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February, 1987 Volume 10, Number I

Editor El izabeth O'Neil 4 Reflection on the New Bryant Center Associate Editors Presidential Perspective Li nda M. Daniels William Rupp Alumni Association Executive Board: 13 The Bryant Center: President Settling into the new campus livingroom Joseph Ravalese, Jr. '54

First Vice-President Paula Pascone Iacono '69 17 - Graduate Review, Second Vice-President Michael Storti '64 21 special supplement Immediate Past President Robert Danielson '67 MBA '80

M embers-at-Large 22 Renovate, Equip, Operate: N. Richmond Alexander, Jr. '64 MBA '77 Planning for the KojJler Technology Center Russell Andersen '48 Clifford Carlson '49 Scott Clark '74 Alfred Corso '66 Thomas Davis '69 Robin Furey '88 Nelson Gulski '26 Karen Hoyt '81 5 Bryant Briefs Patrick Keeley Alan Lang '52 El izabeth Nawrocki '67 Barbara Papitto '83 10 Sports Audrey Pate MBA '82 Norman Roy '51 Arthur Rozzero '72 J. Edward Shea '70 MBA '74 William Sheehan '42 27 Class Notes Betsy Steiner '87 Lyle Wendell '66 Alumni Trustee 29 Graduate Class Notes Michael T. Martin '72

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Assistant Director Vacant BRYANT REVIEW (USPS 462-970) (ISSN 0892-D214) is published four times a year in S ecretary Carla Dubey February, May, August, and November for the Bryant College community. Publication offices are located in the Publications and Advertising Office, Bryant College, 450 Douglas Secretary Pike, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917-1284. Second class postage is paid at Providence, Barbara Lasorsa Rhode Island. Postmaster: Send address changes to Bryant Review, Bryant College, 450 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917-1284. Typography Bear Paw Composition, Inc.

Printing E. A. Johnson Company Quickly . .. Reflection on the New Bryant Center

Presidential Perspective by William T. O'Hara

· .. Bryant's annual Alcohol Awareness As I write, the sun reflects on the new Bryant In constructing this facility, the College Week was held October 20-24. Designed Center in such a way that the Center casts follows a long tradition of campus life. to sensitize students to the dangers of new rays of light on the Bryant campus. For Such centers for student gathering- often alcohol abuse, the series of events also me, these rays are symbols of a new era of called "student unions"- have always introduced students to alternatives to challenge for the whole Bryant community. played an important role in collegiate life. drinking. Free non-alcoholic beer, for The contemporary architecture and multi­ In 1815 and 1832, Cambridge University example, was available with every order level dimensions of the new structure are and Harvard College, respectively, estab­ of pizza at the student-run snack bar one signs of the ' 'new life " at Bryant as we lished student centers as a focal point for day. A wrecked car was located at the begin the new year. campus debate, and as a means of linking bell tower all week to graphically illustrate people's educational and social lives. the potential consequences of drunk On November 12, when we dedicated the driving. Guest lecturers, videos, movies Center, I mentioned that I am excited by Over time these centers became the loci of and a controlled drinking experiment also the signs of progress at Bryant. There is a broader campus and community activities. were featured. The week concluded with renewed commitment to many areas of And at Bryant, in reflecting on the center's an Alcoholics Anonymous open the College. These involve new student place and purposes, I see it serving stu­ meeting ... programs, intensive curriculum review and dents and families, alumni and friends, as increased faculty outreach to the corporate the College's "hearthstone"- the place · .. Former American Motors Chairman community. That outreach is obvious in where Bryant's hospitality and sense of Gerald C. Meyers was the Bryant College the new computer system established by concern for people will communicate the Forum speaker October 27. The forum our faculty for the Greater Providence essence of its warmth and friendship, and series brings the nation's leading business Chamber of Commerce, as welI as in its caring for students and parents. writers to Rhode Island's business leaders. numerous other projects. Meyers, author of When It Hits the Fan: My wish then, for the future, is that the Managing the Nine Crises of Business, The world is becoming increasingly more Bryant Center will truly be a vehicle for addressed an enthusiastic crowd at the diverse and complex, thus making our bringing us more closely together as a Omni Biltmore Hotel in Providence ... chalIenges for the next decade and beyond community. The College is the magnet more demanding than ever before in our which pulls our scholarly, cultural, and · .. The Kennedy assassinations were the history. To meet these challenges success­ social lives into a unity of purpose; the topic of a public lecture in Janikies fully, we must create and nurture an Bryant Center will serve as the instrument Auditorium November 20. Edgar Tatro, a optimal environment in which students for helping us bring our lives together as Massachusetts teacher and researcher into mature and develop intelIectually and one family. John and Robert Kennedy's deaths, dis­ personally. cussed new evidence he claims proves a I believe that you will share my sense of conspiracy led to their deaths. Tatro's pride and purpose in this new "hearth­ presentation included slides and actual Student interaction outside the classroom stone" of Bryant College. Please consider footage of the assassinations ... can be an important factor in the educa­ the Center your home and plan to use it tional process. The Center, for the first for your campus activities. Please visit · . . Judy Lito!/' associate professor of time in Bryant history, brings together in often- bring your children- and enjoy history, has published "American Women, one place student organizations, accom­ this vibrant new dimension of Bryant's 1898-1952" in Growth and Change: modates extracurricular activities and campus life. America, 1898-1952, a book by Kendall provides a location for educational, Hunt Publishing Company ... cultural and social events.

· . . Joan Marsella, professor of social science, participated in a panel discussion on a WLNE-TV (Channel 6) public affairs show in late October. The subject was defining and explaining the U.S. involve­ ment in Third World nations ...

4 Bryant Briefs

Six trustees named to board Very active in the alumni association and on the board, Renza is past president of Two alumni, two prominent women, and the alumni group and former chairman of two leading Rhode Island executives have the trustee's buildings and grounds recently been elected to the Board of committee. Among his activities are the Trustees of Bryant College. national and state societies of CPAs, the Cranston Housing Authority and the Bryant's newest trustees are 1958 graduate Rhode Island Public TV Authority. George E. Bello, executive vice president Renza lives in Cranston. and controller for Reliance Group Holdings, Inc., of New York City; Charles Katz, who received an honorary doctorate W. Carey, executive vice president and at Bryant's 1985 commencement, presides chairman of credit policy for Fleet over one of the world's most successful Financial Group, Inc., of Providence; mail order companies, with more than 1970 graduate John S. Renza, Jr., president $100 million in annual sales. A New York of Renza & Co. CP As, Inc., of Cranston; University graduate, Katz also holds an Lillian M. Katz, president of Lillian honorary degree from Mercy College. She Vernon Corporation, of New York City; has lectured at NYU and The New School. Monica H. Laurans, of Providence; and Among her interests are the Better Morton Smith, president of Morton Business Bureau, the Mental Health Smith, Inc., of Providence. Association and the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation. Bello has been employed by Reliance since 1968. He has worked also for McCall Laurans manages several investment Corporation, American Tobacco portfolios for members of her family, Company and Continental Baking which owns Roger Williams Foods of Company. Bello serves as a director for a Cumberland. She also does free-lance variety of companies, including Reliance, work as a translator and tutor in German, Days Inn of America, IPM Technology French and Spanish. Laurans holds an and Republic Health Corporation. A M.S. degree from Georgetown University distinguished alumni award recipient in and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College. She 1984, he lives in Stamford, Conn. has studied also at Middlebury College, Brown University and Bryant, and has Carey assumed the post of trustee in lectured at Providence College and Moses December. In addition to his position at Brown School. Fleet Financial Group, Carey is president of the commercial banking division of In addition to presiding over Morton Fleet National Bank, a principal subsid­ Smith Inc., Smith also is president iary of the holding company. Carey is a of Medway Marine Corporation of Colby College graduate and holds a Providence. Both firms are wholly­ master's degree in economics from the owned subsidiaries of Aetna Life and University of Maine. Active in Rhode Casualty Company. A 1937 Brown Island, Carey is a member of the boards University graduate, Smith is very active of International Appraisal Company, in Rhode Island. He is a trustee of Butler Hospital, the Rhode Island Miriam Hospital, the United Way, Council on Economic Education and the Providence Preservation Society, the Business Development Company of Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Rhode Island. He resides with his wife Rhode Island Arts Foundation in Newport. and two sons in Rhode Island.

Renza returned to the board after serving previously as an alumni representative. 5 Quickly . ..

Priscilla Angelo

· .. Who needs varsity football if you have Challenge accepted again Special Assistant Joe Piscopo? That was the Bryant College Student Programming Board's slogan to the President appointed from November 19 to 23 as it readied the Bryant once again issued a "challenge" for campus for another Unhomecoming, high school students to run their own Dr. Priscilla J. Angelo has been named Bryant's version of homecoming without busi nesses - at least for a day. And 15 Special Assistant to the President for a varsity football team. Bryant's third teams from Rhode Island and Massa­ Institutional Advancement at Bryant "Unhomecoming" was headlined by chusetts answered the call. College, it was announced by Dr. William comedian Joe Piscopo. A New Jersey T. O'Hara, president, in early January. native, Piscopo is famous for hi s Chariho Regional High School took first Angelo is the former associate dean of "Saturday Night Live" performances. His place honors and brought back the academic affairs at St. Lawrence University impersonations of Andy Rooney, Don personal computer offered to the victo­ in New York. Johnson and Joan Rivers, to name a few, rious team. Woonsocket High School also have garnered him a great deal of garnered second place while Lincoln High "Dr. Angelo is a highly regarded attention ... School earned third place in the contest. administrator with a broad institutional perspective gained from a variety of · .. Bryant is now affiliated with the Each team was made up of four students, administrative experiences," Dr. O'Hara Providence chapter of the American a faculty advisor a nd a Bryant student said. With the Vice President for Institu­ Production & Inventory Control Society advisor who helped the high school stu­ tional Advancement, she will be respon­ (APICS). Only the second academic insti­ dents interpret questions. The 15 teams, sible for the management of the division. tution to be affiliated with the group, divided into three industries, made 14 Bryant launched its student chapter with an management decisions, placed the infor­ Angelo began working at St. Lawrence in inauguration dinner and ceremony on mation into the computer using the 1968 as assistant dean of students. Three November 19. Ken Willette, deputy Bryant Management Program software years later, she was named associate director of the state Department of program "IMAGINIT," and then com­ director of student services, a post she Economic Development, spoke to the puted results. Each industry produced one held until 1978 when she became associate group about job opportunities and the winner based on the highest cumulative dean of academic affairs. As the outlook for Rhode Island. APICS strives net earnings. An overall winner then was university officer responsible for govern­ to foster and maintain high standards of selected based on the highest current ratio. ment and legislative relations and accredi­ ethics, ed ucation and attainment in pro­ tation, she reported directly to the St. duction and inventory control. The Schools sending teams included Barrington, Lawrence president. Providence chapter, in its 28th year, has Chariho, Cumberland, Bishop Feehan, more than 600 members from various Bishop Hendricken, East Greenwich, East A 1984 Fulbright Scholar in West industries. The organization provides Providence, LaSalle Academy, Lincoln, Germany, Angelo has been a visiting educational and job opportunities for St. Mary's Academy, Smithfield, South administrator for the University of students, including internships, seminars, Kingstown, Tollgate, Warwick Vets, and Pittsburgh's semester-at-sea and Chapman networking and award programs .. . Woonsocket. Barrington had been the College's world campus afloat programs. defending champion. She has traveled widely, including Asia, · .. The Bryant College Parents' Council, the Middle East, Africa, the Soviet chaired by Alan and Alice Deyoe, held Coordinating the Bryant Challenge was Union, Europe, and Canada. their first meeting of the 1986-87 academic management professor Ron DiBattista, year in conjunction with Parents' with assistance from Les laFond, vice Angelo holds a Ed.D. from the University Weekend. The highlight of the session president for student affairs, and profes­ of Massachusetts, an M.S. from Indiana was the introduction of the new Freshmen sors Ted Gautschi, Clarissa Patterson and University, and a B.S. from State Parents' Council members ... Wayne Lima. This year's student advisors University of New York, Oswego, with were: John Bauer '88, Colin Bishop '88, studies at the University of Vienna. · .. The Unistructure's Rotunda was Tom Cohen '89, Bob Conrad '89, Joe plastered with handmade campaign DeQuattro '89, Betsy Gardner '88, Susan posters and budding politicians seemed to Goguen '89, Dave Goodman '89, Dyana Kanevski '88, Diane Kelley '89, Gary 6 Miller '89, Sheila Narayan '89, Paul Santoro '88, Nancy Weiner '88, and Wendi Wright '88. RISBDC Director Robert Muksian Doug/as Jobling

