Warren Lewis wrote about his life: He received an MBA from Northeastern University (night school) in 1960. At Boston College, he played hockey and was All-East four times and All-American once. He led the team in scoring all four years and was a member of the 1949 NCAA championship team. Warren married Margie Casey of Dorchester and they had 10 children, seven of whom went to BC. He was president of the largest cold storage company in the world before retiring to Cape Cod and Marana, Arizona. • Anthony Michael “Mike” Briana recently received a Golden Hammer Award from Habitat for Humanity for 20 years of volunteer service on Cape Cod. After a 33-year career in engineering with Raytheon, Mike retired to the Cape and began volunteering in the town of Falmouth. He was one of a group of volunteers who established the Upper Cape Cod chapter of Habitat, working on the Building Committee and helping many low-income families achieve homeownership. Not only was the work rewarding, it led to lifelong friendships with other Habitat volunteers.
Maureen Cohalan Curry is doing well in Bristol, Rhode Island, in spite of the winter storms in her area recently, and the inconveniences of the pandemic. • Mary Evans Bapst is in Geneva, Switzerland. She is recovering from some health issues and would appreciate your prayers.
Mary Shaughnessy Sharp passed away in January 2022. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. All of her children were with her when she passed. She loved being a Boston College School of Nursing graduate and carried her cherished nursing career with her throughout her life.
Jim Brosnahan has finally retired after 60 years of trial practice in San Francisco. He received the NITA (National Institute of Trial Advocacy) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 and the Lawyer’s Club of San Francisco inaugural Legend of the Law Award in 2002.
Bill Cunningham hosted a group for lunch in December after a COVID-19 hiatus. In attendance were Paul McAdams, Ed Brickley, Paul Daly, Fr. Gene Sullivan, Frank Higgins, Dave McAvoy, Bill MacKenzie, and John Harrington. Sadly, Bill Cunningham passed away in February in Naples, Florida. Our deepest condolences to his wife, Joan, and family.
Cathy Connolly Beatty, a treasured musician, is living at Foxhill in Westwood. For sure, she is a talented addition to their community. • Lucille Sacone Giovino moved to an apartment in Dedham (Legacy Place) with her daughter Adrienne and, though missing Frank, is very active as always. Lucille has been in touch with Nancy Bowdring, who is doing well. • Vinnie Murray Burns is in their new living community in Auburn, Maine. They miss going to Florida each year (and golf) but like the advantages of senior living. Meanwhile, they sold their long-term house in lovely Wayne, Maine. • Liz Doyle Eckl sends word that her new living arrangement in a high-rise condo is a first but working well. She has met interesting people but is still near family, old friends, walking paths, and many conveniences. She sends good wishes and thanks for our attempts to stay in touch.
Richard Irving Barrett (BC High 1954) passed away in February at Pennybyrn at Maryfield in High Point, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife Judy, two daughters, and five grandchildren. • Paul and Moira Feeley Lyons have relocated to Waltham after living in their Belmont home for 48 years. Fortunately for those who wish to contact them, their phone number and email addresses have not changed. • John O’Connell and Barbara Cuneo O’Connell have relocated from Newton to Plymouth and kept their phone number and email addresses. • Anthony Busa ’59 and Bea Capraro Busa were recently back at Chestnut Hill for the graduation of their granddaughter, Christine Busa, from BC, Class of 2022. • Marian Bernardini DeLollis thanks Lois Zeramby Shea, Joan Downing Lachance, and Jack (Mucca) McDevitt for their efforts over 64 years keeping the Class of 1958 treasury solvent and keeping up with all the purchasing and bill-paying for the class. Lois was class treasurer through the 25th reunion year, and set up the systems for keeping classmates informed and collecting class dues annually. Special thanks to all members of the Class of ’58 who dutifully paid annual dues to keep the class functioning for six decades! Those class dues resulted in reduced event costs and free cocktails at class functions.
Kate McCann Benson is still in her health community in Hanover, New Hampshire, near her daughter’s family. She is doing well and in good spirits.
Peter Murphy is finally fully retired and a “man of leisure.” He tries keeping busy with local civic projects in Monaco, the Order of Malta humanitarian efforts in Europe and the Middle East, and also as trustee of the Princess Grace Irish Library. Peter is proud of son Marc, a chef in NYC who is well-known on TV (“Chopped,” etc.) and social media. Marc has been on the Ukraine-Polish border with World Central Kitchen, directing the feeding of thousands of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sheila O’Connor Toal wrote that her eldest granddaughter graduated from Dartmouth two years ago and starts med school this fall. Her sister is a freshman at Dartmouth while another granddaughter is a senior in high school. Her eldest grandson graduated from Middlebury in 2021 and is working at Goldman Sachs in the wealth management dept. and her youngest grandson is a freshman in high school.
