Robert J. Jepsen ’51, MBA’76, of Dorchester passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 19, 2023. He was the beloved husband of Mary Jepsen and loving father (and father-in-law to their spouses) of Ann Marie, John, Joseph, Patricia, Kathleen, the late Joanne, Stephen, Michael, James, Christopher, and Mary Catherine. He was also the cherished grandfather of 26 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was survived by many loving nieces, nephews, and friends and was the lifelong friend of Fr. James Woods.

John Cheney became a great-grandfather with the birth of Elijah Benjamin Cahill recently and continues to be a lifelong learner with the Osher Lifelong Learning program at UMass Boston, taking courses in English poetry, opera, and history. Consistent with Jesuit teaching, one can never stop learning.

William “Bill” Kenney turned 90 in October 2022, and he and his wife, Anne McCarron Kenney, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on May 30, 2023. They are doing well and live in Huntington Beach, California. They receive frequent visits from their six children, 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren (about to be 12). BC has played an important role in their lives, and they are proud of what it has become since 1954. • Edward Silva is 90 years old and has resided in a retirement home, the Barrington of West Chester, Ohio, for nine years. He is in good health and still follows sports and activities at BC. He sends his best wishes to his 1954 classmates from the business school.

James Melloni celebrated his 89th birthday with family and friends. Jim is in good health and tries to keep active with his many social activities. Due to a recent accident, he is now using a cane, but this does not deter him from his normal routine. Jim still lives in Somerville, which has undergone many changes since he moved there in the late ’60s. He continues to look forward to the BC football season and is as optimistic as ever. He wishes good health to his fellow 1956 alumni!

Lawrence “Larry” Hojlo retired in 1995 after 25 years as principal of Duxbury Middle School. He married Maureen T. Norton on June 24, 1961. Larry and Maureen raised a wonderful family of six children, four boys and two girls. Maureen passed away after 57 years as a mother and wife. He misses her presence greatly! The Hojlo clan presently has 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. They were very blessed. • Nancy Gegan Doyle passed away on March 16 in Evanston, Illinois. She is mourned by her husband, Bob, three sons, and five grandchildren.

Class correspondent: Frank Higgins // higgs92@comcast.net

William “Bill” Shook regrets that he cannot attend this landmark class Reunion this year. He will miss seeing old classmates, should he recognize them and should they recognize him! Thanks to BC Magazine, he does keep up on university matters. Although retired from his career in public health, he remains active as a board member of an agency providing recovery services to victims of substance abuse, serves as a corporator of a regional hospital system, and sings in his church choir.

Charlie Battaglia is looking forward to the Class of 1959 65th Reunion. • Paul Mahony retired from BASF after 40 years.

John Walgreen wintered in Tampa and saw his daughter Alice and granddaughter Meredith.

Class correspondent: John R. McNealy // jmcnealy@juno.com

James “Jim” Hooley attended the 65th graduation anniversary from Boston College High School in June with some of his BC classmates, Jack Murray, Paul Horrigan, Ed Quinn, and Jack McKinnon. There were 32 classmates in attendance. • Paul Horrigan (Army veteran 1962–1969), retired from Weldship Corporation, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 2019. He is the Commander of Post 0163 of the American Legion in Westborough and a member of the Westborough Town Veteran Advisory Board. He was selected as Veteran of the Year in 2022 for work done with and for veterans. • Dick Mahoney and Bill Nagle made a 5,000-mile road trip occasioned by Dick’s invitation to speak at the 2023 Baseball Hall of Fame annual symposium. He has taught an Osher Lifetime Learning Institute (OLLI) continuing education baseball course at the University of Alabama for several years. His Cooperstown presentation traced the history of the New York Penn minor league’s 1963–1964 Wellsville Red Sox and seven teammates of Bill Nagle who ultimately became major leaguers. • John Hackett was reflecting on the occasion of his 83rd birthday and is so grateful for the role Boston College has played in his life and the legacy for his family. It started with his grandfather, John J. Ruddy (1905). John was next to attend, and then his brother, James ’67. The tradition continued with John’s daughter, Carolyn ’88, and has been furthered with two of his grandchildren. John’s grandson, Kyle, will be a senior this year, and his granddaughter, Paige, started this fall. • Mark Dullea’s website climateplanning.city might be helpful to classmates concerned about climate and global warming issues. It's based on his work in urban planning as well as his longstanding involvement in renewable energy. • Peter Derry died on April 24 while in hospice. Peter practiced law for 45 years in the D.C. area where he was not only admitted to the D.C. Bar Association, but also the state bars of Maryland and Florida. He opened his practice with a friend. His free time was spent with family, golfing and reading. Classmates extend their condolences to his wife Anna, three children, their spouses, and Peter’s grandchildren. • John T. Murray's well-loved wife Barbara died in April after 59 years of marriage. Jack and Barbara lived in Nashua, New Hampshire, for 50 years before moving to Hingham to be closer to family. Classmates send their condolences to Jack and his family. • William "Bill" Lundregan, 62, JD’67, hosted classmates at a delicious luncheon and opportunity for camaraderie at the scenic Marblehead Corinthian Yacht Club in June. All thanked Bill for his thoughtfulness and generosity. • Joseph McKniffe gave a shout-out in the last BC Magazine to his eight fellow geology majors. Sadly, Francis Accetta has died. Classmates join Joe in his effort to hear from his geology classmates, as they were successful when they did this before. They asked, "Where is Paul Apholt?" Paul answered saying, "I've been right here in plain sight." Paul has contributed news several times since then. • Eileen Faggiano was recently invited to attend Mass at Holy Apostles Church in Cranston and the installation of The Homeless Jesus, one of sculptor Tim Schmalz's works. Tim, a world-renowned sculptor, gave a short presentation after the dedication. He detailed the impressive project he is currently working on, The Stations of the Cross in Orlando. Listen for news of one of Tim's works perhaps coming to the campus soon.

Class correspondent: Eileen Faggiano // efaggiano5@gmail.com

Diana Newman is fully retired now. She participates in many online prayer groups: the St. John Henry Newman on Tap group, and other online opportunities. She also enjoys kayaking on Herring Pond in Plymouth and is active in her parish, St. Bonaventure, in Manomet as a lector, Eucharistic minister, and religious education teacher. She wishes God's blessings on the BC community, living and deceased.

Class correspondent: Ed Rae // raebehan@verizon.net

Emeritus Professor Dan Tannacito recently published two works, Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories (IGI) and his autobiography, In My Life: A Memoir and Family History (Outskirts Press). Dan lives in Oregon with his wife, Sumon. • Dennis Rossi has been married to his wife, MaryAnn, for 56 years. He is a retired radiologist and has three children and six grandchildren. He lives in Lawrence, New York, and snowbirds in Aventura, Florida. He remembers the BC days like it was yesterday. • Joseph DeNatale’s eldest son, Joe Jr., will be married in July in Michigan. He is the lead exterior designer of the Ford Bronco, and his wife-to-be is the lead designer of the interior, so the Bronco must be the DeNatale mobile. • Robert “Bob” Fuicelli has spent 38 years out in Denver and has three kids, eight grands, and one great-grandchild, all in the 303. His grandson was in B town for hockey and visited the Heights. He and his brother are headed to Bishop College School for hockey, and he will perhaps be an Eagle in his future. Bob met Coach H at a Denver BC alumni gathering and offered his "coaching" expertise. He respectfully declined.

Eugene D. Zoller ’65, MAT’71, died on May 19. He taught for 51 years, with 32 of them as a social studies teacher at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. He was a great mentor, teacher, and coworker. He shaped several generations of community leaders for the community and beyond. Mr. Zoller was a big promoter of BC. He recommended quite a few of his students to BC and was very happy when they went to study at BC. His favorite subject to teach was civics to eighth graders. BC had a great influence on his life as a person and professional.

Class correspondent: Patricia Harte // patriciaharte@me.com

Dr. Marie Thonis Colucci, spouse of Dr. Steve Colucci ’65, died on March 10, 2023. • James J. Napoli ’66, MA’69, retired in 2013 after a five-decade career, including stints as a newspaper reporter, editorial writer, journalism professor, and print media consultant that brought opportunities to live and teach abroad. To fight off boredom during the Covid lockdown, James and his wife, Luanne, coauthored their first novel, Death in Venison: Maine Newspaper Mysteries with Nate and Nasty, through the cooperative organization Maine Authors Publishing. • Tim O'Leary has published his fourth novel, The Woman in the Road, a mystery/murder suspense thriller laced with humor, interesting characters, and plot twists. This is the fourth in his Connor McNeil series. This book, and his others, are available for purchase through his website at www.timolearyauthor.com. • Peter Veneto is still doing volunteer work with SCORE, helping people who want to start or grow a small business in the South Carolina Lowcountry. SCORE is the largest volunteer organization with 230 chapters nationwide and 10,000+ volunteers. It is affiliated with the Small Business Administration (SBA). • Ed Ansello has retired from Virginia Commonwealth University after more than 32 years, where he was executive director of the state-funded Virginia Center on Aging and director of the federally funded Virginia Geriatric Education Center. His career in higher education totaled 51+ years. He and his wife, Paulette, celebrated with a series of travel adventures to the U.S. Southwest, Austria, and Portugal.

Paul Coran’s wife of blessed memory, Brenda Roth Coran, died on June 30, 2021, after 52 years of marriage. • Jim Peters and Jack Lambert played golf in the member-guest at Sea Trail in NC. Later, they went boating off the coast with their wives and friends. • The McElroy table group, Janet Rogers, Lynda Butt Nicholson, Kathy Harrington Bell, Pam Crowley, Bill Gavin, Joe Hill, Peter Ciampi, and John Crowley, broke into two groups and raced to finish the Globe crossword puzzle. All they got were bragging rights. Now, they get together every so often to brag about their kids, grandchildren, and survival! They had their recent “reunion” at the Capital Grille in Burlington in May. The special event was simply that John and Pam were in Massachusetts to visit their grandchildren. They realized they don’t really need an excuse to get together. When the waitress asked what the occasion was, John said, “Well, we are still alive!” They vowed to do it again before the end of the year.