Professor's wish on a Starr individual attention for all students, which SBDC D irector elected to is a deciding factor in passing one or two comes true American Society of Actuaries examina­ national post tions before graduation. Muksian plans to keep the program relatively small, limiting A Bryant College professor's wish upon a The director of the Rhode Island Small classes to 30 students. Program graduates "Starr" has been "granted." Now it's up to Business Development Center (SBDC) at are qualified to seek careers in accounting, Dr. Robert Muksian, chair of the mathe­ Brant College has been elected to the banking, finance and, of course, insurance. matics department, to make his dream executive committee of the National Starting salaries are very competitive, he come true. Association of SBDCs. said, and can increase from $1 ,500 to $2,000 for each exam passed before Muksian's "wish" was a request for a Noted Douglas Jobling, director of the graduation. $3 25,000 grant from the C. V. Starr RISBDC since its establishment in 1982, "I Foundation so he could fully establish the see this as a reflection of the success which Muksian has been using an informal applied actuarial mathematics program at the Rhode Island Small Business approach to get students hired before Bryant. Starr granted approximately half Development Center has enjoyed both in graduation by placing them in summer of his wish in the spring of 1985 on a the Rhode Island business community and programs. Similar to internships, these "challenge" basis, which meant that in the reputation which it has established summer positions are with major insurance Brya nt had to raise matching funds. That nationally. " corporations such as John Hancock, challenge has now been met, with more Travelers and State Mutual. The advan­ than $174,000 in gifts received from This success, he added, " ... would be tage of this approach is that it allows alumni, friends, corporations, foundations impossible without the strong support of companies to get an advance look at and professional societies. Bryant College and all the other partners potential permanent employees. So far, who participate in the SBDC program in every student Muksian has placed in a Muksian plans first to open and operate a Rhode Island." summer program has been hired full time research center at the College which will by the summer employer. contain its own library, 22 microcomputer The Association of Small Business workstations, and office space for a part­ Development Centers acts as the represen­ The Starr Foundation was founded in 1955 ti me director and clerical support. Next, tative of the colleges and universities that by Cornelius Vander Starr, an insurance he intends to establish a research assistant­ are partners with the US Small Business entrepreneur who founded the American ship program for actuarial students. In Administration in administering the International Group. It provides grants the program's first year, students will help SBDC program nationally. The executive primarily to institutions of higher to plan and organize the center and sub­ committee of the association directs the education and health, we lfare and arts sequently assist faculty with research. affairs of the association between annual organiza tions. Funds also have been made available for meetings, adopts the budget and generally vis iting lecturers and travel for faculty operates the association during much of and students to professional meetings. the year. Before being elected to the Campaign thank you party executive committee, Jobling chaired the Bryant's actuarial program, which began association's education and new member in 1982 with four students, currently orientation committees. Campus Campaign contributors were boasts 41 students. Bryant's program is feted November 3 at a "thank you" party, expected to expand and attract greater and there was ample reason to celebrate, numbers of students in the near future. notes annual giving director Tony Piotti, According to Muksian, the usefulness of in light of new contribution records. acturial mathematics knowledge will increase due to laws concerning pension Bryant employees contributed plans. Every defined-benefit pension plan approximately $19,500 to the fund, must be certified to the Internal Revenue topping last year's total of $15,100 by Service by an actuary. almost 29 percent. Though participation in the campaign increased slightly, the The growth of the program also is linked precentage of giving decreased considering to its small size, Muksian said. It allows the addition of new employees, Piotti says. 7 Quickly . ..

Feslival of Lighls be everywhere as Bryant's Student Senate SBDC makes economic receiving RISBDC help are more suc­ election drew near. Once the votes had cessful than those that do not. been tallied, the following freshmen impact became the Student Senate's newest For example , the average increase in sales members: Michelle Duprey, of Avon, for RISBDC clients in the wholesale, Conn., an economics major; John Two recently completed studies indicate manufacturing, and construction busi­ Bocuzzi, Jr., of Stamford, Conn. a man­ that the Rhode Island Small Business nesses greatly exceeded average sales agement major; Debi Fleury, of Tolland, Development Center operated by Bryant increases for all industries in Rhode Conn., a marketing major; Kristin Pfahler, College makes a significant impact on the Island. Only in the retail and service of Kensington, Conn., a business com­ state's economy. In particular, the studies industries, where there were a large munications major; Rodney Riley, of show that RISBDC counseling of would­ number of RISBDC-aided start-up Maywood, Ill., a marketing major; be business men and women over one companies with low sales figures, did state Christie Gosselin, of Allenstown, NH, a year alone, 1985, led to the successful averages exceed RISBDC client averages. marketing major. launching of 56 new businesses. And The average profits for all five categories RISBDC assistance to clients in the two of businesses were dramatically higher ... The drive for adoption of specific years surveyed led to the creation of among RISBDC clients in both studies. industrial policies in the United States has almost 900 new jobs- or more than eight The average increase in employment for gradually lost much of its steam. This a week. all Rhode Island busi nesses was much issue and the factors causing it are the lower. focus of an article written by a Bryant The studies were conducted by professors professor and published in two prestigious Chantee Lewis and Linda Riley at Bryant, Established in 1982 as a joint venture journals. The article, titled "Industrial which jointly funds the RISBDC with the between the SBA and Bryant, the RISBDC Policy and American Renewal," was federal Small Business Administration network is Rhode Island's only institutional written by Dr. Pat Norton, Sarkisian and state Department of Economic resource that offers, at no cost to the professor of business economics. It was Development. The Lewis study looked at consumer, counseling and support for published in "Economic Impact," a the RISBDC's initial group of clients in businesses in pre-venture, new, and quarterly review of world economics, and 1982-83, when it opened. Riley surveyed mature stages. the "Journal of Economic Literature," by 1985 clients. the American Economic Association. Norton is an economist specializing in the Douglas Jobling, RISBDC state director, Festival oj Lights Rhode Island marketplace. He lectures described the study of 1985 clients "as the and writes frequently, and appears most comprehensive ever completed by an regularly on TV as an analyst. Norton has SBDC in the country, because it represents The Unistructure Rotunda was ablaze with served as a consultant to the Joint a census of all 723 clients for that year." candlelight December 9 for one of the Economic Committee of the U.S. The Lewis study, he added, shows the most popular events on campus each Congress, the President's Commission for value of RISBDC intervention right from year - the annual "Festival of Lights." a National Agenda for the Eighties, and its inception. the White House Conference on Small Sponsored by the Student Alumni Business . .. Among the major findings of the 1985 Association, the Festival, a ten-year study are that the average increase in sales tradition, was open to the pUblic. ... Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity, in conjunction for all clients was 16 percent. This Hundreds of candles carried by students, with Anheuser-Busch, completed a 36-hour translated into an average increase in staff and guests illuminated and reflected "teeter-totterathon" that began at noon profits of 71 percent. Average one-year off the dome overhead, creating a festive November 18 and concluded past mid­ sales for the 56 new businesses were more but solemn atmosphere. Clergy repre­ night November 19. Through sponsors of than $98,000, the study indicated. And senting the Roman Catholic, Protestant the marathon see-sawing effort, the the additional tax revenue generated by and Jewish denominations on campus led fraternity raised money for the City of these increases in employment, sales, and the ceremony. Hope, a world-famous medical center and profit topped $734,000. That means every research institute in California. The non- dollar given by the SBA and DED to President William T. O'Hara delivered a support the SBDC produced $2.30 in holiday message and lit the Christmas tree, taxes going back to the governments. The which was followed by a round of holiday 8 two studies also indicate that businesses songs by the Bryant Community Chorus. Taking a turn in the road

by Brian Dickinson

On a chill November day in Philadelphia, coach has explained. The first time, the quite a race was run the other day. The runners are supposed to take a turn to result brought a succession of feelings: the left; the second time, they are to turn confusion, disbelief, joy, frustration and to the right and head toward the finish anger. line.

As a college cross-country event, this race When the lead runner reached this point, normally would have drawn little according to press reports, a person at attention. But it was for the NCAA first identified by the coach as a spectator Division Two eastern championships, and pointed to the left- whereupon the entire the top finishers were to go on to run in lead pack of 59 runners charged off to the the nationals in California tomorrow. left- the wrong way. That alone guaranteed interest in cross­ country circles in the East. Along came John Wilbur. He saw the fork in the trail, felt the leaders had made But there were no top finishers in this the wrong turn-and instinctively went race, and in the end there was, officially, the other way. By the time the others had no race. Those who thought they had realized their mistake and turned around, won-indeed, had won-will not be going it was too late. Wilbur had stretched out to California. And for this there are some too much of a lead, and he won with a hard feelings around- especially on the strong finish. campus of Bryant College. As Wilbur related it this week: "It was To back up a bit: almost an immediate decision. I just knew The course in Philadelphia is a winding that was the way to go, and as soon as route through woods that from start to the others realized their mistake, they finish covers 10,000 meters, or slightly followed me." more than six miles. This day, poised at the starting line, there were scores of For John Wilbur, it sounded like a story­ runners from the smaller, Division Two book conclusion. This newspaper's account colleges in the East with runners hoping opened by noting that he had "proved it to qualify for the national championships. pays not to follow the crowd." For a Among them were several Bryant College while, he was the Division II cross-country runners, including John Wilbur, a senior champion in the East. from Woonsocket. But this ending would not hold up. It was, by available accounts, a good Various people complained about the clean start. John Wilbur, however, was manner of the missed fork in the trail, not among the early leaders. By two­ and contacted NCAA officials. There was thirds of the way through the course, as an investigation. Then, this week, the many as 59 runners had pulled ahead of word came from NCAA offices. Because him. With I Y2 miles to go to the finish, it two "unknown interlopers" in the middle looked as though Wilbur would not be of the course had steered the pack in the winning a berth in the nationals. wrong direction, said NCAA, the whole race would be ruled invalid. No regional Brian Dickinson is chief editorial writer What happened next is a matter of championship. No trip to California. of the Providence Journal-Bulletin. His dispute. article is reprinted in the Bryant Review Bryant College was angry. A Bryant with the Journal-Bulletin's permission. All The course involves a fork in the trail (continued on page 10) copy rights are owned by the paper. that the runners pass twice, the Bryant 9 Quickly . .. Sports Hall of Fame

by John Gillooly, director of sports iriformation

profit center provides free care to patients Ten individuals who played prominent Each inductee received a personalized with disorders such as cancer, heart roles in the success of Bryant College Hall of Fame plaque while duplicates are disease, diabetes, lupus, blood and lung athletics over the past four decades have to be displayed in the permanent Hall of diseases, and other ailments of a hereditary been selected as the initial inductees for Fame gallery, housed in the main lobby or metabolic nature. The City of Hope the new Bryant College Athletic Hall of of the Bryant Gymnasium. "Now that the exists solely by donations . .. Fame. Hall of Fame has become a reality, we hope more and more alumni become ... The Woonsocket Chamber Office of The ten inductees are: the late Al Martino, involved with the nominating process," the Small Business Development Center former collegiate star and RI Public Links said Drury. "We were extremely pleased (SBDC) at Bryant College is the place to golf champion; Jim Hallet '83, four-time with the initial response last year, but we get help in applying for the new pollution­ All-American golfer; Ernie DeWitt '82, would like to add more names to the list, control loan program in Rhode Is land. three-time All-American basketball player; especiall y from the decades of the 40s, Working with the Small Business Tom Smile '68 , all-time leading Bryant 50s, and 60s." Administration (SBA), the Pooled Loan basketball scorer; Jenny Proud '82, the Marketing Corporation, and the Ocean first Bryant female athlete to qualify for State Business Development Authority, national NCAA competition; Charlie (continued from page 9) the Woonsocket SBDC is providing tech­ Swanson '35, one of the nation's top official wrote the NCAA to complain that nical assistance for independent small senior tennis players; Wally Camper, its ruling "violates the NCAA standards businesses seeking these loans. Loans may former baseball and basketball coach; of ethics and fair play. " He said that be used to help small businesses comply former basketball coach Tom Duffy; Wilbur had won the race fairly "and now with state and federal pollution-control Arnold Collison '33 , captain of the 1933 finds himself penalized for being right." and hazardous-waste regulations. The men's basketball team and the late Frank lower-rate loans also may be used to Lanning, Providence Journal- Bulletin But there is no sign that NCAA officials construct and operate any facility that will sports cartoonist. will reconsider, and I'm not sure they prevent, reduce, abate, or control noise, should. There was confusion on the race air, or water pollution; eliminate con­ The Hall of Fame selections were made course (however caused) that altered the tamination; or provide for the collection, by a committee composed of Bryant result. In fairness to all runners, that storage, processing, or final disposal of administrators, faculty members and result had to be set aside. solid or liquid waste ... alumni representatives. Over 100 nomina­ tions were submitted to the committee by Even so, it looks like a tough break for .. . Robert T. Clair, an economist with the Bryant alumni. Beginning next year, the John Wilbur and the other top finishers. Federal Reserve District Bank of Dallas, committee will add at least five new By all accounts he had chosen the correct spoke at Bryant College October 30. The members to the Hall of Fame annually. path-in spite of the fact that the lead presentation was a special addition to the Those eligible for induction are former pack had veered off in the opposite eight seminars in the Rhode Island Bryant athletes and coaches, Bryant direction. For a few days at least, his Economic and Finance Forum series. alumni who have excelled in the area of victory seemed to furnish a nice maxim Clair discussed "Financial Strategies of athletics since their graduation and non­ about the value of following one's own the Top Performance Banks in the Bryant athletes or coaches who have been instincts and not always going along with Eleventh Federal Reserve District." A a friend of Bryant athletics through their the crowd. Federal Reserve System economist since personal contributions. 1982, Clair has published several papers It reminded some people of the closing on the subject. He constructed the U.S. "The Hall of Fame has been in the lines from Robert Frost's poem, "The Labor Model for General Motors in 1979, planning stages for several years and we Road Not Taken": and conducts his own research programs. are very pleased it finally has become reality," said Leon Drury, Bryant athletic Two roads diverged in a wood, and I­ ... A task force on AIDS (Acquired director. I took the one less traveled by, Immune Deficiency Syndrome) has been And that has made all the difference. established to address AIDS-related con­ "These 10 initial inductees span five cerns on campus. Created in response to a decades of Bryant athletics. The entire Even though Wilbur's "victory" has Bryant community owes a debt of disappeared, I suspect he11 admit that this gratitude to those outstanding individuals maxim still holds true. 10 and we are pleased to have the oppor­ tunity to honor them," Drury continued. Hall of Fame Profiles

