As I write this column, I am looking out at a lovely fall day after the only beneficial rain we have had in months. It has been a beautiful summer and fall, and I hope you have enjoyed them as I have. • I recently spoke with Mary Elizabeth Brennan Shea, MS’59. She tells me she is still living in her home of more than 60 years and remains active with several organizations in Salem. They include the Salem Garden Club and the Explorers Lifelong Learning Institute at Salem State University. • I talked with Frank Cruise in October. He and Pat are doing well and are living in a retirement-care community. Frank and I came from Somerville. In the summer before starting at Boston College, we worked in the public library book bindery. Although not on active duty, Frank is still a true Marine. I also enjoyed talking with Pat. Pat knew my mother and sister, Anne, and each time we talk, she recalls fond memories of those relationships. • As time goes on, we have become fewer and fewer. It is becoming difficult to find content for this column. It would help if you were to contact the Alumni Association or me directly at 508-755-3615 with a bit of news. Best wishes for the New Year.

Charlie Laverty, a partner in Maine Hospitality Suites and Laverty Lohnes Properties, opened a new Hampton Inn in the heart of Historic Salem (11 Dodge Street) on September 30, 2020. The complex includes 113 rooms, an indoor pool, a large fitness area, 56 apartments, retail space, and ample parking.

I received a note from Paul Daly reporting that a few members of our great Class of ’57 got together for a golf outing in Plymouth. Classmates playing were Paul McAdams, Jim Connolly, Dave McAvoy, Ed Murphy, Bill MacKenzie, Jim Devlin, and Paul Daly. The note also indicated that all players broke the course record. Bill Cunningham and Ed Brickley contributed as designated putters. Paul also mentioned that his brother and our classmate, Jim Daly, is recovering from recent surgery. Our best to you, Jim, get well. • I’m sure that many of you have some interesting tales to tell about your experiences with this terrible COVID-19 virus. My wife, Ellen, and I were pretty much isolated in quarantine here at Linden Ponds for three months. The care received was excellent and resulted in a minimum number of cases. Hopefully, the end is in sight, and you all will remain healthy and enjoy future alumni events.

Kudos and thanks to Joan Downing Lachance for her efforts these past years in compiling our class notes after she replaced Dave Rafferty as class correspondent. You served us well, Joan. Now it’s up to us, classmates, to fill the notes column. If you are like me, when Boston College Magazine arrives, you turn first to the class notes for 1958 before you read the articles. But without contributions from you, our column will deteriorate into nothing more than my contact info. Can you take five minutes to email a snippet of your life in these maroon and golden years—just so we know you are “still kicking”? Are you a great-grandparent? Anyone a great-great-grandparent? Do you have a grandchild at BC? Still traveling? Are you a snowbird? • John Theall checked in with news that he is keeping in shape playing tennis. John and Evie’s granddaughter Cameron Elders is a senior at BC. Another granddaughter, Katie Elders, is a sophomore and varsity lacrosse player at Dartmouth. • Grace and Bob Taggart celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in October. They raised 7 children and have 12 grandchildren. Bob was a member of the BC varsity baseball team and sends greetings to his teammates. • Thomas Hassey ’88 notified us of the death of his father, Tom Hassey, in May and said how proud Tom was of his BC heritage: “I think his blood was maroon and gold.” Tom was an active member of our board over the years and a fixture at many reunions. • We enjoyed our final luncheon at the Wianno Club in Osterville on Cape Cod in August 2019. Elaine Gilmore, who was at Wianno when Ed Gilmore launched the first event, was there to close it out. Thanks go to Barbara Cuneo O’Connell, Pat Brine O’Riordan, and the late Dottie Sollitto Hiltz, who took over hosting from Ed. It was great to see at the Wianno Club Peg Quinn, Joe Cavanaugh and Barbara Hermberg, Lavinia and Joe Giardina, Gail and Bill Sweeney, Kenneth Joyce, Marian Bernardini DeLollis, Virginia DeGenova, and Joyce Ryder Rizzuto. • Thanks to Bea Capraro Busa, who is again hosting the Naples, Florida, luncheon around St. Patrick’s Day 2021. If you’re interested in attending, contact Bea at bcbusa58@bc.edu. FYI: For those of us born in the late 1930s, life expectancy for men was 58 years; for women, 62 years. Carpe diem!

Well, as I write, the coronavirus continues to be the dominant news in our lives, followed closely by the looming presidential election. Or is it the other way around? Classes resume at Chestnut Hill, for now anyway, “Pops on the Heights” goes virtual, and football is played in mostly empty surroundings. Strange. • News from and about classmates: Peter Murphy, a retired ambassador and consultant, reports that the BC alumni news gets to Monaco two months after publication, but he’s staying there since his family is scattered over the world, including in London, Bangkok, Italy, and New York City. • Sad news, reporting the recent death of Tom Mahoney of Peabody and St. John’s Prep before BC. His obituary noted that he was the youngest of nine, and he never forgot summers spent working at leather tanneries in Peabody. He was also proud of the no-hitter that he pitched in eighth grade against a rival city grammar school. In his US Navy career he was the medical doctor for a lengthy Antarctic tour, maybe the only class member with that credit. • I also saw Cal Dorsey, of Malden and Malden Catholic, at the services for Tom; Cal still manages to look 20 years younger. Tom and Cal went on to Georgetown Medical and then returned to practice locally. • Lastly, I report the recent death of Beth Grady, MS’64, a student and later a faculty member in BC’s nursing program. Beth was a leader in class affairs, always willing to organize an event and round up support. She created and coordinated the effort to publish a yearbook for our 50th. A woman of widespread accomplishments, professionally and personally, she will be missed. • Send your notes, contact a classmate, brighten your day. If you need contact info, I’ve got it.

It has been difficult at best to gather material for this month’s column, given that most of us have been hunkering down and curtailing normal activities, but I thank Al Hyland and Ken Cahill for reiterating what seems to be the overall message from classmates that their major activity has been just trying to stay healthy. I have, however, been able to gather a few bits and pieces. • John Sheehan is continuing his studies of the Irish (Gaelic) language. He was fortunate enough to recently get to Dublin, Donegal, and Clare (before the pandemic, I presume). John helped me get started on my own Irish study, and I can already tell you that any language that has two different names for each day of the week is not something for the faint-hearted. No wonder most of our ancestors from the Emerald Isle spoke English when they arrived here. • Pauline LeBlanc Doherty and her husband, Paul Croke ’55, MBA’62, are giving up their beautiful Scituate home to move to Linden Ponds in Hingham. • My wife, Kay, and I managed to get out of Australia just before all the restrictions and closures took place, but after arriving back in New Hampshire, we found that the queen (well actually the prime minister) had closed the Canadian border to all Americans, even those who have summer homes in Nova Scotia. The fortunate part was that for the first time ever, Kay got to spend autumn in New Hampshire during one of the most spectacular foliage seasons I have ever seen. • John Flaherty and his wife, Julie, also had a close encounter, ending a trip to Antarctica right before the curtains closed. Although still domiciled in Longboat Key, Florida, they have just acquired a summer home in Highland, North Carolina. • Fortunately, I know of only one death since our last column, that of Double Eagle and singer-musician Joe Forry ’61. I still have a fond recollection from years ago of spotting Joe at the piano, entertaining the dinner patrons of a well-known restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia. • Did Jack Ferris actually name his new dog Fenway? • As I am writing this, two weeks before the presidential election, I suspect the world may have changed a bit by the time you read this. I’ll be interested to hear how some of you may have been affected. Sorry for all the self-references, but as I said, it has been difficult to gather material recently. • One last FYI: the Alumni Association is considering “make-up” class reunions in June 2021 for those classes whose reunion had to be canceled this past year. • Sláinte!