Class correspondent: Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict // chasbenedict@aol.com

Mark Schwartz is recovering from pancreatic cancer surgery and welcomes his first great-grandchild from the oldest of nine grandchildren. • Bill Plunkert and his wife of almost 50 years, Donna, have moved from the Washington, D.C., area to the central part of Virginia along the Chesapeake Bay. Life along the River certainly is different from D.C. Thanks to the wonders of technology, Bill is able to continue his retirement activity of Ignatian spiritual direction remotely for now. The kids and grandkids still visit. • Anne Wilayto Bishop has retired from the Boston Public Health Commission as a school-based health center nurse practitioner and from Simmons University as an adjunct professor in the graduate nursing program. She is now working for the Senior U program presenting health education, historical backgrounds, and educational opportunities for people in retirement and assisted living communities, as well as in other senior outreach programs.

Class correspondent: Judith M. Day // jnjday@aol.com

Leo “Buddy” Kruger came to BC in 1965 from Lackawanna, New York, on a four-year full academic and athletic scholarship. His proudest accomplishment was playing football for the BC Eagles. Until his death, he proudly wore his BC ring. He had a long career with Bethlehem Steel and Buffalo Milk-Bone Company. Buddy is survived by his wife, Colleen, of 35 years; his children, Christopher (Jade), Kim (Ed), Lisa (Tom), Dominic (Jeymie); his grandchildren, Justin, Olivia, and Evan; and his great-granddaughters, McKenna and Maeve. • Richard J Berman, JD’69, has recently been made chairman of the board of Stellar Corp, a $100 million private solar company based in Phoenix, and Context Therapeutics Inc., a public biotech company based in Philadelphia. He is also a director of four other public companies. Richard's son, Luca, will be a freshman at BC in September and will be a member of the fencing team. • Linda Westervelt recently published her second book, Where Bluebirds Fly: Inside the World of Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson. Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, is Linda's stepfather and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work by President Jimmy Carter. Linda is now happily retired in Florida and lives in The Villages, a large retirement community near Orlando. • Jim Littleton had the pleasure of meeting classmates Jay Kavanah, Jim Cadigan, Kevin Delano, and Dave Haley for lunch at BC. They were all members of the BC ROTC program. • Jay Kavanah ’69, JD’72, started his professional career with Arthur Anderson, specializing in taxation. As a CPA, Jay moved on to Coopers and shortly thereafter became a partner. Later he went into industry, working at a few high-profile international companies. Jay and his wife, Carol, had two children, and his daughter, Jennifer, graduated from BC in 1997. Jay is currently retired. He and Carol are living in Hanover, where they have lived for 50 years. He has two teenage grandchildren who he enjoys immensely. • Jim Cadigan served in the US Army as a lieutenant at Fort Knox for two years after graduating. Upon his return home, he worked in both public accounting as well as private industry. Jim was the CFO for a medium-sized general contractor for many years and was the president of the MA Chapter of the Construction Financial Managers Association. Today, he is still working and is enjoying his two grandchildren immensely. Jim and wife, Colleen, raised their family of three in the town of Hanover, where they lived for 37 years prior to relocating to the coast of Scituate. Jim has quite a BC legacy. His grandfather, John, graduated from BC in 1891; his father, James, in 1939; Jim in 1969; and his daughter, Jennifer, in 2007. • Kevin Delano and wife of 53 years, Christine, reside in South Easton. They have two children, Kevin and Kelly, and three grandchildren, Molly, Sean Graham, and Halen Finn. After graduating and commissioning, Kevin and Chris were stationed in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for three years. Kevin worked for New England Telephone for 17 years and then operated his own business, Delano Associates, in the management training, development, and consulting business before fully retiring in 2015. Kevin and Chris enjoy traveling (they took a trip to Ireland in September), gardening, music, and genealogy. Kevin is grateful to have had the dedicated and loyal support of his classmates and the Jesuit community over the years. BC and St. Mary's Chapel have always made him feel at home. • Dave Haley and wife Bonnie have resided in Scituate, where they raised their children, since 1983. Alicia and David Jr. They are the proud grandparents of two granddaughters, Remy and Luca. From December 1971 to January 1995, Dave worked primarily in state and local government in MA and NY, holding a range of positions along the course of his career. Among the positions Dave held were: chief of staff for the dean of development at Harvard Medical School, deputy superintendent of MCI-Framingham, the women’s prison; deputy commissioner for operations within the MA Department of Correction, deputy commissioner of the NY Office of Mental Health; commissioner of the Department of Personnel Administration in the Dukaks Administration and commissioner of public works for the City of Cambridge. In 1995 Dave joined the national senior executive search firm Isaacson Miller as a partner and remained in that role until his retirement in 2013.

Class correspondent: James R. Littleton // jim.littleton@gmail.com

John Mashia and his wife, Janet, have been spending time at their home in Naples, Florida. They recently had visits from their sons, John, Chris, and their grandkids, as well as former classmates, Joe Collins, Russ Pavia and his wife, Roberta, and Vinnie Costello. Good times were had by all. Visitors included their sons John, Chris and their grandkids. John occasionally practices his karaoke skills at a local nightclub. • Marybeth Flynn retired a few years ago and is happily spending retirement singing in a jazz band on the south shore. • Joe Thornton just completed 47 years as a licensed private investigator in his home state of Maine. He remains active with a number of high-profile cases. He served as a director of the National Association of Legal Investigators and a certified legal investigator and received an award from NALI for 25 years of service in 2011. He was a staff investigator in the Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Defender Office in Philadelphia from 1999 to 2005, where his clients were granted relief. • John Thomas Flynn enjoyed a golf trip at the Delaware shore with his Gonzaga High School buddies. John was on the golf and football teams during his prep school tenure and currently lives in the D.C. area.

Adelaide Corvelle spent 45 wonderful years as an LCSW with Catholic Charities on Long Island before retiring to Florida. After five years, she returned to the Boston area to enjoy her two grandchildren, aged 3 and 10 months; the best decision she has ever made! She hopes to hear from some of her former classmates of 1972. • Mac Regan and wife Tracy have joined the grandparent ranks with the arrival of Magnolia MacVeigh Hessberg. They look forward to having her visit Rhode Island frequently with daughter Caroline and her husband, Albert. Mac is currently working on his third book, a nonpartisan voter support tool for the 2024 elections. Mac is also looking forward to the annual golf outing with Jim Sullivan, Tom Finn, Tom Kenny, Greg McDermott, Steve Johnson, Jack Ackroyd, John Capone and Guy Peregrin. • Tom Herlehy and his wife, Mary, are enjoying retirement through international travel. They spent five weeks in France in 2022. In March 2023, they spent a month in Italy, but then Mary fell on the cobblestone streets of Verona and broke her left ankle. Tom and Mary returned to Italy to finish their tour in mid-September through the end of October, including the wine regions of Tuscany and Umbria. • Linda Markol Lynch ’71 and Tom Lynch celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May. Tom is a permanent deacon in the diocese of Springfield, serving at the UMass Newman Center, St. Brigid Parish in Amherst and as a Catholic chaplain at Amherst College. • Dr. Pat McGovern continues to work as a surgeon in Marlboro, New Jersey, to which he commutes from his home in Avon. • Jimmy Morris is both a pastor at a Russian Orthodox Church and a theology teacher at a Catholic high school on the Massachusetts North Shore. • Art Makar is retired as the CEO of a New York City nonprofit and continues to live there. • DeeDee Covino is retired as a teacher but continues to tutor students. She spends winters in Boca Raton, Florida, and the rest of the year near Boston. • Condolences to family and friends of Jeannette Cardia, who passed away. She was both an attorney and a math teacher. 

Class correspondent: Lawrence G. Edgar // ledgar72@gmail.com

Tom Palaima was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 2023. Tom currently serves as the Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor and program director in Aegean scripts and prehistory at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating with a BA in mathematics and classics at BC, Tom received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980. • Steve Lappen rediscovered his deeply appreciated formative years at BC as he celebrated with unbridled enthusiasm his 50th Reunion. Not only did it rekindle old memories, the newest magnificent iteration ( e.g. Schiller and Stokes) will create new memories. What a stellar campus with a vision to match. Steve is very proud to call BC his academic home. • Mary Coswin, OSB, graduated in 1973 and worked in education, spirituality, spiritual direction, and as director of St. Benedict's Retreat Center for 23 years. The monastery that she belongs to sold their property and monastery in 2021, so she has basically retired apart from leadership in the community. She'd love to hear from fellow graduates. • Trish and Randy Mudarri have moved to Mashpee. • Michael Palmieri thought the 50th Class Reunion was great: Red Sox game, East Coast pizza, freshman dorm mates rooming together. Good times.

Class correspondent: Patricia DiPillo // perseus813@aol.com

Ellen O'Connell lives in Tewksbury and is of counsel to Price, Meese, Shulman & D'Arminio, P.C. She represents churches and religious organizations in defense of clergy abuse allegations and counsels businesses in employment matters. She is secretary of the Somerset Hills Kennel Club, which hosts 2,000 dogs at its September show. Ellen volunteers with the 4H, training children how to handle dogs in show. She is having too much fun to make retirement plans. • Jim Sennett passed away on June 25, 2023, after a long battle against a rare neurodegenerative disease, multiple system atrophy (MSA). His wife of 40 years and his three children were very honored that they were able to fulfill his wish of donating his brain to MSA research, because he was so passionate about advancing the research to prevent this disease. Jim was an attorney for over 40 years in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Class correspondent: Patricia McNabb Evans // patricia.mcnabb.evans@gmail.com

