University Magazine Fall 2014 NEW DAY THE NEW RESIDENCE HALL IS DONE AND FRISBEES FLY AGAIN ON THE RENOVATED QUAD. p.28

plus Kenya and France anniversaries, NCAA triple jump champion, ODK national leader st. lawrence university | fall 2014

Color Coded: As the 2014-15 academic year got underway in late August, members of the various first-year colleges donned coordinated t-shirts and launched themselves into First-Year Cup competition, designed to forge college identity, help the newest Laurentians learn about St. Lawrence, and encourage them to become engaged with University life by earning points for attending events on campus. Fall,14 Features A professor’s now-famous last words as he sent off St. Lawrence’s 16 first students to study abroad: “Don't Mess it Up.” The rhythm you’ll feel when you see this collection is the art whispering 22 “O God of All Creation,” Kenya’s national anthem. Building the student experience alongside our most beloved 28 traditions: “New Looks on the Old Campus” unite then and now.

Departments In Every Issue 4 On Campus 2 A Word from the President 9 On Social Media 3 Letters 10 Sports 37 From the Archives 15 Philanthropy in Action 38 Class Notes 34 Laurentian Portrait 77 Final Thought

On the Cover: A new residence hall bordering a renovated Quad was not the only change that greeted Laurentians at the start of the fall semester; for others, begin on page 28. Photographed by Tara Freeman Above: “Unwritten Letters” by Tandazani Dhlakama ’11 of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe was part of the show that celebrated the 40th anniversary of St. Lawrence’s Kenya Program. For more, see page 22. To read this magazine online, go to stlawu.edu/magazine st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 A Word From the President Letters From granite to green—the Quad’s purpose

A memory of Peter Van de Water to create the Adirondack Park Agency In early spring 1972, I received a call to ensure that no large-scale develop- dents stayed at impossible distances from Are You Going?” reminds me of what we from the president of the Horizon Cor- ment such as this would be on the park’s denser, hurried populations. believe St. Lawrence students may appre- poration in New York City. He wrongly horizon. There will forever be a lot of There is much more to this story, however, hend as they come casually into the assumed that I, as director of planning Peter’s spirit in that Grasse than older economies can explain. In fact, Quad from stone steps or a sitting wall: for St. Lawrence County, would be River we fought so hard to the St. Lawrence Quad reflects a deeper pleased at the news of Horizon’s purchase protect. “O do you imagine,” said fearer to farer, and longer perspective about the workings of 25,000 acres of Adirondack forestland Richard Grover | Canton, “That dusk will delay on of a college, something more than a once- in the Grasse River headwaters. Horizon’s New York your path to the pass, quaint remnant of pastureland. plan was to build dams and golf courses Your diligent looking discover the lacking, In the earliest years of building American and subdivide the land into thousands In the days of Your footsteps feel from colleges, the founders always aspired to the of building lots to be sold nationally to housemothers granite to grass?” conditions of paradise. In their design and private investors. I was touched by the remem- purpose, the builders wished to leave bold they are indeed wayfarers, of mind A furor of state and national sig- brance by Jane Wendt Wilson statements to their posterity, though usu- and dream, passing with diligent looks nificance developed over the proposed in the Winter 2014 Class Notes ally without the means of grand architec- “from granite to grass.” And the grass scheme. Local newspapers expressed for 1957 concerning Mrs. Living with Harry ture. No matter what building ambitions becomes a consulate of paradise. unbridled support for the proposal, O'Brien, the housemother at I want to most heartily recommend were imagined, the first colleges reserved College courtyards and university which, it was asserted, had the promise of Gaines House. Daniel Reiff’s book on his father, Pro- in their plans some untouchable, unbuilt quadrangles perpetuate the green imagery transforming this Adirondack “waste- Elizabeth “Bessie” O'Brien was my fessor Henry Reiff, Teacher, Scholar, ground as a central educational necessity. found in the oldest conviction that an land” into a magnet for new home buyers grandmother. She was born in 1892, and Mentor. It is a wonderfully rich book, They gave priority to their green spaces. academy of learning requires a time and and recreation seekers. But a groundswell could remember celebrations marking the full of photographs and letters and The dream that a wilderness contains place of ample leisure. Only in a fleeting of opposition also quickly emerged, and end of the Spanish-American War. In the other documents that give a deep within it “paradise” is very old, actually moment of paradise is it possible for the it was through this controversy that I late 1940s, after raising two daughters, she and wide-ranging sense of Harry and he cherished st. lawrence traceable linguistically and mythologically mind to strive for freedom and, ultimately, met Peter Van de Water ’58, whose death started a career when most people would his multiple achievements and his Quad is curiously undivided, to Assyrian and Persian sources; the word to have a chance of surpassing the mind’s was noted in the summer issue of this be thinking about retirement: she came to personal life. tracing no paths, labyrinths “paradise” itself is derived from an ancient limits. The motive of the Quad in all its magazine. Canton to become a housemother at St. Reading the book, I felt I was living or walkways across its plane tradition of setting aside a park-like royal activities today—whether frisbee games A decision was made to organize against Lawrence, where one of her daughters (my with Harry and his times, culminat- geometry. This square field enclosure. The idea of paradise as a garden or chairs in a circle—is freedom; and once the proposal; Citizens to Save the Ad- mother) had graduated in the Class of 1943. ing in his early years at St. Lawrence, is also notably different from later emerged in the more familiar narra- we have known that, we ought to fear its irondack Park was formed and Peter was The stories recounted in the note certainly bringing the University alive, too. I T the equivalent flat places on tives set down in Jerusalem, Athens and loss. I know this from an office window elected its president. The CBS Evening ring true: Gram had no-nonsense standards, roomed in the Reiff house at 84 Park other American campuses for its unadorned Rome. The belief that in the midst of an overlooking the Quad, for there is no more News ran a story in which a canoe ap- and when she was in charge, she usually Street in the 1950s, when I was an interior and exclusive greenness. Its simplic- incomprehensible wilderness there can be beautiful sight than a student sprinting peared, quietly slipping through still got her way. She eventually retired for real assistant professor of English at St. ity is exceptional. The Quad features no a garden, a place of sanctuary, was a power- across the grass, hands outstretched under water, Peter in the stern, talking about around 1960, and lived well into her 90s. Lawrence, and can testify to Harry’s fountains, statues or structures. There is no ful physical and metaphysical theme of a long-tossed ball. The young legs run the value of the Adirondack wilderness. Thank you for the unexpected reminder devotion to the University. monumental gate or obvious entry point, unexpected variation; it gave hope through as if the earth has no end and the land is It’s the vision of Peter in that canoe that of how people can touch other people's which makes sense because there is no brick centuries of inescapable, hard human forever green. The unbound, measureless lingers most in my mind…a man at lives, even so many years later. Edward Clark | Medford, Massachusetts wall or iron fence defining its perimeter. experience in the chaos of a wasteland. free play of intellect still matters. home in the wilderness environment he The writer is professor of English, It is just an expansive main lawn, slightly Paradise seems a far country, yet never The Quad expresses its paradise motif loved, arguing for its protection. Michael Sheard | Memphis, Tennessee emeritus, at Suffolk University. The tilted to the sunrise. Its unusual subtlety, far from home. From desert monasteries in which students dream of themselves The battle, which we won, played a The writer is Rutherford Professor book about Professor Reiff is available nevertheless, is loaded with moral signifi- to medieval universities, the quadrangle, as better than they are. The Quad is a huge role in New York State’s decision of Mathematics, Emeritus. from brewerbookstore.com. cance and community meaning. the cloister, and the close were ways of beloved memory for us of other years and Many American colleges were intention- remembering the quest for meaning in for no better reason than it recalls a free- ally placed on the edge of the rural wilder- the wilderness. To find the serenity and dom that for the rest of our lives we are university magazine volume lx111 number 4 2014 ness, often before there were good roads to freedom of a garden, the richly explored somehow trying to regain. The memory ST. LAWRENCE | | get there. St. Lawrence’s history took root premises of both Dante and Milton, of walking across the Quad in sunshine Editor-in-Chief Design director St. Lawrence University does not discriminate against students, faculty, staff or other beneficiaries on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, Neal S. Burdick '72 Jamie Lipps disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin in admission to, or access to, or treatment, or employment in its programs in this venerable tradition. On the surface brings together a thematic coherence that or moonlight, of heeding the horizon line and activities. AA/EEO. For further information, contact the University’s Age Act, Title IX and Section 504 coordinator, 315-229-5656. assistant editor photography director A complete policy listing is available at www.stlawu.edu/policies. Meg Bernier '07, M '09 Tara Freeman of this frontier heritage, these choices of is our institutional extension of paradise, of the Adirondack hills, is akin to what Published by St. Lawrence University four times yearly: January, April, July and October. Periodical postage is paid at Canton, NewYork 13617 and at additional mailing offices. (ISSN 0745-3582) Printed in U.S.A. All opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the author and do art director News editor location seem prudent because land was a place as simple as a lawn but also a place Josiah Royce once described as the pause not necessarily reflect those of the editors and/or St. Lawrence University. Editorial offices: Office of University Communications, St. Lawrence Alex Rhea Ryan Deuel cheapest there and the ideal of undistracted to find a reliable corner of one’s mind. in the day given as “a principal glimpse University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, phone 315-229-5585, fax 315-229-7422, e-mail [email protected], Web site www.stlawu.edu associate art director class notes editor Address changes A change-of-address card to Office of Annual Giving and Laurentian Engagement, St.Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, learning was best accomplished when stu- W. H. Auden’s 1931 poem “O Where of the homeland of the human soul.” n Susan LaVean Sharon Henry Canton, NY 13617 (315-229-5904, email [email protected]) will enable you to receive St.Lawrence and other University mail promptly. —WLF 2 3 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 on campus

Know it All. A roundup of news from campus.Want more? Find us online: www.stlawu.edu/news

Citing security program in January 2015, even more, in inspiring and led the project beginning in 1 concerns in making student safety our un- motivating students to explore 2011, with significant input Kenya, St. Lawrence has equivocal first principle,” said and achieve. from his students Margaret suspended its study President William L. Fox ’75 in Three different Harrington ’14, Brett Ford ’14 program there for the a campus announcement. “Our 3 arboretum tours and Korey Devins ’13. fall 2014 semester. facilities and staff in Nairobi are now available to Robin Lock, Professor Koon The University is just one will be fully supported during those visiting campus, 4 Burry Professor of several colleges to take this period of evaluation.” thanks to an Innovation of Statistics, has won this step, based in part on Michael Farley, Grant, one biology professor the American Statistical Wins a Fulbright U.S. State Department travel 2 professor of music, and three of his students. The Association’s National The physicist's research could have important warnings. Arrangements have has been appointed the point of origin for all three is Waller Distinguished implications in the microelectronics industry. been made for the students Birdsong Professor of Payson Hall, home to Career Award, which who were enrolled, with eight the Arts. St. Lawrence’s Office of honors lifetime achievement aniel W. Koon, profes- control issue for the semiconductor of cross- and cloverleaf-shaped specimen of the 14 opting to under- This professorship is funded Admissions, where tour-takers in teaching statistics. He is sor of physics, has been industry. The measurements allow him geometries, based on theory developed take a Council on Interna- by Terry Burns ’69 and Lynn can pick up colorful maps the first-ever recipient of the awarded a Fulbright to characterize how a specific shape and by myself and colleagues (at universi- tional Educational Exchange Birdsong ’68 to recognize and with descriptions and stories award. “Everyone who has U.S. Scholar Grant to the placement of electrodes on a micro- ties in Denmark and Prague), I hope to (CIEE) program in neighbor- support the work of a distin- of more than a dozen trees and been involved in statistics edu- travel and research for chip affect how much of the specimen provide a wide overview of which geo- ing Tanzania. guished, tenured professor in other points of interest along cation in the last three decades six months in Prague, is sampled by the measurement, how metrical shapes and electrode placements “Over the next several the arts who demonstrates love each route. Karl McKnight, has interacted with, and been DCzech Republic. This is Koon’s second much error will result from misaligning provide the most accurate, most tightly months, we will assess all the of learning in scholarship and professor of biology, who influenced by, Lock,” said the Fulbright scholarship; he received one the electrodes, and how much heating focused diagnostic, as well as reducing possibilities of resuming our performance or exhibition, but teaches ecology and botany, ASA announcement. in 1981 to travel and research in what can skew results. unwanted effects.” was then West Berlin. He is taking a “These results could have very impor- In anticipation of being awarded sabbatical leave in 2014-15 to conduct tant implications in the microelectron- the grant, Koon spent the last year his research. ics industry, where smaller and smaller teaching himself Czech. Cultural For 20 years, Koon has been measuring devices drive the need for ever more com- exchange, he said, is also central to and mapping the resistance of silicon pact resistance probes,” Koon said. “By the Fulbright program. n wafers, which is an important quality- making precise calculations for a variety See more at www.stlawu.edu/news. Another Saint Lawrence Sighting by the numb#rs aint Lawrence keeps turning up all over the world. Usually he’s associated with churches, but sharp- eyed readers have found him on street signs, pubs and apparently abandoned buses in India, among other places. Last spring, on a visit to New Orleans, DirectorS of Employee Recruitment, Training & Affirmative Action Macreena Doyle discovered this stoic, tonsured representation gracing a side-street restaurant and promising “divine food until 2 a.m.” Doyle says her server had no idea where either the St. Lawrence River or St. Lawrence University is, but delighted in telling the tale of how Saint Lawrence was martyred on a gridiron.

*Tied with the entering Class of 2016 for highest percentage ever. **Historically, more than 50% of entering St. Lawrence students came from New York State, but that has not been the case since the Class of 2004 (entering in fall 2000). 4 5 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 on campus The President in Full

ince last summer, countless daily observers walking near the center of the St. Lawrence campus have laurentian taken in the complex stages of building a new resi- dence hall as forms and details change slightly each Reviews day. They stop and admire the steep elegance of the stone masonry, the roof pitch complementing the ge- Sometry of other buildings, and the windows looking like ink drying on a new page, about to reveal a story. We provide information on books by alum- and delves into the tests and trials of 8 The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertain- What exactly do they think we are constructing? Just another ni and others on a first-come, first-served adulthood and “embracing life and ment Frontier (Gower, 2014), co-authored building? basis. Books that do not receive attention aging in the 21st century,” according by Michael Mascioni ’76, includes a In essence, the work being observed during our seasons of con- here will be recognized in a future issue. to a publishers statement. detailed overview of the Digital Out- struction is not really about the building, in the end, because the of-Home Entertainment sector as well building becomes a surrogate for a larger theory of our distinc- 1 Thriller writerChris Angus ’72 is out 5 Pete Henry ’66 has written a novel, as exclusive interviews with over 60 tive kind of education at St. Lawrence. Surely, as architects learn with his latest, Winston Churchill and Hard Chargers from the Sky (self-pub- executives directly linked to the creation right from the first day in design school, form speaks to function, the Treasure of Mapungubwe Hill (Yucca lished, 2014), which can be located and development of one of the fastest- function to form. The tipping point between these design terms, Publishing, 2014). “Indiana Jones meets on Amazon Kindle. A historical novel growing technology sectors. These forms however, is decided if one follows or dominates the other, thus King Solomon’s Mines,“ writes the about Lt. “Rye“ Anders and his passage of interactive technology are transform- losing the main point of balance. John Ruskin, one of the first great publisher of this fact-based adventure tale through the Vietnam War, it is based ing the customer experience in shops, English critics of art and architecture, puts it simply, “We require that ranges from the Boer War to World on real events that Henry, a decorated cinemas, museums, almost any environ- from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practi- In residence War II and swings from aristocratic Eng- veteran of the war and Agent Orange ment where consumers are congregating. cal duty well; then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.” land to the depths of wild Africa. Will survivor, experienced in 1967-68 as an Mascioni is a market research consultant, So, what are we building and what is the theory behind our A production error resulted in a significant portion of Churchill’s past come back to haunt him? artillery officer. “Bold dialog and true-life writer, and conference planner in design? Here is my answer: We are building friendship. That’s President Fox’s summer magazine column not appearing. actions, many unreported, are the foun- digital media. it. That’s all. The practical duty of our new residence hall is to We reprint the column here in its entirety. –The Editors 2 In The Death of Perry Many Paws dation for the book,” he says. “Armchair create a space for what is arguably the most intense and memo- (self-published, 2013, available through generals in Washington devise a crazy 9 Diane Doyle Parrish ’54 is the author rable part of the St. Lawrence experience. While not a measure Amazon), Deborah Bessey Benja- strategy, an experiment. A pattern has of The Story of the Columbian Dolls: How of a student’s record or good standing, having and being a min ’73 has crafted a “whodunit” novel been set for wars that follow.” the Adams Sisters Saved the Family Farm roommate remains the single-most common and central feature privacy at the door. Each must risk the intimacy of close quarters, about a successful small-town children’s (self-published, 2013). More than a story of life at St. Lawrence. No longer is there one course or one which may exceed the previously shared openness of living with author who, with her group, Women of 6 Better late than never, we call attention about a doll, this is a memoir of a family book that every student will forever know in a lifelong intel- family members back home. The results over time show an in- a Certain Age, plunges into a murder to a collection of poems by David Lloyd and a tale of two sisters (one of whom lectual solidarity. The days of seniors taking Moral Philosophy crease in emotional awareness and a capacity to discern subtleties investigation. Issues of curiosity, secrecy, ’75, director of the creative writing was the author’s grandmother) becoming from the college president are from a long yesteryear ago. But in human motives, whether altruistic or manipulative. In this way, protection and trust ensue. program at Le Moyne College. War- large-scale entrepreneurs in an era—the every student, no exceptions, will share with all other students students attain critically important life skills, practicing the quality riors (Salt Publishing [London], 2012), late 1800s–when most women did not the power of producing friendships, often starting with the of persuasion and rhetoric on each other, realizing the significance 3 A multiple past winner of the In- “The historic and domestic subjects work outside the home. space occupied by roommates. of empathy and thoughtfulness, accepting the tease, enjoying the dependent Publisher Book Award, are drawn from myth, history, popular Most students entering liberal arts colleges today have never inside joke, or finding the strength in humbleness. experimental writer Mark R. Brand culture, family, the animal world and shared a room at home, never had a roommate, except for Put differently, from a wise teacher in the time of my graduate ’01 has released Long Live Us (Chicago the environment,” according to the sleepovers or summer camp. This part of the college experience studies, to be fully educated we require “the perpetual sugges- Center for Literature and Photogra- publisher’s website. “In addressing public is often tricky ground to cross when students first arrive. And tion of a saving contrast, because there is not enough difference phy, 2013). In this fictional work, and private conflicts and transnational yet, to my utter delight, I hear repeatedly from students at in our lives to give us that help.” There are some things only a dystopian speculative visions from borders, Warriors uses an array of forms: St. Lawrence that they have had the same roommates for more friend, a roommate, can say that will correct a misapprehen- the Great Recession include a family the sestina, the parable, the lyric, the nar- than one year. It is often typical of them to form ritualized sion or a careless thought. It can happen without a word being tensely waiting out a meningitis scare rative, the poem sequence.” common habits, such as sharing dinner together every night spoken. Maybe it’s only by turning down the music or putting in a quarantined home and the “new at precisely the same time. They become part of each other’s the sour socks in the laundry bag. naughty” contraband among rebellious 7 Christopher Lockwood ’68 families, connecting with parents and siblings other than their I had a total of five roommates during my four years at St. teenagers, starchy carbohydrates. remembers when he would fall asleep own, absorbing unfamiliar stories and customs. Lawrence. One of them died much too soon, and with him reading stories to his children. So he’s What do roommates teach other? Naturally, if they are in differ- the world lost a combined brilliance and caring that I still draw 4 Historian Teri Podnorszki Gay written a whimsical tale that’s light, ent majors and live in the same room, there is the added benefit upon, particularly when I walk past our old room on campus. ’81 has written a memoir, The Wife entertaining and short enough to keep of learning a little something extra in the unfinished conversation But the rest of us remain in touch, often several times a year. Who Came with Workboots (Dorrance a tired parent awake. The Tennis Ball of the liberal arts life, more than an individual can learn alone. We know a lot about each other and we like what we know. Not Publishing Co., 2013), about rural life Trees (Maine Authors Publishing, Despite differences, there is always the unplanned academic long ago, a new student told a staff member that the reason she in Upstate New York with her husband, 2013), Fannie the Labrador retriever cross-pollination in a double or triple. It is a quiet, immeasurable loves St. Lawrence so much is that she had found her “soulmate John, an engineer and land surveyor. It loves tennis balls. But how can she process, but I am convinced it’s present and effective. school.” We understand what she means. Behind her belief is covers growing up in Glens Falls; men- guarantee herself a steady supply of The most valuable lessons of the roommate experience are very the transcending commitment of St. Lawrence to be an excellent tions her college years at St. Lawrence; her favorite toy? personal. After all, roommates enter into circumstances that check roommate school. And that’s what and why we are building. n 6 —WLF st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 on campus on social media

From St. Lawrence's Festival of Science to an orphanage #SLUfamous in Ghana, Allison Baier has forbes asked, you answered: already made her mark on What makes your school a top college? the world.

@StLawrenceU is #MyTopCollege because #laurentian4life is not just a phrase.

@nicolewhaat @sonicsk8erm

he 2013-14 president @StLawrenceU is of St. Lawrence’s @StLawrenceU is Omicron Delta Kappa #mytopcollege T Allison Baier ’14 bc dogsledding, #MyTopCollege because (ODK) circle has received the their incredible history most prestigious award given skiing, ice climbing, department made me to a student by the national snowshoeing Named ODK National realize exactly what I leadership honor society. in the ADKs love to study, & now Allison Baier ’14 received are part of class@Forbes I want to teach it! the General Russell E. Leader of the Year Dougherty National Leader of the Year Award at the well-known campus fixture honored honorary’s 48th biennial at ODK's national convention. @Gretchisfetch08 @courtraemck_ national convention and centennial celebration, in recognize that ODK member- and music. She was a Tanner concert for the Red Rose “The ability to build relationships June at Washington & Lee ship is not only an honor, but Fellow recipient in 2012 and School, a primary school in @StLawrenceU is University.With the honor also an obligation and a privi- used that funding to volun- Kenya founded by Kenya #MyTopCollege because with professors who dedicate an enormous comes a $4,000 scholar- lege to work together for the teer in a rural orphanage in National Assembly member we have tree houses as amount of time mentoring students ship that she can use toward betterment of our community Dodowa, Ghana, for four Ken Okoth ’01. Her goal desks, @gracepotter outside of the classroom graduate-level study. and ourselves,” she said. “My weeks, assessing the benefits was to raise money for basic as an alum & Baier said she was “deeply success would not have been of music as a therapeutic tool school supplies and musi- Mikey’s Special as is what made my experience as humbled and honored” to possible without unwavering for addressing mental health cal instruments to help the a late-night snack! amazing as it was at St. Lawrence.” have been chosen for the hon- support from my mentors, issues in orphaned children. school develop a creative arts or. “As the outgoing president colleagues and friends at That’s when she experienced program. She plans to pursue of St. Lawrence University's St. Lawrence.” how music can change chil- her Ph.D. in clinical psychol- Kalon-Kixioc Circle of Omi- Baier, of Bow, N.H., gradu- dren’s lives. ogy and hopes to study music @clarker66 Burgundy Magoon ’12 cron Delta Kappa, I spent the ated magna cum laude with In the fall 2013 semester, therapy and its potential in year encouraging my peers to honors in both psychology Baier organized a benefit trauma work and recovery. n

@StLawrenceU @Forbes #MyTopCollege is easily SLU is #MyTopCollege @StlawrenceU. I found Penalty Box b/c of the people I can everything there I was proudly call my family. looking for, and so A file conversion problem resulted in an error in the @SLUDanceTeam many more. Amazing printing of the Arabic headline on page 8 of the summer @SaintsXCTF community/family. St. Lawrence. The headline, which translates to “Arabic Over Lunch” and refers to Arabic language conversation tables on campus, should read thus: St. Lawrence regrets the error. @saintsyee11 @MrChemGeek 8 9 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 SPORTS

the bottom of an Olympic volunteer ski patrollers at internationally to compete her interests in hiking and course in Innsbruck, Austria, Whiteface Mountain and co- in Europe eight times and in alpine flowers, and John and realized she was OK. chairs of the first Whiteface Canada in the Nordic World have established a nature After a career in banking Giant Slalom. Masters. They enjoy encoun- trail and created signage (Bob) and teaching (Doris) After retiring from General tering new people as much as identifying local flora. Pat in Rhode Island, where they Motors and Electronic Data they do skiing. recently completed a term as also owned a retail store, they Systems respectively, John and “We are not couch pota- president of the local library retired to Fort Myers Beach, Pat have lived for 22 years toes!” proclaims John, just board, whose main project Florida. But during visits with in Colorado, which, along after completing a bicycle this year is the completion their daughter, who shares their love of skiing and had Bob and Doris Ferry (opposite moved to Colorado, they “People need to keep going and using their page) and John and Pat Taylor became ski instructors. Doris have in common a six-decade- taught at Breckenridge for 10 minds and talents after they retire.” long dedication to skiing—and years and Bob at Breckenridge apparently to favorite apparel colors as well. for eight and Copper Moun- Bob Ferry tain for 12. “I could help la- dies who were terrified like I’d with Utah in Pat’s opinion, tour of Colorado with their of the new Breckenridge and the scarlet and brown been,” Doris explains. They “has the best snow conditions daughter and son-in-law. Library. of their St. Lawrence bonds. ski in Colorado for up to 35 in the world.” They are in a “Home is a place to eat din- The Taylors make fitness But the true secret ingredi- days a year, continuing to position to judge; as frequent ner and rest a while before and healthy eating a prior- ent may be the knowledge teach close family and friends travelers, they seek out excel- setting out again.” ity. They look forward to that retirement is a time to and getting together with lent skiing and hiking locales Nestled in Summit County, their five daughters’ and retire only from your profes- friends who call themselves around the world. During Colorado, they have no their families’ visits, and get sional life, allowing you to the “Over the Hill Gang.” the season, they are on the ski excuses not to get out, with out on the trails with them redirect your energy in new When they aren’t skiing, trails up to five times a week, endless miles of hiking and regardless of the season. ways. n they stay busy playing tennis, and particularly enjoy back- biking trails and numerous Despite a few replacement biking, kayaking, sailing and country hut trips that involve opportunities to volunteer hips and knees that tempo- Shayla Witherell, a skier dancing. They have competed Nordic skiing at up to 12,000 for their community. John rarily slowed them down, herself, is St. Lawrence’s in Senior Olympics tennis, in feet in the Rockies. They is past president of several the Ferrys and Taylors rarely assistant director of donor mixed doubles. “God provides started competing locally in organizations, including the stop for long. Their recipes relations. Her reflections on us with the strength and in- Nordic competitions before State Invasive Weed Advi- for staying active share the studying in France appear spiration to stay active,” Doris branching out nationally and sory Board. Pat, combining white of mountain snows on page 18. says, but they also couldn’t do it without encouragement from each other. A mentor, Skiers for Life who was still competing in Carlisle Pledge Supports New Women’s Basketball Locker Room Two Laurentian couples have found tennis when he was 100, By Joe Keniston ’05, M’07 one secret to longevity. proved to them that “We don’t need to accept limita- hanks to Preston Carlisle ‘52, Gymnasium and the Appleton Golf Course clubhouse, By Shayla Snyder Witherell ’11 tions at any age,” Bob says. the Saints women’s basket- and he supported ongoing program enhancements for “People need to keep going T ball program will unveil a our student-athletes, including the Senior Student- f there is a secret that recipe includes equal parts ing her physical education and using their minds and new locker room this year. Athlete Awards Dinner” recipe for staying of love and encouragement requirement. “I didn’t like talents after they retire.” Carlisle, a North Country attorney, Carlisle was the recipient of the 2014 Scarlet and Brown physically active well from each other, starting from skiing,” she says, “but when made a commitment of $100,000 to Award, given annually by the Athletics Department to into your seventh their time at St. Lawrence, plus Bob fell in love with it, I real- John Taylor, 77, and the room, and has challenged other a member of the St. Lawrence University network who decade and beyond, a large dose of fresh powder ized I needed to learn to like Pat, 75, would agree. Their alumni and Laurentians to support supports the mission of the department as it pertains to Iat least two Laurentian couples and cool mountain air. it too because I did not want love of skiing from an early this and other athletics projects. academic and athletic success as well as student-athlete have perfected it. For Bob ’59 Bob, who is 82, and Doris, to sit in the lodge.” Slowly age brought them together; “Preston has been exceptionally development and experience. and Doris Kloppenburg Ferry 79, learned to ski at St. Law- gaining confidence, Doris they met in 1958 at first aid generous toward our department’s needs for nearly two “Preston and Joan have a strong presence in the ’56 and John ’59 and Pat Lin- rence. Doris found herself at finally conquered her fear in training for the Snow Bowl’s decades,” said St. Lawrence Director of Athletics Margie North Country,” added Strait. “We are fortunate to call deroth Taylor ’61, it seems that the Snow Bowl fearfully meet- the 1970s when she reached ski patrol. They have been Strait M’73. “He has helped fund renovations to Burkman him a friend.” 10 11 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 SPORTS

We Have Another National Champion Divya Biswal takes the crown in triple jump By Wally Johnson

“Carpe diem” may be a little too played a flair for the dramatic and some ning the 60 hurdles, long jump and triple narrow to describe Divya Biswal’s 2013- mental resiliency in the NCAAs, taking jump in the league meet and the hurdles 14 track season. the early lead but slipping into second on and triple jump. She also took second in The junior did seize the moment at the the second jump of the three-jump finals. the long jump at the NYSCTC meet. She NCAA Division III outdoor nationals, Then, jumping last as the preliminaries was named the NCAA Atlantic Region becoming the fourth individual in St. leader, she flew 12.47 meters to capture Field Athlete of the Year for the indoor Lawrence women’s track and field history the title. It was her second All-America season and went on to finish third in the to earn an individual championship with finish of the championships, after finish- NCAAs in the triple jump indoors. a win in the triple jump. She joins Karen ing fourth in the long jump. She was She repeated as Liberty League and Lamora (400 hurdles, 1997), Wendy named the Outstanding Field Performer NYSCTC Outstanding Field Athlete Pavlus (5000 indoor, 2010 and 2011) of the 2014 championship, the first such award winner outdoors, winning the and Alyssa Pirinelli (shot put, indoors distinction for a Saints athlete. 100 hurdles and sweeping the long and outdoors, 2010), and she did it in The triple jump title was the crowning and triple jump titles, and was again dramatic fashion. glory of a spectacular season, which be- Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Divya, who hails from Ottawa, On- gan in December with the start of indoor Year for the outdoor season. She set o g r ap h y tario, and whose full first name is competition. Divya was the Outstanding St. Lawrence records in both the long t Divyajyoti, had the second best jump Field Athlete in both the Liberty League jump at 5.91 meters and triple jump : d 3 p ho nationally during the outdoor season and New York State Collegiate Track with her NCAA mark. y s b o

prior to the championships. She dis- Conference indoor championships, win- All this when she was just a junior. t Continued on page 14 Pho 12 13 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 SPORTS philanthropy in action To-Do List Divya Biswal '15 joined a long line of Laurentian women track and field individual national champions when she captured the title in the triple John1 Meagher KDS Alumnae Fund Growing 2 jump last May. Endowment Fund Since its inception approximately two years ago, the KDS Continues to Climb Alumnae Fund has received over $62,500 in gifts and an To ensure that students with documented disabilities and additional $12,000 in multi-year pledges. More than 25 percent accessibility needs continue to meet their fullest potential, of the goal of $250,000 by the house’s 50th anniversary in I'll be training hard to go into that St. Lawrence University seeks to raise $1,000,000 to establish 2019 has been reached. KDS sisters have fully met the dollar- meet fully prepared,” she exclaims. the John Meagher Endowment Fund to support its Office for-dollar $25,000 challenge match made by Chris Koski ’79 “The NCAAs have been an amazing of Disability and Accessibility Services. Several alumni, and Hilary Valentine ’89 at the fund’s inception, allowing, experience,” she adds. “In track and parents and friends have made generous commitments to this among other projects, expansion of and renovations to field there are a lot of extenuating important effort, and the fund total stood at about $362,000 the upstairs bathroom, and window coverings throughout circumstances; it doesn't matter what in mid-July. For more information or to discuss a gift: Chad the house. For more information: Kim Hissong, you did prior to a championship meet. Tessier, [email protected] or 315-229-5519. [email protected] or 315-229-5837. The only thing that matters is how you perform on the day. So to finally have it all come together at the right time is amazing.” Her goals in track and field estab- lished, she has embarked on a new plan for her professional future. “I “My last meet as a Saint Divya’s track season did not end with came to St. Lawrence hoping to pur- 4 the conclusion of NCAA competition sue a career in medicine, but over the Beta T3emple Endowment Sought will be defending my in May. She headed to New Brunswick past year I have made the decision to Restoration Fund Closes in on Goal for Sustainability Semester in late June to compete in the Cana- switch to finance,” she says. “I chose With over $450,000 in commitments, the Beta Temple The Sustainability Semester (www.stlawu.edu/sustainability- national title on my dian National Championships, where St. Lawrence because I thought it had Restoration Fund nears its established goal of $500,000. semester) embodies St. Lawrence’s commitment to reflective she finished fifth in the triple jump. A a lot to offer as a close-knit campus Work is slated to begin soon and the restoration is scheduled thinking and experiential learning. The students delve into home track, which is more fall semester in New York City with an but also academically in addition to to be completed by May 2015. All donated funds in excess complex and challenging environmental issues through internship at the investment firm Angelo having an outstanding track and field of the construction costs will establish an endowment that intensive study and hands-on experience and can further their than anything I could Gordon, arranged through the firm’s program. Being able to do research as will provide for future maintenance and enhancements. knowledge through a paid, project-based summer internship. Fatma Luy ’12 and made possible by an undergrad is basically unheard of at For more information: John Pezdek, jpezdek@ Foundation grants funded the first two years of the program. have ever hoped for.” John Angelo ’63, precedes the start of most bigger schools. Most important, stlawu.edu or 315-229-5540, or Allen Splete ’60, Now, the University seeks $2 million to endow it. For more her final collegiate indoor track and field though, I recognized that I'd be able [email protected]. information: Sue Regier, [email protected] Divya Biswal '15 campaign in January. to make a direction change because of or 315-229-5915. Having won a title and competed in all the resources our school has to offer four straight NCAA championships, and how helpful all the staff are, and “Divya is a phenomenal talent and a Biswal is looking forward to more, par- finally because the alumni network is o g r ap h y tremendous competitor,” says women’s ticularly since St. Lawrence will host the incredible.” t 5 head coach Kate Curran. “She brought 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships And when there is some down time Chapel Restoration Fund Helps Launch Project : d 3 p ho out her best when the chips were in May. “My last meet as a Saint will be in a very busy life, she enjoys hiking. y Immediately following the October 2013 fire that destroyed the Gunnison Memorial Chapel spire and o b down. She’d spent all season putting defending my national title on my home “I also really enjoy tutoring chemis- t damaged much of the chapel’s interor, students, alumni, parents and friends began to ask how they could herself in a position to fire on all cylin- track, which is more than anything I try,” says the biology major. “But my help restore the chapel. In response, the University started a restoration fund to help with costs above n ders when it counted.” could have ever hoped for. Until then favorite would have to be fishing.” le ft Pho and beyond what the University’s insurance would cover. Since that time, over $59,000 has been contrib- uted. The first phase of the restoration efforts has begun; for details, see page xx. For more information: Kim Hissong, [email protected] or 315-229-5837. A portion of the funds raised has been contributed by parents of members of the Class of 2014, through Be Our Guest, Twice the Senior Parent Initiative, whose goal has been to maximize support from parents of seniors by creating a sense of identity and St. Lawrence University is proud to announce that it is hosting not one but two national enthusiasm for a single project. Last year’s chosen project was Gunnison Memorial Chapel. A drive led by University Trustee George championship events in spring 2015: men’s and women’s alpine and Nordic skiing, at Lake Cochran, parent of four Laurentians including Charles ’14, contributed nearly $13,800 by mid-July to the chapel restoration. Parents Placid, and men’s and women’s track and field, on campus. For more: www.saintsathletics.com. of 2014 seniors continue to donate. For more information: Chad Tessier, [email protected] or 315-229-5519. 14 15 ,, , ,, Don t mess it Up.