We hope you have all seen the picture and article featuring our own Samuel Fardy in Boston College Magazine. At the BC Band’s 100th anniversary celebration, Sam, one of the senior members of SymBa, was asked to write an article with a glimpse back at the band’s early days. Sam never dreamed the article would appear in the alumni magazine. “I had no idea how much attention that publication gets. I am getting calls from friends I didn’t even know went to BC,” he writes. • Patricia and Kevin Doyle “escaped” to Chatham on the Cape to celebrate the upcoming big day when Kevin would join the “Octogenarian Club.” Statistically, they ran into an unbelievable scenario. Five people in the 12-room inn had birthdays on the same day! Kevin wants to send congratulations to all who belong to this exclusive “club.” • Carol Dorey Hurzeler retired last fall from psychiatric nursing and now works one day per week at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store run by her church, attends two Al-Anon meetings weekly, belongs to the church choir, and works out regularly at the gym. She says she is “happy to find out I can do the gym, sing with my mask on, and socially distance!” The Hurzelers have four children and eight grandchildren. • Paul Horrigan is now retired and has a new address: You can email him at paulhorrigan123@gmail.com. He sends best wishes to all. • Both Charles McCarthy and William Nagle, MEd’70, called to say hi. • Our condolences to the families of the following classmates. Jean Marie Hanagan Allin taught French and Spanish in several school districts. She was predeceased by her husband, Sherwood, and leaves a daughter, Catherine. Anthony Capodilupo was the star of many campus plays and shows. After earning an MFA in drama from Yale University, he received very positive reviews as a cast member in several Broadway plays. Tony also wrote, produced, and starred in plays presented in a theater he opened beneath The European Restaurant. Ultimately, he entered his father’s real estate business and was a successful businessman. Tony was predeceased by his wife, Sara, and leaves two daughters. Walter Whalen’s many accomplishments included serving as a lieutenant JG aboard the USS Albany and holding leadership positions in several companies before becoming executive director of International Business Products. Walter especially enjoyed his golden retrievers, which he trained and registered as therapy pets. Walter leaves his wife, Jeannie, and three children. After graduation, John Kazmierczak served in the US Army. John enjoyed running his own business, County Line Associates, attending BC football games, vacationing on the Jersey Shore, and celebrating holidays with his family. John leaves his wife, Mary Joan, and four children. Francis Coyle is survived by his wife, Mary Kay, three daughters, and two stepsons. Born in Scotland, Frank became a US citizen in 1962. He served in the US Army, was promoted to captain, and received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service. Most of his career was with Raytheon as an engineer. James Dacey believed in equality for all; he marched with Dr. King and became friends with US Representative John Lewis. Jim earned a doctorate in math, taught math and science, and also coached Little League. He faced multiple myeloma with great courage, determination, and acceptance. Jim was predeceased by his wife, Judith, and leaves two children. • We hope you and all you hold dear are well.

In August, Carol and Jim Norton hosted the third annual Cape Cod summer luncheon, beautifully catered at their Mashpee home. Present and socially distanced were Judy and Frank Carney, Kay and John Golden, Meg and Dave Kelley, Karen and Tom Quirk, and Oky and Brian Sullivan, MA’65. • Elder softball is back! Doubleheaders take place on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Mike Neri, for one, relishes the healthy activity; it’s the “best exercise I get, plus one golfing round per week,” he says. Mike also recalled our gathering at last year’s Veterans Day Mass on November 11, 2019: “It was a great day. I hope we (John Levis, Tom Quirk, Ed Rae) can make it an annual get-together.” • Joe Dimino related a story about Red Sox great Tony Conigliaro, whose rising career was cruelly curtailed in 1967 by a “beanball” injury. In early 1982, he had applied for a broadcasting position at WSBK TV-Boston, where Joe was station manager, and was a leading candidate for the job before suffering the heart attack and stroke that left him in a coma. Joe began his own career in broadcasting in 1967 as an account executive for Storer Sales in New York; he rose to national sales manager, then station manager, VP, and general manager, of WSBK-Boston—you may recall him together with Dana Hersey on the popular informative series, Ask the Manager during his time in Boston—before becoming president, television stations division, for Storer Communications Inc., in Miami. • Harry Crump passed away in September. An excellent running back for BC, he was recognized as Catholic All-American and went on to play for the Patriots. He also enjoyed golf and tennis and later played as a member of various country clubs. Professionally, most notably, Harry was president of American Flexible Conduit Company and served on several boards, including those of Roger Williams University and the Special Olympics. • Be masked. Be safe. Be well.

Jim Spillane, S.J., MA’68, MDiv’76, has left Tanzania and is now back at Santa Dharma University, a Jesuit school in Yogjakarta, Indonesia, where he taught for so many years before. He hopes to start a master’s program in tourism modeled after the very successful program he ran at St. Augustine University of Tanzania. • Betsy O’Connor Hand and Margie Supple Mone recently met for lunch on the Cape. After over 50 years in nursing, both retired this fall from their current positions—Betsy as an instructor at Cape Cod Community College, and Margie as a clinical nurse specialist in diabetes education at Brockton Neighborhood Health Center. • John Hirsh has completed 50 years of teaching at Georgetown University and has established the Edward L. Hirsh collection of English rare books of the 16th–19th centuries at BC’s Burns Library in memory of his father, who taught at Boston College for many years. • The New York Times gave a rave review of Karen I Said, written and performed by Eliza Bent, Bob Bent’s daughter. “In this wicked 45-minute satire on wokeness, the problem is evident right from the start: Karen, a 38-year-old white woman, has called the police on a man of color for delivering a meat lasagna instead of the ‘vegetarian goddess’ variety she ordered,” said the Times. Theater sure is different under pandemic protocols. • John Bormolini has been contributing a monthly column of remembrances to the Local Yokel, a publication about West Stockbridge, where he grew up. Recently he recruited fellow townsman Peter Angelini, who authored “Other Pandemics: Polio and Tuberculosis” as it related to West Stockbridge in the ’40s and ’50s. (To the uninitiated, West Stockbridge is Norman Rockwell territory.) • An endowed scholarship has been established in the name of Bill Collins, MA’67, at BC High. Bill taught English there for most of his career. • Michael St. Clair, MA’65, writes: “I was a Jesuit scholastic when I graduated in 1964. After leaving the Jesuits, I became a professor of psychology at Emmanuel College, Boston, for almost 40 years. I recall with great pleasure and respect my Jesuit teachers and colleagues. My two sons are doing well, and I have three granddaughters. My education has served me well and nourished my curiosity over a lifetime. My most recent book was on Chinese art, and my latest project is on the transmission of ancient Greek manuscripts via Byzantine scribes, continuing interests from seeds planted way back from my early education.”