Thomas Cannon's youngest son Robert graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University and Officer Training School and now is a lieutenant in the US Marines. • Joyce Gomes McSweeney ’76 and Terence McSweeney live in Connecticut and enjoy retirement—especially time with their four grandchildren in New Jersey and Florida. Terry was in business and taught and now spends time traveling, painting, and writing. He published seven books, including an adventure-type trilogy and sequel (print + audio): The Quest, The Twelve Gates, Redemption + Illumination, and Between the Folds. They attended this year's Reunion with daughter Cara McSweeney Hansen ’13 and son-in-law Daniel Hansen ’13. • Walter Fey is looking forward to tying one on at the 50th Reunion with all surviving classmates! He has fond memories of his wedding to Jan Bergstrom with Eagles in attendance: Joanie Doherty Geddes, Bill Boodry ’79, Stephen Geddes, and Paul Matricciani. • Jayne Saperstein Mehne, Tricia Jordan Graeber, Mary Peters Cammarata and Judy Rainha Whitney enjoy getting together for long lunches and talking about all of their grandchildren. There are 19 in all ranging from 14 down to 2 years old. Jayne's five grandsons: Cole, 14; Ryan, 12; Jack, 10; Tyler, 8; and Cooper, 2. Tricia: Joel, 12; Cecilia, 9; Jordan, 6; Marian and Olivia, 3. Mary: Bennett, 4; Teddy, 2; and twins Nicholas and Sienna, 2. Judy: Elle, 12; Emmett, 8; Evie, 5; Beckham, 4; and Addyson, 3. • Michael Redmond, not only on back nine, but almost in the clubhouse, has the best job of his life as the executive director of the Upper Valley Haven, a nonprofit located in White River Junction, Vermont, providing shelter for adults and families, supportive housing, community food programs, community outreach, and children’s services. Everyone deserves a home, no one should be hungry. He is pleased to be able to be of service. Men and women for others. • Fr. Bob Shaldone, SOLT, celebrated his 25th anniversary of priesthood on June 7, 2022, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Robstown, Texas!  Fr. Bob earned his degree in accounting. After serving the nation for five and a half years as an internal auditor with the US Naval Audit service in Arlington, Virginia, and Newport, Rhode Island, as well as the Department of Health and Human Services in Boston, Fr. Bob changed careers. He entered into the human services field serving adults with intellectual challenges in both day and residential programs, including living as an assistant within L'Arche Irenicon in Ipswich. After discerning a vocation to the priesthood for several years, he entered Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut, in 1992 and was ordained a priest in 1997 as a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, which was founded by Fr. James Flanagan in 1958 with the permission of Cardinal Cushing, his Ordinary. Fr. Jim's brother, Fr. Joe Flanagan, served as the chairman of the philosophy department at BC for many years. Fr. Bob has served in both parish ministry for many years in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, and in Hythe, in Kent, England. He has also served as a hospital chaplain at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in N. Providence, Rhode Island, as well as military chaplain within the U.S. Navy at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. He has also served in the Special Needs Ministry in both Corpus Christi and Providence, Rhode Island. Fr. Bob recently published his first book, Chosen One: From Homeless Infant to a Priest at Home in His Heavenly Father's Heart. It is a brief autobiography which he has written to promote adoption as well as to encourage young men to consider a vocation to priesthood and religious life. It is available from Amazon. He extends his priestly blessing to all his classmates, their families, and to the BC community! GO EAGLES! • Jose Ayala is finally going to retire and is moving to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. This will be his second retirement. In June of 2008, he retired as a special agent from the criminal investigation division of the IRS in Philadelphia. During his 31 years of government service, he worked in NYC, Puerto Rico, and Philadelphia and  was an undercover agent for eighteen years working on money laundering and drug cases. After retirement, he moved to Oviedo, Florida, where he and his wife finished raising their two daughters. In 2009, he opened Ayala Tax Services with five employees and earned the title of enrolled agent, which allowed him to represent taxpayers before the IRS via a power of attorney. Jose plans to continue working part time in the DR, just to keep busy. It seems like yesterday that he was taking classes at BC; those were some of his happiest days. Thanks to BC, he came a long way from being raised by a single mother in the public housing projects of NYC. He wishes the Class of 1975 happiness and good health. His email is jose1040tax@gmail.com. God bless. • Kevin Kane completed an EdD from Creighton University in interdisciplinary leadership. The subject of his dissertation was "Jesuit Influences on Executive Leadership.”

Class correspondent: Hellas M. Assad // hellasdamas@hotmail.com

Larry and Kathy Hersh celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 17. Their three children put on a surprise party for them a week before! They also celebrated by spending eight days in the Galapagos Islands. • Kathy Rosa recently welcomed her first grandchild, Harry. She traveled to Ireland in June with a group of BC alums and is planning another trip to Northern Italy with associate professor of Italian at BC, Laurie Shepard. It's exciting to be seeing new places and learning new things. • Bette Johnson, PhD’76,’s oldest grandson, Max Hoffman, and his relay team were in the New Balance National Outdoor Track Meet in Philadelphia in June 2023. He's a junior at Wellesley High. Bette took his 15-year-old brother, James, to the Nike National Outdoor Track Meet in Eugene, Oregon, and he competed in the Freshman 100 meter dash. They are both very good runners. • Wayne Hachey just went on his second, and hopefully last, retirement. He parted ways with Sanofi as medical director and is now devoting time volunteering with the local rescue squad and Remote Area Medical clinics. • Coral Grout, MEd’76, has been serving as the national secretary of the American Legion Auxiliary for the past two years. It is a volunteer appointment, and the organization has nearly 600,000 members. In August, she will begin her appointment as children and youth national chairman. The American Legion Family (Legion, Auxiliary, Sons, and Riders) supports the enlisted, veterans, families, and communities throughout the U.S. and several other countries. • Dennis Ronan retired as a special needs teacher from the Braintree Public Schools following 36 years of service but continues as an educational tutor there. Gail Armour Ronan retired as a public-school-based speech-language pathologist after 40 years in the role. Their days are now filled playing with their two young grandchildren, James and Rory, in Westwood. • Joe Sweet, Dennis Ronan, Gail Armour Ronan, Noreen Lovett, Patty Malone, Joe Hogan, Barbara Hogan, Susanne Barrett, Karen Chenette, Ginny Greeley, and Dorna Devaney attended a mini reunion in Westwood for a group of “commuter” friends to display their artistic skills! They revisited old times at the Heights with a glass of wine and a dab of paint. Old friends are the best. • Joyce Gomes McSweeney and husband Terence “Terry” ’75 enjoy retirement and life with four grandchildren. They’re attending this year’s reunion with daughter Cara McSweeney Hansen ’13 and son-in-law Daniel Hansen ’13. Joyce retired from the state of Connecticut after working for the state legislature and the University of Connecticut. She now spends time visiting family and traveling. She published a cookbook titled Palfrey Square and Beyond: Generational American & Portuguese Family Recipes (2022). • Patricia Finnegan-Zaccardo went on a fabulous trip to Ireland, planned by Rosemary Gavin Coughlan ’84 and her husband Mossie Coughlan! Many alums from all different years took part in this adventure. They went to so many great places starting with Shannon, and covered Killarney, Adare, and Limerick. • Rev. Dr. Robert R. LaRochelle, MEd’76, has recently published a book entitled Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care? (Energion Publications). He has served as a school counselor as well as a pastor in churches within the United Church of Christ and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This is his ninth published book.

Class correspondent: Gerald B. Shea // gerbs54@hotmail.com

Penninah Kanzi finds that gardening is healthy for the body, mind, and soul! • Elizabeth “Lolly” Santini Katz (Florida), Jeanne Windbiel (New York), Cynthia Catalane Templeton (Florida), and Maureen O'Connor Hurley (Massachusetts) are still best of friends and realize just how precious their friendship and time together is. They had a super get-together at Jeanne's home in Lake Katonah. It was a fabulous weekend with a little Marvin Gaye and Creedence Clearwater blasting in the neighborhood.

Class correspondent: Nicholas Kydes // nicholaskydes@yahoo.com

Roseanne Guccione Fullam retired from teaching after 44 years. She taught in New York and New Jersey, and the last 34 years were spent in Norwalk, Connecticut. She also had the pleasure of reconnecting with Julie Vittoria Atkinson when she traveled east from California at Thanksgiving in 2022. Julie and Roseanne have been classmates since first grade, attending high school together and up through BC! • Timothy Stack still resides in the Los Angeles area acting, producing, and writing. He says: “I’m still at it. I can’t help it—I still love the work.” His daughter got married last year, and Covid brought his son back to the West Coast. • Atim Eneida George is the proud recipient of a Fulbright Specialist grant. Dr. George's name has been placed on the Fulbright Specialist roster, and she has two years within which to complete this prestigious award. • Pat McCarthy has retired from Factory LLC, a private equity firm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was the head of sourcing and product development. At BC, Pat played a lot of music at O'Connell House, the Rat and Dust Bowl gigs. His fellow ’78 musicians were RJ, Elmo, Mark Elmendorf, Mike Cooney, and Mark Lowenthal. Pat plans on traveling with his wife, Cherie, visiting their kids, playing a lot of guitar, and hitting the gym. • David Anderson, PhD’78, retired as president emeritus of St. Olaf College after 17 years in that role. • Larry Ehren, M’Div’78,’s daughter, Lia, married Scott Inman in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 3, 2023. It was a wonderful day, full of promises. Lia is currently a dental assistant for an endodontic practice, and Scott is a pilot for American Airlines. May their future flights be turbulence-free. • Al “Buns” Gallo retired this past January after 25 years as a clinical nurse at Mount Sinai in NYC. Nursing was his second career, and he misses his colleagues and helping patients. He retired due to spinal fusion surgery that prevented him from continuing as a nurse. • Leo Holland has spent his time traveling since retirement—six months volunteering and hiking at the Y of the Rockies. He also traveled to Italy for three months.

Class correspondent: Julie Butler // julesbutler33@gmail.com

Mike Ronayne, MBA’79, recently retired to The Villages, Florida, after 25 years as a special agent of the FBI, followed by 17 years as a self-employed private contract investigator. He would welcome correspondence from fellow BC alums in The Villages at mpronayne@msn.com. • Gary Kayakachoian attended the 2023 Boston College Finance Conference. As usual, it was very insightful. He is still a finance professor at URI. • John Stiglmeier recently served as the executive producer for a new TV comedy, PUMP, featuring The Office's Brian Baumgartner. The ensemble cast includes SAG-AFTRA/AEA industry vets: Mia Matthews, Glenn Fleary, and Jack McAllister (Stiglmeier) and follows the day-to-day trials and tribulations at a local Brooklyn neighborhood gym. They are currently seeking a showrunner and a content distributor to take the project to the next level. For more information check out: www.vimeo.com/494309608 Password: pump2021 • Patricia Hudson Johnson retired from Detroit public schools community district after 28 years of counseling at Communication and Media Arts High School and will truly miss her students, especially her seniors! • Joe Cunneff has made a profound impact in financial consulting over four decades. Joining the Noble Group in Sugar Land, Texas, Joe's expertise has guided clients toward financial success. Adapting to industry changes, Joe remains at the forefront, shaping strategies for turbulent times. Actively mentoring others, he has become a pillar of the industry. • Bruce Chalupka has finally retired after 41 years of owning and operating Grafton Liquors Inc. He is also a first-time grandfather with a baby boy born to his son. Bruce’s daughter is also expecting. It’s a great year. • Peter Bagley was hired in January as the chair of the entrepreneurship department of Hult International School of Business in Cambridge, applying his experience at Bentley University and Babson College as an adjunct professor. He also kicked off a new program for individuals aged 55+, "Ageless Entrepreneurship," this fall. • Alicia Connors had an amazing year of travel, visiting her sister in Sosua, Dominican Republic; three weeks in Italy to celebrate her fifth wedding anniversary with her childhood sweetheart, Bob Clemente; and heading out on a volunteer trip to Malawi with the Trees and Seeds organization. It's been an awesome year so far! • Dr. Lewis-Mosley, RN, MAPM, MSJ, received the Dominican Peace Award from the Sisters of Saint Dominic-Caldwell Dominicans and the National St. Katharine Drexel Justice Award (2023). She is a contributing preacher for CatholicWomenPreach.org. She was chosen as a Delaplane Scholar at the Aquinas Institute. She is a contributing author of Preaching Racial Justice (Orbis Books) and to Religion, Women of Color, and the Suffrage Movement: The Journey to Holistic Freedom, published by Lexington Books. • Anne C. McSweeney, aged 66, passed away on July 17 in Des Moines surrounded by her loving family. She bravely battled endometrial carcinosarcoma. Anne said that what made her life worth living was family, joy, and justice. She graduated from BC with a degree in political science. At BC, she was part of the South African Liberation Support Group, advocating for divestment from apartheid. She spent most of her life and raised her family in Nicaragua. 

