On September 23, 2020, John Gunn sadly lost his very best friend of 59 years when his wife, Barbara, passed away. He writes: “We met at the FBI laboratory. She was a tech in the document section, and I was an SA examiner in the chemistry and toxicology section. We were blessed with 3 girls and 3 boys, 12 grandkids, and a great-granddaughter.” • Eileen Fiascone Sunseri ’85 reports the passing of her father, Arnold Fiascone, in January. He leaves his wife, Agnes; 5 children; 12 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren. Eileen writes: “Dad was always a proud graduate and was able to see 4 of his 5 children and 3 of his 12 grandchildren attend and graduate from BC, too. We will miss him every day.”

Richard Tobin writes: “After graduating from BC in 1952, almost 70 years ago, I have no great achievements, adventures, or other noteworthy events to report. My wife, Ann, and I have lived comfortably in Orleans for over 25 years now after having lived in New Jersey for 40 years. We enjoy the semi-rural atmosphere 10 months of the year, a vibrant Roman Catholic parish, and a community of seniors living out retirement. I have followed BC athletics quite closely since graduation while feeling a bit of distance from the current academic atmosphere of the University. How different life at BC is now compared to 1952, and it is difficult to explain to anyone what it was like in 1952. However, congratulations to BC for growing into what it is, a leading university in the USA.”

John Cheney, a Korean War veteran, is presently attending UMass Boston under the OLLI program for seniors, which is being offered online while the campus is closed. He has taken classes in opera, English poetry, storytelling, Shakespeare, and writing poetry (and some of his poems were published). He is active in his local community, including in the friends of his local library, the Cultural Council, and Trinity Church Boston as a Sunday school teacher. John and his wife, Carol, were housing their niece, Kelly Mahoney ’20, while she was home in Florida. Kelly landed a job in downtown Boston after months of searching. John also proudly listed the accomplishments of other family members: daughter Michelle ’77 (Newton College, then BC), daughter Colleen (Wheaton College ’81), son John (Harvard ’82, BU Law ’89), and four grandchildren who are either in school or working.

Here we are in February 2021, almost one year since our pandemic shutdown. I have been staying healthy and hope you have as well. Fortunately I was able to receive my first dose of the vaccine and am due for the second shortly. Looking forward to spring and life returning to normal as the year progresses. • I heard from our classmate Lou Maloof. During our conversation, Lou told me that at an event he was attending he picked up a book that turned out to be a BC Class of 1951 yearbook that had a report on a BC freshman football game. It is my recollection that Lou played on that team. Lou and his wife continue to be involved in community theater. While working in the advertising business in New York, Lou became a hospice volunteer. During the AIDS epidemic he volunteered at Mother Teresa’s AIDS hospice, where he spent evenings assisting the staff.

Richard Connors, JD’60, writes: “Greetings from the Southwest. Kudos to the AD for providing a thoroughly entertaining football 2020 program. I was fortunate to see all games via ACCN. My only gripe is that the announcers don’t seem to know that the football stadium is in Brighton, not Chestnut Hill. Perhaps I may be just nitpicking because I grew up in Brighton!”

Lucille and Jack Kennedy celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in August 2020. Along with 2 daughters and 3 sons, they now have 12 grandchildren (no “greats”). • Joseph DiSalvo has stepped down from the role of class correspondent, and the Alumni Association thanks him for sharing news on behalf of the Class of 1956. Pease send any future class notes to classnotes@bc.edu.

Hopefully, by the time you receive these notes, the COVID-19 pandemic will have eased and life will get back to normal. My first thought when reading the latest Winter issue of our magazine was “Wow! Our great Class of ’57 is now on the front page of Class Notes.” I have not received any notes from classmates for this issue, and I hope that this is a sign that classmates are more comfortable in submitting their news directly to the BC editor by email. • My wife, Ellen, and I have just received our second COVID-19 shots here at Linden Ponds and are looking forward to once again watching our grandchildren participate in their sporting activities that have been severely curtailed. Hard to believe that it was 64 years ago that we all went out into the world after four great years at the Heights. • It would be great to hear more from you for the next issue. Until then, stay healthy, and wear your mask.

Now that Joan Downing Lachance, of Arlington, has retired as class correspondent, she has time to enjoy (virtually) her 10 grandchildren. • Paul Fennell, of Orlando, is looking forward to resuming his dancing sessions when COVID-19 restrictions relax. He keeps busy by compiling his “Necrology Job,” keeping track of classmates who have passed away (340 to date). The current BC 1958 Directory lists 531 of us who are “still kicking.” • Virginia DeGenova, of Lynn, has company from her grandson, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter, who have returned to Massachusetts. • Tony ’71 and Joyce (Ryder) Rizzuto report that they have not been able to enjoy their home on Prince Edward Island because Canada will not let them in. • Peter ’54 and Margaret (Malloy) Vasaturo cope by keeping track of a variety of birds visiting their feeder. In August they attended the internment service for Maureen Sullivan Bader in Harwich. Margaret enjoys participating, via Zoom, in BC’s Beyond Lifelong Learning series. She and Peter joined Vic ’57 and Annette (Collins) Popeo, of Yarmouth Port, for picnics at the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center in Sandwich. Annette and Vic enjoy Florida warmth in their winter residence on Marco Island. • Maureen and George Olesen, of Andover, checked in. They have four grandchildren and two great-grandsons. George was elected for three terms to the Cambridge School Committee, and he served a term, one year as chairman, on the Andover School Committee. After a professional life in business services and tax preparation, which included owning his own companies, George retired in 2014 but is still active as a trustee of a four-unit condo in Cambridge. One of the three units he owns was his home during his BC days. His grandchildren marked the seventh generation (since 1814) to live in that house. • Paul and Moira (Feeley) Lyons, of Belmont, share news that of 12 grandchildren, ironically, 10 play hockey and 2 play basketball. Athletes all! Paul still coaches basketball, a second-grade team. Moira just retired from 20 years of volunteering at Winchester Hospital. They report that Joelhe Gonzalez Botta is hunkered down in Parma, Italy. • Janet and David Ojerholm, of New South Wales, Australia, celebrated their 60th anniversary. David had a career in the international pharmaceutical industry. David, who sang with the BC Glee Club, recently retired after 20 years from the Sydney Harmony Chorus, in which he sang barbershop. • I have the BC 1958 Directory. If you want to reach a classmate, email me, and I will forward your request.

As this is being written, March 8, it’s almost spring, but who’s watching the calendar? We peek out the door and try to decide whether it’s safe to rejoin the world. A whole year of terms we’ve never heard before: “pandemic,” “quarantine,” “social distancing,” and the big one: “co-morbidity.” But maybe this summer will be better. We hope. • I received the following note from Alice Kaiko Burbank, of Old Lyme, Connecticut, with news of classmates from the School of Education who were pioneers in the early years of women students at the Heights: “I just read the Class of ’59 notes in Boston College Magazine and decided to share a few thoughts. I was part of a group of gals who first lived on Cabot Street in Newton. We were from Connecticut and Rhode Island, and since there were no dorms for girls at the time, we stayed in private homes. I lived with a group of girls that included Frannie Bessom Herman, Pauline Mathieu Kellan, Paula Walsh, Kathy Desmond Hogan, and Ann Fagan Polacek. Our sophomore year we lived at the McSweeney’s on Commonwealth Ave., and Fr. Drinan allowed us to have dinner in the BC Law School cafeteria. Ann Fagan Polacek had the car, and she was more than generous with the rides. We had fun and helped each other. Our junior year, a few of us went down to Florida with Leo McCarthy ’58, Mike Frazier ’58, Dave Rafferty ’58, and Charlie McGowan ’58. We sang ‘Hey Jude’ on most of the trip. On a more personal note, I just became a great-grandmother to Jack. I plan to visit him in Florida after my second COVID-19 shot. Best wishes and congratulations to all BC Class of ’59 survivors of the past 62 years. We thank God for every day.” • Send news. Contact a classmate, brighten your day. If you need contact info, I’ve got it.

Bob Hart, MSW’62, MTS’03, is still amazed that my daughter Mimi and I were able to sneak him aboard the LÉ Samuel Beckett, an Irish Navy ship, for an evening reception during a recent port visit to Boston. Bob was able to observe ceremonies not only aboard the Irish ship but aboard the USS Constitution, which was berthed alongside it. • Speaking of which, Tom Cunnally was a Marine guard for Old Ironsides back in the day when he first met our late classmate Bob Cawley. After losing touch, they were shocked years later to find themselves sitting next to each other at our Freshman Orientation (65 years ago). After a long search, Tom has again made contact with the Cawley family. • Nice to hear from Faith Corcoran Monahan in Waltham. She has been married 54 years, has 12 grandchildren, and, by the time you read this, will be a great-grandmother. • John Thompson recently joined the town of Braintree Democratic Committee; he continues as chairman of the Braintree Veterans Council. • Bridget Matthews-Kane ’91 has informed me of the passing of her father, J. Vincent Kane, on October 2, 2020. Vinny was a dentist of long standing in Westfield. His eldest granddaughter (Bridget’s daughter), Fionnuala Matthews, is a sophomore at BC and a member of the Marching Band. • Just found out from Edi Cackowski Witherell that Betty Ann Dean Monahan of the 1750 Club, the former ladies’ dorm on Comm. Ave. back in the day, sadly became the first member of the group to pass away. This group from our class and the Class of ’61 have remained remarkably close over the years. Our condolences go out to the Monahan family. • Jim Reilly, a member of Cohasset’s “Old Goats,” reports he has finally “officially” retired. Is anyone else still working? • Bob Rudman is still involved in a number of community groups in Tennessee. • Looks like Tom Kelly has finally given up on skiing—not all that much snow in Scottsdale, Arizona! • The multi-talented John Sheehan is now singing with the Southampton Community Chorus. • Finally, Leo Shea, MM, H’17, has managed to rejoin the BC diaspora in Fort Myers, Florida. • Here’s hoping we’ll be going to football games this fall! • Sláinte.

Congratulations to Anthony Bertolino, whose grandson, Peter Bankes, graduated from BC’s Carroll School of Management in May. Peter is a third-generation Eagle, following in the footsteps of his mother, Ina ”Missie” Bankes ’87, and his aunt, Elizabeth Aylmer ’91. Anthony also has a grandson, John Aylmer, who graduated from Emerson College in May 2020; a granddaughter, Jennifer Bankes, who is a junior at Providence College; and a grandson, Patrick Aylmer, who is a sophomore at the University of Toronto. Anthony went on to earn a JD from New England School of Law after BC. He and his wife, Patricia, celebrated 60 years of marriage this past June. • John Higgins retired from the National Labor Relations Board in 2010 after 47 years of service. He now teaches at Catholic University of America’s law school and has also been teaching public speaking to seventh- and eighth-grade students at a local parochial school, which 7 of his 11 grandchildren attended. John’s wife, Frances, died in 2015. In 2019, he married Rosemary Pye, who, like John, was a career NLRB attorney. She was the regional director for New England until she retired in 2013. John and Rosemary live in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and maintain a summer home in Mattapoisett. They are looking forward to the 60th reunion this summer!