Bob Mallon writes that he has 10 copies of an album cut by the University Chorale in 1963 and would be happy to distribute them at no cost to classmates. The album pictures Gasson Hall on the cover; he sent me a photo of it, which I could email to classmates interested in receiving one of Bob’s copies. He is looking for another album, made earlier, that had a plain white cover; he would like to borrow it and send it to California to the outfit that converted to a CD the album he already has. You can reach Bob at teacher4eva@yahoo.com. • Mike Jones sent an email about five classmates and their spouses who have been having virtual cocktail parties using Zoom: Mike and Nancy (Brox) Jones, Jack ’62 and Rosemary (Thomas) MacKinnon, Phil and Marie (Formichelli) McCarthy, Shelby and Janet (Hunt) Mudarri, and Steve and Donna (Doyle) Sutton. • Kevin Bokoske emailed me that his wife of 61 years, Nancy, passed away this September after many years of suffering. She leaves their daughter, Sharon Teitelbaum, of Arlington, Virginia, and their son, Douglas, and his wife, Mary, of Portland, Oregon. Kevin lives in Fort Lauderdale, where the funeral was held. • Kevin Flatley has republished The Little Blue Book of Estate Planning. It’s available on Amazon online books. Kevin has spent 35 years in banking and now, retired, is counsel at his son-in-law’s law practice, Keating Law Office, in Reading. Kevin and his wife live in Methuen on a lake and see their 5 children and 15 grandchildren often.

Bill O’Neill reports the passing of Gil Sullivan on Easter Sunday after six years of declining health. He is survived by his spouse of 52 years, Kathy (Lydon) ’78. Gil founded a container distributing company, I-PAK, in 1969. He willingly shared his time, talent, and treasure with many individuals and organizations, Being a Double Eagle—BC High ’62 and BC’66—meant a great deal to Gil, and he was a longtime benefactor to both. • Condolences to Joseph Meehan Jr., who shared that his beloved, 90-year-old sister, Joan Meehan Lockwood, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2020. Joan was also the sister of Daniel Meehan ’69, JD’72, and the aunt of Meghan Meehan Whalen ’00. She lived in New City, New York, and is survived by three sons and a daughter.

Patricia Feraco Gannon, wife of John Gannon, passed away on September 7, 2020. Patricia, originally from Greenwich, Connecticut, married John in 1969, and they shared a wonderful life together, blessed with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren. She doted on all of them. She taught at and later was the education director for the Hillsdale United Nursery School in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in Bergen County, where they lived for 41 years before retiring to Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania.

Greetings, classmates. • So sadly, we begin with news from Florida of the sudden passing last July of Frank Dever from complications of the coronavirus. Frank was a proud Eagle as well as a devoted Red Sox fan. Our sincerest sympathy is extended to his wife, Diane, and to his children, Carolyn ’88 and Mark ’90; his grandchildren; and his extended family and friends. • Bill Fitzgerald shares further sadness: Bill Cavanagh passed away on October 17. Bill spent most of his working life first in Arizona then in southern California. He retired as a CFO/senior VP of AECOM a few years ago. He will be missed by his family and many friends. • In these challenging times, Bill Plunkert is continuing his work as a spiritual director, now through the use of Zoom or FaceTime. Though not as effective as person-to-person, his team is continuing to minister to the homeless and others, who, in material ways, are not as fortunate as most of us. Bill and his wife, Donna, live in Great Falls, Virginia, and have two children and five grandchildren. Bill reminds us that we all have so much to be grateful for. He gives a special shout-out to his soccer and baseball buddies and wishes all of us BC’68-ers the best. • Jim Boucher, of Burke, Virginia, has written a lovely poetic song lyric about a BC alumnus revisiting the Heights. His poem opens: “Walking along Linden Lane/I face that day long ago/When I saw what spring could bring/For many years to follow./First there’s gothic Gasson Hall/Where Michael guards the way/And the clock upon the tower/Measures each day.” Though space precludes my continuing, you can follow his nostalgic journey across campus by going online to our class website via the Alumni Association. • Friends, please stay well, stay safe, as we await the glorious reawakening of springtime’s promise! Go, Eagles!

It was good hearing from Chuck Klemballa. Chuck is living in New York City. His three daughters, (two of whom have graduated from BC) and six grandchildren are all healthy and live close by. Chuck’s grandchildren range in age from 3 to 19. Due to COVID-19, Chuck’s retirement preference of traveling worldwide and enjoying all New York City has to offer have been basically shut down. Chuck commented on how much he enjoyed our 50th reunion last year and is already looking forward to our 55th reunion in 2024. • Jim O’Reilly’s 55th textbook, COVID-19 and Other Pandemics: Business and Legal Challenges (co-authored with Philip Hagan), has been well received. Jim serves on a committee developing uniform laws for state legislators on local and state controls of activities during the pandemic. He continues to teach his MD-MPH students at the University of Cincinnati. • Doug Carnival became a grandfather for the first time when his daughter, Leighlin Carnival Bille ’07, delivered a baby boy, Dawson, in July 2020. Doug lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. • I am sorry to report the death of Jay Sullivan, of Dover, on October 16, 2020. Jay was the former husband of Amy Kalberer, who passed away in 2004, and Norma Sullivan. He is also survived by his son, Jonathan; daughter, Kristin Boal; and grandchildren, Griffin, Annabelle, and Jack Boal and Marc and Sydney Sullivan. While at BC, Jay participated in the ROTC program, and he later served in the Vietnam War as a first lieutenant. An Eagle Scout, Jay remained committed to scouting for his entire life, serving as scoutmaster of Troop 1, Dover, and on the executive board of the Boston Council. Jay and son Jonathan worked together at Sullivan Associates, both as corporate benefits specialists. • Please take the time to email me and let me know how things are with you. Everyone, please be well and stay safe.

A few things to mention this time, so let’s get to it. • I had a great conversation with Jack Hanrahan, a retired advertising executive, who is now involved in the legal world. For the last eight years, Jack has been a volunteer and now manager of a legal and justice center in Charlottesville, Virginia, focused on counseling ACA and Medicaid recipients. He manages a number of other volunteers as well as some UVA law students. Steve and his wife, Lisa, have three grown daughters, all working in the advertising world and living in Charlottesville. • For those who remember struggling to pay rent in Brighton, you have a friend, although on the other side of the country and in a decidedly higher rent district. Lou Milkowski has been named chair of the Beverly Hills Rent Stabilization Commission. Lou, a longtime Beverly Hills resident, has for a number of years been involved in practicing tax and entertainment law, with a side interest in civic affairs. He was previously on the Traffic and Parking Commission and was a founder of the Beverly Hills Community Theater. He and his wife, Gloria, were named Beverly Hills Older Americans of the Year in 2017 in acknowledgment of their involvement and contributions in civic affairs. • It’s always good to hear from one of our nurses. I had a nice chat with Barbara Wyand Walker, who recently retired from the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. She was awarded emeritus certification in infection control and epidemiology by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology. Barbara has been involved in the area of infection control for over 40 years. She worked in several locations after graduating as her husband, Jay, was in the Navy. They have been in Lewisburg, West Virginia, for several years. She has two grown children, Jeremy and Stephanie, and two grandchildren. • As so often is the case in this column, I close with mention of a couple of classmates who live on only in our memories. This is especially sad as both were somewhat local, had stayed in touch with BC, and but for the curse of COVID-19 perhaps would have been with us had we gathered last June. Tom Byrne, MBA’79, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, passed away in September after a brief battle with glioblastoma. He had spent much of his career in pharmaceutical sales and the last decade with Merrill Lynch in Providence. Tom leaves his wife, Edythe DeMarco, their son, Jason, and a large extended family. Kathleen Murphy Hess passed away in July from complications related to diabetes, COVID-19, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Kathy was married to John Hess (Notre Dame ’70) and had two sons, Patrick ’00 and Kevin ’04, and two grandsons, Finnian and Dominic. Kathy spent 27 years as the coordinator of early childhood education at Triton Regional School in Byfield. • I look forward to seeing you all if we are able to gather this coming June.