A professor’s stern admonition at the dawn of the France Program in 1964 launches a half-century of international study growth. INTRO BY NEAL BURDICK ’72 years Fifty ago St. Lawrence began its first international program, in France. “The future of St. Lawrence’s Junior Year Abroad program depends on each of you making a success of this inaugural year,” Oliver Andrews Jr., head of the modern languages department, told the 21 students as they set off for their nine-day ocean-liner crossing of the Atlantic in September of 1964. “Don’t mess it up.” Evidently they didn’t. For today, St. Lawrence has more than 20 programs in 18 countries on six continents, plus many more options through the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP), as well as five off-campus programs in the U.S. “Junior Year Abroad” no longer applies, with academically rigorous short-term, semester and year-long programs available, and first-years through seniors eligible for some. Preference is no longer given primarily to language majors, as was the case with the program in France and those in Austria and Spain, which followed quickly. Today’s programs span a wide range of disciplines and are open to students in every major. As on campus, internships, research and other forms of expe- riential learning have become key components of off-campus We’ve got it covered: study. And St. Lawrence has crossed the 50 percent participation Until fifty years ago, threshold, with about half of each graduating class studying almost all St. Lawrence off campus for at least a semester and many more for shorter students went to class durations at some point in their college career. In no small in just one place: part because those 21 pioneers didn’t in fact screw it up 50 Canton, New York. years ago, the University has since become a national leader In 1964, Rouen, France, in student participation in semester-long programs. > was added. Look ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALESSANDRA OLANOW what that started. 16 17 In recognition of all of this, in the next few pages we acknowledge Francophone First-Year Seminar, I hiked to the top and stood the two milestones that were at the hub of this year’s Reunion on the precipice of those cliffs. I realized then how fleeting our The Franco-Laurentian Weekend, the 50th anniversary of that first program in France time is, compared to the millennia sketched in the stratigraphy and the Kenya Program’s 40th. of that weathered chalk. Connection What lies ahead? Long-term, we can foresee St. Lawrence I was not always at such ease. With the 50th reunion of the fifty years in five minutes adding more programs in more countries, and even higher France program, I was compelled to read my journal of those By Roy Caldwell percentages of students taking advantage of these enriching four months. Six years had flown by since I had returned home opportunities. As the world grows ever smaller in ever larger and put it away, enough time to be critical of and fascinated by ways, we will be able to say with ever more certainty that the the thoughts of my 19-year-old mind as I worked through the The following is adapted from remarks offered by French professor education St. Lawrence provides is truly global. challenges of living abroad. Roy Caldwell at a banquet during the France Program’s “affinity My second night in Québec, I found myself wandering the reunion” on campus on May 31, 2014. He began by explaining that foggy, slush-filled streets. Weighted down with soggy pant legs, in order to learn about the program’s early history, he “climb(ed) elementary French and rising panic at being lost, I wondered into the stacks of ODY, where I consulted dusty Gridirons and if I had made the right choice. Maybe a small-town girl from yellowed copies of The Hill News.” Water Lilies on Walls rural New York State wasn’t meant to try this experience. Safely Reflections on First-Year Encounters in the home of my Québécois family, frustration oozed onto my hese, I think, have been the directors: Andrews, with the French journal page; on the verge of tears, I scribbled, “I feel clueless!” Carlisle, Jones, Pommerat, Garrity, Pierce, van By Shayla Snyder Witherell ’11 My first-ever airplane journey shortly after that night took me Lent, McHugh, Dargan, Caldwell, Stipa, Romey, to Rouen. I decided to walk as much as I could. I walked half an Jockel, DeGroat, Weiner. The teachers have been hour up the narrow, winding streets to la fac at Mont-Saint-Aig- much more difficult to recall. Little trace remains emories from France return to me outlined in nan every morning, choosing the Rue Raffetot, a steep incline that of them in University publications. Only some In his France Program Reunion Dinner remarks, Prof. Roy Caldwell Monet’s impressionist brushstrokes. The weathered left me breathless and matched my uphill battle with the French names survive. M. Virolles, our first literature commented that “Much has remained the same, but many things grey gargoyles and saints of the Cathédrale Notre- language as I struggled to be myself around my host family. professor, received an honorary degree from St. Lawrence in 1980. have changed.” These pictures, taken on Rouen’s Rue Saint Romain T in 1964, the program’s first year (top), and 2014, portray that truth. MDame de Rouen glared at me from their perch on In time, both my understanding and expression of French I heard some of you talk about him yesterday. the multi-faceted façade, their countenances becoming warmer and my endurance for climbing the hill improved. On Sunday Then my memory brings forth the names of Messieurs Bâtard, as winter days lengthened to the brighter days of mid-spring. afternoons in the Place du Vieux Marché, I was symbolically Javet and Maurice; Madame Orange, still guiding our students When I think of Paris and of Giverny, the water lilies float on warmed by the proximity of the historic flames under the cross through the labyrinth of French grammar; Mlle. Turgis, Madame movie: the student ship steaming toward a year in France— walls of the Musée de l’Orangerie and reflect in the water under where Jeanne d’Arc was burned. In Paris in March, I walked for McDonell, and Messieurs Le Brozec and Chérif Aidara. I learned a romantic comedy, wouldn't you think? the Japanese bridge. The iconic cliffs at Étretat, their mottled miles one chilly yet sunny afternoon with a map as my only com- of a certain M. Noisette de Crossard, whom I never knew but who Other articles through the 1980s surprised me with how strong white, black and grey layers, tower above the blue sea lapping at panion, exploring the Latin Quarter. On a Saturday morning in left a noble impression on those students who worked with him. the tradition proved, how little changed over the first 25 years: their base. At the end of my four short months on the Global April, I connected with my host mother as we explored Rouen’s But especially I remember, as do many of you, the late Éliane An initial period in Paris, then off to the thoroughly modern Musée de la Céramique together and laughed at a silly joke that Pigache, heart and soul of our program from the early ’70s buildings of the University of Rouen, excursions to Mont-Saint- I had come up with. The terrified girl on the dark streets of until the first years of the current millennium. Let me ask you Michel and the Loire, and the glorious year-end trip to the south Québec who couldn’t ask for directions in French had changed. to recall, too, her husband, the good Dr. Pigache, Bernard, the of France. Students took eight courses, which lasted all year long, One semester is fleeting in the history of the 50 years of most generous and considerate of all human beings. How I wish including the famous optional course, in regular university classes St. Lawrence’s oldest international study program, as is 50 years he were here tonight. shoulder-to-shoulder with “real” French students. And, of course, in the history of Rouen, where Monet painted the cathedral built In The Hill News of May 7, 1964, an article by Carole Ashkin- there were the family homestays, since the beginning the pillar centuries before his time. Yet the transformational powers of the aze ’66, a member of the initial program, reports that Professor of our program: my French brother, my French mother, said the program, and all of St. Lawrence’s off-campus programs, lie Oliver Andrews of the Modern Languages Department had just students back then, and say the students still today. in those transferrable acquired lessons that last a lifetime. returned from a six-week tour of France, where he visited other In a series of remarkable articles from 1964, ’65 and ’66, I wish I could say that my desire to go to France was more programs in the hexagon, met with city and university officials student writers recount in The Hill News their adventures in profound than a superficial interest in Monet, Jeanne d’Arc and in Rouen, and planned the course of study for the St. Lawrence France. I recognize it all: the university buildings are filthy and the beauty of the French language. I often wrote in my journal, students arriving in the fall. Dr. Andrews was interviewed by full of smoke; French students lounge in the corridors and dis- “I can’t believe that I am really in France,” after visiting iconic the editor of the newspaper Paris-Normandie, who described tribute political pamphlets, showing little inclination to practice tourist attractions. Now I realize that those sites are just added St. Lawrence as “one of the most famous American universities,” intercollegiate sports or go to fraternity parties. Our students bonuses, landmarks on the canvas surrounded with the skillful and hailed the participants in the program as “brilliant students.” rave about the pastries, the cheeses, the warmth of French fami- splash of light and dark colors. The challenges, the successes and The Franco-American collaboration was off to a great start. lies. And then, as now, they love to travel. France's generous the lessons in that place are the final composition, a priceless Another article reports that 25 students had been selected for vacation schedule permits excursions all over the continent. piece commissioned from choosing to walk the steep uphill the “JYP” and that Dr. Andrews, accompanied by Dr. Robert Much has remained the same, but many things have changed. climb that is studying abroad. Carlisle of History, would direct. It further notes that the group In 1966, 34 students went to France; this fall we are sending would be departing in early September for Le Havre–now get eight. Half of those in 1966, 17, bought scooters; others regu- Shayla Witherell is St. Lawrence’s assistant director of donor this–aboard the Aurelia, a student ship. The Atlantic crossing larly hitchhiked. Today, I hazard to say that none will purchase relations. Her Global Francophone First-Year Seminar took her lasted nine days, and there were French language courses every scooters and none will hitchhike. Those perilous transportations to Québec, France and Senegal in spring 2008. Her story about morning. How the students of this first program spent the rest have long since gone the way of the Aurelia. two “Laurentian for Life” couples who still enjoy skiing appears of their nautical and pedagogical experience has been lost in the By the mid-90s, most students no longer wanted to stay the

in the Sports pages of this issue. Ti m Whee l e r '15 photo: bottom mists of time. I cannot fathom why no one has made this into a year, but only a semester, so we let that happen. The opening 18 19 month-long stay in Paris, beloved of students to whom I have re- Year Program and has become common nationwide. Students , , were not talking with the four or five African-American stu- cently spoken, was eliminated, replaced by a two-week homestay and professors tried to imagine and execute a collective class From Outsider Eyes dents that were travelling with us.” in Norman villages, and then that too was dropped. The year-end experience that transcended any particular department, which, kenya, america, and transformation Gilbert says he still thinks about that experience to this day. trip to the Midi was guillotined as well, giving way to enriching in hindsight, is a liberal arts education in action. We stumbled, By Natasha Haverty He says it took a group of people from a completely different and more seriously academic excursions into Senegal and Tunisia. learned, were vulnerable and made some magic. culture to help him notice what he took for granted in his own. Back on the campus in Mont-Saint-Aignan, we left the School of As I approached the building, I reflected that the lesson of trying “Sometimes you see things from outside eyes looking in,” he notes. Letters, hazy with smoke, for the clean air of the Place Colbert; new things, being vulnerable and collaborating across disciplines eunion Weekend this year marked a big moment Leila Mohammed ’11 is one of the 70 or so students from and now most of our students never experience a French profes- had served me well when I went to Kenya, and has continued to in St. Lawrence history: the 40th anniversary of Kenya who have come to St. Lawrence on a full scholarship. sor lecturing to hundreds of students in an amphitheater. We still do so for more than 25 post-St. Lawrence years. its study program in Kenya. The first group of She remembers her first winter in Canton, and the first time go to Paris and Mont-Saint-Michel and Versailles and Chartres, I placed my hand gently on the East Hall entrance but then with- students travelled from Canton to Nairobi in she saw snow. and we still see the Bayeux tapestry, but most groups never visit drew it, heading back toward registration and the weekend ahead. January 1972 for a two-week program, but since “I was like, oh goodness, there’s actually ice falling from the the châteaux of the Loire Valley, or have long afternoons to wan- Reunion was special to me because the Kenya program was 1974 it's been a semester-long experience. sky–it was a good thing! I was just super-excited. People were der the more obscure neighborhoods of the City of Light. rightly celebrated. I was able to reconnect with Paul Robinson, Alumni in attendance included two mem- inside; I was outside. But then after a week I was like okay this And you know what else has changed? Back when students Howard Brown and David Lloyd, program directors and profes- Rbers of Kenya’s National Assembly, as well as several founders just has to go! I was putting my sweater or hat over my face and took the good ship Aurelia out of the port of New York, even sors whose guidance was so crucial to me and set me on my and CEOs of nonprofits devoted to bettering the lives of people were commenting on it.” back when they took jetliners from Kennedy International, em- global water and sanitation career path, visionaries whose contri- people in Kenya. barking for the whole year, we went away and were truly away. bution to the world and to students is immeasurable. I see their Late in the fall of 1971, Peter French, professor of government We committed to a radical experiment of rupture from what we fingerprints on my path so clearly, and I celebrated that realiza- at St. Lawrence, was in a bit of a bind. He’d wrangled the fund- left behind. There was no flying home for your sister’s wedding, tion with them privately, and publicly on a stage at Carnegie. ing and gotten the administrative go-ahead to take 15 students or even for Christmas. Students didn't even call home that And I was not alone. I saw generations of St. Lawrence Kenya more than 7,000 miles across the earth, to Nairobi, Kenya. The often. There was no following on Facebook or tweeting exactly alumni with that rare look in their eyes that were focused on trouble was, he needed to find the students. what went down at last night’s hockey game or campus party. “Getting the first 15? Not so easy,” he says, adding that it Talking this weekend to you, former students of the program, Start Date when our programs began was much easier to find women. “Women are bigger risk-takers I hear variations on one central theme. France was transforma- than guys,” he explains. denmark '80 china '03 tive, some say; I grew up in France, say others; I became who france '64 Ann Cheney ’74 was only 19 when she decided to apply. She austria '67japan '83 thailand '09 I am in France, say others still. spain '67 india '90 czech republic '10 says she'd dreamed of going to Africa since she'd seen it on a My dear friends, has the transformational character of the kenya '74 costa rica '92 italy '10 globe in her primary school classroom. experience in France also changed? canada '77 australia '97 new zealand '10 But Cheney almost couldn't go, because when she made the trip england '78 trınidad '99 I am not sure. I hope to return to the next France Program jordan '12 to New York City to get her vaccines, they wouldn't administer affinity reunion to see the newest program veterans, and hear them because she wasn’t 21. So she had to go all the way back what you have to say about what the France Program has influencing the world for the better. That look was solidified, in a second time, with her mom. She still remembers to this day, meant in your life trajectories. part, in the Kenyan sun. “They said ‘is this your daughter,’ and she said ‘yes!’ And they said Former students of the France Program, for your intelligence, your I was honored to receive an Alumni Citation and spoke openly ‘is it okay if we give her this yellow fever shot,’ and she said ‘yes!’" curiosity, your courage, and your flexibility of mind, I salute you! about how St. Lawrence was central not only to my career At that time, collegiate study abroad programs were long path but also to my healing. I was perhaps one of the hungriest established in countries like France and England. But this was Professor Caldwell has directed the France Program six times, students ever to walk up Romoda Drive, having failed as a high one of the first programs to propose going to Africa. and served as the coordinator on campus, engaged in recruiting school senior to get into any college, including St. Lawrence. French says once that first group of students came back, it was and orienting, for most of his 27 years on the faculty. I spent the following year resolutely focused on being accepted a much easier sell. “They remember every story,” he says. “And by SLU, hoping they would take a chance on a broken young most of them will say it’s something that changed their life.” man whose years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse at home Since that first group went in 1972, some 2,000 students, a , had taken a serious toll, a toll I hid from all, as most survivors do. few from colleges other than St. Lawrence, have gone through St. Lawrence allowed me to breathe for the first time, and to the Kenya Semester. Leila had just graduated from the University of Southern Maine Solidified in, the stitch together a new narrative that propels me forward today. On Saturday night, Kenya program alums fill one of St. Law- with a Master of Public Health degree. She says in her whole four Kenyan Sun I opened up about this side of my past in front of hundreds of rence's gyms. Music blares from the speakers as steam rises from years at St. Lawrence, she didn't see her family once, but she was lessons from east hall and east africa alumni at the citation awards ceremony, and was greeted with metal pans of food—the University’s dining services staff has rarely homesick, because of the community she’d met. By Ned Breslin ’88 warmth and support. cooked a real Kenyan dinner. “I’m really grateful that I’ve been able to work with people I smiled, felt embraced and headed home shortly thereafter, Paul Gilbert ’72 is another alumnus of the first group to go to who are doing the right thing at the right time in Kenya,” she thankful for having walked through that entrance at East Hall Kenya. He landed in Nairobi in 1972 wearing a purple polyes- says. “We want to be part of something that can positively pulled up to registration for the 2014 St. Lawrence 30 years ago, thankful for having walked through the deserts of ter shirt. He says the Kenyan people he met there had three big impact the world, in one way or another. Whether you work reunion and paused. East Hall, where it all started in northern Kenya, and thankful for having been given the space questions for him. The first two: “Why are Americans going in Canton or in Africa, it doesn’t really matter!” 1984, was just down the street. So I headed that way to heal and grow in the North Country. to the moon, and how come Americans shoot their presidents? Although she had job offers in the States, in June Leila flew first. No need to register too fast…. It was just over eight years after the Kennedy assassination,” back to Mombasa, Kenya, where her family still lives. She plans I n I walked down Romoda Drive and smiled as memories Ned Breslin is CEO of Water for People, which works to he points out. to stay there. came flooding back. The 1984 East Hall class, along with our bring clean water to Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Gilbert says the third question was the one he didn’t really counterparts in Sykes, was one of the earliest adopters of the “stage at Carnegie” appearance he mentions was for a seminar have the answer to: “Why black American students don’t talk to Adapted with permission from a North Country Public Radio “freshman experience” that evolved into St. Lawrence’s First- on philanthropy that he presented during Reunion Weekend. white American students, and why the white American students story that aired on June 3, 2014. 20 21 O God of all creation

This title and first line of Kenya’s national anthem, composed in Swahili as “Ee Mungu nguvu yetu” in 1963, the year Kenya became independent, serve as a backdrop for these photographs from St. Lawrence’s collection. They were part of a Brush Gallery exhibition in conjunction with Reunion Weekend’s 40th anniversary observances of the Kenya Program. Thanks to gallery director Cathy Tedford and Associate Professor of History Matt Carotenuto for their assistance with this presentation.

C hildren walk to school near the semi-nomadic village of Ong’eli. They are carrying jerricans filled with water to boil corn and beans for a shared lunch.

They also have sticks of firewood to contribute.copyright boma / david duchemin

22 23 A frican textiles “are used for special occasions—funerals, initiations, marriages, and coming-of-age horizontal warp, double-heddle looms, and women on wide-band, vertical warp, single-heddle looms.” celebrations,” says Christopher Roy ’70, Professor of Art History and the Elizabeth M. Stanley Faculty Fellow This Dafing ethnic group embroidered men’s weave from Burkina Faso is from the University’s Christopher Roy ’70 of African Art History at the University of Iowa. “Both men and women weave, men on narrow-band, and Nora Leonard ’69 Roy Collection of West African Textiles, which the Roys gave to St. Lawrence in 2007.

24 25 A Rendille warrior returns to his village with his cattle, above. As the severity of drought increases in Northern Kenya, the warriors are often forced to walk for weeks in search of water

and grazing terrain. right: Beading is the responsibility of women in Kenyan pastoral culture; they make

necklaces and headdresses for themselves and for their families. copyright boma / david duchemin

The Brush Gallery exhibition is part of a larger project to create a digital archive of the Kenya Program and document the longstanding St. Lawrence-Kenya connection; see http://digital.stlawu.edu/ksp, where you can also learn how to upload photos and donate other documents online. 26 27 New Looks on the Old Campus

Last summer, the center of the “old campus” swarmed with construction activity as the University completed or advanced several projects. > 28 29 The Historic Core Gets a Make-over

The new $14 million residence hall, which features and rooster weathervane as an exact replica a glass bridge commons area, an indoor-outdoor of the original.” █ The Herring-Cole renovation café, and geothermal heating and cooling, is complete. Cole Reading Room, a study and Completed on time and on budget, the new residence hall is being put to its intended purpose by 152 reading space, has been restored to its original houses mostly seniors and juniors, with a smattering of sopho- undergraduates. █ The renovated Quad offers beauty with refinished woodwork as well as new mores in spacious rooms. Geothermal temperature control additional green space, a level area in the center lighting, carpet, and reading tables and chairs. trims the University’s energy bill. The brick promenade be-

(much to the delight of Ultimate Frisbee players) █ It’s important to note that all of these projects tween it and Noble Center, with its benches and low-pollution and terraced steps leading to a promenade have been done, or are being done, on the strength lighting, replaces an asphalt driveway and parking area. alongside Gunnison Memorial Chapel. █ Chapel of thoughtful gifts to the University. The chapel work in the wake of the October 2013 fire restoration, while financed primarily through continues, with a goal of reopening the chapel insurance settlements, has benefitted from the by Commencement 2015. At press time, the support of numerous Laurentians who gave to wooden pews and floors were being repaired, a special fund, and particularly from the Senior while the interior walls were being cleaned and Parent Initiative. A significant gift from Trustee painted. Chief Facilities Officer Daniel Seaman James W. “Jay” Ireland ’77 and Valerie Lanigan says the University intends “to restore the spire Ireland ’77 made the Herring-Cole work possible.

We don’t know whether these students all live in the new resi- dence hall; regardless, they’re enjoying the instantly-popular indoor-outdoor café, which fuels them with coffee, breakfast items, and made-to-order sandwiches, paninis and salads.

30 31 (Top) the new residence hall features spacious, airy common areas in the “bridge” between its two sections, from which there are views that had never before been possible. (Above) Leveling, retaining walls, steps and lighting give the Quad sharper defini- tion. (Left) with its pews removed for cleaning and repair in the aftermath of the 2013 fire, Gunnison Memorial Chapel takes on a distinctly European look. (Opposite) Alumni of certain eras may remember when Cole Reading Room looked like this, backpacks, water bottles and laptops notwithtanding.

32 33 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 onlaurentian campus portrait We feel safe in saying this is the first "selfie" ever taken of two Laurentian members of the U.S. Congress, by Rep. Katherine Clark '85 (D-Mass) of herself and Sen. Q& A Taking on the Beltway Susan Collins '75 (R-Maine). Two members of Congress – separated by political ideology, age and congressional chamber – have two things in common: Both are St. Lawrence alumnae, and each says women can help untangle the gridlock in Washington.

Susan M. Collins ’75, R-Maine, was first elected to the U.S. What is the role of women in Congress and national Senate in 1996; Rep. Katherine M. Clark ’85, D-Massachusetts, politics today? was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2013. Collins: “I don’t think it was a coincidence that, last fall after Over the summer, they spoke about their time at St. Lawrence, I outlined a plan to reopen government and encouraged us their legislative priorities, the political gridlock in Washington to work together, the first calls I received were from women and the role of women in politics today. senators. We obviously don’t all think alike, and we span the ideological spectrum. But I do believe women have a more How did St. Lawrence prepare you for the office collaborative style, and that could be very useful in helping to you hold today? end the gridlock that is plaguing Washington.” Collins: “St. Lawrence gave me the opportunity to do an Clark: “(Women) bring a perspective as mothers, as daughters internship in Washington, under the supervision of Govern- that is different and important. The focus of my work in poli- ment Professor Rick Guarasci. That led to a job as a legislative tics has been, how do we support an economic agenda that is aide, (and eventually to my running for office).” positive for women and therefore really good for families?” Clark: “St. Lawrence offered small seminar-style classes that really allowed for robust debate and a deeper analysis of the What are your top legislative priorities? issues. The number one question I got when I was running for Collins:“There’s a lot that we could do through tax and Congress was, ‘Why would you want to go there?’ We just can’t regulatory policy to encourage small businesses, which are accept the status quo; we are supposed to be deliberative body.” the job creators of our country, to start up, grow and create more jobs. A second priority is making sure our workforce has What are your thoughts on partisan politics today? the skills that it needs. Four million jobs in this country are Collins: “Washington has certainly changed over the years, going begging because potential employees do not have the and not for the better. There’s plenty of fault on both sides of skills necessary for those jobs. It could take a big chunk out the aisle. It’s sometimes difficult to find people who are will- of our high employment rate if we did a better job of training ing to actually solve problems.” and educating people for the jobs that are in demand. A third Clark: “Congress is broken in many ways, but it’s about form- and very important priority to me is bio-medical research, ing relationships and finding that issue where you can work (particularly) into Alzheimer’s and related diseases. Spending with someone across the aisle even if you don’t agree on many on this would save us not only tremendous suffering, but also other issues. St. Lawrence really helped me find that ability. health care dollars.” That was a great lesson that I hope to be able to use to knit Clark: “The first bill I cosponsored was the Paycheck Fairness Congress back together again.” Act, which addresses the pay gap that exists for women doing the same job as men. I’m the mom of three boys, and I think What are you doing to combat partisan politics? that women who will be doing the same jobs as my sons when Collins: “The shutdown of government last fall represents they grow up should be paid the same amount.” the low point to me. It was such a failure to govern. I put together a group that I call the Common Sense Coalition, Senator Collins, what did you think of Congresswoman a group of 14 senators – seven Republicans, six Democrats Clark’s election? and one independent. That gives me some hope because we Collins: “I was delighted to see another St. Lawrence grad in did pave the way to an earlier opening of government than the Congress. We met very briefly at the State of the Union otherwise would have occurred, and we’ve stayed together Address, and chatted at a White House ceremony celebrating and are working together on a number of issues.” [For more, the Boston Red Sox as the World Series champions.” to go http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/16/women-are- the-only-adults-left-in-washington.] Rep. Clark, do you plan to work with Sen. Collins? Clark: “I’ve just recently filed a bill with a Republican-led Clark: “I’m hoping that we can work together and that we can co-sponsor. We have to start making relationships and be role models for St. Lawrence students. Public service, the friendships that may not be the typical ones you think you’re incredible privilege of being able to serve your country, is a going to find.” great career that I hope St. Lawrence students will consider.” n 34 35 onlaurentian campus portrait

from the archives

How to Study France in Canton (Hint: Win a Fellowship)

By Nicole Eigbrett ’14

hil Duggan ’15 (above left) working with primary sources, and it are stored in a special archive there. I spent summer 2013 scouring made me feel like a true historian. Some- examined correspondence among French historical archives and translat- times little articles revealed cool editorials officials from 1916 to 1926 concerning ing French newspapers, but you wouldn’t find anywhere else. My eyes the development of Lebanon. It’s crazy Phe never left Canton. He was awarded a were exhausted after reviewing three years how mere telegrams created a nation for Daniel F. ’65 and Ann H. Sullivan Uni- of French newspapers.” millions of people.” versity Fellowship, one of dozens of stu- The fellowship prepared Phil for St. All of this helped shape his senior thesis, dents who are granted stipends to live on Lawrence’s France Program in fall which he calls “an analysis of France's role or nearly 90 years, campus and pursue independent research 2013. He says, “Learning about recent in Lebanon through the lens of a fascinat- St. Lawrence has been with a faculty mentor each summer. political history was one of the best ing, though overlooked, French diplomat building residence halls As a history major focused on French things about the summer. One of my named Robert de Caix.” off and on (before that, postcolonial studies, Phil investigated goals returning from France has been to After the trip, Phil continued reading ac- Fstudents mostly boarded with fami- French newspaper coverage of the Leba- re-do my translations.” ademic articles and maintained his French lies in town). Men’s Residence (later nese Civil War. Thanks to further encouragement from language proficiency while working with Sykes) was well underway in this fall “Assistant Professor Howard Eissenstat Eissenstat and funding from the his- Francophone refugees seeking asylum in 1930 composite, following by five (above right), my major adviser, pro- tory department, Phil accomplished that Buffalo. He acknowledges how invaluable years the first “dorm” on campus, its motes fellowships and advises students return sooner than expected. He received these hands-on experiences were, saying, all-women’s neighbor Dean-Eaton. every summer,” Phil explains. “I wanted the Vilas History Scholarship fund and “It's great that St. Lawrence has unique The structures in the distance were to do scholarly work, see Canton in the the Robert B. and Susan G. Carlisle Re- scholarships and mentorships to promote all part of St. Lawrence’s Agricultural summer and meet studious people.” search Award to spend ten days in Nantes research of uncommon topics.” n School, today’s relocated SUNY Phil also worked with primary sources. in late May 2014. A writing intern in the University Com- Canton. Still in use by St. Lawrence “I went to the National Library archives “As a harbor city, Nantes was where co- munications office in spring 2014, Nicole are Cook (later Piskor) and Payson in Ottawa, Canada, and scanned micro- lonial ships would dock between voyages,” Eigbrett is spending this year in Pittsfield, Halls, both visible behind the rather film for four days,” the Buffalo, N.Y., Phil explains. “Many of the French Minis- Mass., as an AmeriCorps volunteer with flimsy-looking derrick. resident recalls. “This was my first time try of Foreign Affairs' original documents Habitat for Humanity. 36 37 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014

casting at WJTN Radio, James- town, N.Y., 40 years of broadcast- ing from the nearby Chautauqua CLASS NOTES ries and I hope that you will let Institution, and his personal story. me know what I have forgotten. While at St. Lawrence, Jim broad- Maybe you can add to this trip cast the play-by-play of football, is doing well and enjoyed the cold down memory lane? basketball and baseball over winter in New Hampshire. KSLU, Kathleen noted. Keep well and happy. Sadly, Beverly Lee Parkes Smith died on April 22, 2014. Laurentians. Some 25 family great ice cream? It was on Park 1950 She had been an administra- If "no news is good news," then You on You: This is your members, some currently enrolled, Street, next to the Canton Library, 1946 For information about becoming a tive assistant at the Pomperaug there should be lots of good news have association with St. Lawrence. which was next to the Post Office Ann Miller Hilchie reporter for this class, please contact Health Department in Southbury, out there! Send me some for the on the corner. Across the corner 7720 Indian Oaks Drive Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or Conn. I remember her in tennis next issue to share with half of the alumni magazine. was the Sugar Bowl, a great hang- Apt. I-309 [email protected], or Kim His- gym class and playing bridge our classmates. 1945 out after shopping at the Bing Vero Beach, FL 32966 song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ on the floor in the Kappa lodge. Helen Aitchison Stevens Store for anything from a 772-562-2149 stlawu.edu. Best of all, when I drove her up Be part of it–send news Ellison pencil to a sweatshirt with an SLU [email protected] Next Reunion: 65th, to a St. Lawrence reunion and on 1954 1405 Greenbriar Lane logo. On Main Street were a cloth- Next Reunion: 70th, 2016 May 28-31, 2015 a trip to Florida, I talked her into Frank Shields West Grove, PA 19390 ing store, a bank, the Barr Phar- going to her high school reunion 16 Seward Street to your class reporter. 610-345-0908 macy, the California Fruit Store, Gloria Wright Lyng, of Hilton The University has learned that (Roosevelt in Yonkers, N.Y.), where Glens Falls, NY 12804 [email protected] Peggs’s Jewelry Store, Ann's Dress Head Island, S.C., passed away on Gil Maurer was honored at the she reunited with her prom date, 518-745-1775 Next Reunion: 70th, Shop and then the Plaindealer, May 22, 2014. She graduated with New York Botanical Garden’s 33rd George Smith. They happily [email protected] May 28-31, 2015 which printed the Scarlet Saint a B.S. in psychology and was mar- Annual Founders Award Dinner in married, and she brought him to Next Reunion: 65th, 2019 along with the weekly Canton ried to the late Kenneth H. Lyng. May. The Hearst Corp. director has a St. Lawrence reunion, and we I had a pleasant phone conversa- Recently I had a very nice tele- paper. Newberry's five-and-dime Gloria will be remembered for her served on the garden’s board for were all so happy for them. She I called John Youker to see if he 1940 tion with Helen “Pixie” phone conversation with Walt was next and then, in later years, love of tennis, gardening, bridge, almost 30 years. He accepted the had three children: John, Susan and Barbara were planning to be Nathan O. Niles Persons Robbins. Several Hluch ’47 (Navy), who has had a liquor store on the corner. Jim's animals, the New York Giants and honor for the company’s support Martino and David. in Canton for our 60th reunion, 222 Wardour Drive months ago she moved in to a some problems with his back. He Grill was around the corner. the New York Yankees. Our con- of the garden’s green initiatives. and John led me through a Annapolis, MD 21401 continuing care retirement com- turned 91 and regrets not walking dolences go out to her family. Peter F. Brucato Sr. also delightful afternoon at the Youker 410-263-2858 munity in Cary, North Carolina. She with his wife, Peggy, who does a Across the street were a shoe “Hearst’s relationship with the passed away on April 22, at age home in South Glens Falls as we [email protected] is well and active, doing tai chi and two-mile hike every day. Good for store and then Crump’s, where lots New York Botanical Garden goes 92, and William Christopher watched videos of the Youker Next Reunion: 75th, other activities there and would you, Peggy. of beer was available, along with 1947 back a long way,” Gil said. “Hearst O'Riley died on April 14, and travels. Barbara and John started May 28-31, 2015 enjoy hearing from classmates at pickled eggs. At the end of the Guilford “Chip” Forbes Corp. and the Hearst Foundations was interred in Arlington National their amazing journeys after they 3216 Glenhope Court, Cary, NC I also talked with Art Hilkert street was Kaplan's Department 23910 Trailwood Court have been an investor and part- Cemetery. For more on both, see both retired from teaching and 27511 or 919-234-1293. Her e-mail ’47 (Navy), who had been in Store. Back near the Sugar Bowl Bingham Farms, MI 48025 ner of the garden for decades. “In Memory.” Our deepest sympa- their children had begun their 1941 remains PIXIEROBBINS@ gmail. the hospital but was home and corner, there was Ike Noble's shoe 248-646-5898 We bring shared values to the thy goes to all the family members own careers. Travel experiences Ray Lewis com. doing well. It's so good to talk store and then one of the most [email protected] task: education, preservation, of our deceased classmates. within the continental U.S. led to 609 N. Ohio Ave. about "old times" at SLU. Those popular "dating places," the fa- Next Reunion: 70th, 2017 conservation. And, perhaps most the European river tours, which Roswell, NM 88201 She and I both enjoy the comfort 40-below-zero temperatures we mous "R." Remember the slanting important, a deep appreciation of John admits did not “reach the 575-208-9542 of a “CCRC,” which guarantees had are great conversation topics! floor? I think beer was ten cents a beauty and wonder.” 1953 promise of the ads.” At this junc- Next Reunion: 75th, 2016 progressive care from indepen- glass -- is that true? Lois Shaver Wells ture, Overseas Adventures Travel dent living to assisted living to Paul Durkin and Bell Herndon 1948 PO Box 22 (OAT), dedicated to educational skilled nursing or memory care as ’47 continue to email in the "Navy On the other side of Main Street, For information about becoming a 1951 Ogdensburg, NY 13669 experiences in groups of 16, came 1942 needed. Our children appreciate Loop," which is always fun to read. next to the Post Office, was the reporter for this class, please contact Janet Tag O’Loughlin 518-312-5913 to John’s notice. Through OAT, For information about becoming a that they will not have to search movie theater! Then Billy's, a Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or 510 Lake Dornoch Drive [email protected] they have reached 47 foreign reporter for this class, please contact for and pay for a nursing home Sorry to report that Marilyn restaurant, another bank, and the [email protected], or Kim His- Pinehurst, NC 28734 Next Reunion: 65th, 2018 lands in addition to most of the Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or as we get older. Carter Metsger, an original Commercial Advertiser, which song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ 910-246-6415 U.S. They began with the Greek [email protected], or Kim His- member of the class, died in printed our Hill News. Next were stlawu.edu. [email protected] Karen Pflugheber Gunnison Islands. A sampling of other song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ January. She lived in Florence Lee the Canton Diner and then the Next Reunion: 70th, 2018 Next Reunion: 65th, 2016 died on May 20. Her obituary is adventures includes Scandinavia, stlawu.edu. 1944 Cottage her freshman year with Town Hall. At the end of the street in the "In Memory" section of England, Russia, Africa, Macchu Next Reunion: 75th, 2017 Richard Spooner Pat Ulrich Janney, and then in was the Harrington Hotel, and this magazine. Pichu, Tibet and Honduras. Peconic Landing the Tri-Delt House. She was very across the river there was a path 1949 1952 77 Mallard Lane active in Arlington, Va., where to Bullis’s Hill, where one could go For information about becoming a Barbara Robertson Do you remember the young The video I found so enthrall- 1943 Greenport, NY 11944 she volunteered for the Fairfax "mini" skiing. The Model Steam reporter for this class, please contact Mitchell physical education teacher who ing was of a 16-day journey to Richard C. Austin 631-477-8299 Hospital and St. Mary's Episcopal Laundry, where many of us had Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or 9 Pepperidge Road came to SLU when we were soph- the southernmost tip of South 3119 Wake Robin Drive Next Reunion: 75th, 2019 Church. Our condolences to her our laundry delivered, was around [email protected], or Kim His- Morristown, NJ 07960 omores or juniors? Jean DeLand America, including Easter Island, Shelburne, VT 05482 two daughters. the corner. song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ 973-267-9542 stayed in Canton for many years Rio de Janeiro, Patagonia and 802-985-5710 Platt Wheeler reported that he stlawu.edu. [email protected] after she married John Hardy, an Tierra del Fuego. [email protected] and his wife, Marilyn Merrill ’45, Here's a little bit of nostalgia: Only a couple of these remain. I Next Reunion: 70th, 2019 Next Reunion: 65th, 201 optometrist. She and I crossed Next Reunion: 75th, 2018 trace four generations as proud Remember the Eskimo, which had hope that this brings back memo- paths several times. She and Reunion 2014 was another large Kathleen Roselle, wife of Jim Bob Scott called to say that he "Jack" moved to Saranac Lake in success thanks to hard-working Roselle, wrote the University and Hank Larsen often would 2001, and I then had the opportu- staff who plan it, push it and that Jim is the co-author of a call Ed Attarian. They miss their nity to hike and cross-country ski proudly show off our campus For information about becoming a reporter for any class prior to 1940, please contact Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected]. book, The Best Times of My Life, calls with him and send their best with my former "phys ed" teacher. in transition. It’s tough enough that covers his 60 years of broad- to Mary Lou and the family. Bob Jean died on May 27. to handle 1,200 people, but the 38 39 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

