C. Dean ‘92 Laurie R. Flathers- Harold J. Vrenna ‘86 Lois A. Baush ‘84 Robert G. Carlson ‘72 Rosalie M. Deane ‘79 Dufresne ‘75 Joyce Waller ‘84 Susan Louise Merilyn E. Carpenter ‘83 Deborah M. Decker ‘73 Alan G. Fletcher ‘72 Woodrow W. Wehr, Jr. ‘67 Beaudoin ‘86 Jennifer E. Carr ‘92 Gary L. Delisle ‘80 Edward and Barbara Susan C. Wells ‘72 Barbara M. Beaulieu ‘94 Mary Catalfamo ‘76 Glenn D. Delisle ‘82 Foley ‘57/’92

Alumni Connection 16 Fall 2007 The Other Class of 2007: Distinguished Alumni Awardees

n June 8, the Alumni Council honored nine alums for their professional accomplishments and contributions to the college and the community. Normally, the council celebrates one or two graduates with this award. This year, in honor of HCC’s 60th Oanniversary, the council increased the number of awardees to celebrate the full breadth of HCC’s rich alumni history.

Thomas E. Zebrowski '48 Richard Leon Provost, Ph.D. '49 (left) and Robert Dana '49

George Robert Ditomassi '54 Arthur W. Brodeur '56 Margaret L. Wendlandt, J.D. '58

Karolyn Ali '65 Doris Graves Nuttelman, Ed.D. '69 Leokadia Z. Rowinski '73

Alumni Connection 17 Fall 2007 The Gift of Opportunity Campaign (Alumni Donor Summary)