It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Robert Maguire, of Wayland, on September 1, 2019, after a brief illness. Bob loved all things BC, and he served as our class correspondent for many years. He always looked forward to reuniting with his classmates at the reunions. Bob was a friend to everyone he knew. Bob, with his joy for life, is greatly missed by his family: wife Ann, daughter Melissa Moran, son Rob, and two grandchildren. He will also be truly missed by his BC classmates. • Michael Dunn reports that after more than 50 years with C&W Services (formerly Allied Maintenance), he is retiring on December 31, 2020. Michael is looking forward to spending more time with his family, including wife Nancy ’98; son Gregory ’99; daughter-in-law Jaclyn ’99, MS’05; son Nicolas ’01, JD’08; daughter-in-law Nicole, and seven grandsons: Teddy, Jack, Frankie, Nolan, Xavier, Sammy, and Roosevelt! He relates that his life has been quite a journey and he feels truly blessed. • After 40-plus years of living in Switzerland, Martha Ritchie Swiderski has returned to America for her retirement and has been trying to track down her former apartment-mates. She has reconnected with Linda Hanrahan, Linda DeStefano, and Brian and Pam (Torrey) Hayes. She is also in contact with Carole and Jim Clancy-Hughes via telephone chats. She is now trying to locate Anne Spillane and Kathy Sullivan Connolly, MEd’72. Anne and Kathy, if you are reading this column, please email her. • Joe Collins reports that John Mashia has sold his house in Killingworth, Connecticut, where he lived for 33 years with his wife, Janet, and moved to nearby Madison to be closer to his son, Chris ’01. John also has a condo in Naples, Florida, where he looks forward to hosting his many BC friends during the winter months. • I recall a gruesome lecture on the 1918 flu pandemic during my second year of medical school. Our professor attempted to reassure us: “Don’t worry, something like this only happens every 100 years or so.” I hope that all of my classmates are safe and well during these very difficult times. I also hope that we will see some resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic before the time of our 50th reunion. I look forward to hearing from you.

I got more news for this column than I expected. One reason is a message I received from Tom DeSimone, who’s a semiretired developer of shopping centers and a resident of Swampscott. He and four classmate friends, along with their wives, had their annual reunion in September. The others who joined Tom and his wife, Midge, were Laurie and Mike Driscoll, Kathy and Jim Martens, Christine and Jim Breitenfeld, and Wendy and John Larivee. Mike is a musician and a retired teacher in Amesbury. Jim Martens is retired as the owner of The Bagel Mill in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and a resident of Sharon in that state. Jim Breitenfeld is a retired Nike salesman in Saratoga Springs, New York. John is retired as the former CEO of Community Resources for Justice in Boston and a resident there. • I had several other messages: one was from Br. Joe Barnett, who’s a resident of Managua, Nicaragua, where he teaches local residents the skill of beekeeping. • Another was from Judy Chamberlain Brault, of Glen Rock, New Jersey. I misstated the name of her late husband, Peter, in my previous column. • Also, I heard from Richard Mucci, MA’74, who’s retired after having been CEO of New York Life. He keeps busy with board memberships and volunteer work from his homes in Boston and Nantucket. • Also, I got some news from my “happy 70th birthday” calls. Jack Harrington, a resident of Brewster, New York, and a retired CFO, along with his wife, Cathie, went to Florida in February and to the top of Mount Washington in September. Mike Spatola, who’s retired in Hingham from his job as a fundraiser for BC Law, became a grandfather a week before that birthday. He and his wife, Patty, spend winters in South Carolina. • Brian Corrigan, of Corona del Mar, California, is still active as a senior managing director of Colliers International. His son, Connor ’12, was married in Maine in August. • John Dervan writes that he has retired after 37 years as an intervention cardiologist at SUNY Long Island. He and his wife, Nancy, live in the town of St. James. • Dan Jasinski reports from Austin, Texas, that he’s retired from his second career, that of a college instructor. His first career was as an officer in the Air Force. • My condolences to the families of the following: Frances Rega, MEd’77, who was an English teacher at Revere High School; Maria Trevisani Nelson, who taught in the Weymouth school system; and Charles Gigante, who was retired after having been CEO of New England Life Care.

Greetings, fellow Eagles. • A correction from Rick Palermo: “In the fall BC magazine my work information was incorrect. I spent four years as superintendent in Millbury and 14 in Lynnfield.” Thanks for setting us straight. • Robert Boova is the vice-chair of the cardiovascular surgery division at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. All four of his children are BC graduates: Bryan ’02, Chrissy ’04, Meghan ’07, and Katie ’10. Mom (Villanova ’74) is the only non-Eagle in the family. They now have four grandchildren, all boys. • A Zoom call with fellow 45 Strathmore Road and Mod roommates from the Class of 1973 was recently organized and included Jim Cusick (Tampa), Terry O’Donnell (Framingham), Don MacAloon (Detroit), Doug Goransson (Marblehead), John Lally (Atlanta), Jim Mullin (Australia), Pat Gregorius (Tampa), Brian Rothwell (Boston), and Billy Morin ’74 (Springfield). Everyone is healthy, safe, and for the most part still working, except for Don who is refining his number 8 handicap, and Jim Mullin, who lives near the oceanfront in Australia. • Raymond Keough writes: “Hello to all my classmates at BC, especially my teammates on the BC lacrosse team and my fellow future educators in the Lynch School of Education. After 33 years of teaching at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School, I have retired as a full-time English teacher, but I am now teaching online (as most teachers) for Fitchburg State University and the Community College of Rhode Island. It keeps me busy for sure! I would love to hear from any lax players from BC or from anyone I knew from those days for that matter. Email me at rpkeough@ccri.edu. I hope everyone is doing well in these times and remembering our great times together at the Heights!” • Paul and Joan (Sennott) Boudreau have finally moved back to Massachusetts after 45 years of coaching football, 30 of them in the NFL. They enjoy spending time with their five grandkids and their goldendoodle, Dakota. They are proud parents of son Paul ’97, the special teams coordinator in Winnipeg for the CFL 2019 Grey Cup Champions, and daughter Jill. Paul Sr. enjoys staying in touch with many of his old teammates at the BC football alumni golf outings.

Thank you to all who submitted news. I am writing this column in mid-October and hope that when you read it, you and your loved ones are healthy and happy. I won’t miss 2020, but we have a lot of good news to share! • Bernadette (Darcy), MS’82, and John Lane are living in Cambridge and enjoying their perfect baby granddaughter, Lucy Joseph Lane, daughter of Tracy and John Lane Jr. ’09—congratulations! • Also joining the grandparents’ club are Marie and Bob McCarthy, MBA’94, with the birth of Margaret Pond Quesada. Bob has retired from banking; they live in Scituate and spend time in Pocasset. • I got a great note from Jim Sullivan, who shared news that his Mod roommate Jim Staudt, who has five sons, was blessed with a baby granddaughter in July. I hope all these new babies will keep us young! Jim Sullivan has moved to Asheville, North Carolina. He spent three years writing his first novel, Children of Galway, based on the March 18, 1990, theft of 13 paintings worth $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The thieves were never caught. He enjoyed writing it, and I am looking forward to reading it. • Mary Westropp is very busy being the publicist for the film This Ain’t Normal. The documentary profiles gang-involved youth in Boston and the street and social workers and organizations that strive to provide help to these teens in danger. • After a brief retirement in 2018, Kerry Donovan and Juan Garcia moved to Phoenix from Pasadena. The pandemic made them realize how much they missed family, and the last note I received said that they are moving back to Boston. Welcome back! • Best wishes to John and Nancy (Rosplock) Tesoro, who celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. They have retired; Nancy was a teacher at Red Bank Catholic High School, and John was a partner at KPMG. John serves on several boards, including the board of trustees of Catholic Charities in central New Jersey.  They are grandparents to six boys and one girl and are looking forward to spending more time with them on the Jersey Shore this summer. • Diane Demartini Meyers has been a school nurse in New Jersey for 20 years; she loves her job at a school for developmentally disabled children. Thank you to her—and to all nurses, doctors, teachers, and others who have worked so tirelessly for others over the past year. • Please write.