Martha Clancy Rudman hopes to see many classmates at their belated 60th Reunion.
Eileen Corazzini Faggiano has a copy of “THE CLASS OF ’62” written by University historian Thomas H. O’Connor. It details BC as it was when we walked the campus as students. If you would like a copy, email Eileen at efaggiano5@gmail.com. • Samuel Fardy reports that the BC Community Band is back in business and rehearsing at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway after a COVID interruption. The band has a commitment to do a concert at the Hatch Shell on July 17, 2022. We hope to see you there. • Barbara Connor Flaherty and husband Tom are proudly enjoying their eight grandchildren. All of them are actively involved in sports. Last year, granddaughter Devyn, a junior at FSU, played softball here at the new field in the Harrington Athletics Village. Watching the games on TV is second to experiencing the excitement while sitting in the BC stands and eating hot dogs. • Charles Chevalier, a.k.a. Chuck, shared that he lives in the North End but that doesn’t keep him from having breakfast at IHOP in Harvard Square. “Thank God I went to BC and not to Harvard! I talk to a lot of the guys, Charles Bunker who is good, John Coyle who is doing well, and Gerald Greely. Do you know he drives a motorcycle with Mary Anne on the back? I’ll never take Frank Faggiano off my contact list.” • Gerald Dyer—Jerry to all who knew him—passed away last September after spending a career doing all that he loved: classroom teaching, guidance, and theater, producing well over 100 plays as well as doing some acting. He was never far from his alma mater, for he maintained season football tickets for almost 50 years and, after retiring, coached speech at BC. • James Moran passed away. He was in the Army Reserve and worked for many years as a training specialist at Stratus Securities Corp. His wife died before him in 2005.
William “Bill” Thomas Redgate II of Fairfield, Connecticut, passed away in June 2020 in Bridgeport from cardiovascular disease. He was the husband of Ellen Shaughnessy Redgate. Born in Bridgeport, he was the son of Mary Hollister and John Crawford Redgate and graduated from Fairfield Prep. Bill had a master’s degree from Fairfield University and had been a captain in the United States Marine Corps. He had a storied career, was a member of the Fairfield Prep Hall of Fame, and a board member for Guenster Rehabilitation Center, American Red Cross, and United Way of Stamford. • Tony Rendeiro, affectionately known as “Vovo” to his family, passed away peacefully in New Port Richey, Florida, with his wife and daughter by his side. He was husband of 49 years to Christine Elizabeth Wood; proud, loving father of Michael and Marisa; cherished grandfather of Ruby, Mia, and Alessandra. After service in the US Army at Fort Knox as an officer, Tony was a super-successful executive and international banker. He held many Xerox Corporation positions during an impressive 18 years. As VP, he led expansions into Canada, South America, Egypt, and the Caribbean. He held executive positions at Credit Suisse First Boston, Nations Bank (now Bank of America), PaineWebber, and Merrill Lynch. • Margie Reiley Maguire from Milwaukee had a wonderful Christmas visit with her son and his family. Lots of “grands”…two in college, two in high school, one in the seventh grade and two (twins!) in the fifth. All are bright and doing well. What a treat! Margie is dealing with the pandemic blahs head-on: volunteering at the symphony, the performing arts center, and the repertory theatre…all proper mitigation observed. Way to go, Margie!
Colette McCarty, Marj Dever Shea, Mary Droney Reynolds, and Janice Magri Renaghan met for lunch at Revere Beach. It was full of laughs and memories, some bittersweet, like starting off married life with a husband in Vietnam. • Kathleen O’Riley received an 80th birthday party thrown by family. Can you even imagine the fun? On a calm day Kathleen is a dynamo…I’m sure “memorable” doesn’t come close!
Harry Kushigian shares that John “Hoof” Flanagan passed away on January 19. He was a member of the BC football team and lived in Saco, Maine, where he hosted gatherings for many years on his deck overlooking the ocean for his ’63 and ’64 teammates. We had terrific reunions there for decades.
