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WINTER 2007 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 1 THE HOGAN YEARS: Four Decades of Reinvention
As Professor, as Dean, and Finally as Chancellor, His Legacy Was Transformation
Page 16 Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends:
Since the inception of this magazine, only one chancellor’s signature, William T. Hogan, has appeared at the bottom of the traditional introductory letter. With Chancellor Hogan’s retirement this past July, the UMass Lowell community experienced the end of an historic era. Chancellor Hogan’s 25 years as president and chancellor led to the full flowering of the Lowell campus as part of the University of Massachusetts system. As Chancellor Hogan leaves the campus, it is poised to reach a higher level of achievement and make even more significant contributions to the Commonwealth.
I was honored to be asked by University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson to serve as interim chancellor and keep the campus moving forward while we search for the permanent chancellor. While I was not unfamiliar with UMass Lowell, my first few months on campus have been rich with new experiences. Throughout the various colleges, schools and depart- ments, the faculty, students and staff are involved in an extraordinary array of research, teaching and community engagement.
I have been part of the University of Massachusetts since 1999, starting as vice chancellor for administration and finance at UMass Boston, where I later served as interim chancellor. Subsequently, President Wilson appointed me as executive director of the University of Massachusetts Building Authority. As I write this, the Building Authority is responsible for more than 40 projects, which represent an investment of more than $400 million throughout the system. The UMass Lowell parking garage being built adjacent to LeLacheur Park is among those projects. On a personal note, I am a native of western Massachusetts and live with my family in Wayland. I have a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University, a master’s from Stanford University and a J.D. from Northeastern University Law School.
Over the next year, I expect to focus on several priorities, including the siting and design of the $80 million nano/bio-manufacturing research center, paying close attention to budgets and finances, placing greater emphasis on student retention and clarifying the objectives of the “Transformation Project” strategic planning initiative.
UMass Lowell owes a debt of gratitude to the Legislature, Governor and UMass President’s Office for their leadership this past year, which resulted in increased state funding for Lowell and the other campuses. For example, our local legislative delegation worked tirelessly to obtain public funding for the nano/bio-manufacturing research center—the centerpiece for the next generation of UMass Lowell innovation.
As always, we need the continuing support of the people who know us best—our graduates and their families, our friends and our supporters around the region, state and world. I look forward to meeting with you in the coming months and hearing your thoughts about UMass Lowell and its future.
Sincerely,
David J. MacKenzie Interim Chancellor
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WINTER 2007 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 1
WINTER 2007 Campus News Volume 10, Number 1 Arts & Sciences ...... 2 The UMass Lowell Alumni Magazine is published by: Engineering ...... 4 Publications Office People ...... 5 University of Massachusetts Lowell One University Avenue Research ...... 6 Lowell, MA 01854 Outlook ...... 9 Tel.(978) 934-3223 Outreach ...... 12 e-mail: [email protected] Page 16 Health ...... 14 Executive Director of Alumni Events ...... 32 Communications Athletics ...... 38 Patti McCafferty Class Notes ...... 40 Senior Director of Development John Davis Cover Story
The Hogan Years: Page 38 Director of Publications and Editor Page 24 Mary Lou Hubbell 16 Four Decades of Reinvention
Director of Programs and Alumni Services Feature Stories Diane Earl Physical Therapy Department Director of Regional 24 Celebrates 25th Anniversary Alumni Programming Deme Gys Collaboration + Inspiration = 27 Multiplier Effect Staff Writers Geoffrey Douglas Joe Gandolfo: Biking the U.S., Page 27 Jack McDonough 30 Traveling the World—But Contributing Writers Never Far From His Roots Page 30 Renae Lias Claffey Jennifer Hanson Gertrude (Trudy) Barker, First Elizabeth James 36 Dean of Health Professions Kristen O’Reilly Sandra Seitz Campus Athletics Design Shilale Design River Hawk is Now a Bird of a Different Feather The University of Massachusetts 38 Lowell is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action, Title IX, H/V, ADA 1990 Employer.
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proposal involves high-performance Colleges - Arts and Sciences transistors applied to radio frequency and wireless transmissions. The grant Martin and Analog Devices will fund evaluation of the technical Develop New Controller for capability and customer needs. Robotics Design Based on earlier research on multi- Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) and gate transistors, Mil’shtein’s group UMass Lowell have collaborated to developed a new technology—a uni- develop the “Blackfin Handy Board”— versal method to improve the perfor- an updated version of the hand-held Beebe Nelson and mance of field-effect transistors. Beebe controller board for educational Sam Mil’shtein Nelson, visiting assistant professor of robotics applications used by hundreds marketing, is collaborating on the of colleges and universities in under- Massachusetts Technology project. Both are working with Paul graduate engineering and robotics Transfer Center Awards Wormser of the office of Commercial courses. This new version is a state- Grant Ventures and Intellectual Property. of-the-art robot controller board Prof. Sam Mil’shtein of the Electrical based on the high-performance The MTTC was created in 2004 as a and Computer Engineering Depart- Blackfin Processor from ADI. program in the Massachusetts Econom- ment has won a $5,000 Assessment ic Stimulus Bill. Its goal is to support Asst. Prof. Fred Martin of the Award from the Massachusetts Tech- technology transfer activities from pub- Computer Sciences Department nology Transfer Center (MTTC). His lic and private research institutions to designed the original “Handy Board” robotics controller while he was a student at MIT. In addition to donating design ser- vices valued at more than $100,000, ADI awarded Martin a $25,000 grant to develop on-line courseware for teaching undergraduate robotics cours- es using the new design. Additionally, ADI is supplying the University with Blackfin Handy Board units and fund- ing to hire a graduate student to con- tribute to the board’s development.
Endowment Honors Late Congressman Brad Morse The F. Bradford Morse Endowment for the Study of International Relations, Sustainable Development and Peace, named for the late congressman from Lowell and longtime United Nations official, kicked off at a luncheon meeting on campus. Among those at the meeting were, from left, Timothy Rothermel, formerly of the U.N. and longtime Morse family friend; U.S. Rep. Marty The Blackfin Handy Board was developed by Meehan, chair of the endowment committee; Chancellor William Hogan Asst. Prof. Fred Martin in collaboration with and State Sen. Steven Panagiotakos. The endowment will fund an annual Analog Devices Inc. This new version of the original, which Martin designed, is based on distinguished lecture series and support the university’s award-winning student ADI’s Blackfin Processor. international relations program, as well as the new high school model United Nations. The goal is to reach $1 million in five years.
2 UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 CampusNews companies in the state. The MTTC is neurotransmitter acetylcholine, factors contributing to Alzheimer’s. based in the UMass President’s Office. resulting in improved memory. The studies have shown that deficient More information is available at Neurotransmitters such as acetyl- diet causes oxidative damage to brain www.MaTTCenter.org. choline are chemicals released from tissue and impairs memory in mice, nerve cells that transmit messages to conditions that can be prevented with An Apple (or Two) other nerve cells. supplements of apple juice concentrate. a Day . . . “The big news out of our new study is Those results encouraged Shea to that we can show the mechanism that’s evaluate the neurotransmitter effect. For those who think that apple juice is working to prevent memory a kid’s drink, think again. Apples and loss,” says Shea. “Levels of apple juice may be among the best acetylcholine, a critical neuro- foods that baby boomers and senior cit- transmitter, decline with age izens could add to their diet, according and dietary deficiencies, and to new research that demonstrates how this decline is prevented by the apple products can help boost brain antioxidant activity of apples function similar to medication. and apple products.” Animal research conducted by Bio- The study was published logical Sciences Prof. Thomas Shea, in the August issue of the director of the Center for Cellular international Journal of Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Alzheimer’s Disease. Research, indicates that apple juice Shea has conducted a number consumption may actually increase the of studies on the nutritional, production in the brain of the essential genetic and environmental risk Thomas Shea
High School Students Spend Summer Vacation in Chem Lab While some high school students spent their summers sleeping late and watching TV, Meekerley Sanon and Toto Vann passed their free days surrounded by cyanocinnamic acids and stacks of chemistry journals. Meekerley, a senior at Lawrence High, and Toto, a student at Lowell High, participated in the summer program offered by the Chemistry Department’s Center for Advanced Materials. The program is administered through the U.S. Army-funded Academy of Applied Sciences (AAS) based in Concord, N.H. Each year, the AAS sponsors 120 high school students as apprentices to college researchers throughout the nation. Meekerley and Toto worked under the supervi- sion of Prof. Daniel Sandman, associate director of the Center for Advanced Materials. “The students get a learning experience,” he explains. “They get to apply what they learn in school and work with high-tech equipment that their own schools may not have.” The Academy’s objective is to motivate students to pursue careers in science. It seems to be working, with 90 percent of the participants going on to study science, math or technology in post-secondary schools. Prof. Daniel Sandman and Meekerley Sanon, a senior at Lawrence High School
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istered therapeutics. The combined therapy overcomes the Colleges - Engineering “blood-brain barrier” that prevents toxins—and nearly all medications—from entering the brain. First Company Joins Mass Medical Device Development Center Perfusion Technology of Lawrence has turned to M2D2— Crugnola Endows Scholarship the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center— for Graduating Engineers for help with its technical problems. More than ever, citizens of the world need to M2D2 was launched last year with $135,000 in seed understand both technology and society to make funding, awarded to Prof. Stephen McCarthy of Plastics well-informed decisions. Now, thanks to an endowed Engineering by UMass President Jack M. Wilson. The scholarship established by Center aims to combine the engineering expertise at UML, Plastics Engineering Prof. Aldo the clinical and medical expertise at UMass Worcester and Crugnola, former dean of engi- the marketing expertise of the Donahue Institute, a research neering, graduating engineers arm of the UMass President’s Office. It is co-directed by will have the opportunity to McCarthy and Prof. broaden their education. Sheila Noone, director of the Office of “An engineer can do more Clinical Research at than work with things,” says UMass Medical. Crugnola, who joined the engineering faculty in 1968, and “For the past two was dean from 1977 to 1996. years, we have been “Many of our students have gone working in Lawrence, on to other professions, such as Aldo Crugnola Boston, Columbus, medicine and law. My idea is to Ohio, and the British provide some financial support to a graduating Virgin Islands. We are engineer to carry out, in a broad sense, something to do seeking an environ- with people.” ment where we have access to the expertise The new scholarship will be available for graduate we need, when we need study in the Department of Regional Economic and it and at a reasonable Social Development (RESD), and could expand as mas- cost,” says Al Kyle, ter’s degree programs become available at UML in other Perfusion president and humanities and social sciences. CEO. “M2D2 provides Crugnola’s interest in well-rounded education is long access to a faculty with Prof. Stephen McCarthy, co-director standing: as dean, he collaborated with Peter Blewett, expertise in life sci- of the Massachusetts Medical dean of the College of Liberal Arts, to establish a “clus- Device Development Center (M2D2) ences, animal laborato- ter” course requirement in engineering. These were ries, technical facilities and staff, and a business incubator courses that met the general education requirement, but where we will locate our administrative office. These are developed around a theme or discipline. Faculty from the critical to the success of small medtech startup companies.” liberal arts participated. He says, “Technological educa- Founded in 2003, Perfusion has been developing technolo- tion needs to be broader as our graduates aspire to more gy to deliver drugs to the brain for treatment of brain tumors, fully offer their education to society and become leaders. stroke and epilepsy. And engineers add something of value in return, with a particularly well-organized way of thinking and a “Perfusion is an ideal candidate for M2D2, and we are disciplined approach.” delighted to have them as a tenant,” says Paul Wormser, entrepreneur-in-residence and associate director of external The scholarship is an outright grant, with no teaching funding, technology transfer and partnering. or work requirement. The Perfusion device combines ultrasound with IV-admin-
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People UML Recognized by EPA Vice Chancellor’s for Lead-Free Project Administrative Assistant Is Mechanical Engineering Prof. a Multi-Lingual Attorney Sammy Shina and Greg Morose, Victoria Denoon was born in 1980 Toxics Use Reduction Institute project in the small town of Holywood, just manager, have received an Environ- outside Belfast in Northern Ireland. mental Merit Award from the U.S. She didn’t live there very long. Environmental Protection Agency. When she was 3, her family moved Led by Shina and Morose, the to Gibraltar where they stayed for four New England Lead-Free Consortium, years. Then it was on to Scotland, and a group of industry, academic and gov- then to Germany. Louise Griffin ernment organizations, was honored at It was not until a Faneuil Hall ceremony, for a five-year she was 11 years Griffin Honored for Merit in effort to find new lead-free alternatives old that Victoria Research Administration for the electronics industry. returned to her native Holywood. Louise Griffin, vice chancellor for Lead, a toxic chemical that has been Administration and Finance, has linked to health and behavioral prob- Now, 15 years received the 2006 Merit Award for the lems, is commonly found in solder later—after New England Region of the National used in disposable electronic equip- having lived for a Victoria Drakoulakos Council of University Research ment that ends up in landfills and year in Pakistan; after having earned a Administrators (NCURA). The incinerators. This project is expected law degree; after having visited places award recognizes and promotes out- to remove approximately 6,500 pounds like Brazil, Bangladesh, Thailand, standing achievement in research of lead per year from the Massachusetts Dubai and Turkey; and after having administration. electronics industry. learned to speak conversational Turkish, French, German and “a little” Griffin is a past chair and treasurer of “Excellent technical work, great Russian—she has settled in Dracut. NCURA, serves on several advisory team-building skills and a lot of sweat committees and has co-chaired three equity went into this project”, says Victoria Denoon is now Victoria regional spring meetings. She repre- Michael Ellenbecker, director of the Drakoulakos, an administrative sents the region as a member of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute. assistant to Vice Chancellor Diana Prideaux-Brune. NCURA National Nominating and “Sammy, Greg and all the Consor- Leadership Development Committee. tium members are to be commended She and her family led a somewhat Griffin was cited for her service to for staying the course and making nomadic life because her father, a civil the organization, that “over the years Massachusetts safer for everyone, engineer, worked for the British Min- has benefited each and every member he says.” istry of Defense and, later, the British of our region. Her diligence and posi- Foreign and Commonwealth Office. tive attitude have brought many ideas After returning to Northern Ireland and projects to life. She has worked when she was 11, Drakoulakos hard for us and with us, set examples completed high school (in Ireland, for her colleagues and made us laugh students attend high school from age at every turn.” 11 to 18) and then was accepted to the Griffin is a member of the National Queens University law school where Association of College and University she earned her law degree. Business Officers and is also the However, after a year of law school, University’s administrative representa- she decided to take time off and join tive to the Federal Demonstration her parents and brother and sister who Partnership. were living in Pakistan at that time. While there she found work at the office of the British High Commission Greg Morose and Sammy Shina
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and, incidentally, met a U.S. Marine from Lowell named Drakoulakos. Research “When Peter and I first met he DARPA Funds Bold Research on Limb Regeneration couldn’t understand a word I said because I had a much thicker Northern Profs. Susan Braunhut and Kenneth Marx have teamed up to pursue a Ireland accent at the time, she says.” “mind-blowing” innovation—to cause a limb to re-grow in an adult mammal. He was very Boston and I couldn’t The UMass Lowell research understand him.” group has joined groups from five They solved that problem, obviously, other institutions and secured because they soon became engaged, funding from the Defense and were married in Ireland in 2002. Advanced Research Projects He returned to Lowell, where he is Agency (DARPA). The UMass now a police officer, and she joined Lowell portion of the DARPA him six months later after completing grant is $1.2 million for the first law school. two years, with an anticipated continuation of $1.4 million for Of all the places she has lived, the next two years. One form of newt, the Eastern or red-spotted newt— Drakoulakos liked Pakistan the best. capable of limb regeneration, will be studied. (Photo The research groups expect that courtesy of Dr. Shannon Odelberg) “I loved it there,” she says. “I really by working together they will gain a more complete understanding of the cellular loved a lot of things about that country. and molecular processes that allow certain creatures, such as salamanders, to Some of it was hard to deal with but it completely regenerate lost limbs, and be able to harness this capacity in mammals. was a nice experience and I miss it sometimes.” “As a consortium, we’re putting together our knowledge of stem cells, tissue development and healing, extracellular matrix, growth factors and the regulation of Being one who likes to “keep my gene expression,” says Braunhut. “We’re encouraged by research results and recent mind busy,” Drakoulakos is taking discoveries and we believe this goal is attainable.” classes toward a master’s degree in criminal justice. “If I decide to practice The implications of such research are especially evident considering that the law, I want to know more about the wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq include twice the number of system here,” she says. Meanwhile, she learned to speak Egyptian Arabic in preparation for a vacation with her parents to that country. As she did with Turkish, she taught herself the language with a 10-day CD course. Of all the languages she has become conversant in, she says, “Arabic is the most difficult so far.” Oddly enough, after all her travels, she says, “The biggest culture shock I ever had was when I moved to the states.” She found it to be very big and, unlike her hometown in Ireland, she couldn’t walk everywhere she wanted to go. And, at first, she found it hard to make friends. “So, I was happy when I started working here because there are some The UML lab team members are, clockwise from left front, Anita Arun, Prof. Susan Braunhut, wonderful people at the University,” Vikram Shankar, Matt Belmonte, Dr. Ekaterina Vorotnikova, Soumya Vemuri and Donna she says. McIntosh; not pictured, Doanh Mai and Rachel Mendes.