Hello, classmates! As we are moving into 2021 and the future, we can look forward to our in-person reunion on campus in June. If pandemic uncertainty prevails, BC is planning a virtual experience the same weekend. Options are open, and BC will keep us updated as they have more information to share. • Michael Carty’s oldest son, Thomas, has been accepted and will enroll in Carroll College starting in the fall semester of 2021. Carroll College is a Jesuit College with about 1,400 students, located in Helena, Montana. • Walt Fey writes: “I had a great social interaction via Zoom with classmates Sue MacDonald Lomas, Connie Capro Gannon, Rosann Rubino Della Ventura, Teri Malinowski Karamourtopoulos, Margarita Gonzalez Newcomer, Maureen McGann, and Marcus Kim Bucci, all Class of ’75ers, and Anna Lynn Galardi Wheeler, who was at BC for only a year, but what an impression she made…. Most all of us date back to CLX our freshman year, moving on later to Hillside and the Mods. I know I was there at Hillside the Friday evening, I believe, when streaking became a varsity sport at BC—and I was a fan. We’re all still singing Beatles songs along with Cat, Elton, and Carole, reminiscing about those oh, so formative years. Let us all give thanks to Doug Flutie ’85; now when people ask and I tell them I graduated from BC, they are most often impressed. I am thankful most every day for my BC experience and BFFLs.” • Blake Godbout finished a jury trial on March 12, and the courts of the Commonwealth were closed soon thereafter! “Social distancing” had not yet become embedded in our day-to-day life. Blake writes: “We are very adaptable creatures and have continued to get things done, just in different ways! It has been a crossroads for many, and I am looking forward to what portends for 2021.” Blake is still very busy practicing law at his firm but did spend the summer working remotely from Nantucket. • Dennis ’74 and Nancy (O’Connor) McCleary have been amazingly busy during the pandemic. Prior to the lockdown, their oldest daughter, Zibby (Elizabeth) ’05, MSW’10, and her husband, Ed Ryan ’92, moved into the McClearys’ household with their toddler, Frances Rosemary, while home searching. The pandemic hit, and they still maintain their residence with Nancy and Dennis—and added a baby girl, Eleanor Fitzgerald, in May! The McClearys’ second daughter, Meg, a nurse director at the Brigham, delivered her first baby, Mairead McCleary Cole, so they are now the proud grandparents of three girls! If you look closely at the next home football games, you may see Nancy and Dennis in the stands as cardboard cutouts. Dennis has fun texting during the games with John Halcovich, Brian Smith, and Kevin McDonald ’76. Nancy emails/texts often with Susan Darveau Murphy, Scottie Reid Meehan, Candy Kelley McLaughlin MEd’82, Sally Hanke Lynch, and Jan Goldman O’Connor ’76. They greatly miss the fun tailgates and can’t wait to get back on campus. • Take care, and let’s continue to stay in touch.

Despite these uncertain times, our class reunion is scheduled for June 2021. Veteran committee members have been in contact, and discussions are ongoing with the Alumni Association representatives. Kenny Brine, Virginia Champagne, Paul True, Judith Cox Marley, Steve and Christine Healey McManama, and Gerry Shea are eager to get to work, but obviously we are in wait-and-see mode for the foreseeable future. Let’s hope and pray for the best! • Michael Gee has enjoyed a fine career in corporate America and has written for Harvard Business Review. He wrote “A Nationwide Conversation around Reparations” (July 24, 2020) and “Why Aren’t Black Employees Getting More White-Collar Jobs” (February 28, 2018). Check out hbr.org. Mike resides in Washington, D.C. • Recently celebrating 42 years of marriage were Bern and Debbie (Doyle) Caniff. They have three grown children and three grandsons. They lived for many years in Lynnfield, but in 2014 they pursued their dream of living on the coast and moved to Swampscott. They have enjoyed many travel adventures and hope to resume when the pandemic recedes. • Andrea and Mike “Zeeto” Ianzito reside in Atlanta, where Mike is communications director for Ashton Woods Homes. Their twin daughters departed for college, making them empty nesters. • A denizen of Barrington, Illinois, Brian Casey celebrated 43 years of marriage to Mary (Loker) ’78. They were blessed with two daughters and a son and now are delighted by two grandchildren, a boy and a girl. • Another Midwesterner, Katherine Rybak, resides in Evansville, Indiana. This proud Hoosier worked for Indiana Legal Services for over 40 years and retired last May. She provided civil legal services to low-income and elderly clients. She looks forward to when she can once again visit and care for her grandchildren in England. • Lawrence and Doris (Pholeric) Gruel, MEd’77, of Kingsville, Maryland, recently celebrated 40 years of marriage. After 44 years of teaching special education, Doris retired last July and plans to spend lots of time with four grandkids who live in Florida. • Please stay safe and sound, and keep in touch. God bless!

Back on February 2, before the beginning of the pandemic, Jim McCurdy, of Andover, and some of his old BC friends (not in age but in length of time, right Jim?) got together in Boston. Mary Ellen Degnan ’78, Larry Feather MEd’78, Ed Reardon, and Jim met near the ICA and chatted away while walking the six-mile Harborwalk. They ended the day with a nice dinner at Provisions State Street restaurant near the Aquarium. Jim enjoyed spending a great day with friends, catching up on family life, getting outside, and reminiscing about their youthful days at BC. Back in the day, they all worked at a Newton Saturday camp (at Westwood’s Hale Reservation), as part of Professor John Dacey’s ed psych class. They all have fond memories of the kids, the student counselors, and the staff. Mary Ellen, Ed, Larry, and Jim all retired recently and look forward to new chapters in their lives. Jim sends special thanks to Larry for making the drive up from Pine Brook, New Jersey, for the weekend, and to Mary Ellen for flying in from Columbia, Missouri! • Cheryl Carleton’s youngest daughter, Carolyn Asher, is a senior at BC. Although the restrictions brought forth by the pandemic have made it more difficult to move back on campus, it was a great trip down memory lane for Cheryl when she moved Carolyn into the Mods this past August. Cheryl lived in the Mods in her junior year at BC as well. She and Carolyn had a great time in autumn 2019, when they attended a football game tailgate party! She was very surprised by the extent to which the BC campus has changed! Cheryl has three other daughters and has been an economics professor at Villanova University for the past 35 years. • Peninnah Cooper Kanzi, of Atlanta, notes that the pandemic has been a very challenging and unusual situation for many. As an undergraduate in 1975, she decided to change her “healthy lifestyle” to a “more healthy” one and has maintained it ever since. She writes: “That single decision made over 46 years ago has literally saved my life through many challenging life situations.” She is grateful to have made it safely through the pandemic so far and adds: “There is hope, with faith and the will to do what the body, mind, and spirit need to do in order to protect oneself.” • Jackie Gonzalez, of Dripping Springs, Texas, has written a book about CEOs’ impact on company culture and the importance of culture in trying to unite people of disparate opinions around common goals. For more information about her book, titled “Creating Culture: Why Some Organizations Thrive While Others Survive,” visit j29associates.com/books. A portion of all proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. • Linda Schiller McKelligan retired and moved from Massachusetts to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, in January 2017. After 40 years in the educational field, she retired from Walpole Public Schools as director of student services.