YOUR Alumni Council camelot in canton Late in my college years, I was delighted • We support the New York City Semester youthful) judges! Sistie and Tom they will wear the halos or pitch to discover the Arthur window in Gunnison • We raise funds to support the University through a silent auc- visited St. Lawrence’s Sustainabil- forks that will be available for par- Memorial Chapel. One the sanctuary’s first, tion program and SaintsWear, a line of clothing and accessories ity Farm since their granddaugh- ticipation in the parade. Our goal the window portrays the legendary British at Brewer Bookstore ter, Michaela Lewis ’15, is involved bout of babesiosis, a malaria-like is to three-peat the Hervey Cup. king and his capital of Camelot. • We work to recognize alumni achievements and to select alumni in environmental science. disease caused by deer ticks, he burg Ferry ’56 (she’s in the Sports and Esther moved into a new con- pages in this issue) is chairing the Winnie has sold her home of 36 As I begin my work as president of the to serve on the council Peg Prior said that they had do community in northern Jame- reunion for 1956 and is super- years and is moving into a three- Alumni Executive Council, I’ve been drawn And we’re not going to let up. moved a bit ago from Sarasota to sport, near Riverhead. While in organized and full of ideas. Their bedroom townhouse on Catskill to the metaphor that that lovely old win- As we approach our 100th year of service to St. Lawrence in 2015, Spring Hill, Florida. In the summer Huntington, they raised three sons, parade theme, which we’ll piggy- Creek, which flows into the Hud- dow presents. we plan to extend our reach: they migrate way up north – to including Rick ’84, who happily back on, honors the Saints and the son River. It is a huge change to Connections between Canton and Camelot are conspicuous. The • We will expand the council from 35 to 50 volunteers by 2016 North Carolina. They have five all live nearby. His brother-in-law, Sinners. The Saints are having a downsize, but she won’t have all ancient capital is a symbol of fidelity and integrity with a dash • We will seek new revenue through innovation and creativity children, none of whom gradu- Chuck Luyster ’62, and Chuck’s special reunion, so we should en- the yard work, pool, and terraces of adventure, while our North Country college is all those things • With staff and faculty partners, we will engage alumni through ated from St. Lawrence. Their son Todd ’93 are also grads. joy some wonderful and nostalgic to deal with. She is looking for- made real. Just as Camelot is described as mystical, we know St. career networking and affinity gatherings in Canton and around families are spread from Florida singing over the weekend. ward to the visit from her daugh- Lawrence is magical — the wonder of the Laurentian experience the world to Alaska, and they have a grand- Graham has had several serious ter, Stacey Thorn Shields ’83, and transcends generations. daughter at William & Mary. surgeries, but “All in all, doing OK.” If you’d like to help with planning granddaughter, Siena, age 6. It’s a privilege to lead this dynamic legion of volunteers. I’m humbled St. Lawrence, then, is our Camelot. On the Alumni Council, What we all hope for at this stage! or calling folks to see how they to serve the college to which I owe the foundation of my education, carrying that metaphor forward, we believe we are all Laurentians for Jack Elmer, our class’s lone Can- He has, however, increasingly are and if they can attend, please Hundley tells me his business, the skills I use every day as a journalist, my best friends, and my family. Life. To support our conviction, we work with visionary and inspiring ton resident, showed up at several become the caregiver for his wife, let me know. And do put a big Rose Chauffeured Transporta- spirit for our University in these ways: Edward J. Forbes ’02 functions looking tanned, fit and which has curtailed the traveling circle around the last weekend in tion, has received two notable • We engage alumni through SaintsNetwork events, Alumni Executive Council President smiling. He often carries the ban- they had enjoyed here and abroad, May to revisit your alma mater, awards. Limo Digest named Rose ner in the alumni parade alone, I including many years in time- old St. Lawrence. If we don’t re- its Operator of the Year, Large Reunion and social media Ed Forbes began his term as president in June. He lives in Mount think, but not this year! shares in Barbados and Mexico. turn for our 60th, then when? Category, and they also received • We recruit prospective students Kisco, N.Y., with his wife, Emily Hunt Forbes '04, and their daughter, Their lives have included church, the Wake Forest Family Busi- • We support the University’s focus on helping students Caroline. He is the senior digital editor at lohud.com and The Journal Sally Mason Crowell, there library (board president) and Please keep in touch – drop me a ness Center of the Year Award. prepare for careers News in White Plains, N.Y. with husband Howard ’54, was historical organization (trustee) in- line and see your name in print! Hundley started the business five Follow the Alumni Executive Council: facebook.com/SLUAlumniAssoc @SLUAlumniAssoc on Twitter also fit and smiling, but reported volvement. He has devoted major years before the end of his radio having tripped and broken her leg time for several years to landscape career in 1985. Now, 29 years later, earlier in the year and having to and travel photography, with 1956 with 54 vehicles including motor spend months putting no weight shows, exhibits and contests in Priscilla Harvey coaches, Rose does business up amount of work in progress was But the largest showing by our reunion. If you’d told me when I wife, Nancy, and helps his children on it. She said that when she went many venues. He sends a big “Hi” Schroeder and down the East Coast. Hund- mind-boggling. Congratulations class was the 59 percent who con- was a student that I’d be there with a family catering business to the grocery store she would and shares this long-held belief: 2215 Windbrook Court ley asks, “Retire?” and answers, to President Bill Fox ’75 and the tributed to the reunion fund drive. for a 60th, I’d not have thought it which specializes in healthy food push the cart and Howard would “Faith, Family and Friends - when Westlake Village, CA 91361 “I can’t, I’m not tired.” folks at Alumni Engagement for a That figure enabled us to take the possible for anyone that ancient and has the unlikely name of push her. Apparently, the excel- you have those, everything else 805-495-9758 wonderful celebration. We had 33 “Scarlet and Brown Participation to possibly hobble back, but there Roly-Poly. He said that the family lent logistical skills that made falls into place.” Wise words to live [email protected] Bob Ernst reported from New classmates and spouses on hand, Award.” Nice going, fifty-fours!! we were. Actually, there were more jewelry business is now run by his him a general didn’t extend to by, indeed. Next Reunion: 60th May, 28- Jersey, where he was camping in addition to another 16 guests. Thanks for your support. than 30 from ’54, and seven of us son and nephew. the aisles of Safeway! They were 31, 2015 (Cluster with '55) for approximately nine weeks in from ’55. I hope that won’t out- proud on the way to Canton to Jane Carpenter Patterson Cape May Courthouse. “It changes Those who made it to reunion I can’t close this edition without number our returnees next year As we strolled across the verdant have seen their grandson gradu- emailed from Smyrna Beach, In the next several columns there the air in my head,” he said. “Like were Bill and Barbara Bell noting the deaths in the month for OUR 60th, next May 28-31. campus to dinner he reminisced ate from Annapolis. Fla., noting that a number of will be updates about our 60th everyone else, time is catching up Bartlett, Tom and Marion before Reunion of three popular about a youthful venture working classmates belong to P.E.O., a reunion. Our illustrious planning to me but I keep running as fast as Flotow Clement, George guys who will be missed—Larry We caught up with Joyce as a roughneck in the oil fields. Sally said that they had recently philanthropic and educational chair, Doris Kloppenburg I can.” For 15 years, he has traveled Clift, Howard and Sally Mason Schneible, Claude Richer and Sullivan Thompson. Radiating It was not too profitable, for he gone through what so many of organization, and that she finds Ferry, has already started plan- to St. John, USVI, at Thanksgiving ’55 Crowell, Bob Daly, Jack and Chuck Bradbury. For more on her familiar warm and caring pres- arrived home, hitchhiking, with 35 us have: moving to a retirement it “gratifying to be helping young ning. (For more about her, see the to visit his daughter. When he at- Mimi Grow, Bertha Harri Harte, Larry and others who passed ence, she instructed me to take cents in his pocket. When he saw home, one that Howard had been ladies further their education Sports pages.) Be ready to assist tended his grandson’s graduation Waddie Kalil, Dave and Janice on earlier in the year, turn to “In notes, so I dutifully did, figuring, I was taking notes, he threatened instrumental in founding. They through loans, grants and scholar- her so this reunion will top even in the Boston area, he visited Shonka ’56 Karlen, Dick and Memory.” I know classmates will rightly, that she knows all about to stop talking. had to go through the torturous ships.” She reported on a St. Law- the last one in 2011. The theme Leslie Zittell Jose. They went Connie Doughty ’55 Knies, Rod join me in extending our most this job of class reporter, having process of donating, throwing rence party that Bud Garlock is “Saints and Sinners, An Affair out for lunch and had a great and Priscilla La Croix, Hal and heartfelt sympathy to the families done it for nearly 60 years. She’s Peggy Carlton Prior and Ty out, wishing stuff on kids and and Ann Clough’56 had hosted in to Remember.” time reminiscing. Nancy Lansing Hoffmann- of these Laurentians. surrounded at home by several of ’54 and Vivienne “Sistie” Sime putting boxes into storage to be their rented condo on the beach. Lennon, Tom and Sistie Sime’55 her five daughters, who not only Lewis and Tom ’54 were at Pub sorted later. Bill ’59 and Jan Fowle Bigelow ’57 Since Doris and Connie Doughty Leslie is very involved with her Lewis, Peter and Alida Isham’56 live in her town, but also on her 56 (bistro between Hulett and and Bill Plimpton and Sandy Knies ’55, the class of ’55 planning activities at the Natick Senior Millham, Paul and Elizabeth 1955 street! Jencks dorms) on Friday night On a sadder note, I had word that Steinkuller ’59 also were there, chair, were both at the 2014 re- Center. The Boston Globe cov- Morss, Jack and Sue Palmer, Ty Connie Doughty Knies as we all played SLU Trivia. Do Kenneth G. Stark of Hyde Park, enjoying redfish and trout that union, they started to coordinate ered her experiences with the and Peg Carlton ’55 Prior, Gerry 43 Westgate Blvd. Rit Lennon, who came to share you know the month and day in N.Y., passed away on April 4. Bud and Bill had caught. 2015 reunion activities. We are Sages and Seekers, groups of Regan, Dick and Ann Robie, Plandome, NY 11030 festivities with brother Hal ’54, is addition to the year of the found- clustered for this reunion. Doris high schoolers at a local private Gail Seamans, Frank and Mimi 516-365-9029 tanned, hearty and still very ac- ing of St. Lawrence? We didn’t (it Aside from the reunion, I have had Finally – our reunion, next May. has already contacted Hundley academy. She has recently been Shields, Fred and Vivian Stein, [email protected] tive. He said that he’d had a heart was April 3, 1856), but when the several welcome emails. One came We are joining forces with the Thompson to return as master involved with technical high Martha Cheney Thomas, Next Reunion: 60th, May 28- attack many years ago and had emcee called for the words to the from fellow Long Islander Class of 1956, so you’ll get to see of ceremonies plus “play the schoolers who represented two and Bud ’53, Dave and Joyce 31, 2015 (Cluster with '56) veered into a healthier lifestyle. alma mater, our table, including Graham Glover, who wrote not only our classmates but also devil” in the parade, along with socioeconomic levels. Now, she Sullivan’55 Thompson, Dick He skis, plays golf and tennis, and the Lewises and Peter ’54 and that after living in the Huntington friends from the year behind. We’d Winnie Pisani Thorn to acti- is part of the “Bridges” program, Thompson, Dorothy Nims At the end of May I accompanied paints watercolors (which I enjoy Alida Isham Millham ’56, stood up area for 36 years he has moved to hoped that ’54 would also join us, vate the Sinners, and Jan Knost which is for fourth graders. Leslie Topping and Bob, and John and my husband, Dick ’54, to Canton, greatly, too), but no longer flies. and belted it out, to the applause the North Fork, his old stomping but those folks feared waiting an to contact the Saints. All class- says it is so rewarding to see how Gretchen Underhill. where he celebrated his 60th He also enjoys traveling with his and extra points of the (very ground. Following a very serious additional year. Doris Kloppen- mates need to determine whether the seniors bridge the gap from 40 41 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

Robinson Bradtmiller at Gaines so she could sail from Le Havre to House junior year. Hero” of Simsbury. Chosen by the and recipes, will continue. Jewel New York. She lived at times with Kathryn “Kitty” O’Keefe Board of Selectmen, the historical ter’s plane from Paris and take has spent a month in California, Rosemary Ireland Travers and Nardiello and Don '55 introduced society, the business community her to begin her summer dance one generation to another. She Arizona and Florida. Nancy Olenhouse Laplante Diane and Tom to each other at and a former hometown hero, program at the New York City Bal- has worked with college, high Our grandson, Christopher ’18, is a on the Upper West Side. After the Tick Tock on a blind date that the title represents recognition let with a full scholarship. On the school and elementary students. Barbara “Andy” Direnga Hart Laurentian this fall, and as of mid- graduate school she took a job year. With sadness we note the passing from one’s peers for service to same weekend, she heard another She even shared her expertise at and Bern had a visit with Elaine summer was looking forward to in an after-care clinic for the of Donald Christiana, Louise the community. Fran volunteers granddaughter, from Oregon, sing needlepoint with fourth graders, “Tiger” Rhodes and Pete playing on the men’s soccer team. mentally ill. Then she went on to Camey Baldanza McGilvray Welton Biernacki, Ralph for the annual Jack Bannan in Carnegie Hall. and they were fascinated Schriever in April in Florida on We are planning trips to Canton Columbia for training to become continues with the creation of “Packy” MacFarland, Mary Turkey Trot, at Red Cross blood their way home from their winter to watch the team play. a psychotherapist. Joyce sees a wood, wire and paint sculptures. Ann Fitzpatrick Griffin, drives, at the Community Farm of I-95 is getting a workout from Phil Her senior center sponsors chair on the sunny shores of Hillsboro few clients yet. Her works will be shown in Santa Walter Wilmshurst and Simsbury, and at the Foodshare and Barbara Blair Nangle. Re- volleyball, six chairs per team. Beach. They had a nice visit with Monica, Santa Barbara and Palm Donald Wilcox over the past Truck at the First Church of Christ. unions, graduations and birthdays They use a beach ball. Leslie says Nancy Hoyt Patterson in 1957 Artist Leon LeBeau graduated Springs this year, and she plans a several months. Their names all One particularly satisfying effort mean travel. That’s what you get it is therapy along with socializa- Punta Gorda, Fla. Joyce Caldwell with a major in psychology and trip to Garfield, N.J., for her 61st appeared in the “In Memory” sec- is her commitment to children’s for living in North Carolina! First, a tion and great fun. They play Rhodes a minor in English. He taught high school reunion. tion of recent issues. eye screenings with the Lions trip to the Connecticut shore with different towns. She is most Don Heithaus receives an 5-C Oak Crest Court high school English for 11 years in Club. Superior equipment allows friends from their old stomping proud of her daughter, Leslie, a award for the most days skiing Novato, CA 94947 Malone, N.Y., during which time he Ronald “Obie” O’Brien keeps a I had the good fortune to for the detection of conditions ground and then on to Maine for registered massage therapist. last winter – 40. He now has 11 415-892-9351 earned a master's degree. After busy schedule of performance of visit family in Texas, Florida and often missed at other screenings, granddaughter Jessica’s high grandchildren. After a recent trip [email protected] Leon accepted a position in St. his magic show: St. Louis in July, California, solidifying family ties. especially in very young children. school graduation and daughter Len Combi and Carolyn spent to Toronto, they traveled through Next Reunion: 60th, 2017 Lawrence County, teaching art, he South Korea in August, China in And three girls I met in Saigon in Modestly, Fran says, “I like to help Michelle’s birthday. After only a most of last winter on Sanibel Canton and SLU on their way to developed an interest in pottery September, England in November. 1958 met together again in Palm out where I can.” short time at home, they headed Island, Fla. They had a delightful visiting at Tupper Lake. George Ruscoe and his wife and took classes through SUNY. Desert, Calif., in May. back to Connecticut for Phil’s visit with Doris and Bob Ferry. have been living in Florida since Next came a two-year position as Sue Rich Parker and Jim vis- Most of us can recall vividly a grandson’s high school gradua- To celebrate Len’s 80th birthday, I had a wonderful phone call 1971. He retired from the City of an employment counselor with ited central Europe in May. They college professor, an incident or tion. July took them to Rochester, the entire family, which includes with Dave Joy and offered my Daytona Beach 15 years ago and the Department of Labor, then expect to sell their lake property 1958 a confrontation. Jan Featherly N.Y., to visit family and then to the six adults and six grandchildren, condolences on the passing of his credits his success there to his one as a vocational rehabilitation in northeastern South Dakota, but Lennelle “Lennie” Heithaus recalled a memorable St. Lawrence River for a memorial will be going to Lake Como in lovely wife, Barbara. She had been education at St. Lawrence. Gar- counselor with psychiatric and will continue to use it until the Dougherty McKinnon moment from South Hall. She service for Barbara’s nephew. Northern Italy. Len keeps in touch ill for many years. Dave is well and dening occupies him now. mentally challenged clients. Later transfer. A remote and beauti- 5 Jay Street and Don ’56 took history with the with Russ Harter. Marilyn and enjoys his new home with all the he worked with the physically ful spot it is, where they grew Canton, NY 13617 famous Dr. Harry Reiff. They sat Lois Langtry’s frozen shoulder Russ were planning a summer activities like golf, shows, plays Werner Frank Item and Sheila handicapped. Upon retirement potatoes and other vegetables for 315-386-8216 together in the first row, and one in the winter turned out to be cruise to Scandinavia and and a pub. His three grandsons live in Newport, R.I., and have he audited drawing classes at years. Instead of vegetables, they Cell: 315-323-5267 morning, Dr. Reiff confronted her, arthritis, which was improved with St. Petersburg, Russia. are in college. He is planning been sailors for 35 years. Now SUNY Potsdam. He and Penny planted an apple tree this year. [email protected] “Hrumpff, Miss Featherly, I see therapy. Back problems are helped some traveling and hopes to at- they have a power boat, ski had moved to 25 acres not far Next Reunion: 60th, 2018 you don’t have your book!” by the water aerobics she teaches Sue Belden Rice says, “I take tend the reunion. some, and look after grandchil- from Potsdam, where they raised Recently honored by the town of in the winter and a gym member- one day at a time now that my dren several days a week. He did chickens and children. Now, Leon Amherst, N.Y., was Philip Morey, Thanks for Bob Lyle for several “It was a great big book,” Jan ship which she and Ken share. A motto is that life begins at 80!” John Houx (he used to go by finance and program manage- teaches what he has learned, first who has served on the governing tidbits of information. Lois and recounted, “so naturally and 1-year-old great-granddaughter Three of her four children were “Jack”) is an actor with more than ment for Raytheon for 39 years. low-fire pottery and then stone- board of the MusicalFare Theatre Bob enjoyed Fiesta Week in San chivalrously, Don slid his book provides pleasure, a few mornings able to celebrate her big birthday 15 years of experience. His current Prior to that, he worked at Bendix ware, and teaches watercolor with and many of its committees for 17 Antonio, and learned that Texans over to me. Dr. Reiff stood back in the real estate office keep her in in Vermont. She is still working play is Tuesdays with Morrie. John in Teterboro, N.J., following in his the SOAR program, Stimulating years. He chaired the "Songs for know how to celebrate. The occa- and said, ‘Well, which one of you touch, and weekly Scrabble games two days a week as a clinician at has a grandson, age 7, who may father's footsteps. Frank says that Opportunities After Retirement. Tomorrow" campaign for the ma- sion was a celebration with some wants to take the rap?’” That with friends keep her mind sharp. Counseling Service of Addison be a future SLU hockey player. his accounting and management His inspiration is the seasonal jor expansion of the theatre, which of Bob’s high school classmates moment was among many which Gardening is a bit more difficult County and volunteers at Open classes at SLU put him into posi- wonders of the natural North attracted new corporate and from Bush Park High School, an led her and Don to remember him these days, but she still does a lot Door Clinic for patients with no tion for these positions. Country environment. individual donors and raised more American school outside of Lon- as their greatest teacher—tough, of canning and donates much of it health insurance. Some are mi- than a quarter-million dollars. The don. Although he was not, most entertaining, accomplished, and a to family and local charities. Travel grant workers, so she is working Ray Robertson lives near Lee Whitney and wife Julie MusicalFare's cabaret and lounge students were military dependents bit intimidating. over the summer was limited to a on her Spanish. She spent four Potsdam, N.Y., and is happy in Beaver '58 look forward to visits expansion funded "The Colleen from all over the United States, wedding in Minneapolis. weeks at the Sarapiqui Conser- his country surround. He was in at their son's vacation home in and Phil Morey American Song- and for the last 20 years they have Judy Lennon Cashman wrote vation Learning Center in Costa The Charter Day celebration in the military, taught math (his St. Park City, Utah. They have spent book Series" of programming. held a reunion every two years from Bellingham, Wash., where Liz and Paul Fideler celebrated Rica, where she volunteered. She Los Angeles for St. Lawrence’s Lawrence major) at Clarkson, built 13 winters in Vero Beach, Fla., somewhere in the country. It was she and Vince ’55 were celebrat- their 50th wedding anniver- had a homestay with a wonderful 158th birthday was a success. We a house and provides vegetables with summers in New Jersey. He great to hear that physical therapy ing their granddaughter Hazel’s sary last year with a six-city trip Costa Rican family and considers had every decade represented for his table from his own garden. is in touch with Bill Barden and is helping Bob tremendously. graduation from high school. through Central Europe: Potsdam, it one of her best experiences. from the 1950s to the 2010s. Richard “Tinker” DeGraff. Judy is delighted that she and Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Salzburg She might do it again since her Yours truly, Mary Jane Hast- Joyce Hotaling Kent remains Bob sent news of two fellow Hazel are in the same time zone and Innsbruck, plus a few days on daughter is now living in Costa ings Smith, Beth Day Totin ’57 in her rent-controlled apartment Diane Preussner Glover and residents of Simsbury, Conn. Ray now that Hazel attends Bates Lake Como. In the spring, Rica part of the year. She is our and Camey Baldanza McGilvray near Gramercy Park in New York Tom ' 52, after having lived in Ro- Jennings is a veteran and has College. Congratulations to Hazel Paul returned to Vienna to present volunteer extraordinaire! ’57 represented the ’50s. Our City. While studying at the Uni- wayton, Conn., for 50 years, find it Jan Zetsche Finch (left) visited been active with the American also for the publication of her a paper on British utilitarianism guest speaker was Trustee Barry versity of Denver in 1958, Joyce time to downsize. She substitutes with Mary Bowers Hunter Legion. At a large Memorial Day first book, a children’s story called in colonial India at the European Jewel Breiner Hall writes Phelps ’69, who gave us an up- took a student trip to the Middle in K-5 classes in Greenwich and (right) and husband Dard at Sea event, Ray was the Master of Cer- Raincoat Man. Let Judy know if Social Science History Conference that her and Stan’s brewery, date on what was happening on East and was stranded for over a is on the Board of Directors for Ranch, Calif., and I was there too. emonies. Congratulations to Ray, you would like a copy. and toasted the town with friends Cooperstown Brewing Company, the campus. A good time was had month because the agency could Senior Housing, a 23-unit develop- We visited a unique chapel built and to all veterans from our class at Freud’s favorite spot, Café has been sold to Northern Eagle by all – goodies, birthday cake, not pay for the return airfare. The ment sponsored by her church. Di- to suggest waves of the sea. Mary and beyond. It must have been a memorable Landtmann. After 45 years on the Distributors, a subsidiary of the and an SLU trivial pursuit game. group nevertheless continued ane enjoys bell-ringing. Tom is still remains in charge of lettuce at the and proud weekend in New York Lesley College faculty, Paul has Budweiser Corp. She said it is Special thanks to Rick Hasse ’76 to travel to Syria, Turkey, Jordan, doing caricatures, specializing in Sea Ranch Community Garden, Heartiest congratulations also to City for Wendy Colassard retired. Congratulations on wonderful to know that their for obtaining the venue and plan- Israel, Rome and Paris until Octo- sketching faces onto golf bodies. which involves planting the nurs- Fran Jeffers Gauthier, who Bob Segard. She traveled from Cali- a distinguished career in beers, with the original names ning the event. ber, when her father sent money She recalls rooming with Nancy lings and overseeing their nurture. says was named a “Home Town fornia to greet her granddaugh- education, Paul! 42 43 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

It was a two-graduation year for Claire McGarrahan Strang. The third silent classmate is Granddaughter Emma graduated Doug Lawrence. He writes, I would like to thank Jack from high school and prepared “After graduation, I married Jane Thanks for your updates and Buchanan for his willingness to for the University of Rochester. another house that weekend, Ferner’60 and spent nine years in please do continue sending help my roommate’s grandson, Her grandson, Matt Dudley ’14, making the trip impossible. How- the Marine Corps, five in a fighter them in! Matt Dudley ’14, by reading a graduated from SLU and headed ever, Cathy-Anne “Kitty” Hughes Robin McNallie writes that he squadron flying the F8 Crusader paper Matt was hoping to publish for Abu Dhabi on a fellowship Morrison ’83 and Michael has long been retired from the in Beaufort, S.C., and (from) a and offering some suggestions. from NYU. Although it was McKinnon ’83 were able to come. English department faculty at number of aircraft carriers. Dur- 1962 Jack spent some time in South great to have him here for four It was terrific to see them and vis- James Madison University. He ing this time, we had one son.” home, Ken keeps busy at the Steve Wahl Carolina, at an international bat- years, meaning frequent visits it with their friends who returned. 1960 continues to both teach and at- After the Corps, Doug joined IBM American Legion. 7899 E. Soaring Eagle tlefield archaeology conference from Claire, I will miss seeing her We must concentrate on making Ann Younger Moore tend classes in the Lifelong Learn- in human resources, retiring 28 Scottsdale, AZ 85266 and then touring battlefields with whenever the Laurentian Singers our next reunion an imperative. 41 Brookside Drive ing system at JMU. He and his years (and three more children) Sandee Huebenthal Fleisher 480-575-5300 friends who are local authorities perform or Matt is being honored Schedule it now! Wilbraham, MA 01095 wife, Chris Edwards, enjoy travel, later, only to join Shared Medical proudly wrote of a new grandson, [email protected] on the Revolution in the Carolinas in some way. We are trying for a 413-596-9335 last summer journeying across Systems (SMS) in Malvern, Pa., as born in April in Fairbanks, Alaska. Next Reunion: 55th, 2017 and Georgia. He recommends roommate reunion. We can man- One of the last events of the [email protected] Canada by rail. the head of human resources. Tim Stevens and Kathy spent traveling by overnight train from age to get Barbara Blair weekend is a Service of Remem- Next Reunion: 55th, May 28-31, the summer at their cabin in our Bev Beyer Stautzenbach tells South Carolina to Penn Station. Nangle there, but Carol brance at which the names of 2015 Sadly, our class has lost three “After six years,” he continued, 49th state; their granddaughter of a wonderful mini-reunion of Summer plans included a trip to “Scotty” Kleinsmith Newton Laurentians who have died in the of its members in the past few “I again retired and we moved spent three weeks with them in the Class of 1962 Pi Phis. On Germany to see Susi’s family, and is the major hurdle. How about last year are read. Far too many I received a nice letter from months: “Bill” Bailey Jr., Irving to Scottsdale, Ariz., but returned June and their grandson did the June 5, she and Cindy Larsen visiting in Paris and Dordogne it, Scotty? names this year from our class John McIntyre telling of his Smith and Ronald H. Woods. to Rhode Island when the same in August. Verruso-Dudeck, Marian with friends and colleagues. and others held special mean- many adventures since leaving For more on them, turn to grandchildren came along.” Katz Schenke, Katie Chase Reunion was its usual hectic self. ing for me. I hope you read “In St. Lawrence 54 years ago. Soon “In Memory.” St Lawrence has During this time he rejoined IBM Jim Pritzker enjoys spring and Danis, Pat Conly Tufenkjian, Jack let me know that Richard Hal Robertson and I repre- Memory” in the magazine each after graduation, he served as a also been notified of the death of in their Global Services division, summer in New England – walk- Sue Vosseller Dreghorn, Collins died on May 22. Jack sented our class, but Hal alone time; more often information ap- captain in the U.S. Army Corps Robert C. Waite on and spent another 13 years do- ing, biking, kayaking and lots of Ginny Sigafoos Herrick, Phil said, “Dick and Della were neigh- attended the Honor Guard dinner, pears there. The names read for of Engineers. He married Ravena July 16, 2013. ing contract HR work. He is now events with their five grandchil- Vico Gold and Bonnie Baker bors of ours in Vetsville, and for his attempts to get Dick Meili to our class were Ellenjane Green from North Carolina, and “totally retired.” dren. In early June he attended a Landino converged in Williams- about the past decade Dick and come having proved unsuccessful. Beattie Booth, Robert J. has three children and five grand- bi-annual reunion at Honeywell, burg, Va., from Florida, Michigan, I had exchanged e-mails. They Seated with a number of student Bray, Robert D. Curtis, Daniel children. They have come back 1961 I thought Mark Harran had where he worked his entire career New Jersey, Connecticut, Chica- lived in a retirement home in Gig hosts, he regaled the group with S. Day, Martin Marino and home to New Hampshire, where Hulit Pressley Taylor retired a lot of times, but maybe in their computer division. He says go, Tennessee and Pennsylvania Harbor, Wash. Della plans to stay accounts of beanies, signs, “The Peter E. Van de Water. they reside on Lake Winnisquam 1713 Surrey Lane, NW Doug has him beat! Mark writes “Hello to my SLU classmates.” for a journey back in time. Bev on as she has many friends there, Wall,” the L Club and overcuts. in Laconia. Washington, DC 20007 that he has fully recovered from writes, “Our personal journey a daughter nearby, and a son in They shared tales of their studies Until next time, friends, be well, 202-625-0203 last year’s health problems. He Pat Linderoth Taylor continues was the main focus of the week- Seattle. Their other son lives in abroad. Hal and Betty plan to drop me a line whenever you have He worked for 34 years with Tyco [email protected] has resigned from several boards to be a frequent traveler. In June end, as we caught up with each Albany, N.Y.” For more on Dick, spend a month or so in the Keys the time, and contact that class- International, where he became Next Reunion: 55th, 2016 so most of his time is spent she went to France with two of other’s lives over the years since see “In Memory.” and south Florida next winter. No mate you remember with a smile. a division head and officer of the on the farm, making hay in the her granddaughters and then she we last met and, as is always the special trip was planned for last company. His division designed, For this issue, we have three summer and maple syrup in the and John ’59 planned a trip to case with our reunions, tested Ed Myers sent me a detailed summer, although they greatly manufactured, installed and main- classmates who either have never winter/spring. He does, however, Iceland in July. For more on the each other’s memories and cre- recollection of the ATO Hawai- enjoyed a cruise from South- 1959 tained trans-oceanic underwater sent an update or who haven’t remain president of the Connecti- Taylors, see the Sports pages. ated lots of laughter with stories ian party of 1957, relived a bit in ampton, England, to Iceland and Linda Marlow Castle fiber optic telecommunication done so in years! cut Maple Association and VP of of our years at SLU.” our reunion last year. It certainly Norway last year. P.O. Box 766 cable systems for commercial the International Maple Syrup In- Natalie Beaumont was looking evoked many memories. I know he 420 Honeysuckle Hill and military use. A long-time di- Dave Crystal is still practic- stitute. He travels to the 13 “maple forward to a folk dance trip to Bev lives in Venice, Fla., with hus- sent it along to a number of broth- All my children and one spouse Lexington, VA 24450 rector of Revere Copper in Rome, ing law in New York City and as states” and four maple-producing Ireland in July. In August, Steve band Mark. They were planning ers and has received responses in had a cluster reunion, but Christy 540-460-2637 N. Y., he and his family enjoyed an arbitrator for the Financial Canadian provinces and was look- Anderson planned a week at a couple of weeks in August at the form of other recollections of McKinnon Cooper ’84 and John [email protected] many wonderful moments in the Industry Regulatory Association. ing forward to meetings this fall in Chautauqua Institution in New their Adirondack house with kids that memorable event. Cooper ’83 were moving to Next Reunion: 60th, 2019 North Country. He’s been married to Judy for 49 Nova Scotia. York and then a week in the and grandkids. The whole family years; they have three sons and Poconos with six grandsons and (19 people from six households John owns and operates rental four grandchildren. He shoots Beth Anne Freilich Gordon their parents. in five states) was together in properties in New Hampshire, skeet, trap and sporting clays in is still showing greyhounds. They Venice for Thanksgiving last year. Maine and California. His life style the winter. have four. Beth Anne and John For the past several years, Gordy is "nomadic" with lots of inter- live in New Mexico, and the dog Brown and Maria have spent Colby “Moke” Walton reports Want to Send Us a Photo? national travel. He and Ravena Jonathan Levine, after teach- shows range from Ft. Worth, Tex- December to April in Panama City he received a clean bill of health winter in Santa Barbara, Calif., and ing at Hunter College for 10 years, as, to southern California. That’s Beach, Fla., which is like a second in early April: cancer-free!! He’s ski often at Lake Tahoe. Summers worked for the New York City a lot of driving! Once again, Beth home with all of the friends they feeling great and getting back We will publish, on a space-available basis, pictures of alumni weddings and legal are spent back home and "Down Board of Education as an admin- Anne just missed seeing Carole have there. Wanting a change of into good conditioning fast. He civil unions, gatherings, promotions and other activities. East" in York Harbor and Moody istrator for over 20, then ran the Sperzel Clark while she and Bill routine, they planned their first- and Claudette got away for a Beach, Maine. largest wine-tasting society in the wintered in Palm Desert, Calif. ever trip to France for May: Sight- great three-day visit to Charles- Guidelines Images must be 300 dpi/jpeg format and must be accompanied by City for 25 years. He wrote a wine seeing in Paris, high-speed train ton, S.C., arriving as the Spoleto caption information: who (left to right), what, where, when. (Note: We cannot Another nice letter came from column for close to 25 years, and In April, Craig Ruhm and Ellen to Avignon, and then touring the Festival began. accept photos pulled from the internet or social media). Douglas Campbell, telling is chairman emeritus of NYC's rented a house in Phoenix. “It was French Riviera with a day trip to of an exciting summer trip to largest organization of wine com- special to spend a lot of time with San Remo, Italy. Sounds fabulous! sent Submit by January 20 for the spring 2015 issue! We reserve the right to reject Willoughby Richardson images for any reason, including but not limited to, poor quality, inappropriate Europe. He and Diana planned municators. “Since retiring from my son, Chris,” Craig said. a very newsy tome, which I am to take a Black Sea cruise from the wine business,” he told me, I know you all join me in express- forced to whittle to fit my page! gestures and what we determine is excessive presence of alcohol. Istanbul to Turkey's North Coast, “I teach bridge to a few students In June, Ken Shilkret saw his ing our sympathy to Jack Van For Christmas and New Year’s then to Odessa, Romania and Bul- and am on the board of my co-op granddaughters’ annual dance de Water upon the loss of he returned to Germany to visit Email photos to Sharon Henry at [email protected]. garia before returning to Istanbul, (was chairman for more years recital and then headed to South his brother, Peter ’58. (See “In his son in Munich, but also spent then London for five days before than I want to remember), and Carolina for golf before seeing the Memory” in the last issue for more some time with Barry Swanson heading home. my wife and I travel a lot.” U.S. Open in Pinehurst, N.C. When on Peter.) in Frankfurt. He enjoyed a father- 44 45 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