Class correspondent: Peter J. Bagley // peter@peterbagley.com

Michael Voccola and his wife Nancy are new grandparents once again—this time with Madeline, courtesy of daughter Ami and son-in-law Tim. Madeline joins her slightly older siblings, Luke and Lennon. Michael and his wife couldn’t be more pleased at the marriage of son Michael and daughter-in-law Chivonne; they make a great couple. Fortunately, they are all local, so they can share a great deal of time together.

Class correspondent: Michele Nadeem-Baker // michele.nadeem@gmail.com

Linda Fitzgerald retired last year after 20 years as an administrative law judge for California. Prior to that, she spent six years as a Navy JAG, three years in private practice, and 10 years as VP/general counsel. Her husband is retired from the Navy, so they spend their time traveling in their RV to see their three grandsons in Virginia, and they recently went to Tahiti. Life is good! • James Provenzano is now semi-retired from environmental work and management of hydrogen-fuel infrastructure projects. He continues to live in Southern California, riding, rehabbing, and caring for his and clients' horses. • Pete del Vecchio, JD’81, is planning on leaving Big Law this December after parsing out his professional life in six-minute increments for the past 42 years. Rumor is that retirement will have to wait (perhaps permanently), since Pete is busy building a standalone battery projects business and developing much needed wind farm and battery projects in the USVI and elsewhere in the Caribbean. • Tim Kilcoye ’81,MEd’86, is currently working in Catholic Radio with his show, Talk Catholic, on the internet at wqphradio.org every Saturday at 12:30 p.m. on 89.3 FM in N.Central Mass. He is also a life member with the PGA of America. In addition, Tim recently played his horn for retired Jesuits in Weston as part of an Easter/Celtic presentation. He is covering all bases as an evangelist! • David Murphy is currently working as a senior VP and portfolio management director with Morgan Stanley's Graystone Consulting Group in NYC. He has two children, Jennifer, a senior at Boston College, and Alex, who is an incoming first-year. He is excited to have two new Eagles in the family! He continues to tailgate at football games with classmates Tim Chapman, Paul Finn, Dave Crugnale, Mike Giunta, Michael Burke, and Geoff Grant. He also fundraises to support BC baseball. • Ken Troccoli retired in mid-2021 from his position as senior litigator in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Virginia (federal court), where he worked for almost 20 years. He is now an adjunct professor at the Washington College of Law at American University. But he is most proud of the fact that his daughter Jenna has started  a master’s in social work at BC! Go Eagles!

Class correspondent: Alison Mitchell McKee // classnotes@bc.edu

Richard Lindquist was recently elected to the board of governors at The New York Athletic Club (NYAC). The NYAC has a large contingent of BC alumni as members, and he is currently one of three board members that graduated from BC. • Dianne Weigel Heislein is thoroughly enjoying her recent retirement after a very fulfilling 40-year nursing career at Mass General Hospital. Her husband, Rick, also recently retired, so they are having fun traveling, hiking, skiing, and spending time with family. • Carmen Alvarez and her husband, Tony Fadhel, just welcomed their eighth grandchild in March. • Chuck McCullagh retired as chief financial officer of the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton after 24 years. He was acknowledged this spring by the National Business Officers Association (NBOA) with the Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award, the association’s highest honor, for “outstanding contributions as a leader and role model over several years to independent schools.” He was also awarded Williston's Distinguished Service Award for “exceptional devotion” to the school.

Class correspondent: Mary O’Brien // maryobrien14@comcast.net

Regina LaBelle founded and teaches in a master's program at Georgetown University's Graduate School of Arts and Science. The unique master of science in addiction policy & practice provides students with an understanding of the science of addiction, combined with coursework in policymaking. Regina was acting director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in the first year of the Biden Administration and also served eight years in the Obama Administration at ONDCP. • Michael DiChiro has been a magistrate at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal since 2019. • Christine Jannone Lockwood of Bethlehem Township, New Jersey, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Christine was born October 10, 1961, in Brooklyn, New York. She worked in the computer industry for many years and married Greg Lockwood ’79 on May 17, 1997. Together they raised their twin daughters, Nicole ’24 and Victoria. • Rev. Peter Sousa, CSsR, MA’83, completed his tenure as pastor of Our Lady of the Hills Parish in Columbia, South Carolina. During his service to the Diocese of Charleston, he was awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontífice award from the Holy See. He is currently parochial vicar at the Immaculate Conception Church in the South Bronx and codirector of initial formation for his Redemptorist community.

Class correspondent: Cynthia J. Bocko // cindybocko@hotmail.com

Madeleine Marken, MSW’84, continues to work as a medical social worker and is now the social worker at the two sites of Cape Cod Healthcare in their cardiac rehab programs. • Jay Sullivan’s daughter, Teresa ’17, married BC classmate Shawn Quinn ’17 on September 23, and his son John ’14 will marry Natasia Basa on November 11. Jay’s third book, The New Nimble: Leading in the Age of Change, was released on October 10. He interviewed leaders in a wide array of industries regarding how they have dealt with recent societal changes. The book includes a chapter about BC classmate U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi's experience in the House Chamber on January 6. • John Park Yasuda ’84, JD’87, recently attended Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution located in Malibu, California, where he obtained his LLM degree in dispute resolution in 2021. He is now a full time mediator, having joined a panel of mediators with IVAMS. IVAMS has offices in Irvine, Ontario, and Pasadena, California. • Gloria Monaghan is a professor at Wentworth University. She has published six collections of poetry. Her poems have appeared in Alexandria Quarterly, NPR, Poem-a-Day, Lily Poetry Review, Mom Egg Review, Quartet, and River Heron, among others. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize, as well as the Massachusetts Book Award and the Griffin Prize. Her sixth book, Cormorant on the Strand (2023) was recently published with Lily Poetry Review. • Valerie Wrobel, MS’84, a dedicated nurse practitioner for 35+ years and member of Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, has excelled in her roles, including president and government relations chair. She tirelessly advocates for autonomous practice licensure, organizing legislative events and meetings with lawmakers. Her commitment to the NP profession has earned her the prestigious NP Advocate Award. 

Class correspondent: Carol A. McConnell // classnotes@bc.edu

Debra Caplan was named one of five "Dew Gooders" by Honey Dew Donuts and awarded $2,500 for the charity Keep Framingham Beautiful. Her BC friend Ben "Chip" Montenegro nominated Debra because of her dedication and passion to reduce litter and trash. Debra is very dedicated to this organization, which has grown to over 1,800 members. Her actions, talent, and enthusiasm are truly making a difference in Framingham. Debra devotes up to 20 hours each week to volunteer work. • Doug Flutie had an opportunity to join Biz Bracher ’91, MA’95, PhD’03’s section of The Courage to Know seminar at BC via Zoom in March. Flutie shared with the class the valuable life lessons he learned at BC about mentoring, passion, team, trust, confidence, leadership, living a life of service to others, and how his experiences at BC set the stage for those lessons. • Mark Arduino enjoyed a three-day, post-Thanksgiving visit to the Heights in 2022 with his wife, Terri, and daughter, Elena. They attended the BC-Notre Dame men’s hockey game on Friday, BC-Syracuse football on Saturday, and BC-URI men’s hoops at Conte Forum on Sunday. Elena, a sports media prodigy, photographed all three games. It was a terrific experience thanks to the efforts of BC Athletics/Flynn Fund teams! Go Eagles! • Julie Kuhn Chacona was recently named chief development officer at United Way of Erie County. Her work is focused on crushing poverty through education. The Institute for Educational Leadership recognized Erie's United Way because of their success with the Community School Model. Together with four school district partners, this local United Way is breaking the non-academic barriers to learning so that low-income children can achieve academically. • Richard DeBona recently retired from a lifetime of serving the U.S. Catholic Church as a high school religion teacher, college campus minister (Le Moyne), and a parish and diocesan worker for Parish Social Ministry—charity, justice, and peacemaking—including St. Louis' Jesuits' "college church!" He now runs a Holy Land Ministry focused on Palestine under apartheid inspired by Jesuit Fr. David Neuhaus. If you’re interested in starting one at your parish, please contact him at RichardDB42@hotmail.com. • John Gibbons ’85, MEd’92, retired after 38 years as an educator at the end of June 2023. John served as a middle school teacher and middle school principal for his career and most recently at Weston Middle School for 31 years, including 22 years as the principal. In 2021, John received the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership from the US Department of Education. John still often connects with with alums Steve Simoes, Ed Lynch, Joe Castro, Matt Troy, and Paul Mignini. • Michele Sherban retired in June 2023 from New Haven Public Schools after 35 years of service as a teacher and educational leader. She resides in Connecticut and looks forward to having more time for travel. • Christine Smith ’85, JD’88, is assistant general counsel at the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game. She specializes in the area of land conservation, protecting the state's wildlife species, plants, natural communities, and the habitats that support them.