Greetings to all during these strange and different times. The law of averages suggests that some of you may have been affected (and/or infected?) with COVID-19. I, myself, was tested twice (negative) and sadly my BC roommate/Mod-mate, Donna Jones ’77, died from what is thought to have been complications of COVID. I pray by the time this issue is in your hands that the virus is finally more under control than not. • Now on to more pleasant news—although with a slight COVID slant: George Ravanis was excited to announce in October that he was celebrating the re-opening of his restaurant, Frank’s Steak House, in Cambridge. “COVID closed us, but we are back!” he wrote. George is celebrating ownership of 46 years of New England’s longest-running steak house. The eatery has been named a Phantom Gourmet favorite (Phantom is a food-related TV program featuring profiles of New England–area restaurants), and the steak house has also appeared on the Food Network. George sends a shout-out to his BC golf partners, Greg Gailius ’77, Greg Stewart ’80, Joe Carter ’80, Fr. Kevin MacDonald, Jim Conroy, Bob Meara ’79, Steve Craft ’80, Dave Cullinane ’80, and Tim Dachos ’79. “Great guys, great friends, great ballplayers, okay golfers.” His words, not mine! • Speaking of words, Terrence Crimmins, MAT’05, reports that his third novel, Ghetto Teacher, based on his 10 years of teaching history in Baltimore City Public Schools, is coming out in early 2022, and will look into the “terrible problems in urban education that seriously need to be addressed,” he said. Congratulations, Terrence! • Once again—and I feel like a broken record here—please send in any updates, professional or personal news, retirement plans, trips taken, etc. Inquiring minds really do want to know. Thank you!

Kerry O’Mahony writes: “My fiancé, Toshifumi Bekku, and I were due to marry in May 2020, but our plans got upended by the pandemic since his family could not travel from Japan, nor could my family travel from England.” Thus the wedding date was moved to October 4, 2020, and the event changed to a small civil ceremony, with a church wedding planned for next year, date to be determined. Kerry continues: “We moved into a lovely home by the shore in the picturesque village of Rowayton, Connecticut, in April 2020. Toshi is a retired partner from E&Y; I will work for another couple of years as a senior recruiter for an aerospace and defense company in Connecticut. We both love to travel and hike and climb mountains.”

Lawrence Casey, a shareholder at Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, was named in three top legal publications: 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Employment & Labor; The Best Lawyers in America 2021: Litigation-Labor & Employment; and 2020 Chambers USA: Labor & Employment, Mainly Plaintiffs Representation (Band 2). • Harold Regan writes that he is “looking forward to retirement in few years.” • Doreen Cook Hope announced that she and her husband, Gregory, have finally reached “empty nester” status in the D.C. Metro area. Their daughter, Nia, is settling into her third year at NYU, and their son, Noah, who just graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Maryland, is playing this year for Team Maryland’s EHL junior ice hockey team and taking a class at Seton Hall. Doreen says she’s looking forward to participating in more BC alumni activities and winding down her legal career.

It’s our 40th reunion year! Mark your calendars to participate the first weekend in June! Our Reunion Committee, chaired by Rich Canning and Meg McGrory Kelleher, is planning Reunion Weekend and events leading up to it, so be sure to watch your inbox for details! • John Stack recently retired from American Express in New York City as senior VP and looks forward to life’s next chapter. • After a three-year stint with the Buffalo Bills and a long career in the real estate business in the Boston area, Mark Roopenian is managing director of DivcoWest Real Estate Investments, where he is developing Cambridge Crossing, a 45-acre, mixed-use commercial and residential project, the largest project in the history of Cambridge. Mark is married to his BC sweetheart, Kirsten Nicholson, and they have three children and one amazing little grandson! • From Lakeville, William McGurk reports that his sons are both launched successfully into the world and will go further than he did! Alex (Connecticut College ’17) is transferring from the University of Rochester to Cornell University to continue his PhD studies in immunology. Colin (College of the Holy Cross ’19) commissioned into the US Navy on graduation, completed Navy Nuclear Power School, and joins our submarine fleet this winter. • Congratulations to Brian Murphy, who is an editor on the foreign desk at the Washington Post and part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for explanatory journalism for a series of stories on climate change hot spots around the world. He has also published his fourth book, Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell About It (DeCapo, 2018), recounting the story of an 1856 shipwreck and its sole survivor. • Bob Shea recently moved to the law firm of Beck Reed Riden in Boston, where he is a partner practicing labor and employment law. • Brac’s and my first grandson, Cryder Thomas Stanwick (another prospect for BC’s Class of 2042!), was born on March 14, 2020, the same day the Baltimore Sun’s headline screamed “National Emergency!” He has certainly been a bright spot in an otherwise tough year. I am about to wind up my term as the 132nd president of the Virginia Bar Association, the oldest and largest voluntary bar association in Virginia. It has been a year of dealing with governor’s orders, emergency legislation, and crisis management, but serving has been the highlight of my professional career (although I must admit I’m just a tad glad it’s over!). • See you in June!

Jennifer Pline, MBA’87, is living in Wellesley with her husband, Hans Oettgen. They have two daughters, Hannah and Charlotte, who have flown the nest but are living close by. Jennifer is currently an EVP and head of wealth management at Cambridge Trust after long stints at two other investment management firms. She credits her love of investing to two faculty members: Hassan Tehranian and George Aragon. • Carol Vadimsky Spicer shared that, after a successful career as a legal services lawyer, with stints as a teacher and a librarian, at long last she is publishing her writing for children under the name June Seas and the imprint Carolingian Press. She hopes all can find the time, space, energy, and peace to pursue purposes on hold during a busy lifetime. • Barry Lyden is proud to boast that his daughter Shea is a freshman at Boston College! • John Ragucci is also glowing with pride that his daughter Gianna is also a member of the Class of 2024! • Congratulations to all on their accomplishments. Praying for the Class of 1982 and wishing you all an abundance of health and happiness in the new year ahead.

From Mike O’Neil: “I am very sad to report that we lost our dear friend, classmate, roommate, BC Eagle hockey teammate and brother, Bob ‘Okie’ O’Connor, to melanoma on August 21, 2020. He was 59. Okie was a world-class goalie and NHL draft pick—and a better husband to wife Carolyn and their three first-round picks, Ian, Kyle, and Brice. He leaves behind ‘Okie’s Angels’ (the life partners of his sons): Blaine, Sam, and LeighAnn, along with grandsons Declan and Keegan O’Connor. ‘The Cat,’ as we called him, will be forever missed but never forgotten.” • Gina Bough Sisti’s daughter Christina graduated in 2020 from Tulane University, where she played for the women’s tennis team. She is now an analyst for Ernst & Young at their Hoboken office. Gina’s son, Andrew, graduated in 2018 from Bowdoin, where he played football as the kicker, and entered NYU College of Dentistry in July. Gina is a licensed real estate broker for Houlihan Lawrence, Scarsdale office, and lives in Westchester with her husband. She went to Petra and the Holy Land last summer and reports it was her favorite trip ever! She looks forward to turning 60 and to our 40th BC reunion! • Christine Raines retired from a 35-plus-year, very successful career on Wall Street, the past 14 years as a managing director, and recently started a position at Ability Beyond as a life skills coach for cognitively impaired adults. She was a volunteer at Rosary Hill Home, a Catholic cancer hospice in Hawthorne, New York—founded by Rose Hawthorne, daughter of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne—until the coronavirus shut out volunteers. • 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. The immediate families of the bride and groom 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. • Thomas Egger is now in his 29th year at Emergency Physicians Professional Association in Minneapolis. He writes it is quiet at home with his three sons far afield: Thomas Jr. (27), a USMC grad, is a captain in the US Marine Corps and a former infantry officer with recent deployment to the South Pacific; Andrew (24), a Colby College alumnus with a major in physics and also a Marine, is now a first lieutenant in jet fighter school for F-18 and F-35 aircraft; and Matthew (19) is a sophomore studying international relations and Chinese at Durham University in the UK. Thomas remains busy with work as well as doing home repair, assisting an elderly mother, and training for Nordic ski racing and triathlons. While his work as an ER physician has isolated him from friends and family due to his frequent exposure to COVID patients, he has managed so far to stay healthy!