Some of our core of veteran at- Rather than current events, Newnham Lloyd, Ann tendees this year included Sandy Bruce Boss provided a nostalgic Breitner O’Reilly and three KDs team won the local bar/restaurant Coventry Palmer, Larry note recalling our freshman life from other classes) meet every race series for the fifth consecu- Cohan, Sheila Caulley Hill, in “Men’s Rez,” now Sykes. He winter in the Orlando area. tive year. Congratulations!! Dave Niles, Kathy and Peter Kermani lived across when I asked where she was Mangion Mofield, Sue the hall from one another, im- going, she grinned when I told Chris Hopf-Lovette visited Gene Simonsen writes from Mildner Walters, Tom Burke, mediately next to the cafeteria. her that I went there. She fell in Jackie Thompson Lois in Vero Beach, Fla., that he’s enjoy- Diane Friday Fisher, Kathy Among other things they played love with St. Lawrence from the Venice, Fla., and spent a fun ing paradise there with golf, Shipway Crumb, Don Rose, Guttman, also stopped bridge and cribbage and shared first visit.” Last November, Dave afternoon and had a dinner with tennis, and more. He said Joe Diane Peterson Reynolds, in their travels to visit other their love of classical music. added, he and his wife went on Janet Lefkowitz Schotz, who Jiampietro organized a fantastic Eugenia Anderson-Ellis, friends and family while they Bruce recalls Peter entertaining a Viking cruise from Prague to lives there. Chris and Emmett SAE reunion last spring; to see Jeanette Pike Mayo, were “in the neighborhood.” their hallway by putting his stereo Paris through Germany, and met Mahoney also took a trip to Italy who was there, check the picture Patty Paige Malvik and Sheila Sue Rose Bullock and Janet SAEs from the Class of ’63 who enjoyed a reunion in Florida last spring were, in his doorway on Saturdays and Paddy Mackenzie '76 and John with her sister, Barbara, and Linda on the previous page. Rorke. Allen McFarland, Canton resi- from left, John Reddy, John Mason, host Joe Jiampietro, Frank Taylor, playing Bruno Walter’s rendition Duford '74 from Rochester, N.Y. Hopf-Pope ’68 and her husband, dents, had the shortest drive Gene Simonsen, Dick DesReis, Chuck Ross and Pete Kross. of Mahler’s Second Symphony. David Pope ’67. They rented a villa I received the sad news of the It was also gratifying to see so (and probably the comfiest in Impruneta and took self-guided death of Margaret Kane many “first-timers,” including Bob sleeping accommodations). son bonding weekend to Pilzen kept them in the game for a Bruce thanks the Kermani family, 1963 tours of the area. According to Holtman. “Max” was an accom- Goodfellow, Dave Guttman, and Prague and hiking through while, they fell way well behind whose musical interest inspired Leah Kollmer Puzzo Chris, they had “a terrific time (if plished horsewoman who was a Edie Schmidt Kilgour, Janet Without a massive workload snowy woods in Mittenwald, the younger teams. a gift toward the Peterson-Ker- 135 Hillcrest Avenue you cancel out the clever thief member of our riding team. She Olsen Myrin, Ken Kinlock, and prodigious herding skills by with side visits to Garmisch and mani Recital Hall at St. Lawrence. Leonia, NJ 07605 who deprived me of my money was a teacher, docent and world Jean Crayton Simes, Marietta Nancy Current Martin and Oberammergau. Once home, he Speaking of annual get-togeth- Bruce recalls our freshman year 201-461-7052(home) and iPhone as we got off a train at traveler. She will be missed by her Kiley Teret, Barb O’Brien Carol Pratt Hecklinger over spent February and March on a ers, Kate Griffin reminds us that as the best year of his life; he still 201-321-5519(cell) our first stop in the Cinque Terre).” family and friends. Bouchey and David Buettner. the last year, the weekend could car trip around our country. He each fall Sandy Brown Lepore, has his scarlet beanie with the [email protected] Chris posted lovely pictures of her never have moved so seamlessly visited Peggy LaRock ’63 and Diane Peterson Reynolds ’64 and ’62 on the front. Next Reunion: 55th, 2018 Italian adventure on Facebook. Thank you again for all your let- Some class members were from high point to high point. Jim Blanchard in Madison, Leigh Berry ’64 meet for a hiking ters. I do like writing this column. accompanied by their brave Words of praise for their strength Wis., where he also saw Kent ’65 and biking vacation. By the time While on a transcontinental train A big thank-you to all who Gerry Hamburger writes, “I’m Enjoy the winter and keep in non-Laurentian spouses, including and grace fall far short of giving and Mary Ann Fuller. Then he this report goes to press they trip from California, whose last responded to the eblast sent out a kid again, living with my wife, touch! Life is good! Bob Gardner, Charlie any sense of what they managed headed for Steamboat Springs will have met for the 23rd year leg was on the Lake Shore Lim- by the University! It was great to Cathy, in Bucksport, a small town Freeman, Carolyn Garlock to do. Fortunately, a small army for a few skiing days with Jane for the exercise and the requisite ited eastbound from Chicago, hear from you. Please continue to in Maine. We have a cabin in the Curley (though Pat is a parent), of callers encouraged classmates Schwartz ’63 and Bill Schaffer. chatting and laughter. George and D.D. Cushman share your news. woods with occasional bears, 1964 Rich Glazer, Brenda Ball to attend and to get ready for His return trip took him thorough Harrington captured a photo deer, but no moose yet. We’ve Sherry Gage Chappelle Knight, Rick Wilkins, Rick our days in the sun, and once we Albuquerque, where a lady friend Kate tells us that the Sackets of a passenger car belonging to What a pleasant surprise to hear been stocking our pond with 800 Bayard Avenue Williams and Charlie Smith- were there more “soldiers” took joined him for the southerly re- Harbor Historical Society, of the Adirondack & St. Lawrence from Sally Viean Flinn. Sally brook trout and have succeeded Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 ers. Then there were those who on vital roles. turn back east. They took in the which she is a board member, Ry. Co. She planned to meet Pat left St. Lawrence after freshman in attracting loons, great blue 302-226-1594 brought their spouses from other vastness of the Southwest, visit- hosted Matt Dudley ’14 as a Chester Burd in Kennebunk- year and finished her B.A. at the herons and eagles.” [email protected] classes: Carol Pratt Hecklinger Our sixty-six official celebrants, ing White Sands National Monu- speaker in June. Kate and Matt port, Me., where they both own University of Oregon. After gradu- Next Reunion: 55th, 2019 (Dick ’65), Mary Lou Sprague and a few like Jan Plumadore ment, Carlsbad Caverns, Pecos first connected in Canton during summer cottages. ation, she moved back home to Gerry has retired from a teaching Madsen (Russ ’65), Susan who joined for only an event (of Judge Roy “The Hanging our 50th reunion in 2012. Matt Hawaii, married, had four children position at New England Institute Writing this only a few weeks Parsons Wolfe (Mike ’65), John or two, spent a weekend filled Judge” fame) and San Antonio was giving a talk on the War of and became an insurance agent. of Technology in Warwick, R.I. He post-Reunion, there is a flood of Haskell (Patty Dain Haskell ’65), with laughs, hugs, ceremonies, (“Remember the Alamo”) among 1812, titled "Agent 13 in the North Her especially great friends from says he’s busier now than when information to share rather than Jeff Bijur (Mary Fishel Bijur ’65) memories, friendships made and other iconic American venues. Country." He has expanded St. Lawrence are Pat Warne he was working. the usual trickle, so be fore- and Al Walden (Elaine Wintsch friendships renewed, and food, on his research with financial Randall and Grace warned this time there you only Walden ’63.) Harvey Meer was food, food. We could have gained Ron Rencurrel and Evie have support from St. Lawrence that Napolitano Zanazzi. Ken Gross received two presti- get a tributary. Next time or two, accompanied by his lovely daugh- the old “freshman 15” in a single two skiing stories. In February, allowed him a month in the gious awards this year! He was we’ll visit more of the streams ter, Vanessa. Our single class weekend. The college’s Dining Ser- they met Dave ’61 and Karen Archives of the Indies in Seville, Janet Ghattas and John honored by the Automotive Hall of and ports of call on an amazing couple was John and Linda vices gets at least three more stars McDonald Walton ’63 and Gary Spain, as well as time at the Hand are conducting their 23rd Fame with a Distinguished Service weekend. You all got the Reunion “Bim” Runey Walsh. And in since our days of bread, Jello and Gibson and Gayle at the Land- Chicago History Museum. His program to Senegal, West Africa, Citation, and his 2013 book, Sensu- Book, so I won’t be sharing so other SLU connections, Leigh mystery meat at Men’s Rez. grove Inn in Vermont to ski and Sackets Harbor presentation where they were Peace Corps ous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles, much of the personal for a bit: Berry roped in former faculty play for a few days. This is an was on the War of 1812’s General volunteers from 1962 through earned him the International Motor you have the resource for that spouse Tom Coburn, and Janet What no one could have planned annual event they have done for James Wilkinson, titled "For King 1965. The dates are December 28, Press Association’s Ken Purdy right at your fingertips. Allen McFarland went home for was a weekend of beautiful five years! Then in May, while in and Countries: the Remarkable 2014-January 13, 2015. They wel- Award. Congratulations, Ken! from events with many good North Country sun by day and Colorado, they took a side trip Life of an Occasional Spaniard come Laurentians to be among Kayla, 18, is at Lynchburg College If you were there, I don’t have to wishes to “our “professor, George. cool late-spring evenings. That to visit the Schaffers, and on and Fair-weather Patriot." The the five participants. Please and Jake, 19, drove back to James tell you what a great time it was. made all of the outdoor activities Memorial Day, Bill skied his 137th talk received rave responses by contact them when you are in Madison University in time for If you missed it, we missed you. It was impressive to see the including hikes, golfing, tennis day of the season. The next day, local War of 1812 experts. the Cambridge, Mass., area. They rugby practice. Son Chris is still And be assured your name came journeys many people made, and a trip to the Thousand Islands they all took a 20-mile bike ride Dave Daniels sent this picture would love to see you! rocking and rolling with the Spin up in the “remember whens.” but most impressive was Ken both possible and pleasant. (all downhill) along the Roaring Anne Henehan Oman enjoyed of himself with one of his tennis Doctors and Jeremy, 44, lives in (George Corsilia’s twice within Kinlock, who arrived from Picnicking and ice cream on the Fork River to Basalt for lunch. home-and-home visits with team members, Camille Burger Nancy Palmer Appich spent Boston, where he creates com- a few hours to this reporter, for France. Grant White and Barbi greens were a quiet, cool respite SLU- educated, they smartly Linda Cassidy Kline. They met ’18. He’s been the Longmeadow two weeks in June on Sanibel puter programs that help doctors example.) Forgive me if I misrep- Zinner Reed were among the to the other activities. Walks to took the bus back to Aspen! at Linda’s West Coast Hunting- (Mass.) High School girls’ tennis Island, Fla., at her annual family and hospitals interface. resent, missed or misreport news Californians. Jeff Bijur had venues (when we weren’t being ton Beach, then Anne’s East coach for three years, having reunion. After a restful reunion, and views. I wished all weekend made a different, but very difficult ferried by our golf cart guides) In June, Ron played in the Saints Coast Fernandina Beach (no been a math teacher there until she and grandchildren spent Doug Brown and Mary Lou M’73 that I could clone myself to ferret journey – one of recovery from enabled us to enjoy the crisp Hockey Alumni and Friends Golf sunburns, I hope)! They had a retiring in 2000 (upon which he several days at the Disney parks! celebrated their 50th anniversary out all the interactions and stories a horrendous pedestrian-vehicle Adirondack air and the University’s Outing at New Seabury Country great time doing watercolors on taught math at Western New Nancy and her KD group (Helen by treating themselves to a Ver- and visit all the venues. I’ll be accident last year in New York lovely plantings. Side trips down- Club on the Cape. He was paired the beach, by the river and in the England University until 2011). Badger Druce, Betsy Barratt mont Bicycle Tours (VBT) bike and happy to print retractions and City. It was terrific to see him look- town and out of town were easy. with Sam Sammis ’60 and Jinny. marshes, and then exploring the “I did not influence Camille to Lutz, Vivien Easton Bower, barge trip in the Netherlands. They corrections for things I misheard ing in fine form. Many, likeE die Perfection: especially for sleeping Despite help from Jinny, who Okefenokee Swamp. apply to SLU,” he says. “In fact, Jean Sutherland McKee, Ann had a wonderful time. Doug’s ski or misremember! Schmidt Kilgour and David in a dorm without air conditioning. 46 47 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

Thelma Ketelsen McNulty, Yonnie Garbaccio Robin- I’m nearing my column limit, so St. Lawrence more informally, I'd son and Barbara Thurston look for the next issue to include be delighted to hear from you at Shilkret were our Hospitality more details about the Service of Jean Sotherden Clune posted [email protected].” Suite’s sweetest angels, labeled and Bob Simpson held our class Remembrance, our induction into that she and Jim have been trav- by me the Terrific Triumvirate. banner and led us to the review- the Honor Guard, musical events, eling both alone and with their please let me know at lyn@slua- Steve Blankstein, who has cards. There’s no room, but your Barb particularly needs props for ing stand before we went in to and more. two adult children, spouses and lum.com or call me at 239-777- been living in Palm Beach syndicated by United Features. name will be published if you are planning the looped slide show the arena for the Alumni Awards five grandchildren. 5202,” she says. Gardens, Fla., since 1999, says She helped launch the Canandai- a great-grandparent. Bernie that played all weekend with recognition ceremony. In the meantime: attendees, see he would love to hear from any gua New York Lake Watershed Campanella had written of this pictures of the “us that was” from what these short snips from the My son, Parker, and his wife wel- Peter Henry has published a college friends who are in Florida. Alliance Education Program and achievement a few years ago— the four yearbooks of our college At the ceremony, Nancy weekend bring back for you: comed their second son, Leon, in novel, Hard Chargers from the You can contact him at sblank- is co-chair of the Scripps Florida does he win?? years to a suitable soundtrack Current Martin was one of the Merchandise Madness, bagpip- March. In the last year and a half, Sky, about the Vietnam War, of [email protected]. Council in Jupiter. Leanna is on organized by Ginnie Wolfe three alumni to receive citations ers, drawing a pig personality we have gone from no grandchil- which he is a veteran. For more, the board of greatschools.com, If I do not hear from you, your Manuel. The show went all week- from the Alumni Council for test, Professor Coburnicus, 3 dren to five grandsons, including see “Laurentian Reviews” in the Steve is not the only one who and when out in California at a punishment will be to read end and we never tired of trying her activism as a “citizen of the a.m. bathroom sharing, balloons, Tori ’96’s stepsons Aiden and Ian, “On Campus” section. would welcome some contact meeting she visited archeolo- about my summer trip to Ireland to find ourselves, roommates, world.” In her acceptance, Nancy new diplomas, toilet plunger in the blink of an eye. What joy! from classmates. Your class gist Julia Costello, who lives in in June. So you’d better email me classmates or teammates. noted how she had been able to door holder, heart stones, chapel Keep those cards and letters reporter would very much appre- Mokelumne Hill, epicenter of the your news. do things that allowed her to “fol- bells and “Chapel Bells,” golf cart Please send news for this coming in. ciate some, too! state’s gold mining past. Memorabilia lined the tables, with low my heart” and “feed my soul.” guides, door codes, Dean-Eaton column; our classmates want to pictures from Spring Weekend to Fortunately for the world at large, beds, Ralph’s IV Buggy, OB’s hear from you. Leanna says, “Jules is involved 1969 Tock caricatures (Sue Parsons she was giving back to many or- freshman sign, poetry, Japanese 1967 1968 in many aspects of ‘Moke Hill’s’ Patti Black Giltner Wolfe’s and Diane Friday ganizations including Best Friends Garden, new dorm rising, new Meg Smith Eisenbraun Anne Lauriat historic restoration and could be 16 Pellett Street Fisher’s), Dean-Eaton candids and Earth Watch. Nancy cited the names for old buildings, Mur- 1966 4460 Norris Lane 6 Bishops Forest Dr. the unofficial mayor.” She said Norwich, NY 13815 and a Frosh pin. Great wine with value of her St. Lawrence educa- derer’s Row! Add your own and Jim Michaelson Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Waltham, MA 02454 they called John Kelly ’69, who 607-336-1202 personalized “Aged to Perfection” tion with its spirit of learning send them to me. 22 Gouverneur Street 360-682-2345 617-484-6841 gave them an update on the “End [email protected] labels provided by wine master and giving back. Over and over Canton, NY 13617 [email protected] [email protected] of the Road” Ranch and the SLU- Next Reunion: 45th, May 28-31, Jim McCormick, as well as oth- in this uplifting ceremony, those Last is a standing ovation for Kim 315-386-5250 Next Reunion: 50th, 2017 Next Reunion: 50th, 2018 originated geological expedition 2015 (Cluster with '70, '71) er beverages, was available there receiving awards mentioned how Robinson Hissong ’94, executive [email protected] that was about to descend. all weekend. Eventually we were St. Lawrence had been the reason director of annual giving and Lau- Next Reunion: 50th, 2016 I’m sorry to have to report sad Well, we have a competition go- Sue Hubbard Broderick able to display our prize-winning they had become committed to rentian engagement. She kept us news this time of two deaths. ing on: Phil Needham writes, It is indeed poignant to attend checked in after 10 years. She Hervey Cup from Saturday morn- learning as well as to the joy of on task, found answers, located Reamy Jansen writes that on “Although I would not want to the weddings of the children of and Bob do western-style square ing’s parade and drink some of helping others. resources, answered late-night May 17, his son Gab was awarded Bruce G. Crawford passed take the honor away from classmates in whose weddings we dancing several times a week, our prize champagne, too. emails, and held us all up when an MBA from Vanderbilt Univer- away on April 14, 2014, at Dart- Dominic D'Angelo as the old- participated. My SLU roommate and have even gone to state A number of the events at we were falling apart. And she did sity. Reamy and his wife are living mouth-Hitchcock Medical Center est member of the class, I will be Susan Doscher Underwood conventions in North Carolina and As to the traditional parade: reunion focus on the 50th-year it all with humor, patience, grace in Lexington, Ky.; he is teaching in Lebanon, N. H. For more about 73 in February. I accomplished and husband Bob hosted a gor- Florida. Sue is still a contracted Denley Rothmann Rafferty class. On Thursday at a special re- and aplomb. Bravissimo, Kim. memoir-writing and is excited Bruce, turn to “In Memory.” this by entering St. Lawrence in geous outdoor nuptial in June clog dancer at the Tennessee Fall was our parade maven, with ception at MacAllaster House, we about his retirement. 1960, then leaving to serve a full on an island near Charleston, Homecoming (at the Museum of the support of the aforementioned were able to have time with Lynn On April 5, 2014, after a seven- term in the Peace Corps (Kabul, S.C., for their older daughter, Liz Appalachia), and this October will McCormick. Denley took on the and Bill Fox ’75, St. Lawrence’s 1965 I journeyed to Albany, N.Y., in early month struggle with pancreatic Afghanistan), returning to gradu- Underwood ’03, to Brian Murphy. be her 15th year at this wonderful all-important role also of chief first couple, before attending a Jane Petrie Davis June to help celebrate Coach Bob cancer, my husband, John, passed ate in '68.” Phil certainly looks fit I chatted with Karen Diesl ’66 and bluegrass/old-time music event. worrier as we tried to do three special dinner in our honor. Meet- P.O. Box 730 Ford's retirement from coaching away. I was his main caregiver and in a picture he sent of him cycling Bill Bruett ’66, whose daughter In 2009 they bought an RV and things simultaneously: sing “Hats ing the Foxes, it was easy to see 92 Coventry Lane the SUNY Albany Great Danes for later had the help of Home Health in Mallorca. He has four silver had married the previous weekend have taken many great trips - Off to Larries,” doff our caps and in person how the University has Manchester Center, VT 05255 44 years, after a few years at St. and Hospice nurses, a godsend. medals in the Senior National in Vermont. Alaska, the Canadian Maritime beanies, and do a facsimile of been in warm, capable, thoughtful 802-362-3621 Lawrence. They love him there, As you can imagine, I have been games and will be competing provinces, and this summer to the twist! We were all accoutered hands for the last few years. [email protected] and even named the football very busy with settling his affairs next year with the hope of getting I caught up with Nancy Olpp Wyoming and Montana. Sue in magnificent “Aged to Perfec- Next Reunion: 50th, stadium for him. The only three and now updating all of my own. gold. Thurber, who has lived in Jasper, keeps in touch with Margaret tion” Class of ’64 t-shirts The reception was followed by a May 28-31, 2015 SLU footballers there were myself, I continue to be active in AAUW Ga., since 2002. She is on the Timmons Gittis and Janice donated by Al Walden and special buffet dinner for the Class Bill Van Wie ’67 and John F. Meyer on Whidbey Island, Washington, OK, step up if anyone in our class board of the Bent Tree Founda- Treggett. Jim and Charlotte dressed (where we could find of ’64 at Eben Holden Dining Hall. Dick (“Doc”) Clinchy, vice ’67. It was great to reminisce with just finishing two years as VP of is older than 73 as of February– tion, an organization dedicated Saucier Mahoney visit each and fit into them) in our ’60s Among attendees not already president of sales and market- Bill and John and catch up on old membership and preparing to and you can duke it out with Phil. to the school children of Pickens year in Florida. Sue was back in fashions. We even reused the signs mentioned were Fran Lytle ing at Antangent Medical LLC, times and gaps in between. take the role of publicity chair. I County, to the caring and tempo- Canton (her hometown) recently highlighting our campus memories Clay, Steve Munn, Barrie CEO and founder at Emergency will be visiting friends in Montana A convoluted way to get news rary housing of lost pets in Bent and was amazed at how much made for our 45th Reunion, stored March, Scott Manuel, Marty Medical Resources LLC, and EMT Lyn Bedell writes that she is soon and then flying east to see (but I’m not proud): Michael Tree, and to helping improve the the campus has changed. all that time in Kathy Shipway Holmes, Abby Woolsey and paramedic at Emergency serving her second term on the my mother in October, so the cal- Richman wrote that on Burton quality of life for local residents. Crumb’s garage! Rich Glazer Rowley, Mick Harrington, Sue Medical Services, was in Juba, Alumni Executive Council. “If you endar is filling up already. Thanks Gershater ’69’s Facebook he Prior to retiring in 2008, Nancy This is old news, but Rob Brouwer Baird, Brian Hart, South Sudan, in 2013. He and his are interested in learning more to all the classmates who sent noted that Bob Brewer was was a contracted provider with Sylvester wrote to the alumni Carolyn Ball Baldwin M’64, wife live in Navarre, Florida. Be about the council, or have an kind messages of condolence. running for district attorney of the Georgia Department of Fam- office that he was in Norwich last Charlie Smithers and Alden sure to check out photos of Doc interest in getting involved, or San Diego County in California. ily and Child Services. She keeps summer for a Sigma Pi reunion Volunteer “Red” Harwood. on Facebook. perhaps have some suggestions, Lori Strauss Bantz wrote after I looked online and read Bob’s in touch with Dick ’67 and Kathy at Jim Benedict ’67’s camp on returning from the Alumni Execu- concession (the incumbent won). Sanger Phillips, who split their Chenango Lake. He said it was a Today! tive Council’s spring retreat at It looks as though Bob waged a time between Sarasota, Fla., and fun weekend of golf, fishing and Canaras. She’s in her fourth year good campaign and is to be com- Eastham, Mass. imbibing. After I got the note I Is 2015 your Reunion year? We need your help! More than 200 alumni volunteered to help with Reunion Weekend ’14 with the council, and says, “You mended for his efforts. saw Jim and chided him that he and made it a huge success. Sign up to be a planning volunteer or development volunteer and encourage your can be very proud of your alma I wish I could publish all the hadn’t given me a heads-up so I classmates to return to campus and participate in your class gift. Alumni.stlawu.edu/volunteering mater in the 21st century! If you’re I heard from Leanna Abrams darling pictures and names/ages could meet (for 10 minutes) and interested in being nominated for Landsmann, who writes "A+ Ad- of classmates’ grandchildren get some news for the column. the council, or want to support vice for Parents," a weekly column that arrive via email and holiday Next time! 48 49 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