It was Super Bowl Sunday when Charles “Chuck” Chevalier called to say “Hi” and let Frank (Faggiano) know the guys are thinking of him. David Madigan and Frank did some phone reminiscing at the beginning of January. Dave remains faithful to the Yankees and keeps in touch with Robert Capozzi. • Thanks to Charles McCarthy for keeping in touch with phone calls, while Ronald Dyer prefers email. New Year’s greetings were happily received from Eileen and William Novelline. • After Gerald Greely’s 80th-birthday celebration, he and Mary Anne set out on an RV and motorcycle trip to visit children. It was wonderful to learn they were on the road again. William Nagle, MEd’70, and Richard Mahoney paid them a visit in November. Bill lives in Ave Maria, Florida, and Dick is in Columbus, Mississippi. • We offer our sincere condolences to the families of the following: Rosemary Thomas MacKinnon ’65, wife of John “Jack” MacKinnon for 54 years, mother of six, and “Nan” to 21 grandchildren, died on December 1. Rosemary, a Connell School of Nursing alumna, served on the board of trustees at Matignon High School and at the Connell School and worked as the school nurse at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham for 23 years. Rosemary was admired for her grace, goodness, and thoughtful ways, entertaining family and friends at BC tailgates and hosting ’62 graduates at an annual Christmas party. • Paul Lavin died on December 31. After graduation he entered the Peace Corps, serving two years in West Africa, then Washington, D.C. He earned a PhD in counseling and worked as a therapist/teacher, writing his experiences in mental health in over 20 books and many articles. He enjoyed running and playing softball. He leaves his wife, Roberta, and two children, Kathryn and Anthony. • Wallace Blackwood, MSP’73, who passed away on November 1, was a priest in the Boston archdiocese for 53 years. His ministry included work with Catholic Charities, service in different parishes, parochial vicar, and spiritual director for the diaconate program. Red Sox games, visiting his home in Maine, and traveling with family and friends brought him great joy. Double Eagle Brian Lane, MBA’67, balanced a career he loved in real estate with volunteering at the Natick Service Council food pantry, membership in the Kiwanis Club, attending BC hockey games, and his grandchildren’s many activities. He leaves his wife, Mary Ann, and two children, Julie and Brian. • Sending you best wishes always. We would love to hear from you.

Congratulations to Justice Kimberly Budd, daughter of Wayne Budd, H’13. Kimberly assumed the highest judicial position in the Commonwealth, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She is first female African American to hold this position. Bravo! • Joe Quinn’s father, retired Brookline police officer Joe Quinn Sr., passed away on November 9—remarkably, 20 days shy of his 103rd birthday! Forum hockey devotees will remember him cheering on ’63 stars, who included Bill Hogan, Jack Leetch, and the late Paul Aiken. • Mike Neri reports that his BC roommate Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Indeglia retired in June. • Barry Grimm writes of a number of classmates who have kept in touch over the years and would love to hear from other ’63 friends: Jack McNamara, of Cohasset, can be reached at mcnamarajack@gmail.com; Barry Grimm, of North Fork, Long Island, at jbg0816@aol.com; Tip Murray, of South Fork, Long Island, at tiptopdoc@aol.com; Tom Tierney, of Jacksonville, Florida, at tktierney42@gmail; and Specs O’Keefe, of New Haven, Connecticut, by phone at 203-710-7755. They look forward to renewing old and cherished memories. • In January, amid the news tsunami surrounding the assault on the US Capitol, former FBI director Bill Gavin appeared on national TV news with CBSN anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss. • Last fall, several ’63ers gathered for a brunch at Lewis Grille—on its outdoor patio, with COVID precautions observed. The group comprised John Cuneo, Frank Carney, Bob Grazado, Dave Kelley, Jim Norton, Bob Parks JD’66, friend Jack Pyne, Tom Quirk, and Ed Rae. • Sadly, Dave Kelley passed away on December 20. His funeral was held on December 30 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Norwood. There was limited seating—every third pew only—and distance was observed, masks worn, but the church was resplendently adorned with crimson poinsettias and Old Glory, a salute to Dave’s military service; voices of the choir flooded the nave; and three priests celebrated Mass. Attending the tribute were Frank Carney, Paul Hardiman, Marge and Tom McCabe, Carol and Jim Norton, Bob Parks, Tom Quirk, and Ed Rae. Burial was in the U.S. National Cemetery in Bourne.

Nick Soriano passed away in January 2020 in North White Plains, New York. He was a retired self-employed attorney. • Bob Fuicelli reported that his ex-wife, Barbara, died in January 2021. He and his kids arranged a memorial service on Zoom. • Jim Spillane, SJ, MA’68, MDiv’76, is now on the faculty of a Jesuit university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where he is designing a new course, Tourism Economics, that is specific to Indonesia. His notes to me have included describing watching a nearby volcano threatening to erupt in November 2020. Thankfully, the danger passed. • Dan Kelleher completed the Pan Mass Challenge (a long-distance bicycle fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund) in 2020 as he has done for many years in the past, but this time virtually. He is hoping he can rejoin the throngs of participants live in 2021.

Matthew Soldano has been elected to a third term as president of the Republican Club of South Sarasota County, which has over 400 members. Matt lives in Venice, Florida. • Jack Kennedy is living in Palm Springs and retired 10 years ago from community banking. Jack organized and opened banks in California. He and wife Barbara enjoy good health, and Jack plays golf three times a week. He also has enjoyed train travel throughout the United States. • Rick Dobbyn relates that he recently self-published a memoir that covers his first 27 years. Rick served in Vietnam and at Fort Devens and joined Price Waterhouse after he was discharged in 1968. His career has been in financial management, and he retired as CFO of Sun Hydraulics in Sarasota, Florida. His wife, Dee, and he have 6 children between them and 10 grandchildren. They have retired and currently reside outside Charlotte, North Carolina. His book, An Unholy Mess, is available in Amazon e-book, paperback, and audio. • Two of our classmates have passed away, John McCartney and Rosemary Thomas MacKinnon. To their spouses and families we offer our thoughts and prayers.

Tim O’Leary, JD’69, has published his second novel, Robes, a whodunit that picks up on the adventures of protagonist Connor McNeill, who was featured in his debut 2011 political thriller, The Day Job. In Robes, after a controversial judge is murdered, Connor and his wife are unwittingly pulled into a case reaching from Cape Cod to the chambers of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the offices of the Archbishop of Boston, and the back room of a Fall River auto body shop. Both books are available on Amazon.

Greg Scime from Summit, New Jersey, informs us that due to COVID-19 his program, Assisi Performing Arts, has been temporarily suspended. Greg created this study-abroad program for musicians in 2001. It emphasizes sacred music, including Gregorian chants, psalms, music of the Baroque era, the role of the Catholic cantor, and other topics related to sacred music. The program has as many as 100 participants who form an orchestra and a choir that has participated in Masses at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and also annually at the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. Musicians range in age from 15 to 80, and the students come from all over the United States. Many students receive full scholarships to study in Assisi with the Assisi Performing Arts Festival. • Our good friend and classmate Leo McHugh passed away very suddenly, in November. Leo served the class for many years as its treasurer and on many reunion committees. He was in the Honors Program in CBA and was a proud member of the Gold Key Society. He was the CEO of Leo Enterprises in Medford. This included overseeing a vending machine operation, and he was a licensed distributor of sports and concert tickets. His pride was his “Leo’s Taxi Company.” Jack Keating, Charlie Benedict MBA’70, and John Keenan attended Leo’s wake, at which we expressed the class’s condolences to Leo’s wife, Mary. • Tim Shevlin, originally from Dedham, passed away after a long illness. Tim served in the Navy and then went on to get his JD from Suffolk University Law School. Tim lived in Milton but wintered in Naples, Florida, after his retirement as executive director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. • Both Wayne Marshall and Rob Wilde have become new members of the Shaw Society (planned giving) of BC. Wayne, of North Bergen, New Jersey, retired as VP and actuary at Mutual of Omaha. Rob is currently president of Bi-Continent Partners and lives in Tampa, Florida. • Stay well, everyone, and look forward to the BC football season! Great expectations!

Greetings, classmates. • Ah, finally, after the yearlong bleak winter of our discontent, easy-living summertime beckons. In exquisite timing as we arrive on this cusp of summer, Joan Dunn Harrison has published her third book, Plants Named for People: Creating a Personalized Garden. Her previous books are Hydrangeas: Cape Cod and the Islands and Heavenly Hydrangeas: A Practical Guide for the Home Gardener. Joan is the founding president of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society. • Ellen and Frank Connell, JD’73, after 20 years in Oregon, have moved to the town of Hamilton, on the North Shore, where they will enjoy the company of their son Patrick and three of their eight grandchildren. Frank plans to continue his practice as a labor arbitrator from his new quarters, as well as renew his attendance at BC football at Alumni Stadium. • Mark Schwartz writes that after retiring as an airline captain with Southwest Airlines, he continued flying private and corporate aircraft along with flight instructing, which ended with the COVID pandemic. Mark and his wife, Ruth, purchased a 51-foot yacht and have been self-isolating while cruising the Atlantic, the Gulf Coast, and the Bahamas. They returned to their home in Boynton Beach, Florida, during the winter months. Mark was recently honored by the Florida Panthers hockey team as part of its “Heroes Among Us” program that recognizes combat military veterans. • All good news in this edition of our class notes, thank heavens. Go, Eagles!

Congratulations to Carol Joyce for achieving the Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who, publisher of Who’s Who in America. The award honored Carol’s career longevity and demonstrates unwavering excellence in nursing. Carol has relocated from New York City to her country home in Columbia County near Tanglewood, where she will be involved in the development and support of young women in the arts. • Jim O’Reilly, of the University of Cincinnati Medical School MPH faculty, has had two more books accepted for 2021 publication—his 56th and 57th. His text COVID-19 and Other Pandemics (PLI Press, 2020) is selling well, and his 230th article was published in Food and Drug Law Journal. • Maureen O’Keefe Doran, just prior to the pandemic breaking out, had moved her psychotherapy practice to her home office. She was therefore able to use telemedicine to continue working with patients and colleagues during the pandemic. Like many of us, Maureen misses those hugs and times together with her two daughters (BC ’00 and BC ’03), their husbands, and her grandchildren. Maureen and husband Kip ’68 continue to reside in Denver. • I hope all of you are keeping safe. Please take the time to send me some news on what you are doing.

Hi, gang. • I had a note from Bill Fogarty, a longtime resident of suburban Atlanta, where he lives with his wife, Judy. He reports that he’s recently retired after a career in the media, the last several years of which were with the Weather Channel. The Fogartys have two grown daughters: one teaches English as a second language, and the other works for the CDC in state and government relations; both also live in the Atlanta area. • As so often in this column as of late, I need to mention classmates whom we shall not see again. Richard “Dick” Poelaert passed away last September at his home in East Kingston, New Hampshire. Dick leaves his wife, Elena ’71, and three children. For many years he operated his own small business focused on sales and service of pumps. He was also an active citizen of East Kingston, having served on several town boards and committees, and as a baseball umpire well-known in that area. • Sandra Joyce Gallen, MEd’81, passed away last November. Sandy had been involved in special education for a number of years, having received a master’s degree in the subject from BC. She had served the town of Westborough for over 30 years in a number of capacities. Sandy is survived by her son, Thomas ’96, and daughter-in-law, Anna. Mark Bohan, of Mattapoisett, who had spent a career in high tech sales, passed away last year. Mark leaves his wife, Kathleen; daughters Heather, Jennifer, and Kerrie and their husbands; and five grandchildren. We extend the sincere wishes of the class to the families and loved ones of each of these departed classmates. • As I finish this column, I look back to note that it was exactly 50 years ago that I became your class correspondent. I gave it up for a few years so cannot say it has been that many years of writing. But there have been more than a few issues. As our lives change and we enjoy our golden years, remember that you are doing some interesting things and your classmates want to hear about you. Please drop me a line or give me a call whenever you get the chance.

The Class of 1971’s 50th Reunion Committee has been hard at work planning our reunion, scheduled for June 2021, and raising funds for a Class Gift. As of the date of this submission, the Committee is uncertain if the reunion can take place as planned due to the current state of Massachusetts guidelines on in-person meetings. In any event, the Reunion Committee is blessed to have 26 exceptional classmates volunteer as committee members: Mark Holland (chair), Maddy Nazzaro Cannon, Peter Cardia, David Castiglioni, Ann Harris Connor, Brian Curry, Barbara Lucas Delutis, James Deveney, Donna Dolan, James “Strad” Engler, Maureen Foley, Chris Gorgone, Kevin Hackett, John Kozarich, Maureen Mallon Lawler, Joe Maher JD’75, David McAuliffe, Helen Walsh McCusker, Frank O’Hara, Mike Power, Dominick Preziosi, Donna Petrulavage Qualters, Bill Reilly, Joe Rull DEd’77, Mary Keefe Rull, and Stanley Yutkins.