Bruce T. Gregalis ‘79 Kathleen A. Kelleher ‘79 Michelle G. Lempke ‘81 Michelle Griffin Finley ‘75 Linda L. Kelley Netto ‘78 John J. Lenihan ‘78 John and Karen Griffin Christopher and Jennifer Ruth A. Lepine ‘76 ‘79/’76 Kellogg ‘87/’86 Patricia A. Lepore ‘99 John J. Griffin ‘78 James J. Kennedy ‘58 Robin D. Leslie ‘88 Michael P. Griffin ‘77 Katharine T. Kennedy ‘71 Scott J. Letourneau ‘69 Robin L. Grimes ‘83 Kathleen M. Kies ‘90 Beatrice M. Leveille ‘97 Linda E. Grinnell ‘73 Holly Kieszek ‘73 Sheryl A. Lewis ‘78 Daniel W. Grogan ‘92 Sandra J. Kifer ‘70 Xin Li ‘92 Allan R. Grondin ‘75 Elaine King ‘83 Jean F. Lisowski ‘84 Helen M. Grossi ‘82 Nancy A. King ‘89 Kathleen Lizak ‘77 Debora L. Guiel ‘90 Joseph D. Kingsley ‘68 Susan F. Loizzo ‘75 Helen G. Hagan ‘73 Laurene Kittler ‘80 Marie Ann Long ‘78 Eric and Linda Haines ‘71 Wallace E. Kluza ‘75 Donna M. Lopardo ‘78 Wendell G. Haire ‘76 Nancy A. Knadler ‘83 David and Susan Lucey Diane M. Hale ‘79 Joseph M. Kochanek ‘80 ‘67/’70 Elaine M. Halgas ‘78 Masanori Kofune ‘02 Peter E. Lustenberger ‘94 Matthew G. Haller ‘86 Cheryl A. Kolb ‘84 Kathleen F. Lynch ‘72 Julie M. Halls ‘78 Stanley J. Konieczny ‘78 Donald J. Maclver ‘72 Gina M. Hanna ‘90 Gail H. Kopinto ‘93 Elaine E. Madra ‘00 Donna T. Hartford ‘79 Tod E. Kopyscinski ‘82 Ronald S. Madrid ‘70 Edward W. Hassan ‘83 Susan A. Koske ‘74 Michael A. Magliola ‘67 Belinda S. Hayden ‘86 Richard and Sandra Kosko Leda Mahmoodi ‘89 Helena M. Heath ‘97 ‘83/’85 Linda Maloni ‘78 Suzanne M. Helm ‘77 Michael and Gail Daniel and Susan Mangan Barbara A. Hendrickson Kowalewski ‘94/’91 ‘71/’86 ‘88 John Felix Koziol ‘84 Mark J. Manijak ‘77 Carolyn E. Henneman ‘57 Donald T. Kozmiuk ‘89 Geraldine L. Manley ‘88 Gia M. Hexter ‘93 Mary S. Kozuch ‘91 Richard L. Manna ‘69 Mary E. Hickson ‘77 Kathy A. Kraft ‘84 Gary J. Manning ‘73 Katharine J. Hillard ‘82 Karl A. Krassler ‘64 Brian M. Mannix ‘75 Pauline M. Hillman ‘79 Susan Krisak ‘94 Michael J. Marek ‘84 Barry Hiney ‘69 Patricia Kroll ‘85 Donna A. Martin ‘85 Cherie A. Hodgdon ‘90 Thomas P. Kruczek ‘62 Timothy P. Martin ‘72 Connie Hoey ‘87 June Kudrikow ‘83 Pamela Mason ‘78 The late George Frost, HCC's first president, as Mary L. Hood ‘89 David J. Kupiec ‘70 Ann E. Matthews ‘88 depicted by Leo Pilares '03. Donald and Grace Hooton Maryann Kupstas ‘75 Anne M. McCarthy ‘86 ‘77/’81 Wanda Kurlej ‘00 Michael and Lisa McMahon Barbara J. Horlor ‘84 Deborah N. Kurtz ‘96 ‘84/’92 Cindy L. Hubbard ‘80 Mary G. Laband ‘80 John A. McAndrew ‘88 Keith D. Humber ‘89 Christie A. Labonte ‘82 John W. McAuliffe ‘76 Judy L. Fontaine ‘87 Edward J. Geaughan ‘75 Virginia C. Humel ‘82 Susan H. LaClaire ‘80 Carla R. McAvoy ‘86 Neil S. Forkey ‘85 James D. Gendron ‘82 Lynne M. Huot ‘64 Suzanne M. Lacy ‘86 Michael W. McCaulley ‘96 Kim C. Foss ‘84 Lorraine E. Gendron ‘87 Kevin P. Hutchinson ‘75 Eddie N. Lafrenaye ‘84 H. T. McClure ‘86 Joann M. Fournier ‘85 Rose V. Geryk ‘80 Gail A. Indyk ‘85 Mark A. Lally ‘80 William McCoy ‘78 Joyce L. Fournier ‘87 Lemie A. Gibeau ‘79 David W. Jagodowski ‘86 Patricia Lamagdeleine ‘86 Joan A. McDermott ‘73 Kimberly A. Fournier ‘85 Paul O. Giguere ‘87 Antonios C. Jannakas ‘79 Joseph J. Lamanna, Jr. ‘67 Geraldine A. McDonald ‘78 Lynne E. Frappier ‘82 Nancy J. Gilbert ‘76 Evelyn Jeffers ‘97 Heidi L. Lamothe ‘94 Linda J. McGrath ‘73 Frances M. Frere ‘81 Richard A. Godbout ‘92 Meghan B. Johnson ‘03 Rochelle A. Langevin ‘88 Michael J. McMahon ‘73 Jacqueline M. Frost ‘78 Kevin J. Godek ‘81 Claire Johnson-Croft ‘01 Martin and Lori Langford Henry E. McManus ‘70 Joanne T. Fucci ‘79 Marcel P. Godin ‘48 Daniel J. Jordan ‘85 ‘93 Deana L. McPherson ‘90 Kathy M. Fuller ‘74 Kathy M. Godward ‘78 Donald G. Jourdian ‘78 Diana L. Laplante ‘93 Laurent G. Menard ‘74 Virginia Gabert ‘96 Elizabeth A. Goebel ‘81 Rosemary C. Judd ‘91 Barbara A. LaPointe ‘87 Susan E. Mendrala ‘01 Marlis Gage ‘66 Mark E. Goldman ‘80 William F. Julian ‘61 Patricia M. Laprade ‘88 Frank W. Mertes ‘88 Matthew and Kimberlee Kimberly F. Gonyea ‘92 Frank T. Jurkowski ‘76 Debra G. LaPress ‘77 Laurie H. Mettey ‘76 Galaska ‘96/’83 Nancy A. Goodniss ‘76 Antti and Eileen Kaisla ‘84 Robin L. Lariviere ‘82 Edward J. Midura ‘79 Kimberly J. Galindo ‘94 Cynthia L. Goodreau ‘78 ‘84 Kathleen M. Laroche ‘77 James M. Miller ‘71 Mary J. Gallagher ‘79 Theresa L. Goral ‘86 Karin A. Kane ‘87 Robert C. Larocque ‘88 Laurie A. Miller ‘85 Maureen Gallo ‘72 Jeffrey L. Gosselin ‘89 Robert D. Karcz ‘83 Ryan D. Larson ‘02 Peter S. Miller ‘58 Denise Gasiorek ‘77 Donna M. Gould ‘82 Michael and Mary Karukin Francine M. Leclair ‘83 Pamela M. Minakin ‘81 Denise L. Gaspari ‘74 Constance D. Gravel ‘97 ‘83 Mary E. Leclair ‘96 Linda L. Minor ‘96 Deanna Gaulin Collette ‘82 Helen W. Graves ‘91 Geraldine F. Kasiski ‘77 Donna M. Lemoine ‘00 James M. Moakler ‘73 Charmaine Gazda ‘82 Deborah Green ‘82