Alumni Executive Council many stories around the campfire. Grant and Ed Dick. Apparently, member Bob Rood wrote that they are all making plans to spend the council is always looking for Pfeilsticker hosted Wendy Van The "Usual Suspects" gathered a good chunk of the winter on the alums to become involved. You Romer Dunster, Al and Sue to celebrate, not having seen one west coast of Florida. Kevin and can contact Bob or me, and I will Gemberling Olszewski and another in a while, our 66th birth- LLP’s Milwaukee office and is also Jane’s son, Thomas, is a student relay the message to him, if you days. (Who remembers?) This a resident of Milwaukee. at The George Washington are interested in being nominated St. Lawrence Trustee Tom and year's venue was Rangeley Lake University and in conjunction with for council membership. Connie Harris Saddlemire. in Maine. Jeff Kellogg is about So that your classmates can learn his global health policy major has Heidi writes, "Dinner was served to retire, Randy Bobb is easing what you've been up to, please studied in Switzerland, Morocco is through my son, Scott The last news to report, unfor- on a set of St. Lawrence University into it, and Keith Besse '69 and send me your news. and Senegal. Hamlin ’93. You will remember him tunately, is the loss of a class plates given to Heidi by John Dave Beisler '69 both asked "what as that cute little baby boy who member, Margaret “Meg” Finley at a previous reunion." She are you waiting for?" Peter “Boomer” Brennan hung out with me in the UC circa Yandon White, who died in added, "For two years, Tom waited 1972 has certainly managed to stay 1971-72. This year he turned 43. He March. Susan Jenkins Selcke for this reunion so he could display Barbarajean Schaefer in touch with his SLU hockey and his wife, Cathy Quinn ’91, are was in contact with her for many his custom powder skis inscribed 1971 Blodgett buddies. He and Tim Pelyk meet the parents of my oldest grand- years. They were part of that very James P. Snedeker 6763 25th Street North regularly for local hockey games son, Evan, who is 13(!). It's pretty During Reunion Weekend observances of the 50th anniversary of the France small first Junior Year Abroad 5 Linden Tree Road Arlington, VA 22213 (Boomer’s son Tiger is a partici- amazing when all one's children Program, one of its directors, Emeritus Professor of French Edward Pierce, center, program in Spain, in 1967-68. Wilton, CT 06897 315-771-3261 pant), he keeps John are 40+ and my granddaughters reminisced with several alumnae who were on the program during his first tour as Others were Janet Kellock 203-761-7793 [email protected] Hutzenlaub in the loop as much (9 and 10) are my co-Taylor Swift director, 1974-76. From left are Patricia “Tish” Silcox Munt ’77, Martha Nielsen ’76, th Russell, Betsy Bramley [email protected] Next Reunion: 45 , 2018 as possible, and he resends emails fans.” Erni is still teaching at Cape Karin Washburn Henry ’76, Diane Doty ’76 and Linda Carbone ’78. Professor Pierce th Cirelli, Jean Dygert, Janet Next Reunion: 45 , May 28-31, (Cluster with '73 '74) to me from Mike Keenan’s Cod Academy and thoroughly also directed the program in 1980-81, 1986-88 and 1995-97. During the summer of Kelly Gummere, Judy 2015 (Cluster with '69, '70) assistant coach in Russia. Mike enjoys living on the Cape. She 1997, he established the program study tour in Dakar, Sénégal. Mishkin Miller, Bruce Weiss “Will you still be sending me a texted me to say he was thrilled and husband Daryl will celebrate and Paul Barker. In a recent email, Bill Hayman Valentine, birthday greetings, to be asked to do the commen- their 30th wedding anniversary with ‘Snow Bowl, St. Lawrence reported, "life is good." A life-long bottle of wine? If I stayed out till tary for MSG-TV coverage of this next year. We send our condolences; for University,’ the SLU shield, his skier, Bill once taught skiing at the quarter to three, would you lock year’s Stanley Cup Finals between settle in while also getting ready more on Meg, see “In Memory.” name and ski specs. Of course, Snow Bowl. Upon retirement after the door? Will you still need me, the New York Rangers and the Life here in Northern Virginia has for a vacation trip to Peru and they were scarlet and brown!” 37 years with Nationwide Insur- will you still feed me, when I’m L.A. Kings. Mike coached the 1994 been quite busy, what with mov- Ecuador—life is never simple! 1974 ance, he is again teaching, now at 64?” Surely, all of us remember Rangers to their first Stanley Cup ing my 88-year-old mother here Sandra Ciccone 1970 Jan Hunt Williams and Chris Jay Peak in Vermont, this time as a these famous lyrics; they seemed in over 40 years, and was in New from Woodstock, N.Y., witnessing Sue Ellis emailed, “I love reading Wagner Dennis Szymanski Brandy also represent us on the certified instructor. "My encore ca- so comical way back when they York City in June for a 20th anni- daughter Molly’s graduation from about others in our class. I moved 13030 Walking Path Place 915 Hillwood Ave. Alumni Council. Chris, in turn, rep- reer, teaching skiers, has brought were written. Not so funny now, versary celebration with the team. Syracuse University on Mother’s to Maine shortly after graduating, San Diego, CA 92130 Falls Church, VA 22042 resented the council at a February my life full circle," he said. Bill's eh? I’ve received lots of news Day, driving to Kiawah Island, S.C., worked on schooners in Penob- 858-354-5463 703-534-1253 Laurentians-in-Residence event wife, Chrystal M'74, also recently from a whole bunch of 64-year- Mike Flanigan and Anna missed in late May for a family vacation scot Bay for a few years, helped swagner@wagnerimmigra- [email protected] on campus, including a dinner and retired after 26 years teaching olds; here’s to all of you! most of the horrendous winter and then to Queens in early June found the local food co-op store tionlaw.com Next Reunion: 45th, May 28-31, panel of alumni sharing their ca- middle school physical education weather last year by spending it to help move Molly into her first and ran it for eight years, then Next Reunion: 45th, 2018 2015 (Cluster with '69, '71) reer experiences and advice with in Potsdam. He and Chrystal now Paul Patrick sent word that all at their place in Florida. Likewise, apartment, and flying to Colorado started Coastal Documentation, (Cluster with '72, '73) students. Jan can tell you more spend most of their time between those years of listening to his Holley Onion and Terry Moran in mid-June to deliver Mom to my which works with boat owners Sue Knauerhase Riley wrote, “I about the Alumni Council and its Potsdam and Jay Peak when not son’s band (he’s the drummer) have a summer place that Terry sister for a few months. Whew! to document their boats with the Our 40th reunion was GREAT! The visited Abbie Gardner work: [email protected]. visiting their kids and grandchil- in the basement have finally paid built on a Vermont lake property. Glad I’m not 64 (yet). “Send me a U.S. Coast Guard. In 1989, I married weather was spectacular, and 75 Moynihan at her home in dren in Minnesota and Florida. off. “Young Rising Sons” have just They are both well and enjoying postcard, drop me a line, stating Duke, and we have three kids, all people, including class members, Rowayton, Conn. Nancy Perro Andy Kaye returned to the San signed a record contract and have their two grandchildren. Who says point of view. Indicate precisely grown now at ages 22, 23 and spouses and friends, attended. Murgalo came to visit as she lives Francisco area from a golf trip to It was great to hear from Perry a very catchy video on YouTube. hockey players aren’t smart? what you mean to say, yours 31, as well as two grandchildren. I nearby." They had a wonderful Hilton Head Island via Northern Vockrodt ’72, who noted that he You can check out the song at sincerely, wasting away. Give me volunteer with a youth mentoring For seven classmates, it was their time catching up on over 40 years Virginia. Andy and Janet's kids has stayed in close contact with www.youngrisingsons.com. After receiving the spring 2014 your answer, fill in a form, mine non-profit, Trekkers, in my county; first reunion. Two traveled long of news. Sue later saw Nancy are very active in high school and Marty Buckoski since gradua- issue of this magazine, Erni for evermore. Will you still need with the town of St. George, where distances: Haruyoshi Udagawa at a Starbuck’s (where else?) in AAU sports in Alamo, Calif., Justin tion. The most significant news of Another proud Papa is Preston Williams Johnson wrote to ask me, will you still feed me, when I live; and with the Cooperative from Japan and Robert Tippin Manhattan, where Nancy works in basketball and Emily in softball his recent past is his son's wed- Smith, who watched his son me to identify the Kappas who I’m 64...?” Fund of New England, where and his wife, Robin, from Australia. in human resources, training new and cross country. College visits ding in Prague, Czech Republic, in Derek graduate from Yale Univer- were featured in a photo. She has I serve as treasurer and on the Many of us stayed in Gaines Col- managers. were to be an important part of 2013. While attending a ceremony sity in the spring. Preston chose fond memories of many from our loan and executive committees. lege (we knew this as East Hall) the summer vacation. in New York City honoring World to stay on campus to take in all first year on campus. You might 1973 Duke and I live a pastoral life that and had a wonderful time remi- Sue also found her way down War II Navy veterans, he stayed the tradition that an Ivy League remember she was married to Linda Tirelli Herrmann includes horses, chickens and a niscing in the common room and to Florida to visit Helen Frank Rick Lajeskie, still hard at work with his old roommate Jim school evokes. He remarked that Paul Hamlin ’70 before graduat- 60 Crosman Avenue big garden. I love the gardening in looking at pictures in yearbooks Ross-Pollock and Al Pollock '68 (?!) at Ranbaxy Pharmaceutical Benedict, and then visited Jim's the last time he had stayed in a ing. She still sees Paul regularly Swampscott, MA 01907 summer and a bit of traveling in and “pig book.” in Sarasota. They raised a glass, or Inc., was also in the D.C. Metro camp in Norwich, N.Y. He also dorm room was sophomore year as they share three of her five 914-656-7471 winter, now that the children are more, celebrating their success as area picking up daughter Allison sees Mark Witman, and had re- in Rebert Hall, when his neighbor grandchildren. [email protected] all through college. We work hard, Our reunion class broke several a team selling real estate on Anna after her third year at American cently made contact with Dennis was the late Chet Baltz. (“Makes Next Reunion: 45th, 2018 play hard and live the life of Riley fundraising records—we raised Maria Island, just north of Sarasota. University. Kathy and I check in Szymanski '70 regarding another me a little sad and a little happy She wrote, “I communicate at (Cluster with '72, '74) every day.” $920,323 (from 192 classmates) Helen is promoting our 45th re- on Allison for the Lajeskies, and Navy veterans’ event. thinking about him….”) Christmas with Kathy Ertell and which more than quadrupled our union next year! it seems like only yesterday that Cindy Winans Kamsler, so I tI’m surrounded by what seems I wish I had more news to share, previous record, and we were she returned from a semester in Chambers USA: America’s Lead- Jane Terrell ’73 and Kevin Barry hear about their Pi Phi network like hundreds of mover boxes but unless there’s a big back- awarded the Saints class gift Frequent contributor and Alumni South Africa, at the University of ing Lawyers for Business has sent word that they are now full- too. Leigh Dibble Desens has a and am facing the grim reality of log that the post office hasn’t award and the Manley Society Council member Heidi Hansen Cape Town. Rick and Steph did ranked Michael W. Hatch as a time at their Scraggy Neck, Cape house in Orleans, where I went to downsizing – where am I going to forwarded to me yet (wishful class award. came through with news of the manage to visit her and found leading lawyer in his field in 2014. Cod, home. They had a wonderful a Pi Phi gathering a few years ago, put everything??? I’m now back thinking…..), that’s it. Please write, Class of 1970 mini-reunion in roughing it with "only Four Star" Hatch specializes in real estate law. mini-reunion with David ’71 and but not since. My primary SLU in the Northeast (new address email, phone, stop by – we want to On Friday, in front of Jencks Hall, Vail, Col. Heidi and husband Jack lodging to be the substance of He is a partner at Foley & Lardner, Joyce DeRosa Kay and Dale connection in ‘recent’ years above), trying to unpack and hear from you! we held a tree dedication 50 51 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

2013. She was happy to be back Habari Gani? alumni citation for his work to improve access Asenath Okal Dande M '94, who was a on campus for Reunion and to to clean water and sanitation. Both delivered Swahili fellow at St. Lawrence 1992-1994, is the visit with classmates. Swahili for seminars as part of the weekend’s events, and founder and CEO of the Hitaji Development “What’s the News?” Ned expresses some of his thoughts in the Initiative (www.hitaji.org), a non-governmental Joanne Iadarola Masone and Kenya Reunion pages earlier in this magazine. organization in Kenya. Asenath writes, “HDI's because she was traveling in Asia. husband Jino ’72 live in Annapo- As readers of this column may have already mission is to foster economic develop- She is a consultant. lis, Md. They recently celebrated heard, the KSP has been suspended for the From campus, Associate Professor of History ment, empowerment and independence for their 30th wedding anniversary fall 2014 semester due to security concerns in Matt Carotenuto (KSP spring ’98) writes, disadvantaged and vulnerable women and Nancy Winter Traynor had and have two children and five Kenya. For more on this decision, see the an- “Launched in conjunction with the 40th an- girls from poor families in Rongo and Nyatike planned on attending, but their grandchildren. She enjoys spend- nouncement in the “On Campus” pages. niversary, the Kenya Program Digital Archive sub-counties of Migori County. We are recruit- oldest daughter and her husband ing time with them and traveling Project offers an important way to document ing board members and volunteers with were expecting their second child with Jino, as well as doing things the rich connection between St. Lawrence experience in education, reproductive health in May. Nancy retired from teach- she did not have time to do before and Kenya. Alumni can contribute by com- and fundraising. Write to [email protected] ing to be the day-care provider she retired. menting on photos, and donating materials or find me on Facebook to learn more about for her granddaughter three days to help us ensure that the SLU-Kenya story our work.” a week. She also supervises Lucy “Leppy” Park Horn was When Associate Professor of Philosophy Baylor Johnson, second from right, had a re- is preserved for future generations." View student teachers for Virginia thrilled to make her way to our tirement party in May, many of his former students traveled to Canton for the occasion, materials already preserved and learn how Brendan Hayes ’04 (KSP spring ’03) is Wesleyan College. Nancy’s other 40th reunion, stopping overnight including Hal Thomas ’74 (left) and Jack Whittier ’75 (right), from Sacramento, Calif., you can participate at (http://digital.stlawu. head of social franchising at the Nairobi office daughter is a travel agent, while in Utica to spend time with and Englewood, Col., respectively. Also pictured is Will Madison ’15. Photo: Theresa edu/ksp/). Video taken at the reunion will also of Marie Stopes International, a London-based her son is married and has his Christine Lewis Spano and Kusak Smith be available on this site. organization focused on sexual and reproduc- own auto maintenance business. Donna Maffei D’Eredita. She tive health. He lives in Nairobi with his wife, a Husband Larry ’75 is still flying was reminded of all the trips Chapel Hill and Richmond to see In 2013, Mike was named a Poultry The KSP’s 40th anniversary celebration was Prof. Carotenuto also wrote of an April cam- pediatrician, and their two young children. for FedEx, primarily Asian trips driving back and forth to school. Don and Vivian Makosky, who are Science Association (PSA) Fellow well attended with upwards of 200 program pus visit by Denis Goldberg, a South African that originate in Anchorage, It was 7-8 hours from her home in living in Henrico, Va. They are fine for professional distinction and alumni on campus. They came from across activist who rallied against apartheid in the If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Alaska. Next year is Larry’s 40th, Villanova, Pa, and many a winter and leading wonderful lives there. outstanding contributions to the country and as far as London and 1950s and 1960s. “Goldberg spoke to over (and join!) the KSP Facebook page, www. so hopefully they will make it to break she would have to stay over I now return to my normal life to the field of poultry science. He Nairobi. Also in attendance were eight of 100 students, faculty and others,” Matt told facebook.com/groups/6790476858/# campus for that reunion. in Syracuse, enjoying the hospital- take my grandson to his kinder- teaches or has taught graduate the program’s current and former directors, me. “He discussed his role in the struggle ity of the Maffeis, due to snow- garten every morning. I hope to courses in proteins/amino acids staff from the Karen center, and two former against apartheid, what it was like to stand As always, your news and photos are wel- The year 2013 was exciting for storms and drifting on Route 81! be able to see you again. Please and advanced non-ruminant SLU Kenya scholars now serving in Kenya’s trial with Mandela, and how the struggle come. I look forward to hearing from you. John Affel and Ellen Flagg It was wonderful for her to catch remember the Tokyo Olympics nutritional physiology, and has National Assembly. One of those, Ken Okoth over inequality and the legacies of apartheid Tutaonana! ’75. Their grandson was born in up with yours truly, Darla Maffei in 2020.” authored or co-authored 100 ’01, received the Sol Feinstone Award for in South Africa are far from finished.” Dana June, and their Newfoundland, and Andrea Joline Joliat, all peer-reviewed scientific papers Humanitarian Service for his commitment to Professor of Art and Art History Obiora John Linsley ’04 (KSP fall ’02) “Michael,” won Best in Breed in on her hall freshman year in Dean- Our class has a “SLU Class of ’74 – and garnered over $2 million in the empowerment of children through educa- Udechukwu facilitated Goldberg’s invitation 169 Perkins Row the Purina National Dog Show Eaton. To look back on the last 40 40th reunion” Facebook page – if competitive research grants. He tion. Ned Breslin ’88 (KSP fall ’87), who is and Associate Professor of Sociology Abye Topsfield, MA 01983 in November. John is passionate years is daunting, she said, but for you are on Facebook, search for received several awards in the CEO of Water for People, was awarded an Assefa coordinated the event. (978) 500-6342 about Newfs and among other 34 years Leppy and husband Gary that page and please ask to join. poultry nutrition field; has served events early in 2013 helped “Hero” have lived in Paoli, Pa., in their It is a closed group so only the as Associate Editor of the World’s earn his championship and spent “starter” home. Their two children group members can see the post- Poultry Science Journal since ceremony in memory of our to having more time to visit family a week showing dogs in Michigan. are both married and they spend ings. If you have difficulty with it, 2003 and has been associated deceased classmates. Kathy Krieger, Lew Leath- in Minneapolis. “I am sad to say that because John and Ellen also had a trip to time visiting them in Vermont and please get in touch with me. with several other professional ersich, Joanne Iadarola of the economy, we closed our London with the CSISA group of New York City. Leppy has a small journals, among them the Journal We saw the new dorm, then Masone, Rich Patterson, Russ Barbara Fuchs Brown lives doors in January. I am actively which John has been president booth in an antiques cooperative of Lipid Research and Animal under construction on the Noble Steenberg) and all those attend- in Ada, Mich. She has her own seeking employment, which is dif- for the last six years. in Frazer, Pa. She enjoys searching Feed Science Technology. Center side of the Quad but now ing for a successful reunion. tutoring company and tutors 25 ficult after 34 years with the same for merchandise and is learning a occupied, and the beginnings to 35 students per week in math. company, not having to do this Now onto news from reunion lot about antiques. There will be more updates in the of the Quad renovation (www. Many classmates who could not Reunion Weekend was one of her job hunting for so long! I have one attendees: next magazine, for I have run out stlawu.edu/new-residence-hall), attend provided updates to me busiest times as her student cli- daughter, 28 and in her third year Melissa White Baltz is a lawyer of space—a first for this column! and noticed the absence of the or to the reunion committees, so I ents were finishing up their school of teaching third grade. She loves Ann Cheney is living in Portland, in Jackson, Miss. She plans on Those of you who attended the Gunnison chapel steeple following will start with their news: years. She has four children and it and is a gifted teacher.” Ore., working at a community col- retiring at the end of this year. reunion you can still send me your the October 6, 2013, fire (www. six grandchildren. lege only five minutes from home She is looking forward to traveling updates and impressions. Those stlawu.edu/news/gunnison-me- Rob Campbell retired from his Kathy Maguire Langston is as an associate project manager. and spending more time with her who did not, we still would like to morial-chapel-fire-updates). For career in banking and he and his Mary Santaferra Wiles retired parish secretary and bulletin editor Reunion was very special for Ann extended family. Her son was on hear from you. more on these projects, turn to wife, Diane, live in Carlsbad, Calif. from her position as brewmaster for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church since it was not only our 40th the West Coast for the last two pages 28-33. They enjoy taking advantage of for the Budweiser (Anhauser- in Penfield, N.Y. Her son is a sports class reunion but also an “affinity” years, but has started grad school what the area has to offer. Busch) brewery in the Syracuse trainer for the New England Patri- reunion for the Kenya program in at the University of Missouri / Kan- 1975 Thank you to the planning com- area. She now works for Brooklyn ots, so she and Bill Langston are honor of its 40th anniversary as sas City, closer to home. She had Carol Owen mittee (Anne Ferris Cassidy, David Rohrdanz and his wife, Brewery, a craft brewery in Brook- now avid Patriots fans. a formal program. She was the a great time at the reunion, – not 12 Lake Village Drive Pat Romeo-Gilbert, Lew Leslie, live in California, where lyn that makes a maple beer, only sophomore on the inaugural having been back to campus since In other news, Dr. Michael Durham, NC 27713 Leathersich, Judy Long he practices medicine and is which ties in with husband Karl’s Deb MacIntyre Armer and 1972 trip to Kenya. She's also on our 10th. She was not sure what to Lilburn was honored as Penn 919-544-2121 (evenings) Bixler, Ann Cheney, Anne working part-time in anticipation maple business. She and her fam- Alan live in Denver, Col., but lived page 27. expect, but now plans on our 45th State’s Department of Animal [email protected] Joslin Slater), development of retirement. ily were on a trip to Iceland during in Chicago for 23 years. They are in 2018. Science’s 2014 Poultry Science Next Reunion: 40th, committee (Lee Bailey, Melissa the reunion. hoping eventually to go back to Joan Darrow Corey lives in New Distinguished Alumnus in May. May 28-31, 2015 White Baltz, Bob DiPalma, Jean Schofield Taylor recently the Midwest-Chicago area, where York City with her husband, Dick. Yoshi Udagawa wrote soon He earned both his M.S. and Ph.D. Katherine Feeney Fenlon, retired from her job as a claims Joanne Abraham McKenzie their three children live. They have one daughter, who is after returning home to Tokyo, “I degrees through Penn State’s nu- We hadn’t heard from him in a Steve Goldberg, Patricia adjuster for The Hartford. She and was a casino controller at one of getting her Ph.D., in biomedicine am pleased to have seen many trition graduate program, and is a long time, so Mark Taylor wrote Nash Gomer, James her husband, William, live in Con- the Atlantic City casinos for 34 Maria Brucato Edelson was in Barcelona. Joan joined the St. familiar faces after many years. professor in Ohio State University’s to say that he has been living in Hutchinson, John Krieger, necticut and are looking forward years, and loved it. She reported, unable to make the reunion Lawrence Board of Trustees in After leaving Canton, I stopped by Department of Animal Sciences. Philadelphia since graduation 52 53 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

and has kept in touch with a few classmates, including Lorna Ness, St. Lawrence President his photography, go to vireo.ansp. beer by starting a craft brewery. Bill Fox and Jim LoScalzo. At the record, I don't feel a minute org/search.html . Obviously someone was paying Calling All the February alumni gathering at older than the day I left SLU; the attention during English class; the the Princeton-St. Lawrence men’s calendar is just plain wrong,” she Brian and Helen have a son, Chris- first line of Robert Frost’s poem hockey game, Mark caught up wrote. “Happy big birthday year, topher, who graduated from RIT The Road Not Taken was the in- Washington, D.C. with Bill “Lefty” Petruska, who class of 1976!” in 2009. “I actually (gasp) encour- spiration for the brewery’s name. is living near New Brunswick, N.J. in Cabo San Lucas, Baja Calif., in aged him to go to Clarkson, but Since their start, demand for their Jim Mayhew and his wife trav- November (250 people!), and the he wanted a more urban area,” 1978 product has been growing and Alumni Mark is starting his term as a eled from Vancouver, Wash., to 40th reunion, in Vienna, Austria, Brian confessed. “He followed in Joel Collamer with successive rounds of invest- member of the Alumni Executive Vail, Col., to see his daughter, who of her “semester abroad” group… my footsteps and works for the 29 Hassake Road ment they have expanded from Council. He noted, “If anyone is teaches first grade. He met up where she met her husband, New York State Thruway Author- Old Greenwich, CT 06870 40,000 barrels a year, and for Coming January 6-11, 2015: interested in being nominated for with Brett Heckman ’77 and Anne; Garland Reiter! ity/Canal Corp. in Albany.” 203-698-0677 (home) 2014-2015 have plans to expand the council, or wants to support he said Brett had just rehabbed 203-820-4523 (cell) capacity to 140,000 barrels. SLU Connect—DC St. Lawrence more informally, from shoulder surgery and that Brian M. Henry wrote that he [email protected] please contact me at marketay- “My daughter and Brett’s daugh- went to two weddings involving 1977 Next Reunion: 40th, 2018 [#SLUConnectDC] [email protected]. I look forward ter attended Colorado University Laurentians: Tayt Brooks ’97 and Bonnie Steuart Taylor 1979 This January, students will experience to seeing many of you in May!” at the same time, so we have met Nancy Driscoll on March 29, 2014, 9823 Fosbak Drive In early April, I received this career For information about becoming a all Washington, D.C., has to offer, and two or three times a year for the at the Olympic Center in Lake Vienna, VA 22182 change update from Tad Acker: reporter for this class, please contact we need your help! Career Services is last eight years.” When he wrote, Placid, and Mackensie Rohrs ’10 703-281-2281 “The printing business has done Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or looking for area alumni to help host 1976 he was planning to meet Duran and Jacob Greene on April 12, [email protected] me in…say hello to the newest [email protected], or Kim His- events, teach seminars and offer their Field ’75, Gepe Zurenda ’75 and 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Brian retired Next Reunion: 40th, 2017 commercial real estate licensee. Mary Izant song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ expertise on panels. 20101 North Park Blvd., #1 Peter Hunt ’75 in the Adirondacks from full-time work in 2003, and That's correct; after 35 years away stlawu.edu. Shaker Heights, OH 44118 for what is affectionately termed has been working part-time jobs I am bequeathing the honor of from school, I tackled the requisite For more information, visit www.stlawu. 216-363-6417 “water ski camp” at Duran’s since. “I managed to get laid off “Guest Reporter” for this issue 60 hours and aced the test!” Tad For her final column,Kim edu/career-services/event/slu-connect- mizantslu1976classnews@ camp. Duran has become an in early January from a part-time on Mark Wakefield, who is searched for a medium-sized Hoffmann Amoroso writes: dc or contact Carleen Pallante at gmail.com accomplished “air chair” skier, job,” he said; “that is not an easy celebrating his retirement from full-service commercial real estate [email protected]. Next Reunion: 40th, 2016 Jim pointed out, noting, “He can thing to do.” Brian began another his Cleveland law firm and kindly company focused on Fairfield, It was both a sad and happy day perform back-to-back flips on part-time job as a grant writer for wrote, “No encore career as of Conn., and Westchester, N.Y. He on May 18 when my youngest It was so nice to hear from Tom the chair.” the Towns of Benson and Hope in yet, but I am actively looking. found Pyramid Real Estate Group child, Megan ’14, graduated from To my KDS sisters: The Alum- St. Lawrence. We have made a Marcinkowski, who noted it had Hamilton County, N.Y., on July 1. He Retirement is good so far, enjoy- and joined them. Pyramid special- St. Lawrence. It was a gorgeous nae House Fund made possible noteworthy contribution to our been a while. He wrote that he’s Scott McClelland provided still gets to SLU hockey games. ing our two grandchildren, lots izes in retail, office, multi-family day and the ceremony was great. several exciting projects over alma mater by passing the SLU been promoted to full professor family news: Their oldest, Scotty, of travel and catching up with and industrial/flex realty. We wish All the speakers were amazing, the summer: exterior painting, legacy on to our progeny. of environmental education at 29, is in Bend, Ore., at architec- classmates. I was lucky enough Tad the very best of luck with his and Grace Potter even sang for us. replacing the letters over the Florida Institute of Technology. tural school; Matty, age 27, works to get to Lyon, France, for a week new career venture! It will be sad not having an excuse door, remodeling the third-floor With the help of the Alumni Of- for a firm in San Francisco that in early May, since my youngest, to visit campus as much as I have bathroom and downstairs powder fice staff I have determined the Sue Eichman North has quit represents the buyer or seller of Carly, was on the UVA semester Joel ’77 and Darcy Rieman been. I will have to think of a new room, buying a rug for the front number of “Chips” we have sent her job and started a contract- commodities like sugar and cof- there. We followed it up with a MacClaren celebrated Memorial one! date room, and having drapes to the North Country. For the next ing gig with a pharmaceutical fee; and Sophie graduated from week in Florence, Italy (which Day with a BBQ at their Madison, made for all the downstairs edition there will be a prize for the company in California, Nektar Middlebury in 2012 and works for I last visited with Jill Scott Conn., home in late May, attended Several classmates were also on rooms. Stop by next time you are classmate who not only shares Therapeutics (oncology drugs). the Nature Conservancy. Jablonski in 1976!). Thanks to by numerous alums: son David hand to celebrate the graduations on campus. something for me to print but also She said, “The study I’m working Lynn Ruane Tuttle for some MacClaren ’11, Michelle De Luca of family members. Chris Koski's comes closest to guessing how on is metastatic breast cancer. I Aims Coney and Terry went wonderful culinary suggestions in and Henley Smith, along with nephew Hunter, Gard Holby and I love writing this column, but I many of our kids have made St. will continue to do clinical study skiing at Killington, Vt. -- in June. both locations; Lynn and Warren Bill “Prep” Weston ’75 and his wife Anne Funkhouser's son Jack, think it might be time for another Lawrence their college choice. management, but as a contrac- “Only four months now to wait Tuttle were traveling themselves, Hope and family, who were visiting Meg Friske Montgomery's son member of our class to take over. tor rather than an employee. until ski season resumes,” he said recently, to Bermuda. from their home in New Jersey, John (“Monty”) and Bill Kaiser's It might provide a new perspective Mike Ranger wrote that his Although this role is full-time, I'm at the time. He completed his first and your reporter. The weather daughter Carey are the ones I and reach a new group of people. daughter Maggie graduated from hoping when it ends to be able marathon, Boston’s, in April. “I just missed Nancy Dayton was beautiful and the crowd knew about. If I’ve left anyone out, If you are interested, please con- Denison last spring and that son to pick up several part-time con- Houston, who was departing enjoyed a contest of yard game I'm sorry. It was great to find out tact the University as explained at Alex ’17 completed his first year tracts to keep me fully employed.” Jane Delmonico Cummings’s Florence after a visit she won skills between the millennials and that they had incredible experi- the head of the column. at St. Lawrence. Mike is a St. Law- Sue is a member of the Alumni husband, Bill, has accepted a from her local PBS station. Later, I the boomers – which the boomers ences and will continue to be ac- rence trustee, and as of May, Executive Council and says, “If position as the chief operating “My bird photos have been found she was still traveling - this won, of course! Two Roads Brew- tive alums for many years to come. Earl A. “Trip” Samson III is you’re interested in being nomi- officer for the Mideast Region of getting published much more time to Japan! Nancy wrote, “We ery products were represented, I wish them all the best of luck! 1980 also on the Board. Trip is excited nated for the council, or want Dairy Farmers of America, based regularly than in previous years, spent 50+ hours in transit, flying following a tasting and interesting Fran Russo-Cress about this new connection with to support St. Lawrence more in Medina, Ohio. So they will be so somebody is looking out for there and back, for Steve to give a tour at their resurrected fac- Christine Saroski Hand- 273 Converse Street St. Lawrence. It will make the informally, please contact me at moving, if they haven’t already, me,” he added. He sent a couple 20-minute talk at a four-hour con- tory building in Stratford, Conn., Gonzales says her new book, A Longmeadow, MA 01106 treks to Canton to see his son [email protected].” from Manlius, N.Y., to the Cleve- of his favorites, shown here. ference session. Not complaining enjoyed by your reporter and Book of Questions to Jumpstart 413-565-2620 Henry ’16 even more frequent. land area, joining fellow Tri-Deltas Twelve of his bird photos will be though. It gave us an excuse to Barney Stevenson. Your Career Search, is out. It's the [email protected] Great to hear from Betsy Josie Lowden Chapman, Pris included in the 2015 calendar of get to Japan!" fifth book in her series for career Next Reunion: 35th, 2016 Trip and Allyson have been mar- Ammer Teitler, who wrote that Menzies Keller and me. the Adirondack Mountain Club Peter Doering is one of the and college planning. See www. (Cluster with '81, '82) ried nearly 30 years and have she and David live in Rye, N.Y., (www.adk.org). “It’s a miracle that I was happy to have some news principal co-founders of the brew- college-path.com and Amazon. worked together for over 15 years where they have raised three I spoke with Brenda Hensler I’m still getting published,” he this cycle, but Joel Collamer '78 ery (www.tworoadsbrewing.com). com for more information. Chris’s I am struck by the number of in their investment management sons: a senior at Union College, a Reiter recently. She was quite said, “because I refuse to alter/ and I have agreed if class news He was approached by his future books are available in paperback people who mentioned sons business. Trip and I laughed at freshman at Elon University and busy planning two big events: the crop any images after-the-fact gets meager, we will move toward partners about capitalizing on and eBook formats, at www. and/or daughters who have how our perceptions change with a junior at Rye High School. “For wedding of her oldest son, Eric, with a computer.” To see more of rumor and innuendo! the widespread demand for craft pr.com/press-release/567269. attended or are now attending age…beach in Rhode Island or 54 55 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

9 Reunion 8 2015 Give today!

10 Help your class 6 4 celebrate Reunion e by making your W gift today! The totalR numbereconnect with of old friends, elebrate classmatessee today’swho campusparticipate and enjoy day trips, seminars, is just as important as how C Weddings 1 1 special receptions, dinners, 2 much yourconcerts class and raises. much more! 1 Gifts of any size count equally toward your class' participation goal. New alumni.stlawu.edu/givingoptions 5 eginnings Send That News In! 1 - Jimmy Balben ’07 and Stephanie Resavage ’09, June 14, 2014, Bfuture laurentians Geneseo, N.Y.; 2 - Christopher Barone ’06 and Amanda Ruddick, July 27, 2013, Basking Ridge, N.J.; 3 - Mihnea Tudoreanu ’09 and Catherine “Kate” Farrington’09, June 30, 2013, Springfield, Vt.; Have news and photos 4 - Andrew Leiser ’11 and Haley Feickert ’11, June 28, 2014, Peterson- Bishop: Todd ’03 and Ellen Lerrigo ’03, a daughter, Emma, April 18, 2014. to share? Send to your Kermani Performance Hall, St. Lawrence University.; 5 - Jakob Garrow Dudro: Anne Campbell ’98 and Chris, a daughter, Ellie, April 17, 2014. ‘08 and Elizabeth Wetmore ‘08, December 31, 2013, Captiva Island, Duncan: Jason ’85 and Amy Richards, a son, John David, MayKerper 13, 2014. class reporter by January 7 Fla. The groom’s parents are Gail Allen ‘77 and Mark Garrow ‘78.; Hansen: Katrina Franz ’06 and Erik, a daughter, Gretchen Amelia, February for the spring 2015 issue. 6 - Liz Hollenbach ’00, M’03 and Eric Tremble ’02, September 15, 2013, 16, 2014. 3 Charlotte, Vt.; 7 - Tim LeRoy ’07 and Kristen Leatherbee, June 28, Kerper: Joe ’00 and Dawn-Marie Webster ’96, a son, Chance, April 14, 2014. Don’t know how to contact 2014, Groton, Mass.; 8 - David Lloyd ‘08 and Chelsea Nuffer ‘10, Octo- 7 Maher: Kat Bagley ’07 and Colin, a son, Ronan Patrick, April 17, 2014. your class reporter? Visit ber 5, 2013, Atlanta, Ga. The bride reported that Laurentians present Morehouse: Samantha Deon ’11 and Corey, a daughter, Rory Elizabeth, May alumni.stlawu.edu/classnotes. ranged in class from 1959 to 2010 and outnumbered Clarkson alumni 16, 2014. Other Marriages: 27-3.; 9 - David Zdarsky ’04 and Lisa Mantle ’04, October 6, 2012, Myers: Gregory ’00, a daughter, Charlee Evelyn, December 4, 2013. Or just look at your class Tayt Brooks ’97 and Nancy Driscoll, March 29, 2014, Buffalo, N. Y.; 10 - Caroline Foster ’07 and Sean McKibben, June 29, Panday: Colleen Callahan ’06 and Prajjwal ’05, a son, Suryan Callahan- Lake Placid, N.Y. column in this magazine! 2013, Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, Vt.; 11- Whitney MacClaren’09 and Panday, October 14, 2013. Mackensie Rohrs ’10 and Jacob Greene, April 12, 2014, Daniel Orawiec, August 17, 2013, Madison, Conn. The bride’s parents Platt: Booth ’00 and McKenzie Barnes ’00, a son, Fisher, March 2014. Albany, N.Y. Darcy Rieman’78 and Joel MacClaren ’77 and brother David ’11 were Tapscott: Marc ’05 and Jackie Steger, a son, Charles Robert, May 3, 2014. Avery Scoville ’07 and Sarah Graves, June 14, 2014, among those on hand. 56 Grafton, Vt. 57 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