Wally Camper A native of Newport, R.I., he became an The highlight of his amateur career came instant success at Bryant when he was the following spring when he captured the Wally was a moving force in the resurgence named New England Rookie of the Year Low Amateur award in the 1983 Masters of Bryant varsity athletics in the late 50s (all divisions) and ECAC Division 2 tournament in Augusta, Ga. His opening and early 60s. Although Bryant had Rookie of the Year during his fresh­ round 68 set a Masters record for the best varsity teams in the 30s and early 40s, man season in 1978. opening round by an amateur. there was virtually no varsity activity in the post-World War II and Korean War In each of the next three years he was one During his four-year collegiate career he periods. of the top Division 2 players in the nation, became the most successful college golfer being named to the Division 2 All­ in New England history. He won a record­ When Camper took over as head basket­ America squads in each season. He setting five consecutive New England ball coach in 1960, his biggest challenge climaxed a sensational career in 198 I Intercollegiate individual championships, was convincing Bryant's top basketball when, in addition to being named first in addition to winning the individual players that it was more prestigious team All-America, he also was named crown in virtually every major tournament playing varsity than intramural basketball. ECAC Divisio n 2 Player of the Year. in the Northeast. His performance earned him four consecutive berths on the U.S. "If there was an intramural game the Golf Coaches Association Division 2 All­ same night as one of our varsity games, I Tom Duffy America team. kept my fingers crossed my players would come to the varsity game," Camper Tom took Bryant basketball from the Since graduating from Bryant in 1983, he related a few years ago. shadows to the spotlight. In his four years has enjoyed an extremely successful pro­ as Brya nt head coach- from 1964 to fessional career. In addition to winning 1968- the Indians won 70 games while both the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Arnold Collison losing only 22. The .760 victory percentage Open titles, he also won the 1986 British makes Tom the most successful basketball Columbia Open crown. In both 1932 and 1933, Arnold was one coach in Bryant hi story. of the top scoring college basketball players in Rhode Island. After trans­ The 22 victories posted by his 1966-67 team Frank Lanning ferring to Bryant from the University of still stands as a Bryant record for most Rhode Island, where he played for the basketball victories in one season. In 1967, The nationally famous sports cartoonist legendary Frank Keaney, Collison led the Words Unlimited, the Rhode Island of the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Frank newly formed Bryant & Stratton varsity Association of Sportswriters and Sports­ was a friend of Bryant College athletics team to a pair of outstanding seasons. casters, named Tom the Rhode Island for nearly four decades before his retire­ The highlight was the 17-3 record posted Coach of the Year. ment four years ago and recent death. by the 1932-33 team. One of the most prized possessions of During that 1932-33 season, Collison, a Jim Hallet many Bryant athletes is a copy of the 6-2 center, was one of the top scorers in Lanning cartoon that depicts their athletic Rhode Island with a 20 point per game Jimmy is the most nationally recognized accomplishments. "The La nning Gallery," average. Collison compiled the impressive athlete in Bryant history. In the summer a collection of approximately 50 of statistic even though the center-jump rule of 1982, while still a Bryant student, he Frank's cartoons on Brya nt athletes and was still in effect after each basket. became the first New England golfer in 25 Bryant teams, currently is on display in years to reach the semifinal round of the the Bryant Sports Information Office. U.S. Amateur Tournament. Earlier that Ernie DeWitt summer he had become the first player in 40 years to win both the Massachuse tts Al Martino A three-time National Basketba ll Coaches and New England Amateur tournaments Association All-America, Ernie is the only in the same year. Al was on his way to an outstanding golf basketball player in Rhode Island colle­ (continued on page 12) giate history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds during his career. 11 Quickly . ..

1985 call from the American College (continued from page / J) 802 points in 24 games for a 33.4 average. Health Association, Bryant's task force is career before cancer caused his untimely The total points and season average are charged with preparing for the possibility death at the age of 22. While a Bryant two of six Bryant records he still holds. that AIDS may affect the College freshman in 1973, Al won the individual community some day. Administrative, title in the Yale Invitational. In both his faculty and student representatives com­ freshman and sophomore years, he quali­ Charlie Swanson prise the eight-member committee, which fied for the national NCAA Division II welcomes input and questions from those tournament. Although Charlie was an outstanding concerned about AIDS ... basketball and tennis player for Bryant, Cancer treatments forced him to withdraw it's his athletic accomplishments since he ... Bryant College held its annual from Bryant the following year. He graduated from Bryant that have gained Individual Income Tax Symposium on underwent three operations over a two national recognition. January 13. Open to anyone who fills out month period to remove cancerous tissue an income tax return, the symposium from his stomach. Only six months after After graduating from Bryant in 1935, gave all the latest "ins and outs" of pre­ the third operation he returned to com­ Charlie spent several years playing both paring tax forms-especially under the petitive golf and won the Rhode Island semi-pro basketball and amateur tennis. new Tax Reform Act. Specific areas Public Links championship. A month In 1937 he was the No.2 ranked amateur covered included the "nuts and bolts" later he underwent a fourth operation, tennis player in New England and preparation of various forms and related but it failed to stop the spread of the advanced to the quarterfinal round of schedules; alternatives for computer assis­ cancer and he died on January 29, 1977. the National Men's Singles Tournament tance in preparing returns, projections, at Forest Hills. and financial planning; and how to handle issues such as income averaging, the alter­ Jenny Proud By the early 4Os, he had become one of native minimum tax, investment interest the leading tennis teachers in New expenses, installment sales obligations, Jenny was the first female Bryant athlete England. But due to a U.S. Tennis charitable contributions of appreciated to compete in a national NCAA cham­ Association rule that fobid teaching property, employee business expenses, and pionship event. In 1981, after having been professionals from playing in national tax shelters. Also covered were beneficial running cross country for only one year, tournaments, he didn't have an oppor­ rules to reduce tax liability; new tax she qualified for the national Division II tunity to play competitive tennis during strategies, including investments under the women's cross country championships. the decades of the 40s and 50s. In the late new tax law, the role of IRA's, (401)ks, That same year she had set a Bryant 60s, however, the USLTA created open bracket shifting, tax shelters and tax record for the 5,000-meter Bryant course play for both professional and amateurs traps, real estate problems, changes in the with a time of 28:58.0 and Charlie, then in his 50s, was back on role of trusts, partnership problems, and the court as a player. Since the early 70s, esta te issues ... A 1982 grad, she joined the staff of the Charlie has been one of the top senior Men's International Professional Tennis players in the United States. ... Business men and women were invited Council in 1984 and has served as media to a free seminar on pollution control run laison official on the world tour for the In 1979, he and Harry Hoffman of by the Small Business Development Center past two years. Philadelphia combined to win the Grand at Bryant College. Held December 16, Slam of senior doubles- the national in­ January 8, and January 21, the seminar door, hard courts, clay court and grass focused on pollution-control problems Tom Smile court titles. and the planning, financing, and installing of pollution-control equipment and Tom is the all-time basketball scoring facilities ... leader. In only 3Y2 seasons- from 1964-67- Tom tallied 2,390 points. For several weeks during the 1966-67 season, he was the leading college scorer in the nation with a 35-plus per game average. By the end of the season, he had scored 12 The Bryant Center:

Settling into the new campus livingroom by Linda M . Daniels

Beauty isn't everything. importance on it than the U nistructure or Freshman Complex dormitory spiel. The 60,000 square feet and three stories Gradually, administrators and faculty composed of belden brick, oak trim, have begun trickling over for a stroll and glazed and natural tile, dropped baffles, lunch. Some are making a habit of it, but skylights, geometric windows and wide others complain good naturedly that a airy expanses balanced by cozy pockets of tunnel connecting the Unistructure and space, are more than a monument to Bryant Center should be built. aesthetics. "Old habits are hard to break," says It's important to look beyond the textures Student Activities and Bryant Center and patterns, past the colors and shapes, Director Laurie Nash with a sigh. "People and beneath the montage of accoutre­ on this campus are used to doing ments designed to please the eye. everything in one building. It will take Appeasing the eye is important, but not some time for people to adjust and take all that must be appeased. advantage of the building."

The heart and soul of a structure, after Students, perhaps, were more set in their all, consist of much more than the raw ways than any other segment of the materials used to raise it. Its aura College community. When charged a $50 depends upon the successful marriage of per semester fee for the new student design and function, and not least, the center, they demanded a partial refund response a building elicits, through overt because the Bryant Center opened two and subtle touches, from the people who months later than the scheduled will use it. September date. There were also complaints about the loss of The Bryant Center, according to those approximately 100 parking spaces. who know it best, is not just another pretty face on campus. This recently The fuss died down the day the doors completed $5.2 million project still opened. "I never heard a word about smelling of fresh paint is well on its way parking or the fee once people got inside to becoming the "campus livingroom" the building." says Bryant Center Student planners, designers and administrators Manager Bonnie Maybach '88. "Everyone envisioned. Someday, after the novelty realized what a nice place it is and felt and gloss dim a bit, campus visitors, lucky that the fee was so low." The workers and residents will forget how the "homey" atmosphere, comfortable furni­ building came to exist and simply use it. ture and "tons of sunlight" are something new on campus, she says. In the meantime, interest runs high concerning the Bryant Center's origins "Koffler was dark and had those straight­ and its future. Graduating seniors alter­ backed chairs, not a place you'd hang nately grumble that the Koffler Center around for too long, besides the fact that (formerly utilized as a student center and it wasn't that big. I used to work at the now under renovation as the Koffler Scoop there and you'd be lucky to see a Technology Center) was adequate for dozen people in four hours during their needs and begrudgingly admire the afternoons. At the Bryant Center, you new student center's amenities. High walk in the door and there are at least school students with parents in tow nod agreeably at the tour guide's Bryant Center spiel, but probably place no more 13 five or six people you know. Before, commuters went one place and residents we nt somewhere else. Now everybody goes to the Bryant Center. I think that's what I like best about it. "

Bes ides establishing new habits, the Bryant Center fu lfill s a goal set by the first far-reaching strategic plan unveiled in 1984. In that plan, the strategic planning committee encouraged new efforts to provide "an educati onal experience which trains the 'total' person." A conscientious college, in other words, should address the social as well as academic needs of students, the plan stated.

In his November 12 speech at the grand opening ceremony celebrating the completion of both the Bryant Center and freshmen Dorm 15 , President William T. O'Hara spoke of the center's impact on they used the new student center to a Through the center's tall, clear windows Brya nt 's st udent life and its reputation. surprising degree. While not exactly he can observe students talking together "Thi s building," said O'Hara, "represents crowded, the building hummed with at small tables, reading in deep armchairs Bryant's commitment to student life today activity, which promised much for the or munching on sandwiches. and for generations to follow. It meets a coming semester. need for student offices, lounges and "I can see them scurrying around like ants recreation areas and provides a place for At 4 pm one January afternoon, a young in there," Nelson says chuckling. "It's a commuters a nd resid ents to come woman sat squarely in the sun on the neat building and I think it will do together. I hope this building will serve as center's second floor. Before her were the exactly what it's designed to. a unifying force for Bryant College a nd I U nistructure and bell tower and below the Architectural impressiveness aside, the know it will underscore the warmth and ice-fringed pond. In an adjacent loung~ Bryant Center is warm and homey and a caring Bryant has for its students and area, but three steps down, a young man place for people to gather. Give it a year guests. " sat with his head buried in a book. and the traffic patterns to and from that Across the room and closer to pedestrian building will be set." With exams looming and most students traffic, two friends shared a bag of chips. eager for a break, November and The Game Room door swung back a nd Both the Rotunda and Koffler Center December can be subdued at Bryant. By forth several times in the course of a few served basic student needs in a limited mid-January, though, it can be downright minutes and two groups of prospective fashion, Nelson says. Places to meet were bleak. Parking spaces are relatively ample students and their parents passed through. provided, but an atmosphere conducive to because only a handful of students return Suddenly, mid-January didn't seem so study, true relaxation and warmth were after the holidays to attend wintersession bleak anymore. not, he says. "We have never really had a classes. But the buildings sound too place for a student to sit comfortably with empty. Dean of Admissions Roy Nelson a book, out of the way, out of the dorm, particularly relishes the Bryant Center on out of the library. I think all of us like Nonetheless, those students on campus those long nights a pile of folders await the option of being able to hide once in a walk the paths from the dorms to the reading. Occasionally, he swivels his chair while. In the Bryant Center, you can do Unistructure and eat meals in the to face the window. Besides offering a that by sitting in one of the nooks and cafeterias. This year, for the first time, grand view of an attractive building, crannies, but still see people passing by. Nelson's office wi ndow offers a new per­ It's ideal," says Nelson. 14 spective on the student body, he says. "We didn't want to create a replica of the Rotunda," ash says. "You can already see with the Bryant Center that commuters and evening students have been positively affected."