Mary Jane Larkin organized a lunch last fall in Plymouth for nine classmates. The lucky attendees were Joyce Hartke, Susan Gannon, Toni Pompeo, Sheila Donovan, Reenie Davis, Betsey Maher, Anne Marie Russell, Mary Connelly, and, of course, Mary Jane. She said “it was a beautiful day and we celebrated being together and our good health.” It sounds like the perfect antidote to these crazy times. Thanks, Mary Jane, for reminding us how wonderful these Newton connections are. • Mary Lou Cunningham Mullen and husband, Pete Mullen ’61, attended Pete’s 60th class reunion in mid-October. Happily, their granddaughters, first-year Elise Mullen and senior Audrey Mullen, were there to celebrate with them. Mary Lou comments “what are the odds that our two oldest grandchildren would be on campus for Pete’s 60th reunion? What great fun.” • Peggy Cox Curran is settling in nicely in North Carolina. She said that last year was difficult to really get to know people, with everyone wearing masks! She’s working for AARP as a volunteer intake worker for tax preparation. She’s also very happy to be so close to her daughter, Tory, and help out with her grandchildren. Peggy said that she and Sheila Boes were planning a get-together. • Priscilla Weinlandt Lamb had lunch in November with Carol Sorace Whalen and Kathy Wilson Conroy. Discussion included politics (how could it not?), grandchildren, but almost no medical complaints. Which isn’t to say we don’t have any! • Alice McDowell has written a new book, Dance of Light: Christian, Sufi and Zen Wisdom for Today’s Spiritual Seeker. Alice says that it details the dance between stages of the personal journey and is a culmination of much of her life’s work.
Maureen Sullivan Driscoll sadly shared that her beloved husband of 54 years, Joseph Robert Driscoll, passed away in December 2021. From the first time they met in Lyons cafeteria in winter of 1966 they were inseparable. Both were avid BC fans enjoying season tickets to football games, tailgating, and trips to West Point, as well as the Beanpot as a couple and with their children: Colleen ’90, Joe ’92, and Christine, LAW’97. Joe was an important voice in health care through leadership positions at Blue Cross Blue Shield for 25 years, lastly as executive vice president. He became president and CEO of Private Healthcare Systems in Waltham and then CEO of Socios Mayores en Salud in Puerto Rico, a position enjoyed by the whole family! Joe’s family was most important to him and they enjoyed time together—summers in Popponesset on Cape Cod and winters in Bonita Springs, Florida, grew to include the seven Driscoll grandchildren. He never missed a game, concert, or play; he loved it all. Traveling was a great joy for Maureen and Joe domestically and in Europe. Whenever possible, it included golf! As members of the New Seabury Club, many hours were spent on the golf course with his lifelong friends from BC and his son, Joe. Before Joe died, he spoke to his grandchildren about things that were important in his life, including the quote, “failure is an opinion, not a fact.” Farewell, Joe. Indeed you are an example of a life well-lived. • Arnold Garber is retired with wife Marsha in central New Jersey at an active adult retirement community. He completed a 37-year career with Dunkin’ Donuts (26 as a marketing director and 11 as GM with multi-unit franchise). Arnold states that he has always valued both his education and associations from BC, and was sad to hear of the passing of friend Chris Mungovan a year ago. • Carl Johnson ’66 was recently elected to the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers Hall of Fame. Carl taught marine biology and oceanography during most of his 38 1/2 years at South Boston High School. He was well-known in the Boston teaching community as a naturalist and a conductor of extensive field-trip opportunities, including long-distance sailing trips with his students in the open ocean from Virginia and New York to Boston on schooners and a frigate. Carl has been happily married to Linda Mackie Johnson for 43 years and they have two sons, David and Matthew, along with two granddaughters, Lale and Hayal, and daughter-in-law Nil.
Donna Beucher Line and her family have been developing and managing Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, since her father bought the land and its historic golf course in 1964, seven years before nearby Disney World came into existence. Today, Donna and her five siblings still work in the business. The resort is currently the site for PGA Canada and Latin America Tour events and the Florida State High School Championships. They also have hosted 19 years of NCAA championships and several Florida state golf tournaments. The 1,200-acre property has 310 homes in a residential community. In the past, Donna’s role has been as VP of golf operations; today she is resort owner. • Nancy Haas-Dreyer died early in 2021. Nancy started at Newton as a full-time student in 1955 (before she was an RSCJ) and then became a part-time student in the 1960s. After graduating from Newton, she did graduate work at Boston University and spent 15 years as a teacher in the religious order. Later, she became a social worker in Massachusetts and met and married Bob Dreyer. They moved to Fort Myers, Florida, where she continued to practice social work.