6 UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 CampusNews amputees of previous conflicts And way, way out in the future, and wars. Therrien’s biosensor—which, he says, Braunhut and Marx had already could be as small as a box of Tic Tacs— made great strides in understanding might be used by shoppers to check the role of the cell scaffolding, or extra- cuts of meat in the supermarket to cellular matrix, in healing—work that make sure they are free of bacteria. has been spun off into a commercial One method for detecting bacteria wound-healing application, the in medical practice today involves the Smart Bandage. collection of samples that are then grown in a Petri dish for 12 to 24 Marx says, “It’s exciting to be Tingshu Hu involved with research that moves hours. Meanwhile, the patients in beyond the cautious, incremental decision-making systems—you have an question must be treated on the approach.” He will analyze all the objective and use information and assumption that they are, in fact, data from the consortium researchers measurement from sensors to adjust infected with the bacteria. to identify the molecular signature actuation automatically via controllers The second method entails testing of regeneration. to meet the objective.” for airborne bacteria, such as anthrax. The UML researchers are particularly Cruise control in an automobile is an This process, in which the air passes grateful to U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan example of a simple control system, through equipment about the size and his efforts to help Louise Griffin, whereas an airplane is much more com- of a shoebox, is fast but not vice chancellor for Administration plex because of the many degrees of extremely sensitive. and Finance, bring DARPA Director freedom and demanding requirements. “The goal,” says Therrien, “is to Anthony Tether to campus a few years Hu’s research involves developing develop something that is highly ago. His visit led to other DARPA- theory and numerical tools to optimize sensitive but that can do the job in funded research for the UML team the performance of nonlinear control real time.” and the opportunity to interact with systems: those that present complex He’s researching a system that leading researchers in all specialties computational challenges. Following involves measuring the vibrating fre- concerned with wound healing. up on her doctoral research at UVA, quency of nano-sized cantilevers (think she is working on a project to develop diving boards). Bacteria have proper- New Faculty Researcher an artificial heart pump that is magnet- ties that cause them to stick to specific Works on Nonlinear ically suspended within the vessel. proteins in the body. Therrien would Systems coat his cantilevers Tingshu Hu, assistant professor of Therrien Strives to with proteins that electrical and computer engineering, Perfect a System for would capture and has traveled far to become part of the Detecting Bacteria indicate the presence UMass Lowell community—from There are two basic methods of of various types of Shanghai, where she studied and detecting the presence of bacteria, bacteria. worked for 16 years, to Hong Kong, to according to Asst. Prof. Joel Therrien. The objective is to Canada, to the University of Virginia One, he says, is very sensitive but too make this system for a Ph.D. degree and to the Universi- slow. The other is very fast but not sen- small enough and Joel Therrien ty of California Santa Barbara for a sitive enough. inexpensive enough post-doctoral position. Therrien, who joined the Electrical to be practical. To accomplish this, his Now she teaches a second-year and Computer Engineering Depart- idea is to mount nano-tube cantilever undergraduate course in electrical cir- ment in 2005, is conducting research to sensors on chips that will be able to cuits and advanced courses in control perfect a biosensor that will be both detect different kinds of bacteria. systems, her specialty. fast and sensitive. Such a sensor “Ideally, these chips would cost only “Control systems are used every- would have applications in many areas, a few dollars apiece and would be where, from refrigerators to airplanes to but especially in medicine and contained in something as small as spacecraft,” explains Hu. “These are national defense. a Tic Tac box,” he says.
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UML Student Takes Top those same questions before! He is Honors at EPA everything you could hope for as an advisor.” Physics Prof. Jayant Kumar, Green tea makes a potent brew for director of the Center for Advanced graduate student Subha Nagarajan, Materials, heads the research project who won a $75,000 grant from the in collaboration with Prof. Susan Environmental Protection Agency Braunhut of the Biological (EPA). With the funding, she will Sciences Department. further develop her research into promising anti-cancer compounds that In emphasizing the collaborative Laura Ingalls are synthesized from a component of nature of research, Nagarajan gives green tea using environmentally credit to members of the team and sug- material that can change condition. benign, green chemistry methods. gestions from other groups. Among First we use ultraviolet light to make them are U. S. Army scientists Dr. the polymer crosslink—it becomes Lynne Samuelson and Dr. Ferdinando water insoluble and is usable in elec- F. Bruno; Prof. Braunhut’s group; tronics. At the end of its life, we break Dr. Ram Nagarajan and Sandhya the bond—it becomes water soluble Nagarajan; retired Chancellor William and degradable—using an enzyme.” T. Hogan, for support through the Ingalls is working on isolating an Chancellor’s seed grant; Prof. Kenneth enzyme and inhibitor combination— Geiser; Pamela Civie of the Toxics Use a sort of trigger mechanism—for Reduction Institute and Prof. John controlled release to undo the Warner and his group. crosslinking. She is also investigating Green Chemistry Student other enzymes that are more robust Subha Nagarajan Wins NSF Fellowship and less temperature-sensitive. More than 350 university students, Laura Ingalls, first-year doctoral Luo’s Research Advances comprising 42 teams, gathered on the student in the Green Chemistry Process Technology National Mall in Washington, D.C., to Program, has her work cut out for Asst. Prof. Yan Luo of the Electrical compete for the EPA’s second annual her—and the funding to do the job. and Computer Engineering Depart- P3 (People, Prosperity, Planet) Award. Ingalls has won a three-year, $131,500 ment is conducting research in the area The P3 program encourages the devel- research fellowship grant from the of computer architecture, particularly opment of sustainable technologies National Science Foundation, under the processors that are specialized for that lead to commercialization. The the program for promoting science in network or packet processing. students showcased their research the community. Packets are bunches of information entries to the public at the National Ingalls joins a research group in and, as they travel through the Inter- Sustainable Design Expo, set up in a green chemistry that is investigating net, they reach different processing tent on the Mall for two days before environmentally benign photoresist locations. the awards ceremony. materials to be used in electronics and The exchange of ideas with other other industries, using thymine copoly- “With all the new applications, such teams was terrific, but the competition mers. The new copolymers would as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), was fierce, as just six projects were replace the coating material used in these new requirements make the pro- chosen for awards. making printed circuit boards. Most cessing more complicated,” Luo says. importantly, an enzyme from e-coli can “We’re working on speeding up the “I was so sure I wouldn’t win that I be used to make the polymers processing by using multiple pro- told my father not to attend the awards biodegradable and recyclable. grammable units on a single chip.” ceremony,” says Nagarajan, whose father was covering the event as a jour- “Think about what happens to all Intel has awarded Luo a $25,000 nalist from India. “The judges asked the components in a printed circuit grant for a project using a network pro- very tough questions, but Dr. Kumar board at the end of its usable life,” says cessor to build a scalable deep packet had asked me at least 50 percent of Ingalls. “What we’re developing is a inspection system—that is, to closely
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aid scholarships and grants, financial Kerri Mead, acting director of aid (how well colleges meet students’ Admissions, and Michael Belcher, financial need) and student acting director of Outreach and borrowing.” Recruitment, say they believe the increases can be attributed, in part, UML Attracts More and to the University’s reputation and a Better Students growing awareness of students of the scope of education they may need to For many years, the Office of Under- prepare for today’s careers. graduate Admissions was charged with maintaining the size of the incoming “We’ve seen an increase among fall freshman and transfer population. highly qualified students,” Mead says. Yan Luo with a “They realize they’ll need more than a network processor This year was different. bachelor’s degree and are willing to For fall 2006, the Chancellor asked look at an affordable undergrad experi- and carefully inspect packets for viruses the office to increase the number of ence at a public school—as long as it’s or malicious code as they are processed. incoming students without sacrificing good quality. Then they can go on to Intel also has made an equipment quality. That’s exactly what happened. graduate school without being grant for his second major research area The incoming freshman class swamped by debt.” —wireless mesh network routers. numbered 1,240 students and transfers Belcher points to the increase in the Practical applications for this research totaled nearly 750—a combined individual Deans’ Scholarship awards could include disaster relief situations increase of about 10 percent. from $2,000 to $4,000 each year. in which first responders could deploy “This is more in line with the offers wireless nodes that would transmit At the same time, SAT scores of from other schools these students are information to a command center. incoming students averaged 1,088 while their Grade Point Averages were getting,” he says. “This makes us Outlook at the 3.21 mark, both slightly higher more competitive.” than the previous year. UML Listed as One of America’s Best Value Colleges UMass Lowell is one of 150 public and private colleges included in the 2007 edition of “America’s Best Value Colleges,” produced annually by The Princeton Review (PR). Based on data PR obtained from administrators at 646 colleges and surveys it conducted of students attending them, the 2007 edition recommends 103 public and 47 private colleges in 40 states. According to Robert Franek, vice Longtime Chancellor’s Assistant, Joyce Sullivan, Retires president of publishing Joyce Sullivan, seated in center, retired this summer after serving many years at PR, “We use more as administrative assistant to Chancellor William Hogan, now also retired. than 30 factors to rate The farewell reception gathered many longtime friends and colleagues, retired the colleges in five and current, many of whom held administrative positions across campus. categories: academics, Sitting to Sullivan’s left and right are Val Leahey and Pat Gallagher. Standing, tuition, price minus from left, are Marie Sherman, Bernie Galvin, Patricia Masterson, Vera Preston, average amount stu- Donna Gryzb, Joy Ennis and Kay Merrill. dents receive in gift
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however, the facility may be able to is not the only agency the state has to generate enough revenue to become worry about. We appreciate all that self-sustaining. they do for us,” said Chancellor “First, we plan to address some long- David J. MacKenzie. delayed, less-than-glamorous basic ren- The University’s plan for funding the ovations,” says Diana Prideaux-Brune, remainder of the $80 million facility vice chancellor for Facilities. Plumbing, costs was approved recently by the ventilation and any safety concerns UMass Board of Trustees. The Univer- will likely top the list.” sity will borrow an additional $35 UMass Lowell uses the Boathouse million and tap other sources for another $10 million. The building UML Takes Ownership of for its club crew team, for the Tsongas requires interdisciplinary research Bellegarde Boathouse Industrial History program’s “River as a Classroom” and as part of the National laboratories and prototype manufactur- Under legislation passed by the Youth Sports Program. Other major ing space and will be the first new Legislature and signed by Gov. Mitt users include the Merrimack River academic building constructed on Romney, UMass Lowell has gone from Rowing Association, the City of campus in more than 30 years. tenant to landlord of the Bellegarde Lowell, Lowell High School and It is expected to house the campus’s Boathouse. A $1 million appropriation Notre Dame Academy. expanded Nanomanufacturing and for the campus for the facility’s upkeep BioManufacturing Centers and the also was secured by Lowell’s State State Funds Nano- green chemistry program. It will House delegation. Bio-Manufacturing be outfitted with state-of-the-art “It’s a gem and it’s been falling into Building equipment, clean rooms, research and disrepair,” says Rep. Thomas Golden Jr. production assistance and prototype Gov. Mitt Romney has signed into of the facility located across from the manufacturing space to facilitate law an economic stimulus bill that Dunkin’ Donuts on Pawtucket Boule- partnerships with industry. includes $35 million for an integrated vard. “We’ve been trying to put money advanced manufacturing research Since the funding was approved, into a vehicle that would allow us to and technology assistance facility plans have moved forward for selecting either rebuild it or repair it.” at UMass Lowell, following strong a site for the building. Vice Chancellor Athletics Director Dana Skinner will advocacy for the for Facilities Diana Prideaux-Brune help develop a management plan for funding from Low- recently presented four siting options to the facility. “We would love to see the ell area legislators. Lowell’s State House delegation, U.S. facility become more user friendly,” he Rep. Marty Meehan and officials from “This invest- says. “The onus is on us now to main- the City of Lowell. Under considera- ment puts Lowell tain the building, and we have a mil- tion are sites on UML North (Riverside at the forefront lion dollars to start us down the road. Parking Lot), UML’s old West Campus of two emerging We thank [Lowell Rep.] Tom Golden on Princeton Street, the corner of industries— and the legislature for that.” Perkins and Aiken Streets in the nanomanufactur- Lawrence Mills site and an area near The state’s Division of Conservation ing and biomanu- the National Park Visitor Center in and Recreation (DCR) has been in facturing,” says Lowell’s Hamilton Canal District. charge of the facility, which has needed Sen. Steven C. Diana Prideaux-Brune plumbing and other significant capital Panagiotakos, a member of the The building is only one element of improvements for a number of years. conference committee that crafted the the campus’s $266 million master plan, DCR closed the facility last fall due to final legislation. “This will capture for which the Trustees also approved. the unsatisfactory conditions. Skinner the region the jobs of the future.” For more information on the plan, said transfer arrangements between visit www.uml.edu/masterplan. The new law appropriated $21 mil- DCR and the University could take up lion and approved state bonding of $14 to 90 days and that it would be a while million for a nano- and biomanufactur- before visible improvements could be ing facility on campus. “The University made. He suggested that over time,
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Can Masks Prevent a Students Will Benefit From Nuclear Partnership Pandemic Flu? Prof. Milton Nuclear Engineering Company Sponsors Scholar-Interns Chosen to Answer the Question Eight engineering students will have monetary support, mentoring and It’s an image everyone remembers from the meaningful work experience through a new Scholar-Intern corporate SARS epidemic: women and men going about partnership agreement with the Francis College of Engineering. their daily business wearing surgical masks. But do masks work? Shaw Stone & Webster Nuclear, a subsidiary of The Shaw Group Inc., will support the program with grants of about $20,000 annually – providing According to Work scholarships for as many as eight students. The program will offer Environment Prof. Donald students tuition assistance and opportunities to gain practical engineering Milton, M.D., “We know experience and access to mentors throughout the company. The state will pretty well that surgical match the cost of tuition: about $1,500 annually for each student. masks do not protect you from someone who has The agreement is part of a strategic hiring plan by Shaw Stone & influenza. But masks might Webster Nuclear in support of their expanding nuclear engineering and work if the person who has design operations in Massachusetts. Scholar-interns will be selected from influenza wears it.” the nuclear engineering program, as well as from mechanical, electrical and computing, chemical and civil engineering. The federal Centers for Donald Milton Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wants The sponsorship agreement was announced at a press conference Milton to find out if they do or not. They have marking the company’s opening of a new facility in Stoughton to better chosen him to evaluate the effectiveness of accommodate the company’s expanding nuclear workforce. The new masks in preventing the spread of pandemic Shaw Stone & Webster Nuclear office expects to hire an additional 400 flu. UMass Lowell will receive about $550,000 professionals at this location over the next few years. for the study. Shaw is a pioneer in the Together with researchers from the Harvard nuclear industry and recently School of Public Health, Milton will study the announced that it has joined way influenza spreads by looking at flu patients’ Toshiba Corporation in acquir- aerosols – as in, the spray generated when ing Westinghouse Electric someone coughs or sneezes. UMass Lowell’s Company, the world leader student health services will assist in the project in nuclear fuels, services and by identifying flu patients, as will Saints pressurized water reactor Memorial Medical Center in Lowell. Flu technology. Shaw holds a 20 patient volunteers, who will be compensated, percent ownership in Westing- will have the air around them collected, house and the two companies recorded and tested. have a long history of working together; with the acquisition, With the development of a vaccine against a Shaw now has a stake in every pandemic flu strain, such as bird flu, expected aspect of the nuclear industry. to take several months, the CDC has put $5.2 Prof. Gilbert Brown of the million into studying eight different non-phar- Dave Barry, left, president of Shaw Stone & maceutical ways to prevent its spread. The Chemical and Nuclear Webster Nuclear, and Engineering Dean John Ting has signed a partnership agreement for awards to the researchers -- five from universi- Engineering Department, and coordinator of the Nuclear scholar-internships for up to eight engineering ties and research institutes across the U.S., one students. With them are Rep. Stephen Lynch, from New Zealand and another from Hong Engineering Program, says, third from left, and Shaw Group CEO Jim Bern- “Shaw Stone & Webster’s hard at a ribbon cutting for an expanded nucle- Kong—are aimed at scientifically evaluating ar facility in Stoughton. those methods. growth is part of the renais- sance of nuclear energy engineering options in the power industry. I espe- Milton, who has an extensive background in cially want to thank Dave Barry, president of Shaw Stone & Webster, and aerobiology and asthma research, is looking Michael O’Connell, who is a project manager with the company and forward to the work. “We’re going to get some a member of our departmental advisory board, for their work in developing really exciting results from this,” he predicts.