Ash Wednesday is approaching as I write, and I think back to a fond memory from that day 50 years ago. The basketball Eagles played their last home game of the season at Roberts Center. Coach Chuck Daly called a timeout in the closing seconds to remove Jim O’Brien ’71 from the game. The capacity crowd rose to applaud, and the ovation continued for several minutes after the game ended. I’ve never seen an athlete get a tribute like that in all the years since. • I was reminded of the adage “timing is everything” after I wrote in my previous column that Brian Corrigan was still in the workforce. Soon after, he retired to his home in Corona del Mar, California, where he lives with his wife, Kate. • I got a message from Tom Baenziger about another item in that column. He stays in touch with Thomas “Harold” Smith, an American Airlines retiree who divides his time between his siblings in Virginia and Spring Lake, New Jersey. Tom B. is a financial planner in Los Altos, California, with a practice called The Dollar Company. Earlier in his career, he was an agent for three members of the Oakland A’s and for some famous musicians. He sent a picture of the William V. Campbell Field dedication, which included also Lou Silva and Bill Thomas. Lou, who played linebacker at BC, is retired from a 40-year career as football coach at Marshfield High, where he won the Massachusetts Super Bowl five times. Bill was the first-round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in 1972 as a running back. He played there and for two other NFL teams, then became a biology teacher and an assistant coach at Northeastern University. • Dr. Kevin Nealon wrote from Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he’s still practicing as an internist. He and his wife, Marguerite (Candon) ’73, have 4 daughters and 10 grandchildren. • Larry Johnson wrote from Redondo Beach, California, that he stays active after retiring from his career as an investment banker. He owns a business, does volunteer work, and follows the progress of his granddaughter, who’s a freshman at Trinity College. • John Shack, MBA’76, wrote that he’s retired in Greenpoint, New York, after having practiced law in Woburn. • Alan Kreczko wrote from Weatogue, Connecticut, that he’s the chair of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, and that he’s led a fundraising effort to build a new facility on the south side of that city. • My condolences to the family of Patricia Murphy, who passed away in October. She was a VA hospital nurse and a resident of Gloucester.

Beth Corrigan Hedges was part of an online Hero Art Project in Brooklyn in October 2020 for her portrait honoring a medical person, one of our fallen heroes of COVID-19. You can view the show on the website arthouse.nyc to fully appreciate some of the medical heroes we have lost to this dreaded virus. • I hope all Eagles are staying safe and healthy and have access to vaccines!

Thanks to all for getting in touch. I am writing this note in mid-February, hoping that by this summer we will be on the other side of this virus. It will be wonderful to be able to visit, laugh, and hug again! • I got a great note from Dan Sullivan; he’s become a devoted sailor, racing a Rhodes 19 out of Hull and cruising in a 38-foot Alerion Express. Sounds perfect! Last summer, he was able to take an item off his bucket list with a two-week trip to Maine, exploring Casco Bay. This summer he hopes to sail to Penobscot Bay and more. Dan has four “kids,” ranging from 16 to 34, and two grandchildren, and all are doing well. • Happily, Maureen O’Brien Levine’s family is also doing well. They did a lot of traveling in 2018‒2019, and she is looking forward to more international trips in the future. She put Zoom to good use during the pandemic, taking classes in studio art (from Key West), art history (Rhode Island), and Italian (Cambridge).  Thanks Maureen! • Congratulations to John Chessare and his staff at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, where he is the president and CEO of GBMC HeathCare. GBMC has been awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. • I heard from Ed Kaplan, who has retired and is still living in the Chicago area. He is thoroughly enjoying his three grandchildren: Jordan, Andrew, and Harriet. • Jim and I are doing well; we have spent most of the past year in Harwich. Our family is healthy, and we appreciate how blessed we are. • Please write.

Hi, all. • Mary Morley writes: “COVID-19 hasn’t stopped a group of friends from reuniting as we do each year. In fact, COVID’s restrictions led us to meet more frequently thanks to weekly Zoom calls. Kerry Sullivan, Brett Capshaw, Ann Hayden, Ann Crosson Tyler, Mary Iandoli, Gina Kernan MSW’80, Janet Dunn, Lynn Fallavollita Hennigan MSW’91, Mary Pat McEnrue, Laura Mentch, and I chat each week as schedules allow. It’s been fun and supportive being more connected than ever. Sadly, we lost Kerry Sullivan in November to cancer. Kerry retired from a long, respected career at the Frick Collection in New York City. Her kindness and effervescence continue to inspire us.” We extend our sincerest condolences to Kerry’s family. • Anne Camille Maher Talley, MBA’81, is the first non-physician business person on the board of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, recently appointed chair of the Membership Imperative. • Congratulations to Mod-19B roommates Jo Ann Przewoznik Woods and Maureen Martin-Brown, MEd’76, on the arrival of their beautiful granddaughters! Jo Ann and her husband, Warren ’74, are ecstatic as they welcome their first grandchild, Kelsey Rose White! Maureen and her husband, Ken, are overjoyed with the arrival of their sixth grandchild, Scarlett Grace Gillespie! • We are saddened to learn of the January 29th passing of classmate William Clare. His wife, Barbara, informed us that although Bill had fought prostate cancer for 24 years, an unknown infection took him from the family in less than 24 hours. Bill had most recently been the business manager of Bishop McHugh Regional Elementary School in Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey. Prior to that he was the business manager at St. Damien Parish in Ocean City for 10 years. The family moved to Ocean City in 1998. Bill was happiest cooking for family and friends on his back deck and porch no matter the season or weather, and he was a man of great faith and love. He will be missed. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, a Villanova graduate; sons Christopher, Andrew, and Brendan; daughter Allison King; grandson Liam; and two beloved dogs, Wilson and Charlotte. Our deepest sympathies and prayers to you, Barbara, and your entire family. • Take care, stay safe and well, and hopefully in the near future we can look forward to reuniting at alumni events!

Duane Deskins, JD’79, was, for many years, an assistant US attorney. Now residing in Chicago, he continues his involvement in diverse legal matters. In the aftermath of the Capitol riot in January, NewsNation interviewed him in an extended segment about his concerns and important legal considerations at play. The interview can be seen on YouTube and is worth tracking down. As all will remember, Duane served as UGBC president before graduating from BC Law and embarking on his respected and lengthy legal career. • After graduation, some were meant to fly into the wild blue yonder, and one was our classmate Don Oakes, who became a Navy pilot. Don enjoyed a 10-year naval career before joining US Air (which later merged with American Airlines). Over a long career, he happily logged over 30,000 hours in flight and over 1,000 North Atlantic crossings! Don retired in 2019 after 44 years of flying and now resides in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, where he is often seen skiing and biking when he’s not enjoying time with his grandkids and family. • BC has a new website where one can read Class Notes. • Our Reunion Committee is in serious discussions with the Alumni Association given these uncertain times, as all would love an in-person reunion. A virtual experience for the same weekend is also on the table. • Chuck Sheehan still resides in Maryland and sent a shout-out to this writer expressing his desire to attend our reunion, if possible. Hope to see all the bicentennial babies then! • Kathy Murphy, Beth Hurley, and Gerry Shea enjoyed a mini-reunion last summer on Cape Cod, where the memories of the late Danielle Delie and Judy Harvey Hayes were toasted. Let’s do it again! • Wishing all a healthy and happy spring and summer, resist the pandemic, get a vaccine, and God bless! Go, BC!

Lou Chrostowski finally found the time, due to COVID-19, to share his first update since graduating. After working in HR in the investment management industry in Boston, he “retired” in 2007 and has been working as an executive coach and HR consultant. When he left the corporate world, his family sold their home in Newton and now divide their time between a beach house in Rhode Island and a villa in the Turks and Caicos Islands. If any classmates find themselves in either location, Lou encourages you to look him up via his email address: lou.chrostowski@verizon.net. Like all of us, Lou is looking forward to our next reunion! •Joe Ramos has been practicing anesthesiology for close to 40 years in New Jersey, and he and his soul mate, Lisa, now reside in Lyndhurst. His children, Kimberly Castelli (MSN); Christopher ’09; Bryan ’10, MA’11 (and NYU, MBA’20); and Gabrielle (Penn, BSN’20, now a pediatric oncology nurse at MGB in Boston)—have graduated from college, and Brooke Caroline is a sophomore in the honors scholarship program at Rutgers University. His three eldest have brought him six grands: Olivia (6), Juliette (3), and Christian and James (almost 2), as well as Lukas, Ryan, and Diana (all under 1). Lisa has two children: Michael, a graduate of John Jay University, and Martina, a May graduate from Drexel. Joe’s parents, Edward and Carmen, are still flourishing at age 90. When Lisa and Joe are not with the family, they enjoy traveling to warm, sunny beaches. • In September 2020, Jeff Bauer became the regional chief operating officer of the American Red Cross in Michigan. While still an arbitrator and mediator, Jeff transitioned from the active practice of law to full-time humanitarian services. Jeff has been a leadership volunteer for the past 37 years with the American Red Cross and has served on many national, regional, and local disaster operations. He is also a certified communications unit leader for the US DHS and for the state of Michigan. • After 17 years as the sixth president of the Cotting School in Lexington, Dave Manzo will be retiring in September 2021. Cotting School was founded in 1893 for children with complex special needs. Dave has also been an adjunct professor, since 1980, in BC’s PULSE Program and will continue teaching BC students about nonprofit services and leadership. • Ellen McElligott’s roommate Maureen Mahoney ’76 has been trying to connect with Ellen for a long time and thus far hasn’t had any luck. Ellen, originally from Brooklyn, went to Suffolk Law after graduation, and Maureen thinks that she lived in the Boston area. Ellen, and/or anyone reading this article who knows how Maureen can contact her, please reach out to Maureen at mahoney.maureen@gmail.com or by phone at 972-672-7152. • Yours truly, Nicholas Kydes, and my beloved wife, Carol, are very proud of our son Alexander, who graduated with the Class of 2020 from UConn as a scholar athlete. Alexander was on the UConn lacrosse team, earned leadership and academic awards, and was inducted into the Honor Society. • May all good things find the path to your door. God bless our world.

Jim Sano’s first novel, The Father’s Son (Full Quiver Publishing, 2019), received the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval Award for its literary integrity and faithfulness to Catholic teachings. Jim retired in June 2020 after 32 years at Dell-EMC but has stayed busy. His second novel, Gus Busbi (Full Quiver, 2020), was released in December. What can a Black teen from the gang-controlled South End projects of Boston and a 70-year-old, curmudgeonly Italian man, who has given up on life, have in common? More than you might think.

The BC—Texas football game was our class’s home opener in many ways. What an Eagle-life introduction we had! Chris Calabro, of Fort Myers, Florida, recalls that night as a favorite BC memory. “How did time go by so fast?” he asks. With the goal to wind down and spend more time with grandchildren, after 19 years with Carrier Corporation, he is now a VP at Channel Marketing Group. He’s now locating and thanking those who helped his success. “One of the benefits to slowing things down is being able to reflect on what brought me here,” he writes. • Bob Ziomek continues to enjoy Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and leads the BC Jacksonville Alumni Group. His youngest received early BC acceptance and is heading to the Heights in September. • Also in Florida, Harold Cordner, of Vero Beach, was elected president of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. • Another first responder, Vickie Karian, currently works as a CPNP at Boston Children’s Hospital Multidisciplinary Headache Clinic. She recently published a book, Getting Ahead of Pediatric Headaches: A Comprehensive Guide for Nurse Practitioners to Manage Headaches in Children and Adolescents (Damianos, 2020). Vickie remains close with classmates Laurie Reilly and Ann O’Connell O’Connor. • Jim and Maura (Haggerty) Sweeney have been living in Clearwater, Florida, for 38 years. COVID-19 curtailed Maura’s public speaking but enabled Jim to research and pen the book, Old School Hoops: Stories of an Aging Baller (Lulu.com, 2020). It chronicles his masters’ age basketball journey since 2009, often accompanied by Maura, playing in 100 senior hoops tournaments in over 20 countries, and features places visited, incredible food, and people met. • Diane di Scipio Driscoll, of Connecticut, and her golden retriever, Spell, received an invite to the 2021 AKC National Obedience Championships in Wilmington, Ohio. Sending pawsitive vibes. • Karen Pappas is managing a global marketing campaign for her latest business venture, CareerMode. Leveraging her psychology background, she offers holistic career counseling services for professionals at any stage. Karen gets together with classmate Carol Vartanian Molina. • Rhode Islanders Michael Voccola and his wife are proud grandparents of two toddlers. He is hosting his seventh Roger Williams School of Law seminar, How to Become a Sought-After Deal Maker. • Mary Michalis Hanraets lives in Sun Valley, Idaho. She teaches 5-year-olds to ski, walks her Brittany puppy up miles of canyon trails, and volunteers for the Hunger Coalition. She writes: “Life is good, I’m incredibly happy and grateful here, especially to be healthy and well. Now I’m waiting to do my travel bucket list!” Amen to that, Mary. • Congratulations to our class! We raised the most revenue of all 2020 reunion classes. Special thanks to our Reunion Gift Committee: co-chairs Bill Geary, Peg O’Brien Bernhardt, Kevin Connolly, and Brien O’Brien; committee members Christina Ravelo Amundson, George Harrington, Scott Hughes, Keith Mathews (deceased), Karen Michaud Moran, Michele Nadeem-Baker, Donal and Jean (Roney) Orr, Bambi Smith Riegel, Lou Taylor, Diane Eckland Van Parys, and Paul Vanderslice.