Greetings! • Greg Swenson is a partner with Brigg Macadam in London. His firm arranges private capital investment in emerging and frontier markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. He is also a commentator on CNN International, BBC News, and other media. • John Di Masi is both excited and proud that his son, John “Jack” Di Masi, is in the Class of ’23 at BC’s Carroll School of Management. It gives John and his family another reason to visit the Heights. • After retirement from Verizon as a central office tech in communications, Barbara Lyons worked four years for St. Catherine’s in Norwood. She is now with the Norwood Public Schools as a special needs bus monitor, a job she loves. • Mark Caola had dinner in the North End with his daughter Sarah, Class of ’22, and fellow Eagles Karen (Ellinghaus) ’85 and Frank Carpenito and Mike Larkin. Mark writes it was so nice to catch up and share fun stories about “The Boys of C-24.” • Marietta Phillips accepted a civil servant position as an embedded clinical social worker with the US Air Force. • Laura Forte continues to volunteer with Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance to advocate for ovarian cancer patients in memory of her sister. Laura’s work includes supporting cancer research funding and the clinical trial system. The pandemic has impacted the health and safety of all cancer patients, and they need our support. • Now that her daughter is off to college, Ann-Marie Lebeau Heidingsfelder has entered the PhD program in organizational and industrial psychology at Liberty University. As a leadership development consultant, coach, and workshop facilitator, Ann-Marie is fulfilling her lifelong passion for learning and career vision in thought leadership. She is excited to see where the program leads in her research and practical implications. • With sadness, I report that on January 22, 2020, our classmate Stephen Mingolla ended his long battle with MS/ALS. He had a long career at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton and served as the PGA Tournament co-director from 1985 to 1995. He accomplished many challenging goals throughout life, including completing the 2004 Boston Marathon. He supported many charities. Stephen leaves his wife, Melissa, and children Stephen, Matthew, Isabelle, Michelle, and Christopher. In Stephen’s last days, a smile came to his face while reminiscing with classmates John Miller, Mark Perron, and Michael Goodberlet.

Miguel Jurado is living in Athens, Georgia, happy that his kids have finished college and are healthy! Miguel is working as a hospital-based physician, with daily teaching of trainees. • Roommates Eileen McCarthy, Grace Bergdahl McNamara, Kate O’Boyle Kummerer, and Nancy Bryant Ingram (otherwise known as the Super Mega Ultra Vixens of 733W), and honorary roommate Marc McNamara celebrated their reunion with a Zoom happy hour. The highlight was a Cameo video appearance by Doug Flutie, who congratulated the roommates. Doug also got a big kick out of the news that his picture graced the walls of the roommates’ Ressie apartment with the inscription “all 5' 9 ¾" of me is not enough for you.” • Paul Panariello recently sold the company he cofounded in 1996. Michael Andresino, a partner at Arent Fox LLP, has served as outside counsel for Paul’s company since formation and led the final sales transaction. Paul lives in Milton with his wife, Jane. Paul spends his time relaxing, cooking, reading, skiing, and playing golf. • Terry and Sharon (Staley) Richardson announce the wedding of their daughter Kate ’14 to Paul Weinand ’14 in October 2019. They are a family of six Eagles, including their son, Michael ’13, and his wife, Sarah Catherine (Haines) Richardson ’13, MTS’15. Many friends attended, including Bill and Lauren (Garrity) Fotos, Jim and Michelle (Lagarce) Bowman, David ’82 and Angela (Quinn) Crispi, and Steve and Sheryl (Branch) Simoes. The BC fight song was played and sung loudly and proudly by 30 BC alumni! • In lieu of their 35th class reunion, Ann Casas-Sherry MBA’93, Mary Roddy Maguire, Diana Garcia Farrell, and Maureen Campanella MBA’93 met at the home of Anna Faustini-Tumeniuk for their yearly get-together. Anna writes it was “great to see everyone after such an unpredictable year!”

Hi, ’86 Eagles! I hope everyone is staying safe and happy during these crazy pandemic times and finding ways to connect to your family and friends—makes you really appreciate all the fun times and freedoms we have had, especially in our BC days. Thanks to everyone who wrote in with news to share with our ’86 classmates, and please keep the emails coming—I love hearing from everyone! • Unfortunately, Stephen Flatley wrote in with sad news that his sister Laura Flatley Lacey ’84 passed away on July 26, 2020. Stephen, our deepest sympathy to you and your family. • Patricia Dorsey Kelmar has moved to Alexandria, Virginia, and joined US PIRG as health-care campaigns director, working on state and federal policy to improve health-care value for all. Patricia, congratulations and good luck. • Jim Ryder and Louise, his wife of 20 years, sent their first two sons off to college this fall—to Central Michigan University and Mercyhurst University in Pennsylvania. Jim is starting to work on a master’s in religious studies at the University of Detroit Mercy. He gives a shout-out to everyone from Cushing Hall, second floor. Thanks, Jim, and hope you can come to the 35th reunion and see your Cushing pals in person. • Greg Rowe and his wife, Emily, became first-time grandparents with the birth of Jackson James Duval to their daughter in Cincinnati. Married just one month after graduating from BC, “Grandpa Greg and Granny Em” have four grown children, a daughter-in-law, and a son-in-law: Brinkley and Anna, of New York City; Chelsea and Rusty, of Cincinnati; Hubbell, of Butte, Montana; and Ally, of Cincinnati. Greg and Emily, congratulations and so great to hear from you! They send a shout-out to Patrick Garry and any other Cincinnati Eagles. • Susan Evans Hanly received her MS in nursing from Sacred Heart University in August 2019. She was the oldest student in her graduating class! She has worked as an RN for almost 35 years and has practiced in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Ireland. She writes: “The last 20 years I have been a middle school nurse in my hometown of Westford. Looking towards retirement, I am hoping to use my MSN degree to teach nursing students online or in an AD program.” Her family has continued to grow: married now for 33 years, she has four grown children (two boys and two girls), three grandchildren, a daughter-in-law, and a son-in-law. She has stayed in touch over the years with fellow BC ’86ers Nancy Connors Mignosa MS’93, Tricia Casey Sullivan, Mary Lou Burke Afonso, Maureen Walsh Giggey, Cheryl Wade Murphy, Kerry Moroney White, Maureen Connaugh Apap, Lisa Palmieri Walsh, Kathy Igoe Crowley, and Kathy Parks Hoffman. • I look forward to hearing from everyone and am really excited to see (hopefully mask-free) all of our ’86 Eagles at our 35th reunion in June. A special thanks in advance to our Reunion Committee chairs, Kathy Daley Beam, Peter Bell, Mikey Murphy Hoag, and Rene Jones, and all their awesome volunteer committee members. You guys rock, and we appreciate all your hard work. I hope everyone is living the “social distance” dream. Stay safe and happy.