NYC for the summer? I imagine Nancy Pollock Gallagher has most of us would now vote for lived in Chicago for 20 years with to-school!! Well, THIS year, it’s the beach! her husband and two sons, 11th empty nest, wonderful for a few years since graduation. Roger and and 8th grades. She travelled to a “great” memento. Does anyone Laurentians, myself included. Our Donna Dittman Hale, who Canaan, Conn. Although they lost Mary Jo’s daughters Kylie and St. Lawrence with her oldest a III national championship game. want to wager that our class has youngest, Hannah, has headed resides in Williamsburg, Va., wrote 98% of everything they owned, Allison are both recently married, year ago; the trip was particularly Bill said it best: “Wow – what a sent more Chips to St. Lawrence off for freshman year at UVM, that she runs Common Purpose no one was hurt and out of the while youngest daughter Linnea Facebook reconnected me special because her niece, Kim weekend for SLU lacrosse!!” than the classes that preceded or along with Cathy Turck ’s step- Solutions, a consulting business ashes a happy change in location is enjoying her junior year at The recently with Andy Kohn ’79. Pollock ’15, is a member of KDS, succeeded us? Yes, I am stirring son, Cory. serving nonprofits and healthcare. and lifestyle has evolved: They College of the Holy Cross. Andy gave me rides home early Nancy’s old stomping ground. the pot! She is working with an HRSA- have purchased a condominium in in my St. Lawrence career, and Now that we part of the Cata- funded tele-health project and a downtown Stamford, Conn. Lynne Van Zandt wrote that we became good friends. Time, Nancy sees Kathy Ellis Nerger mount family, I’ve noticed a lot free clinic in southeastern Virginia. she has been fortunate to be back distance and life got in the way of about twice a year when Kathy 1981 of SLU/UVM overlap. Chuck If that were not enough, she is Brian Desrosier travelled to at St. Lawrence a lot recently, keeping in touch, so it was nice to travels to Chicago to visit her in- Steve Lubrano Schwer’s son Erich graduated also a trainer and team leader for Canton for the alumni soccer to see daughter Maggie ’15. See find each other after far too many laws. Kathy’s sons are grown, so 30 Goodfellow Road from there last spring. And at ori- a citizen emergency response game the last weekend in April, what I mean about the Chips, years. Our conversation picked she is enjoying travelling with her Hanover, NH 03755 entation, I learned that the vice team. Donna is “always looking with Mike Reisman. At the folks? Lynne commented on how up just about where it left off; it husband. Although they haven’t 603-275-5736 provost providing two humorous for Saints in the area or those annual awards banquet, Mike much Maggie loves St. Lawrence seems we haven’t changed much seen each other much, she also [email protected] and spot-on seminars on col- who are passing through.” presented the Robert Van and how uncanny it was to have either! keeps in touch with Robin mouth.edu lege transition matters was Ann Etten Ultimate Teammate Award her spend a semester in London, Maddox and Cheryl Lake. Next Reunion: 35th, 2016 Stevens ’84. Must have been that Loring Kinder Strudwick lives to Austin Roney ’15 for the second as Lynne had. She reports that Shari Supernault Worthing- (Cluster with '80, '82) awesome SLU education that with husband John and children consecutive year. Coach Bob the campus looks beautiful and ton wrote that “after years John Fowler wrote of his pride made her such a great presenter. Jane, Andrew and Ian in Lake Durocher was roasted with the that Maggie is in the new resi- of avoiding classrooms” she in son Pierson ’14, who graduated Correcting an error in our spring Forest, Ill. She is the dean of Timex Award “for the coach who dence hall (see page 28) this fall. “relented and jumped back in” as last spring with a double major I conclude with a feel-good story edition, Pam Starke-Reed pro- Scott Craighead and Lisa admissions and a math teacher “takes a licking but keeps on tick- Lynne was happy to see Garry ’79 an adjunct professor at Worces- in economics and performance from Bill. He and Bill and Peggy vides this update on her children: Pridgeon ’83 are also trying at Lake Forest Academy, where ing.” Neither Brian nor Mike were and Betsy Craig Weischedel ter Polytechnic Institute and as and communication arts. Pierson, Maass Jansen celebrated at the Sascha acquired her master’s out the empty nest thing. Their her husband is headmaster. She “impact players” in the alumni over Family Weekend 2013, so Entrepreneur–in–Residence (also captain of the men’s lacrosse finish of the 15.6-mile “Heavy Half” in special education and began youngest, Lauren, started her remains in contact with Martha game but they “looked fabulous that accounts for yet another a teaching position) at Clark team, was named an Academic Leadville Marathon in Colorado on teaching special education and freshman year at NYU in Paris Reichert McGinn in St. Albans, in the team picture.” They did win “Chip.” Are you all counting? University in Worcester, Mass. She All-American and with Sam June 15. Team Jansen, including coaching in Fairfax County, Va.; (I know—everyone say “aww- Vt., easier now since Loring’s the first annual foosball tourna- teaches marketing and entrepre- Marvin ’14 was selected to play daughter Elizabeth, hiked the Edward is in New York City, work- www”). Son Matt ’16 is keeping daughter Jane is at UVM. She ment, “no legs required,” despite Diana Prescott Zais wrote neurship courses at the graduate in the North-South Senior Game half-marathon, peaking at 13,100 ing for Sport195, a web-based the family name alive and well sees Nancy Petrick Novit, the fact that they were a shell of how thrilled she was that her god- and undergraduate levels, while over Memorial Day Weekend feet, in honor of their son and platform for international sports on campus. And Scott ’72 and who also lives in Lake Forest. their former selves in this venue daughter Anne Buck ’18 is meet- also running her tech marketing in Baltimore, Md. (for a picture, brother Robert, who used to run coverage; and Abby is a junior at Lisa Thorpe Brown’s daughter She made a trip to St. Lawrence as well. Apparently the competi- ing fun people while getting a agency, Telesian Technology. She see the Class of 2014 space). He the full marathon before being Wesleyan University. Jenny ’14 graduated from “The last year with her youngest son, tion was weak, although intimida- “great education” at St. Lawrence. loves teaching, and says, “The took a job with Fenway Sports lost in a mountaineering accident Candle in the Wilderness” in May, Ian, and was impressed with the tion was employed! students are smart and motivated Management, thanks to the won- outside Aspen in the summer of thus ending the Thorpe/Brown athletics facilities, particularly the I was thrilled to hear from Joan and full of new ideas for products derful support he received from 2012. It was so uplifting to see 1982 Larryland legacy for now. squash center! Brian hears periodically from Beckerer-Jones, another Carn- and companies, making the job professors, mentors and the St. them both smiling again after Karen Helle Nemiah Not that that will keep any Chris “Gibo” Gilbert, who egie Hall first-floor resident our a whole lot of fun.” She gave a Lawrence athletics department. walking in his honor. 58 Oldfield Road of them from visiting campus, Donald P. Thompson, DVM, reports that life is good on the freshman year. When she wrote, TEDx talk in April: “Psychology, Fairfield, CT 06824 thank goodness! wrote that following graduation West Coast. Joan had just returned to Hamp- Neuroscience, and Behavioral John was moved by President Thanks, everyone! Remember the 203-256-1171 he attended veterinary school at stead, N.H., for the summer, where Economics: Why Most People Fox’s meaningful address to challenge for the next edition: [email protected] Another new SLU grad, Robert Cornell, graduating in 1984. For It was so nice to hear from she and Mike ’78 have lived since Don’t Get Marketing.” By this writ- parents of the Class of 2014 at drop me a line about your life Next Reunion: 35th, 2016 “Monty” Montgomery ’14, son nearly 30 years, Don practiced Tom Williams, who is the 1988, with the exception of three ing Shari and her neighbor Emily the graduation ceremony. He also and include your guesstimate on (Cluster with '80, '81) of Bob Montgomery, was both large and small animal proud grandfather of three. Tom years spent in The Netherlands, Phalen Lynch have probably spoke highly of the Commence- how many Chips our class has awarded the prestigious Doug medicine and surgery in northern contends that “young people do 1994-97. She was returning from taken their intended cruise to ment address given by J. Robert sent to St. Lawrence. I hope many “It’s the most wonderful time of Brown Award, given annually to Vermont, with a view of the invigorate you in middle age…until wintering in Miami, where Mike Alaska and train ride to Fairbanks. “Monty” Montgomery ’14, son of accept this challenge and vie for the year.....” You know: back- a senior woman and man who slopes at Stowe as the backdrop. you become exhausted!” Tom has has enjoyed a “post-retirement Dr. Robert “Bob” Montgomery He sold that practice in 2013 and lived with his family in Bingham- gig” with Royal Caribbean for the Christine Bastedo Brunner fol- ’82 and Meg Friske ’79. See www. purchased a similar practice in ton, N.Y., for 30+ years, working last five years. This has enabled lows panda births in captivity, and stlawu.edu/commencement/ Pagosa Springs, Col. He practices for BAE SYSTEMS (formerly GE, them to enjoy some fun and was lucky to spend time at the robert-montgomery-14-remarks- “integrative medicine, utilizing then Lockheed Martin). They have interesting cruises. Last August, San Diego Zoo in February, visiting graduates for the full text of Caldwell ’82 Named to Prestigious International Board acupuncture and Chinese herbal survived the economic downturn they took their family to Alaska, Xiao Liwu, a panda born on Chris’s Monty’s speech. Robert Caldwell ’82 has been named to the Council for Advancement and medicine extensively as comple- and a flood that destroyed the and last March, they went to the birthday in 2012. While there, she Support of Education (CASE) international board of trustees, making him the only second- mentary modalities.” He has lec- previous plant. He and his chil- Galapagos on a Celebrity Expedi- and husband Rich visited the Bill Spragins also attended the ary school advancement professional on this governing body. Pictured with his family on tured twice in China on traditional dren enjoy St. Lawrence hockey tion. On a Caribbean cruise in USS Midway Museum, where a NCAA Lacrosse Championships in Nantucket Island, Caldwell is director of advancement and external relations at the Holder- Chinese medicine topics, and games at Cornell, where they are December of 2010, they ran into helicopter from the USS Enterprise Baltimore, and reported that the ness School, Plymouth, N.H. He represents CASE’s District 1 on the international board, and has taught veterinarians in North dumped on by the home fans. Mike Reisman and his family. (her brother served on that aircraft weekend had a decidedly St. Law- also serves on the district’s board of trustees. District I encompasses New England and the America who are just starting carrier) resides, and were pleased rence flavor to it. Along with Pier- Canadian maritime provinces. their careers in these pursuits. Roger Brandt wrote that Joan’s three offspring are “em- that the company that her Dad son Fowler ’14, John Near’s son, Prior to taking on his current role at Holderness, Caldwell served Hebron Academy in Maine Laurie Boardman Curley, Ed ployed and off the payroll, mostly!” had helped to found, Gyrodyne, Jack, ran first midfield for Notre as the assistant head for advancement and external relations. From 1999 to 2002 he was executive director of the Dart- Sue Eliot Stoller wrote that her Brandt ’82, Dan Boardman ’86 Joan is kept busy with three was mentioned. Chris keeps in Dame en route to the national mouth College Fund. He developed his early fundraising career at both of his alma maters, serving St. Lawrence as assistant and Dave Stoller’s daughter and Doug Boardman ’98 are all grandchildren and “occasion- touch with Janet Jasinski championship game, while Peter director of annual giving in 1989 and his high school, St. Andrew’s College in Aurora, Ontario, where he was an assistant to Katie ’06, who lives in Rochester, doing well. His son Ryan Brandt ally building a stone wall!” She Swinnich, Rebecca ’79 and Anne MacKenzie’s son, the executive director of the St. Andrew’s College Foundation and also served on the teaching and coaching staff. N.Y., would be making them grand- ’09 had just visited campus for has been in regular contact with Shelmidine Buckingham, Teddy, started for Denver, which Caldwell also served the Canadian Department of National Defence as a pipes and drums instructor. He was a search and parents in October. Sadly, she his 5th reunion; I think Roger may Nancy Davis, who attended St. Carolyn Cushman Noble ’79, fell to Duke in the semis. And rescue officer in the Canadian Coast Guard between 1984 and 1988. also reported that they had a fire have been a little stunned that Lawrence through sophomore Debbie Wright Taube ’81 and Salisbury coach Jim Berkman ’82 in their home of 23 years in New even his son is racking up the year before transferring to Cornell. Jane Ingle ’81. had his team back in the Division 58 59 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

c e l e b r a t e t h e h o l i d a y s w i t h of our reunion. As of July 15, exemplify a well-rounded we had raised $316,122 and had St. Lawrence experience, through a 37% class participation rate. One of my favorite moments SaintsWear! both academics and co-curricular Karen Follett and Dick We surpassed our fund-raising from Reunion was the phone activities. As a magna cum laude Taggart, and Mike Edson ’84 goal – but were badly beaten by call from Frank Albanese that grad, with a double major in were the hosts. They were our younger cluster-mates of ’85 he had a flat tire while arriving. l Spirit on the Homefront English and math and a study- blocked out of the Hoot Owl due and ’84. We want revenge for Frank’s car requires a unique The 8 x 24 inch hooked wool pillow is abroad jaunt in New Zealand just to the long lines (thanks to the the 35th! set of tires, which were only backed with velvet and filled with soft for good measure, he also found 5th reunion) but gathered with available in Potsdam. I drove polyester–plus the Vermont company is Lissa has started her term as vice time to be a Tanner Fellowship Ken Nelson, Greg Gulino, Dan with Frank to get the tires. Many owned by a St. Lawrence student’s family. recipient, solo-hiking all 46 High and Mary Pat Fatti Suits, Rob president of the Alumni Execu- a road trip had gone through Peaks of the Adirondacks and Frese, Carla Barbaresi Edson, tive Council. Their mission is to Potsdam. It was a fun trip down l Ride Like the Wind studying outdoor writing; and to Sue Howard, Steve Lawler increase alumni engagement with Memory Lane. Top-of-the-line long- and short-sleeve work with/for/be in Admissions, and others to create our own fun and support of the University. If microfiber Louis Garneau cycling jerseys, Thelmo, Orientation, Beta and under the bright Canton stars. you’re interested in getting nomi- Please continue to send updates. more! If he doesn’t need a short Tales of antics during the Vienna nated for the council, or want to I am one of the few reporters made with microfiber construction. break before jumping into his program and of those frat parties support St. Lawrence more infor- who did not take notes, so the l BBQ Hat Trick next passion, I might need one were prime topics. However, what mally, please reach out to Lissa at special moments, connections, Be the first on your block to own to recover from reading is said in an RV stays in an RV! [email protected]. hugs, and handshakes are a won- a three-piece heavy-duty BBQ tool set his accomplishments! derful collection of memories. made from used hockey sticks. Part of this group also attended Speaking of reunions, five years Down in Fairfield, Conn.,B ill the wedding of Dan and Mary seems like a long time to wait During the weekend, I took a The fork and spatula each have an Bergner and Helen Carter ’83 Pat's daughter Genevieve on for another great reunion. Many photo of the chapel. The sky was “endcap” shouting “Saints!” were kept busy with two gradu- Memorial Day. Eve Connor classmates have expressed the bright blue, and it was beautiful. l Classic Scarlet & Brown Three’s a Charm ations. Their second eldest son, Perni came up from Florida to idea of an unofficial gathering in It’s missing its steeple, and as Rugby shirts and cardigans are made of Choose from Hockey Sticks, Sykes Clock Tower, or Doug, earned his alumni status attend the wedding and she and 2018, prior to our official “35th I left campus I thought of that 100% preshrunk, heavyweight cotton. the SLU Shield. Wear ‘em on your bead bracelet at Endicott College, while son husband Andy spent the sum- cluster” in 2019. I will keep you photo. I thought of how the great Easy wear, easy care! number three, Peter, became the mer sailing their boat along the posted in the coming notes. I memories of our college days or on a chain as a necklace—effortless chic! last of the three Bergner boys to coast of Maine. Lisa Pridgeon think it is a great idea! and our reunion would again be graduate from the Canterbury Craighead and Scott '82 were just that—memories. It’s almost See our entire collection online at www.brewerbookstoretext.com or call the St. Lawrence bookstore at 1-800-379-5460. School. Peter earned his stripes also there. I received a nice article about as if the school is not complete last spring and made his mom Don Rodbell, a professor and without our class roaming the a little weepy to be ending the Many of the Sigma Pi team were chair of geology Union Col- beautiful campus. It’s like the a world to their children that is that Jim and Marea Berni increased my appreciation of St. by the alumni… [and the] deep Bergner legacy there! at Reunion: John Quinn, Tony lege. (Union was the national chapel without the steeple, still better than they found it. The op- Tumber’s son, Andrew, had just Lawrence’s cluster reunions. appreciation of the fraternity Spencer, Walt Connors, champion in DI men’s hockey last beautiful but so very incomplete. portunity to connect with our own graduated from Johnson & Wales and sorority houses.” (Another Life seems to be mellow for the Scott Clark, Tom Warner, year, so I am a bit envious writ- Stay connected, call a classmate, classmates and other Laurentians University’s College of Culinary I ran into Rich Hamilton while contributor, who shall remain rest of you, so DO report in. Rob Wallace, Bill Spencer, ing this!) Don has been taking share an achievement, and don’t ranging from Honor Guard gradu- Arts, after battling health prob- taking a stroll down memory lane anonymous for this purpose, Happy fall! Until next time.... Robert Baird, Kevin students to Peru since 1996 and hesitate to ask any of your SLU ates to current students aptly lems for the past year. Hopefully, in Brown Hall and Bewkes, before hinted that the boys of ATO and Appleton, Frank Albanese, will lead a team of researchers family for help. A classmate demonstrated this continuum. Marea will be able to make it to the “contrast tour” of the Johnson Beta were planning a comeback Craig Gleason, John Green, in a new project to drill lakes to reminded me of that a few days the next Reunion with Jim! Science Center. Rich has lived during the all-class picnic. I think a 1983 Todd Chamberlain, Dan acquire long records of climate after reunion. He called to help The Sustainability Semester site in “SoCal” (southern California) plot is brewing!) For Chris, sitting Eric Kozlowski O’Neill, Dave Helgans, Doug change. Lake Junin is among the me. Thanks, Walt. tour was a highlight for me, a Dana Dining Center provided for 18 years; he is president and in Dana on Friday night recogniz- 49 Clovercrest Drive Hart, Tom Sherman, John oldest lake basins in Peru, with geology/environmental studies lots of opportunities to meet CEO of Ceres, a role he humbly ing faces from long ago was a Rochester, NY 14618 Gigantelli, Steve Kuno, a sediment record going back major who went on to practice classmates. Cindy Hatch Belski describes as “work in BioTech.” weekend highlight. “As much as [email protected] Bob Phinney, Gary Sheldon 250,000 years. Students will be 1984 environmental law. The tour recently retired from a successful the faces may have changed, (c) 585-230-7400 -and me! Paul Edison ’84, John participating in the study and Julie Parker was brightened by the presence banking career, and is enjoying a I also had a good talk with they’ve really stayed the same,” (h) 585-461-3784 Lawson ’84, Doug Taliaferro ’84, Don was instrumental in gaining 31 East Reid Place of retired geology professor second career as an antique dealer Charlie Roth, who is a principal he said. Next Reunion: 35th, 2019 Paul Wetmore ’84, and Jeff Caso grants totaling $2.6 million for Verona, NJ 07044 John Bursnall, as we recalled on the Massachusetts North Shore, consultant with CA Technologies, (Cluster with '84, '85) ’85 came as well. A photo of the the project. 973-857-2142 the idiosyncrasies of the early where she lives with her husband, a software development company. Bradley Van Dussen had us group is on the Facebook page. [email protected] 1980s geology and geography Matt. Kim Lehigh Crabill and We were unable to recall how we laughing during the reception Superlatives can’t describe the The house is now the site of the The Class of 1983 saw eight Next Reunion: 35th, 2019 departments. Each semester Harold, a financial services advisor, knew each other during school; before the final dinner in “Leit... incredible weekend of our 30th Torrey Health and Counseling Chips head for campus this fall! (Cluster with '83, '85) program student spoke about are raising their two daughters in it took my husband to narrow it something Field House. I always reunion. The little things St. Services. Campus Safety & Secu- Proud parents are Jennifer their experiences and the impact Portland, Maine. Lori O’Marah down to our geology majors. called it ‘Augsbury.’ Go figure.” Me, Lawrence provided, the bounti- rity is located in what was once Carroll Archie, Todd Datz, While driving the familiar route the semester might have on Bean lives in Perrysburg, Ohio, too, and if only there had been ful receptions, the organization the home of the Western Party. Alice Antonelli, Robert through the Adirondacks to St. their lives. What an incredible with husband Paul. They have Chris Mesolella described signs to locate “Leithead….” were just magnificent. The golf (Yes, we all know it is ironic.) Koshgarian, Laura Taylor Lawrence for our 30th Reunion, I opportunity to view the world as two sons, both in the arts; one is a Reunion as “fantastic!!” Chris and carts were terrific; the transpor- Patrick, Mike Quinn, Tony pondered the variously attrib- seen by our children! And, I must senior at NYU, majoring in music wife Karen spent most of the Brad set up a Facebook page for tation made the weekend relax- Sarah Brand Kelly wrote that Spence, and a Laurentian uted quote, “We do not inherit also add, what impressive young composition and theory. weekend with Charlie, a fellow our Reunion (www.facebook.com/ ing and kept our energy up for she was sorry to miss the big couple, Steve ’84 and Carol the world from our ancestors; we adults thriving through their St. Beta, and John Richards, a SLU30th), which I recommend the late-night socializing. Check reunion and promises to make Baird Rich. borrow it from our children.” It Lawrence education. I had numerous opportunities Rebert hallmate freshman year, checking out and adding your out the photos and updates on the next one! was a fitting reminder that while over the weekend to chat with when Rebert was the first “coed own photos from the weekend, if our Facebook page! Cindy Roach Gianniny’s son our class was returning to campus Reminiscing, reconnecting and Stephen Stoecker ’83, Erin Fish freshman” hall at St. Lawrence. you haven’t already. It was there Lissa Short and Laura Taylor Jack won the New York State to reminisce and reconnect with meeting people we hardly knew ’85 and Thomas Wanamaker ’85, We sometimes take our strong that I discovered that Ann A refueling station was created Patrick wanted me to express Boys Golf Championship in June. those with whom we shared for- during our years at St. Lawrence comparing remembrances of alumni ties for granted, but Chris Ziebarth was at Reunion, though by the RV set up behind Lee. their thanks to everyone who I have met Jack and he is a very mative years, a university focuses were also a large part of the ROTC, foreign languages and ex- explained that Karen was “very I did not see her. Apparently, Ann Lissa Scull and Dave Short, made a financial gift in honor humble and polite young man. forward – on our children offering weekend. It was great to learn periences working overseas. This impressed with the loyalty shown and I must travel to other coun- 60 61 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

Barlow Hagele and Kirsten Lavidge Company, in Phoenix; she made the trip north together. tries to meet; I last saw her while moved there from the East in 1995 we were both working in Ukraine celebration together at the very and also worked as a reporter and Jason Duncan was unable to Thanks for keeping in touch; about 20 years ago. #SLUReunion special place where we all began.” columnist for the Phoenix Busi- attend due to the May birth of his please send me your news via on social media will also lead to ness Journal and in PR at a na- second son, John David Duncan. Facebook or email. will my feelings not be hurt, but I lots of fun posts and pictures The St. Lawrence of our youth, es- tional animal healthcare company. will send you flowers and a thank from the weekend. All were duly impressed by the pecially the professors and others Annie enjoys riding hunter/jumper Fritz Bedford lives in New Tim '84 and Maria Stephens you note! changes on campus, new residen- who forged bonds with us and horses and still competes in shows Hampshire with his wife, Shea attended the 30th Reunion, lot of fun and I’d be happy to play Doug Beckerman planned tial buildings and plans for a ter- prepared us to enter the world with her horse, Kazan. She “would Linda Purinton; they have three which they said was a blast. Their A nice email from Scott Forbes tour guide. Until next time. Unless on attending Reunion, but work raced, leveled quad (for more, see as adults, continues to develop love to hear from SLU folks visiting daughters, including Monica ’17. daughter, Emily, is a first-year at reached me after a recent maga- I miss the deadline! demands derailed that plan. Doug page 28). Tom added that a tour those bonds and prepare today’s the area -- Greater Phoenix is a Fritz attended a SLU-Dartmouth UNC Asheville. Their son, Jacob, zine came out. He reported on had recently joined the execu- of the “smart” Johnson Science young adults for the world’s chal- world-class resort destination!” hockey game last winter with Bill had just completed his first triath- way too much work travel along tive team as director of finance building by retired Dr. Tom Budd, lenges. Reunion gave our classes Quinn. He writes, “Bill is an attor- lon. Maria is owner/president at with a legendary ski season! 1988 of a retail technology solutions who remains the men’s hockey a chance to re-connect, but the Following the reunion, Annie, ney in Concord, N.H., and among Just One Small Step Life Coach- As always, the skiing included Susie Somerville provider, Spencer Technologies, game announcer, was capped off vibrancy of the University and the Laura Danforth Barnes, his many activities coaches a local ing Services. some runs with Chris Howes Swindell outside Boston. Here’s hoping he by his prediction that St. Law- current student body makes me Susan Hunt McDowell and swim team. I am also coaching for and John Fields, and now also 173 Weed Street can make it back to campus soon. rence will soon have a champion- confident that the world will be in Stephanie Porta Eisele ’84 met the North Country Aquatic Club Jonathan Clark and Alice Smith includes their kids. Scott’s wife, New Canaan, CT 06840 ship team. Go, Saints! good hands when we return it to up with Patty Garry Baynes in Hanover (where my youngest Clark '88 have a son, Jonathan Julie, accompanied them, and 203-966-4695 Thomas Keating’s drive to our children. at The Sagamore in Lake George. daughter swims) so we see each (aka Jack), who graduated from Scott mentioned something [email protected] campus follows a route similar to During the extraordinarily beautiful Needless to say, Annie had a other at meets.” the Salisbury School in the spring about beer and cigars. Next Reunion: 30th, 2017 my own. He writes, “I have always weather Canton blessed us with great trip East! and is a Chip – he enrolled at (Cluster with '86, '87) been spoiled in my geographic at Reunion (wait, wasn’t it always 1985 Fritz was “developing software St. Lawrence in August. He's Scott also let me know about his approach to St. Lawrence: North perfect while we were there?), Cary Regan Keigher Craig Somerby and John and got caught up in a quasi-legal interested in studying business latest ghostwriting effort, a book Creek, Indian Lake, Blue Mountain Tom discussed the less generous 1 MacPherson Drive Stichter drove up together for non-compete contract when the and pre-law. titled BLOOM: Inspiring Owner- Lake, Long Lake, Tupper Lake, weather often encountered on our Greenwich, CT 03860 Reunion. John’s oldest daughter company I worked for was pur- ship at Work by Matt Dahlstrom. Colton and Canton. The drive is Outing Club hikes in the Adiron- 203-622-5030 is Sarah ’15. chased. So, I taught mechanical Michelle Herron Frechette He mentioned that it is a great spectacular.” Tom tried to com- dacks with the late professor John [email protected] engineering for a year at Norwich and Rod's oldest child turned 21 resource for any manager trying mandeer one of the ubiquitous Green, who, on each hike, would Next Reunion: 35th, 2019 (Clus- We saw many classmates University before starting my last spring and the other three are to get the most out of his/her golf carts upon arrival, but was assure him, “Tom - when we get ter with '83, '84) who had children entering St. own company. It’s much better, not far behind. Their escapades employees. I think you should all forced to walk into town in search to the mountain top the sun will Lawrence this fall: Tracy Van the work is more interesting and keep the parents busy as they run out and buy a dozen copies. of old haunts remaining from our be shining.” Tom is certain that the Reunion was a huge success! We Hoven-Hoyt and Sherman ’82's it is the right place for me to be. try to put two more behind the Scott said he is busy writing for school days, like the Hoot Owl, sun was indeed shining each time were clustered with the Classes daughter Noel along with Gale I did find out I liked teaching wheel. When Michelle turned 50, his high school magazine so he eunion Sergi’s and Morgan’s Ice House. they summited a peak, though of 1983 and 1984, which added Barlow Hagele’s daughter, and that not everybody knows Rod and her best friends were won’t be taking over this column. R Sadly, others, like Journey’s End, my recollection differs, with the so much to the festivities…..from Elizabeth; Laura Precourt thermodynamics.” Both Fritz and over-the-top fun with a surprise Well thanks, Scott! the Mine Shaft and McCarthy’s, weather on top even more fright- the gathering Friday night at the Howell’s daughter, Gibson; Linda have returned to swimming; party and a day full of lovely 2015 are gone. ful than in the valleys. Canton Club to the open-houses Donna Winston’s niece; Susan Fritz holds the 50-meter butterfly memories! The joint law practice I received a nice update from at the sororities and the Saturday Nicolais Weaver and Bob short course national record for for Michelle and Rod continues to Sue Bradbury Follett, who MAY 28-31 Tom made full use of the oppor- Tom’s reunion experiences again dinner followed by a trip back Weaver’s son, Michael; and the 45-49 age group, and the 50 help criminal clients all over New recently joined me in the Midwest. tunities to reconnect at Reunion. left me pondering the quote down to the Club and the Hoot Sheryl Mustion Lincoln’s and 100 backstroke world records Mexico. Michelle is looking for Sue and Rob and their kids Will, He ran the 5K with Doug about borrowing the world from Owl! The campus has changed daughter, Courtney. Imagine their for the 50-54 age group. He ways to expand the services they 16, Spencer, 14, and Meredith, 12, Morrison and Tim Shea, a our children. Being introduced in so many wonderful ways, with Family Weekends! Chris Hurd keeps up with Bill Quinn, Mike provide, such as consulting with moved from Massachusetts to Save the Date! physician, and compared Ragnar to President Fox and his wife, many new buildings and the returns to campus frequently to O'Neil and John Mosher. families to help identify Wheaton, Ill., when Rob accepted Reconnect with old friends, experiences; he saw Mike Edson Lynn, led to this recollection: “It makeover of the Quad (see page visit his daughter, Waverly ’17. good mental health and treat- a job as chief IP counsel for a see today’s campus and enjoy at Brewer Bookstore; Dayton reminded me of my very first 28). But the friends never change! Sue Weaver, who is on the Alumni ment programs. chemical company in Des Plaines, day trips, seminars, special Haigney, a freshman floor mate, experience at St. Lawrence. This We enjoyed seeing so many Chris Steffen, Jim Taylor, Council, writes that if you’re Ill. Sue is hoping for a lot of East receptions, dinners, concerts near the Sullivan Student Center; gregarious man served pizza in familiar faces (I don’t dare use the Bob Hazen, Bill Helene, interested in being nominated for Coasters to visit her. Her sister, and much more! and Steve and Alumni Execu- Sykes. Only four people could sit word “old”!). David Ball, Jed Stevens, the council or want to support St. 1987 Barb Bradbury-Pape ’88, visited in 10th – 2005 tive Council Secretary Jacquie in each eating booth. This older Sally Beach Herreid, Kristin Lawrence more informally, you Elizabeth Solomon April and there were rumors of a 20th – 1994, 1995, 1996 Hasper Kuno near Gunnison ‘pizza’ gentleman sat down with Thank you to those who made Johnson, Nancy Theis Weed, can contact her at snweaver5@ Hubbard bunch of other St. Lawrence folks 25th – 1990 Chapel’s construction zone. He us and told us funny stories. He the effort to return to campus, gmail.com. 2761 Bernard Place coming soon. Susie Biedermann th renewed debate on topics from put us at complete ease on our and a big thanks to David Ball Timmermann, Katy Knowles Evanston, IL 60201 40 – 1975 th Henry Crimmel’s logic class and first day. When he left he shook and Donna Winston for lead- Sadler and Liz Reid Lawson Reunions are a great time to 847-864-2821 The Alumni Office forwarded me 45 – 1969, 1970, 1971 th Joan Donovan’s debate team our hands and said, ‘By the way, ing the charge with fundraising were many of the familiar faces reconnect with old friends. We [email protected] a picture of a bunch of Betas who 50 – 1965 th with John Richards, a founding my name is Frank Piskor.’” as well as Tom Myers for all back in Canton! Katy recently would love to hear from the rest Next Reunion: 30th, 2017 apparently got together for a 55 – 1960 partner of the D.C. law firm Trout his behind-the-scenes planning. moved from Australia to New of you as well. Please reach out to (Cluster with '86, '88) mini-reunion in Syracuse in March. 60th – 1955, 1956 Cacheris & Janis. Meanwhile, Jacquie Kuno sent me this Our class was recognized at the York City and met up with Liz, either Michael or me at the above Mike Sepanek, John Costello, 65th – 1950 Cheryl McFadden Adler wrap-up: “It was great to see so awards ceremony. I’d like to thank who flew back from California to emails or find us on Facebook. Again I begin with an apology for Dick Niles, Kurt Gormley and 70th – 1945 enjoyed the festivities while her many of you. Jeff Seitz and I, as the contributors in honor of our Connecticut, where she visited missing last issue. I can’t really Joe Butler ’89 are all looking good. 75th – 1940 husband, Ed, chaperoned one of co-chairs, received many heartfelt 30th reunion for helping set a her mother before their road trip blame it on lack of news, so I’ll I’d love to hear from one of them their children. notes about the wonderful times record for participation. to Canton. Tracy lives in Boston 1986 blame it on a serious case of pro- with details. Come on, guys, fill us PLUS: Alumni Executive Council’s experienced by those lucky but commutes to Philadelphia for Joy Ciarcia-Levy crastination. I enjoy hearing from in on what you’ve been up to. Flat- 100th Anniversary and Singing Finally, Tom claims Laurie Reilly enough to attend. We are sorry Joining us from far away was her job. She is married to Sher- 26 Sherbrooke Rd. classmates and putting together tery should get me somewhere. Saints’ 65th Anniversary! Bebb has invited all of us travel- some could not be with us – if Anne Robertson from man Hoyt ’82 and has two kids. Hartsdale, NY 10530 this column, but I’d be happy to ing from the south to St. Lawrence that’s you, please remember, our Scottsdale, Ariz., via Albany, where Kirsten Elmore Meister came 914-591-1936 pass it on to anyone who has Thanks for reading. If we’re not alumni.stlawu.edu/reunion to stop by for a cup of coffee as 35th is only five years away and she met up with Susan Hunt from Annapolis, Md., where she [email protected] better deadline skills! Just let already friends on FB, please Share your excitement on social we pass through the Albany area. (we hope) you’ll be able to make McDowell. Annie is a managing is a group fitness instructor and Next Reunion: 30th, 2017 me or the Alumni Office know if friend me! Or of course you could media using #SLUReunion! Laurie, did you know this? your way to Canton for another director of public relations at the practices yoga as well. Gale (Cluster with '87, '88) you’d like to take over! Not only call me. Or visit me. Chicago is a 62 63 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