Gene Butera has been an attending physician at NYU Langone-Long Island Hospital since 2013 and is an associate professor at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. He and wife Wendy live in Huntington, New York. Gene gives a shout-out to Jon Blancaflor and Pete Girolamo. • Last year Bettina Pels-Wetzel hosted a wedding at her home in Niskayuna, New York, for her daughter Brittney ’14 and Charles Stewart ’13. The bride and groom, wedding party, officiant, and some guests were members of the University Chorale of Boston College. Bettina also became a first-time grandparent on the birth of her son Jonathan’s daughter, Emily Giselle Wetzel. • Elizabeth Granata Hickey, of Alexandria, Virginia, writes that after beginning a career in banking and then working on Citibank’s trading desk in New York City, she got her master’s in environmental policy at the University of Maryland College Park, where she met her husband, Chris. She started a nonprofit, university-based program dedicated to environmental finance for local communities, land trusts, local governments, and states. Following the birth of her daughter, she became a teacher and later an assistant head of school of a private Montessori school. Elizabeth retired and pursued her most meaningful job to date—as a yoga and meditation teacher, primarily for older adults. “I have never been as relaxed and calm as now,” she reports. • Mike Brennan is senior principal of a technology consulting and engineering firm, Technology Plus, in Aurora, Colorado, which provides design and engineering services to next-generation smart buildings, campuses, and cities such as the Wiltshire Grand, Century Plaza, and the city of Riverside, California. Mike and his wife, Maria, recently celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary; the marriage of son Conor, a VP at Marcus & Millichap, to his college sweetheart, Bethany Jenkins; and the marriage of their daughter Tara, lead mobile applications program manager for Einstein Bros./Bruegger Bagels Corp., to Tim Hughes, a director at Vapor IO. Mike and Maria live in Morrison at Red Rocks Country Club, just west of Denver. • With a heavy heart, I report the death of two dear classmates this past December, Peter McCourt and Kevin Curtin, MA’87, JD’88. Peter had a successful career in the mortgage industry and founded the McCourt Foundation with his brothers to assist families affected by neurological health challenges. Kevin was a beloved lawyer in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office for 26 years and taught in trial advocacy programs at BC Law, Harvard Law School, and the University of Virginia School of Law. Kevin leaves behind his wife, Susan Jeghelian ’86, and daughter, Francesca.

Charlie ’81 and Maureen (Bourgeois) Simmons celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary this past fall at Trinity Chapel in Newton, where they were married in 1983. They dropped off their youngest daughter, Kristine Grace ’24, their fourth and final Eagle, at Keyes North dorm to begin her freshman year at the Lynch School. They welcomed their fourth grandson, Peter Francis Byrne, in July 2020. Peter’s paternal grandfather is Patrick Byrne, of the BC Philosophy Department, who was professor and mentor to Maureen as an undergraduate. • Sue Gallant celebrated her 30th tax season in Chelsea this year. She is grateful for her client base and dedicated staff. Sue and her B52 roommates, Donna Hofmann Emerzian, Deb Wood O’Brien, Pam Cugini Giatras, Mary Ann Stamm, and Paula Deakin celebrated turning 60 during a pandemic with driveway and drive-by celebrations, Friday Zoom happy hours, and other socially distanced celebrations. Sue is a loyal BC football season ticket holder, along with MaryEllen Flynn ’81, and cannot wait to get back to tailgating with Mike ’84 and Sue (Cayer) Flaherty ’84. She is a proud aunt of two nieces: Lauren Gallant, a senior at the University of Delaware who is heading to grad school next fall to study physical therapy, and her sister, Samantha, who is a star basketball player for Franklin Pierce University. • Susan Erikson has written an article for Nature, “Pandemics Show Us What Government Is For,” and co-authored a piece in The Lancet, “Will Financial Innovation Transform Pandemic Response?” both published in 2020. After BC, she joined the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone and worked for a while in Washington, D.C. She then earned a PhD in medical anthropology. She’s a full professor in the faculty of health sciences at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. • Cindi Bigelow had a terrific ski weekend with Mike Blanchard and her partner, Alison Becker, at Okemo Mountain. • Vanessa Parks has a new book out, The Story of Mom: A Question & Answer Guide to Mom’s Life, Lessons, and Legacy (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster, 2021). • Bob Gallagher, MA’84, is glad to report a return to full health and to his classroom at Marshfield High School. He says MGH oncology was fantastic, as were his coworkers, friends, and family. He is eager to share the stories and build gardens with the arrival of warmer weather. • John Mannion reports that his son Conall is a senior and living in the same Mod—22A—where John lived during his senior year. Conall and his roommates have not had the opportunity to host the type of parties they had heard were hosted back in 1982. They are crossing their fingers for a more normal second semester and the return of the Pajoga Party. John also reports that his 22A roommates, John McCormack, Mike Nogas, Lenny Attisano, Bill Dermody, and Dave Crispi, are well and looking forward to the invite back to Mod-22A. • Rosemary Fandel Hall has enjoyed the company of her toddler grandson, James, during the pandemic. She has down-sized from a three-story home to an apartment. She loves teaching the children of immigrants in Chicago; as a special ed teacher, she is working in a resource room for second- and third-graders. She has had some positive experiences with remote learning and says it’s great to see how proud kids are of learning to read!

Diane Bailey-Boulet’s book, Poverty to Possibility: Snapshots from a Yorkshire Boyhood, is now published and was ranked as the No. 1 children’s historical biography on Amazon. Diane writes: “It tells the story of my dad’s childhood in a Yorkshire, England, coal-mining community from the start of the Great Depression through World War II: In Britain, during the desperate Depression-era 1930s and war-torn 1940s, a poor but promising and determined Yorkshire coal miner’s son finds the friendship, love, and community he needs to break the forceful grip of poverty and let his boldest dreams take flight. My dad died of cancer in 2003. Writing this book was my way of honoring him and coping with my grief. I have traveled back to England many times in researching the story—and reunited with many family members and my dad’s childhood friends in the process. Among the people I credit for helping me achieve this is John Rosser, my wonderful BC history professor.” • After a career spanning more than 30 years as an academic otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon, Mark Hoy retired in December from his position as assistant professor and head of the General Otolaryngology Division in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. The recent acquisition of a second home on beautiful Wadmalaw Island has kept him far from bored as he enjoys more time there and with his wife of 31 years, Nancy, and sons Connor, a practicing attorney, and Payne, who is in his final year of law school. • Dan Head writes: “Shortly after COVID-19 locked us down, the former Newton RAs, with a few adopted members, instituted a Sunday-night call just to check in to see how everyone was managing. Last June, we mourned the loss of John Walker ’82, JD’85, our staff assistant in Keyes Hall. The Class of ’85 students who lived in Keyes will fondly remember Johnny Walker. He graduated from BC Law and served as a special agent in the FBI. When we last traded emails in March, John was touring the law school campus with his daughter, a BC student. He said he spent five of his best years on the Newton Campus.” 

Greetings! • May 15, 2020, was a great day for Melissa Baker and family as both her children graduated. Lindsey ’17, earned her MA in theology and ministry from Villanova University, and Christopher earned his BS in electrical engineering (and surfing!) from the University of Southern California. Both children are gainfully employed in their fields. In July 2020, Melissa and husband Wayne celebrated their 30th anniversary. COVID-19 interrupted a celebratory vacation, but they are reveling in being empty nesters without any more tuition payments! • Gary Ferreira’s twin daughters, Amy and Allison, graduated with honors from BC’s Carroll School of Management in spring 2020. They were awarded the coveted honor of being selected by Poets & Quants as two of the country’s top 100 Best and Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors of 2020. Both work in New York City. Amy is a global markets analyst for Citigroup, and Allison is an investment banking analyst for UBS. • Todd Veale and Andrea Rocanelli ’86 have lived in Delaware since 1991. After a career in the corporate world, Todd enjoys his role as executive director of a Delaware-based nonprofit foundation. Andrea is a Delaware Superior Court judge. They have three daughters, two of whom returned to live temporarily with Todd and Andrea last March, while their oldest daughter remained in DC. They are looking forward to their renewed empty nest, which is contingent upon their youngest daughter’s return to Williams College for her senior year and final year of field hockey. • Bill McDonough retired after 30 years from John Hancock Investments and moved to Cape Neddick, Maine. His youngest son, Liam, graduated last spring from Colby College. • Kim Nagy has published the fifth book in the True Wildlife Adventure Series for Children, KZ & MK, Lord & Lady of the Lakes: A True Story of the Mystic Lakes Bald Eagles. It follows Wally & Wind of the Woburn Cliffs: The True Story of a Peregrine Falcon Family, which includes a section on the Tufts Veterinary Clinic, so important to wildlife. Kim lives in Brighton. • In August, John and Caryn (Bollhofer) Wolak celebrated the marriage of their daughter, Julia ’16, a Connell School of Nursing alumna, to Matthew Munfakh ’16, a graduate of the Carroll School of Management. The bride and groom’s immediate families were present for an intimate wedding ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina. John and Caryn have three children and reside in New Jersey. Julia and Matthew have settled in Chicago.

Congratulations to Maria Donoghue Velleca, who was appointed dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at William & Mary College in March 2020. • Eva Samaan is director of operations and strategic partnerships at Tiffany & Co. in New York City. • Denise Pampena is the president of Graziano Construction & Development Company, a 100-percent female-owned, Pittsburgh-based, general construction and development firm. • Chris Canning is a partner at the law firm of Canning & Canning and a member of the board of PACE, the suburban Chicago transit provider. • Daniel Callaway is chief compliance officer and general counsel at Sustainable Growth Advisors in Stamford, Connecticut. • Doug Stevenson is president at Kistler & Knapp Builders in Acton, a custom builder of home renovation and homes, and a dad to three children. • Elizabeth Germani is a founding member of the law firm Germani, Hill & Hayes in Portland, Maine. • Edward Capobianco is general counsel and VP of human resources at Swarovski North America in Cranston, Rhode Island. • Ken and Wendy (Fai) Roos are still living in the beautiful San Diego area. Wendy is VP of finance at Qpex Biopharma, and Ken is chief revenue officer at Arena. • Speaking of beautiful areas, Mike King is managing partner in the LA office of the law firm of Hennelly & Grossfeld. • Newton Chung is manager and head trader at John W. Bristol & Co. in the Greater New York City area. • Mike Glynn is assistant state’s attorney, chief juvenile unit, in the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Office in Maryland. • Armand Doucette, MS’91, is a principal at Port Harbor Technologies, a technology consulting firm, and also a full-time lecturer in the Information and Process Management Department at Bentley University. • Gregg Sweeney is president and COO at IKON Communications Consultants, Inc., in Wellesley. • Classmates, I would love to receive some updates from you; this column was largely sourced by my combing through LinkedIn for alumni news.