Mary Catherine (Kate) McDonough, after a brave battle with cancer, has died. Kate was the director of the JFK Center in Charlestown and in the early ’70s became director of the Santa Monica Health Clinic, as well as the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. Kate resided in Milton. • Peter Alberico passed away. He was a double Eagle, having graduated from BC High. Peter earned his master’s degree from Babson College and served in the Army during Vietnam. • Mary Ann Mahoney, who was predeceased by her husband and classmate Phil McGovern, passed away after a battle with a fast-moving cancer. She was a professor in the nursing program at Salem State University for many years. • Bill Risio of Needham and a member of past reunion committees and the football team, passed away in October 2021. Our condolences to their friends and family members. • Dick F. Powers, a Boston College Trustee Associate, has served on the Board of the Foundation for the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Dick is a former Naval Officer and served during Vietnam. He teaches a course at NWC as well. Dick now winters in Palm Beach, Florida. • Joseph Burns of Needham retired after 36 years at the Heights. Joe has served in so many leadership roles (associate dean of A&S; associate vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs) that he is referred to as BC’s greatest “utility player.”
Tina Crowley shared coffee with Noreen Connolly, who visited family in California. She also reported some internet connections with Maureen Dailey Young, Kathleen Hegenbart, and Paula Lyons. • Susan Egan Giannelli heard In February that Susan Armstrong Boulay passed away after a courageous battle with lymphoma and COVID. The ladies were roommates as juniors and seniors, staying in touch afterwards. Reminiscing…” she was a beautiful person both inside and out. I was blessed to have her in my life…I will miss her dearly.” • Jacqui Werner Scarbrough, PhD’97 reported the arrival of a grandson, born to her youngest son living in San Francisco. Her older son has the other three grands, but they are teenagers!
Bernadette (Pie) Fogel Mansur passed away in February in Naples, Florida, after a long illness. She was predeceased by her husband Michael Mansur. Pie had a celebrated career as a marketing and communications executive including over 20 years in leadership positions for the National Hockey League. In 2014, Pie retired as executive director of the NHL Foundation. Donations may be made in Pie’s honor to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Cara Finnegan Groman has died. Ana Perez Camayd, who lives in Florida, sent in a tribute which was read at the funeral mass for Cara in Dover, Massachusetts. Her message spoke of her amazing enthusiasm at freshman orientation when most of us were scared stiff! It spoke of her outgoing personality and of her amazing singing voice which she shared with others as a member of the Newtones. Ana has a daughter Cristina, who is married. She and her husband both work at Johns Hopkins in the medical field doing clinical trials and evaluating international public health. They have twins, a boy and a girl named Mauricio and Zora, who were born at the beginning of the pandemic. Ana went to help and didn’t leave for several months. • Kathy Hartnagle Halayko has a home on Kiawah Island and would like to know if there are any other classmates or Newton alumnae who also frequent Kiawah.
Mary McAllister Fader and spouse Sam finally bit the bullet and decided to downsize, clear out, and sell their home in Dover to save their kids that job. Local Dover friends have generously offered the use of their guest cottage when they’re in Massachusetts. It may take a while to unpack, but they have settled in comfortably and try to laugh every day. Mary feels liberated from too many personal belongings, and can’t wait to continue to purge. Once COVID subsides, they look forward to lots of travel. Of course, Mary will need to retire, but that is another story! Mary still sees Mary Jo Pucci Orsinger and Joyce Verhalen Pandolfi, and just had lunch with Kathy Reilly Corkum. Occasionally she participates in Zoom calls with Kathy and Ann Nethken Ehlers, Lanie Odlum, and Jane McNamara Bieber. • Pat Quilty Halunen moved back to Kingston, New York, to be closer to siblings, nieces, and nephews. • Eileen Marquette Reilly has traveled too: She and Ed visited their Florida condo for the first time in two years. Living near Los Angeles, with its strict masking and vaccination protocols, they found it daunting to traverse two airports, fly with a mask for five hours, and visit an area that was more relaxed about wearing masks. But relying on full vaccinations and booster shots, they ventured forth for a very enjoyable trip and long-awaited reunion with Florida friends.