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this partnership. It will benefit our students and the house emissions. We are hopeful that others will follow company.” UML’s model,” said Eric Friedman, director of state sustain- At the press conference, T.M. Bernhard, Jr., chief executive ability at the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. officer of the Shaw Group, said, “We are especially pleased to participate in the UMass Lowell scholarship program, which Assistive-Tech Design Fair Packs reinforces our commitment to supporting educational oppor- Cumnock With Ingenuity tunities in the markets we serve and allows us to nurture Cumnock Hall auditorium was packed—that was the first young nuclear professionals as the industry grows.” impression for visitors to the annual Assistive Technology The Shaw Group is headquartered in Baton Rouge, La.; Design Fair. Each project on display told a compelling story with over $4 billion in annual revenues, Shaw employs of someone in need and young people who used creative approximately 22,000 people at its offices and operations energy and sustained effort to meet that need. worldwide. The Design Fair is sponsored by the Francis College of Engineering and led by Douglas Prime, director of K-12 Outreach educational outreach for the college. In four years, it has grown from a few teams at two nearby schools to more than 100 students from a dozen schools across the state. “The quality of ideas and choice of projects just keep get- ting better and better,” says Prime, whose own enthusiasm seems boundless. “Did you see the mobility rocker? The Swampscott team created this modified skateboard with a pivot device that fits on a wheelchair for a boy with muscle spasticity; he can push down to exercise. They solved the problem, and it’s beautifully produced and cool looking.”
Vice Chancellor of Facilities Diana Prideaux-Brune receives citations from members of the State House delegation, from left, Sen. Steven Panagiotakos, Rep. Kevin Murphy and Rep. Thomas Golden.
University Honored for Green Efforts UML has been honored for its environmental leadership by the Lowell State House delegation and state and federal environmental agencies. At a reception in Cumnock Hall, Sen. Steven Panagiotakos, Rep. Thomas Golden and Rep. Kevin Murphy lauded UML for being the first state agency to purchase renewable energy. Panagiotakos said, “In the area of renewable energy and having a social conscience, this is far and away the best agency we have in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” Students from Swampscott High School with a Mobility Rocker exercising device. The University has signed a three-year contract for renew- able energy certificates. The amount of energy purchased will The program begins with an introductory event in January, account for approximately 13 percent of the electrical load on in which participants gain an overview of the design process. campus. This is also enough energy to power all of the Univer- After the teams submit their problem statements and sity’s dorms. begin working, the next milestone is the design review. Also on campus to honor UML were representatives of the Working engineers from M/A-COM (a division of Tyco Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, the Environmental Electronics) and Teradyne volunteered to visit the partici- Protection Agency and an organization called Think Energy. pating schools and conduct reviews, a process that “the “No campus has done more than UML in reducing green-
12 UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 CampusNews students found tremendously help- Society, the Lowell Museum ful,” says Prime. “They had to pre- Corporation and the Boston and sent and defend their solutions; it Maine Railroad Historical Society. was a real engineering review.” Martha Mayo, the librarian of Besides being a source of great the University’s Center for Lowell satisfaction for the students and History, joined Lowell Tech in the their coaches, the Design Fair is mid-1970s as special collections attracting corporate and University librarian and moved to the French support. This year’s sponsors were street location in the late 1980s the Tyco Electronics Foundation, when the library partnered with 3M Touch Systems and Philips Med- the Mogan Center. ical Systems, as well as the College “We’ve really built up our family of Engineering. In addition, Dean history collections so we get a lot of John Ting has established a Dean’s local people in here,” she says. “We Scholarship for entering freshmen UML’s Chef Olan Horne shares cooking also get e-mails and calls every day duties with CTI’s Karen Frederick. who have participated in the pro- from people all over the country gram: a four-year renewable grant at asking for information about family Lowell Farmers’ Market $2,000 annually. history or history of the city.” Gets Gourmet Fresh produce in downtown Lowell History Center Works Mehmed Ali, director of the Mogan Center, says, “The Mogan’s took on a new twist this year. At the in Partnership With local farmers’ market, lettuce and Mogan Center primary focus is the local communi- ty. We work on local history, cultural tomatoes were joined by spicy spring Some members of the UML com- preservation and programs and oral rolls, Mediterranean salad and munity might be unaware that part history projects. The purpose of the sumptuous salsa. of the University’s main library is Mogan Center is to be able to UML’s Center for Health and Disease not on campus. attract high-level academic study Research joined forces with Community The UMass Lowell Center for as well as grassroots community Teamwork Inc. (CTI) to present the Lowell History, an 8,000-square-foot programs.” 26th annual farmers’ market. Located facility over two floors, is located at In addition to the History in Lowell’s JFK Plaza, the market sold 40 French St., where it functions in Center, the University also plays an locally grown produce every Friday partnership with the Patrick J. active role in the work of the Mogan through mid-October. Mogan Cultural Center. Center through its representation In an effort to expand the market and The mission of the Mogan on the Center’s Cultural Center promote the many health benefits of Center, part of the Lowell National Community Committee. Of the eating fresh produce, organizers added a Historical Park, is to tell the “human committee’s 10 members, three series of cooking demonstrations to the story” of the city through the are UML faculty or staff. weekly market, featuring chefs from area development of exhibits, projects The University also has been restaurants. The chefs were joined each and programs. involved in educational activities at week by a local celebrity who rolled up his or her sleeves and helped with the The University’s Center for the Mogan Center through a variety slicing and dicing. Lowell History, which began as of means, including Continuing a special collections section of Education classes, the Learning in Among the restaurants represented Lydon Library, helps the Mogan Retirement Association and the this summer were Mambo Grill, La Center carry out its mission. In Tsongas Industrial History Center. Boniche, Ricardo’s Café Trattoria, addition to being a repository of Bianco’s Catering and Cobblestone’s. University archives, it also houses Some of the local celebrities numerous collections—including who took part were Mayor William those of the Lowell Historical Martin, members of the Lowell City Council, and Nancye Tuttle of The Sun.
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health network and services,” Colleges - Health Doyle says. But the average number of clinical lab science/medical technology gradu- ates is only about 5,000 a year while the projected need is more than double that number. In addition, 72 percent of board certified medical laboratory personnel are 40 years old or older, with the average age being 47. The University’s certificate program is designed for laboratory professionals and public health informatics special- ists or administrators now working in or with experience in a public health career or related science field.
SHE Researchers Receive Stecchi Awards First Annual Scholarship $5M Federal Grant Former dean of the School of Health and Environment Jan Stecchi, center, UMass Lowell has received a $5 celebrates with the recipients of her First Annual Janice M. Stecchi Scholarship. million, five-year grant under the Kristin Palladino, left, and Doreen Duquette were chosen based on their National Institutes of Occupational academic excellence and desire to be actively involved in health care. Safety and Health’s Centers for Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce initiative. The grant was University Introduces pandemics such as avian flu present one of only two awarded nationwide Public Health Laboratory a need for trained public health out of more than 60 applications. laboratory personnel. But there is Scientist Graduate The grant is for the creation of the a documented shortage of these Certificate Center for the Promotion of Health in professionals in Massachusetts and the New England Workplace. It will be To help satisfy a critical need for throughout the nation. qualified public health laboratory implemented under the direction of scientists, the Department of Clinical Work Environment Prof. Laura Pun- Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences nett with assistance from Lenore has established a graduate certificate Azaroff of Work Environment, Lin course in that area. Zhan of Nursing and Nicole Cham- The program began this fall and Prof. pagne of Community Health and Kay Doyle, chair of the department, Sustainability—all departments in the says plans call for it to go online even- University’s School of Health and tually so that it will be offered, literally, Environment (SHE). UML researchers to students across the country. will collaborate with the University of Connecticut’s health promotion “This is the first program of its kind research team. in the country and perhaps in the Kay Doyle world,” she says. “It has always been easiest to achieve safer and healthier workplaces by “In these times of natural disasters Concerns about bioterrorist attacks implementing preventive measures, and biological and chemical terrorism, post 9/11, the threat of disease epi- such as ergonomically designed work it’s essential that we have clinical lab demics from natural disasters such as stations or patient-lifting devices for Hurricane Katrina and worries about scientists who understand the public
14 UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 CampusNews nursing homes,” says Punnett. “At the same time, the workplace has become a Lewis Awarded $150,000 NIH Grant common location for health education Asst. Prof. Erika Lewis, a hand therapist consul- and health promotion activities. This tant in the Department of Physical Therapy, has center will combine the expertise of been awarded a $150,000 grant from the National both types of health professionals in Institutes of Health for the first phase of a research order to learn whether we can be even project regarding “conformable” splints. more effective. These grant funds will permit us to take a much broader and Lewis says a conformable splint is one in which more inclusive approach to promoting the splint material is heated to custom-make it to fit health as well as preventing disease the patient. The objective of the research, she says, and injury.” is to produce a material that is easier and faster to work with, and is less expensive than materials cur- Erika Lewis In announcing the grant, U.S. Rep. rently being used. Marty Meehan said, “A healthy work- force is vital to maintaining our com- “If these goals are achieved it could decrease the hand therapist’s time spent petitive edge in the global marketplace, fabricating and adjusting splints in the clinic, resulting in an increased num- and UMass Lowell will be leading the ber of patients seen. My role as a hand specialist is to test the material in the way in promoting workplace safety clinic on subjects and conduct a survey of hand therapists to determine their and health among New England’s opinions about the new material.” expansive workforce. I am extremely Anna Galea of Infoscitex in Waltham is the principal investigator. pleased that UMass Lowell was able to secure this highly competitive $5 million grant.”
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3. 4. THE HOGAN YEARS: Four Decades of Reinvention As Professor, as Dean and Finally as Chancellor, His Legacy Was Transformation
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t was the fall of 1992, the start “There is an absolute need to produce a broad spectrum of of William T. Hogan’s 11th very well-educated people, and to capture the talent in this state, year as head of the Universi- educate it and keep it so we can compete with other countries.” ty—though only his first as — William T. Hogan Ichancellor of the newly formed It was to be Bill Hogan’s finest hour. well-educated and well-trained.” UMass Lowell. The region remained Calling on the century-old tradition of gripped by recession. All along Route The goal was met, then exceeded. James T. Smith’s Lowell Textile 128, technology companies were laying Throughout the 1990s, in a myriad of School—which had come into being as off workers; Wang Laboratories, a projects and initiatives the University a means to revive Lowell’s late-19th- month earlier, had filed for bankruptcy, took on in cooperation with the city— century textile industry—he dedicated threatening nearly 5,000 local jobs. the Riverwalk, LeLacheur Park, the the University to a new vision: that of Already, three years earlier, there had Tsongas Arena, the Lowell Summer a sustainable regional economy, rooted been layoffs at the Music Series, the expansion of the in the development of a skilled work- University. State Tsongas Industrial History Center— force, working in safe, environmentally funding for public the Chancellor led the way in fostering friendly plants to manufacture products higher education a relationship that would become a that would be competitive in the had plummeted; the driving, defining force in the growth larger world. higher tuitions that of the Merrimack Valley. resulted were driving “There is an absolute need,” he said And those were only the external enrollments down. It at the time in articulating this rede- measures. More quietly, on the campus fined mission, “to produce a broad was a perilous time. A young Dr. Hogan, then itself, a series of research and economic professor of mechanical spectrum of very well-educated people, The new president engineering. partnerships were being formed that and to capture the talent in this state, of the UMass system was a man named laid the groundwork deeper. The Cen- educate it and keep it so we can com- Michael Hooker. In September of that ters for Regional Economic and Social pete with other countries. The only year, only months after being hired Development (RESD), for Commercial possible chance we have of producing a himself, he issued a challenge to the Ventures and Intellectual Property and robust economy over a long period of University: to recast itself as an engine for Sustainable Production, as well as time is to produce a continuous, for the region, to marshal its education- the Toxics Use Reduction Institute unbroken flow of young people in our al, research and outreach resources to (TURI) and the Demonstration professional work force who are both renew and sustain the local economy. School, a tri-lingual elementary school
1. Dr. Hogan confers an honorary degree on the late U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas for his leadership in Lowell’s redevelopment. 2. Dr. Hogan with Gov. Mike Dukakis at a development site in the 1980s. 3. The Chancellor with Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills. 4. The Chancellor celebrates with a member of the Board of Trustees at the formal inauguration of UMass Lowell in the fall of 1991. 5. Dr. Hogan addresses the crowd outside Cumnock Hall at the formal creation of UMass Lowell. 6. Dr. Hogan, with Lowell City Manager Brian Martin, left, City Councilor Eileen Donahue and U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan, stands at the yet-to- be-developed Brownfields site in the early 1990s.