Hi, ’86 Eagles! I hope everyone is making the best of remote work, enjoying COVID-19 bubble activities, and getting excited for our 35th reunion! My deepest sympathy to all who have lost family, friends, and livelihoods during this unprecedented pandemic—here’s hoping 2021 is the best year ever for the world! Please keep sending in your email updates; I love hearing what is up in your life, and I know our classmates love it too. • Mike Hudzik writes that he and his fiancée, Debbie (who joined me at the last reunion), were married on March 21, 2020. Unfortunately, the celebration has been postponed indefinitely, and the honeymoon in Antigua has been rescheduled to May. Mike and Debbie moved into a new house in Cortlandt Manor, New York, in May 2020, and Mike left Swiss Re to join Munich Re in November 2021. They are looking forward to visiting BC again when possible and hoping the football team will keep positive momentum from this past season. • George Waters sent an update on a few Eagles: Patrick Geraghty is continuing his worldwide exploits in the U.S. Department of State. After a year in Kabul, Afghanistan, he is now stationed in Reykjavik, Iceland. Rich and Karen (Flanagan) Mullen continue to telecommute from Needham for their jobs with BBN/Raytheon and the Needham public health department. George and his wife, Sarah, are in Medfield. George just completed an MBA in the Executive MBA for Physicians program at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis and now works as a staff cardiologist at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. • Donna Consolini writes that she loves being home 24/7, fixing up her family homestead, working remotely for Dartmouth College advancement, and joining TCM Backlot virtual film club meetups. Her last travel adventure was a delightful February visit to BC’s Lyons Hall, where she surprised her boss from college, Cindy Nicholson Bravo, at the language lab—best college job ever! On the same trip, her twin, Dina Consolini Dommett (who lives in the UK with her husband, Mike), saw a Le Vent du Nord concert at the MFA—a terrific Quebecois band they’ve followed since discovering them at Pete Seeger’s Clearwater Festival. Dina and Donna look forward to our virtual reunion in June! • The 2020 pandemic has taught us to be resilient, positive, patient, flexible and, above all, lucky to have our BC forever friendships—it was the overarching theme of all the emails, social media posts, and Zoom cocktails meetings. Everyone, get those dancing shoes out, party hats on, because we are going to rock the BC campus at our reunion with the best class of Eagles ever! Seems like yesterday we were living the dream, 1982‒1986. Impossible to think it was 35 years ago! Mark your calendars for the epic 35th reunion and reliving our BC glory days. 

Mary O’Neill is still living in Atlanta. She writes: “I would love for y’all to visit. I’m working at Bayer Consumer Health and ‘sell drugs online’—better known as Amazon/e-commerce. If you are in town, please give me a call/email (mary.oneill@bayer.com).” • Judith Czaja McCaffrey’s twin daughters will be attending college in Boston this fall—Katherine at BC, Class of 2025, and Elizabeth at Northeastern. Travel from Florida for Parents Weekends will be easy for Mom and Dad! Judith recently retired after a 25-year career as head and neck cancer surgeon at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. She and husband Thomas are looking forward to settling the twins in and hope to travel and enjoy the world post-pandemic! • After 33 years in the private sector, Rocko Graziano retired from L.L.Bean to join the faculty at the University of Maine at Augusta, where he will teach classes in data science and computer information systems. • Quentin Williams writes that he is honored to be a part of the D2C (Dedication to Community) family as that organization addresses the justice issue. • Tom Porell and his wife, Christine, will be celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in November, all thanks to classmate Patty Piechota Emerson, who set them up on a blind date back in 1987. The Porells still live in Littleton, where Christine is the school nurse at the high school and Tom is a senior VP at USI Insurance. • Last August, a group of classmates converged on Karl and Jamie (Conte) Kreshpane’s house on the Jersey Shore for a fun weekend of eating, drinking, boating, and reminiscing about the good old days at BC. The group included Dave Nugent, Sean Dombrowski, Pat Ard, and Karl Maier. It was an epic weekend!

Marty Kane, JD’92, reports: “My roommate and dear friend, Brian McDonnell, aka “McD,” passed away peacefully this January in Haddonfield, New Jersey. He fought hard [against cancer]. He was surrounded by his family. A week prior to his death, a bunch of us—Mike Connolly, Joe Hoffman, Mark Murphy, Peter Everin MS’96, Doug Mantz, Perry O’Grady, Matt Bradley, Greg Nardolillo ’89, and I—went down to his house and spent the afternoon and evening with McD and his family. We ate, drank, and roasted McD. He was in great spirits, gave back some of the roasting to us. We shared great memories, many of which occurred on campus. He was one of the Delbarton boys who infiltrated our Class of ’88. He was courageous in his battle. Take the time today to check in with your old gang from BC.”

Classmates! What a crazy year. Please forgive the brevity of the last update, but please do keep submitting your updates online or via email to me. You can find the notes on the BC magazine website too! • Christine Bracciotti Pier (stinepier@yahoo.com) writes in with a great update on five friends—who all met on the second floor of Fitzpatrick freshman year—whose friendship has only been strengthened by the COVID pandemic. Over the years since graduating, Karen Sullivan Louie (South Carolina), Colleen Borger O’Connor (New York), Laura Pollock Salamone (Texas), Julie Tierney Spurr (England), Suzanne Suppelsa Zilvetti (New Jersey), and Christine (Pennsylvania) have reunited in person countless times. • Inevitably, life has prevented one or all from gathering each summer. In March 2020, when COVID-19 began to wreak havoc, they began (like many others) to convene on Zoom. What began as a weekly call has gradually moved to every other week, lasting hours, as they are never at a loss for conversation. Their friendship forged all those years ago has proven to be a sisterhood that sustains them through the trials and tribulations of raising young adults, coping with personal life/health issues, and the reality of dealing with aging parents from afar. Thanks, BC! They went to BC for an education and left with so much more than that. • Sharing another good story about reconnecting, Kimberly Yeskevicz Adam (kadam22@charter.net) and friends started a biweekly Zoom party this year, starting with Mod mates (Mod-39A) Kristin Lisi Conway, Patti Kavanagh Edwards, Liz Costigan Fischelis, Liz Ryan Dole, Traci St. Pierre, and Kim. Robin Kilduff and Cathy Griffin DiMassa have now joined, and all agree that it is one of the best things to come out of 2020. • Our class lost a great light this January. Maria Salomao-Schmidt passed away at her home surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Maria leaves behind husband Douglas Schmidt, four children (Mialotta, Olivia, Isabella, and Christopher), six siblings, and many nieces and nephews. Maria is predeceased by her daughter Sophia. Many classmates reached out and supported Maria and her family and joined in both the visitation and online memorial service. Many thanks to Kathleen Zinzer McCarthy for sharing so many updates this year on Maria on our class Facebook page.

Hello, everyone! I sincerely hope this year finds you all happy and healthy! What a crazy year it has been. Thank you to those who have submitted class notes. • Congratulations to Michael Baroni on being named Entertainment Lawyer of the Year, USA, by Lawyer Monthly magazine! Baroni Law, the firm he launched in Newport Beach in 2020, caters to business and entertainment clients. Currently, they are working on a TV show with a No. 1‒rated producer. Michael is now working on a music festival and documentary film about a university’s famous basketball season. • Matt McConnell’s son Jack is now a freshman in the Carroll School of Management. He is a fourth-generation Eagle, following in the footsteps of Matt and his wife, Aileen (Kelly) ’91; her father, Thomas Kelly ’60; and his father, Thomas Kelly Sr. ’30. Matt’s daughter, Katie, is a junior in high school and in the midst of her college search. Matt recently joined MediaKind as the CEO, which is a PE-backed company focused on next-generation media and video distribution technologies. Aileen, after receiving her MBA and working in the world of financial consulting for many years, now volunteers with Boulder Voices for Children, working as a court-appointed special advocate. The McConnells still spend time with a great crew from Matt’s Xavier Hall days, including Steve Santaguida, Michael Sousa, Joe Soto, Pete Moser JD’94, Jim Hickson, Omer Gingras, Greg Schwake, and Bryan Bradshaw MS’93. Matt would love to catch up with any Eagles in the Denver/Boulder area! • John Harrington, MBA’99, MS’03, and his wife, Bethany, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this spring. John participated in each of the Morrissey College’s Endeavor Programs, career exploration programs for liberal arts majors during winter break. He has worked for PNC Financial Services Corp for the last seven years in their Asset Management Division. John and Beth have two children: Andrew, University of Alabama ’20, and Elizabeth, University of Virginia ’22. • Greg and Ila (Gadhavi) Rosengarten attained empty-nester status when their youngest daughter began her freshman year at the Heights this past fall. For the past 28 years they have lived in Colorado, where Greg enjoys sales with RingCentral, and Ila works at Greg’s high school alma mater in its college counseling department. • Tammy Dinicola Cracolici has been in the income-tax business for 25 years. • Amy Bettez Cronin has been visiting campus to see her talented daughter, Bridget, who is a junior in the Connell School of Nursing. Her family is hoping they will again experience a BC tailgate in September 2021! • David Pierre recently published his fourth book, The Greatest Fraud Never Told, a counter-narrative to the media’s reporting of the Catholic Church sex abuse story. He was recently cited in the Chicago Tribune and interviewed on the Catholic Channel on Sirius XM radio. • Stephen Soukup just finished his first year as CEO of DefenseStorm, a cybersecurity and cyber-compliance company built for the banking industry, which was recognized on Inc. 5000 last year. Stephen and his wife, Ginger (Boettcher) ’92, have four high-schoolers. Twins Tom and Charlie will be heading off to college this fall, while Michael (a senior) and Maggie (a sophomore) attend Wesleyan School near their suburban Atlanta home. Since the pandemic began in March 2020, Steve and several of his classmates, including Mark Keating, Mike Stapleton, Craig Piskura, and Joe Schoenfeld, have participated in a daily clip-of-the-day text group started by Scott Bonneau. They exchange music video clips from favorite artists today and from their days together at the Heights. It has been a great way to stay connected. Love that idea, guys! • Keep the news coming!

Lots of notes this time around again! I couldn’t get to everyone, so stay tuned for more in the next issue! • Meg Nocero is the founder of the nonprofit Spirit Hope Insight Networking Event (S.H.I.N.E Networking, Inc.,) where they are doing amazing work with donations of laptops and mentoring students. After resigning from the Department of Homeland Security in 2017 after nearly 20 years as an immigration attorney, she promoted her award-winning, best-selling first book, The Magical Guide to Bliss, Daily Keys to Unlock Your Dreams, Spirit & Inner Bliss, and landed a panel at the New York BookExpo BookConline 2020 called “Improve Your Mind, Body, Soul and Even Your Wallet.” Meg hosts her own YouTube channel and podcast, Manifesting with Meg: Conversations with Extraordinary People. Classmate Lisa Tarranova Lommerin, an ESL teacher and wellness coach, was a guest in September to discuss how she is successfully navigating the stresses of being a teacher in the time of COVID-19. Lisa lives in New Jersey with husband Chris, a school superintendent, and their teenage twins, Sydney and Ashley. Meg’s next book, Sparkle & Shine 108 M.A.N.T.R.A.s to Brighten Your Day and Lighten Your Way (Butterflies & Bliss, 2020) launched in October. Her memoir Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief, will be published in September. Meg lives in Miami with her husband Frank, an attorney, and two kids, Michael ’21 and Ava (11). • Jennifer Ament Moeller was honored by her local domestic violence resource agency with the 2019 Ann Kok Social Justice Award for her commitment to eliminating violence in all its forms while making an impact in Door County, Wisconsin, where Jennifer lives and works. She has served as the Door County family court commissioner and register in probate for over nine years. • Kathryn Haber, MA’95, has published a self-help/memoir, Fear Less, Love More: What to Do When the Unexpected Happens (Koehler Books, 2020). Kathryn lost her mother, father, brother, and sister to cancer, and had her own cancer fight with three babies under 3 years of age. Kathryn hopes all will find hope and solace in the pages of her book. • James Jean-Pierre successfully launched an enterprise-wide, corporate “BC Eagles” affinity group at Pfizer. It started with about 12 targeted Pfizer colleagues but has ballooned to about 40 colleagues across different divisions and units and may continue to grow. This is a great opportunity to leverage the experience, expertise, and talents in the group to network, execute mentorships, and define best ways to effectively support BC.