Margaret Molidor Dooley’s spouse, Joseph, passed away in January. Please keep Margaret in your prayers. • Jane Hartley was nominated by President Joe Biden as the next Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. If confirmed, Jane will become the second person who has served as the U.S. Ambassador to France and the UK. • Mariann Sullivan lives in Rochester, New York, after working as the deputy chief court attorney in New York State Appellate Division, First Department. The Fordham Law School alumna no longer actively practices law but still teaches animal law at Cornell Law School and is publishing two podcasts, the weekly “Our Hen House,” which is a general animal rights podcast by Jasmin Singer, and the monthly “Animal Law Podcast,” which she solely hosts. Mariann has also been the adjunct professor of animal law at Benjamin Cardozo Law School, Brooklyn Law School, and New York University Law School. • Meg Barres Alonso and Mario Alonso ’72 were delayed by COVID from beginning their condominium renovations until now. Meg is now on the board of her condominium association, where she is learning all facets of condominium ownership. • Shelly Noone Connolly and Mike used the time set aside for a January cruise to have fun with their grandchildren.
Joe Abely and his wife welcomed their ninth grandchild this winter—their first grandson. They are looking forward to getting back to traveling soon and still spend some time in Osterville on the Cape in the summer. • Bonnie Smith was inducted into the National Association of REALTORS REALTORS Political Action Committee Hall of Fame in February. She and Dave live in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Lesley Visser, H’07 spoke at a sold-out celebration for John Madden at the Oakland Coliseum. Raider fans paid $32.14 for a ticket that went to charity—numbers that reflected Madden’s win over Minnesota in Super Bowl Xl. She’d known the iconic coach and broadcaster for more than 35 years and had traveled on his Madden Cruiser many times. She recalled riding through Utah on the way to a 49er game that John uttered a vintage line. “Dark chocolate,” he said, “I don’t get it. It’s like they got halfway to milk, and quit.” Leslie, who in 2006 became the first woman enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was in the same class as Coach Madden and she thanked him for all he’d taught her about football and life. • Jack Hamilton was in banking for 45 years starting as a repo man for BayBank Newton-Waltham and ultimately president and CEO of Charles River Bank for 20 years. During his time at Bay State Savings Bank in Worcester, he was the lead financier of affordable housing units and led the state in the number of SBA loans to women and minority-owned businesses, and the number of jobs created by those loans in Worcester’s inner-city neighborhoods. In 2001, Jack was named Worcester’s Citizen of the Year by the National Conference of Christians & Jews, and was the US SBA Small Business Services Advocate of the Year in 1998. Jack and his wife Trish live in Mendon with three Rhodesian ridgebacks, a mini bull terrier, and a house full of guitars and golf clubs! • Virginia (Ginny) Vasil Dorn has lived in Medfield for 40 years and retired in 2015 after 40 years in banking, the last 35 of which were with Bank of America. She served in various capacities, with her last role as a project manager developing their business recovery plans. Ginny has also been teaching Hatha-style yoga for 20 years, and currently teaches five classes per week, three at a studio in Millis and two at the Norfolk Senior Center. She is looking forward to spending time with family and friends this spring and summer in Naples, Florida, and Martha’s Vineyard.
Ellie Pope Clem has a grandson, Peter Clem, who will be ordained to the Youth Apostles in Virginia on the weekend of Newton reunions, so she won’t be at any festivities in person. • Melanie Byrne Thomas moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in late 2018 to be near her sister and her family, and works as an oncologist at Duke. After working in the environmental field, she changed careers and went to BUSM, and did her residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Melanie moved to Houston in 1999 to do her medical oncology fellowship, staying there until 2008, and then was in South Carolina for several years. In her free time, she hikes, cycles, and has done several big adventure trips, including Mount Everest Base Camp 2017, climbing Kilimanjaro in 2018, Mt. Blanc in 2019, and most recently walked 335 miles on the Camino de Santiago in Spain in fall 2021. Melanie keeps in touch with Beth (Walsh) Alexander Stevenson and Posey Holland Griffin. • Mary Griffin Ciaccio retired after 40+ years working in New York state government, then as a government affairs representative for Citigroup, and her last job as president and CEO of the Life Insurance Council of NY. Over the years, she was blessed with many wonderful colleagues and bosses/mentors from whom she learned so much. Now Mary and husband John get to spend more time with their four grandchildren and enjoy their camp in the Adirondacks and winters in Vero Beach, Florida. Her dad passed away this past November at age 92. “While we all miss him terribly, he had a long, happy, and successful life and we were blessed to have him for so long.” • Anna Stocklein Frankel retired in 2019 after 30 years at The Arc Greater Hudson Valley, having opened and managed a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic. Her husband retired around the same time from his job with New York state. She keeps busy with some consulting work, her role as a board member for resilientchildfund.org and organizing a fundraising walk for the Lustgarten Foundation in gratitude for her 25-year anniversary as a survivor of pancreatic cancer! • Deborah Joyce Drake saw Anna Frankel over the summer while planning their 50th high school reunion. Unfortunately, their reunion was canceled due to COVID concerns. Deborah recently spent time with Mary Ann Eagan. • Julie Ryan Parker celebrated her 50th high school reunion in Pittsburgh, then caught up with Mary Ferris for a great dinner in Boston as she was traveling through. She also visits Cape Cod, where she sees Carol Finigan Wilson. In Florida, Julie and Karen Foley Freeman are about an hour away. She keeps busy with golf and her vintage jewelry collecting/selling. Pop into her Etsy or Instagram shop: Alwayslookclassic ~ such fun. Julie hopes everyone stays well and maybe she’ll make it to our 50th in 2025!