busy. They have two kids: Sara, I hope you all had a great summer 1989 a junior at Lehigh University, and and are enjoying the fall. Soon Debbie Burdette Hailey, a junior at Proctor Acad- enough, the holidays will be here. Ritter emy. They are both working at Where does the time go? 525 Moorefield Road J.K. Adams Co., a manufacturer Springfield, OH 45502 to Atlanta. As you can imagine, of wood products. Over the summer, I heard from 937-399-2516 Freddy spends a lot of his time field for 23 years and has other Holly Joel Mudd that she and a fun-filled weekend, and we’re [email protected] traveling around the U.S. and Lisa Haley Hayes is busy with business interests as well. “Enjoy- husband Mike both recently of the Kenya program and my proud that we’ve been getting Next Reunion: 30th, 2020 abroad for his work. four kids, ages 14, 12, 9 and 5. ing 25th with friends,” he wrote. started new jobs. They even Swahili teacher from a mere 26 together since 1988. She lives in the Albany area and received their job offers on the years ago—how can that be pos- I had a wonderful time at our Vicki Flick lives in Clayton, N.Y. spends summers in Lake George The weekend included several same day! Mike is athletics director sible? At the Kenya dinner, they I also recently saw David Hal- class reunion and enjoyed catch- After years in the publishing and winter weekends skiing at opportunities to remember class- for Worcester State University, even had some Kenyan food and stead, a member of the Alumni ing up with classmates and seeing industry and living in the big city, Gore Mountain. mates who are no longer with and Holly is a senior VP at Citizens Tusker beer—nzuri sana! Executive Council, a group that the changes on campus. I passed she moved back to her hometown us. A tree dedication ceremony Bank. The Mudds live in Shrews- I was involved in for 10 years. 1993 around a notebook for attendees in the beautiful Thousand Islands Dana Baldwin Daxner lives in celebrated the life of Joe Teresi, bury, Mass., with their three kids. In June, Brendan McLaughlin Dave helps in reunion planning, Chris Gardner to write updates on their lives and region, and now teaches high Connecticut with her two chil- who passed away in February, kicked off his fourth year on the fund-raising, admissions and 4 Mt. Pleasant Terrace appreciate the notes they shared school English. dren, ages 11 and 9. She is “lucky with remarks by Freddy Paxton I also received a note from Matt Alumni Executive Council with alumni engagement efforts. If you Newtown, CT 06470 with me: to be able to stay at home with and a champagne toast. The tree Redding, who continues with his their annual retreat at Canaras. have an interest in learning more 203-364-0822 (home) Matt Soden and his wife, Jean- them and so happy to be able to has been planted on campus military career overseas. He has He says, "It was great to be back about getting involved with St. 203-264-5554 (work) A group of Chi Omegas wrote, nine, live in Silver Spring, Md., with reconnect with all of my behind Rebert Hall. At our class changed command and moved to in the Adirondacks and spend Lawrence, please reach out to me Fax: 203-264-7098 “Reunion was fun for Kristen their children Sebastian, 11, and Isa- St. Lawrence friends.” dinner on Saturday night, we a new job in Europe, where he will time with fellow alums spanning or to Dave. [email protected] Peters Stocking, Laura belle, 10. He works for the Defense remembered other classmates serve as the chief of staff for the from 1965 to 2010 as well as sev- Next Reunion: 25th, 2018 Portland Horsfall, Connie Intelligence Agency as a program Kathy Gall Sveen wrote: “What who have passed away, including 21st Theater Support Command. eral current student delegates." I know I am connected through Thomson Blatchford, manager. He and Isabelle recently a great weekend! St. Lawrence Robert T. Alexander, Kathleen It is one of the largest units of the Brendan is a member of the LinkedIn and FaceBook to so Caroline Mc Gregor Blair, ran their fourth 5K race together. is a great place to be. I have five Berwick Boisvert, Philip D. Army in Europe, with more than Advancement and Engagement many of you, but even though I 1994 Sue Pogodzienski Peck, Cori sons who are fun and can’t wait Joslyn, Christopher M. Morri- 8,000 soldiers and civilians provid- Committee and is focusing on see your promotions and pictures, Kieran M. Killeen Rogers Filson, Dawn Charlie Sullivan and his wife, till they are Laurentians too!” son, David G. Steller, Richard ing logistics, engineering, military developing a template that please send me a message so I 11 Beacon Street Montanye, Kathy Druce Debra, live in Jamesville, N.Y., with H. Stewart Jr., R. Craig Van police and contracting support to will make it easier to start and can include your news in these South Burlington, VT 05403 Halloran and Lisa Haley Hayes. their three children: Joe, Julia and Donny and Susannah Webb Buren and James P. Weinman. forces in Europe and Africa. As the maintain local alumni clubs. class notes. I know there are lots 802-951-1946 (home) We all stayed at the house at 18 Mary, who proudly paraded with Danforth live in St. Louis, Mo., chief of staff, Matt will integrate all Please contact him at jbrenda- of mini-reunions going on and that 802-656-3250 (work) Elm Street, slept in the cold dorm, the Class of ’89 at Reunion. Joe, with their four children, ages 17, Other Reunion attendees the staff functions in coordinating [email protected] if you many of you see other classmates [email protected] ate at Dana, and of course, spent 17, is considering colleges, includ- 16, 13 and 10. Donny started a pri- included Letitia Howland, Jen- these missions as the U.S. Army are interested in starting a club in from time to time, so send me the Next Reunion: 20th, May 28-31, some time at the Hoot.” ing St. Lawrence. vate inner-city elementary school nifer Waasdorp Rouin, Tom partners with its NATO allies in Eu- your city or region. news with a picture and I’ll be sure 2015 (Cluster with '95, '96) for promising children. Susannah G. Johnson Jr. and Heather rope in what has become a pretty to get it into this column. I look Kathy Druce Halloran wrote, Kathy Little Bamberger hopes “to see many of our chil- Scholl. My apologies if I have busy place of late. I’m looking forward to seeing forward to hearing from you. “To sum up the last 25 years: wrote, “My 12-year-old daughter dren and City Academy alumni omitted anyone! many of you at our 25th Reunion 1995 marriage, divorce, three awesome came with me to (Reunion). My matriculate at St. Lawrence!” At the end of May, I made the next spring! Samantha C. Bixby kids—Mike (19 years old and at- 8 1/2-year-old son came too, but Finally, many thanks to Alex trek to Canton for the 40th an- 1992 PO Box 5365 tending Boston College but loved we haven’t seen him much as he Anne Stine Zimmerman lives Kirby Taylor and Ed Morris niversary of the Kenya Program Lisa Kiene Breckenridge, CO 80424 St. Lawrence when he visited), is having a great time as a Chip- in New York City, where she is a for co-chairing the 25th (see the feature pages), and to 1991 427 West 66th Terrace 307-699-4699 Kelsey, 17, and Colleen, 15; went munk. I have just accepted a ‘new’ lawyer and nutrition counselor Reunion Committee. see many of my friends from the Ken Polk Kansas City, MO 64113 [email protected] back for a degree as a physi- position, which is really the same who writes a blog at nutrimommy. Class of 1989. Karyn Edwards 34 Rana Court 816-885-5911 Next Reunion: 20th, May 28-31, cal therapist assistant; still living as my current position, but with a com. She has four kids, one of I received a press release that Niles flew with me, andAmy Williamsville NY 14221 [email protected] 2015 (Cluster with '94, '96) outside of Boston, playing soccer new state agency. I help New York whom is a three-time cancer ROAR Logistics, of which Bob Fitzgerald Fiorito picked us 716-830-6438 (cell) Facebook: SLU ’92 and enjoying occasional reunions manufacturers market and sell survivor. Anne diligently works Rich III is founder and president, up in Syracuse for the last leg of 716-626-6120 (work) Next Reunion: 25th, 2017 with sorority sisters.” their products. It has been lots of toward funding cancer research has purchased Phoenix-based the trip. I definitely don’t miss that Fax: 716-626-6099 fun seeing classmates in person through the Memorial Sloan Ket- Legend Transportation Group Route 11 stretch! [email protected] According to a news release Freddy Paxton III has opened instead of just on Facebook!” tering Cycle for Survival Leader- (LTG). According to the release, Next Reunion: 25th, 2016 received by the University, Sen- Dickson Wine Bar in Washington, ship Council. Bob said “the agreement between On campus, Darcy Sandleitner ate Majority Leader Harry Reid D.C. The first of its kind in Bill Purdy’s humorous observa- the two non-asset-based trans- Adiletta joined us. Everyone If you are interested in becoming a (D-Nev.) has brought on a White D.C., the bar serves all organic, tions made me smile: “Things have Kenny Weiner has lived in portation providers strategically is doing great, and the weather reporter for the class, please contact House staffer to handle immigra- biodynamic beer, wine and food. changed in 25 years: new student Portland, Ore., for 20 years. He will help take us from specialized could not have been better. Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or tion policy. Tyler Moran, who Freddy wrote, “Justice Sonia center, trees grew, Planet Fitness works for The Freshwater Trust, boutique service to a more com- Karyn is a vice principal at a [email protected], or Kim His- was the deputy policy director Sotomayor is our best customer— opened up over near Augsbury, a non-profit that fixes rivers in prehensive solution featuring very middle school in Virginia, Amy is a song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ for immigration at the Domestic Jeff Doyle sent the University we love her!” He also has opened ice storm messed stuff up, pointy the Pacific Northwest. He wrote personalized, high-touch customer technology specialist at a school stlawu.edu. Policy Council, has been hired by this picture of him running in the El Rey, a taqueria that serves all thing fell off Gunnison, quarry in that he “would love to entertain service.” Congratulations to Bob in the Syracuse area, and Darcy Reid to be his point person on Great Wall Marathon on May 17, Latin American beer and “really the Quad. A few things haven’t any SLU alums traveling through on his company’s success! works for TD Bank in Connecticut. I had a chance to visit with some the issue. 2014. “The marathon was held strong margaritas—WATCH OUT!” changed: Vilas looks the same, half the area.” The campus looks great overall. Phi Kappa Sigma brothers in Cen- outside of Beijing and included Freddy’s “real” job is working the dorms are unpleasant archi- tral New York in early May. Joined Tyler joined the White House staff running five miles on the Wall,” for his family’s shipping com- tecturally, Dairy Queen is still there. Peter Forelli lives in Rowayton, 1990 I ran into Andy Locke, who is by about a dozen alumni from in June 2012, according to her he said. He has completed pany, Paxton International, which What I can’t help but notice: I’m 25 Conn. He married Tom Lynne Gilbert Agoston married to Heather Scholl ’89. 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1990, Dan LinkedIn profile. Before joining the marathons on six continents, with includes locations in London; years older. So are you.” Johnson’s cousin Michaela, and 11805 Farmland Drive They live in the Boston area, Mason, Todd Kimberly and I Obama administration, she spent a goal to run them on all seven. Singapore; Juba, South Sudan; they have three boys: Briggs, Rockville, MD 20852 where Andy works for TomTom. represented the Class of ’91. Dan 11 years at the California-based Number seven, South America, Peshawar, Pakistan; Kabul, Herat Jon ’88 and Connie Thomson Beau and Brodie. The family 301-881-8331 lives in Vermont while Todd, who National Immigration Law Center, is on his schedule in Peru next and Mazar I Sharif, Afghanistan; Blatchford recently moved to enjoys skiing, golfing and play- [email protected] Attending some of the Kenya still works at ESPN, lives in West an advocacy group that focuses summer, he reported. Jeff is Erbil and Baghdad, Iraq; and U.S. Manchester Center, Vt., into an ing hockey and lacrosse. He has Next Reunion: 25th, events on campus, I managed to Hartford, Conn., with wife Becky on low-income immigrants and chief executive officer at Loyalty cities from Chicago to Houston old farmhouse which keeps them worked in the estate planning May 28-31, 2015 catch up with the past directors Ten Eyck and two kids. It was their families. Express in Woburn, Mass. 64 65 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

fund. Thank you to everyone who has already donated. became an ’02) on September news, and I personally know that On a happier note, we were lucky to bring the whole fam up to 15, 2013, at The Old Lantern in some of you have some really ex- to have a visit from Kati Smith SLU sometime.” Charlotte, Vt. citing news to share. SO PLEASE Calvo and her family during their SEND TO ME. recent Washington, D.C., vacation. Joelle Ouimet, writing from Karen Fyten has been very, Kati and her husband, Jose, work north of Montreal “in the Lau- very busy. She writes: “I’ve had So now I am forced to update you together in their law practice, 2000 rentians (it’s an actual region up on March 28. He’s now the proud an exciting few years, met an There was a strong St. Lawrence pres- on my life! My husband, Wade Calvo & Calvo in Fort Myers, Fla. Joe Kerper here, yes I know, funny that)” recipient of a Ph.D., in information amazing man and married him, ence at a May real estate networking Skidmore '98, and I are living in I was thrilled to learn that Mark Their practice focuses on criminal 8156 Centaur Drive says she moved there three science from the University of did lots of travel, embarked upon event in New York City, where members Hudson, N.Y., where we are raising Cutler and Melanie purchased and family law. They live with their Evergreen, CO 80439 years after graduation because North Texas. Nathan is a librarian a new career path...that’s enough, of Stribling & Associates, New York, and our three children. Our daughter their first house in Kennebunk, two children, Bennett and Anna- 303-674-3181 she missed Quebec too much. and assistant processer at Virginia right?! In 2011, I eloped in Quebec Houlihan Lawrence, Greenwich, Conn., Wynslet is 7, son Pike will be 4 by Maine. They continue to live in belle, in Cape Coral. Rob Larrabee [email protected] “I’m an executive chef in a small Tech. “My family and I love living City, celebrated with our loved gathered on the Upper East Side. From the time you read this, and daugh- Andover, Mass., with their two ’97 also happened to be in town Next Reunion: 15th, 2016 Italian restaurant,” she said. “I’ve in Blacksburg,” he says. ones in Rye, N.H., and honey- left are Byron Anderson ’06, Lindsay ter Lauder turns 2 this fall. Wade daughters, Emmie and Sophia. on the same evening, so we all (Cluster with '01, '02) been working in the kitchen for 10 mooned in Paris. Clauss Sheehy ’99, Caleb Loftus ’06, continues to build his aggregate Mark teaches Spanish at Phillips had dinner at our house and years; it’s my passion. I wouldn’t Karen Ladd wrote in to say that Sarah True ’99 and David Haffenreffer business, shipping stone down the Academy and Melanie teaches caught up over beer and wine “Foxes on the Trampoline” is trade my SLU days for anything. I in March, at the annual National “In 2012, I quit my cushy execu- ’90. Anderson and Loftus are with Strib- Hudson River to jobs in the City. science at Andover High School. while our kids ran wild. Some Charlotte Boulay’s first book have two boys, Julien and James, Education Association of New tive assistant job and went back ling, the rest with Houlihan Lawrence. They plan to spend lots of week- things never change! of poetry. It was published on 6 and 3, and they are just the best Hampshire delegate assembly, she to school full-time to become a When I am not running all over ends and summer in Maine with April 1—“not a joke” she says. My boys ever, and so is my partner was presented the Christa McAu- nurse. I graduated in May, and with my children, or trying to run family and friends! I’m hoping that Please catch up with our class on research staff tells me that the Stephanie. We have a great life in liffe Leadership Award, which she am studying for my boards this 5Ks, I am building my business. we will be able to get up there to Facebook and LinkedIn. I look title refers to YouTube videos in the great, white frozen north (last said “is presented each year to summer. After that exam, I will I am an independent associate visit them soon. forward to hearing from you with which foxes jump on trampolines winter was brutal.)” commemorate Christa McAuliffe start work at Catholic Medical 1996 (director) with an energy supply your updates on family, work, and in suburban neighborhoods. The and her dedication to education. Center in Manchester, N.H., on the Tanya R. Parrott company, Viridian; check www. Anne Campbell Dudro gave life in general! book is available on amazon.com Joining older brothers William It is awarded to an NEA-New cardiovascular surgical unit as 9712 Handerson Place, #405 viridian.com/kerriskidmore. Wade birth to her third daughter, El- and according to her amazon and Olin is Fisher, born in March, Hampshire teacher who has an RN. It’s been voted one of the Manassas Park, VA 20111 and I have also started farming lie, on April 17. Anne and her author page, Charlotte lives in son to Booth Platt. Booth re- shown the greatest contribution to top 50 hospitals for cardiac care 571-292-1072 the majority of our food. We raise husband, Chris, live in Pittsburgh 1999 Philadelphia with her husband; ports that Fisher’s older brothers the improvement of the education in the country! I’m so thrilled and [email protected] chickens for meat and eggs, and with Megan, Kate and Ellie. Chris Genevieve Shaw Brown she earned her MFA from the are excited to have a new play atmosphere through leadership. excited to have found this way for Next Reunion: 20th, May 28-31, turkeys, lamb and pig. We grow is a pediatrician and Anne is an 177 East 77th Street, Apt 3B University of Michigan (where pal. “I spoke to Steve Kohn, and I was incredibly humbled and me to join my sociology studies 2015 (Cluster with '94, '95) all of our vegetables, just started associate at HCM Strategists, a New York, NY 10075 she taught for five years) and her he reported becoming engaged honored. I have been active on at St. Lawrence with my new with fruits, and hope to raise cattle Washington-based public policy 646-275-0016 work has appeared in Slate, The after proposing from a scenic local, state and regional levels with passion for nursing and making a No news this time, classmates. in the future. It’s pretty rewarding and advocacy firm focused on [email protected] New Yorker, The Boston Review overlook of the Hudson River Val- NEA-NH since 2004, including five difference on a personal level.” Drop me a line and let everyone knowing where your food comes education and health issues. Next Reunion: 20th, 2018 and Crazyhorse. ley. A wedding was in the works years as my local president and know what you're up to these from, and sharing this all with our (Cluster with '97, '98) for July,” said Booth. three years as chief negotiator Karen says she was “inspired by days, and maybe we can fill this children is healthy and fun. We were all saddened to hear Britta Waters Pemberton is for our professional and support this career change back in 2005 empty space. that Abi Howe Hastillo lost her Neil Chatterjee writes that our living in “New Canaan, Conn., with Zach Green and Kate were staff contracts.” She’s now in her when I traveled to Louisiana and I hope to hear more from my husband, Mike, in a tragic motor- class is well represented on the my husband and two boys. Betsy “incredibly excited to celebrate 14th year teaching art at Sanborn Mississippi to volunteer after classmates, so I can share with all. cycle accident on Easter Sunday. Alumni Executive Council, as both Bahrenburg Hendrickson, Jen our fifth wedding anniversary, Regional High School in Kingston, Hurricane Katrina. It just took me 1997 Our hearts go out to Abi and he and Cortney Terrillion hold Bayer Farnum ’98 and Ashley and recently our daughter Zoey’s N.H., “where I am proud of all I a while to make it happen! What’s Kerri Williams children Gunnar and Adella. Katy leadership positions. Neil chairs Jones live nearby and we get second birthday. It’s amazing how have achieved in furthering the funny is that I used to think that 400 Fingar Rd. 1998 Foley, Megan Williams, Tracy the Membership and Honors Com- together often.” fast these two years have flown by. cause of a great public school for I hated science—I guess I just Hudson, NY 12534 Melissa Wilson Hatch Giordano, Mark Cutler mittee and Cort the Committee on On the work front, I’m still based in every child.” hadn’t found the right science!” (h) 518-828-0842 MacGregor and Jennifer Strandberg Student Services and Recruitment. Living a waffle-themed dream in Los Angeles with Kinetic Content, (c) 518-567-9940 4648 N. 23rd Road Stockwell were all able to attend “If you’re interested in being nomi- Ballston Spa, N.Y., we findGreg - producing television series for Dis- Writing about herself in the [email protected] Arlington, VA 22207 the funeral and reported that it nated for AEC, or want to support ory Myers. They celebrated “a covery Channel, History Channel, Cross country ski fanatic (if third person, as always, we find Next Reunion: 20th, 2018 703-527-7525 was a beautiful ceremony. Several St. Lawrence more informally, baby girl named Charlee Evelyn National Geographic, the Travel “fanatic” is not a strong enough Kelly Thayer: “After spending (Cluster with '98, '99) melissa.a.macgregor@gmail. classmates set up a fund for Abi’s please reach out to me at Neil_ Myers on 12/4/13. My better half Channel, etc. All in all, life is good.” adjective, I apologize) Liz three years in the Peace Corps in com family, which you can access here: [email protected]. owns a waffle-themed restaurant Hollenbach ’00, M.Ed ’03 Tanzania, Kelly is back stateside Hello, Class of '97. Well, you were Next Reunion: 20th, 2018 www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/ gov or Cort at Cortney.terrillion@ in our hometown of Ballston Spa, Nathan Hall successfully de- married Eric Tremble ’02 (who and has decided to go back to warned. No one submitted any (Cluster with '97, '99) z0h4/mike-hastillo-memorial- waters.nestle.com,” he wrote. so I get to eat quite well.... Hoping fended his doctoral dissertation started as ’00 but did 3+2, so school! She is pursuing a master’s

Reunion Recap

m a y 29 - j u n e 1, 2014 1: The Awards Ceremony was a chance for everyone to break into some familiar college songs. 2: Flanked by new Alumni Executive More than 1,250 alumni — a record Council President Ed Forbes ’02, left, and President William L. Fox ’75, awardees were, from left, Cynthia Arcate '77, president and CEO of turnout — found sunny and mild skies PowerOptions; Ken Okoth '01, member of Kenya’s National Assembly for Reunion 2014, May 29-June 1. and chair of the Children of Kibera Foundation; Nancy Current Martin '64, an activist dedicated to saving the planet and its species; Paul 1 Highlights included observances of the Gilbert ’72 and Pat Romeo-Gilbert ’74; and Ned Breslin '88, CEO 50th anniversary of St. Lawrence’s first of Water for People, (for his thoughts on Reunion, turn to page 26). Arcate, Martin and Breslin received Alumni Citations; the Gilberts international program, in France, and the were presented the G. Atwood Manley Society Achievement Award, symbolic of generous and thoughtful estate planning; Okoth received 40th anniversary of the Kenya Program. 2 the University's Sol Feinstone Award for Humanitarian Service. 67 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

My dear friend Liz Johnston Hub- bard ’03 picked me up at the tiny Jackie Roy Hallock was Laurentian Connections Watertown airport, and we drove program’s 50th year (for excerpts honored to be elected to the familiar Route 11 through towns of Prof. Caldwell’s remarks, turn Alumni Executive Council last Luke Dolce ’96 – Play This 2 Play That, a Parental Control App new addition. Chance’s hobbies whose names had slipped to the to the feature pages). I met Phi- spring! The council's mission is www.playthis2playthat.com include spitting up and frequent back of my memory: Evans Mills losophy Professor Laura Rediehs to increase alumni engagement How often have you looked for your smartphone or tablet and found it in your child’s hands? Luke rides in a diesel pickup that lull manager for Xylem Corp., and with its race track, a Philadelphia at Brewer Bookstore for tea, and and support the University in a Dolce ’96 has three young children who, at times, have been addicted to games on their devices, him to sleep. particularly enjoys the parts of far different from my hometown, we reminisced about the time we number of meaningful ways. If which has frustrated him and his wife, Sarah. her job that allow her to travel Gouverneur and its Life Savers spent in those very chairs discuss- you want to be more engaged or on charitable missions to Central monument. At last, the road came ing the philosophy of language become part of the AEC, please “Our kids were more interested in perfecting their shots on 2001 America consulting on clean to a T at the Cascade Inn. We and, often, life. email her at jackieroy81@gmail. [Angry] Birds than working on any academic skills,” he says. “We Bridgette Holmes drinking water projects.” Todd turned right onto Main Street. I com. Congratulations, Jackie, and thought they should be spending more time on educational achievements. Gallagher is finishing his Ph.D. in clinical was home. A generous handful of our class thank you for serving us! That’s when we looked into creating something that incentivized our children 11 State Street psychology this fall at Syracuse was there, even though many old- to engage with educational apps while earning time to play the games they Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 University, and has accepted a For me, Reunion was a perfect er alumni acknowledged that the It has been a decade since we love.” 518-727-4527 postdoctoral fellowship with the blend of old and new. I revisited 10th reunion falls at a difficult time left the beauty and comfort of St. [email protected] Department of Veterans Affairs places rich with memories (the for young adults and families. I ran Lawrence and embarked on our After months of time, money, research, writing business plans and finding a Next Reunion: 15th, 2016 in Canandaigua, N.Y., focused on Chi Omega house at 18 Elm, into many of you at various points adult lives. I’ve had the pleasure developer to work with, the Dolces launched “Play This 2 Play That,” a paren- (Cluster with '00, '02) suicide research and prevention. Brewer Bookstore, the tree-lined during that wonderful weekend, and privilege of reporting our tal control app for Android devices, in early 2014. path from the corner of Park and and I heard your stories, the details news for the last several years, University to Richardson Hall). of which escape me now. Among but this will be my last column. I One of the best parts about the app is how easy it is to use. Parents decide what apps on the device 2002 2004 I also discovered places new to those encounters, I forged new am grateful for the opportunity to are educational. Their kids must use those to unlock time to play games. Apps on the device that Katie Evereth For information about becoming a campus or new to me. On a jog, friendships with Elizabeth have represented you. If you are parents don’t select are not accessible when Play This 2 Play That is active. 1220 Marion Street #26 reporter for this class, please contact I finally discovered the Avenue Teczar and Paul Maurer ’03, interested in donating your time Denver, CO 80203 Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or of the Elms and felt a rush of Adair Swain and Josh Earl. and serving as our next class re- “Parents have full control and can set and adjust appropriate time limits,” Dolce says. For instance, a 703-517-0071 (cell) [email protected], or Kim His- pride to tread that beloved path. Allison Turcotte VanGuilder porter, please see the instructions parent could set parameters so the child uses an educational app for 10 minutes to earn five minutes [email protected] song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ I toured the state-of-the-art and I spent much of reunion at the top of this column. of game time. The phone vibrates when the educational time requirement has been met, and when Next Reunion: 15th, 2016 stlawu.edu. Johnson Hall of Science, a build- together. Maggie Proulx and I game time is up, Play This 2 Play That kicks the user back to the educational app to earn more time. (Cluster with '00, '01) Next Reunion: 10th, May 29- ing I never would have set foot in shared a fatbag at 1 a.m., in the Chi Until we meet again, I wish you all June 1, 2014 even if it had existed in my time. Omega dining room. the best! At first, the Dolces’ children were lukewarm, but they’ve grown accustomed to the app thanks in part I saw the new residence at the to one of its features. “Our app pauses the game being played so our kids don’t lose where they are 2003 Retiring Class Reporter Rachel foot of the Quad and marveled at Jolie Roetter and I recalled because time is up,” Dolce explains. For information about becoming a Peterson writes: how well it blends with the older memories of our France semester 2005 reporter for this class, please contact buildings on campus and how the over lunch at MacAllaster House. For information about becoming a Dolce notes that parents still need to monitor the device’s overall use, but “our app helps control what Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or As the leaves begin to fall and Quad will once again be a true I saw my Rebert Green Wing FYP reporter for this class, please contact children are doing while they are allowed to be on it.” [email protected], or Kim His- the air turns crisp, thoughts of green center of campus. I mourn- friends Cassie O’Brien-Bates, Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ St. Lawrence flood my memory. ed the sight of a steeple-less Emily Hunt Forbes, Josh [email protected], or Kim His- For Dolce, who works for a private investment firm in Greenwich, Conn., this is a passionate side job. stlawu.edu. The beauty of the North Country Gunnison Chapel while simultane- Wyman and Drew White. song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@ He’s committed to getting the word out and presenting it to Apple in the coming months. For more Next Reunion: 15th, 2019 in the fall is rare and wonderful, ously filled with gratitude that the At various times and places stlawu.edu. information, find Play This 2 Play That on Facebook and Twitter (@Playths2playtht). - MJB (Cluster with '04, '05) though it is not the only season damage was not more severe. throughout the weekend, I saw Next Reunion: 10th, marked by beauty. Jess Noble, Cate Doucette, May 28-31, 2015 Todd Bishop wrote to the Uni- More significant than the places, Abbey Green Mongosa, Me- in international development and ners. He was scheduled to receive I did complete the NYC Marathon versity, “Spurred on by the birth In late May, I flew from drought- though, were the people I shared lissa Wordelmann Johnson, For her final column,Danielle humanitarian assistance at the the award at the annual meeting back in October as part of a team of our first child, Emma, on April stricken southern California to time with. I experienced the Mat Johnson, Travis Wyman, Sanzone writes: University of Denver and is very in July when he wrote, saying, organized by Brian Hetzel ’02, 18, 2014, I wanted to pass along Watertown en route to Reunion. remarkable acoustics of the Eric Klapper, Jeremy Pierce, excited to be heading to Zambia “I’ve been with Northwestern and hope to get back out there a long-delayed update. Ellen Ler- The plane descended over an end- Peterson-Kermani Recital Hall, Geoff Faiella … surely I am for- I was happy to hear from so many this summer to work in a refugee Mutual since 2010 as part of the with the alumni teams in 2015.” rigo and I were married on June, less canopy of deep green dotted singing a few tunes with Barry getting some as I try to recall the 2005 grads, some of whom went camp with the UN.” New York Capital District network 4, 2005, in Ellen's hometown of with glistening lakes and sleepy Torres. I heard Roy Caldwell re- details of a whirlwind weekend. to the reunion this past spring. office. Meanwhile, I’m recovering My wife, Dawn-Marie Webster ’96, North Bennington, Vt. There were small towns. My heart raced and count highlights from the France Please forgive me. I encourage Tom Wilder is one of North- from ACL surgery. While this de- and I met our new son, Chance, a lot of SLU folks there, includ- filled with wonder as my eyes took program history as alumni from you all to write in and tell your Doug Smith attended with western Mutual’s 2014 Commit- rails my chances of running with on April 14. Older sister Addison, ing several of my brothers from in colors and landscapes I had not half a century filled Sykes Com- stories so we can share in your his wife, Amanda Church Smith ment to Excellence Award win- any SLU alums over the summer, 5, is mostly pleased with the ATO. Ellen is a trade compliance seen for five years. mon Room to celebrate the joys and successes! ’04, for her 10th reunion. “It was

3: As part of the observance of 1: Spring came late the 40th anniversary of the Kenya 1 to the North Country Program, colloquia centered on in 2014, but it was a half-century of the nation’s just in time to frame independence focused on such countless small topics as the status of Kenyan gatherings here and politics, human rights and there on campus. development. 4: Two members 2: A breakfast of the Class of ’84 who evidently sponsored by the were glad to run into each other Alumni Executive at their 30th Reunion were Jackie 4 Council was one of Hasper Kuno, left, and Deena Giltz many opportunities McCullough. Kuno was a Reunion for spontaneous planning co-chair, while McCullough encounters with is a past president of the Alumni 2 college friends. 3 Executive Council. 68 69 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

a blast,” said Smith, who lives in Philadelphia. “We closed down where she sees Laura Quandel the Hoot and ordered Sergi’s by ’08 regularly. Kate McNulty conducting a prescribed burn, dialing the number from memory Lion visited them last spring for a I am taking advantage of Colo- and had it delivered straight to mini-SLU reunion. Jamie spent the rado's endless winters and skiing the flagpole by Sykes. Great times summer in Europe after spending finance manager for metroCon- every chance I get.” had by all.” email response said that she was of Appeals, which was intense but some time in Tokyo and then visit- nections in Bloomington, Minn. filming in British Columbia to fun. This summer my boyfriend, ing friends and family in America. Chris Morris is living in his Megan Reeve said she went help keep a dam out of the Peace Jon, and I planned trips to Acadia She encourages any friends who Mandie Barney got engaged hometown of Saranac Lake, N.Y., for the 40th anniversary of the River. Feel free to learn more at National Park, Nantucket, Long might be traveling in Hong Kong to Mike Remington on May 31. after leaving that community’s Kenya Program, which she had pongomediaproductions.com. Island and Philadelphia. For my to connect with her. Mandie and Mike live in Hopkin- Adirondack Daily Enterprise and participated in. “They really did a dad’s 70th, we also planned an ton, N.Y., and Mandie works for North Country Public Radio, and fantastic job putting the weekend I saw a job announcement for East Coast road trip to visit his Nick Mannella sold the com- the Franklin County Department is the communications manager together. It’s always great to be Stephanie Weishaupt, a fellow brothers in Delaware and Georgia. pany he founded in 2009, Knot of Social Services. for the Adirondack Foundation, back on campus,” said Reeve, Chi O, who joined the Baylor Uni- Clothing & Belt Co., in early 2013 a community foundation serving who is getting married October 18 versity Louise Herrington School I have appreciated and loved to a private equity firm out of Kira Krumhansl married Jonah the whole Adirondack region. in Middleburg, Va., to Justin Snair. of Nursing Student Services De- hearing from everyone. If you Philadelphia. Nick remains the Bernstein in August. They recently Chris has developed a crowd- partment as their new coordinator wish to become our class report- creative director and serves on moved to Vancouver, British funding website for nonprofits Tahiré Edirishinghe '07 arranged a photo of herself and several alumni from her era at Wedding bells are also in the of the Pre-Nursing office in Waco, er, please follow the instructions the board for Knot, which created Columbia, where Kira started a and communities called Adiron- a reception with President Bill Fox '75 (center) in New York city last May. For more, see future of Hilary Hartson. She Texas. She moved from Utica, N.Y., at the top of this report. a special “Scarlet & Brown” belt postdoctoral fellowship in marine dack Gives (www.adirondack- the 2007 class report. and Andrew Wall met at North to accept the position in May. that is sold in Brewer Bookstore conservation biology at Simon gives.org) and has written a Carolina State, where she re- as part of the Alumni Council’s Fraser University. report on the economic impact ceived her master’s. “I knew it was Tanya Mollova has a new job. 2006 SaintsWear Collection. Nick has of the North Country's nonprofit meant to be when he took me to Since October 2013 she is the Adam Casler moved to San Francisco, and is Colleen Callahan-Panday and sector. Chris notes that “It's been Sarah Kechejian, Jessica a Hurricanes hockey game for our executive director of CIBC World Hennepin Road Apts. one of the lead short designers husband Prajjwal ’05 welcomed a challenging career change, Engster, Liz Olmstead Miner '07, Erin Coakley Lassial, first Valentine’s Day together,” she Markets in New York. 515 Loudon Road for “Chubbies” (www.chubbiess- their first child, a son, Suryan, on but incredibly rewarding and a Jenn Gross '08 and Andrew Spahr Andrea McDonough and Amy said. They are planning a summer Albany, NY 12211 horts.com). He has connected October 14, 2013. He was born lot of fun. I'm also volunteering '09. Congratulations, Chris and Clemens joined 33 alumni and 2015 wedding in either Raleigh, Clementine Vitek and husband 518-782-6582 with fellow West Coast Lauren- on Dashain, the biggest Nepali as chairman of Dewey Mountain Amanda! students from various classes on N.C., where they live, or Keene, Hendrik Buyle have moved to Cal- [email protected] tians Hadley Quish, Janney holiday of the year, which Col- Friends, which oversees program- campus last spring to celebrate N.Y., where Hartson grew up. ifornia, where Hendrik accepted Next Reunion: 10th, 2016 Kline and Alex Meek ’07. leen equated to being born on ming and operations of Dewey the 10-year reunion of the SLU a job with Google. They drove Christmas! She was promoted to Mountain Recreation Center in 2007 Dance Team, which they started My good friend and former across the country when they Hello, classmates! Spring and Katrina Franz Hansen and Erik associate director for interna- Saranac Lake. We just finished a Megan Bernier as first-year students. “The cur- Chi Omega roommate Sarah moved and made a fun trip of summer seem to have been busy welcomed a daughter, Gretchen tional students and scholars at $350,000 capital campaign to 3 Mildon Road rent team hosted a weekend full Schmidt said she is also engaged. that. They have since participated for everyone, and I’m happy that Amelia, on February 16, 2014. They Worcester Polytechnic Institute in build a new base lodge, and we're Canton, NY 13617 of dancing, bonding and reminisc- “During our beautiful trip to Ber- in some 5Ks and skydiving. so many of our updates contain are all doing well and were able Worcester, Mass. Prajjwal finished looking to the future to see what 404-617-7851 (cell) ing – and even a Dana brunch,” muda, Dan [Stanley] popped the great personal and professional to attend Reunion in May and his Ph.D. in geography from Clark kind of programs we can develop. [email protected] said Erin. “Yum!” question. Clarkson/SLU wedding, I had a serendipitous run-in with news for our classmates. reconnect with many classmates. University last year. They live in I'm most definitely enjoying the Next Reunion: 10th, 2017 summer 2015,” said Schmidt. Susan Comley when we were Katrina is working for the State of Providence, R.I. mountain life.” Guin Seaward has been busy both called to the same jury. She Randy Olivo and I were recon- New Hampshire, in public health The summer months were busy with her new job at Grant Thorn- In baby news, Marc Tapscott had a wedding planned for this nected in June at Canaras, since services. She works primarily with Dan Allen, happily settled in I want to end with an apology for our classmates, so let’s get to ton, the fifth biggest accounting and his wife, Jackie, from Geneva, past summer with her long-time we are both serving on the St. the Healthcare-Associated Infec- Colorado Springs, Col., is a natural to Chris Barone for missing their news! firm in the U.S. “I'm still doing N.Y., welcomed their son, Charles boyfriend Justin Jordak. They live Lawrence Alumni Executive Coun- tions program, which focuses on resource technician with the this note in my last submission. state and local tax law and I love Robert Tapscott, on May 3. in Averill Park and have a puppy. cil. We work with the University surveillance, outbreak investigation Coalition for the Upper South I overlooked it, and thankfully, Tahiré Edirisinghe moved back it,” she said. “I've been lucky to in admissions, career services and in healthcare facilities, and collabo- Platte, a non-profit organization Chris resubmitted. He married to New York City at the end of share wedding celebrations with Ronak Desai, M.D., said he is re- I won an award in journalism from development. If you’re interested ration with local, state and federal that conducts forest health, wild- Amanda Ruddick on July 27, 2013, last year. “It's been fantastic meet- Erika Gutfreund, Cat Ramsey turning to Massena, N.Y., to join his the New York State Associated in being nominated for member- partners to reduce infections and fire mitigation and flood control at the Olde Mill Inn in Basking ing up with old friends from St. '08, Jenna Houston '08 and father’s internal medicine practice. Press Association for a business/ ship on the AEC, or want to sup- improve healthcare quality. projects in the Upper South Platte Ridge, N.J. The wedding party Lawrence and being able to make Cathleen Turcotte '10, as well as His wife, Dr. Janki Shah, joined finance package written with our port St. Lawrence more informally, River Basin. Dan writes, “The included Brian O'Shea, Tom the SLU networking events again,” former staff member Marna Red- Massena Memorial Hospital in July. newsroom staff. I also ended up please contact Randy or me. Kaia Klockeman Ellis and her basin provides drinking water to Gipson, Sean Regan and Joe she said. She attended a recep- ding,” who will be Guin’s matron assisting Bloomberg with the family moved to Apple Valley, the Denver metropolitan area, so Bertino. Several other Lauren- tion with President Fox in May of honor at her upcoming fall While I did not hear directly from coverage of the fracking case in Jamie Dyer Ford and her Minn., in December. She started a its protection is imperative. When tians were there to celebrate the with other Laurentians, including wedding – more on that in the Jenny Nichols, her automatic June at the New York State Court husband, Kyle, are in Hong Kong, new job in March, as the assistant I am not cutting down trees or day, including Jason Miner, Kanti Shrestha. winter issue!