Hi, everyone! Hope you and your families are all doing well. Thanks to those who sent in updates. Please reach out if you have news to share, thanks so much! • Ed Nawotka, bookselling and international editor of Publishers Weekly, coordinated the launch of PW en Español, the third edition of the 150-year-old trade magazine covering the international book market, which also includes an edition in Arabic published out of the U.A.E. The new magazine will serve the global Spanish-language book trade. It is published 26 times per year and includes news, interviews, and more than 50 book reviews per issue. You can get in touch with Ed at enawotka@publishersweekly.com. • Michael Shoule writes: “My two middle-schoolers convinced me that we should drive from Queens to Sarasota, Florida, to visit Dave Decker ’91 during their mid-winter break. Classmate Patrick Poljan and his family joined us for a few days. Speaking of surprises, I hope Patrick has forgiven me by now for his unexpected dip in the pool! From a business perspective, I am still working for my family’s 156-year-old logistics company and expect to be self-publishing a few more children’s books this year. Happy to hear from anyone who wants to say hello: mikes@jwhampton.com.” • Peter Fernandez, aka “Peter Tahoe,” is back in Boston making commercials with Matt McGovern for McGovern Auto Group. The current ad “Carati” features Matt in a Cobra Kai‒themed spot and is airing in the Northeast now. • Kara Moheban McLoy shared the following update: “I am thrilled that my daughter, Brooke, has followed in my footsteps and verbally committed to play lacrosse at BC, Class of ’26. She can’t wait to be part of such an amazing coaching staff and group of athletes. It has been her dream since she was old enough to pick up a lacrosse stick!” • Marie Kendra Manning sent the following update: “Serge Georges was sworn into the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in December. He wore an Eagles face mask at his swearing-in! His BC roommate, Double Eagle Dan Cavarello, JD’95, a judge in Buffalo, attended the ceremony.” • Mary Battaglia Petrick writes: “It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of my brother John Battaglia ’92, JD’97, on February 2. John fought a nine-year battle with colon cancer and during that time achieved some of his greatest achievements. In 2019, he received the prestigious Brennan Award from the University of Virginia School of Law for his contributions to trial law. He was a superstar in the courtroom, a prolific writer, and an award-winning public speaker, but he will be best remembered for his kind and loving heart. He leaves behind his wife of 20 years, Kim, and four beautiful children: Jack, Hannah, Samantha, and Michael. John’s longtime BC friends, John Doran, Rick Finch, Chris Gildea, Matt McGovern, and Mark Walker, were in attendance at the services.”

Happy 50th to all, BC ’93! It’s our big year! And what amazing celebrating must be happening to mark this milestone: Zooms, Corona drive-by parades, lots of heartfelt text messages, distanced drinks with 10 or fewer people freezing on your front lawn. Good times. I sit here at the end of February in Austin, where today it was 75 degrees and sunny, but one week ago, we were in single digits with six inches of snow on the ground and massive power outages. More good times. I hope you are as healthy and happy as you can be. • Matt Fitzpatrick’s second novel, Matriarch Game (Green Place Books, 2020), is available now on Amazon. He also signed a new publishing deal, so the third installment of the trilogy will be coming, tentatively, fall 2021. His older daughter is currently at BC. • Jay Carroll and his wife live in Wellesley and have three children. The oldest, Maddie, was learning how to navigate COVID-19 protocols this past fall as a freshman at BC. • Nicole Choiniere-Kroeker was selected as the winner of the Connecticut Association of School Librarians’ Follett Creativity Award for 2020. • Martin Gobbee and family moved to Sonoma, California, in 2019 after 23 years in Brooklyn. Martin is general manager of a wine shop, restaurant, cocktail bar on the Plaza in downtown Sonoma and says, “come visit when things get semi-normal, BC’93ers!” (Shall we listen for loud tunes, Martin? A blast from the Keyes freshman past!) • Carrie Finison says she finally put her English major to good use and recently published two picture books with Penguin/Random House. Dozens of Doughnuts, which came out in July 2020, is about friendship, doughnuts, sharing, and math. Don’t Hug Doug came out in January 2021 and is meant to help spark discussion about personal boundaries and consent in a way kids can understand. Carrie lives and writes in Arlington with her husband and kids ages 12 and 15. • After 22 years as a partner with the branding agency Tank Design, Kelly Moran Heath joined Gupta Media as their head of people in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic. She’s working harder than ever at a company very fortunate to be growing. Kelly still lives north of Boston, is mom of three, and stays in close touch with Stacy Eberlein Meyers, Ali Gianinno, Erin McElroy-Barker, and Megan McMahon Cosentino. • We’ll end with news that’ll really make us feel old: Brian and Dana (Kawalautzki) Lauducci welcomed their first granddaughter, Kristen Marie, on October 23, 2020. • Remember, I am writing this at the end of February, so whenever you read it, that is how long the turnaround time is for news. If you share updates, it does take a while to see ’em, and this is hardly a place for breaking class news. That can be found on our Facebook page: facebook.com/groups/BostonCollege93/.

Class of 1994! I imagine that you are all feeling as overwhelmed as I feel with the pressures of work, family, and the pandemic. I do hope that you and yours are safe and healthy despite these difficult times. I didn’t receive notes this time around. It would be great if you could take a moment to send me some news for next time. • There was a fun exchange on the Class of 1994 Facebook page identifying those who were expecting to have a freshman at BC in fall 2020. It was quite a considerable number! Those in that category included Kerry Gioffre Casey MS’21, Gary Lynn, Jennie Osborne Burke, Melissa Laux Burstiner, Dan and Allyson (Rsha) Hayes, Jeanne Hurley Horsey, Kelli Chamberlain Tosone, Mike Sullivan, Mike and Katie (Smith) Spalla MS’01, Brian JD’94 and Sandi (Chisholm) Falvey, and Annie Walsh Watts. Several reported a smooth move-in and that BC was handling COVID-19 very well. I’m sure there are more of you! • For those of you in Massachusetts, look out for Matt West’s Jersey Mike’s sub shops in Plymouth, Hyannis, Pembroke, and Wareham. • Finally, I would like to correct an error. In the Winter issue I mistakenly referred to Cheryl Mastrogiovanni as “Carol.” Not sure where that came from, but my apologies. • Now send me some notes! How are you coping with COVID? Tips for staying upbeat and coping? Please share! 

In January, Graig Paglieri became the new CEO of Randstad Technologies Group, a business unit of Randstad US that provides collaborative, customizable technology talent solutions to companies of all sizes. • Christine Wischusen McCoid earned her EdD from Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, in July 2020, after successfully defending her dissertation titled “Teacher Growth Through Personalized Professional Development.” She is in her eighth year as principal of Hazlet Middle School in Hazlet, New Jersey. • Roshan Rajkumar, a partner at the law firm of Bowman and Brooke LLP, was re-appointed for a third term as co-chair of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and elected to a second term as the co-managing partner of the firm’s Minneapolis office. He and his wife, Jen, were looking forward to celebrating the second birthday of their son, Remington, in March 2021 and hope he will be an Eagle in the Class of 2041. Roshan remains active in the leadership of the Minnesota Chapter of the BCAA and continues to actively recruit for BC admissions. • Jennifer Brown has been living in Annecy, France, for three years. She is practicing landscape architecture and environmental planning, with a focus on storm-water management, both in France and in the States. She writes: “It would be a pleasure to connect with any BC alumni or current students who visit or live in the Haute-Savoie.”

Tom Lane joined Western Foothills Land Trust as development director in Norway, Maine. His twin brother, Chris Lane, is senior counsel with Capital One in Washington, D.C. • Ivan Illan is CIO and a founder of AWAIM; the company has launched a sub-advised relationship with its ACGM model portfolio suite for distribution through Investment Advisor Representatives of MML Investors Services, a MassMutual Company. • Tricia Fleming Xavier’s son, Patrick, will be part of the Carroll School of Management’s Class of 2025! • Danielle Shuckra Sparks founded a nonprofit organization, Loving Moms Together, in New Hampshire. Its mission is to provide mothers in need with essential care items to keep their families safe and healthy and to help establish connections to resources, educational opportunities, and support available in the community. Beth Lease Herbert and Victoria Ferraro serve on the board of the organization.

As we are still dealing with COVID-19 and its aftermath, I hope this note finds you and your families well. • Thomas Sawyer would like you to know he is still married, still employed, and still alive despite the pandemic! • Erin Lynch Prata was sworn in as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in January after having been nominated to the post in December by Governor Gina Raimondo and being confirmed by both the Rhode Island House and Senate. • In November 2020, Chris Duncan was elected to the City Council in San Clemente, California. • William Waters completed his 15th year as a chief deputy public defender at the Clark County Public Defender’s Office in Las Vegas in October 2020. Also, his daughter Zoey Isabella was born on January 19, 2020! • Laura Thompson, MBA’04, has recently launched a new entrepreneurial adventure with a clean-crafted wine business that also is fully online. The wine is organic, has no added sugar, and is low in sulfites. It delivers right to your door, and there is no mandatory wine club. She would love to share recommendations! She hopes everyone is doing well and is looking forward to reconnecting. Get in touch with her at laura@growonthevine.com. • Joel ’99 and Tracey (Maffeo) Amico welcomed a son, Callum, in April 2020. Callum joins sisters Isabella (5) and Liliana (3) in New York City. • I’m looking forward to hearing from you! Keep your updates coming.

Richard and Allyson (Olewnik) Gosselin, wanting to be closer to family and friends, along with daughter Lillian Gosselin, recently relocated to Collinsville, Connecticut, from New York State. Rich is working for Bristol Health Medical Group, and Allyson has recently become a travel planner with Tink’s Magical Vacations, specializing in Disney destinations.

Congratulations to Gwen Cherne, who was appointed as the first-ever veteran family advocate for the Australian government’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs in August of 2020. • In December 2019, Jessica Edreich Lang, MEd’05, started a new job at Swarovski North American Headquarters in the Consumer Goods Business Division. She also became a 200-hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance after completing her training at Create Power Yoga in May 2020. • Juliana Castelli Grohman has been living in Paris with her husband and two daughters for the last year and a half. Despite travel restrictions and COVID-19 lockdowns, they have taken advantage of travel opportunities and all the culture that surrounds them. They will be returning home to Charlotte this June. Meanwhile, Juliana started her own travel company: Kingdom and Cruise Travel, a full-service travel planning company offering personalized itineraries for destinations around the world. • Shawn and Michelle (Lapworth) Liberty welcomed a son, Cooper Thomas, in December 2019, and a daughter, Olivia Nicole, born via surrogacy, in May 2020. Their silver lining to the global pandemic and working from home is the time at home watching their beautiful babies grow and change day by day, which they will forever treasure. • Jake Myers shared the following: “Unplugging my psychotherapy practice to telehealth (video) only during the pandemic made me realize that there is a need out there for this kind of service, catering to LGBTQ clients. Therefore, I am launching my own business/website called GayTherapySpace.com, which will be a digital lounge for mental health services and information, including matching clients to therapists for LGBTQ-affirmative counseling through our online platform. Look for the site to launch around mid-March 2021!” • After 13 years in a variety of public accounting and finance roles, Kate Ming-Sun went back to school for outdoor adventure. During the school year, she teaches business classes to college students who are training to become adventure guides, and in spring and summer, she guides backpacking and canoe trips through her company, The Quiet Guiding Co. She writes: “Navigating the tourism industry during a pandemic has been...educational.”