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run in partnership with the city—each of these, separately and together, created a symbiosis between the community and the University that could have been forged in no other way. As the Chancellor perceived it, there were two models for his mission. One was the old Textile School. The other—even more fundamentally—was the University of Massachusetts itself, created in 1867 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and charged at the time with the twin goals of training would-be farmers and advancing the limits of agricultural sci- ence. It was in that same role, adapted now to allow for modern technology, in which he saw the University. “What I had always wanted to do,” he would say years later in reprising his thinking, “was to provide the leadership to recast Lowell in that model, only dealing with the technology of the day. Land grants [in the 1860s] built an agri- cultural economy. My real hope was that we could mimic that, reach out to make a difference.” “He had a vision, and he kept a very close eye on it,” says UMass Lowell Inter- im Chancellor David MacKenzie, who took over the University’s leadership when William Hogan left in June and The Chancellor, with Gov. William Weld, right, and Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci, at the will remain until a permanent replace- UMass Lowell inauguration in 1991 ment is found. “There were people, over the years, who were ready to give up on this University, who saw it as mediocre and unable to rise to the task. And it had to be hard sometimes, to convince those people otherwise—it’s hard to herd all the cats in one direction…. “But he made it happen. With his vision, and the force of his personality, he marshaled the forces, he silenced the skeptics—he put us in a position to be a force for the region, to be promi- nent in technology and the sciences for a long, long time to come.” Others feel the same. “There is tremen- The Chancellor with UMass Lowell professor and economist Michael Best, center, dous support for Chancellor Hogan from and U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan the local business community, from the
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7. Chancellor Hogan at a conference with alumni and business leaders Edson DeCastro, left, and Frank McKone 8. The Chancellor talking strategy with Gov. Michael Dukakis and Lowell City Manager James Campbell. Vice Chancellor Frederick Sperounis sits nearby City of Lowell, regional leaders and For ULowell and for the region, later. A year or two later, with the others in the Merrimack Valley,” those were times of unparalleled accrediting of Industrial Technology, UMass President Jack Wilson wrote growth. With the arrival of Wang Labs every program in the College of Engi- two years ago in an evaluation of the in 1978 and the re-industrialization of neering—for the first time ever—held Chancellor. “UMass Lowell is seen as a Massachusetts, there had come a national professional accreditation. vital, stabilizing presence in its region, demand for engineers—and computer And finally, in the fall of 1989, the one that works actively toward improv- scientists, office managers, nurses, clin- attainment of among the dearest of ing the quality of life.” icians and programmers—the likes of William Hogan’s goals: the colleges of Hogan had been trained as an engi- which had never been seen in the Mer- Liberal Arts and Pure and Applied neer. In the fall of 1963, with an MIT rimack Valley. Between 1975 and Sciences—both designations left over doctorate, fresh off a stint with the 1985—the first decade in the life of from pre-merger times—were joined to Army rocket development center— ULowell—enrollment increased close form the College of Arts and Sciences, which followed two years with GE— to 60 percent while the engineering with a chemistry and a history professor he arrived at the Lowell Technological school more than doubled. By the end as co-deans. Institute, not yet 10 years old, as a pro- of the 1980s, applications had grown to more than 7,000 a year. The Graduate Then came the recession. Jobs left fessor of mechanical engineering. He the area; education funding was cut, moved up quickly: dean of the College School, all the while, was growing as never before—from 242 master’s enrollments plummeted. At the of Engineering 10 years after his arrival, University, in 1990, there were then, two years after that—when degrees in the first year of the Hogan presidency to 720 12 years later. layoffs in nearly every department— Lowell Tech merged with Lowell State the most painful series of decisions, the College in ’75 to create the University As the numbers rose, the quality of Chancellor would say years later, he of Lowell—vice president of academic education more than kept pace. In ever had to make. So painful he took steps to ensure he would never have to “There is tremendous support for Chancellor Hogan from the make them again. local business community, from the city of Lowell, regional leaders “It devastated him to do that, to let and others in the Merrimack Valley.” those people go,” remembers Superin- — UMass President Jack Wilson tendent of Grounds John Murphy. affairs. Six years later he became June 1982, a year into Dr. Hogan’s “He hated it—he told me so himself. ULowell president, which he remained presidency, the New England Associa- But he had great foresight. Right then, through the next decade. In 1991, tion of Schools and Colleges awarded he made arrangements to put money when the university joined the UMass the University a 10-year accreditation, away to cover any [future] shortfall, system, he was named chancellor of the its maximum allowable. The College of so that when it happened again it newly formed school. Management was accredited five years wouldn’t cost anyone his job. And it never did…
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“He didn’t have to do that. As a working person, I really respected that.” By September 1991, two years into the recession, when Gov. William Weld signed the bill that would give birth to the five-campus UMass system, it had almost become a matter of joining forces in order to survive. But the chancellor envisioned some- thing brighter than survival. The new merger, he wrote, would offer students “one broad comprehensive research 9. university [to] support the entire
spectrum of intellectual, academic, 9. The Chancellor sharing some laughs over lunch, with, from left, History Prof. Mary Blewett, scientific and professional programs, and Joyce Denning and Dean Bergeron, professors emeriti. giving students an opportunity to it all, that that imperative would be the system works—and those are valu- pick from a wide array and a high level fruitless without a robust social struc- able functions. And then there are of quality…” ture—that the community as a whole, the actual leaders. William Hogan Soon after came Michael Hooker’s with all its needs and problems, was far was a leader. He took charge. He had challenge. Already by then, though, too complex to approach with simple visions, and he found ways to make the first building blocks were in place: technical solutions. them work. the Council for Regional and Industrial “I think this was how the Board [of Development, to centralize research Trustees] viewed him—as being a lead- resources toward the goal of economic er, as having a sort of CEO mentality— growth; the Institute for Plastics Inno- and it was why they respected him so vation, the first research center in the much. He was a force. Not only for U.S. dedicated solely to plastics tech- the University, but for the region as nology. Later would come the Center a whole.” for Advanced Materials, the Center for Health Promotions, the Center for The recession of the early ’90s came Family, Work and Community, TURI, and went. Well before the turn of the RESD and half a dozen more. millennia, both the University and Dr. Hogan with his granddaughter, the region were again solidly on their “Bill Hogan, despite all the economic Ella Tomaino, a perennial presence in the feet—and William Hogan, by then Chancellor’s office in Cumnock Hall. problems and budget constraints, took approaching his seventies, was once this campus and made it into a world- “That was Bill Hogan’s great again redirecting his focus. The class research university,” says UMass strength—the articulation of this Tsongas Center, a joint venture with Lowell Provost John Wooding, who vision in focused and precise terms.” the city, had been completed in 1998; worked closely with the Chancellor There are two types of university four years later came the campus recre- during the final three years of his time chancellors, says Interim Chancellor ation center, a gleaming, state-of-the- here. “He gave us a mission—economic MacKenzie: art, $20 million facility that added development—and a vision through “There are the coordinators, who incalculably to the University’s drawing which to achieve it—the land-grant power. Then, earlier this year, came the tradition of service to the community. hold things together, who make sure And then he applied his will and applied his focus, and made that In honor of his 25 years of leadership, the University community has created the mission happen. William T. Hogan Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will provide financial support for students from the City of Lowell and the Merrimack Valley. Those interested in contributing “His vision was built around [the to this fund may call Danielle Covert at (978) 934-2218 or e-mail her at University’s] technical and engineering [email protected] for additional information. strengths. But he understood, through
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13. 10. Sen. Ted Kennedy and Rep. Marty Meehan in an early photo with the Chancellor. 11. NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff, center, in a light moment with his father and Dr. Hogan. 12. Dr. Hogan with Ray Stata, chairman of Analog Devices. 13. Dr. Hogan, second from right, in an early photo with Treasurer Raymond Rigney, Dean of Students Mary MacGauvran, ULowell President John Duff and the late Everett V. Olsen, LTI president. 14. Dr. Hogan speaks, as the late Sen. Paul Tsongas, second from left, and U.S. Rep. Chet Atkins await their turn. Ed Pershey, first director of the 14. Tsongas Center for Industrial History, is at far left. announcement of a $280 million plan Transformation Project and guided by of our understanding of the world’s for refurbishment and new construc- a steering committee that includes the complexities.” tion, to include an $80 million center provost, associate provost and a cadre UMass President Wilson, speaking for biotechnology and nanotechnolo- of UMass Lowell deans, the plan at the reception held last June in gy, a $23 million parking garage and seeks new ways to organize and deliver Alumni Library to honor the Chancel- $14.5 million for the renovation of knowledge; at the same time, it lor and bid him farewell, put it more buildings and dorms. encourages focused research and prosaically: promotes an updated, freshened image Academically, the initiatives have “He kind of invented this place,” of the campus. been at least as ambitious. Three years Wilson told the crowd. “And then he ago, in furtherance of the advances he “It’s a bold plan, with enormous reinvented it, and then he reinvented had pioneered already, the Chancellor energy behind it,” says Provost it again. And more recently he has announced a three-year plan, launched Wooding. “Through it, he has charged reinvented it again.” officially last year, that will expand us with taking his vision to the next interdisciplinary teaching, promote level—the transformation of our cur- interdisciplinary research and deepen riculum and pedagogy in such a way as the commitment to local communities to attract students and scholars, who, and cultures. Known formally as the hopefully, will be drawn to the depth
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Wilson Cites Interim Chancellor MacKenzie’s Dedication to Public Service In appointing David J. MacKenzie Interim Chancellor of UMass Lowell following the retirement of William T. Hogan earlier this year, UMass Presi- dent Jack Wilson said MacKenzie “has dedicated himself to public service and has always served with great distinc- tion. I have complete confidence in his ability to keep UMass Lowell moving in the right direction.” Commenting that Hogan left “big shoes to fill,” MacKenzie said, “I am honored and excited to accept this post. I have the utmost respect for what a great institution this is.” An initiator and enthusiastic supporter of campus events, Chancellor David J. MacKenzie MacKenzie, who lives in Wayland, kicked off a charitable jack-o-lantern extravaganza by carving the first pumpkin in front of was executive director of the UMass Cumnock Hall. Building Authority before being named by Wilson is seeking a permanent and Keith Motley, vice president of to head the Lowell campus on an Chancellor for the campus. business and academics. interim basis. In that capacity, he was The committee is chaired by UMass For a complete list, visit engaged in the development and Trustee and UML alumnus William www.massachusetts.edu/search/ construction of 37 projects consisting O’Shea, former executive vice committee.html. of dormitories, parking garages, president of Lucent Technologies and academic buildings, power plants MacKenzie says, “UMass Lowell president of Bell Labs. The members and athletic facilities for the five- offers programs recognized globally and include Chancellor MacKenzie and campus system. is committed to sustainable economic faculty members Susan Braunhut of development locally. The committee He has a bachelor’s degree from Wes- Biological Sciences; Julie Chen of appropriately reflects this range. leyan University, a master’s from Stan- Mechanical Engineering; Kay Doyle, From international business leaders ford University and a doctorate from Northeastern University Law School. “We were looking for someone to come in and absolutely He joined the UMass system in 1999, professionalize it; we asked David to take the Building serving as vice chancellor for Adminis- tration and Finance at the Boston Authority position . . . and he did a terrific job.” — Jack Wilson campus, then as interim chancellor in chair of Clinical Laboratory and Nutri- to the UMass Lowell student trustee, 2001 before Jo Ann Gora was named tional Sciences; Anne Marie Hurley of all are outstanding representatives Chancellor. From there, he accepted Mathematical Sciences; and Steven of their constituencies.” the Building Authority post. Tello of Management. Administration There is no definite timetable, “We were looking for someone to members include Athletics Director although Wilson has said that the come in and absolutely professionalize Dana Skinner and Associate Vice search is likely to take seven to it,” Wilson said. “We asked David Chancellor Joyce Gibson. Also serving 12 months. to take that position . . . and he did are Lowell Mayor William Martin, area a terrific job.” business executives and a local commu- At the completion of the search nity representative. Representing the process, the committee will provide While MacKenzie serves as interim UMass President’s Office are James Wilson with a final list of candidates. head of UML, a committee appointed Julian, executive vice president, He will then recommend a candidate to the UMass Board of Trustees.
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Chancellor MacKenzie Sets Goals for Academic Year
Following meetings over the summer with administrators, faculty In addition to strengthening school-opening formalities, MacKenzies’ goals include: and staff, Chancellor David J. Ⅲ Revise and balance the budget process and results MacKenzie put forward 14 goals Ⅲ Make strategic faculty hiring decisions for the campus for the coming year. Ⅲ Complete siting and schematic design of the Nano-Bio Center The first–“strengthen the Ⅲ Search for and hire a new chancellor start-of-school formalities”– Ⅲ Study and target retention activities was achieved in rousing fashion Ⅲ Improve campus IT wiring in September when incoming Ⅲ Conduct collective bargaining negotiations freshmen packed Durgin Hall for a Ⅲ Address internal charging systems for trust funds, etc. spirited event in which a number Ⅲ Create Focus Transformation Plan: cost estimates of speakers rallied the new students, Proceed with renovations including boathouse urging them to make the most of Ⅲ Establish Title IX compliance plan their years at UML. Ⅲ Ⅲ Make strategic improvements in diversity at the University “I encourage you–no, I implore Ⅲ Produce white papers for next chancellor you–to go beyond the academic and become fully engaged in the UML experience,” MacKenzie told the clothing, jewelry and other gear to add another item or two. members of the largest incoming sporting inspirational messages. “I believe it’s important to have class–1,184–in recent years. MacKenzie’s other priorities run the common, achievable goals for the cam- Pep talks also were delivered by gamut from budgets to the improve- pus to meet over the next 12 months,” Management Dean Kathy Carter, ment of the campus’s information he said. “Achieving these will prepare Dean of Students Larry Siegel, technology. the University for its transition to Student Trustee Heather Makrez and When he first introduced the list permanent leadership–and will Bert Jacobs, co-founder of Life is of goals, he called it a “working keep me focused on what we can Good, a company that markets document,” saying it may be necessary accomplish during my year here.”