1 2

1: The signs tell us what was in the news back 3: The 5th Reunion group when the 50th Reunion brought a high level of energy Class of 1964 were to the parade. 4: The Class students. 2: Sometimes, of 1974, clearly enjoying even with all the pro- itself, gets organized prior to gramming, the best part stepping out for the parade. of Reunion Weekend is Haruyoshi Udagawa, right of simply hanging out with center in the gray cap, came all old friends. 3 4 the way from Tokyo, Japan, for his 40th Reunion. 71 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 class notes

while working at Legg Mason Nancy Farrand Bailey '86 and in Baltimore. Hanne Bailey '13. She’s the Shipley I got a chance to catch up Andrew Leiser and Haley Center program coordinator and Hey 2013! It’s officially been As a dual citizen of both the U.S. with Rachel Benjamin at the Feickert were married on two-sport coach at the Dana Hall almost a year and a half since we and Sweden, Leslie Stratton had wedding. She was planning a June 28 in Peterson-Kermani School in Wellesley, Mass. graduated. Can you believe it? the privilege to play on the Swed- September wedding in Vermont Performance Hall on campus, Let's keep the good news rolling! ish National Softball Team for the planning ahead and the wedding to Neil Solis. and welcomed many alumni for Corey Parent is running for If you've got any updates that for summer. Not only does Leslie plan next June, but are really looking the ceremony. There’s a picture Vermont state representative for next edition of the St. Lawrence to return to SLU as a part-time forward to life after that. Charlie Haydock is in his final on the Weddings pages. It was the St. Albans area. Motivated magazine (new jobs, relocations, interviewer for the Admissions year of law school at Northeast- certainly great to see so many by his desire to bring balance to engagements, marriages, etc.), Office and a volunteer assistant Don’t wait for me to email you for ern. He was a summer associate familiar faces! Among them the Vermont legislature, and to send me a brief update of what's coach for the softball team; she news! Pass it along any time. at Ropes & Gray this year. were Emily Blanchard and work toward finding a solution to new with you! will be enrolling at SLU in the fall her fiancée Tom Phalon, who a growing drug epidemic in his of 2015 for her master’s as well. Samantha Lovell is engaged to got engaged in June. They’ll be hometown of St. Albans, Corey 2008 Andrew Marsallo ’08, and plan- moving from Boston to Syracuse will campaign until elections are 2014 Recently finishing the New York The third annual Gold Gala: An Evening for St. Jude was held on February 22, 2014, Justin Lynch ning a July 2015 wedding. The in the fall. held on November 4. Stephanie Eldon City Teaching Fellows Summer at the Bowery Hotel in New York City. The event was founded by Christina Strong 217 Woodlawn Terrace couple lives in Charlestown, Mass. 266 Middle Street Training Program, Tiara Davis ’09 and Samantha Levitan ’09. More than 500 guests attended the sold-out event, Syracuse, NY 13203 Other engagements to report are Amanda Mooney graduated Matthew Saulter wrote, “I have Portsmouth, NH 03801 is teaching 9th grade history at which celebrated the generosity of New York's young professional community and, 585-506-5592 Sam Levitan and Rob Wort- from Albany Law School in May recently started a new career as 603-380-4641 Clara Barton High School. In most important, the mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Strong says “The [email protected] mann ’06, and Lindsay Abramo and spent the summer preparing the content curator for Wayfair [email protected] addition, Tiara plans to attend evening was a remarkable success, raising $108,000”; hospital personnel reported in Next Reunion: 10th, 2018 and Max Davis ’08. for the Bar exam. She had plans in downtown Boston, Mass. I am Next Reunion: 5th, 2019 graduate school and coach var- August that the gala is the leading young professionals event nationwide benefiting St. (Cluster with '09, '10) to move to Switzerland with boy- loving living right by Fenway Park sity and junior varsity cheerlead- Jude’s. The event organizing committee consists of St. Lawrence alumnae (from left) I hope to receive some additional friend Jeremy Wick ’14 in August. with my beautiful roommate, Mia Greetings to the newest ing with fellow Laurentian Feiona Alexandra Burchfield '12, Tracy Dana '07, Alanna Sutherland '10, Strong and Levitan, news from more of you in the O'Donnell '13!” St. Lawrence graduating class! Maxwell '13. Natalie Sawyer '10, Julie Wooters '10, Sydney Millyard '11, Martha Civitillo '11 and 2009 coming months – email me with And finally, there is new future There’s been lots of moving and Tersey Regan '11. Cassie Coughlin any Class of 2009 news! Saint in the mix! Samantha Matt and Mia aren’t far from me; I settling in: Oren Shafir has started a job at 4 Prince St. Apt 5 Deon Morehouse and Corey am the manager of development Northwestern Mutual as a finan- of New Hampshire. They are plan- Boston MA 02113 welcomed a baby girl, Rory Eliza- and student recruitment at Excel Kelsey Leder moved to Burl- cial representative. He specializes Michael Kaplan got in touch ning a summer 2015 wedding in 802-779-3623 2010 beth, on May 16. Weighing more Academy Charter Schools in ington, Vt., and is working as a in financial security and planning and let me know that he and central New York. cassandracoughlin@gmail. Joshua Johnson than eight pounds, she joins big East Boston. clinician at the Howard Center, anything from insurance planning, Sarah had celebrated their five- com 1110 8th Street, NE brother Reed in the family. a mental illness hospital, to gain to retirement savings/invest- year wedding anniversary. (As if Avery Scoville married Haver- Next Reunion: 10th, 2018 Washington, DC 20002 Andre Weeks wrote to SLU direct patient care experience for ments, to children's education, I didn’t feel old enough thinking ford College graduate Sarah (Cluster with '08, '10) 716-499-3016 (cell) Please continue to send updates that he has created “a docu- physician assistant school. to opening up a restaurant in the about turning 30 next year!). They Graves on June 14 at their family joshua.david.johnson16@ my way, via email or direct mes- mentary on Alzheimer's disease most tax-efficient manner. both still live and work in Boston. house in Grafton, Vt. Laurentians Reunion was a great event, and gmail.com sage on Twitter @spadaccinib or called ‘Alzheimer's: The Disease Nik Busharis is working in sales Sarah is an assistant manager in from the Class of 1990 through it was a beautiful weekend in Next Reunion: 5th, 2017 Facebook. Hope to see many of We Shouldn't Forget.’" It later at TechTarget in Newton, Mass. Iyi Okunlola has accepted the the travel operations department 2014 attended the event, and his Canton. It was great to recon- (Cluster with '08, '09) you around Canton for Home- became fully supported by the He says, “Everything is going re- Great Oaks Charter School Tutor for Go Ahead Tours and he’s a fi- best man was Chris Farden. nect with old friends and also coming in the fall! Western New York Chapter of ally well so far and I am enjoying Corps Urban Fellowship Program. nancial advisor at Morgan Stanley. meet some new ones! Thanks to Rebecca Klar has received a the Alzheimer's Association and my time here, although I do miss She is tutoring at Great Oaks They are gearing up to welcome Two weeks later, Tim LeRoy mar- everyone who made the trip, and grant from Autism Speaks to was publicized on their Facebook St. Lawrence a lot!” Charter School in Newark, N.J., their first child in December. ried Kristen Leatherbee at Groton to the staff/volunteers who made fund her pre-doctoral studies; for 2012 page and also the June edition for this school year, while also School in Groton, Mass. Tim’s it possible! details, go to www.autismspeaks. Lauren Liebhaber of their e-newsletter. It can be Hannah Kinsey has been assisting teachers, performing Danni Weaver wrote to let me hockey teammates, classmates org/science/science-news/ 510 East Broadway viewed at https://www.youtube. accepted into the Peace Corps! administrative duties, and helping know that Tracy Dana recently and many others ranging from the Lauren Sischo is teaching and autism-speaks-announces- Boston, MA 02127 com/watch?v=yP_5e3D5vaE . He She will be departing for Vanuatu students in small cohorts where became a member of the Alumni Class of 2000 through 2008 made coaching at St. Mark’s School in 2014-weatherstone-predoctoral- 315-527-8452 (cell) said some of his work during last in January. they can receive very focused Executive Council and they both the journey. Tim’s brother, Josh Southborough, Mass. She is the fellowships. Becca was a neuro- [email protected] summer's internship was pub- attention. Afterward, she plans enjoyed a great weekend at LeRoy '01, was best man. associate director of athletics and science major and completed her Next Reunion: 5th, 2017 lished in the American Journal of She moved to Bethesda, Md., to enroll in a graduate program Canaras. “If you're interested in also teaches chemistry, as well as honors thesis working with Karin (Cluster with '11, '13) Neuroradiology. “I was working without a job. Now Elena Ruiz where she can combine her Peace being nominated for the council Caroline Foster McKibben coaching varsity basketball and Heckman of biology, studying on statistical analysis of the Iron is a bartender by night and Corps service with a graduate- or in getting involved with the and Sean were married at the varsity soccer. the use of antioxidants to treat and Volume in the Deep Gray an educational counseling as- level education through a Master's University now that you are a few Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, mouse models of multiple sclero- Matter: Association with Cognitive sociate for PrepMatters by day, International program. years out, we can get in touch Vt., back on June 29, 2013. In I saw Dan Tukey at Reunion. sis. She is now a Ph.D. student at Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis working in educational planning with you about opportunities!” attendance were many alumni, He has been working for IBM in Vanderbilt University. project,” he reported. “I started by helping high school students Marissa Traver has moved to Danni said. including Lindsay Arthurs, Burlington, Vt. I also saw Beth working as a research associate strategize test prep and higher Rochester, N.Y., and is working in Caitlyn Cimikoski, Jeff Haislet Osman, who is working in Wash- at Dent Neurologic Institute in education options. the Performance and Reconcil- Kat Bagley Maher and Colin ’08, Lizzie Conolly, Mary ington, D.C., in human resources. 2011 Buffalo, N.Y., and ran my first half- ing Department as an operations welcomed Ronan Patrick Maher Rogers Manion, Tom Manion Beth Spadaccini marathon in 1:49:59.” Marieme Diallo works at the associate for Manning & Napier on April 17, 2014. She wrote that ’06, Sam Morrow ’06, Melissa Stephanie Resavage was mar- 17 Stevens Street, Apt. B1 Harvard School of Public Health Advisors, LLC in Fairport. time is already flying by! Epstein, George Barbieri, ried in Geneseo, N.Y., on June 14 Canton, NY 13617 Margie Bailey graduated from as a lab technician, researching Victoria McLaughlin Morrow to Jimmy Balben ’07. I attended 315-323-0650 Regis College in Weston, Mass., 2013 mycobacterium tuberculosis. Employed by Citizen Schools, A St. Lawrence wedding is on the and Esther Deming. the wedding, as did several other [email protected] in May with her master’s in health Brittany Moten Down the road, Obinna “Obi” Regina Rogers plans to be a horizon for Meghan Howard, classmates, including Annie Next Reunion: 5th, 2017 administration. While earning her 536 East 79th Street, Apt #5E Nwaigwe is analyst at Bain Capi- resource room and enrichment who got engaged over Memorial Last, I have some news of my Massie, Zoe Bludevich and (Cluster with '12, '13) degree, Margie was the assistant New York, NY 10075 tal in Boston. teacher at Orchard Garden Middle Day Weekend to Adam Benson own! Joe Keniston ’05, M’07 Cameron Bruns as well as coach for both the women’s soc- 858-444-7298 School in Roxbury, Mass. '08. He popped the question proposed to me just outside fellow Laurentians Marygrace A few new congratulations to cer and lacrosse teams. She grad- [email protected] Alex Almy was accepted into while they were hiking up Mt. Richardson Hall in June. We’re Balben ’04 and Kevin Balben ’10, pass on since the last time I uated in the company of Cam Next Reunion: 5th, 2017 Johns Hopkins’s MBA program. Alexander Hoimes trained in Madison in the White Mountains both excited about the months of the groom’s siblings. updated you: Lownie, Meredith Wilkes, (Cluster with '11, '12) He will be doing that part-time New York for technology 72 73 class notes In Memory

Kimberly Guillen has enrolled ▼ CLASS OF 1936 ▼ CLASS OF 1952 in the CUNY Graduate Centers at a marketing company in New- Barbara Tripp Williams died April 25, 2014, at her home in Horse- Peter F. Brucato Sr. of Whitefish, Mont., died April 22, 2014. He served investment banking at Citigroup. Middle Eastern Studies master’s ton, Mass., called Demand Drive. shoe Bay, Texas. She majored in English while earning honors and in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. After the war he entered St. Full-time work started in August program and is working full-time Morgan Jackson is attending membership in Phi Beta Kappa. She was on the staff of The Laurentian Lawrence, where he was a member of the ski team. He was a 1948 alter- in San Francisco. as a school assistant at the New Wake Forest School of Medicine Closer to our college home, Magazine and a member of Kappa Delta. After earning a master’s nate for the U.S. Olympic Ski Team and completed the 1956 Olympic sail- Visions Charter High School for to become a physician’s assistant. Saddie Serviss has accepted a degree from SUNY New Paltz, she taught Latin and English before mov- ing trials. Working for US Steel, he settled in Sun Valley, Idaho, where he Catherine Johnson is working Advanced Mathematics and Sci- Meanwhile, Lindsey Wyatt full-time position as a technician ing into elementary education. She and her husband retired to the Blue married and began raising three sons. He is survived by them, his brother for Solid Ground Shelters, a com- ence II in the Bronx, NY. is attending the University of at Atlantic Testing in Canton. Ridge Mountains, where she enjoyed golfing, bridge and music. In 2005, and five grandchildren.William C. “Bill” O’Riley of North Port, Fla., pany co-owned by her brother, Vermont College of Medicine, and And Lindsay Hanson landed a she moved to be near her daughter in Texas. She is also survived by her died April 14, 2014. A veteran of World War II, he majored in economics. Jason Johnson ’09. It’s a "glamp- Thomas Lockwood headed Ye “Amy” Yao is at the Icahn position as an 8th grade English son, Richard C. “Rick” Williams ’64. After commanding the police department in Lake George, N.Y., he joined ing" (glamorous+camping) com- west to Golden, Col., to Colorado School of Medicine at Mount teacher at her high school alma ▼ CLASS OF 1941 the Office of Naval Intelligence as a special agent. He retired in 1983 pany that does music festivals all School of Mines to start a two- Sinai Hospital. mater, General Brown in Dexter, Virginia “Ginnie” Harner Frink of Boise, Idaho, died May 12, 2014. and began employment with MSM Security Services Inc. in Maryland. over the East Coast. Although it’s year master's program in geology. N.Y., near Watertown. She attended St. Lawrence as a transfer student for one year before Remembering him are his wife of 64 years and two children. a very new company and they Eric Jameson is working in leaving to marry in 1939. She taught English to Turkish nationals who ▼ CLASS OF 1953 are in their first full season, Solid Madison Schoeberlein has Penn Yan, N.Y., as a child and fam- Michael Ranellone moved to were coming to the United States to continue their education. She Karen Pflugheber Gunnison of Riverton, Wyo., died May 20, 2014. Ground Shelters has booked a been working for a small busi- ily support worker, while Brattleboro, Vt., and is working at worked with the Boise Philharmonic and was actively associated with She majored in English and pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma. She became festival called Lockn’, in Virginia, ness called Paper in the Park in Stephanie Jones has joined Mondo MediaWorks, a marketing the League of Women Voters and the Council on Foreign Relations. a high school English teacher, retiring in 1989. She was predeceased by where Grace Potter, an honor- Severna Park, Md., doing custom- the LEAP Program at Touro Law agency specializing in content ▼ CLASS OF 1942 her parents, Fern Hubbard Pflugheber ’29 and Edward G. Pflugheber ary member of our class since designed cards, wedding invita- School. development for the web. As cu- Arthur J. O’Connell died May 21, 2014, in Brewster, Mass. He was an ’30. Those remembering her include her son, Stanley H. Gunnison ’77; Commencement, will perform. tions and stationery. rator, he writes for and manages English major and a member of Alpha Tau Omega, The Hill News staff brother, Edward G. Pflugheber Jr. ’52, who is married to Joan Hansen social media accounts and blogs and the Outing Club. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army’s Pflugheber ’53; and nieces Gina Pflugheber-Wells ’77, Ellen Pflugheber While attending Massachusetts Amanda Treco interned in the for Mondo's clients. field artillery, stationed in northern Africa and then Italy. He worked for Taber ’80 and Jill D. Pflugheber ’86.S amuel R. Whiting died July 7, College of Pharmacy and Health Education Department at the Par- Norcross Greeting Card Company, first as a salesman and then in sales 2014, at his home in Delmar, N.Y. He enlisted in the U.S. Army after high Sciences’ accelerated PharMD pro- rish Art Museum in Southampton, After traveling to France for a management. In 1949, he married Elizabeth “Betty” Tew O’Connell ’46n; school and was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne. At St. Lawrence, gram, Sarah Kossak is also work- N.Y., developing a curriculum and week after graduation, Charlotte they retired in 1992, splitting their time between Brewster and Tequesta, he majored in English and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He ing as a pharmacy technician at St. guide books for children Edson is living in Old Green- Fla. He was predeceased by both Betty and his daughter Barbara ’75 earned his J.D. from Albany Law School in 1964 and began 40 years as Joseph hospital in Nashua, N.H. and teens. She also taught wich, Conn. She works at Half and son, Timothy ’82, in whose name the family established a memorial a lawyer. Also a ski instructor at Windham Mountain in the Catskills, he is Open Studio art classes related Full Brewery as the office Tasting scholarship at St. Lawrence. He is survived by daughter Anne ’73. survived by his wife, two daughters and two granddaughters. Alyssa Couse was an agricul- to the current exhibitions. In the Room and marketing manager ▼ CLASS OF 1943 ▼ CLASS OF 1954 tural research intern at the Miner fall, Amanda became an under Jordan Giles '06. Marjorie “Midge” Dean Sanborn died April 19, 2014, in Oakland, Ca- Joan Jensen Brandt of Tucson, Ariz., died July 30, 2013. A business Institute in Chazy, N.Y., for the administrative assistant at Little lif. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, The Hill News staff, and Beta administration major, she was a member of Mummers and Pi Beta Phi. summer. She moved in on the Learning, an early childhood Benjamin Landry is living at Beta Beta, the honorary society for biology, her major. She entered the She began a career in advertising in New York City. In 1971, she and her evening of our graduation day development enrichment pro- Pierson Fowler, left, Academic home in Harvard, Mass. When U.S. Navy as an ensign in the supply corps and was stationed at Pearl husband, Hank, moved to Tucson and opened Hank Brandt Associates, and finished in mid-August. She gram in New York City. All-American captain of the he’s not building paddleboards Harbor. She was active with the Alta Bates Volunteer Board for over 35 Inc., an advertising and fundraising firm. She enjoyed golfing and being did many hands-on tasks in the Saints men’s lacrosse team last with his dad, he’s working for a years and enjoyed travelling, gardening, cooking and baking. with their family and friends at their camp on Lake Champlain. Eug- dairy barn as well as the lab, and Kristen Linder married John spring, and Sam Marvin were company called Alpine Outfitters ▼ CLASS OF 1944 enie “Genie” Van Drooge Kissinger of Melville, N.Y., died April 26, researched the effects of slow hay Luke Willson on August 9, 2014, selected to play in the North- Inc., doing key account marketing Garth E. Kauffmandied May 27, 2014, at his home in Salisbury, Conn. 2014. She was a member of Alpha Delta Pi and the women’s basketball feeders on feeding behaviors and in Sauquoit, N.Y., and bought a South Senior Game over Memorial for The North Face dealers in He is remembered by his daughters Tracy Kauffman Agro ’78 and Christy team at St. Lawrence, where she also earned a B.A. in economics. Hav- nutrient digestibility in Morgan house in Utica. Kristen started a Day Weekend in Baltimore, Md. New England. Kauffman Valentine ’84, who is married to Alan J. Valentine ’81. Garth ing started out making sandwiches and cooking for participants of the horses. Her experiences validated business called Focus Pho- Pierson later took a job with Fen- graduated magna cum laude, earning departmental honors in English United Way, she had become director of the United Way’s agency rela- that she wants a career working tography and Graphics, which way Sports Management. Kalei Buczek moved from and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He also was a member of Beta The- tions division by the time of her retirement in 1991. Stuart K. Krupkin with large animals. concentrates on portraits and Utica, N.Y., to Boston after being ta Pi. Serving in World War II, Garth was an LCT officer in the Anzio and of Sarasota, Fla., died March 30, 2014. He was active with the Geology wedding photography as well as Matthew Shoen is spending the offered a job at a pharmaceutical Southern France invasions and a gunnery officer on the U.S.S. Enterprise Club, the Jewish Student Union, KSLU, The Hill News staff, L Club, and Hillary Spivey is working at invitations, logo design and other summer and fall building military and bio-medical consulting firm, in the Pacific. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1949 and the baseball and basketball teams. He studied economics and after Charles Schwab in their Orlando graphic needs. In a similar vein, bomb disposal suits in Ogdens- Halloran Consulting, where she’s worked in advertising, retiring from Young and Rubicam in New York as graduating served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a supply headquarters. She’s part of their focusing on marketing and finaliz- burg, N.Y., to help raise money for an executive assistant to the chief vice president. He then served as director of development at Greenwich sergeant in Alaska. Expanding his father’s business, he started Lewis adviser services team. ing the logo for his own company, a study tour to Cambodia that he operating officer. Academy. At St. Lawrence, he was an alumni trustee and was president Uniform Company in 1957 in Watertown, N.Y., before moving the com- Leonardo Claudio has released plans on taking in December. of the Alumni Council 1962-1964. pany to Syracuse in 1964. He was active in his communities and enjoyed Jamie Caroccio got hitched the webpage for his business, Graduate ▼ CLASS OF 1945 painting. Laurence W. “Larry” Schneible of Rocky River, Ohio, died in November 2013 and was ac- Leographic Photography. Stephen Cash’s dream of living Programs Iris Scruton Brown of Bradenton, Fla., died November 6, 2013. She May 16, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy “Dody” Beiermeister cepted into the Beta Program in in New York City and working on majored in sociology and was a sister of Alpha Delta Pi. Schneible ’54, daughter Carol Schneible Lewis ’80 and granddaughter Madrid, Spain, to teach English for Alexa McKenna is living in D.C. Wall Street has finally come true. Gary E. Krolikowski M’77 ▼ CLASS OF 1946 Jessie R. Lewis ’14. He majored in sociology at St. Lawrence. A brother a year. No word on what’s next. and working at a political consult- He’s joined the work force with 4380 Lakeshore Drive Gloria Wright Lyng of Hilton Head Island, S.C., died May 22, 2014. of Beta Theta Pi, he competed on the hockey and football teams and ing firm called New Partners, while Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. in the Castile, NY 14427 She played field hockey and basketball and was a member of Kappa was a member of the Athletics Hall of Fame. Roselyne Laboso was at Craig Davis is employed as an Private Client Division. When he 585-237-6168 Kappa Gamma. After receiving her B.S. in psychology, she married Ken- ▼ CLASS OF 1958 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab RSR associate for PepsiCo. Also in wrote he was studying for the [email protected] neth H. Lyng ’44. He preceded her in death in 1982. She is survived by Richard R. “Dick” Collins died May 22, 2014, in Tacoma, Wash. He in Berkeley, Calif., for the sum- D.C., Chathuri “Rochi” Cooray Series 7 license, a generic exam her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Lyng Baroody ’71 and Richard J. joined the Air Force in 1950 and served during the Korean War. With sup- mer, working with a seismolo- is a research assistant at the for individuals who want to sell Congratulations to all who Baroody ’72; son, Kenneth H. “Chip” Lyng Jr ’75; and daughter and son- port from the GI Bill, he attended St. Lawrence, receiving a degree with gist and geochemistry scientist American Institutes for Research. various types of securities, entered undergraduate and in-law, Elizabeth “Betsy” Lyng Sauter ’77 and A. William “Bill” Sauter ’77. honors in physics and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He taught high on geology, geochemistry and in September. graduate education programs at ▼ CLASS OF 1950 school physics for two years, then joined the Navy to work on the Polaris earthquake-related topics. In October, Kendra Sultzer will St. Lawrence this fall! You have Phyllis Failing Marvin of Queensbury, N.Y., died April 29, 2014. She Missile program. After serving on the U.S.S. America for three years dur- begin working through Ameri- In July, Katherine Figueroa chosen an institution of character, pledged Pi Beta Phi and wrote for The Hill News. She was also elected ing the Vietnam War, he retired in 1977 and enjoyed traveling and being Haley Burrowes led a trip for Corps for the Maryland Conserva- moved to Boston to work for integrity, creativity and tradition. to Mortar Board. Her major in history combined with a master’s in outdoors with his family. Barbara A. Gray of Farmingdale, N.Y., died National Geographic Student Ex- tion Corps in New Germany State investment consulting firm Cam- Once you graduate and continue education aided her in her career as a social studies teacher at Glens June 19, 2014. She majored in history at St. Lawrence and was elected peditions in Tanzania, with John Park in western Maryland. She will bridge Associates, as an invest- in your careers, remember to Falls Middle School from 1969 to 1986. She promoted local history as to Phi Beta Kappa. She pledged Pi Beta Phi. Edmund W. Griffith Jr. Linsley '04. She was also offered conduct trail maintenance and as- ment associate. Nearby, keep in touch and share how a volunteer for the Chapman Historical Museum. She and her husband died June 19, 2014, in Mobile Ala. He sang with the Laurentian Singers, a job in the admissions office at sist with other conservation proj- Alexander Durocher is a busi- St. Lawrence University has enjoyed boating on Lake George and travelling, visiting more than 30 pledged Sigma Pi and majored in business administration. Continuing Colby College. ects as needed for 10-11 months. ness development representative shaped your life! countries in their lifetimes. his education at the University of Alabama, he retired from the insurance 74 75 st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014 In Memory

industry. He was a passionate member of the American Rose Society, Army during the Vietnam era, achieving the rank of captain. He worked growing a vast number of rose varieties. He researched, wrote and lec- in the garment industry and then as a private chef. His survivors include tured about roses, won many local and national trophies as an exhibitor, a son, two grandchildren and two brothers. Margaret “Meg” Yandon and established local rose gardens in his community. White of Rancho Cordova, Calif., died March 3, 2014. She majored in ▼ CLASS OF 1960 English and participated in the first program in Spain, 1967-1968. She William R. Bailey Jr. of Camden, Maine, died January 21, 2014. In 1951, was preceded in death by her father, C. Edmond Yandon ’34. he was drafted into the U.S. Army as a sergeant. Enrolled at St. Law- ▼ CLASS OF 1981 rence in 1956, he was a class officer, a resident assistant and a member Theodore M. “Ted” Strathdee of Riverside, Conn., died June 25, of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the Career Planning Council and the InterFra- 2014. A brother of Sigma Chi, he was listed in Who’s Who Among ternity Council. With entrepreneurial spirit, he would deliver students’ American University and College Students. Of his two majors, he laundry in his blue Plymouth. After graduating with his B.A. in econom- always said that psychology was much more useful in business than ics he went to the New York Institute of Finance for training in security economics. He worked for most of his career as a financial planner with ,, analysis and registered representative certification. He began a career Smith Barney. An avid athlete, he loved soccer, running, tennis, golf and There is no in equities brokerage, eventually settling in Camden and supporting bicycling. He is survived by his wife and two children. himself with his love of buying and selling cars. Irving B. Smith died ▼ CLASS OF 2015 passion to at his home in Merritt Island, Fla., on June 5, 2014. He received a B.S. in Timothy St. Onge, of Constable, N.Y., died May 16, 2014, having bat- chemistry and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and the L Club. He also tled a life-long rare skin disorder, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis be found participated in ROTC and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the bullosa. A history major, he was an avid hockey fan who could often be U.S. Army. His family travelled with him throughout the U.S. and Europe found playing a game of street hockey with members of the women’s playing small–in during his 22 years of military service. Ronald H. Woods died April 8, team on campus, and had hoped to become a teacher. 2014, at his home in Huntsville, Texas. Before coming to St. Lawrence, he settling joined the U.S. Coast Guard, going to sea on the cutter Cook Inlet and We have also learned of the deaths of these Laurentians; memorial then working as a recruiter. At St. Lawrence, he was a brother of Sigma notices may appear in future issues: 1939n - Althea Phillips for a life that Alpha Epsilon and majored in business administration. He then attended Eannace, April 22, 2014 l 1944 - Jane E. Deline, June 28, 2014 Cornell University, studying industrial and labor relations. He worked in l 1947 - Loris Clogston Sawchuk, June 9, 2014 l 1948M - Glenn W. is less,, than human resources at oil companies for 32 years. Clark, June 9, 2014 l 1948 - Sarah Spaulding Watson, July 5, 2014 ▼ CLASS OF 1961 l 1949 - Robert S. Magee, June 20, 2014 l 1950 - Donald B. Kimball Margaret Potter Daniels died at her home in Longmeadow, Mass., Jr., April 27, 2014 l 1950n - Howard B. Rich, June 18, 2014 l 1951M - on June 20, 2014. She received a B.S. in chemistry with honors and was Robert L. Griswold, April 23, 2014 l 1951 - Nicholas van Laer, June inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She was a member of Alpha Delta Pi and 6, 2014 l 1952n - Beverly Bev Parkes Smith, April 22, 2014 sang with the Laurentian Singers. She worked at Corning Glass Works l 1952 - Virginia “Ginny” VanIderstyne Witherhead, June 9, 2014 in the 1960s and later as a computer systems analyst until she retired l 1953 - Mary Rinaldi Robinson, June 29, 2014 l 1954M - Dorothy in 1996. She loved spending time at the family cottage in Greensboro, Plank Coates, January 28, 2014 l 1954 - Claude L. Richer, May 18, Vt., and was very active in her church. Nancyann O. Orth of Port 2014 l 1954, M’00 - Charles B. Chuck Bradbury, May 28, 2014 Jefferson, N.Y., died May 25, 2014. She received a B.A. in English and was l 1955 - Kenneth G. Stark, April 10, 2014 l 1955 - Norwood W. a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She earned her M.A. at Middlebury “Sam” Ernst, June 9, 2014 l 1955 - Marshall L. Brenner, June 8, College. Robert J. Steer of Calgary, Alberta, died July 10, 2014. “Bum” 2014 l 1957 - Walter G. Wilmshurst, June 30, 2014 l 1959 - Fae played goalie on the men’s hockey team and was a brother of Sigma Bigelow Haight, June 2, 2014 l 1960 - Robert C. Waite, July 16, Alpha Epsilon and member of the L Club. He worked for 35 years in 2013 l 1963 - H. Margaret Kane Holtman, April 11, 2014 l 1964 - pharmaceuticals, retiring to be at all of his grandchildren’s functions. He Lawrence K. A. Konig, February 15, 2014 l 1976 - Andrew J. Scott, is also survived by his wife, two children and two step-children. June 23, 2014 l 2007n - Jamie A. Weis, January 2, 2014 ▼ CLASS OF 1962 James P. “Jim” Laible of Denton, Texas, died May 27, 2014. He majored in sociology with honors and was a member of Sigma Chi, the football team and ROTC. Commissioned as a regular army officer, The designation “n” with class numerals indicates that the he served for 26 years in the Medical Service Corps, including time in individual did not graduate from St. Lawrence. The designation Vietnam. He earned a master’s degree in health care administration “M” with class numerals indicates that the individual earned from Baylor University and became a colonel. He held administrative a master’s degree from St. Lawrence in the year given. positions in hospitals after he retired from the Army. Remembering him are his wife of 51 years, son, daughter and several grandchildren. ▼ CLASS OF 1967 Bruce G. Crawford of Lebanon, N.H., died April 14, 2014. He gradu- Sharing the news of a death We will publish in “In Memory” detailed ated with a B.S. in psychology. He was a member of ROTC, L Club and memorial notices of the passing of Laurentians if we receive the informa- Alpha Tau Omega. An accomplished downhill and Nordic skier, he com- tion from a family member or friend in the form of a previously published peted on the U.S. Army biathlon team while he was stationed in Alaska. notice (typically from a newspaper). Please send such notices to Shayla Sny- He worked for Eastman-Kodak for 37 years, retiring in 2007 as manager der Witherell ’11, Advancement Services, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY of the government contracts division. Continuing his love of Nordic 13617 or [email protected]. We will provide the name and, if available, skiing, he groomed the trails and made signs for the Pine Hill Ski Club in date of death of others of whose passing we learn, and the complete list of New London, N.H. Those remembering him include his wife of 43 years, recent deaths can be found on the University’s website at alumni.stlawu.edu. Laura McCorkle Crawford ’69, and son, Andrew B. Crawford ’99. ▼ CLASS OF 1969 ‘In Memory’ is complied by Shayla Snyder Witherell '11, Richard L. Hughes died June 23, 2014, in Santo Domingo, Domini- [email protected] can Republic, to where he had retired in 2009. He played lacrosse and performed with Mummers and the Laurentian Singers, singing tenor. A member of ROTC, after receiving a B.A. in English he served in the U.S. Note: We have also learned of the deaths of additional Laurentians as we were going to press; memorial notices may appear in future issues. 76 77 NEW DAY

SAVE THE DATE! May 28 – May 31

alumni.stlawu.edu/reunion