Hello, Class of 2000! • Matthew Moore married Cheryl Blauth in a beautiful, intimate setting along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York, on October 24, 2020. Although not all of his BC family could be there in person, many were able to watch the ceremony online and share in the joy of the day with the couple. For a few local lucky ones, being there in person to celebrate with Matt and Cherly was amazing. I know that I can’t wait for the return of Irish coffees in December and St. Patrick’s Day runs in March at Matt and Cheryl’s home in Cambridge! • Paul and Sarah (Stiglmeier) McNeeley welcomed their third daughter, Evelyn Francis, to the family on November 4. Evelyn joins big sisters Abigail (6) and Olivia (4). The family resides in Natick, and they all can’t wait to get back to campus to catch a football game this fall! • Erick Hunt was named director of strategic partnerships at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He will be leading the lab’s business development, industry engagement, technology licensing, and economic development functions. He recently returned from a stint in Washington, D.C., as a commercialization executive in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions. • After living in Avon, Connecticut, for the past 16 years, Tae and Marie (Hong) Namkoong moved to Frisco, Texas, last fall. Selling their home and moving cross country in the middle of a pandemic was quite the challenge. Thankfully, their two sons— including their older son, a new freshman at BC!—were able to start school in the fall. Although they were sad to miss our 20th reunion, they are happy to now have a great excuse to visit campus for the next four years. The family has now settled into their new community, and the couple’s 9-year-old-daughter is loving her new school. • Keep the wonderful news coming, Class of 2000! We all love to read about your many accomplishments and celebrations!

Renée Pitts Moran opened her second medical spa in the Seaport, (451 D Street, Boston) and continues to offer her services at Dr. Renée Moran Medical Aesthetics in Newton Centre. • Doug McMahon is an allergy and asthma doctor at a private practice he started in the Twin Cities. • Brendan Quirk landed in the Miami area after over six years in South America. Brendan heads up Moore North America, an association of accounting and consulting firms, and looks forward to settling in and starting this new chapter with wife Ana and kids Mica, Maggie, and Patrick, along with their miniature poodle, Lady. • Meghan Burk married Greg Osisek in September 2019. In October 2020, after more than 15 years as an analyst in the advancement office at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, she became the associate director of the Center for Addiction and Recovery Education at SJU. She provides training and education on addiction and connection to treatment to the first-responder and legal communities. Meghan finds it very rewarding to be working to bring the addiction crisis out of the shadows and cultivate empathy for those who suffer from substance use disorder. • Despite the economic challenges the pandemic has presented to many industries, the real estate and mortgage markets have continued to prosper. Many homeowners have been relocating from urban areas to suburban and rural communities to have more outdoor living space and allow for easier social distancing. Nick DeSimone originated the highest volume of mortgage loans in his career! He and his wife, along with their rescue German shepherd mix, Juno, and rescue domestic shorthair, Ashes, relocated to Bluffton, South Carolina. Hilton Head Island has always been their favorite summer vacation destination, and they’re excited to make their permanent home in the low country. Nick looks forward to networking with local real estate agents and professionals in peripheral businesses throughout Beaufort County while continuing to develop his mortgage business in New Jersey remotely. Nick looks forward to spending a lot more time outside and hopes to run into fellow BC alums who reside in the Carolinas during his adventures. • Stay well and be safe, Eagles!

Congratulations to Kim Karagosian Chhabria, who gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Lucas Craig, on November 20, 2020. Three-year-old Gabriella Grace “GG” is thrilled to be a big sister! • Kelly Cook shared that in a time of needing to remain physically distant, a group of girls who first met on the Newton Campus in 1998 became closer once again. Needing an outlet beyond the walls of their homes, text chains that had previously been quiet for weeks at a time began lighting up daily, and “Whine with Wine” Zooms allowed them to vent about lockdown while sipping some wine and reminiscing about fun times of the past were initiated. Although they would happily have done without COVID-19, it is wonderful to have the silver lining of a renewed closeness with other BC women: Meredith Millet Rosen, Andrea Fox, Meghan Robinson Moran, Meghan McClure Williams, Julie Dyer Wood, and Moira Mannix Votel. • Andrew and Liz (Skora) Sowa welcomed twins, Henry Stefan and Ella Margaret, to their family in December 2020. • Mehmet Özarslan thought it would be interesting for the BC community to know that there are alumni in all parts of the world—even in Istanbul, Turkey. He has read about BC people who are doing great in the US, and in all parts of our globe. Mehmet is the founder and CEO of Slimwell Company, operating in the field of beauty and dermocosmetics. Slimwell operates in all 81 provinces of Turkey, does business with over 25 countries worldwide, and is recognized as a leading company in its field. Mehmet credits BC for the education that allowed him to be the person and businessperson that he is today. He feels he is making a difference by employing people, inventing new products via investments in R&D, and keeping the company running in good health while we are all going through a worldwide pandemic. He also would like to use this opportunity to salute everyone who knew him back at BC by the nickname “Memo,” and he wishes everyone a wonderful day wherever you are in the world. • Farah Bernier recently served as keynote speaker for Babson College’s 18th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Day. The event’s theme leveraged the title of King’s final work, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? During her speech, Farah shared her personal leadership model of “engage, empower, elevate” as a call to action for the members of the Babson Community to choose community. Farah was also recently promoted to head Google Professional Services’ people operations team.

Ken and Jeaneille (Sandy) Clarke welcomed Cameron Luca to their family on January 10.  Mom, dad, and big brother Aiden (and their dog, Bo) are in love with the newest little Clarke. • Trevor Haynes was recently elected to the partnership of Phelps Dunbar, LLP, where he practices in the business and finance groups handling clients’ real estate, banking, and commercial transactions. He lives in New Orleans and maintains offices in the firm’s New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices. • Ted Goff won the 2020/2021 Ken Patrick Nolan Fantasy Football League. A multi-year champion in the elite KPNFFL, Ted celebrated hard for one night and then set his sights on next season. • Alexa Fox recently joined the Crimson Wine Group, based in Napa Valley, as the VP of direct to consumer and revenue marketing. • Meghan Dunn’s debut book of poems, Curriculum, is the recipient of the 2020 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize and was published in March 2021 by Gunpowder Press. • Corey Podell is living in LA, where she works as a writer and director in TV and film. She married David Futernick, a professional actor, in December 2019. The couple are close to completing their licensure to become foster parents and are excited for their next chapter! • On February 5, Dan Reilly and his wife, Erin, welcomed Declan John-Edmund to the Reilly family. He joins siblings Mikaleigh (6) and Tristan (5). Everyone is happy and healthy and looking forward to Eagles football in the fall. • Last summer, Kevin Meme joined LA-based alternative investment manager Oaktree Capital as VP, private equity special situations. He spent the previous 11 years with Boston Consulting Group, where he advised major consumer and healthcare companies, most recently as a partner in Philadelphia.

Julia Coquillette MacIntosh is an assistant principal of a local elementary school and lives in Amherst, New Hampshire, with her two daughters. • Matt ’01 and Julie McCartney Mainelli welcomed Caroline Margaret on August 15, 2020. Big sister Kate (7) is overjoyed! • Chris Johnson was named a co-chair of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s board of overseers. • In January, M. Patrick Moore, JD’07, was featured in a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article for his work on the Biden campaign. Pat served as the campaign’s deputy general counsel. From the unique challenges of administering an election during a pandemic to preventing foreign interference, Pat helped lead the litigation team tasked with preserving voters’ rights to a free and fair election and defending the election results from challenge. • Brandon Barford and his wife, Susie, welcomed their first child, Orion Leonard Rocco, in early December. They are loving parenthood and can’t wait for their COVID-19 vaccines so that they can take Orion to the UK to meet his British friends and family. The family plans to split their time between Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and their UK home in a small Cotswolds village.

Steve Sztuk ’02 and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Donahue, MS’10, were engaged in Boston in January and married this summer. In a charming twist of fate, their union will bring Lizzie even closer to her freshman-year roommate, Meredith Mulvaney Sztuk, as they will become sisters-in-law! Meredith’s husband, Matt Sztuk, is the groom’s brother. • Five BC grads—Dana Vartabedian Nentin, Sarosh Nentin, David Swanson, John Castiglione, and Hung Lam ’06—will be opening their fourth Playa Bowls location in the Greater Boston area. A fast casual açaí bowl shop featuring smoothie bowls, smoothies, fresh juices, and oatmeal, Playa Bowls’ newest shop will be located at 532 Adams Street in Milton and is expected to open this summer. That location will join their other locations: 2199 Commonwealth Ave. in Brighton (opened February 2019); 277 Huntington Ave. in Boston (opened December 2019); and 71 Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge (opened August 2020). • Kate Kreinbring and husband Joe Halli are happy to welcome their second little Eagle, William David, into the world on September 30, 2020. His big brother James has been so excited about his new role, and both boys will surely get to visit campus when the world is a little safer for travel back east from Chicago. • John Curley and Andrew Grillo decided to embark on a socially distant, pandemic-inspired, drive-in-movie-theater marathon across New England. The two have been watching movies together since sophomore year as roommates in Walsh, and they traveled to seven different drive-ins—symbolic of Tom Brady’s Super Bowl titles—watching films exclusively in black and white. Carrying gobs of Hobbs popcorn from the famed Salem Willows, John and Andrew traveled to Massachusetts’ Leicester Triple Drive-In to watch Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic Psycho, enjoyed the mozzarella sticks at Maine’s Saco Drive-In during Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein, upset their tummies by overindulging on the clam boats at Connecticut’s Pleasant Valley Drive-In during The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and caught a beautiful sunset while watching Dracula at Vermont’s Sunset Drive-In Theater. • Annie Kryzanek Karreth was promoted to associate professor of politics and international relations with tenure at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. • Richard Boles, MA’06, an assistant professor of history at Oklahoma State University, wrote Dividing the Faith: The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American North, which was released in December. The book examines the transition from racially diverse churches during the early 18th century to separate Native American and African American congregations by the early 19th century in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions, as well as shows that a significant portion of northern Protestants worshipped in interracial churches between 1730 and 1820.

Three BC ’06 roommates welcomed future Eagles to their crew within weeks of each other. Stephanie Mitrione and Ryan Dinsdale welcomed Kaylie Grace Dinsdale on May 17, 2020, in Jupiter, Florida; Ali Leshik and Frank Deluccia welcomed Amelia June Deluccia on June 4, 2020, in New York City, and Chip and Shawna (Sullivan) Marino welcomed Julia Frances Marino on June 16, 2020, in Santa Monica, California. Congratulations to all! The future Eagles look forward to tailgating with their parents in 18 years. • Sylvia Hechema Rutherford is now the executive director of NYC Mammas Give Back, an organization serving mothers, children, and families living in poverty in New York City. She asks that you please reach out to her if you would like to get involved! • John and Melissa (Abruzzese) Alesi welcomed their second daughter, Olivia Noelle, into the world on December 16, 2020. • Ted and Tara (Friedlander) Dunlap welcomed their second child, Cooper Fredrick, in May 2020. The family is doing well and attempting to wait out the pandemic by alternating between trips to the park, long walks, and episodes of Sesame Street. They live in LA.

Fahlgren Mortine, a national integrated communications company, promoted veteran Melissa Koski Carney to VP, managing director, of its Cleveland office earlier this year. Melissa, who has spent her entire career at the agency, will focus on client retention and acquisition, employee development, and agency marketing. • Hayley Hindinger married Charlie Piechowski on October 19, 2020. They eloped in Big Sur but wish that all of Walsh 305 (circa 2004) could have been there. They live in LA, where Hayley works as VP of publicity at FOX Entertainment. • Lindsey Steffen Masters and her husband, Ben, welcomed their first child, Theodore, in May 2020. • Marisa Ramírez and Adrián Rosselló-Cornier ’06 celebrated their second wedding anniversary in April 2021! Marisa also recently launched her own coaching and consulting practice focusing on organizational change, program design, and meeting space design and facilitation, all with a focus on equity and antiracism. • Ashley Mattys Biladeau, husband Andy, and their daughter Evie welcomed Lillian “Lily” Charles on January 9, 2021. • Tim and Amy Gaither Speros welcomed their third child, Troy Timothy, on January 15, 2021. Big sisters Zoe and Stella are thrilled for their new baby brother. • After five years of infertility and two miscarriages, Kate Pierce and her husband, Nick Maurer, welcomed their first child on June 4, 2021. If anyone else is suffering from this disease that often isn’t talked about, Kate is happy to lend an ear and be a source of support. Feel free to email her at missmollyster@gmail.com! • Lindsay Cowan married Nicholas Webber on October 17, 2020, on Cape Cod. After downsizing their original wedding plans due to the pandemic, they celebrated with a small ceremony and reception in a family friend’s backyard in Orleans. Fellow Eagle Lea D’Arminio ’08 was in attendance.