Search Committee Considers Candidates for UML Chancellor Post A 21-member committee, established in August by UMass President Jack Wilson to search for a successor to Chancellor William T. Hogan, conducted a number of meetings and hearings during the fall semester. The committee, chaired by UMass Trustee William O’Shea, is made up of trustees, faculty, staff and community leaders. The panel has chosen David Mead-Fox of Korn/Ferry International as a consultant. Korn/Ferry specializes in corporate board, CEO and executive recruitment. At the campus information sessions, the committee asked attendees to offer their thoughts on qualifications for the next chancellor, and asked them to share their perspectives on issues facing the campus. Community viewpoints also have been solicited. William O’Shea, UMass “We’re getting constituent input from the campus and the entire community and are trustee and search putting it all together,” said O’Shea. committee chairman. O’Shea explained that the panel will gather a slate of candidates, both from those who apply and those that the committee approaches. The committee will conduct interviews and submit the names of the finalists to Wilson for a final decision and vote by the UMass Board of Trustees.
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Physical Therapy Department By Jack McDonough Celebrates 25th Anniversary Joe Dorsey Saw Himself in ‘The Kids’ for Whom He Created the Program
In one of the department’s earlier years, Prof. Joseph Dorsey demonstrates the operation of an aqua therapy device. This piece of equipment is no longer part of the department’s modern inventory.
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owell,” says Joe Dorsey, “was program, hiring Gail Harris in 1979. grams in the state, and we were one of the only place that would The following year he hired two more the first to do it.” “L talk to me.” faculty members, Barbara Cocanour Physical therapists work in hospitals, and Linda Kahn-D’Angelo, both of What Dorsey wanted to talk about outpatient settings, schools and private whom are still with the program as was establishing an affordable physical practices, she says, adding, “We’ve full professors. therapy program to serve eager students had alumni in just about every area who didn’t have a lot of money. The first class graduated in 1981 of the profession.” with bachelor’s degrees after earning At the time, back in the mid-1970s, One of those alums is Mary Ann between 140 and 150 credits, he was chair of Physical Education at Habinio, the chief physical therapist at considerably more than most other Boston State College where he had Lawrence General Hospital. She had degree programs. been a faculty member since 1968. taught school in Chicago and Andover “I did it because of the kids,” says but wanted to change “The kids wanted to take physical Dorsey. “They wanted it and I could careers to something therapy and I looked for a place to start see myself in them. They had no in the health field. it,” he says. Boston State didn’t have money and that motivated me. They The idea of physical the funds or facilities for such a worked hard. They were great kids.” therapy appealed to program. Three schools in the Boston her and, despite hav- area did have programs but they were No doubt the “kids” also thought ing to care for three private institutions and the tuition Dorsey was great. He created an afford- school-aged children, was more than Dorsey’s students able degree program for them and, over she enrolled in the Mary Ann Habinio could afford. time, raised it to the graduate level. Finally, before retiring in 2002, he full-time program at UML. “I thought of my own background, established the doctoral program in She also had applied to Boston when I had no money and wanted to physical therapy (DPT). University’s program but Lowell was go to school,” says Dorsey, who grew more convenient and, “Besides,” she up in a hardscrabble neighborhood in Dr. Susan O’Sullivan, now chair of says, “my student loan was a lot less Baltimore, one of eight children. After the Department of Physical Therapy, at UML. graduating from Douglas High School, explains that the move to the post- he joined the Marines, served a tour of baccalaureate level began in the 1980s “My professors were all fabulous experts in their fields, knowledgeable “I did it because of the kids, they wanted it and I could and interesting individuals. I felt see myself in them,” says Dorsey. well prepared for the licensing exam and equally confident that I would duty in Korea and then used the GI with the increase in faculty base, land a job without any problems Bill to finance his undergraduate facilities and clinical affiliations. after graduation.” education at Springfield College. The first class of entry-level master’s students arrived in 1990 and, After unsuccessfully trying to inter- 12 years later, physical therapy est the UMass Medical School in a PT became a doctoral program. program, Dorsey contacted Trudy Bark- er, dean of the College of Health Pro- UMass Lowell is still the fessions at the University of Lowell. only public institution in She was receptive to the idea and, in Massachusetts to offer a degree 1976, Dr. Joseph Dorsey (who, by that program in physical therapy. time, had a master’s degree in educa- “Nationwide, there has been tion from Northeastern and a doctorate a plan to move the program to in exercise physiology and kinesiology a clinical doctorate,” O’Sulli- from Boston University) came to van says, “to make it consis- Lowell to establish a physical tent with other professional therapy program. programs such as optometry, The first class—22 students— podiatry and pharmacy. There Steve Coppola enrolled in 1977. Dorsey directed the are seven physical therapy pro-
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Physical Therapy Alumni Scholarship fund. The monies raised will be used to support graduate education students in the DPT program, with eligibility based on need and the potential for leader- ship in the profession. Speakers at the event included Professor Emeritus Dorsey, Prof. O’Sul- livan and Pauline Ladebauche, director of Academic Administration in the School of Health and Environment, representing Dean David Wegman. Joining Physical Therapy Department founder Joe Dorsey, fourth from left, at the department’s In discussing the program in the 25th anniversary celebration were, from left, Louis Coiro ’82 and Becky Meier Dempsey, Kath- leen Maffa-Krailo and Ginny LaFreniere, all from the class of 1981, PT’s first graduating class. weeks leading up to the celebration, O’Sullivan pointed out that the pro- In addition to PT, the University ing alumnus who “believed wholeheart- gram’s development has matched also offers an undergraduate program in edly in what the University could help national trends, in that it has moved exercise physiology (EP), the study of one achieve” and who supported the from a bachelor’s to a master’s to a doc- the influence of exercise on the func- school financially. toral level; that 98 percent of graduates tions of the human body. Up to 60 In October, the Department of passed the national licensure exam in percent of the students in physical Physical Therapy celebrated the 25th the most recent three-year reporting therapy come through the exercise anniversary of its first graduating class period; and that every student has physiology program. with a reunion celebration at the found employment within six months Steve Coppola, who completed both Brewhouse Cafe and Grill in Lowell. of graduation. undergrad EP and graduate PT, says, “I In a letter of invitation, signed by all “We have an excellent program here got one of the best educations a student 10 faculty members, the department and we have excellent students. And could ask for, with the topping being announced the formation of the we have a quality product that we, the faculty, are very proud of,” she said. “Professors like Susan O’Sullivan and Barbara Cocanour and others gave me tools beyond what an average graduate physical therapist had.” — Steve Coppola
that it was affordable. I was able to pay off my loans in five years when most of my friends were still deep in debt. “Professors like Susan O’Sullivan and Barbara Cocanour and others gave me tools beyond what an average graduate physical therapist had. I felt prepared going out into the real world and being effective at making a difference in a patient’s health and wellbeing.” Coppolla opened a clinic in Con- cord, N.H., in 2004 and a second one 18 months later in Manchester. He named the “tremendously successful” Celebrants at the PT anniversary event included, from left, former Chairman Joe Dorsey; Concord clinic in honor of his late Jan Stecchi, former dean of the College of Health Professions; Department Chair Susan brother Andrew, an electrical engineer- O’Sullivan and Pauline Ladebauche, director of Academic Administration in the School of Health and Environment.
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Doug Prime, left, and Fred Martin have teamed up with Michelle Scribner-MacLean on a new educational By Sandra Seitz outreach project. Collaboration + Inspiration = Multiplier Effect
Scribner-MacLean balances the team Here is the recipe for educational outreach with maximum effectiveness: with an emphasis on assessment. She • Take two 30-something guys who are still kids at heart. talks comfortably of summative assess- • Add advanced degrees and intellectual rigor. ment—“at the end of the project, a • Add one or more collaborators with equal energy. snapshot of skills learned;” formative • Stir together until ideas ferment and fizz. assessment—“during the project, in • Season with experience. order to differentiate instruction, refine • Heat with ample funding. the goals and enhance the individual • Stand back! The brew can be both intoxicating and addictive. learner’s experience;” and embedded assessment—“items or activities that Or turn the kids loose and add infor- red Martin, assistant professor collect information about student mas- mation as needed? in the Computer Science tery of the skills you’re trying to teach.” FDepartment, and Doug Prime, And they are very, very effective Prime and Martin joke about what to director of K-12 outreach for the Col- at what they do. lege of Engineering, are the crazy duo call her within the team—“She’s our For their latest endeavor, they have of creativity. Sometimes they call conscience.” “Maybe she’s our super- teamed up with Michelle Scribner- themselves Frick and Frack, and being ego.” “We call her the glue.” Scribner- MacLean, visiting assistant professor with them can be as exhausting and MacLean takes it in stride, saying, of science and math education at the exhilarating as watching an Olympic- “They’re so great at brainstorming— Graduate School of Education, and class ping-pong match. it’s never boring to work with them.” have won a $1.3 million grant from the In all their educational outreach and They finish each other’s sentences. National Science Foundation (NSF) research, separately and together, both for a project that supports online engi- They carry on a running debate Martin and Prime emphasize the messy neering design programs for students in about project-based pedagogy: basic and chaotic nature of scientific investi- Lowell, Lawrence and Boston. instruction before the design problem? gation, in which curiosity leads to
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questions and investigations, and the show, after-school clubs and an answers are not known in advance. interactive community of learners— This is very different from what Martin even a full-scale assessment plan. refers to as the “confirmation experi- Scribner-MacLean says, “It was all ments” that are so common in science passion and excitement and pie-in- classes, where the experiment simply the-sky. We were going to create this verifies a known scientific principle. wonderful hands-on science program. “Science is rigorous, but not orderly,” We were flying high.” says Martin. Scribner-MacLean agrees. Says Prime, “Then NSF just abso- Besides teaching courses in elementary lutely pummeled our proposal—though math and science education, she serves I still think it was a great project.” “It’s a running battle,” says Martin, right, on the fifth grade MCAS committee “but friendly” as he and Prime argue about the balance of instruction and exploration for the state. Scribner-MacLean says, “Well, the best thing we did was all three go to in the workshops. “About 25 percent of the MCAS test Washington and talk to the NSF peo- create modern electronic equipment, is composed of questions in science, ple directly. They critiqued it kindly controlled by microprocessors. technology and engineering,” she says. and told us to focus on one area, on a The partnership with Machine “But teachers are afraid of this area. smaller project. At the time, though, Science adds a unique capability, They’re concerned about their knowl- we were pretty depressed.” according to Martin. edge base, that they don’t know enough. Really, science is mostly about With NSF encouragement, the team He says, “The founder of the compa- asking questions and exploring for took stock and developed a new, more ny, Sam Christy, is an inventor and answers, so we need to get people modest proposal that was successful. totally self-taught in electronics. He’s comfortable with the messing around With Martin as principal investigator, developed an on-line technology aspects of science.” they have obtained a three-year, $1.3 with linear learning modules that are million grant for a project named integrated with active programming. “Messy” is a good description of the “ICODE, Building an Internet You can type code on the website and origins of the project that was just Community of Design Engineers.” the project resides on your desktop funded by NSF; the story is, perhaps, computer. It’s unique—nothing else an object lesson to other bright young The project is an innovative plan for does that.” researchers with good ideas. expanding after-school science and technology education, working both The activities will combine on-line It started with Mister Cricket, an with school systems and with commu- content with sets of materials on-site. animatronic construction of Prime’s that is based on the Cricket processor, “We want to teach kids what engineering is—it’s fluid, a device that Martin co-invented at ever-changing and creative.” — Michelle Scribner-MacLean MIT. In a sense, Mister Cricket embod- ies the Martin-and-Prime partnership, nity groups such as Girls Inc. and the The project modules will begin with and the admiration they have for each Boys and Girls Club. The online sys- rather detailed directions for hands-on other. Says Martin, “I was impressed by tem will support engineering design learning, leading gradually to more the talent Doug has using just craft programs for students in grades 7 to 12, open-ended projects, as students and materials to make something that real- reaching more than 175 students from teachers develop their skills and ly works.” Says Prime, “I loved the Boston, Lowell and Lawrence over knowledge. Through the website, Cricket! It’s so simple to use, even three years. students can share project ideas, upload fifth-graders can do the programming.” designs and stories, critique the work UMass Lowell is partnered with of others, look for feedback and One night, Prime dreamt that Mister Machine Science Inc., a non-profit ask for help in solving problems— Cricket was part of a TV science show educational company in Boston that becoming, in effect, a community of that introduced kids to hands-on has developed high school-level design engineers. invention. He shared the dream idea programs using an array of project with Martin and Scribner-MacLean kits and on-line resources. The “We want to teach kids what engi- and soon they had crafted an ambitious students use hardware and software to neering is,” says Scribner-MacLean. proposal to NSF involving a television “It’s fluid, ever-changing and creative.”
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Fred Martin and Doug Prime are DesignLab —an after school Some of the the first to point out that research and program (started in 2003) of DesignCamp workshop sessions are reserved outreach are team endeavors. hands-on design activities—is for “girls only.” Prime got Martin involved in the model for a program of state DesignCamp and together they’ve and national dissemination. developed and led workshops called The replication program will Animatronics and Tech Creation; they include technology invention have plans for a new one on wearable kits, instructional DVDs and electronics—a sort of high-tech fash- web-based support for teachers. ion. Martin got Prime involved with Expansion funding comes from a research group at the University of the Noyce Foundation, the Bremen and together they run work- Board of Higher Education shops on the connection of computer and private contributions. science, education and fine art; they are helping the German group start a DesignCamp program. Each has worked with other faculty, staff and community organizations to develop and sustain projects. Each has inspired the efforts of teachers and caught the attention of In DesignCamp—a summer program grant-funding agencies, foundations started in 2000 with just 55 students— or philanthropists. Prime taught all four weeklong Some examples: workshops himself. Since then, Artbotics—an NSF-funded project DesignCamp has served 7,000 young- (begun in 2006) led by Asst. Prof. sters, has reached a steady level of Holly Yanco of the Computer Science corporate and foundation funding and Department, with Fred Martin, Asst. has taught 100 teachers in Introduc- Entrepreneur Mark Gelfand, seated right, Prof. HyunJu Kim of the Art Depart- with Doug Prime, left, and Provost tion to Engineering courses funded by ment and Jerry Beck, director of the John Wooding, has made a philanthropic Raytheon. DesignCamp High Tech Revolving Museum. The project commitment to DesignLab. was added to reach more advanced includes summer and after-school pro- Mark Gelfand, entrepreneur and co- high school students. grams, and new undergraduate courses. founder of Intex Solutions Inc., has Best of all, teachers, students and Prof. Linda Silka, director of the Cen- committed a total of $280,000 over their parents love it: “I can’t wait to go ter for Family, Work and Community, five years in personal contributions to to college and learn all about this stuff.” the project evaluator, wrote: “Imagine a the project. Gelfand keeps pictures on “I like how you could think of something, group of diverse students (high school, his cellphone from his visit to Design- then build it. It was a lot of fun.” “My college, art, computer science) all coming Lab and says, “They’re to show people kids loved the camp and were inspired to together to find new ways to bridge the what I want to do for kids, so they can continue projects at home.” “It was so gap between computer science and the design, create and build. Creativity is involved and interesting that my son arts. Only with the creative leadership of not just about art and culture, it’s about wished he could stay into the evening— talented faculty like the Artbotics team science and problem solving, about he said the day felt like two hours long.” would it be possible to design experiences using instruments to learn beyond their for students that enable them to envision own senses. I want kids to be more new opportunities.” grounded, more exposed to the compli- cated world around them.”