Kathleen O’Connor Pierce was honored by Coldwell Banker Realty as the leading sales producer in the Cape Elizabeth, Maine, office for the third consecutive year, and is a member of the International Diamond Society, which represents the top 12 percent of Coldwell Banker agents worldwide. Kathleen is married to Ken Pierce ’79.
Michael Dwyer retired from teaching, which presented new opportunities. He is now pastor of the Pittsford Congregational Church, located just two miles from his home in Vermont. While it is a complex story as to how all this happened, there is one thing he cites as invaluable preparation for what he is doing now: persevering through David Gill’s class in Greek! He relies on that just about every week in sermon prep.
Randy and Susan (Ghidella) Howard hosted a reunion of Hillsides D-54 at their home on Long Island, New York. Sue is a woman’s healthcare nurse practitioner in Manhasset, New York. She and Randy have three grandchildren. Randy is senior vice president for corporate facilities services at Northwell Health in New York. • Donna Kusnierz Foley works for Wells Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina. • Susan McKenzie Kendrat is retired. She and her husband are moving to Bethany Beach, Delaware. • Sandra Williams is a journeywoman pipefitter for Local 537 in Boston. She broke many glass ceilings as the first female in her local to hold multiple elected offices and the first female teacher at 537’s apprentice school. She and her husband live in Weymouth. • Joanne Malitsky Carloni and her husband live in Gilbert, Arizona, and are moving to a new home in the state. • Carolyn Cushing Willard works in real estate in Portland, Maine. • Barry Bocklet Jr. has lived in many places since graduation, including Manhattan, Westhampton Beach, Boston, San Francisco, and California’s Manhattan and Newport Beaches, before finally settling down in Vero Beach, Florida, for the past 17 years. After a 20-plus-year career on Wall Street among other endeavors, Barry currently works for the nationally acclaimed Dale Sorensen Real Estate. He lives beachside and enjoys the beach, boating, golfing, biking, fishing, traveling, and downtime with his life partner, Carol. Barry looks forward to reunions and hopes to take in BC football games. He hopes classmates are doing well and are still “Ever to Excel-ing!” • Michael Nurse has relocated to the Dayton, Ohio, area to be vice president and general manager of both the ABC and Fox TV stations of Sinclair Broadcasting. • Joann McCarthy Oleynik, husband Ken, and family celebrated their son Ryan’s Class of 2020 BC graduation in October 2021. Ryan majored in biology and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. It was a special day as Joann’s father, Robert McCarthy, graduated BC in 1951. Ryan is a second-year dental student at UConn School of Dental Medicine. Their daughter, Colleen, graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and is completing her dental residency in Massachusetts.
Jim Moore lives with his wife Mary in Bangor, Maine. Two of their sons are in graduate school and their third son is an Army Field Artillery officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Returning to the practice of law following retirement as an assistant U.S. attorney, Jim is now a full-time legal aid lawyer for Pine Tree Legal Assistance, where he defends low-income Mainers in state court eviction proceedings. • Tommy Burke recently retired after 30 years of production work in the entertainment industry, including work on 60 films and 30 TV shows. He has recently released a book available on Amazon titled Not Just Sunglasses and Autographs: 30 years of Film and Television Production with Life (& Near Death) Lessons. Tommy lives in Southern California and plans to travel and do speaking engagements on his career, the hard lessons that he has learned, and some of the things he has seen. Watch for him on tour in your neighborhood. • Maria Leonard Olsen recently did her first TEDx Talk at City University of New York, entitled “Turning Life’s Challenges into a Force for Good.” Learn more about her books and work at marialeonardolsen.com. • Gonzalo Fernandez was a partner at Devereaux, Stokes, Fernandez & Leonard for over 20 years and now has established his own plaintiff’s trial firm, Fernandez Law. The St. Louis firm represents people who have been injured by the negligence or misconduct of others as a result of defective products, civil right abuses, truck accidents, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, car accidents, or other acts of abuse and negligence.