After spending much of 2020 with the ACLU, serving in their Justice Division and leading some of their criminal justice reform campaigns across the country, In January, Dylan Hayre, JD’11, MEd’11, started in a new role with Arnold Ventures (AV). AV is a philanthropic organization working to maximize opportunity and minimize injustice by advancing evidence-based research and policy reforms. • Congratulations to Katherine “KC” Bissett, who was elected to the partnership of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, a preeminent, full-service law firm in LA focused on real estate in the United States, in January 2021. • Chris and Aubrey (Timm) Ritter welcomed their second boy, Graham, in November 2020. Big brother Teddy (2) is learning how to share his Baldwin stuffed animals. • Angelique Hrycko married Travis Kennison on December 12, 2020. The couple had a very intimate ceremony at Stage Neck Inn in York, Maine, and exchanged vows with the ocean as their backdrop. • Michael McCarthy recently joined the Indiana Spine Group located in Carmel, Indiana, and became an associate clinical professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. He and his wife, Bridget (Arbuckle), welcomed their third child, Kathryn Marie, in October 2020! • Congratulations to William Michener, JD’11, on being named partner in Ropes & Gray’s latest round of promotions. • Shannon and Kevin Foote welcomed their son, Mason Stephen (BC 2042), on November 10, 2020. Mason can’t wait to study in Bapst, play pickup basketball in Power Gym, and follow every single Mod rule (just like his father did). • Dominic Kim recently returned from a six-month deployment with the US Air Force as an emergency medicine physician as part of the Tactical Critical Care Evacuation team. He returns to Alexandria, Virginia, where he lives with his wife, Heather Tom Kim ’09, and their daughter, Logan, whom they welcomed in January 2019.

Julie McDermott and Austin Bryant, welcomed a baby girl, Hazel Ruby, in June 2020. • Late in 2020, Cristina Costa launched her own career and empowerment coaching business, Cristina Costa Coaching (ccostacoaching.com). She writes: “I especially want to offer career and professional development resources to people of color who have been severely impacted by the pandemic and help others transition to roles in the technology sector and beyond! I am currently taking on new clients and also provide diversity, equity, and inclusion training for organizations, universities, and technology startups and companies.” • Brittney Sullivan van de Water ’09, MS’10, and her husband, Nicholas, welcomed their second child, Annabelle, in January 2020 while living in South Africa. Also, Brittney has accepted a position as an assistant professor at Boston College and looks forward to returning to the Heights in September as a faculty member. • Kristina Aste-Mayer, MEd’10, and her husband, Jean-Paul Mayer, recently welcomed their first baby, Cecilia Aste Mayer. Born on December 6, 2020, Cecilia is a smiling little girl who loves to hear “For Boston.” • Will Morro’s debut book, Nobody Believes Crazy, was published in summer 2020. The book, chronicling his struggle with bipolar 1 disorder, tells his story starting at Boston College. Nowadays, Will is in his hometown, Chicago, trying to play golf.

Daniel and Jessica (Nolan) O’Connor were married in a small ceremony in New York City on November 21, 2020. They met through Mary O’Connor, Daniel’s sister and Jessica’s maid of honor. His sister Megan O’Connor ’12 was a bridesmaid, and Jessica’s father, John Nolan ’84, was in attendance. The other bridesmaids—Kristin Ryan Brown ’10, Anna Smith ’10, and Kate Swofford ’10—joined via livestream. • Thomas and Claire (Schoen) Sharkey welcomed Thomas “Tommy” Sharkey III to their family in September 2020. He joins big sister Eveline as the next generation of Eagles! • Kaelan Sullivan married Patrick Fleury on October 17, 2020. They had a small ceremony in St. Louis, Kaelan’s hometown, and are hoping to have a bigger celebration in 2021 as soon as it is safe to do so, including with BC friends. Kaelan met Patrick when they both joined the same improv comedy team at Washington Improv Theater; they are both looking forward to resuming performing when it’s safer to do so. Soon after getting married, Kaelan moved from downtown Washington, D.C., to Silver Spring, Maryland. She continues to work in the international development sector focused on gender equality and social inclusion. • Tim and Cecily (Brennan) George welcomed their first baby girl in May 2019. Since then, they have been living in their childhood hometown, Manchester-by-the-Sea. Tim and Cecily grew up as neighbors, reconnected many years later in 2015, and ultimately married in 2019. The pandemic proved to be too isolating for them, so they decided to add another baby to the mix and welcomed their second daughter in January! Here’s hoping both girls become fellow Eagles!

Fr. Wade Bass was recently assigned to serve as the director-chaplain of SMU Catholic Campus Ministry in Dallas. • Julia Wilson and John O’Reilly welcomed their first child, Athena Molly Wilson-O’Reilly, into the world in January. All are doing well and looking forward to watching Athena grow! • On October 23, 2020, Dennis Murphy and his wife, Holly, welcomed their son, Finnegan Jacob, into the world! • Spencer Frazier, Justin Robinson, and Nick Rellas ’12 had their startup—founded after they graduated in 2012—acquired by Uber this winter. Drizly was purchased for over $1 billion in stock and cash. • Joe Matta is launching a company that seeks to build vertically integrated, regionally-specific, regenerative food brands. He welcomes the opportunity to connect with fellow Eagles who might see both the economic opportunity as well as the positive environmental and social impacts in this effort.

Last spring, Michael Goodman, MS’20, earned his master’s in leadership and administration with a specialization in corporate communications and marketing. Congratulations on becoming a Double Eagle! • Shotaro Imazu and Sayuri Fujita ’10 were married on February 22 in Tokyo, Japan. • Nick and Lisa (Mao) Freihofer were married in August 2020. Due to COVID-19, they had a “mini-mony” with their immediate family in Cincinnati, where they currently reside. Lisa and Nick postponed their bigger wedding, with all of their extended family and friends, to July 2021, hoping it will be safer to celebrate by then! • Theresa Cunningham graduated with a doctorate in art history from Penn State in December. She is currently a curatorial fellow in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. • In January, Will Rasky was appointed as a special assistant for governmental affairs at the U.S. Department of Transportation, following work in multiple capacities on behalf of Joe Biden’s campaign for president in 2019 and 2020.

Tyler and Olivia (Roome) Bittner welcomed their daughter Ella Paige on October 6, 2020, with Jillian Baker serving as her godmother! • On August 29, 2020, Joseph Bronzo married Christina Herrero (Amherst, Class of ’13). Although the wedding was not what they had originally planned, it was attended by Eagles from both sides of the family. Pending the successful distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine this year, Joseph and Christina are looking forward to throwing the real celebration of their marriage in October, when more than 40 former Eagles will be in attendance to help celebrate! • Marci Park writes: “Our wedding reception was pushed back due to COVID-19, but that didn’t stop us from officially tying the knot. We got legally married and bought a house last October!” • Christina Beachnau, MEd’14, and her husband, John McCarthy, welcomed their daughter, Amelia McCarthy, into the world on November 24, 2020. • Alex Dripchak’s book, 100 Skills of the Successful Sales Professional: Your Guidebook to Launching and Levitating Your Sales Career (Business Expert Press, 2021) became available in print and digital in late spring.

Katherine Donahue recently moved her real estate business to Boston’s Compass brokerage firm, where she continues to serve buyers and sellers in Boston and the surrounding markets. Katherine, a Weston native and longtime Back Bay resident, is one of the founding agents of Greene Properties Group, a team of elite real estate professionals with over 20 years of combined experience in the Greater Boston area. • Nicole Sandonato, MSW’18, earned her LICSW, which allows her to practice social work as an independent clinician. • Christine Zhao writes: “The ladies of Iggy A31 continue to be boss biddies (can we still use that term?). Michelle Cunningham Gulen, science queen, gave an awesome keynote about data analytics (not sure what that means but sounds important) for the Women in Analytics virtual summit. Charlotte Parish, MEd’15, is still educating youths and recently got involved with the New England Region Volleyball Association’s DIG Group to bring some diversity to New England volleyball. Clara Kim continues to be a big deal at Uber (she can’t give you a discount, sorry). Allie Rottman is now editing genes (at least, writing about it). Lani “certified fancy business lady” Frankville started her new job doing ESG management (that’s environmental, social, and governance, aka very important and very hot right now).” Christine is “one step closer to moving to California,” leaving her Wall Street firm to go to a California-based firm’s New York City office. • Adam Esposito has been working as a chemist at Moderna in Cambridge, where the company released one of the first COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use last December. • Eddie Parisi writes: “It was another noteworthy quarter for the gregarious gentlemen of Mod-24A.” In September, amid much merriment, Eddie was married to Faith Mannix (Cornell ’14) in Saratoga Springs, New York. He also reports that Nate Schlein was accepted into Stanford’s Graduate School of Business—where he hopes to outperform his fellow Mod-mates by having an actual in-person graduate school experience;  Alex Trombetta, Sam Shriver, and Taylor Stockton all started new ventures; and Kevan Olander became a VP of an equity firm in San Francisco in January. 

Veronica Glennon married Kevin Patrick Coughlan Jr. (a fellow Jesuit university alum—Fordham ’14), on July 25, 2020, at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield, New Jersey. The wedding was officiated by BC professor Richard McGowan, SJ, MDiv’83. • Billy and Katie (Ronan) Chamberlin, MEd’19, welcomed their first child, Amelia Catherine, on December 11, 2020. They are loving every moment with their future Eagle! Katie, Billy, and Amelia reside in Danville, California. • Maria Vazquez has earned her PhD in counseling, clinical, and school psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, specializing in working with trauma. • Ashley DeCicco is working as an RN at Massachusetts General Hospital on a general medicine unit. She is also finishing her master’s degree in nursing at Boston College this spring to become an adult gerontology nurse practitioner. • Last May, Dylan Salomone received his MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work. He is now a licensed social worker in New York City, providing clinical therapy to youth in juvenile detention.

Congratulations to Cameron Simon, who received his black belt in taekwondo during quarantine. • Matt Walsh treated Jim Fiore to a steak dinner in Boston after losing a bet that BC football would finish the season as a top 25 team in 2020. Matt looks forward to enjoying an 18-ounce prime, bone-in, dry-aged ribeye on Jim’s dime when BC finishes in the top 25 in 2021. Go, Eagles! • Abby Regan has stepped down from the role of class correspondent, and the Alumni Association thanks her for sharing news on behalf of the class of 2016. Please send any future Class Notes to classnotes@bc.edu.

John Pugh graduated from the University of Maryland in May 2020 with a master’s in English language and literature. He has now happily returned to Colorado, where he is pursuing his PhD in literature at the University of Colorado Boulder. • Sarah Bradley and Darrien Bush ’16 were married on October 16, 2020. They met at BC in 2015. • Last June, Samantha Jaszewski, Carly Phillips MS’19, and Taelor Coon went to stay in Uncle Frederich’s yurt in New Mexico to rekindle their friendship, disconnect from technology, and reconnect to nature. They learned local craft, canned chokecherries, and tested their backcountry skills on a 10-day excursion into the Mount Taylor Wilderness. Except for the stinging nettle and bear encounters, they’re looking forward to next June!

Evan Otero has started a new venture and is part of the founding team for a new experimental product that is being incubated inside Google.

Kaley Bent was accepted into the Xavier University of Louisiana Physician Assistant program. Once she completes the 28-month program, she hopes to practice in New Orleans. • Earlier this year, Nicole Sly completed her MA in curriculum and teaching at Teachers College Columbia University. After finishing the degree, she landed her first chemistry teaching position at Dexter Southfield School in Brookline!

In March 2020, Arnav Roy started a podcast, Grateful Living, where he highlights positive and inspirational stories of people from many different walks of life. To follow it, just search “Grateful Living” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. She has had many BC alumni on the podcast. • Rosemary Barnhart has moved to Southie and started her first job in critical care nursing. He is working on the surgical ICU step-down unit at Boston Medical Center.