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Joe and Sandy Gandolfo, right, followed closely by son Dave Gandolfo and wife Andrea, as participants in the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America three years ago.
Joe Gandolfo: Biking the U.S., Traveling the WWorld—Butorld—But Never Far From His Roots by Geoffrey Douglas
is two favorite subjects, it to no credit for his two years in Boston. years with GE, during which he seems, are his days as a kid He took the deal: wrote off the two worked—depending on how you count Hin Swampscott (“We played years and began again from scratch. them—nine different jobs in five a lot of stickball, had a lot of fun”) and To cope with the financial end of states, and rose from line worker to the motorcycles that are his passion things—there had never been a lot of general manager of North American today. But the route Joe Gandolfo has money—he took a job as Smith Hall manufacturing, responsible for the pro- carved between the two is a story all its floor proctor, which lowered his tuition duction of every TV set under the GE own—with as many switchbacks and by half. A year later, he was made and RCA labels built anywhere on the diversions as the odyssey he’s just head student proctor—living now in continent. Then 10 years with Mattel, completed on his Harley. Eames Hall—then resident proctor, where, as president of worldwide manu- with responsibilities for every on- He grew up in Swampscott’s Italian campus dorm. section, where his dad owned a used- car lot, then a cocktail lounge. He In the meantime he’d gotten attended Holy Family Church just married—which you’d think would put across the line in Lynn—where he met a damper on dorm life. But no. His new the woman he would marry—put in his wife, Sandy, by midway through junior four years at Swampscott High, then year, was Eames Hall’s “unofficial left to attend a technical college in mother hen.” Boston. He struggled there, he says (“I As before, he struggled as a student. Joe, flanked by his sons, Dave and Steve, wasn’t much of a student”), and left celebrates the Patriots’ victory at the Super- This time, though, he prevailed. By the Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., in January 2005. two years later without a degree. That time he graduated in the spring of 1966 facturing operations, he was responsible could have been the preface to a life— with a degree in electrical engineering for the output of some 2,400 products it has prefaced many others. Instead it and a job offer from GE, he had made in 18 plants in seven countries, marked the first big turn in the road. the Dean’s List twice. accounting for $5 billion in sales. He came to Lowell Tech for an inter- The story of Joe Gandolfo’s successes Today he is happily—though not all view, where he was told he could have after college has been told in these that tranquilly—retired. As of press- a place in the freshman class but next pages already (Fall 1999). Twenty-four
30 UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 more as time passed, I was feeling the need to give back.” The giving got started in the late nineties, with a gift from Mattel, of $5,000, to replenish the student emer- gency-loan fund, which, for personal Joe, second from right, with his sons to his right, and several fellow reasons was dear to Gandolfo’s heart. bikers, somewhere near Jerome, Ariz., in November 2005 It then continued a year or so later with time for this magazine, he and Sandy If you forced me to choose between golf his own gift, a scholarship funding of had just returned from a 14-day safari and my Harley, the Harley would win about $35,000. Since his retirement in in Kenya; not long before that, he fin- every time.” 2000, the pace has picked up: there is roughly $150,000 in the fund today, the ished a 7,600-mile trip on his Harley: But there’s more to life for Gandolfo interest from which defrays $1,000 of from Idaho cross-country to North than golfing or safaris or buzzing around the tuition payments of each of the Carolina, back across to South Dakota on bikes. When he isn’t traveling, he’s four students—all of whom are from before heading west to Vancouver and apt to be sitting in on a board meeting Massachusetts, and from, or near, the finishing in Washington state. It’s a somewhere—he’s on the advisory board North Shore. trip, for some, that would last a full at the UML Engineering College and summer. It took him 25 days. at Teradata, a division of NCR, and a “It’s always seemed to me that the One of Gandolfo’s great joys, he says, member of the board of directors of Red University’s philosophy has been kind is the bike trips he takes with his sons, Envelope, an Internet company. And of directed toward the middle-class, the Dave and Steve. As of early October, his generosity isn’t all reserved for his working class. I appreciate that. The kids who benefit from what we give are “I was a working-class kid. Without Lowell Tech and what I learned kids like I was, North-Shore, working- there, there’s no way I would have had the success I’ve had in life.” class kids who would have to really he was days away from embarking on grandkids: four engineering students at scratch to raise the costs of tuition. another of these, this one a road-trip to UMass Lowell today are here at least So the $1,000 can make a real Phoenix, which, as the crow flies, is partly on his tab, and the number difference in their lives.” roughly 200 miles from his home: “But could be rising. He is not a man whose rise through we’ll be covering close to 1,600 miles— life has caused him to part ways with because it’s not about the distance his past. His post on the engineering or the destination. The fun is in the advisory board keeps him in regular trip itself.” touch with the University. He When he isn’t on his Harley or some- remained close to his old Lowell Tech where on the other side of the world, friend Len Shaevel, a fellow resident he’s apt to be in his motorcoach, with proctor, until Shaevel’s death 15 years Sandy and the grandkids—he has ago. And the next trip he has planned two—cruising the highways between is to the island of Kauai, where he’ll go campgrounds or national parks. Or he’ll with an old Swampscott buddy who be dirt-biking with the family, often an retired recently himself—as fire chief for the town of Swampscott. adjunct to the motorcoach trips. Joe Gandolfo and his family at a recent gath- Or he might be on the golf course: the ering at his home in California: Joe is in the And if you ever needed to know what Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho rear, holding grandson, Tyler, with his wife, he once did for a living, you could just Sandy, to his right with grandson Travis on Mirage, Calif., where he lives just off her lap; his son Dave is at right next to his consult the plates on his Harley— the 14h hole. wife, Andrea; his other son, Steve, is in rear, “TOYMKR”—although that will be with his wife, Jean, on the arm of a chair. “I like to travel,” he says. “And I changing soon, in deference to his enjoy golf. And I like to stay busy when “I was a working-class kid. Without retirement. The next time he registers I can. But motorcycles are my passion. Lowell Tech and what I learned there, a new bike, his status in life will be there’s no way I would have had the officially updated: success I’ve had in life. And more and “XTOYMKR.”
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2. Cape Cod alumni enjoyed a clambake at the home of Frank and 1. Alumnus Frank McKone ’56, left, and Tonita McKone Tonita McKone. Seated, from left, are Paul Werzanski ’67, welcomed UMass Lowell Chancellor David MacKenzie (not Margo Werzanski, Prof. Krishna Vedula, Aruna Vedula, pictured) and UMass President Jack Wilson to their home on Nicole Picciotto and Jim Picciotto ’84. Cape Cod for an alumni gathering this past July.
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3. Joe Blonski ’78 and Debbie Hauser ’80 were amoung the Northern 4. Southern California alumni gathered to California alumni gathered at a cheer on the Red Sox during a game against Red Sox vs. Oakland game on the Anaheim Angels on Aug. 24. 7. Aug. 28.
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7. Reunion alumni MaryJo Roberto Spinola ’66 and Frederick Obear ’56 chat at the homecoming luncheon, held at the campus recreation center. 6. State Teachers alumni, and husband and 5. Class of 1956 reunion committee wife team of Arlene Orenstein Forte ’56 and member, Bernie Shapiro, welcomes Daniel Forte ’57, enjoyed their return to back fellow classmates to campus for campus for the reunion festivities, which their 50th college reunion. included a campus tour and homecoming luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 14.
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9. Jane Fredette Gallagher ’56 receives her reunion diploma 8. Class of 1956 reunion committee members presented the University with a from Interim Chancellor MacKenzie. check for more than $500,000. This gift is the total giving from members of the classes of 1956 and 1966 over the last year and a half. From left, are Brian Andriolo, associate director of Development, Patricia Regan Howe, 11. Gerald Gallagher, Clementine Flomp Alexis, Jane Fredette Gallagher, Barbara Fairbanks FitzGerald, Irene Beaupre Harrington, Fred Obear, Frank McKone and Bernie Shapiro.
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11. Reunion alumni enjoyed dinner and dancing at this year’s 10. Gil DiLoreto ’56 State Teachers joins the band for a crowd- celebration. Seen here on the dance floor are Richard Hoeske pleasing number. ’66 and Chris Hoeske.
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12. Members of the Class of 1956 State Teachers College at Lowell celebrated their 50th college reunion during fall festival weekend.
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13. Members of the Class of 1956 Lowell Technological Institute get together again for their 50th college reunion.
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14. Members of the Class of 1966 Lowell Technological Institute celebrated their 40th college reunion.
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15. Members of the Class of 1966 Massachusetts State College at Lowell at their 40th college reunion celebration.
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Lowell City Manager, a ’78 Political Science Grad, is Committed to Professionalism, Fiscal Restraint “Government is a busi- experience, pre-empting any within a structure Lynch refers to as a ness,” Bernie Lynch told expectations of City-Hall “culture of professionalism.” reporters not long after cronyism. Two months later, “We never played the political hiring he took over the reins as he announced he will cancel game in Chelmsford,” says a long-time Lowell city manager late health-insurance benefits for Chelmsford selectman who was among last summer. “It’s the members of appointed boards those who hired Lynch to his former people’s business. We have and commissions, saving the post. “Politically, getting away from a responsibility to make city as much as $300,000 a that is the best thing in the world for sure every dollar spent year—a controversial move, everyone. Bernie [as Lowell city man- is maximized.” but one that seems in line ager] will get away from that.” Bernie Lynch, ULowell with paring a $5.3 million So far he has remained ’78, the new Lowell deficit. Lynch, who continues to live in true to that credo. Less city manager Chelmsford with his wife, Gina, than three months into Lynch, who comes to and youngest son, Peter, earned his his tenure at City Hall, Lynch, a 1978 the Lowell job following 20 years as ULowell degree in political science, ULowell graduate, has managed to ease Chelmsford town manager, has earned then went on to earn a master’s degree worries of a major purge, at the same a reputation for fiscal restraint and in public administration from UMass time tightening the city’s purse strings open government—as well as innova- Amherst. Dean Bergeron, an emeritus and telegraphing his intentions to tion, simple efficiency and a some- UMass Lowell history professor, make his administration accessible. times-fearsome game of golf. His legacy remembers him well: of accomplishments in Chelmsford is Only a week into his new job, Lynch “He was one of those that you just reversed a predecessor’s stricture on city impressive: the consolidation of town government, construction of a new knew—this kid is going to be successful employees talking to the press; at the at whatever he decides to do.” same time, he made plain his intention senior center, police station and library, to make appointments based solely on the redesign of the town center. And all of it done without patronage, and
Two UML Faculty Members Selected for Special System Recognition; Profs. Ting and Duffy Win President’s Award for Public Service Two UML faculty members, among only six across the entire UMass system, have won the President’s Award for Public Service. They are John Ting, dean of the College of Engineering, and Prof. John Duffy of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Ting was recognized for his outstanding record as a scholar and a leader, and the significant effort he has made to obtain external research funding. Duffy was honored for his global outreach and advocacy in the fields of solar power and sustainable energy use and design. The awards were presented in December at The University of Massachusetts Club in Boston. In announcing the selections, Interim Chancellor David J. MacKenzie John Duffy John Ting said, “I extend my sincere congratulations to Prof. Ting and Prof. Duffy for this special award and their outstanding service to the University.”