Class correspondent: Barbara Ward Wilson // bww415@gmail.com

Colette Pervais van Breems is celebrating her seventh wedding anniversary this year along with raising stepkids (three teenagers) with her husband, Martin. She worked in HR for Unilever for 17 years before transitioning to the family sailing business in 2020 as senior HR business partner. Colette, her family, and their loving doodle, Sailor, reside in Redding, Connecticut. • Michael Hickey, MDiv’86, has received approval for his seventh book to be published. Hamilton Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield, will publish Rising Light: The Promise of Resurrection of the Body.

Class correspondent: Leenie Kelley // leeniekelley@hotmail.com

Karen Walker Beecher, Liz Wall Lee, Laura Tobin Ketchum, Caroline Kates, and Eileen Keefe spent a week in March 2023 skiing the steeps in Fernie, British Columbia. They had an absolute blast—many, many laughs. • Virginia Buckingham took early retirement as a vice president at Pfizer, Inc. in 2021 and opened a consulting company focused on corporate governance and public affairs. In 2022, she helped launch a nonprofit newspaper in Marblehead to fill the void left when a media giant bought and decimated its predecessor. She's board president of the Marblehead Current and writes a weekly column, "Everything will be Okay." She and husband, David Lowy, have two children, Jack (24) and Maddy (21). • Marie Doherty, MSW’87, is married with two adult children and living in Franklin. She retired after spending 22 years as the school adjustment counselor at Walpole High but recently filled in for the current adjustment counselor’s maternity leave. Marie’s daughter got married this summer. She hopes all her School of Social Work classmates are doing well. • Frank Sarra and his wife, Michelle, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with a Rhine River cruise from Amsterdam to Switzerland in June and returned to the Cape this summer after a Covid hiatus. They enjoyed watching BC men’s basketball beat Florida State in Tallahassee a few months before their daughter’s university graduation in May. They also saw BC women’s LAX  play Denver at Jacksonville University. • Jodi Rome-Avrus, MEd’87, is switching careers one last time—from photojournalist to special ed teacher to handy-ma'am and now to tabletop-game store owner. She is living her childhood dream to move out west and have some fun while earning a living selling and playing games! The Queen's Realm is in Ogden, Utah; it will be a great place to meet people in her new home while creating a community gathering space. She also just bought her first house, so there is a lot on her plate, but she loves a challenge. • Chris Harding recently rejoined the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the chief of staff and undersecretary for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. In this capacity, Chris will be supporting all 12 agencies that make up the secretariat as well as the executive office itself. Chris returns to state government after a four-year position as managing director with Slalom, Inc., a firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation.

Christine Mcginniss Marque teaches French and English in Paris. Her clients include an international tech firm and a top professional sports agency. She and her husband, Yves, have three children: Samuel, Cecilia, and Sebastien, who recently graduated from McGill and celebrated his marriage to his high school sweetheart, Aïcha, in France last August. They split their time between Paris, Normandy, and Mallorca, and Christine recently saw fellow Parisian Catherine Doody and spent time with former roomie Christy Kelly Adams. • Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA, serves as the 2023 Chair of the Board of the Public Relations Society of America, the nation's largest association of communications professionals and students. • Dick Doyle proudly celebrated his daughter, Kara ’23,'s BC graduation (cum laude). She followed her brother, Keegan ’20, who graduated as a fourth-generation Eagle, thus ending the seven-year run of having a child at the Heights. It was so great for Dick to reconnect with BC. He will miss Family Weekend and other events they were able to share as a family. BC is a special place for the family, and it has been great watching the children enjoy their time there as much as Dick did 35 years ago! • Sheila Campbell Corkhill, Joan Cloherty Hillmer, Kathy O’Connor Morrisroe, and Julie and Peter Veale had an incredible time at Erin Puleo’s daughter Brigid’s wedding to David Collerd. It was an outstanding mini BC reunion for the black tie reception at the University Club, NYC. It’s always a great time with this crowd at an absolutely perfect event.

Class correspondent: Robert K. Murray Jr. // murrman@aol.com

Paul Anzuoni and Marion recently started dating by going to karaoke, where they have several friends. They have also traveled to York, Maine, together. They took Paul’s mother, Theresa, to visit his sister, Marianne, and her husband, Michael. Marion's song is “The Dance.” Her aunt, Emily, has sung for the couple at several places, and they listen to the song “Jesse's Girl” as they remember her son. Paul and Marion also took his mom to visit one of her sons, Christopher, and her two grandchildren, Anthony and Christopher. • Fr. Brian Smail, OFM, is at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Manhattan. He is also involved in the development office of the Franciscans, working with Saint Anthony’s Guild and Franciscan Bread for the Poor. Brian is also a certified spiritual director. • Pamela “PJ” Szufnarowski is campaigning for RFK Junior! She used to watch the garden parties the Kennedys would have in the spring from her balcony on Commonwealth Ave. She ended up buying an oceanfront condo in the Upper Keys during the pandemic because she was yearning to be free! She’s back in Boston for the time being, but it's nice to have options. All these years later, she still resides adjacent to BC’s Brighton Campus, in her two-family home on Trapelo Street. She is a very proud Boston Eagle! • Ted Thibodeau Jr. moved from greater Boston to Springfield in June 2020, midway through chemo treatment for colorectal cancer. (PSA: Get your colonoscopy! At least every five years upon age 45!) He expects to be declared "cancer-free" in another couple of years. He is now a 90-minute drive from campus and will be less likely to drop in on other Reunion years—but let him know if you'll be there. • Megan Carroll Himmer lives on Governors Island on Lake Winnipesaukee with her husband and Andover classmate, Alan. She continues training in Boston for national ballroom/Latin dance competitions. She is adding the NH bar to her MA, IL, and D.C. bars so that she can serve the arts community near home. She served on the board of the BC Club for 30 years. • Todd Laggis attended the annual golf gathering of ’89 friends, which "upgraded" this summer, meeting instead at the Travelers golf tournament. Mike Deluca was asked to play and wrote a nice piece on it in the Connecticut Post. Other classmates in attendance included: Deluca, golfer; Steve Lefkowitz, caddy; Pat Barbera, caddy; Jack McKinnon, Rich Brunaccini, Tim Pisinski, John Sulick, Bill Hogan, and Pat Fay. 

Class correspondent: Andrea McGrath // andrea.e.mcgrath@gmail.com

Elizabeth Melahn Stroika and her husband, Matt, celebrated 20 years of marriage in October. They are pleased to announce the engagement of their oldest son as well as the high school graduation of their second son. There are three more sons coming down the pike for great accomplishments too! Elizabeth continues to teach kindergarten—her passion—at Saint Augustine School in Andover. Life is busy and good! • Lisa and Morten Hallgren’s company, Ravines Wine Cellars, was listed as one of the Top 100 Wineries in the World by Wine and Spirits Magazine. • Jennifer Opalinski took a 180-degree turn from high school administration to restauranteur. She has owned the Dutch Treat Restaurant and Bar in Franconia, New Hampshire, since 2003. In 2022, Jennifer took an active role in day-to-day restaurant operations. In November, Robert Irvine’s Food Network Show Restaurant Impossible turned the Dutch Treat into a destination. Jennifer and her husband adopted many of Robert Irvine's principles and are working hard to make a go of it together. • Shaun Spencer, 91, JD'95, has been promoted to professor of law at the University of Massachusetts School of Law, where he also serves as associate dean for academic affairs and director of legal skills.
Heather Smith Burke and her husband have been having a great time joining their youngest son Brendan, Class of 2026, at BC football and hockey games, as well as engaging with the campus in general. She still regularly meets up with Christine Horrigan Davidson, Jaimini Parikh Fugiel, Laura Kiley Keating, and Susan Somlyody Rakowski. Heather is director of advancement marketing and communications at Providence College. Their other son studies engineering at Northeastern.

Class correspondent: Peggy Morin Bruno // pegmb@comcast.net

Cat Del Buono is heading back to Italy to receive a Fulbright 75th Anniversary Award for her recent Fulbright project that focuses on domestic violence. The Fulbright Commission flew her to Rome to accept the award at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, followed by a reception at the U.S. ambassador's private residence. It was an exciting day. As the only artist to receive the award, she was honored. • Brian Pinheiro has been named as the managing partner, finance and operations of the law firm Ballard Spahr LLP. • Steve Courtiss is still living in Southern California with his wife, Beth, son John (16), and daughter Katherine (20). Katherine just finished her sophomore year at BC and was accepted to Trinity College in Dublin for next spring. Beth, John, and Steve had a great time watching the BC baseball team play Pepperdine at the alumni event in Malibu in February. They also loved following the team for a really solid year and are looking forward to being back on campus for Family Weekend! • Jason Leong and his wife, Keahi, will be dropping off their daughter Hi'ilei for her freshman year at BC in the fall. • Donna Volpe Strouse was recently hired as the chief financial and operations officer at Montrose School, an independent girls' school in Medfield. Donna and her husband Jim live in Sherborn with their two sons, Evan and Cameron. • James Sullivan celebrated three graduations this year, including the college graduation of son Luke from Webb Institute and the high school graduations of son Benen and daughter Kateri. Benen will be attending BC in the fall. James expects to be a regular visitor to BC over the next four years. • Elise Marie DiCarlo was recognized as an Idealist of the Year during City Year Kansas City’s Idealist Gala on April 19, 2023. The award is given “for personifying the spirit of service, for a commitment to those in need, for the unselfish gift of time to better our community, and for putting idealism into action to make a difference in Kansas City.” Elise is the executive director of Talk 2 Me—a program of hope that supports mental health, physical health, and suicide prevention. • Bishop Timothy Senior, MSW’92, MBA,’92, was appointed by Pope Francis on April 25, 2023, as the 12th Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His installation in the Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg was on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, the feast of the Jesuit Saint Aloysius, Gonzaga. • Lisa Noller has been appointed chair of the litigation department of Foley & Lardner LLP, effective March 1, 2023. Lisa is chair of the government enforcement defense and investigations practice group and is a former member of the management committee. She lives in Chicago.

Steven Piluso was elected to the National Board of Directors of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF). In addition to steering and upholding the ASF’s general mission, he will have oversight of all marketing and communications related to fundraising, promoting ASF’s services, and general awareness of Angelman Syndrome, a rare genetic developmental disorder affecting fewer than 50,000 people in the US, including his five-year-old son, Tommy. Find out more about the ASF at angelman.org.