The Bryant Center's many offerings, including the bookstore, dining rooms, snack bars, a game room, "Nick's place"­ a large screen television room (named in memory of former "Cheers" actor, actor Nicholas Colasanto '49), music and typing rooms, the chapel and student offices, may not succeed so well in drawing students to the building as the post office. Previously located in the Unistructure, the post office was a popular meeting and greeting place for residents, who were automatically assigned post office boxes. Commuters, however, received mail at home. From an admissions standpoint, the room. That's why a student center is so Today, commuters and residents alike Bryant Center is one more "bell and important. " receive College mail in the relocated post whistle" in the whole package that attracts office on the Bryant Center's second floor. applicants, Nelson says. Incoming fresh­ Bryant College Project Manager Brad The proximity of student organization men will take it for granted and "few Draycott knows the length and challenges offices on the building's third floor, once students choose a college solely for its of the journey all too well. Nearly three scattered throughout the Unistructure and student center," he says. Yet a successful years ago, he attended the first meetings the MUltipurpose Activities Center, has student center's role in campus life should of a student-formed committee to also improved communications between not be downplayed, he adds. It can foster improve conditions at the Komer Center. different campus factions, Nash says. a crossing of group lines and "At some point," he recalls, "someone intermingling of people not always said, 'Let's build a new student center "They're starting to understand each other possible in the classroom or in past instead.' " After a pause, Draycott smiles . more. The closeness of the student offices gathering spots, such as the Komer and "It shocked the heck out of me," he is doing what we thought it might," she Unistructure Rotunda. confides. says. "It's encouraging an appreciation of one another's goals and work." Historically, commuters have felt less than Draycott wasn't shocked because he comfortable in Bryant's few shared spaces. thought the idea improbable or Nash was an integral player during the The Rotunda, with each subgroup in its impossible to implement. He was only, long process of planning the Bryant own defined space, had always been the through extensive experience in the con­ Center and has not yet tired of domain of boarding students, Nelson struction business, more rea listic than proclaiming the building's glories. She says. Commuters, on the other hand, most about the volume of energy, talent. admits unabashedly to being the center's tended to congregate in the Komer, if money and "luck" required to transform a biggest fan and most vocal cheerleader. "I they congregated anywhere at all, he good idea into a feasible blueprint and must sound like a broken rceord by now," adds. Nash says she has even seen some then a three-dimensional reality. Now that Nash adds apologetically. "But I just commuting students eat lunch in their the idea is there for all the world to think it's an exciting place. Anyone who cars rather than enter "alien terri toy. " It judge, Draycott is pleased, but in the works in student affairs considers the is for that reason and many others, she cautious manner of a man who always student a whole person. The social, says, that the campus needed a Bryant sees room for improvement. cultural and educational opportunities Center. available in an educational institution, in our eyes, have as much of an affect on 15 the student as what happens in the class- similar in color to those in the Unistructure and dorms were used. A distinctive pattern of darker bricks running through the other bricks made the center "distinctive from other buildings, he says.

Visitors have been heard exclaiming over the thoughtful, seemingly expensive details throughout the building. Where Dormitory Fifteen the typical institution thinks primaril~ of cost and durability, Bryant also conSiders "Improvements can always be made, but I The second half of Bryant College's attractiveness and comfort, Draycott says. think it has a very nice, aesthetic feel. As Freshman Complex, Dormitory 15 The oak furniture upholstered in various in any type of construction, you put in so already has been dubbed "The Palace" by patterns and colors, for example, looks much effort and don't see the results for students. Indeed, it is considered one of wonderful and feels good, but sacrifices so long, it's satisfying just to see the the finest residence halls on any campus nothing in durability. According to building completed," he says. in the country. Draycott, the wood may be sanded down and revarnished whenever necessary, As project manager, Draycott was Dorm 15 opened on August 3 I with something institutions hosting a volume charged with overseeing architects and immediate acclaim. The Providence of people need to be able to do. builders, ordering some materials and Partnership designed the four-story paying the bills. An entire shelf in. his structure with practically everything that Some details created more construction office bears the weight of seven thick can be asked for in a dormitory. The delays and difficulties than expected, he binders pertaining to the project. "And building combines most of the amenities says ruefully. The baffles, for example, that's only part of it," says Draycott. In a found at home with a great deal of space. separators which drop down from t.he project the size and scope of the Bryant The most striking feature of the residence ceiling and break it up, were made In Center, he says, "You end up juggling a hall, in fact, may be its space. There is Holland, unbeknownst to the builders lot of balls and trying not to drop any lots of it in the lounges, the study halls, contractor. When the supplier cautioned too often." and the rooms themselves, which vary that delivery would be late due to slightly in size. shipping problems, ceiling construction One ball that dropped, through no fault halted, says Draycott. In another instance, of Draycott's, was the scheduled Like its sister dormitory in the complex, the supporting parts or soffits September opening of the Bryant Center. Dorm 15 has two resident wings con­ surrounding the columns were painted the The construction schedule was tight, he nected on each floor. The wings have a wrong color. Though discovered at a late says, and could not accommodate early system of double bedrooms wrapped date, says Draycott, the mistake was snafus complicated by the simultaneous around a common bathroom with private corrected despite extra cost and effort. erection of Dorm 15 . "We ran into design showers, sink space for up to 12 students "Instead of letting it go," he says, "we and engineering problems and never were at a time, and plenty of electrical outlets reconfigured it. For a first-class building, able to catch up later," says Draycott. for appliances. Each floor has a study you correct mistakes like that." lounge with carrels and a social lounge Architect Robert Quigley of Architectural that can handle most social functions. The Bryant Center's completion has been Resources of Cambridge, Inc. designed There also is a large common lounge on called a milestone in the College's history of the center in accordance with a general the first floor that serves as a general commitment to its students. But it doesn't consensus: that the building should exude meeting room and information and social signal a season of quietude on campus. "warmth and hospitality," says Draycott. center. Just ask Brad Draycott. The Bryant The idea, he says, was to avoid the "cold, Center folders haven't begun to collect corporate feel of the Unistructure." As a Dormitory 15 is completely accessible to dust yet and a whole new set of files grow result, the presence and effects of natural the handicapped. Up to four students daily in conjunction with the Koffler light became important design with disabilities, in fact, can be housed renovation project. Says Draycott With a considerations, Draycott says. The in rooms designed specifically for the grin, "It's never stagnant around here." skylights, floor-to-ceiling windows, oak handicapped. furniture and greenery all do their part to create the sensation and reality of The dormitory'S nickname refers also to sunlight. its quality, not only its size. Everything in the residence hall is built to last. The Though it was important to make the furniture, for example, is all oak, from Bryant Center "warmer" than other the beds to the dressers to the tables to campus buildings, Draycott was the chairs to the study carrels to the sofas concerned that it blend in well with the and loveseats. existing environment. To that end, bricks Cost of the building, the second largest on campus, is $6.5 million. It was built by 16 E. W. Burman Construction of Warwick. Graduate Review

Graduate Advisory Council Some facts and figures about Lewis. Contact the Graduate School Office at 401-232-6230 for further details. Frederick E. Bowerman the ''typical'' graduate student Bowerman Brothers John J. Carey The typical Bryant Graduate School Allendale Mutual Insu ra nce Co. Annual Awards Dinner Dance A rthur W. Gebhardt student obtained an undergraduate degree Stephen Hamblett at a Rhode Island university or college, The Providence Journal seeks an advanced degree to faci litate This year's Awards Dinner Dance will be John Harwood held at the Pawtucket Country Club Genesis Foundation career moves, is 31 and commutes about John Haronian 19 miles to attend classes. Saturday, March 28 . In addition to the Douglas Drug Inc. presentation of the Businessperson of the Malcolm Hatch Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Though the diversity of the student body Year Award, awards will be given to George T. Helm, Sr. precludes too rigid a definition of an faculty and students. Microfibres, Inc. William J. Hudson "average" or "typical" graduate student, AMP Incorporated the school's annual student survey reveals A guest speaker prominent in the New Leonard Johnson (Charter Member) certain common characteristics, Approxi­ England business scene will be featured. Kenneth Logowitz (Charter Member) Tickets for the Awards Dinner Dance can Kenneth MacLean mately 48 percent of graduate students, or Douglas MacLeod, Jr. 659 completed survey questionnaires, be purchased through the Graduate Tubodyne Company revealing, among other things, the School Office; call Mrs. Farrar at Robert L. McCabe Narragansett Electric Company following facts: 232-6230 for more information. Scott Menard Menard Ford John H. Norberg • One of every five students received an Stephen W. Palmer undergraduate degree from Bryant. People's Bank Who's Who Barbara A. Papitto (St udent Member) Thomas G. Parris, Jr. • Approximately 62 percent receive some among graduate students Women's & Infants Hospital form of employer tuition assistance. Daniel J. Ryan Sansiveri, Ryan, Sullivan & Co. This year's edition of Who's Who Among Francis Wilcox, Jr. • Only eight percent obtained a loan to Students in American Universities and Vanguard Case Company, Inc. pay tuition. Colleges will carry the names of several George de Tarnowsky Dean, Bryant College Graduate School students enrolled in Bryant's Graduate • Management majors comprise 47 School. Selected as national outstanding percent of the student body. campus leaders, they join an elite group of students selected from more than 1,500 • About half received an undergraduate institutions of higher learning. Bryant degree in a business discipline. graduate students named this year are:

Half the students polled studied business Anthony Dennis III, Paul Wielgus, Kenneth in college, but the other half majored in a Souza, David Patenaude, Robert Shaver, variety of subjects-from anthropology to Maryellen Tavares, Carl Remley, Donald zoology. The second most common under­ Babcock, John Kolata, Michael Hubert, graduate major after business was social Lawrence Hughes, William Abbatematteo, science, followed by health and then Wiley Archer, Barry Bernstein, Marcia engineering. Clark, Gregory DeGroot, Michael Demers, Lauren Pasquale, Robert Girasole, Gary Palin, Margaret Ellis, Financial planning Mark Rocha, James Balukjian, David seminar Bibeault, Linda Cannistra, William Chartier, Albert Freve, Louise Lecours, Dr. William T. O'Hara (R) and Graduate SC/wol On Saturday, March 7, the Graduate Glen Martin, Alfred McCooey, John Alumni Steering Committee member Karen R. Flynn School Alumni Association will sponsor a Beckett, and Waltraud Coli. (L), present the Gradullte School Alumni Association's /986 " Businessperson of the Year" award to Anthony seminar on Personal Financial Planning. T. Allegretti. The program will be led by Dr. Chantee 17 AACSB Progress Report

by George de Tarnowsky, dean of the Graduate School

The Bryant College Board of Trustee has changed since the 1970s. The AACSB to develop a single policy recommen­ made a commitment to pursue and gain consultant determined a need to mandate dation for adoption next fa ll . the accreditation of the American a prod uction/ operations management Assembly of Collegiate Schools of course to streamline courses that meet Bryant's Master of Science in Taxation Business (AACSB) within the next five to what the AACSB refers to as the (MST) program, though highly acclaimed seven years. Last year, the College hired a "Common Body of Knowledge" under­ by the tax community in the region, does consultant to assess its structure with pinning business education. Such courses not meet AACSB standards because it respect to AACSB standards. In the include accounting, finance, and quanti­ does not require the fundamental courses Graduate School program, the consultant tative analysis, among others, or what are supporting Bryant's MBA program. The id entified the following areas of concern: commonly referred to as fundamental AACSB maintains that the MST is faculty, curriculum, admissions standards, courses. The Graduate Faculty Council merely a concentration in the MBA pro­ waiver policy and the Master of Science will undertake this task as its number one gram and should therefore require the in Taxation program. priority this year and by fall of 1987, the "Common Body of Knowledge." The new curriculum should be in place. Graduate School maintains that the MST Currently, the Graduate School does not is a specialized masters program which have enough full-time graduate faculty. The Graduate School's present admission should only require courses in the tax T his past year, however, the College made standards, which meet the AASCB's fie ld- primarily because MST graduates a commitment to hire 3 1 new faculty with formula with respect to Graduate Man­ find employment in tax and law firms the proper credentials and research capa­ agement Admission Test (GMAT) scores rather than in business firms. Though bilities over the next five-year period. By and undergraduate grade point average requiring the core curriculum for MST 1992, then, a graduate faculty that can (GPA), need to be applied as a single students is debatable, it's a problem that meet AACSB standards should be in place. standard. At present, higher GMAT scores need not be resolved for some time to are required for finance and computer come. The Grad uate School's core MBA information systems concentrations in the curriculum, while good, basically has not MBA. Program coordinators are expected

Graduate School statistics

Founded in 1969, Bryant's Graduate Year 1983 1984 1985 1986 School now se rves more than I, 100 stu- dents who generate over 4,000 enrollments number of enrollments 1956 1712 1611 1504 per year. Comparative data, using fall statistics for the la st four years, is number of students 1453 1348 1203 1110 as follows:

The decline in enrollments is the direct because job security is high. In a weak or standards; in other words, marginal stu­ result of two forces. Local and regional depressed economy, however, many dents are discouraged from applying. It economic performance is comparatively people pursue MBA degrees as a hedge should be noted that the decline is consis­ so strong that the demand for an MBA against unemployment. The Graduate tent with Bryant's 1984-85 strategic plan, has declined. That is, in good economic School's declining admissions rate may which has set a target for the graduate times, fewer people pursue MBA degrees also be attributed to tightened admission student body of 1,000. (co nrillued Oil page 20)

18 Grad Interns

by Linda M. Daniels

Earning an MBA, as most graduate school Today, as director of volunteer services at students will attest, requires sacrifice- of Women and Infants, she plans to recruit time and money and lazy nights before Bryant grad students as volunteers. Per­ the television set. Yet a small group of haps they too will benefit from a dose of Bryant grad students willingly increase the "real life experience," she says. burden by becoming "business residents" intent upon supplementing classroom Bergen, a finance major, has considered study with workplace experience. applying for a job where he serves as a business resident, but for the time being, The four students enrolled in the business is content to absorb business skills in a residency program this year attend stimulating atmosphere. Contrary to graduate school full time, juggle family popular belief, says Bergen, insurance responsibilities, and sometime in between, companies are fairly fascinating places. report to a job that pays little or nothing. But as Arthur Abraham '89, Evert Bergen A former high school physics teacher, '89, Bill Chartier '88 and Barbara Bergen's interest in business began with a Ventrone '89 well know, money isn't tentative exploration of the stock market everything. Classroom knowledge, forti­ five years ago. "I got hooked," he says. fied by firsthand experience, equals extra Once hooked, Bergen decided an MBA competence after graduation and a more would help prepare him to run his own valuable degree, they say. business some future day. In the mean­ time, he is busy learning the ins and outs The program attracts self-motivated of insurance, a field he once suspected students willing to work 20 hours a week was "dull ," but now describes as for one year while carrying a full load of "challenging. " courses. In return, the business resident receives a $10,000 stipend towards tuition Entering the program itself requires some and an experience all four current partic­ initiative, according to the interns. Bergen, ipants say is beyond value. like the others, initiated contact with the sponsoring company. But Graduate "The experience itself is so worthwile," School Dean George de Tarnowsky and says Ventrone, "it's hard not to gush. The Academic Counselor Madge Stetson are stipend is nice but the experience is a lot more than willing to pave the way for more than what's in the check. No one interested students, the residents say. And could reimburse you for the education though many students seem unaware of you get, the people you get to know, the the program, comments Ventrone, interest opportunity to make contacts you couldn't appears to be growing. make otherwise." Bergen met with Stetson to explore the Indeed, five months into her residency at possibilities of a residency and both agreed Women and Infants Hospital in actual experience in the business world Providence, Ventrone was offered a full­ would be invaluable. Since beginning his time position there. Accepting the job business residency at Allendale Mutual offer meant postponing course work Insurance in Johnston, says Bergen, "I toward an MBA in health care manage­ haven't done the same thing twice." What ment but in Ventrone's words, "I got what Bergen has discovered, partially through I wanted all along, but just sooner than I assigned research projects but primarily expected to: A good job at a great place through osmosis, are the "challenges" that doing something I love. What more could (continued on page 20) I ask for?" 19 (continued from page /9) company's success: the competent perfor­ (continued f rom page /8) make a business career so satisfying. As a mance of a multitude of tasks, big and The Graduate School has four different business student with little previous busi­ small. It is a lesson Bergen believes he will campuses on which the MBA management ness experience, Bergen prizes his resi­ apply daily in hi s own busi ness. concentration is delivered. The MST and dency for letting him test theories learned MBA Health Care Management programs in the classroom. He also appreciates the Once Chartier made the difficult decision are offered at the Providence campus chance to learn business nuances not to change careers, he knew an MBA exclusively, while all other MBA program easily explained or understood in the would be only one of many factors in concentrations are offered on the classroom. establishing a new one. Today he believes Smithfield campus. Enrollment distribu­ his business residency has prepared him tions among these distinct campuses are: "It's a little like learning to play the piano for a career in health care management as as an adult. You know what good music much as completing degree requirements. Campus 1985, #(%) 1986, #(%) sounds like, but you aren't able to pro­ A psychiatric therapist doesn't need to duce it. Well, now I know something know much about business practices, Smithfield lO II (62.8) lOI3 (67.4) about how business works and can distin­ Chartier says ruefully of the career he left guish the details. I'm beginning to under­ behind. But a residency at Rhode Island Weekend 156 ( 9.7) 89 ( 5.8) stand how to put it all together," he says. Group Health Association has more than helped Chartier make up for lost time. East Bay 68 ( 4.2) 79 ( 5.3) Like Bergen, Arthur Abraham had worked for several years before deciding to earn "I spent some time in the accounting Providence 376 (23.3) 323 (21.5) an MBA. He too hopes to run his own department and even though it's not my business someday. Unlike Bergen though, specialty, I learned a lot of basics. Now Statistics readily reveal that the quality of Abraham knew something about the busi­ I'm doing work in planned administration our graduate students has slowly ness world through various positions in and I can't believe how much I'm improved. The tracking of Graduate Middle Eastern oil companies. What he learning," he says. Management Admission Test (GMAT) didn't know was small business manage­ scores across the admission process, from ment, a knowledge offered by Bryant A successful residency involves more than application pool through actual enrollment, through its residency program. reporting to work and completing assigned from 1978-79 to the present, indicates the tasks, notes Chartier, a feeling echoed by following: Financial constraints also motivated the others. A resident should look over Abraham to become a business resident: the shoulders of fellow workers, initiate Year Applic. Enroll Ave. GMAT The move from a Middle Eastern oil his or her own projects, and "always ask company to Smithfield was expensive and questions," he advises. 1978-79 405 394 445 the loss of a fairly lucrative salary difficult. "Since I'm paying my tuition out of my In the final analysis, say residents, the 1979-80 617 496 453 own pocket, I needed something besides sacrifices are well worthwhile. Sure, they my savings," he says, adding that a resi­ get tired and long for lazy nights before 1980-81 714 585 450 dency permits a student to work and the television set and sometimes they learn at the same time, an attractive wonder how to pass exams and please a 1981-82 771 563 452 option to graduate students. sponsoring boss with exceptional residency work at the same time. But as Chartier 1982-82 721 664 458 At the small firm which accepted him for concludes, "I really can't say enough a residency last August, Bergen has come good about the program. I would have 1983-84 602 474 467 to appreciate the importance of attending had a much more difficult time making to details in the daily operation of a small the transition from an old career to a new 1984-85 426 352 458 company. After regularly performing oc­ one without this experience." casionally mundane but crucial book­ 1985-86 388 321 471 keeping, payroll and scheduling tasks, he says he now understands the secret of a

20 Orientation Program Implemented

by George de Tarnowsky, dean of the Graduate School

MBA programs have been criticized for strengths and weaknesses with respect to agerial abilities, quantitative analysis and being, among other things, insensitive to MBA performance skills. public speaking. Diagnostic testing results the needs of students. One consequence, it will be followed by suggestions for is said, is that students receive little more The first area of concern, the Graduate remediation, if needed. than an academic education. To respond School's expectation of student perfor­ to this deficiency, the Graduate School mance, will be addressed throughout the The course will be light in tone to put has designed a new program, an MBA course with periodic presentations of such students at ease and encourage them to orientation course, mandatory for all topics as research methods, the case view the MBA program and their purpose students and offered in the fall and spring method, an overview of the MBA pro­ for pursuing the degree in a friendly, semesters every year. gram and study skills. The second area of supportive atmosphere. It should be concern, expectations of the workplace, noted, however, that a research paper will Like other courses, it will meet weekly for will be addressed with one- or two-night be assigned to ensure academic integrity. approximately 15 weeks and earn three presentations by prominent Providence­ We are excited about the new course and credits. The courses will be designed to area CEOs, each on topics such as believe it will provide students with a introd uce students to three areas of business ethics and business etiquette. The positive attitude in their pursuit of the concern: the Graduate School's expec­ strengths and weaknesses of MBA MBA, one fostered in few schools of busi­ tations of student performance, what students will be addressed throughout the ness today. MBAs should expect from the workplace course with diagnostic testing of such when they graduate, and a student's skills as written communications, man-

On Operations Management by Dr. Lance Heiko

In ancient China, those in the ruling class people, cargos and communications. Yet, A business's central purpose is to produce were called mandarins. The mandarins our nation of lofty ideals, of resources or provide services that the market will ran an enormous bureaucracy through almost beyond measure and of enormous pay for. The management of that process which economic, social and political self-confidence, has found itself reeling is operations management: how to manage activities were controlled. Because the under the impact of international eco­ people, material, equipment, and system was extremely efficient, the man­ nomic competition. Whole industries technology. darins were able to devote much of their pioneered by our nation, manufacturing time to the arts, calligraphy, poetry and products such as automobiles and semi­ Applauding the American mandarin who philosophy. As a symbol of their power, conductors, lost market share and, in prefers manipUlating stock prices over mandarins allowed their fingernails to some cases, such as consumer electronics, managing production, or who renegotiates grow long, their bodies thus representing resigned themselves to a marginal existence. a golden parachute while laying off freedom from productive tasks and dedi­ workers, will not help restore our eco­ cation to higher, more ennobling activities. International competitor Eijii Toyoda of nomic preeminence. Managing for quality the Toyota Company, while toasting Ford will . Ancient China could survive, insulated as Motor Company director Philip Caldwell it was on the north and west by its Great said, "There is no secret to how we Dr. Lance Heiko is associate professor of Wall and on the east by an ocean only learned to do what we do, Mr. Caldwell. management and coordinator of the pro­ the daring would chance to cross. But We learned it at the Rouge." The "Rouge" duction and operations management track. only the few could prosper. was Ford's giant integrated plant in River His particular research interests are just­ Rouge, MI completed in 1938, a place in-time production and the management of technological innovation. America is not ancient China; there are where the iron ore arriving on Monday no Great Walls upon our borders and the left as a finished automobile on oceans and the skys are highways of Wednesday. 21 Renovate, Equip, Operate:

Planning for the Koffler Technology Center ~ Linda M Daniels

In the beginning, there were pens and The opening of the technology center may number of "micros" or personal computers pencils and pads of paper. Later, there be viewed as a particularly intricate and mUltiply beyond counting. "Two years were typewriters and adding machines, impressive step, but it will not be, by any ago," he says, "there were a handful of which were followed still later by superior means, the last leap. micros. Now every office has one if not typewriters and better adding machines. several PCs and they're used in much When the computer made its debut, the Considering the bewildering pace at which more sophisticated ways." world stopped short in its tracks, alter­ computer technology improves and nately expressing delight and consterna­ changes, it is unlikely even a state-of-the­ When Professor Robert Behling, chairman tion. Soon, however, the world resumed art computer center such as the Koffler of the Computer Information Systems conducting business in much the same will remain state of the art for very long. (CIS) department, came to Bryant in 1981 , way it always had: with pens and paper, As E. Joseph Guay, director of academic he was impressed with the 30 terminals typewriters and adding machines. computing, noted in his 1986 Koffler available for students. In the Idaho school Technology Center proposal, a strong and he had left behind, only 20 terminals for Those factors contributing to the computer's consistent commitment to keep pace with 11,000 students were available. "At Bryant, impressiveness also deterred its common computer technology is essential if Bryant we had very limited lab facilities, but it use. Computers were intimidating in size, is to provide the education the College should be noted that we weren't alone, complexity and cost. Slowly, though, and prides itself upon. Competitive institutions and in some ways were in better shape then with head-swiveling speed, their size, of higher education cannot not afford to than other schools," says Behling. complexity and cost diminished to a point remain stagnant when it comes to where computers began to seem more computers, says Guay. CIS majors and other students interested necessary than frightening. in computers increase yearly. The 150 stu­ dents concentrating in CIS in 1981 now Bryant recognized the need for computers number approximately 400, Behling says. some time ago. But this September, it will While that is gratifying, so too are the take its most dramatic step forward into increased numbers of non-CIS majors the computer age when it opens the exploring the world of computers and an Koffler Technology Center. To be housed infinite number of possible applications. in the former Koffler student center build­ They very much need to understand at ing, the new computer center will centralize least the basics of computers, says Behling. the College's computer resources in a way never attempted or possible before in the More than ever before, succeeding in cramped Unistructure. More important, business has come to mean understanding the center will allow Bryant to increase its the computer as a business tool, he says. resources dramatically. And that means Yet it is only within the past 20 years As business comes to rely upon and good news for the entire Bryant commu­ that the computer gradually but firmly appreciate computers more and more, it nity, from students and faculty to business assumed a permanent and daily role in needs employees who not only understand people serviced by the RI Small Business academic and administrative life. Bryant's the technology but can improve upon it, Development Center (RISBDC) and first steps into the computer age, like if need be. To date, Bryant has done very Center for Management Development. those of many colleges its size, were tenta­ well in filling the bill. Seniors graduating tive. They began in 1968 when a consul­ with CIS concentrations, for example, are The adjustments, expansions and tant hired by the College recommended very popular with major corporations, replacements of the College's first computer the purchase of an IBM computer. It was according to Behling. "Companies recruit system have been too numerous to describe installed the following year along with our kids heavily," he says, "and they're the briefly. Once Bryant entered the computer Bryant's first director of data processing. same companies recruiting at Dartmouth age, it embraced it with great alacrity. (College) and the University of Virginia The past 18 years, in fact, have been Current Director of Data Processing which are very well known for their excel­ marked by some high-tech high-stepping. Richard Dwyer has been at the College for lent programs in CIS." two years. During that brief period of time, he's seen "mainframe applications," Non-CIS majors may have an even higher computerese for new ways to use the stake in the Koffler Technology Center computer's power, expand greatly and the 22 The Computerization of Bryant: A timeline