Jei Lee Chong Freeman and Barry Freeman of Winchester are proud to announce that their daughter, Lucy, will be a Class of 2026 Eagle! On hand to celebrate the news was J. Colleen (Aylward) Ingalls and Tom Ingalls of Melrose. Colleen has been a great friend since the old Cheverus Hall days!
Beth Cadle has joined Milford Regional Medical Center as chief financial officer and vice president for finance. A Certified Public Accountant, she brings to her new role more than 30 years of accounting and financial management experience, the majority gained in a variety of healthcare settings. Most recently, Beth served as director of finance for the anesthesia physician practice at Boston Children’s Hospital. She has also served as controller at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, where she served in progressive roles for nearly 20 years. • Kristin Cleary Welo, JD '93 is working for Artful Jaunts, co-founded by husband, Tobias Welo. Artful is a luxury travel business that curates turnkey vacations for small groups with a goal of helping elevate guests’ understanding of contemporary art (trips include visits to museums, galleries, artists’ studios, and more). • Katie Canty earned an MFA in screenwriting in August 2020. Her thesis script, “LEGACY,” made it to the second round at the Austin Film Festival and was a semi-finalist in the Final Draft Big Break contest. • Lynne Maher Williams celebrated the 25th anniversary of her marketing company, California Designs & Awards, Inc, and recently completed the “Screaming Eagles” Eagle mascot stress ball project for Marching Band Director David Healey ’90. • Christopher Gassett was named chief ethics & compliance officer at Abercrombie & Fitch. • Miguel Correa-Cestero has been working at Banco Popular de PR (now Popular Securities) in Puerto Rico since July 1989; both kids go to University of Michigan. • Brenda Morano decided to get her master’s at Curry College during the pandemic and graduated in May 2022. • Joanne Gigante Thalheimer is a childcare consultant for Cultural Care Au Pair (she previously worked as a buyer at Bloomingdales, Lord & Taylor, and French Connection). She and husband Ross live in Manhasset, New York. Daughter Jessica ’21 lived in three of her mom’s same dorms. Her son Bryce runs at Johns Hopkins and Cole is a freshman at Manhasset High School. She loves getting together with her BC roommates Christine Caswell, Sandra Higgins, Karen Melendy, and Beth Lebel. • Todd Laggis and friends celebrated their 32nd annual golf tournament with a tremendous turnout from all over the country (even John Pope showed for the first time). • Lisa Crowley Dutile passed away after a long-fought battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with her children Katherine and Michael, husband Dale Dutile, and the many dear friends of both in our class.
Candi Carter, a veteran TV executive, joins e-commerce company Knocking as chief content officer. Carter, the former executive producer of the “Tamron Hall Show” and “The View,” and an “Oprah Winfrey Show” alum, brings unrivaled professional experience from her successful 30-year media career to the rapidly expanding tech company. She will focus on developing the company’s successful partnerships and expanding its model across all platforms.
Joe Driscoll is alive and well, despite reports to the contrary. He is senior vice president and general counsel for South Shore Health System and lives in Braintree with his wife, Lauren, and his two sons, Joe and Sean.
Dave Wedge has a new book, Riding With Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang (William Morrow/HarperCollins). Publishers Weekly gave it a “starred review” and called it “must-reading for true crime aficionados.” Kirkus described it as “a breathless, enthralling thrill ride.” Wedge’s previous book, The Last Days of John Lennon, which he wrote with James Patterson and Casey Sherman, spent two months on the New York Times bestseller list earlier this year. Wedge, a former Boston Herald investigative journalist, and Sherman brought their true-crime podcast Saints Sinners & Serial Killers to the live stage April 20 at the Wilbur Theater in Boston. • Jared Stinebeck wrote, “For the longest time I didn’t send this update in but I figured it’s overdue. I went back to school in 2008 to University of Florida for my physician assistant studies. I graduated with my master’s in 2010 and have been working in multiple ERs for the past 12 years. The last two years have been difficult but I still enjoy the profession immensely. I met my wife Amanda in 2011 in Gainesville, Florida, got married in 2014, and now have two young boys, Dylan and Eli. We live in Tampa and enjoy the warm weather but sometimes miss the cooler side of things.”