Class correspondent: Laura Beck // laurabeckcahoon@gmail.com

Cheryl Mastrogiovanni recently traveled to South Africa to play soccer in an international soccer tournament for women over 50! Her local women's team has a partnership with an organization there that promotes health and wellness for older women, and she was grateful to have this opportunity to meet so many amazing South African women and families. • Lisa Re Redding, proud mom, celebrated her son James’s graduation from high school. James is an incoming Eagle and was surrounded by Eagles at his party—aunt and uncle Jennifer Plourde DeNisco ’92 and Ralph DeNisco ’92, and cousin Christopher Burke ’05 and his wife, Dominique Pradella Burke ’05. • Michele LaMura Meek recently published the book Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies through Indiana University Press.

Class correspondent: Nancy E. Drane // nancydrane@aol.com

James Chretien recently started as director of finance for Marin Health Medical Network in Northern California. • Toni Buranen, MA’95, is currently working as a theology teacher at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, the second oldest Catholic girls’ school in the country, in Washington, D.C. She primarily teaches sacraments and Catholic social teaching. In 2022, she received a second masters in library and information studies from Old Dominion University in Virginia and focused a lot of her library education on DEI work. She has three teenage children, the eldest heading off to college in the fall! • Michael Kelly, CAES’95, met for lunch in Plymouth with John “Spider” Reardon ’62, Ed McCarthy ’65, 50-year veteran of the Eagles basketball scorers table, Paul Gorman ’68, and wives. Larry Donoghue ’62 joined them virtually. They have all been getting together regularly for 65 years. • David R. Sanabria, MEd’95, was named head of school of the Palmas Academy in Palmas Del Mar, Puerto Rico. • Ofer Markman, PhD’95, just ended a decade as the GM of GMCE Life Science Innovation Hub in Haifa, Israel. He joined FILO systems Ltd. as VP, business development. FILO develops the next generation data compression engine, currently the best in performance by far. • Deirdre Sanders, JD’95, a principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, has been elected to serve on the advisory board for the newly established Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors at Northeastern University. Northeastern’s Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors serves to empower inventorship and entrepreneurship across the innovation ecosystem by recognizing, inspiring, educating, and connecting members of the academic and industrial communities.

Class correspondent: Kevin McKeon // kmckeon@gmail.com

Dawn O’Brien is proud to announce that her son, AJ Wladyka, entered CSOM this fall as an entrepreneurship major and a member of the Class of 2027! AJ joins his sister, Faith ’26, who majors in theater and minors in dance. • Juan Alexander Concepción ’96, MEd’97, MBA’03, JD’03, was recently promoted to senior legal director at Boston Scientific, where he leads and supports the global med tech giant's urology, endoscopy, and neuromodulation businesses in the US, including Puerto Rico, and Canada. For his commitment to community service, Juan received BC's Rev. John Dinneen, S.J., Hispanic/Latino Alumni Community Service Award on March 25, 2023. In March, Juan was also recognized as one of Boston's Most Influential Men of Color. •  Tracey Gilroy Giglia recently joined the Slalom Consulting team in their Boston office as a client partner. Her husband, Chris Giglia, just celebrated his 20-year anniversary at Fidelity Investments, where he is a VP of finance. Their son John just finished his first year at BC in CSOM, their son Tommy is headed to Tufts University to study engineering, and their daughter Katie will be a high school sophomore. • Erin M. Dunston, a partner at intellectual property law firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, is included in the 2023 IAM Patent 1000, a guide to the firms and attorneys deemed outstanding in the field of patent law. The IAM Patent 1000 is commonly regarded as the definitive “go-to” resource for those seeking to identify world-class, private practice patent expertise and leading expert witnesses in the U.S. The 2023 rankings are the result of exhaustive qualitative research. • M. Scott Knox has been hired to serve as director of the Equality Fund, the Boston Foundation’s endowed fund supporting Greater Boston nonprofit organizations that serve and strengthen the LGBTQ+ community. Prior to joining the Equality Fund, Scott served as executive director of Root, a youth workforce development social enterprise, in a number of senior roles for the Brooke Charter Schools, and in leadership roles at the Steppingstone Foundation and Jumpstart.

Romina Vasandani Dadlani’s son, Darshan, committed to the BC Class of 2027. He is majoring in finance. •  Tonya L. De Melo has been selected as top female talent at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She is included in the Women’s Executive Program and continues to mentor folks within the organization. •  Karen Tarzia Uttaro graduated with a doctorate of nursing practice in executive nursing leadership from Baylor University in December 2022. Karen is the senior director of professional practice, quality, and regulatory for UMass Memorial Medical Center. • Ian Green is entering his fifth year as president and founder of Greenlight Retirement Plan Consultants. With 25 years of institutional investment analysis experience, Ian now provides executives and boards of companies and nonprofits with independent investment monitoring and advice services for 401k and 403b plans. 

Class correspondent: Margo Gillespie // margogillespie@gmail.com

Peter I. Dunn, JD’98, Casner & Edwards attorney, has been named a 2023 Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer. Honorees are chosen by senior in-house counsel as part of Thomson Reuters’ Sharplegal study, which surveys the legal market on an ongoing basis. Stand-out lawyers are recognized for improving client satisfaction, increasing client advocacy, and strengthening brand. • Samanta Padalino, MA’97, after an eventful career in public policy started in Boston and advanced in England, has moved with family back to the U.S., where she has embraced a new career in research administration at Columbia University in New York City. • Peter Wolf, MSW’98, is approaching retirement! • Jennifer Driscoll Maclachlan is the 2023 recipient of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Teen Workplace Health and Safety Committee Award for empowering young workers to promote a culture of health and safety through education and practice of health and safety fundamentals. AIHA is the association for scientists and professionals committed to preserving and ensuring occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) in the workplace and community. • Beverly Mather-Marcus is joining the U.S. Department of State's sustainability team this summer! She has been a foreign service officer since 2008 and is returning from six years abroad as a section chief and acting deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy Belmopan, then as a senior advisor to the U.S. delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Bev will be working in D.C. and living in Maryland. • Juv Marchisio, MBA’98,’s son, Christian, attended the BC Summer Experience for High School Students this July. He took part in a two-week course on Government, Globalism, and World Affairs.

Class correspondent: Mistie Lucht // hohudson@yahoo.com

J.J. Johnston and Lindsay Anne Ehrhardt finally married in Houston, Texas, on March 11, 2023, after more than a decade together. It was a colorful and joyous ceremony attended by a number of former Eagles including James Antoine, David DiAngelo ’01, Robert Burkhart ’01, Alfredo de Quesada ’98, Jessica Johnston Walsh ’05, Chris Iannacone ’98, Kristin Porcu Iannacone ’97, Michael Arquilla ’99, and Lisa Sechrest-Ehrhardt ’84. • Sandra Rodriguez, JD’99, has been appointed by the New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, to be the chief administrative law judge at the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal. • Mary Jane McDermott Rosenfield, MSW’99, retired from mental health work and various board memberships and is now focusing on her original love of drawing and painting. She has had works exhibited at Centre Street Arts Gallery, Boothbay Region Art Foundation, and River Arts Damariscotta, all in Maine.

Liz Perry Wiliamson, MEd’00,’s son Holden is part of the BC Class of 2027! He is so excited to be an Eagle and to study human-centered engineering. • Lindsey Doering Mahanna has started her own business, Clutter to Clarity Home Organizing LLC, servicing Northern New Jersey. • Shannon Cook Ewer opened Vine Bar, a wine bar and restaurant, in Scituate last summer. The menu features a large by-the-glass, wine flight, and bottle selection focusing on small production, minimal intervention wines, as well as a variety of craft beer and spirits, accompanied by delicious shareable plates. Vine Bar is her second wine venture, joining wine shop Barrel & Vine in Cohasset. • Meredith Geller, JD’00, has joined the faculty of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law as the director of the Writing Lab. Prior to joining the Northwestern faculty, she worked for 20 years as the director of legal writing at Northern Illinois University College of Law. • Dr. Rodney Coe opened the doors to a new solo medical practice in the specialty of vitreoretinal surgery and disease at the end of summer 2022. The office is located in Bayside, New York. Dr. Coe had previously been providing care in the Long Island community for the past decade.

Class correspondent: Kate Pescatore // katepescatore@hotmail.com

Hans Gustafson published an academic book, Everyday Wisdom: Interreligious Studies in a Pluralistic World. • Peg McGowan, MSW’02, has been retired from the Department of Developmental Services for four years, after 43 years of service as a social worker. The last three years, she has been working as a crossing guard for her home city of Fall River. She works at the high school, elementary school, and preschool and loves it. • Rick Klein recently moved from Chicago to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with his husband, Andrew, to further his career. A school psychologist for the past 11 years, Rick is joining a private practice with good friends. • Tim Dube and Ken Skrien both ran the Mad Marathon in Waitsfield, Vermont, in July, and congratulated numerous other Eagle participants and parents. Ken will run a marathon in his 50th state (Maryland) in October’s Baltimore Running Festival.

Class correspondent: Suzanne Harte // suzanneharte@yahoo.com

Velma Evans, MSW’03, LCSW, is planning to retire in March 2024. She has maintained her own private practice since 2016. She is thankful for her education from BC, as it has been helpful in her career of providing therapy services to a wide range of individuals in Maine. She is very happy to no longer work but feels she will always be a social worker in her heart. • Patrick Murphy is currently calling Ridgefield, Connecticut, home after a move during the pandemic from Milton. He and his family welcomed their second child, Maia, into the fold in April 2022. Her big brother Henrik (four) remains nonplussed with this development. Patrick hopes you all are well. • Kate Gilmore is coming up on two years as the curator of primates at the Oregon Zoo. She is working to connect the local community to the wonders of wildlife both at home and abroad and expand conservation efforts to assist chimpanzees and orangutans in their native habitats. • Jeff Ritchie released his new fantasy/sword and sandal novel, The Murder of Heracles: An Amazon Odyssey, under the pen name J. Edward Ritchie.