Alumni Connection 18 Fall 2007 The Gift of Opportunity Campaign (Alumni Donor Summary)

Michelle D. Moeller ‘95 Roger A. Paul ‘73 David A. Roden ‘82 Leila M. Soffen ‘78 Donald M. Ulasewich ‘79 Mary E. Moge ‘96 Nancy L. Pawlowski ‘82 Barbara A. Rodricks ‘75 Barbara Soja ‘84 Gail M. Usowski ‘74 Robert A. Mohr ‘69 Jon W. Payson ‘86 Cynthia M. Rodriguez ‘04 Judy D. Soja ‘98 James Vachon ‘54 Jonelle E. Monaco ‘89 Roger O. Pederson ‘74 Cynthia Roessel ‘74 Paul A. Soltys ‘78 Francis P. Valego ‘70 Kim Monson ‘01 Nancy L. Pellegrino ‘94 Marie E. Rogers ‘82 Jennifer S. Sparks ‘95 Margaret Valentine ‘99 Susan J. Montefusco ‘82 Mary Beth Pendergast ‘79 Gary S. Rogowski ‘81 Mary T. Sproul ‘87 Sonia Maria Valentine ‘94 Helene M. Montemagni ‘89 Donna M. Pennell ‘96 Suzanne Romano ‘75 Katherine A. St. Mary ‘77 Christine M. Veale ‘91 Barbara A. Moody ‘97 Maria F. Pereira ‘93 Christine Roncolato ‘80 Dorothy A. St.Pierre ‘64 Nora A. Veronikowski ‘70 Karen C. Morrman ‘65 Brad and Susan Diane M. Rouleau-Thyse ‘74 Joanne C. Staltare ‘84 Karin M. Via ‘83 Dawn M. Morey ‘85 Perkins ‘77/’74 Leokadia Z. Rowinski ‘73 Florence J. Stefancik ‘77 Jeanne Y. Viens ‘75 Dorothy A. Moriarty ‘83 Bruce Perron ‘68 Catherine N. Roy ‘84 Susan A. Stern ‘79 Maureen N. Vosburgh ‘78 Barbara M. Morin ‘84 Cynthia L. Perry ‘94 Cheryl Roy ‘79 John J. Sticca, U.S.A.F. ‘71 James J. Wachala ‘62 Joyce F. Morissette ‘89 Kenneth N. Perry ‘78 Marybeth A. Roy ‘94 Casey J. Storozuk ‘74 Kim M. Wade ‘90 Myra C. Morneau ‘70 Karen M. Pettengill ‘78 Amy F. Ruelle ‘93 William D. Storozuk ‘73 Irene I. Wakefield ‘82 Edward J. Moskal ‘80 Joann G. Pietryk ‘75 Glen E. Ryan ‘79 Eleanor M. Sturtevant ‘76 Diane M. Walker ‘82 Susan M. Mulry ‘91 Donna Pinciak ‘81 Susan A. Ryan ‘01 Patricia A. Suchenicz ‘82 Ann T. Warwick ‘81 Helen A. Muraszka ‘77 Laura L. Pisano ‘82 Joanne E. Ryczek ‘76 Ellen M. Sullivan ‘77 Peter S. Warywoski ‘67 Kevin M. Murphy ‘82 Dorothy I. Plante ‘69 Sharon F. Sabik ‘86 John and Nancy Marilyn A. Webb ‘78 Raymond P. Murphy, Jr. ‘67 Aliza B. Pluta ‘92 Marguerite A. Sacco ‘00 Sullivan ‘72/’81 Steven J. Webster ‘75 Terence Murphy ‘68 Joanne M. Pluta ‘88 Mark S. Salina ‘84 Kathleen G. Sullivan ‘88 William J. Weibel, Sr. ‘72 Charles J. Musante ‘79 Joanne M. Poitras Patricia Salisbury ‘97 Lisa J. Sullivan ‘98 Elena M. Wells ‘90 Marilyn D. Nadeau ‘89 Smith ‘87 Pamela Salois ‘88 Patricia M. Sullivan ‘78 Raymond F. Wenninger ‘78 Christine M. Nahas ‘85 Phyllis A. Polizou ‘55 Edwin Sanchez ‘82 Dorothy A. Surprenant ‘79 Georgia R. Wenzel ‘80 Luann Narbonne ‘75 Edward D. Pollard ‘83 Anita Saulmon ‘00 Cynthia Swalby ‘81 Stephen Werenski ‘80 Margot Nasjleti ‘04 Melissa A. Pollard ‘85 Eileen M. Savoy ‘84 Nancy Swartwout ‘79 John S. Wesolowski, Jr. ‘71 Antony P. Natle ‘84 Susan M. Porter ‘80 Elizabeth R. Saykin ‘75 Robert D. Sweeney ‘78 Deborah L. Wheeler ‘77 Margaret E. Nelson ‘02 Kathleen H. Potter ‘89 Jane A. Scavotto ‘89 Gail L. Swiercz ‘83 Kathleen M. White ‘70 Verna M. Nickelson ‘80 John L. Poulin ‘73 Deborah A. Schaier ‘77 Ralph E. Symington ‘61 Kolleen B. Wickens ‘78 Donna M. Nietupski ‘71 Kevin P. Poulin ‘84 Patricia A. Schlien ‘99 Robert and Mary Lucille M. Wieland ‘97 Rock M. Nietupski ‘87 Susan M. Pouliot ‘79 Alice Y. Schulaner ‘77 Szalankiewicz ‘69 Diana Wigham ‘94 Anne K. Novosel-Mileski ‘91 Joseph S. Prattico ‘81 Paul R. Scoville ‘91 Beth Szymanski ‘01 Diane Will Korza ‘87 Vicki L. Nunez ‘77 Christopher G. Pronovost Glenn and Dorothy Barbara Tadeo ‘84 Elizabeth L. Willard ‘67 Eileen M. O’Brien ‘94 ‘93 Scruton ‘83/’84 Charles L. Tanguay ‘70 Jane C. Williams ‘69 Ellen V. O’Brien ‘89 Christine A. Prout ‘79 Janet P. Searles ‘85 Susan Tansey ‘82 Denise A. Wilson ‘86 Michael P. O’Brien ‘87 Kimberly A. Pulley ‘88 Lynn Sears ‘77 Tina L. Tardy ‘98 Sara A. Windyka ‘00 Louise A. Ochrymowicz ‘78 Jennifer M. Putnam ‘91 Susan C. Seitz ‘83 Linda L. Tefoe ‘84 Helen Wolff ‘73 Teresa A. O’Connell ‘81 James and Pauline Harold and Beth Sara J. Temple ‘97 Lauren J. Wolff ‘74 Donna A. O’Connor ‘74 Quirk ‘79/’81 Seldin ‘73/’72 John T. Tenczar ‘00 Gary R. Wolpert ‘70 Eileen A. O’Connor ‘77 Cindy M. Rachmaciej ‘93 Vilayphong Senthep ‘04 David K. Tenney ‘74 Dennis J. Woytowicz ‘82 Susan M. O’Connor ‘89 Therese D. Rakouskas ‘81 Sheila M. Serra ‘81 Gerald D. Tesini ‘64 Vandelyn T. Wright ‘83 Ruth B. Odentz ‘89 Alicia M. Ralph ‘01 Kathleen H. Sevarino ‘88 John S. Tesny ‘79 Helen E. Yelle ‘76 Aline J. O’Donnell ‘84 Paul C. Rame ‘75 Helen M. Seward ‘74 Mary K. Tessier ‘71 Gloria A. York ‘89 William F. Okulski ‘67 Mary G. Randall ‘84 Patricia J. Shea ‘79 David J. Tetrault ‘75 Daniel J. Young ‘89 Janet C. Olbrych ‘92 Susan Rapoza ‘97 Scott A. Sheaffer ‘91 Jeanette L. Tetreault ‘93 Jennifer A. Young ‘95 Mary P. O’Neill ‘73 James A. Raschilla ‘73 Mary L. Shelasky ‘81 Narda L. Theobald ‘84 Susan T. Young ‘85 Jeanne L. Orne ‘71 Jill T. Reardon ‘83 Richard H. Sheldon ‘65 Bari B. Thomas ‘93 Stephen T. Zach ‘83 Carol A. Osinski ‘60 Kathleen A. Reed ‘87 Patricia Shewchuk ‘74 Merilyn S. Thomas ‘86 Thomas E. Zebrowski ‘48 Hildie F. Osley ‘88 Vicky J. Reed ‘80 Bernard A. Shippie ‘79 Roger Samuel Thresher ‘87 John M. Ziomek ‘83 Michael J. Ostrowski ‘75 Joseph B. Reich ‘85 Linda M. Shore ‘90 Donna L. Tilton ‘95 Natalie A. Zombik ‘88 Christine A. Ouellete ‘97 David E. Rejniak ‘81 Derek Sicotte ‘97 Claire D. Tognolatti ‘72 Tammy-Leigh Zuccala ‘87 Marsha M. Owczarski ‘72 Karen Remlin Nigro ‘87 Michelle M. Siddle ‘86 Gregory Tomaszewski ‘80 Karla B. Zukowski ‘80 Mary Ellen Palazzi ‘83 Anna Repko ‘80 Andrew J. Sieracki ‘99 Elizabeth Tongue ‘69 Paula Paoli ‘73 Christopher and Wendy Lynn A. Sikes ‘79 Mario F. Torchia ‘82 Reynolds ‘76 Wendy A. Papko ‘89 Rennie Silva ‘03 Anne W. Torrey ‘77 Mary B. Reynolds ‘87 Pricilla A. Paquette ‘84 Michael T. Simpson ‘86 Priscilla H. Trudeau ‘74 Brian O. Richards ‘72 Steve C. Paquette ‘89 Yolanda M. Skotnicka ‘82 Michele E. Tulay ‘62 Kelly A. Ringenbach ‘91 Susanne C. Paquette ‘65 Michael and Alison Robert M. Tulay ‘61 Danine M. Ritucci ‘86 Lynn F. Parda ‘72 Slattery ‘86/’84 Elizabeth J. Turgeon ‘84 Elizabeth Rivera ‘93 Cathleen E. Parzyzh ‘85 Brian D. Slowick ‘80 Leamarie Turgeon ‘97 Nancy M. Robbins ‘89 Sister Marguerite Patient, Wendy M. Smith ‘87 David A. Turnberg ‘79 S.P. ‘72 Kathleen A. Robert ‘87 Jan F. Sobiech ‘80 Judith B. Turrini ‘78 Sue E. Patton ‘96 Thomas W. Robert ‘85 Jean A. Sobon ‘76 Gloria J. Tynes ‘84