than their computer-whiz peers. Says 1968 • Upon advice of consulting firm , 1983 • Fall semester heralds the opening of Behling, "In total, the center will not be Bryant considers installing its first Bryant's first academic microcom­ that big of a deal for CIS majors. There comprehensive computer system. puter lab for students; won't be a serious change in services for • a new position, that of director of them. The real winners will be the non­ 1969 • The system, an IBM computer, is academic computing, is created; CIS majors. They11 have a much better installed; • data processing department adds resource base." They will need it, too. • the first director of data processing is technical writer to staff; Behling and others agree that few profes­ hired. • another super-minicomputer is sional jobs will be available for "computer­ purchased for administration. illiterate" or computer-resistant college 1971 • IBM computer is relocated from graduates. "On day one of their first job," Providence campus to classroom 1984 • Initial microcomputer lab is Behling says, "they11 need to understand wing of Unistructure; expanded, increasing the number of computers. That's why it's important that • data processing staff expands to personal computers available for a Bryant College graduate have as much include a part-time key punch academic work to 61 ; computer proficiency as we can provide." operator and several student • a faculty resource center equipped programmers. with PC's is established; Bryant established a required introductory • serious discussion begins on tenta­ computer course seven years ago at a time 1976 • Demand for computer access tive plans to build an academic when many students had never used a PC escalates, resulting in the purchase computer center; before. Today, freshmen frequently have of another computer system, the • personal computers continue to used computers in their homes or high Basic Time-sharing Inc. model; proliferate in both faculty and schools, says Dwyer. Then too, he adds, • several terminals are purchased for administrative offices. Bryant students have an uncanny knack classroom instruction; for "recognizing what business needs." • additional terminals are installed 1985 • Academic computer system is up­ Adds Behling, "There was an awful lot of in administrative offices. graded to Data General's most popular press about opportunities in the advanced super-minicomputer. computer field . So a lot of kids wanted to 1978 • Academic computer terminals go to a school with a CIS program." In now number 30, with 20 located in 1986 • Trustees approve conversion of the some ways, the popularity of CIS led to a newly established computer lab Koffler Center to an academic false expectations. Some students found for faculty; computer center, with cost esti­ the courses more difficult than imagined • the IBM mainframe is replaced mated at a little over $2 million; and quickly dropped out, Behling says. The with a more powerful system, a • the Information Technology current statistics reflect a more stable Data General minicomputer; Committee, charged with analyzing group of students. • part-time data processing clerk's computer related issues and making position becomes full time. appropriate recommendations, is Guay, Bryant's first academic computing created. director, explains the growth of computer 1980 • Data processing staff expands equipment and use at the College most dramatically to include two 1987 • Renovations of the Koffler Center succinctly: "We have an explosion here." additional programmers, a pro­ begin; grammer/analyst, computer • a development campaign to raise Like Behling, Guay sees Bryant's decision operator and department secretary; funds for the renovating, equipping to establish the Koffler Technology Center and operating of the Koffler results as the logical result of steady growth. 1982 • The purchase of a super-minicom­ in the receipt of several sizable Though it took a strategic planning com­ puter for exclusive academic and donations. mittee recommendation to spur the faculty use increases the number of College to action, the need for a center student terminals to 50; had been recognized long before, he says. • new administrative software is purchased. While praising Bryant's past success in keeping abreast of computer technology, particularly as it relates to business educa­ tion, Guay called for even greater efforts 23 in his 1986 proposal. Wrote Guay, software. Faculty will be able to call upon Where Bryant now provides one computer " ... progress in the last few years has a professional staff for help in doing re­ terminal per 50 students, it will provide barely kept pace with demand, as com­ search through computers or in imple­ one terminal per 20 students this puter technology has continued to evolve menting software for use in the classroom. September. Where faculty most often and as more computer applications have Sidney Rollins, director of the Instructional begin to use computers on their own been incorporated into the curriculum. Development Center, is particularly initiative, they will be encouraged to ex­ Our very success in expanding our facili­ excited by the increased potential for plore their uses in a formal program. ties and services has increased the de­ exposing more faculty to the wonders of Where help for new and experienced mand, as students, faculty, and staff have computers. computer users is limited to the expert begun to learn more about the use of around the corner or a student worker in computers in their everyday activities." In addition, the business community Bryant one of the computer labs, a professional reaches through the RI Small Business staff will offer guidance in a number During the past two decades, major Development Center (RISBDC) and of areas. computer equipment purchases have been Center for Management Development (the planned to meet specific needs, but no CENTER) will be provided with needed What took time and careful consideration grand plan determined the speed or inten­ equipment and space. For the past several was deciding exactly how the College's sity at which the College began to acquire years, the CENTER's computer training computer needs should be met. According and use auxiliary computers. Faculty programs have been held in the two to Guay, the general consensus that members and administrators with a keen existing microcomputer labs. But the labs Bryant needed to commit its resources to interest in new technology were the first have only been available for CENTER developing computer literacy could be to request PCs and the first to sing their use two days per semester. According to realized in two ways: by requiring stu­ praises, says Dwyer. As others developed Director Timothy Sullivan, the Koffler dents to purchase their own personal an interest, "all it took was a few good will allow the CENTER to provide more computers or providing a "certain mini­ experiences with a computer and they seminars. Similarly, RISBDC Director mum level of access." Guay and others were hooked," he says. Training consisted Douglas Jobling believes a computer believe the latter choice will work best for primarily of self-instruction bolstered by center will help the SBDC better fulfill Bryant, though other colleges have initi­ asking the expert down the hall for a few an important mission: to help small busi­ ated mandatory computer-purchasing pointers. These methods were sufficient nesses use computer technology to their programs. when the number of computer users was best advantage. To that end, the SBDC modest, but increasingly inefficient and has found great success in its microcom­ Of all the good reasons supporting the problematic as the PCs proliferated. puter consulting program, funded by a creation of a technology center, Guay grant from the Levy Foundation. A believes its usefulness to students and the The Koffler Center will change the haphazard Bryant student-faculty team analyzes a economy they join after graduation is first nature of past training by supplying business's computer needs, makes recom­ and foremost. "We're training students to support personnel capable of advising the mendations and then helps implement work in local companies and they'll be novice word-processor and the adven­ them, explains Jobling. "It's exactly the more useful because of the technological turous programmer. One result of Bryant's kind of program we'd like to run in the knowledge they have. We're not just decision to keep pace with the technology new computer center," he says. talking ardent computer users, either. All is that demand for support has increased. businesses are dealing with technology­ The more sophisticated the computer Planners insist that the Koffler is not related issues today. If we don't keep up applications become, the greater the need simply an expensive array of hardware. If with business issues, we won't be training for support, says Dwyer. "We typify the all goes according to plan, and there our students to be as useful to business as mainstream. Until now, basically one seems no reason it should not, the new they can and should be." person, Joe (Guay), has provided academic center will help bring the computer into support, but that has to change and will every classroom, become the readily avail­ with the new center," says Dwyer. able and preferred tool of every student, and spur more faculty research projects. Specifically, the center will support all While the goals cannot practically be ful­ academic programs by giving students filled immediately, the improvement in greater access to computer terminals and computing facilities will be dramatic enough to satisfy several critical needs. 24 Bryant Memorabilia!

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25 Sandra W. Levy Janus S. Luth Search lS on for Lost Alumni J ohn C. Matula Francis J. McCracken James D. Millar Walter J . Miller As Alumni Weekend draws near, the Office of Alumni Relations is attempting to contact Robert F. Mona Carl V. Morton everyone celebrating a class reunion. If you know the whereabouts of a classmate listed Deborah (Leah) Nagel below, please let them know we are looking for them. Elaine H. Orla nd Mary (Azevedo) Pascoe Harold W. Perlso n Richard Peterson Robert N. Reed CLASS OF 1942 (45th Year Reunion) J ohn F. Lopes Euge ne F. Ridolfi Joseph H. Loranger Richard L. Rochester Vincent Dolan Marcella S. MacDuff Raymond D. Rone Meredith (James) Ferguson Jacqueline P. McDonald Carleton Round Vera (Peterson) Hix Richard McNamara Elai ne (Houle) Rowe Kathryn (Bradshaw) a ughton Bruce A. Mill er John R. Scanlan Howard 1. Peach David C. Mellor William F. Schaeneman George E. Reinsant Robert Normand Walter R. Stewart Gloria (De Sousa) Swett Pa uline (Crankshaw) Phillips Richard A. Studley James Wilso n Edna (Da Cunha) Rego Yeshayahu Tadmor Beverly M. Ricci Robert L. Turco CLASS OF 1947 (40th Year Reunion) Hilda (White) Saladino Attilio Viti Ruth E. Spring William F. Walsh Robert A. Weigner Edith (McDeed) Adams Helen (Sequin) Tague Heidi (Hannington) Allen Anita (Casacalenda) Tate William L. Bento James F. Woolley CLASS OF 1972 (15th Year Reunion) Albert W. Bernardine Myles S. Booth CLASS OF 1957 (30th Year Reunion) Chris topher Akinmolayan Michael Bucci Edward A. Alves John L. Champlin Marvin S. Abra ms Robert D. Angus Jose ph B. Damon Linwood J . Albert Cheryl (Amaral) Bakerman Claire (Fowler) DeWi ck Richa rd W. Alsfeld Barbara L. Barr Fred H. Johnson J oan C. Ashworth Wayne G. Beckner Shirley (Johnson) Lambert Vito D. Attilio Myrna H. Belgrade Molly (Pezza) Ma ngione Joseph Basta rd i Edward Bernardo Manuel L. Pinto John J. Beckett Vincent A. Berretto Verna Redmond Velma (S mith) Blake Richard Boni Shirley (Carpenter) Ruoff Edward J . Bonetti Robert F. Boutin Margaret (Pivarnik) Sullivan J anet E. Brayton Gail P. Bovi Edward M. Tokarz Frederick R. Bristol Linda (Le Doyt) Bowman Mary (Perry) Venancio Leo M. Bunker Richard J . Brown Arthur S. Yelle Geraldine S. Burkard Thomas H. Buchanan Audrey (Adams) Casperson Stephen L. Candela Patricia (Donahue) Chipperfield Robert B. Carlson CLASS OF 1952 (35th Year Reunion) Neil H. Clark Richard A. Charnack Maurice R. Cote Margaret A. Cote Ha rriet Alfred James D'Abrosca James W. Coutts Cecile (Levesque) Allen Frederick T. Da vis Barry Crossley Francis R. Bell John C. Del Luca David A. Curt Arthur Bloom John Dirrigl Edward J . Daly Patricia J. Brenckle Charles A. Dodge Raymond Damaso Judith (Bu rke) Brown Anne (Petell) Doucett Robert F. Denzer Eleanor (Sholes) Camden Alfred J . Dupont Albe Di Christofaro Elizabeth (Cameron) Cheeseman Richard H. Ellis Michael P. Doherty Steven Chesnick Mary Farrar Allan E. Doughty Dorothy (Wootton) Collins John P. Finn Henry M. Dubrow Nora A. Cullinane Eugene F. Gadai Kenneth T. Dykas Alden Davis Ronald P. Gilbert Lynne R. Evans Willard A. Dougherty Thomas F. Gi lbert Peter Fishel Rosanne V. Flynn Mrs. Donald Gold Thomas J . Foley Jean (McCarthy) Ga llagher Nancy Gold Robert H. Gentili Ralph Gardner Russell S. Goodrich C. Kay Goundry Robert Handleman Lorraine (Winsor) Grimes Herbert Gray Janet (Sloan) Holland Walter B. Hanson Alan J . Gudaitis Robert A. Kozel a ncy (Hakanson) Hoffman Claire L. Hogan Bla ir K. Lamphier William R. Irwi n Thomas J. Hollingworth Joseph Liberman Richard H. J ohnson Paul R. Jacobs William S. Lombardo Peter O. Kilbourn Jeffrey A. Jacobus David J. Kimmett Jay L. Janowsky Kennet h S. Kozlin Michael J. Kaelberer Barbara (Handy) Kressin Mary G. Kelly Deborah ( agel) Leach Beverly A. Kern 26 John C. Kesselring William N. Krajewski Joyce Kronengold Class Notes Paul D. La Branche Michael H. Lareau John J. Lawless Robert A. Lehtinen William R. Lundin Charles R. MacHado Dennis B. Magee Mrs. Jerry Mayer John A. McMahon Ashok C. Mehta Norma M. Mousseau Ruth (Cushing) Mueller James M. Murphy 1926 1958 Theresa (Gagnon) Murphy been honored with a public service has been named senior vice Robert S. Nicholson NelsonJ. Gulskihas K. Kenneth Bogosian award for CPA's. He has been associated with president, investments, with Dean Witter Reynolds Richard O'Dell Reed Oken Bryant College for over 50 years in capacities such in Providence, RJ. He lives in North Providence. as faculty member to acting president. He is an Judith A. Palowski George Peckham active member of the Alumni Association Executive Board. 1959 Gerard E. Pelletier Edward Polli John W. Nelson III of Middletown, RI has recently Howard C. Reade 1943 been named an assistant vice president in the Howard R. Ringgold commercial lending group at Bank of New England­ Corbin Rodriguez Joseph Bruno, president of J I BCO I ndustries in Old Colony. Paul W. Ryan Smithfield, RI, has been named Small Business Kathleen F. Schein Leader of the Year by the Greater Providence Guido Rizzo of Narragansett, RI has been named Marsha R. Schoeninger Chamber of Commerce. He lives in North manager of the new branch office of E.F. Hutton in Bruce Scott Providence, RJ. the Granite Street Shopping Center in Westerly. Robert S. Serrecchia Arthur S. Silva Denise (Desrosier) Silver 1949 1964 Mark T. Singer Jerold E. Skopp Henry Dickinson has been named vice president of Mary Ann (Babi/ewicz) Liscio, teacher, author, and JerfY Skrivan administration for the commercial insurance division entrepreneur, is the founder of Future Search, a Douglas B. Smith of Aetna Life and Casualty. He lives in Avon, CT. service which helps disabled and impaired students Deborah L. Soccoccia find a college compatible to their needs. Her Lester B. Stevens A. Michael Pardi has retired after 36 years of govern­ company is based in Spring Valley, NY. Marsha Stevens ment service most recently as regional sales manager, Richard J. St. Jacques Eastern Region, with the United States Post Office. Claudette M. St. Jean He lives in Blackwood, NJ. Roger P. Tessier Stephen Tyas 1950 Joseph N. Vet Ronald Washington Francis N. Alger has been appointed president, chief Leslie H. Weisman Joseph Uomoleale has been promoted to director of operating officer and director of Cumberland Farms, John M. West marketing with Racon, Incorporated. He lives in Incorporated, headquartered in Canton, MA. He Wichita, KS. Nancy (McGrory) Winslow lives in Plymouth. Kenneth E. Wissinger Marc D. Wolfson 1966 David A. Yates 1952 Marjorie E. Yungman Guido J. Zamperini has been named vice president in Sharon A. Zukowski the commercial loan department, southern region, at Bank of New England-Old Colony. He lives in Wakefield, RJ. 1967 Arthur J. Berriman has been named director of sales for United States and Canada of Travel and Leisure Joseph J. Bustin recently received a certificate of International Limited. He lives in Seekonk, MA. merit for successfully completing the Individual Retirement Account/ Simplified Employee Pension 1957 Specialist School of the National Retirement Train­ ing Conference of East Brunswick, NJ. He is Kenneth E. Grace has been elected operations officer assistant vice president and savings administrator of with Middleboro Trust Company. He resides in First Federal Savings Bank of America. Westport, MA Gary E. Cramer has been promoted to senior vice Donald C. Worthen has been appointed senior vice president, head of trust administration at Citizens and Southern Trust Company of Florida. president and trust officer with Citizens-Union Savings Bank. He lives in Fall River, MA.