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etting bodies – dead ones – Once back in Swampscott, she was the perhaps the biggest enrolled at Boston University and, Gchallenge Trudy Barker with the help of scholarships, earned faced during her 14 years at Lowell. both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. After teaching nursing at Lynn Hospi- But she had problems with live ones, tal and at a diploma school in Maine, too, including doctors, administrators she was accepted into the Health of competing institutions and even a Education doctoral program at BU building maintenance man. where she encountered opposition She prevailed in the end, however, from men in the program. establishing the University’s Nursing “You’re married; you’ve got a family; Program, becoming dean of Health you’re just fooling around. You’re not Professions and, ultimately, gaining the going to use this degree,” she said they respect of peers who had once subject- told her. They were wrong. ed her to bedpan jokes in the cafeteria. Barker was awarded a doctorate in Gertrude F. (Trudy) Barker, who Gertrude (Trudy) Barker 1967 and received a call from Daniel retired from the University of Lowell O’Leary, president of Lowell State in 1981, died Nov. 14 at the age of 89. doctor came on the floor, we all jumped up out of our chairs and stood College, who wanted her to establish a Born in Swampscott, the daughter of at attention. . . If you dropped an baccalaureate nursing program at the a real estate salesman, her dream of a instrument or anything in the operat- school. This initiative, said Barker, college education died with the stock ing room, they would scream and met opposition from Lowell General market crash of 1929 and the Great throw things. . . They were terrible Hospital, which had its own program. Depression that followed. She had to to us.” Still, she persevered. settle for a three-year nurse training “I needed new faculty, new equip- program at Salem State Hospital. Trudy Barker survived that “terrible” experience, graduated in 1938, married ment and more money. The whole “Nobody would have believed what and had two children. She worked state college was run on a shoestring,” we went through,” she said in a 1988 occasionally as a private-duty nurse she said. She credited O’Leary with University of Lowell Magazine inter- and, later, when the family moved to being very supportive, but added, “If he view. “We worked 12 hours a day, six California for a short while, as a doc- did get upset, it was over money.” days a week and a half-day on Sunday. tor’s assistant in a small clinic. On another front, Barker said, “I had We just worked like slaves. . . When a
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“You’re married; you’ve got a family; you’re just fooling around. You’re not going to use this degree,” Trudy Barker said they told her. They were wrong. to fight against the isolation of nursing “When I first came that year I would In the end, Barker had to go to all majors from other undergraduate go to lunch in the college cafeteria, all the funeral homes in Lowell to find students. They wanted to put all the I heard was, ‘Pass the bedpan’ and ‘Will someone who would donate a body. nurses in one English class, all in one you take my temperature. I don’t feel She eventually found a case in which history class, because it would be well.’ . . . It was all those jokes about the family of the deceased didn’t have easiest to program their schedules that nursing that make you feel sort of the money to finance funeral services. way. I fought and fought against that inferior. It was humor but it was An agreement was reached in which because that is not what the students a putdown.” the college would pay the $500 came to college for; they might as well The Nursing Department was first set burial expenses in exchange for use be in a hospital setting.” up in Concordia Hall but it outgrew of the cadaver. While the trend in nursing was those quarters in about three years and “So, after the legal documents were toward a baccalaureate degree, she said, moved to a house on Wilder Street. set, (the cadaver) was finally delivered “The East was very slow changing. The It was there that the maintenance to the cold room, and it was just like doctors were the worst. They said, ‘We man said, “Now I’ve left all the mops it was made of gold. It was just an don’t need anybody who’s going to tell and all the brooms and the equipment enormous event, Barker said.” us what to do. We just need somebody in the closet and you girls can take care When Lowell State and Lowell Tech we can control.’ So the doctors were of the building.” became the University of Lowell in the very apprehensive about any nurse “That was just so typical,” said Bark- mid-1970s, O’Leary announced that coming in who knew anything beyond he was going to make Barker dean of routine nursing procedures.” er, “because we were all females. I said, ‘Look, if there were all men here, would a College of Health Professions. The Recruiting faculty for the new you ask them to clean the building? college would include clinical laborato- program was a problem, too. Of course you wouldn’t. That’s ridicu- ry sciences and the master’s program in “The No. 1 difficulty was the loca- lous. We’re not doing anything.’ ” medical technology. tion of Lowell State,” she said. It’s just Eventually, the Nursing program “The dean of the College of Pure and that much farther from Boston that moved to the newly built Weed Hall. Applied Science was absolutely sure people had to have great incentive that he was going to take over nursing “The demand for the program kept to come. And it was a new program, and med tech. The dean and I were growing and we were turning them too much work, too much worry, too fighting constantly. It finally came to a away,” she said. There was a terrific much responsibility. point where no one would give in and demand for physical therapy because we agreed to disagree,” she said. “My best move was to hire May there were always jobs for them. Futrell.” Trudy Barker’s scrappy and distin- “The biggest stumbling block in my guished career at Lowell drew to a close Futrell didn’t have a doctorate at whole 14 years was the difficulty in in 1981 when she retired as dean of the time but she had nine years of getting a cadaver for the dissection Health Professions. baccalaureate experience at BU and, required by the physical therapy said Barker, “the minute the state board program. Not one medical school in heard that May Futrell was in the pro- the United States would let us have gram they gave us certification with a cadaver.” open arms. She was a life saver.” Even though Barker had a doctorate Donations to a nursing scholarship in Trudy Barker’s honor may of her own, she said she found the fac- be sent to UMass Lowell, University Advancement, Southwick Hall 250, ulty and administrators condescending 1 University Ave., Lowell, MA 01854. Those wishing more information to her as a nursing educator. may contact Caitlin O’Brien in the UML Advancement Office at (978) 934-4805 or [email protected]
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Men’s and Women’s Teams Compete in National Cross-Country Event The men’s cross-country team, which this season became the first-ever Div. II or III team to win the New Eng- Ruben Sanca land Championships, placed 16th at the NCAA Div. II championship held in Pensacola, Fla., in November. Meanwhile, the women’s cross- country squad placed 20th at the same national event. River Hawk sophomore Ruben Sanca of Boston finished 44th overall in the Florida race with a time of 30:41.5 over the 10K course. The field consisted of 24 teams and 187 runners. “To finish 44th overall as a sopho- more is great,” said Coach Gary Gardner. “We’re very pleased with Ruben’s performance. He ran a very Nicole Plante strong race. He got out real well and held on.” “Finishing anywhere in the top five in a time of 24.51. In capturing this On the women’s side, Nicole Plante, is massive,” said Gardner, “But second crown, the River Hawks defeated a senior from North Adams, placed is something special.” the likes of Boston College, Harvard second overall with a time of 20:15.6 and Yale. for the 6K course and earned All- At the New England Champi- America honors for the second onships, which pits Div. I, II and III “We were hoping to finish in the top straight year. schools against one another, Sanca led four or five and hadn’t really thought the men’s team with a fifth-place finish about actually winning,” said Gardner.
River Hawk Is Now a Bird of a Different Feather The River Hawk, the logo of UML’s athletics teams, has Merrimack River. The secondary logo, used when a smaller had a face lift. image is required, is a fierce-looking river hawk head over Fans now see a more animated and fiercer bird than the white and blue letters. original hawk that was created 12 years ago. “The River Hawk nickname and logo has served the Unveiled recently by the Athletics Depart- campus well since it was first developed in 1994, ment, the redder, more modern looking but this is a fresh opportunity to re-introduce hawk appears on the floor of the our athletic programs to the community,” says renovated basketball court in Costello UML Director of Athletics Dana Skinner. Gym, on all department letterheads, The primary color for the athletic logo and eventually will be seen on all has changed to red, with reflex blue and uniforms and other athletics apparel. white used as complementary colors. As The year-long project was guided by uniforms are replaced, the new logo will Phoenix Design of New York. The prima- be incorporated until all uniforms carry the ry logo includes a red and blue river hawk same look. soaring over water representing the
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UML’s Newest Sport Is Out of Sight UMass Lowell’s newest sport is not very spectator-friendly. The latest athletic endeavor is underwater hockey, which Mechani- cal Engineering Prof. Chris Niezrecki brought to Lowell in 2005 from the University of Florida, where he also had started a club. “It’s unlike any sport,” he says. “You’re trying to compete while holding your breath, which is very unnatural.” The 20-minute games require The Field Hockey Team Helps Others swimmers, wearing snorkels and fins, The field hockey team rebounded from its recent loss in the NCAA Semi-Finals to maneuver a three-pound, nylon- by helping others... they volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity building site coated lead puck with foot-long sponsored by the NCAA in Pensacola, Fla. hockey sticks along the bottom of a pool. The objective is to propel the puck into an unguarded goal. The Field Hockey Team Bows in National co-ed team is made up of graduate Semifinal After 18-5 Season and undergraduate students, and even faculty. The women’s field hockey team posted an 18-5 season record but fell, 4-0, to Bentley College in the semifinal of the NCAA Div. II Field Hockey Despite its inexperience, the team Tournament at Brosnahan Park in Pensacola, Fla., in November. hosted a tournament last spring, drawing competitors from Montreal, The loss ended the stellar careers of six seniors from Coach Shannon Connecticut, Framingham and MIT. Hlebichuk’s first recruiting class. The six are Sara Hohenberger of Windham, N.H., Kim Villare of Chelmsford, Nicole Staiti of Barre, Lauren Jones of West Brookfield, and Candace Balbo and Megan Keating, both of Rockport. The seniors posted a four-year record of 81-28, which included four straight trips to the NCAA tournament semifinal and the 2005 national championship.
Women’s Ice Hockey Club Seeks New Members The women’s ice hockey club practices twice a week and has a number of games scheduled through February – but it’s still looking for new members. “We have players of all skill levels,” says team captain Kadie Migliarese. “As long as someone has an interest in playing, that’s all that counts.” Management Dean Kathryn Carter joins Opponents on the schedule include Babson and Smith colleges and Travis Tucker '94, David Gatti '92 and Fairfield University. U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan '78 at the Lowell Fund Donor Appreciation Night at the A club team that existed earlier broke up six years ago due to lack of interest. Tsongas Arena on Nov. 3. More than 800 donors enjoyed exciting River Hawk But a new group of hockey enthusiasts came together in 2004 to give it hockey action. UML skated to a 1-1 tie another try. against Boston University.
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Doris Gayzagian celebrated 1950 1965 1967 her 84th birthday in August in Daniel T. Koshak and his David Piligian retired in Jan- James J. Healy moved to an unusual way—by signing wife, Rhoda, celebrated 60 uary after a 20-year career in Singapore in 1997 and then her first book. The author of years of wedded bliss in June. the Air Force as a communica- transferred to Shanghai in “One White Wishing Stone: They were married in June tions engineer and 20 years in August 2004, where he serves A Beach Day Counting Book,” 1946 after U.S. military service the defense industry as a sys- as president of Grace China published by National Geo- and then headed off to Lowell tems engineer. He is traveling Ltd. James writes, “We have graphic, she read from and Textile school to create a and enjoying “the good life” traveled throughout Southeast signed copies of her book at the career and raise a family. Dan with his wife, Jackie. Asia and Australia and have Chelmsford Senior Center. writes, “It’s been a wonderful also been to five tourist desti- Doris is a member of several experience.” nations in China. In October writing groups and a regular we will do the Silk Road in participant in the Chelmsford China. We will fly to Urumqi Public Library’s poetry slam. and work our way east to Xian.” James still has a house in York 1973 Beach, Maine. Donald E. Labbe, P.E. of Invensys Process Systems 1971 received the 2006 ISA POWID Mark J. Cocozza has been (Power Industry Division) appointed to the board of Achievement Award at the directors of the Stride Rite 16th Annual Joint ISA Power Corp. He brings more than Industry Division/EPRI Con- 30 years of experience in the trols and Instrumentation Con- footwear industry, having ference. This is the highest served as chairman and CEO award of the Power Industry of Maxwell Shoe Co. Inc. Division, a group within the 1952 from 1998 to 2004, chief Instrumentation, Systems and operating officer from 1994 to Nine members of the Lowell State Teachers College class of 1952 Automation Society (ISA). 1998 and brand president from enjoyed an informal reunion at the Village Restaurant in Essex The conference, co-sponsored 1987 to 1994. Prior to joining this summer. They were, from left, Maureen Conlon Pierce, since 1991 by the Electric Maxwell, he spent 16 years at Mary Mooney Kelley, Lorraine Hurley Hassett, Anna Shelvey Power Research Institute, is Stride Rite, serving in a num- MacDonald, Joyce Polland Williams (rear), Janet Casey regarded as the key automation ber of managerial positions, Reinhart, Pauline Ganley Garnett, Marie Collins O’Connor and forum in the power industry. including president of its Pat Queenan Richard. The POWID award recognizes Sperry Top-Sider division. individuals for their outstand- ing achievement, original 1953 design application and special contributions toward the Don Finegold’s third mystery development of engineering novel, “The Pemberton Mur- concepts in the field of automa- ders,” has been published by tion for the advancement of Infinity Publishing. To learn electric power generation. more about the book visit Donald was also named ISA www.bbotw.com. Don writes fellow in 2005, one of that that since his retirement seven organization’s highest honors. years ago, after nearly 50 years His work in advanced control in the leather industry, he finds has also earned him the ISA’s writing an interesting pastime. E.G. Bailey award.
1956 David Killam has written a book of humor entitled 1958 “Fussin’s, Cussin’s and “The Girls of ’58 LTI” gather for a photo at one of their regular Chucklin’s: Things I ’uz get-togethers. They are, rear, from left, Elaine Garside Shepard, Written When I Wuz Smitten” Athena Letsou, Paula Molloy Petrone and Claire Vervaert (Paperback), published by Lemieux, and front, from left, Toby Koffman Hodes, Maureen Xlibris Corp. It can be ordered Cote Bobusia and Kathryn Connors Tymorek. on Amazon.com
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dependent with Suboxone – He successfully completed oral history interviews with the only medication approved Harvard Business School’s members of the Italian-Ameri- by the government to treat this Advanced Management Pro- can community who lived in dependence. In her spare time gram. Prior to becoming the the village and worked in the she enjoys traveling, fishing chief operating officer, he held second textile mill on the and is a full-time hockey the positions of chief financial site, the Lymansville parent with son, Zackary, and officer, treasurer and chief Wool Manufacturing Co. husband, Bryan. investment officer. (founded in 1885 by A. Albert Sack). Jim McDonough 1980 1981 Robert McCloskey, a certified Marianne L. Rousseau has 1988 Program Management Profes- been elected to the position of Stephen K. Baxter is a budget 1976 sional (PMP), joined the TSA, Member with the law firm of analyst at UMass Lowell. Prior Jim McDonough was recently Department of Homeland Douglas, Leonard & Garvey to his work at the University, named vice president of Opera- Security, in July 2006 after four P.C. in Concord, N.H. he was the assistant comptroller tions for Zippo Manufacturing years with Battelle Memorial Rousseau is a family at the Massachusetts Conven- Co., where he will be responsi- Institute in Arlington, Va. law attorney and certified tion Center Authority and did ble for Zippo’s manufacturing Prior to his tenure with marital mediator. some consulting work. and related operations. Jim Battelle, he spent 20 years in Anthony F. Lapolito was brings a wealth of experience to the Navy, as a Surface Warfare 1985 recently named vice president Officer. He retired with the Zippo, including past positions Judith A. Bessette attended of marketing for VidSys Inc. rank of Commander in of president and owner of the annual conference of the of Marlboro, a developer July 2002. Applied Products Development American Italian Historical of video management LLC; Senior VP of Global Jack Clancy has been elected Association (AIHA) in Orlan- software for the security and Engineering, Hasbro Inc.; chief executive officer of Enter- do, Fla., on Oct. 27 and 28. surveillance industry. and development associate, prise Bancorp and Enterprise She presented a paper based on Raipher D. Pellegrino is Dow Chemical Co. Bank, effective Jan. 1, 2007. her research of the historic tex- pleased to announce the merger Jack most recently served as tile mill village of Lymansville of his law practice with that of 1977 chief operating officer and has (North Providence), R.I. A Jeffrey Denner, forming Denner Wayne A. George has been served in leadership roles at the textile mill founded in 1809 by Pellegrino LLP, Counselors at promoted to manager of finan- bank since its formation in Daniel Lyman was the first in Law. Raipher is an experienced cial programs for V-22 Bell- 1988. He is a lifelong resident Rhode Island to incorporate litigator and business negotia- Boeing Program Office. In this of the Greater Lowell area with power (water) weaving in the tor. He is a former Springfield position he is responsible for all personal ties to many of the manufacture of cotton cloth city councilor, has been recog- government financial reports communities the bank serves. (1817). Her research includes nized by Lawyers Weekly as a associated with the V-22 Massachusetts Lawyer of the Osprey Program. Prior to join- Year 2002 and as a Mas- ing Bell Helicopter in 2004, 1981 sachusetts Super Lawyer by Wayne spent 15 years with Bonnie Comley and husband Stewart Lane are delighted to Boston magazine and Super Raytheon and, prior to that, 10 announce the birth of twin sons on August 14. Leonard James Lawyers of Massachusetts years with Sanders Associates. Lane weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was born at 4:30 p.m. and magazine. He has appeared on He and his wife, Kari, are brother Franklin Stewart Lane joined him weighing 7 pounds, 3 CNN and MSNBC as a com- active in their church where ounces at 5:45 p.m. They were joyfully greeted by sisters Leah, mentator regarding his land- Wayne also gives freely of his Eli and Harly. All are doing well. mark “sleepwalking” defense. time as director of Finance. They both enjoy their 3-year- 1989 old son, Carson. Carson’s older Steve Marchand has been brother, Peter, is 23. named mortgage loan officer in Butler Bank’s residential mort- 1979 gage department. Steve brings Linda Toomey-Corr has re- 12 years of related experience, entered the work force after including stints at Eastern Bank taking time off to raise her son, in Boston and MSA Mortgage. Zackary. Linda is a clinical liai- He lives in Methuen. son for Reckitt Benckisir where she educates and facilitates physicians being certified to treat patients who are opoid
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who were married while Cheryl Zaino graduated from 1991 he was stationed in Newport, Lesley University in 2002 with Michael A. Noble works R.I., have an 18-month-old a master’s in Clinical Mental full-time as a sergeant in the son, Nicholas. Dr. Rizos Health with a specialty in Town of Maynard Police may be reached at school and community. She is a Department and part-time as [email protected]. School to Work counselor at an attorney for the law office of Robert Newburyport High School. Blaine Defreitas in Maynard. 1992 J. Rafferty Lieutenant Commander Amy Blanchette Fitzgibbon 1993 Demetri P. Rizos, head of the and husband Robert F. Fitzgib- Greg Dunham recently was bon III ’92 welcomed their nephrology division at the with the company since 2000 named clinic manager at the second child, Alyssa Dee, on Naval Medical Center in San and has played a major role HealthSouth Braintree Reha- May 14, one day after son Diego, has been deployed to there in wastewater and storm bilitation Center in Milford. Robbie turned 3. Amy and Camp Arifjan and will work at water planning and removal, His duties include working with Robert celebrated their 10th the U.S. Military Hospital in was named to the post in June outpatient orthopedic patients, anniversary on Nov. 9. Kuwait for six months. The 2006. Woodward and Curran is and expanding the industrial base will provide permanent Robert J. Rafferty (’92, ’93) a consulting, engineering and rehabilitation services offered support facilities for American has been named by his employ- operations firm with offices at the facility, such as work troops in Kuwait, replacing er, Woodward and Curran, as throughout the U.S. It serves hardening, work conditioning temporary facilities that have one of the company’s newest both the public and private and ergonomic assessments. been used since the Gulf War. vice presidents. Rafferty, an sectors. Dr. Rizos and his wife, Susan, Andover resident who has been
Medford Natives Establish Scholarship for Hometown Students
Two sons of Medford have estab- “This is just the start. To have the lished a scholarship fund at UML to impact we want this scholarship to have, benefit Medford high school students we need more people to get involved,” as a way to give back to the two institu- says Burke, who is vice president of busi- tions that changed their lives. David ness development at Career Search, a Stordy ’90, MA ’93, and Jake Burke software company in Needham. ’89, ’90, MA ’92 say they hope to The two say that the involvement of encourage other alumni and friends of their wives—Jeanne Holland Stordy ’91 the University who live in or are from and Beth O’Brien Burke—in the decision Medford to contribute to the endow- to start the fund was vital. “This wouldn’t ment fund so more than one student’s David Stordy, left, and Jake Burke have have happened without their buy-in,” financial burden can be eased while established a scholarship fund for Medford high school students who want says Burke. they attend UML. to attend UML. The friends had been toying with the “Being a part of the UML community was very important idea of establishing the scholarship for several years. When to us. Equally important is the city of Medford community. they returned to their high school for their 20th reunion, Both our families still live in Medford, and we are happy to the plan finally gelled as they reflected on their roots. partner with the city, high school and possibly the mayor’s office to make this scholarship a success,” says “We both came from working-class families and we were of Stordy, senior vice president of operations for Sunbridge the first generation in our families to go to college. We both Health Care. attended UML on scholarships, too,” says Burke. “We didn’t want a Medford student to say, ‘I wish I could have gone to The friends, who have known each other since high college but I didn’t have the money.’ ” school, began the fund with a $30,000 donation, which mation or to contribute to the fund, contact includes a matching endowment incentive grant from the For more infor state. They hope to build the fund to at least $100,000 with Steve Rogers in the UMass Lowell Advancement Office at help from other alumni and friends. (978)934-4803 or [email protected]. Burke can be reached at [email protected].