The Rev'd James M. Hairston and his wife, Elizabeth, welcomed their third child, Isaiah M. Hairston, into the world on April 12, 2023. Isaiah shares his birthday with his older sister Sarayu E. Hairston, aged six. • Allison Puca gave birth to Brooke Lorraine Puca October 23, 2022. Brooke’s “aunties” include Stephanie Albanese and Sheila Agrawal. Allison looks forward to bringing Brooke to the Heights and welcomes visits from fellow Eagles to D.C./Maryland, where they reside. • Sara Birnbaum Hood recently played the cello on the national tour of Hamilton. She performed in several cities including Dallas, Cincinnati, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. • María José Morales has been working as a mental health counselor for the past 12 years in New Bedford. • Navy Lieutenant Commander Steve Buckley and Army Lieutenant Colonel Allie Weiskopf graduated from the Naval War College with master’s of arts in national security and strategic studies. Steve is now assigned as a Navy attorney at the Pentagon, and Allie is the public affairs officer for the U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida. • Amy Chapman ’04, MA’05, CAES’11’s first book, Social Media for Civic Education: Engaging Youth for Democracy, was published in October 2022 by Palgrave Macmillan. Amy leads a center for research and teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, which supports educators in supporting the spiritual development of young people. • Emily Weissbach passed away after a short battle with cancer. She was roommates with Katherine Fiorile Burgess in Walsh, off campus, and in the Mods. Emily started off in CSOM but decided to pursue her passion for film and after college had a career in the culinary industry. She was living in San Diego and leaves behind a young son.

Class correspondent: Allie Weiskopf // allieweiskopf@gmail.com

Colleen Frens was recently appointed as the county solicitor of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by the Chester County Board of Commissioners. As the county solicitor, she leads the team of county lawyers as they provide legal advice to and litigate on behalf of the board and all county departments. • Jen Conley Escalante and her husband, Alonso, welcomed their second daughter, Celina Rose, on May 22, 2023. Big sister Viviana is thrilled to be a big sister. The family recently moved to River Vale, New Jersey. • Katie Williams Conrad was an RA while at BC. Katie adopted her twins in 2017 after they lost their mom to cancer. Katie has been on dialysis since 2020 and is seeking an altruistic individual to get tested to become a kidney donor. If you’d consider learning more about living kidney donation or to initiate the process of being tested, please visit: brighamandwomens.org/surgery/transplantation/kidney-transplant/living-donor. • Katherine Carvalho, MS’05, recently had a research paper accepted for publication by The Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, titled “Exploring a social pragmatic approach to overcoming barriers to interprofessional communication and across functional boundaries: A qualitative case study.” • Peter Fritz, MA’05, was recently promoted to the rank of full professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, where he teaches and does research in Catholic theology and the history of Christianity.

Class correspondents: Joe Bowden // joe.bowden@gmail.com; Justin Barrasso // jbarrasso@gmail.com

Anthony Nunziata recently sold out his debut engagement at the legendary Café Carlyle in New York City with many fellow Eagles in the audience. He is currently in production to film his first national television concert special. You can catch Anthony on his international concert tour by visiting anthonynunziata.com. • Michelle Goodall Faulkner, MBA’06, is celebrating 15 years as founder and CEO of Big Swing PR, which specializes in launching tech startups. Faulkner's company has helped launch dozens of well-known startups including Instacart and Standard AI and works closely with high-profile accelerators and investors. • Alyson ’06 and Andrew Smith ’06, JD’16, have added another eaglet to their nest. Quinn Elizabeth joined her siblings Andrew Jr., Meredith, Delaney, and golden retriever Donut on March 9, 2022, in a house full of love and activity! They all attended Quinn’s first football game in September and had a blast. Go Eagles! • Ty Frankel ’06, JD’09, founded the employment law firm of Frankel Syverson PLLC with his law partner, Patti Syverson. The Arizona-based law firm focuses on the fair treatment of workers, primarily representing employees in class actions to recover unpaid overtime and minimum wage. The attorneys at Frankel Syverson PLLC also provide employment law advice to employees and employers, taking an employee-centric approach that proactively addresses potential liability by ensuring workers are treated fairly.

Class correspondent: Cristina Conciatori // cristina.conciatori@gmail.com

Stacy ’07, MEd’08, and Ryan Elman welcomed Harper Rose Elman on Saturday, June 17, at 11:10 p.m. The future Eagle arrived just in time to be the perfect Father’s Day gift!

Class correspondent: Lauren Bagnell // lauren.faherty@gmail.com

Heather and Dominic Kim welcomed their second child, Casey Kim, in September 2022! Sadie Holdridge and Emmett Maguire are happy to share the arrival of Jack Holdridge Maguire on February 25, 2023! Already an Eagles fan! • Melissa Gallo and her husband Steven Compare welcomed their first child, Sofia Giuliana Compare, in January 2022. • Kristin White and Kevin Cornwell welcomed the birth of their son Nathan John Cornwell on March 30, 2023. Kristin and Kevin, both optometrists, also recently moved to South Carolina where they established an optometry department for a non-profit community health center, where they see primarily un- and underinsured patients. Kristin has also been lecturing and consulting on a national level for health centers interested in offering eye care services. • Caitriona Taylor, MBA’08, gave birth to the Taylor triplets on June 13, 2023! Anya and Sorcha are identical twin girls and they are so happy to join their triplet brother Lorcan. All three and mom are doing well! • Sarah Doelger, JD’20, and Bryan Connor were married at the Underwood Estate in Chatham on June 10. Fellow alumni in attendance included best man Tom Kennedy ’10, groomsmen Nick Blake, Brad Griffiths, Chris Miller ’09, as well as Rich and Dorothy Liu, Matthew Carroll, Zeke Hughes ’07, Katherine Walsh, Katie Fernandez Blake, Brian Corio, Julia Gabbert ’10, Mike Sokolowski ’09, Mike Smith, Robbie Stein ’10, Tom Bourdon ’11, and wedding DJ Dave Jones. • Ryan Welch Gould graduated in May 2023 from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine with a DMD. He is currently in a one-year residency program at Rhode Island Hospital. Ryan resides in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, with his wife, Becca, and their son, Liam.

Bryce Rudow, after three years in Madagascar working with Catholic Relief Services, has accepted a position with Environmental Defense Fund's EDF+Biz division, which brings together scientists, economists, and analysts to transform sustainable business practices into competitive advantages. • Xavier Ortiz, future outside linebacker for the Eagles, was born to Armando Ortiz and his wife, Lynda Tooker, in New York City on April 15, 2023. Xavier's godfather and position coach will be Scott Borecki. • Krystle DaSilva Boyce and Brendan Boyce ’07 welcomed their first child, Lina Theresa, on February 19, 2023. They live on Long Island and are looking forward to bringing Lina to her first BC tailgate and football game this fall! • Eileen Byrne McKinnon entered public service as an attorney for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in 2011, where she had the pleasure of working with her friend and BC classmate, Michael McCarthy. Go BC 2009! Currently, Eileen oversees 60 attorneys at airports across the country. Both Eileen and Mike are dedicated to serving others, which is something that they learned at BC. • Tim Rice just celebrated his ten-year anniversary as the director of the Office of University Events at the UMass Chan School of Medicine in Worcester. • Caroline Hayes Lopez and Daniel Lopez ’08 welcomed their second child, Sean Alexander, on May 25, 2023. Everyone is happy and healthy, and big sister Natalie is especially excited to welcome her little brother!

Nicole and John Grosso welcomed their first child, Rose Marie Grosso, on December 12, 2022. • Sonia Kohli and Adam Farley welcomed their daughter, Liv, in November 2021. They came to Boston to introduce her to family and fellow Eagles in August 2023. • Grant Salzano appeared on the March 30 and March 31 episodes of Wheel of Fortune for its WWE Week tournament, winning both episodes and the tournament championship. Grant was partnered with WWE superstar Natalya, winning the first Wheel of Fortune tournament week format since 1998. Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah ’03, better known as Kofi Kingston in the WWE, also appeared on the March 30 episode. • Miriam and Ted Brisbin are happy to share the addition of Theodore “Theo” Callan Brisbin to their little family and the greater Boston College Eagle family on December 24, 2022!  They live with their French bulldog, Pepper, in Arlington, Virginia, just outside D.C.. • Ben Kimmerle and his wife, Isabella Biedenharn ’11, packed up and moved to Cincinnati last year after almost nine years in Brooklyn, for the birth of their first child, Phoebe, born on July 18, 2022. They have settled nicely into the slower Midwestern life and the first months of being new parents. Ben works as a product designer and creative coach and Isabella as a marketing copywriter, both remote, and though they occasionally miss office gossip, the coffee and commute are so much better now. • Caroline and George Somi welcomed a daughter, Mary-Caroline Calais (nicknamed “Callie”), on March 14, 2023. MC² was coincidentally born on Einstein’s birthday!

Becky McDougal completed a master's in organizational psychology, with a concentration in talent management, at William James College in Newton. She completed this one-year accelerated program while working full time and adjusting to life as a new parent. In her role at the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University, this degree supports her work consulting with organizations to develop programs and practices to advance intersectional gender equity and inclusion in the workplace. • Kyndal Michel Marks and Sam Marks, along with brother Henry, welcomed Helen Elizabeth Marks on Friday, November 4, 2022. • Mike Kaczka and his wife, Pilar, recently welcomed their first child into the world. Nolan Donovan Kaczka was born on March 23, 2023, at Baptist Hospital in South Miami weighing in at 5 lbs and 10 oz. Both mom and baby are doing amazing! Cheers to the next generation of BC Eagles! • Jessica Calandra and husband Colin Dolan welcomed their first child, Anthony James Dolan. Jessica can’t wait to buy him some BC Eagles gear;  he already has too many Philadelphia Eagles onesies from Colin’s family. • Laura Amrein and Sjur Hoftun welcomed their first child, Hazel James Hoftun, on November 23, 2022. Sjur and Laura met in Boston through fellow 2011 grad Hope Sullivan and moved to Seattle together in 2018. Baby Hazel is constantly on the move, and they look forward to taking her on many Pacific Northwest adventures.

Emily Wlazlowski ’11, MA’12, and Jon Wlazlowski welcomed into the world a perfect set of twins on February 17, 2023. Adelaide Irene and Finnegan Zdzislaw Wlazlowski were born happy and healthy, much to the excitement of their parents and their older brother, Luke. • Molly McCarthy ’12, MEd’13, married Kyle Lick on June 18, 2022. They exchanged vows at Newport Vineyards in Middletown, Rhode Island. Molly’s bridal party consisted of five BC graduates.
Jeff Cohen, MBA’12, is excited to share that his youngest son Andrew has started at BC, Class of 2027. With his eldest already at university, Jeff and his wife are preparing to be “empty nesters.” • Mary Pfeffer Feak and Daniel Feak welcomed a baby boy, Caleb Matthew, on May 21, 2023.