Nicole (Huber) Jensen has settled into her new home in Gilbert, Arizona, with her husband, Wade, and their three children. The pandemic has kept her busy working in a hospital as a physical therapist and life coach. • Kevin Gardner recently joined LifeSci Partners in Boston as managing director. LifeSci Partners is one of the top healthcare IR firms in the world. Kevin has been doing institutional equity sales for Wall Street banks since graduating from Boston College.
Kate (McCarthy) Brandt recently launched Kate Brandt Marketing, a consulting practice that focuses on arts and cultural organizations. Kate previously led marketing teams on staff at theaters including Trinity Rep (Providence), Merrimack Rep (Lowell), and Artists Rep (Portland, Oregon). • Mike Power started 2022 as the vice president of university partnerships for BARBRI Global, allowing him to maximize both his education and law degrees.
Joe Baratta joined Bonhams as senior vice president, head of trusts and estates, West Coast-based in the Los Angeles office after twenty years at Abell Auction Co. Joe works closely with an extensive network of professional fiduciaries, trust officers, attorneys, and client advisors on estate collections ranging from fine art and jewelry to collectible motorcars.
Juan DeJesus ’04 was recently recognized for excellence and innovation in his field by the Sports Business Journal “40 Under 40” and will be featured in the June 27 issue of Sports Business Journal. After graduating from BC, Juan was an analyst at JPMorgan, then left for various positions at Major League Baseball, before getting his MBA at UC Berkeley. After grad school, he joined Facebook’s strategic sports partnerships group. He is now VP, NBA Top Shot & basketball partnerships at Dapper Labs. He lives in Redwood City, California, with his wife, Amanda, and their daughter Camila. • Katie (Weiss) Romano, JD ’07 is an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, in the criminal division. • Nathan Jones was elected president of the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists. He lives in Wellesley with his wife, Lauren Ferrara ’06, and their sons William and Brian.
Michael Stefanilo, Jr. was named one of the Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 in the country by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. He will receive this prestigious honor in Hollywood in the summer of 2022. • Amanda Sindel-Keswick and husband Jason Stockmann welcomed Philip Jay Stockmann-Keswick in September 2021. Amanda has also made a career pivot and is studying at BU School of Law, but missed orientation due to Philip’s birth. • Justin Galacki and Laurel Daly were married in Jersey City in August 2021 after delaying their nuptials nearly a year due to COVID-19. Numerous BC alumni were in attendance, including groomsmen Brian Aldridge and Frank Deluccia, officiant Dave Levy, and best man Trevor Leb. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii before returning to their home in Westport, Connecticut.
Kaitlin Eisler has joined Maslon LLP in Minneapolis as a corporate and securities attorney. Katie graduated summa cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law (St. Paul, Minnesota) in 2014 after earning a BA in history from Boston College.
Elise McMullen Bitter married Matthew John Bitter (Naval Academy) in September 2021 in Bay Head, New Jersey. There were over 40 Boston College alumni in attendance ranging from class years 1976 to 2023.
Brennan Carley has spent the last year as the U.S. editor for pop superstar Dua Lipa’s debut newsletter and podcast, Service95 and Dua Lipa: At Your Service. He’s loving getting to use his years as a magazine editor, writer, and talent booker—working for companies like the New York Times, Spotify, Condé Nast, Hearst, and more—to help the Grammy-winning singer launch her media empire, and he still pinches himself every time he hears her music in the grocery store and thinks, “That’s my boss!” • Kimberly Sykes and her husband Robin Clark are pleased to announce the birth of their second daughter, Juliette, in November 2021.
Fil Piasevoli and Jess Marenco got married in Santa Barbara, California, in September 2021. They celebrated with many of their friends who were also there when Fil and Jess met in Vanderslice Hall back in 2011.
Anthony Gallo graduated from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey, in May 2022. He will begin his internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic in July.
Michael Tarascio, MA’08 launched his own boutique financial planning firm last year and recently partnered with New York-based financial planning and advising powerhouse Zoe Financial. Michael has been serving small businesses in Oregon for 11 years, working for a large corporate bank. A great deal of Michael’s success he attributes to his years at Boston College. His experience at a Jesuit institution shaped him deeply to be in service of others and he is forever indebted to the great men and women on the faculty, in particular to Fr. Jack Butler for his deep counsel and spiritual guidance.