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Terri L. Pastori has been elected to the partnership at Peabody and Arnold LLP, one of Boston’s oldest law firms. Terri is a litigator and rep- resents clients in employment, intel- lectual property, construction and other business matters. Terri and her husband, Nick Labbe ’93, celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary this fall. They live in Derry, N.H., with their two Labrador retrievers.
1995 Jeffrey Slomski recently moved from the newest school in his district to the oldest when he accepted the position of principal at the Arm- Alums Gather for Brews and Baseball strong Elementary School in West- A group of Lowell State College and Lowell Tech alums took in a Spinners game at borough. Jeffrey beat out 34 other LeLacheur Park this summer and then adjourned to the Brewhouse Café for libations. applicants for the position. His career path has been varied, having The group consisted of, front row, from left, Walter McGrail ’70, Ralph Bennett ’67, worked for a time as a senior sales Doug Anderson ’68, Bucky Boehm ’44, Jack McSwiggin ’70 and Joe Sacoco ’70; analyst for Rockport Shoe. second row, from left, Pat McLean ’71, Gary Hunt ’69, Jim Hunt ’63 and Bob Boehm Dennis Lucia of Consigli Construc- ’70; and third row, from left, Frank Georges ’62, Roger Landry ’67, John Moore ’67, tion is project superintendent for Fred Leahy ’67 and Jim McGuirk ’69. Not in the photo was Leo Creegan ’66. construction of the new UMass Lowell parking garage.
1998 Author, Teacher and Rock Singer, She’s the Sharla D. Collier Hennessey is a ‘New Easy Woman’ of Her Own Devising newly licensed real estate agent in Deborah Busser has been a busy woman this past year. A 1987 graduate of ULowell Massachusetts and has joined Kelly Realty Associates of Salisbury. She with a master’s (1995) from UMass Lowell, she taught here last summer as an adjunct specializes in assisting buyers and in the Psychology Department—a course titled Dynamics of Interpersonal Relations, sellers in the Greater Newburyport which is something of a spin-off of her newly published book. area. She is a Realtor and member The book, co-authored with Lynne Healey with artwork by Jane MacAllister of the Greater Newburyport Association of Realtors. Dukes, is “New Easy Women: Unleash Your Creational Pow- er.” Its message, says Busser, is “to inspire women to reconnect Richard W. Hubert married Erica L. Johnson ’03 on Aug. 21, 2005. with their innate knowing, create with passion, live with ease Their first child, Alexis Nicole and evolve for all.” It was released in September, in tandem Hubert, was born Aug. 3, 2006. with a gallery opening in Rye, England, featuring Dukes’ original artwork. 1999 The book, says Busser, “presents a perspective designed to George Koumantzelis reports that jumpstart discussion, connect women with the energy of the the music CD “Cosmic Podunk” has been released and is for sale. movement and help them build the lives of their dreams.” Deborah Busser Koumantzelis, founder of Aeolian As a complement to her teaching, writing and recent book Ergonautics of Gaithersburg, Md., tour, Busser’s activities in the past year have also included a gig as a singer with a rock says, “You’ve never heard anything like this before.” The six-song CD band—which she took on in connection with a Redbook article on fantasy fulfill- sampler includes musical selections ment—and trips to Iceland, Ireland, the UK and Cyprus, where she took part in ranging from classic Homeric hep- coach-training programs. tamic poetry to acoustic psychedelic In addition, she reports, “I’m also doing some professional speaking engagements on tribal world-beat. He says most of the musicians on the CD are UML ‘inspiring yourself’ and ‘personal leadership’.”
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2001 Twenty-six Miles for a Jeffrey J. Cosgrove has been married for three years as of June 2006. He Friend, and for a Cause recently bought a house in Leominster, When Brooke Crossman, the UMass and a dog, a white boxer. Lowell Honors Program coordinator and a 2002 graduate of the University, took part 2002 this fall in the Nike Women’s Marathon in Melissa A. Cote received her master’s San Francisco, she dedicated her effort in Public Health in May 2005 from the to a close friend, Chrissy Weldon, who Boston University School of Public was diagnosed with lymphoma in Health with a concentration in Social September 2005. and Behavioral Sciences. She also alumni. The album is available at passed the state licensure exam and Crossman, also managed to raise nearly cdbaby.com, and Koumantzelis’ received her Massachusetts teachers $4,000 for the Massachusetts chapter of the e-mail address is license in Health Education. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, whose [email protected] Team in Training Program was launched in 2004 the 1980s by another woman, Lucy Duffy, 2000 Milagros E. Carmona is a staff sergeant whose husband was diagnosed with Al Prescott recently accepted a first- in the Massachusetts National Guard. leukemia. place award for his company at the He was called to active duty in Worcester Polytechnic Institute Venture “The training has been quite a chal- August 2005 and is serving in Bondsteel, Forum’s Business Plan contest. Al is lenge,” Crossman says, “but it’s nothing Kosovo. president of Crescent Innovations compared to the challenge Chrissy and Inc., a biomedical company based in her family face on a daily basis.” Worcester, that is developing technolo- 2005 gies to treat TMJ disorders, degenerative Carlos Castillo is working on a Crosssman, who had never run more than joint disease, bone disease, fractures doctorate in literature and living in the six miles at a time before committing to and more. The company has received Houston area. train for the race, ran with a myriad of a Phase 1 SBIR Grant from the Matthew N. Raymo has been promoted purple ribbons attached to her shirt, each National Institutes of Health. to associate business analyst at CXtec in one with the name of someone who has Al resides in Westford. Syracuse, N.Y. CXtec is a global battled a blood cancer. provider of current and legacy network- ing, cable and voice technologies.
Miguel Lopez ’96 Promoted to Sergeant of Worcester Police Miguel Lopez, who earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from UMass Lowell in 1996, has become the first Latino officer to be promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Worcester Police Department. The 36-year-old Lopez, who assumed his new rank in September, has been assigned to the gang unit where he uses a computer database to keep track of gang members. When he took the entrance exam 15 years ago, Lopez says, “I thought it would be a fun job but I never believed it could be what it is today. I love it.” A native of Worcester, he is fluent in Spanish and has often helped fel- low officers learn basic Spanish phrases. That led him to the idea of writing a handbook, “Tour of Duty: Spanish for Law Enforcement,” which is on sale in police supply stores. It teaches simple phrases such as “calm down” Sgt. Miguel Lopez
and “drop the gun.” (Telegram & Gazette photo) But Lopez prefers to be known as a police officer first and an Hispanic policeman second. “I know I’m a police officer and I know my heritage is going to make it a lot easier to help certain segments of the community,” he says. “But my whole identification is not surrounded by being Latino or Hispanic.” Lopez and his wife have two children.
44 UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 AlumniNews Two Tournaments and a Road Race Combine Fun With a Cause Alumni and friends raised $30,000 for scholarships in three faithfully return every separate annual traditions in the summer and early fall. The year to honor their Thomas Chamberas Annual Golf Tournament, the David J. former coach, Jim Boutin Memorial Golf Tournament and Jennifer’s Run, a 5K Stone. The tournament, road race, all brought alumni and friends together to remem- which this year was ber special members of the UML community and raise funds won by a foursome led for athletic scholarships. by Jack Kinsman of In July, the 10th-annual Thomas Chamberas Tournament Andover, is named for attracted about 90 golfers to the Wentworth by the Sea David J. Boutin, a UML Country Club in Rye, N.H., to raise funds for the Thomas baseball athlete who died of cancer while at Chamberas Memorial Scholarship Fund for UML track ath- Alumnus Terry McMahon’s company, letes. The tournament was won by a foursome led by Danielle the University. Alum- Mass Mutual Financial, was the corporate Brideau ’00, while a team led by former track coach George nus Terry McMahon of sponsor for the David J. Boutin Memorial Golf Tournament. Pictured are (from left): Davis came in second. The tournament contributes $16,000 Mass Mutual Financial was the corporate McMahon, former Red Sox short stop each year to the scholarship fund, which awards a scholarship Rico Petrocelli, Marty Piper and to an incoming freshman who is supported for his or her sponsor for the event. Paul Durand. entire four years. Thomas Chamberas was a gifted UML Jennifer’s Run, a 5K road race named in honor of Jennifer track athlete and businessman who died in 1994. D’Amour ’98, raised $6,000 for scholarships to UML track The 16th-annual David J. Boutin Memorial Golf Tourna- and field athletes. D’Amour was a UML track athlete who ment, played at the Passaconaway Golf Course in Litchfield, died in a car accident in 1998. More than 150 people partici- N.H., in September, raised $8,000 for scholarships for UML pated in the seventh-annual event, including many alumni, baseball athletes. Great weather greeted the 110 golfers, family members and friends of the D’Amour family. Patrick which included three foursomes from the Class of 1967, who Morasse ’05 and Robin Osborne ’04 won the race.
UML Endowment Grows to $15.5 million UML is ahead of schedule to double For a new fund, the minimum gift is added $4.4 million to an endowment its endowment by 2009, thanks in part $25,000, while the minimum gift to that started at less than $1 million. to a matching program from the state an existing fund is $10,000. Several new scholarship funds have that gives donors even more reason to An endowment provides a critical, been helped by the PHEEIP match. support the University. Now two years steady stream of income to the Uni- Twelve faculty and staff members from into a five-year campaign to reach $20 versity. Endowed gifts are invested and the Plastics Engineering Department million, the University has added 51 only a portion of the interest earned each committed $5,000 for five years new endowment funds worth $4.8 mil- from these investments is spent each for scholarships to plastics engineering lion. The endowment now stands at year for academic purposes, including students and, thanks to the match, almost $15.5 million. scholarships, facility construction or that fund now stands at $100,000. Two “Our goal is to separate from other named chairs. The University of alumni, David Stordy ’90, MA ’93 and state public universities in terms of the Massachusetts Foundation manages Jake Burke ’89, ’90, MA ’92 used the health and size of our endowment,” UML’s endowment and recorded an PHEEIP match to create a $30,000 says Senior Director of Advancement 11.03 percent return for the last fiscal scholarship fund for Medford high John Davis. “We have the alumni sup- year, better than the S&P 500 return school students who attend UML. port to position UML’s endowment as of 8.63 percent. “What PHEEIP does is allow our second only to UMass Amherst.” Private fundraising at UML is still in mid-level donors to really make Helping the endowment push is a its infancy, starting less than 10 years a difference in their giving, especially state program called the Public Higher ago with the creation of an advance- when spread over five years,” Education Endowment Incentive ment operation that mirrored what says Davis. Program (PHEEIP) that triggers a 50 private colleges have relied upon for PHEEIP also helps reunion classes percent match from the state when an decades. A similar UML endowment establish significant scholarship funds endowment gift is made to UML. campaign ran from 1997 to 2001 and and encourages future giving.
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Feb 24 Annual Alumni Hockey Night April 24 UMass Night on the Hill UMass Lowell vs. Boston College Washington, D.C., Alumni Event Tsongas Arena, Lowell May 12 Computer Science 25th Anniversary Celebration March East and West Coast Florida Lenzi’s Millhouse, Dracut 17-20 Alumni Events May 10 UMass Night at the Pops March 17 UMass Day at Red Sox Spring Training Symphony Hall, Boston Fort Myers, Florida May 24 River Hawk Golf Classic at Sky Meadow March 18 Alumni Gathering at Red Sox vs. Orioles Nashua, N.H. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida June 1-2 Reunion Weekend Classes of 1957 and 1967 March 20 Mar-a-Lago Club Alumni Reception Palm Beach, Florida
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