27 Susan (Lappen) Cramer '66, hi s wife. is the office ma nager with Brody Properties in Lauderhill, FL. 1976 1980 They res ide in Plantation. Alfred A. Bagaglia has been appointed controller for Michael G. Fortin has been named assistant vice the Automobile Club of Rhode Island. He is a president of Fleet ational Bank. He lives in 1968 Certified Public Accountant and resides in North Da nielson, CT. Providence. Bruce W. Warren has been promoted to professor of management at Simmons College in Boston. He lives 1981 in Framingham, MA. 1977 Ronald E. Boisclair has been appointed a senior George Oliveira has been promoted to assistant vice manager in the Provid ence Office of Ernst & 1970 president in the money management department at Whinney. He re sides in Central Falls, RI. Citizens Bank. He resides in Seekonk. MA. Karen L. Davenport received a 6th Year Professional Kevin J. Foster has been named assistant treasurer Diploma in Education Administration during the Julie Ramsey is teaching 5th grade at Grinnell in the corporate planning department at Ci ti ze ns May 1986 commencement from the University of School in New Hampshire where she a lso resides. Bank. He lives in Warwick, RI. Connecticut. She was initiated into both Phi Delta Kappa and Pi Lambda Theta, honorary fraternities. Bernard Spirito has recently been elected vice Michael Ore/ice, Jr. has joined the tax department president/ controller and director with The F.A. of Rosenfield, Holland and Raymon, P.c., Bassette Company of Springfield, MA. He resides in Accountants and Auditors in North Dartmouth, 1971 Wilbraham. MA. He li ves in Warren, RI.

Joseph R . Cullen of Littleton, M A has been named Frederick K. Uttley of Cranston, R I has bee n vice president, construction and commercial real 1978 promoted to manager in the tax department of Peat estate, with Lowell Institution for Savings. Marwick Mitchell & Co. Terrence W. A llen has been named assistant vice 1972 president at Fleet ational Bank. He li ves in Pa wt ucket, R I. 1982

A nne M . Fortini of North Providence, R I has Thomas C. Egan, a certified public accounta nt, has been appointed a member of the issues management recently been appointed treasurer of the city of committee of the National Federation of Business Warwick. He lives in Providence, RI. and Professional Women. She is a revenue officer in the Rhode Island Division of Taxation. Susan A. Gronczniak has recently accepted the position of manager of accounting/ finance in the A Ian J. Cicchelli has been promoted to senior vice Sally M. Proto has been promoted to vice president corporate office of Computer Products, president with Connecticut ational Bank in in the Community Banking South Division of Incorported in Pompano Beach, FL. She resides in Hartford. He resid es in West Hartford. Connecticut National Bank. She resides in North Lauderdale. Branford, CT. Christina (Kirk) Steinman has joined the Washington, D.C. National Affairs Office of 1983 Deloitte Haskins & Sells, a n international 1979 accounting, tax and cons ulting firm, as a sen ior Paul A. Beaudoin has been appointed assistant manager fo r transportation consulting in the State Douglas A . Boyle has been named accounting administrator/ director of finance a t Notre Dame supervisor with Promotion Development and Local Government Services Group. She resides Hospital in Central Falls, RI. He resides in Corporation. He resides in Mount Vernon, NY. in Washington, D.C. Cumberland.

Michael J. De Vito has recently been named vice Denis Cournoyer ha s recently begun a year-long 1973 president of finance at Power-Hold Incorporated in tour with Cast C of Up With People, an interna­ Middlefield , CT. He a nd his family reside in East tional, educational, and cultural program. He resides Edward A . Decesare has recently been promoted to Hampton, CT. accounting manager with Vista wall Architectural in Woonsocket, RI. Products in Lincoln, R I. He lives in Providence. Dino T. Minutelli is engaged to Theresa Sanga. He Lianne G. Hebblewaite has been promoted to is employed with Gulf Oil in Westboro, MA. assistant vice president in the marketing department 1974 of the Rhode Island Banking Group at Hospital Donna M . Ulrich of North Smithfield, RI has been Trust National Bank. She lives in Providence, RI. Daniel L. A derholdt has recently become a di strict promoted to systems manager in the electroni c banking system department of Citizens Bank in sa les manager with the Pall Process Filter Deborah Mintzer recently became engaged to Provi dence. Corporation located in Chicago, fL. He resides with William Talbot. They currently reside in Danbury, CT. his wife a nd two sons in Wheaton, IL. Lloyd Nelson has accepted a new position as 1975 management recruiter with Search Incorporated. He resides in Shrewsbury, MA. Bruce Boucher police patrol man, was na med a corporal with the Brunswick, ME police department. 1984 Joseph W. Winthrop has been named district Gerald A . Phelps ha s been named senior tax manager in manager for the northern New England area. He will Gregory A bboll has joined Gerry Abbott, the Providence, R I office of Price Waterhouse. be responsible for overseeing the corporation's con­ Incorporated, Realtors of Mansfield as a sales sulting and marketing operations for the metropolitan associate. He resides in Foxboro, MA. Chester H. Rich has been appointed director of security areas of Providence, Boston, Worcester, as well as with St. Jose ph Hospital. He lives in Providence, RI. for New Hampshire and northern New England. He lives in Greenville, RI.

28 Richard L. Dupre has been named manager of customer information by EUA Service Corporation. Graduate School Class Notes He lives in Cumberland. RI.

Cynthia M. Gabriel of the Jack Conway Realtor has recently accomplished the goal of selling $1 million worth of real estate for 1986. She lives in Eastham, MA.

Toni Goncalves is engaged to AI Casella . She is a systems and reporting coordinator with IBM a nd resides in Wappingers Falls, NY.

Caroleen M. Jones of Portsmouth, RI has recently been named annual giving officer in the institutional advancement department of Bryant College. 1973 1983

Scali D. Morin has been promoted to senior sales Wayne P. Yeller has been named a vice president in Paul E. Pankiewic% of West Warwick. RI has been and marketing analyst with The Rockport Company. the corporate human health marketing group of promoted to controller with Orbis. Incorporated. an He is attending Clark University Graduate School Merck & Company, Incorporated, in Rahway, NJ. East Providence computer services company. and resides in Northboro, MA. Ronald Regnier is now in charge of sales and marketing Judy Norberta is engaged to Stephen Downey. She 1976 for Martin! Roberts Associates. He res ides in is employed with Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Harrisville, RI. Frederick S. Gaschen has been selected as a recipient Gesmer a nd resides in Norton, MA. of the 1986 certificate of merit by the ACT! NACADA, a National Recognition Program 1984 1985 for Academic Advising. He recently retired as assistant professor of marketing at York College and Carol L. Stelkiewic% has recently been appointed Kevin Flanagan has accepted a new position with has returned to Bryant as an evening instructor. project controller with ITT Sheraton in Braintree, Connecticut Mutual Life in Hartford, CT as a MA. She lives in West Warwick. RI. disability income market consultant. He lives in New Thomas Theroux has recently been appointed associate Britain. vice president at the Norwood Hospital. He lives in Alan S. Wardyga has been elected assistant vice Seekonk, MA. president of Eastland Bank. He resides in Russell R. Mayman is engaged to Kathy Nicholson. Johnston, RI. He is a commercial finance examiner with Shawmut 1977 Bank of Boston. She is a systems a nalyst with LCDR. Charles J. Weber recently participated in Metropolitan Life Insurance. part of a Presidential Commission Program made up William E. Malleson has recently joined the Bank of of 27 delegates who traveled through the People's Boston-Southeastern Region as first vice president RepUblic of China a nd Hong Kong to give lectures. Melissa A. Ogg has been promoted to a udit senior! and retail segment head. He resides in North symposia, and workshops. departmental officer in the audit group of Old Stone Dartmouth, MA. Bank. 1978 1985 1986 Michael G. Fortin has recently been named assistant Joseph R. Berella has been promoted to director of vice president at Fleet National Bank. He lives in administration at the Robinson Green Beretta Lawrence J. Dionne is a staff accountant with Danielson, CT. Gallagher, Flynn, Crampton and Company in VT. Corporation. He re sides in Lincoln, RI. Michael S. Germani has been appointed a finance Douglas A. Dorman of Brooklyn, CT ha s been 1979 director for the Visiting Nurse Association of South appointed assistant branch manager in the Danielson Middlesex, Incorporated, of Framingham, MA. He Office of Independent Bank and Trust Company. Richard P. Boucher has been named marketing lives in Warwick, RI. director for Swarovski America Limited's newly Kristine M . Knowles joined the firm of J ed Cohen, established Consumer Jewelry Division. He resides Gerard L'Heureux has been appointed controller for CPA. in New Bedford, MA as a staff accountant. in Barrington, R I. Exercycle Corporation. a manufacturer of fitness equipment in Woonsocket, RI where he also resides. Robert J. Lawton has recently been named mortgage account executive with First Federal Savings Bank 1980 Thomas McSparren, Jr. , has been named residential of America. He lives in orth Kingstown, R I. mortgage officer at Mariner Mortgage Corporation, James M. Geiger has been promoted to senior an affi'liate of Bank of New England. He resides in Edward J. McDermoll has been appointed to manager with Peat, Marwick, and Mitchell in the Newport, RI. assistant director of financial aid with the Fitchburg management consulting department's Washington State College. He resides in Windsor, CT. office. Michael S. Resnick of Cranston. RI has been appointed tax manager in the Providence Office of 1982 Ernst & Whinney.

Thomas R. Oates has recently been appointed controller at Woonsocket Hospital. He resides in Cranston, R I.

Gerald A. Phelps has recently been named senior ta x manager in the Providence, RI office of Price Waterhouse.