Emily Bierman Norweg received a PhD in history from Georgetown University. She defended her dissertation, “Massachusetts Incarceration and Higher Education: The Deep Origins and Contested History of College Behind Bars in the Bay State," in March 2023 and is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. • Tom Fee is now director of business development for Kinimatic Logistic Solutions, an agile, technology-driven warehousing and fulfillment service based in Boston.

Marina White and Will Bourgeois tied the knot on October 14, 2022 in Boston. Attendees included friends, family and many Eagles. They're enjoying married life and their new Somerville neighborhood! • Alexa Canales is a composer, pianist, and educator. Alexa received a master's degree in 2016 and has now completed a doctoral degree in music composition in 2023. Congratulations, Dr. Canales! • Matt Arnold ’09, MS’14, has been a development officer for over 15 years now, starting in the basement of the former More Hall, which was once a law school building. In 2017, he married a woman from Dedham, and they are busy raising three boys: five, three, and nine months. Matt is halfway through another degree in the Woods School and is grateful for his education and friendly colleagues. Tooting his own horn, you may hear him play in the symphonic band sometimes. • Anna Lizzul was named one of Wall Street’s Rising Stars of Equity Research by Business Insider in May 2023. Lizzul was recognized as a “standout analyst” for her research on household, personal care, and beauty stocks, from Clorox to e.l.f. Beauty.

Nanci Fiore-Chettiar ’15, MSW’16, has passed away. She was the 2014–2015 UGBC class president, a Double Eagle, and was married to a Triple Eagle, Sean Haggerty ’14, JD’17, MA’17. • John Carter, ThM’15, PhD’22, received a PhD in theology after successfully defending his dissertation entitled "The Communitarian Conscience: A Theological Response to Legal Debates about Religious Freedom." In July 2023, he began a two-year dual appointment at Wake Forest University as visiting assistant professor of law at the School of Law and in the Program for Leadership and Character and visiting assistant professor of religion, law, and public life at the School of Divinity. • Devon Kemp McCormick, MA’15, graduated from Fordham University with a doctorate in ministry. Tom Beaudoin, PhD’01, a fellow STM grad, was her dissertation director! • Christian Coletta recently graduated from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. In July he started a residency in psychiatry at a hospital near his home on Long Island. Having graduated from BC with a psychology major (and an FPJ minor!), he is extremely grateful to be entering this profession, with the opportunity to care for those struggling with mental illness. • Amir Reza, PhD’15, was elected president of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA). He is currently dean of Babson Academy and Global Education at Babson College. • Toni Watson-Braxton, MSW’15, was recently given the 2023 Award for Clinical Excellence through the Department of Mental Health for her contributions to the forensic social work field. This award is presented to an experienced clinician whose daily work reflects a high level of professionalism and clinical excellence and who routinely seeks creative solutions to difficult problems in forensic contexts. Toni currently works as a social worker with the Massachusetts Trial Courts and owns a private practice. • Michelle Gordon married Michael Conor O’Rourke in Boston on June 24, 2023. Over 30 Boston College alumni were present, spanning graduation years of 1967 to 2023. The photographer, Caroline Winn ’11, was even a Boston College graduate! The couple met in the Mods during a football game in 2014 and began dating after reconnecting in NYC a few years later.

Haley Wallace graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in May 2023. • Robert Miller, MTS’16, was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley on August 6, 2022, the Feast of the Transfiguration. Fr. Miller was appointed parochial vicar of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Norman, Oklahoma, where he briefly served until March of 2023. Fr. Miller was then appointed parochial vicar of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and St. Joseph’s School in Enid, Oklahoma, where he currently teaches Latin and theology to fifth- and sixth-grade students. • Emily Barry and Brady Conley had a baby girl this past April! If Charlotte Rose attends the Heights someday, she'll be the third generation of Eagles on both sides of the family—fingers crossed! • Megan Greeley started at the University of Georgia School of Law this fall. • Fabiola De Armas opened her own law firm, Fabiola De Armas P.A., and she focuses her practice on estate planning and tax law. For now, she represents clients in Florida, Illinois, and Washington, D.C. She's a proud BC alum and has even hosted two current BC students as interns for the semester! • Courtney Bensinger, MBA’16, is the co-founder and CEO of her recently launched consulting-meets-creative firm, Cooth. They provide monthly advisory support and creative project execution to founders who are disrupting industries. • Todd Cormier was awarded with Liberty Mutual's GRM President's Award. This prestigious annual award honors individuals and teams who create extraordinary value within their department and across Liberty Mutual. Todd's contributions toward modernizing the company's telephony systems through the use of automated AI-backed chatbots helped drive operating expense reductions in excess of $12 million. Todd is among the thought leaders in the field of virtual assistant technology. • Connor Gray, MD, has started his residency at NYU Langone Hospital Long Island after graduating from NYU Long Island School of Medicine earlier this year.

Emily Whapham has created a new number logic puzzle called “Frequency,” which relies on sums and pattern recognition to solve. She has published a book of them available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. • Fnu Amanullah, MEd’17, recently joined the National Assessment Wing of the Pakistan Institute of Education as assessment expert. He is working as the focal person for Literacy and Numeracy Assessment, which is considered a transition towards TIMSS & PIRLS. He is happy that at last he has found the right job. • Jonathan Shaffer and Brendan Lynch are heartbroken to announce that they are finally splitting up as direct roommates! Jonathan and Brendan have shared many dorm rooms and apartments since their quad on the fourth floor of Fitzpatrick freshman year. After meeting at freshman orientation, they were an instant match for lifelong best friends and have since spent the last 10 years as roommates. Cheers to BC, for all of the wonderful friendships made on the Heights. • Amanda Lynn and Michael Gaziano were married on June 16, 2023, at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, Connecticut. Many BC Eagles were in attendance for the festivities! • Grant Neil and David Cartier ’16 graduated summa cum laude from Boston University Dental School in May 2023. They were additionally inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon dental honors society. David is beginning his oral surgery residency in Illinois, and Grant is beginning his general dentistry residency in Nebraska.

Amelia Ali, MEd’18, experienced the pandemic from home after graduating, with her son in kindergarten virtually. She was unable to get work in a school and had to drive for Lyft and work for Amazon as a graduate with a master’s degree. She is now teaching music in Boston Public Schools and couldn't be happier. • Sarah Kilduf, MSW’18, has continued to grow in her career since graduation. Recently, she became the clinical director at Equilibria Mental Health and has started teaching in the BSW program at Simmons University. As she continues to expand her career, she finds more and more BC grads in high positions! • Danielle Osterman, MSW’18, has recently announced her candidacy for Ward 2 City Council in Revere. Her priorities include increasing affordable housing, investing in public transportation, improving access to workforce development opportunities for youth and adults, and universal childcare. Danielle has spent her career advocating for economic justice for working class families and is ready to fight for the residents of Ward 2. You can learn more at DanielleOsterman.com. • Matthew Apeseche, MSW’18, opened the doors for Heartwood Expeditions, a nature therapy and adventure therapy program in Western Massachusetts. Heartwood is a collaborative of providers in Massachusetts interested in co-leading nature-based therapeutic experiences for teens, adults, and families. They are currently offering day and overnight trips for teens and mindfulness retreats for adults in the Pioneer Valley. Please feel free to contact him if you are interested in collaborating. • Yvonne Castaneda, MSW’18, LICSW, CLC, director of community-based initiatives at the BC School of Social Work, has joined the Board of Doc Wayne Youth Services, a Boston nonprofit specializing in sport-based youth mental health. Yvonne has worked with Latinx/Hispanic populations in the greater Boston area as an integrated behavioral health clinician. In private practice, she works with first-generation Latinx individuals, couples, and mixed-status families.

Peter Klapes, as president of the George Demeter Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians, was invited to the MA State House to receive the Governor's Proclamations commemorating Rep. George Demeter Day and Parliamentary Law Month in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. •  Christian Rodriguez, MDiv’19, and John Winslow, MDiv’19, were married on July 23, 2022, on the sunny central California coast, surrounded by their closest friends from the School of Theology and Ministry. • Kennedy Gibson DePalma married Sam DePalma at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church on campus this past April. Like Sam's parents, Sam attended Boston University while Kennedy attended Boston College. They took the B line back and forth from BC and BU to see each other in college—a true Boston love story! They took wedding photos on Linden Lane and at  Boston Common and had their reception at the Omni Parker House with Boston cream pie as their dessert. They celebrated with many other BC alumni!

Clayton Scott recently received a master’s in education in curriculum and teaching from Boston University's Wheelock College of Education and Development in 2022. Clayton is now a Juris Doctor candidate at BC Law School and will graduate in 2025.

Brittney Klein, MA’21, was awarded a Fulbright ETA award to Budapest, Hungary, for the 2023–2024 academic year. Brittney will work with EducationUSA to advise Hungarian students and scholars wishing to come to the U.S., while also teaching English and American culture to teachers-in-training at Eötvös Loránd University’s Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education. • Max Mendelshon has been promoted to associate at Goldman Sachs. • Peter Mvondo, ThM’21, is doing well and is very happy with his experience in Central Africa. There is an impressive cultural mix at the Catholic Institute of Arts and Crafts, where he teaches humanities and holds the post of head of department. • Kyle Ronkin graduated from New York University in May 2023 with an MS degree in public relations and corporate communication. • Javier Del Angel, MDiv’21, a Franciscan friar of the Holy Name province, was ordained to priesthood by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, at St. Camillus Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland, on May 29, 2021. Javier was assigned to Rome in order to pursue studies of licentia and a doctorate in biblical theology at the Gregorian University. He obtained the STB at the Pontifical University Antonianum in June 2022. In October 2022, he started the STL program at the Greg. • Galie Benshoshan, JD’21, joined Fox Rothschild LLP in New York as an associate in the real estate department. Galie represents clients in a range of real estate matters across the commercial, industrial, and multifamily residential sectors. She counsels owners, developers, and operators on compliance with administrative regulations and land use and development issues. Galie has experience managing corporate and securities transactions, including sophisticated real estate structures and joint ventures.

Alexander Schroeder, MA’22, spent his first postgraduate year as a finance staffer for a house member of the Alaska Legislature. Additionally, he applied his master’s research toward drafting and pushing legislation on competency to stand trial reform. This area of law is focused on the intersection of the criminal justice system and mental illness, a fitting follow-up to his thesis on Kant’s reconciliation of consent and punishment.