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Events November 15-18*, and Scholarship Deadlines November 23-25 The HCC HCC students, transferring students, Players present "The Balcony" and alumni, are eligible for almost Spring 2008 Drama Club, by Jean Genet $100,000 in annual scholarships, disbursed through the HCC Foundation, Theater, and Electronic Tickets are $7 general admission, and Inc. and the HCC Alumni Association. Media Reunion $5 for students and seniors. Curtain Applications will be available on Are you an alum of HCC’s Theater times are 8 p.m., except Sundays (Nov. February 1, 2008, and are due back in or Electronic Media programs? Did 18 and 25) which will begin at 2:30 p.m. late March. To find out more, come to you participate in the HCC Players or For more information, or to reserve Donahue 101 or call the Foundation at the Drama Club? You won’t want to a seat, call (413) 552–2528 or email (413) 552-2546. miss a joint celebration for the 60th [email protected]. *The November anniversary of our Theatre Program and 16 performance will be ASL interpreted. the 15th anniversary of our Electronic Media Program. The date has yet to be set, but we want to include you in our invitations. For more information visit the “Alumni/Friends” link at www.hcc. edu or call the Alumni Relations office at (413) 552-2253.

Remeber these guys? (from left) Former Lt. Governor Donald Dwight, former HCC President David M. Bartley '54, and former Holyoke Mayor William Taupier were the featured speakers at the 60th Anniversary Gala, June 7.

Futures Inspired