29 Marriages

Ronald Marinelli '67 to Mjlrgaret McManus. Christopher Cerrato '81 to Deborah Manning. Samuel Catoe '83 to Lannette Hod gkins. September Nancy L. Grejdus '81 to Steven Cadwallader, 7, 1986, North Providence, RI. Joseph W. Cavallaro '72 to Paula Sullivan, August September 13, 1986, Glastonbury, CT. Catherine M. Connelly '83 to Paul Carey, October 9, 1986, Danvers MA. Gregory Kwiatkowski '81 to Ellen Rainone '83, 18, 1986, Fall River, MA. September 14, 1986, Providence, RI. Keith P. Dauray '83 to Da wn Stickney, August 31 , Paul Boisvert '73 to Linda Emery, August 17, 1986, Michael R. Malo '81 to Kathleen Tesik , Providence, RI. 1986, Providence, RI. Pawtucket, RI. A nne M . Scott '81 to Jose DeFaria, September21, 1986. Jay Donofrio '83 to Deborah Ragany '83, May3 1, 1986, Gary Cohen '73 to Sharon Kugell , Connecticut. North Brunswick, NJ. Lori Malamed '73 to Brian Doris, August 31 , 1986, Jennifer B. Arnold '82 to Bradford Hunt, Cumberla nd , Glen Florio '83 to Kayce Cashill '85, November 15, 1986, Rockville Centre, NY. RI. Barrington, R 1. Joseph A . Miller '73 to Anne Levi ne, Marlboro, MA . Scoll A. Bayne '82 to Sofia Saraceno, June 14, 1986, Janice Friedman '83 to Richard Karnes, Bristol CT. September 14 , 1986. Paul R . Boisvert ' 74 to Linda Emery, August 17, 1986. Joseph Balducci '82 to Diane Rossi, Providence, RI. Joan Golaszewski '83 to Nicholas Lessen 111 '82, Pawtucket, RI. Jeffrey S. Bodak '82 to Caroline Coppolino, October October 4, 1986, Greenville, RI. Joan S. Gertsacov '74 to Joseph Kopels. 4, 1986, Johnston, R 1. Brenda Goodnow '83 to John Rota, Woonsocket , RI. Jane Cooperman '82 to Robert Petrarca, September Joseph E. Henry '83 to Melissa Grant, August 16, John F. Feeley '76 to Diane Niland, Plymouth, MA. 14, 1986, Providence, RI. 1986, Pascoag, RI. Steven Hughes '76 to Christine Trainor, Lynn. MA. Rosemary L. Crook '82 to Sean Greeley, July 19, A Ian D. Laird '83 to Emelina Hagupit, North Donna Layton '76 to Stephen Welch, July 26. 1986, 1986, Cumberland , RI. Providence, R 1. Att leboro, MA. Theodore P. Demetriades '82 to Deborah Derderian. Kevin Lawrence '83 to Lori DeCristofaro, Randolph, MA. October II, 1986 , Chepachet, R 1. Susan M . Donfrancesco '77to John Pilkington. Jr., Sandra Denningham '82 to James Raeuchle, October LaurieJ. Libby '83 to Craig Winslow, October II , 1986, October 12. 1986, Providence, Rl. 4, 1986. Aurora, CO. Topsham, ME. Kenneth Goralnick ' 77 to Rosea nn Merin , Kathy A. Deschene '82 to Jeffrey Bent, Warwick, RI Judith A. Merola '83 to John Hoyceanyls, Bloomfield , CT. Erich Golschneider '82 to Diane Winchell, October Woonsocket, R 1. Joanne Grande '77 to Michael Choini ere, October II , 1986, North Providence, RI. Patricia J. Moore '83 to Philip Lord , October 4, 1986 , 12, 1986 , Cranston, RI. Jerald S. Greenberg '82 to Caryn Liebergall, March Lebanon, CT. Janice M. Spagnoli '77 to Paul McCormick. 22, 1986, Easton, MA. Mary A. Ouimette '83 to David Carpenter. Jr., Cumberland, RI. James A. Hanson '82 to Lissa Magee, May 31, 1986, August 31 , 1986. Warwick, RI. Winston-Salem, C. Tomas Perruna '83 to Doreen DiMaria. Thomas A. Rando '78 to Susan Pelletier, Lisa A. Ledbetter '82 to David Cournoyer, Ellen Rainone '83 to Gregory Kwiatkowski '81, October 4, 1986, Smithfield, RI. Greenville, RI. September 14, 1986, Providence, RI. William C. Ross '78 to Susan Russo. Nicholas F. Lenssen 111 '82 to Joan Golaszewski '83, Stephen Ruggieri '83 to Susan DiSaia, Barrington, RI. September 13, 1986, Arabi, LA. October 4, 1986, Greenvi ll e, RI. Judith E. Sihau '83 to Michael Gilush, September 6, John D. Spatcher '78 to Janet Bosse, October 18, 1986. Joseph Maneca '82 to Maureen Anter, October 4. 1986, Middletown, CT. Granby, CT. 1986, Lincoln, RI. Lisa J. Vellucci '83 to Daniel Mandevi ll e, September John B. Vincent '78 to Jean Harrison, Helen K. McAllister '82 to Jonathan Ross, June 28, 21, 1986, Provid ence, RI. September 20, 1986, Tiverton, RI. 1986, Mystic, CT. Thomas Yandow '78 to Jane Cook, October 25 , 1986, Kenneth L. Nahigian '82 to Donna J. Scott '80, Donna Caianiello '84 to Randall Grossguth. Burlington, VT. August 30, 1986, Cranston, RI. Steven A. Carr '84 to Deanne Lefebvre, October 5, 1986. Gordon Nelson '82 to Roberta Gaeta , September 14. Robert D'Amico '84 to Anne Mitchell, Johnston, RI. Carla A. Calabrese 79 to Thomas Dawson. August 1986, Greenville, RI. Raymond E. Gallucci, Jr. '84 to Deborah A. I, 1986, East Hartford, CT. Michael L. Quint '82 to Sheri Jacobs, Chelsea, MA. Bingham '85, October, 4, 1986, Warwick, RI. William H. Campbell '79 to Nicola Bland, June7, 1986, Linda M. Ricci '82 to Glenn Markley, North John J. Leite, Jr. '84 to Diane Duarte, Johnston, RI. East Hartford , CT. Providence, R 1. Thomas Malkiewicz '84 to Gina Gallo '84, Lisa Rines '82 to Ronald Ploof, Mansfield , MA. Stamford, CT. Kathleen L. Garrity '80 to John Minitti, August 9, 1986, Margaret Stewart '82 to Gerald Brittingham, August John W. O'Neil '84 to Andrea Stecewicz '85, August 2, Southington, CT. 30, 1986, Hamden CT. 1986, Millbury, MA. William W. Potter '80 to Alice St. John, September Steven A. Turchetta '82 to Kimberly Billeri, October Nancy E. Peden '84 to John Manby. June 20, 1986, 13, 1986 , Foster, RI. 12, 1986, Cranston, R 1. Norwalk. CT. Donna J. Scott '80 to Kenneth L. Nahigian '82, Jean Pinone '84 to Joseph Ginnetty, August 23 , 1986, August 30, 1986, Cranston, RI. Marc R. Bacon '83 to Patricia Bryan, September 27. Bristol, CT. Maureen J. Tessier '80 to David Mailhot, 1986, Smithfield, RI. Stephen Stone '84 to Anna Rosa , October 4, 1986, East Gaithersburg, MD. Susan Barber '83 to Stephen Kohut, November 15, Providence, R 1. Rudolf Weiss '80 to Mary Lou Auger, August 23 , 1986. Roy F. Vanburen, Jr. '84 to Shelley Phelan, November 1986, Stratford, CT. Frederick A . Baruffi 111 '83 to Lillian Kocha, I, 1986, Malden, MA. September 20, 1986. Pamela J. Bramich '81 to Thomas Daviau. Kevin S. Berry '83 to Sa nd ra Enos. September 27, Victoria R. Atamian '85 to Peter Cheamitru, September 13 , 1986, Franklin, MA. 1986, Providence, RI. September 28. 1986, orth Smithfield, RI. Patricia E. Carbone '83 to Bruce Bernier, West Kathleen M. Barrell '85 to Mark Zarek, August 9, 1986, Warwick, RI. Vernon, CT. 30 Births In Memoriam

Deborah A . Bingham '85 to Raymond E. Gallucci, Jr. Jennifer Morgan to Ethel (Miller) '74 a nd J ohn J osephine A. Fay '19 November 1986 '84, October 4, 1986, Warwick, RI. Bensted , May 24. 1986. Orla nd o, FL. Glad ys E. Dawley '22 September 1986 Mary Breckinridge '85 to Gregg Cooper '86, Arthur E. Conner, J r. '29 October 1986 Septe mber 6, 1986, Manchester, NH . Daniel Lloyd to Marcia (Senk) '73 a nd J im Miller, Agnes E. Wa lsh '29 October 1986 Jodi Brenner '85 to Michael Magerer, June I, 1986, June II, 1986, EI Sobrante, CA. Francis B. Underwood '30 September 1986 Norwood . MA. Alfred Murphy '32 October 1986 Kayce Cashill '85 to Glenn Florio '83, November 15 , Kathryn Elizabeth to Debra (DeBartolo) '77 a nd J ohn E. Ca rney '37 September 1986 1986. Peter Hayes, July 17, 1986, Ridge fi eld , CT. Vincent Jackvony '46 September 1986 Jane Cienava '85 to Timothy O'Ha re. Se ptember 6, Edgar A. Brought on '47 Octobe r 1986 1986, South Att leboro, MA. Jared Joseph to Debra (Weinberg) ' 78 a nd Peter Pierrette Lac ha pell e '49 October 1986 Thomas A. Dequallro '85 to Paula Gazerro, North Harvey, Ma y 30. 1986, Ga ithersburg, MD. James S. Kenyon, Jr. '51 ovem ber 1986 Providence, R I. Robert C. Kofsuske '55 August 1986 R ichard J. DiOrio '85 to Maryanne Downing '86, Ryan M ark to M ary A nn (Italiano) ' 79 a nd J effrey Russe ll K. Bell '66 August 1986 Aug ust 23 , 1986, Bri dgewater, MA. Cahoon, November 13, 1985, Weste rl y, RI. Peter Hi nsda le '68 September 1986 Lisette D , Duguay '85 to Thomas Clem, Smithfield. R I. James Ga ry '78 November 1986 Nancy Dutra '85 to J . David Curra n, September 13. William Joseph I V to William Carrington 1// '79 1986, Wa rwick, RI. a nd Patricia (Kinghorn) '80, August 25, 1986, Gina Gallo '85 to Thomas Malkiewicz '84, Sta mfo rd , Wa tertown CT. CT. Liliana Giansante '85 to Will iam Bauer. August 2, 1986, Chelsea Lynn to Kenneth Vario '83 and his wife Linda, North Att leboro, MA. September 21 . 1986. No rth Smithfi eld , R I. Jane E, Harper '85 to A lan M . Rosengard '85, W. Smith, dies at 71 August 23, 1986, Na ti ck, MA. A my Nicole to Mr. a nd Mrs. Gary Siwik '78 MBA , Kelly Leblanc '85 to Patrick Conn ors, August 16, J une 26, 1986. 1986. Pa wtucket, RI. The Bryant community was sadd ened to Joseph R . M aloney '85 to Dia ne Va llely, May 31 , 1986. Cranston, RI. lea rn of the death of William C. Smith, Ernest Orticerio '85 to Lorna McGi ll ivray. fo rmer dean of men a nd the first vice Providence, R I. presid ent of student affai rs at the College, Nancy A . Perry '85 to Leo Lava llee, Jr., May 17. on Christmas Day at his retirement home 1986. North Attleboro, MA . A ndrea L. Stecewicz '85 to John W. O'Neil '84, in Fern Pa rk , Florida. He was 71. August 2, 1986, Millbury, MA. Steven D. S weet '85 to Na ncy McCaffrey, Dea n Smith, who served the College September 13, 1986, Wa rwick , R I. during the exciting transitional period of the late sixties a nd early seventies, played John J, Bellino //1 '86 to Da rian Pettingill , October II , 1986, Glastonbury, CT. a key role in the historic move from Gregg Cooper '86 to Mary Breckinridge '85, Providence to the campus in Smithfield . September 6. 1986. Manchester, NH. With his eve r-prese nt pipe in ha nd , Bill Joel D. Crock '86 to Wend y Williams, October 12, dispensed his homespun counsel and 1986, Milford , H. Lawrence Dionne '86 to Lorri Mancone, Septembe r occasional repri mand to thousands of 14, 1986, Burlington, VT. Brya nt students over the years wi th a Maryanne Downing '86 to Richard DiOrio '85, style that had deep roots in hi s native August 23 , 1986, Bridgewater, MA. Georgia. Laura J. Drost '86 to Lawrence A , Theroux, September 6, 1986, S hrewsbury, MA. John Hagopian '86 to Sharon Emery, September 7, Let these words from "The Brothers 1986, Cranston, R I. Karamazov" serve as a reminder of his Mark Marzullo '86 to Donna Rondeau, September tenure: "And even if we are occupied with 20, 1986, Na rragansett, R I. important things , even if we attain honor Dennis Murphy '86 to Robyn Lepore, Septe mber 7, 1986, Providence , RI. or fa ll into misfortune- still let us re mem­ Debra Perry '86 to Edwa rd Generali, Septe mber 27, ber how good it once was here, when we 1986, Cranston, RI. we re all together, united by a good a nd Lauri Terenzi '86 to Ma rio Luca, Providence, R I. kind fee ling which made us better, perhaps, tha n we a re." John J. Doonan, Jr. '83 M BA to Carrie Supern ovich, November 8, 1986, West Willington, CT.

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