Karen Martin Della-Giustina, a colonel in the US Army Reserve, served on the front lines in New York City during the pandemic, caring for patients at Queens Hospital, which was a COVID-19 epicenter in April and May. She led a task force of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and medical assistants over two months, making a positive impact for Queens and saving many lives. • Barry Mitchell Jr., a proud BC parent (Class of ’21), continues to be a successful financial advisor at UBS Financial Services Inc. For the third year in a row, he was recognized by Forbes as a Best-in-State Wealth Advisor. Barry is currently ranked by Forbes as No. 14 in New York State—up one spot from 2019. • In October, attorney Peter Roberts joined Cozen O’Connor’s bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring practice, as restructurings, workouts, and bankruptcies spiked in many industries throughout the United States. Peter and his wife, Jennifer, live in Glenview, Illinois, with their two daughters. Jennifer serves as a commissioner of the Glenview Park District. • Gerard Lorden writes: “It’s official, Janet (Surenian) ’89 and I are empty nesters, with a Class of 2024 Eagle on our hands. We are looking forward to reintroducing ourselves to one another and continuing to work on making a difference. Janet is transitioning into cyber security governance, and I will continue working at the crosshairs of finance and national security. I was thrilled and humbled by being nominated and accepted into the Military Order of the Carabao this past year.” • Carolyn Elvidge Loucas has been living in Boston’s South End since graduation! She and her husband, Tom, raised their daughters, Lindsey and Lydia, in Boston, and, she writes, it was a complete adventure. Lindsey is currently a junior at BU, and Lydia a senior at Thayer Academy, so there is still hope for a future BC grad. After a corporate career in sales and operations, Carolyn launched her home and office organizing business, Carolyn Loucas Professional Organizer, five years ago. She adds: “First person to be recognized at our 25th reunion? My husband, Tom, by Jerry Frost, on the steps of McElroy.” • Physician Claudia Morris received an $8.7 million grant at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for research on a drug for sickle cell pain. • Wendy Horton Lash writes: “After waiting 32 years, I finally received my master of science degree in interdisciplinary studies/K–8 math specialist from Virginia Commonwealth University in July 2019. This past June, I became an elementary mathematics instructional specialist in the curriculum and development department of Newport News Public Schools in Virginia, where I’ve been a teacher and math interventionist for over 26 years. I’m so grateful to BC for providing a wonderful foundation, especially in mathematics education. I’m also happy to have another teacher in the family. My youngest, Caroline, is studying to be a teacher at James Madison University and will graduate in May 2023.” • Judy Vogtle Varney, her Mod-15B roommates, and their friends started a weekly Zoom call back in March and have been keeping it up ever since. Monica Geary Steeves MS’89, Linda Czyryca Shea, Terry Sullivan Montminy, Jeanne Higgins Clemmey, Meg Nann Hayden ’88, Claudia Morris, Mary Ronan Kelley, Lauren Haynes Concannon ’89, and Kelly Gaudette Stein have been enjoying “seeing” each other on a weekly basis—a silver lining in this crazy time of coronavirus. • Mark Haddad recently received the coveted Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer (CMKBD) designation from the National Kitchen and Bath Association. He is the founder and president of Interiology Design Co. in Watertown. He and his team (including Nicki Mauro, JD’85, MBA’88) help to transform homes into luxurious, inspiring spaces that express the distinctive style of their residents. Mark resides in Belmont with wife Cindy and their two children. • Leslie Bilodeau Placzek’s new humor book, The Audacious Adventures of Zazoo Plazz: Part-Time Superhero, Full-Time Mom, was on Amazon’s top 10 new releases in the parent and families humor category. In it, she describes her life from childhood in Hartford, Connecticut, to her present role as a 21st-century career woman. She and her husband, Gary, have been married for 25 years and have two sons, Ben (20) a junior at the University of New Haven, and Zach, a high school senior. Leslie writes: “I treasure the memories of my years at Boston College, which set me up for my quirky quest to spread a little light and laughter in the world.”

Bob Rivers was recently inducted into the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is one of only 129 practicing lawyers in all of Massachusetts who have received this recognition. He practices family law at the Boston firm of Lee & Rivers. • Laura Nelson is living in Westport, Connecticut, working at Nielsen in communications and staying safe during this pandemic. Son Charlie just entered BC in the Class of 2024! He’s not having Mom’s Newton experience but loving Upper nonetheless. • Sheila Campbell Corkhill MSW’89, Joan Cloherty Hillmer, Katy Clark, and Carol Palmer Winig had a mini BC reunion, COVID-style, at Lookout Farm in Natick. They said that it was great to catch up and they’ll try to plan a bigger reunion at the Cape this fall with Kim Lennon Burke, Sue Moynihan Keating, Kathy O’Connor Morrisroe, Erin Fleming Puleo, and others. • In September, Donna Graham-Stewartson was the moderator of the Gwen Ifill Community Meeting at the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities at Simmons University. Donna writes: “The theme of the intergenerational discussion between students and the college’s advisory board members was Gwen Ifill’s legacy today. It was a lively discussion about the racial justice issues and the lack of women, especially women of color, in journalism.” • Carol Palmer Winig was on a social-distance roll, joining Patti Carroll Schipelliti and birthday girls Moira Clancy Riccio and Ann Kulevich Kane in the North End for outdoor dining. • Kim Johnston-Brooks spent months walking the halls of Congress knocking on doors, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, was part of a documentary soon to be in theaters, wrote articles, joined the board of the Stronghold Freedom Foundation, and contacted hundreds of members of Congress and Senators in an effort to pass legislation and raise awareness for 10,100 American service men and women who were exposed to toxic contaminants and radiation in service to our nation after 9/11. Kim’s husband, LTC Timothy Brooks, USMA 1989, was one of them—he died in May 2004. Kim and Tim—brother of Mod 36-B roommate Maureen Brooks Ross—met at a BC vs. Army football game in September 1987. It is for Tim and the other families that she advocates—for their recognition for their service to our nation. I encourage you to read about it at strongholdfreedomfoundation.org. • David and Sue (Connolly) DeGeorge planned a return to the Heights with others to see their children graduate. Unfortunately, we know how that turned out. The DeGeorges and Patrick and Colleen (Daly) Coffey enjoyed hanging out at football games these last four years as their children attended BC. Congratulations to Class of 2020 graduates Tara Coffey and Alex DeGeorge! Of note, Tara is the third Coffey child to graduate from BC, and Alex could be spotted on the field each weekend with the Screaming Eagles Marching Band, leading the drums section. • I’ll close with a heart- and dinner-warming story. Heather Guerriero Dans, a senior sales manager at Monogram Appliances, and Alan Stern, MA’88, of George Washington Toma appliance company, worked together to assist Kathleen Rock Snow ’87 in fully replacing a Monogram range after she had been waiting more than eight weeks for back-ordered parts. With the range still under warrantee, Alan and Heather worked some BC magic, and within two weeks of contact, a new, identical range was in place and working beautifully!

In March, Karen Gately Herrick won her first seat on the Reading Select Board, championed by her BC Eagle campaign team led by Angela Binda ’86 and treasurer/spouse Stephen Herrick ’85. Karen and Stephen also caught up with Ann Tierney La Follette, her husband, Jim, and their high school freshman son, Tim, at their new “we can work from anywhere” Kennebunkport home.

Hello, classmates! I hope you are all doing well and managing life in our new normal. While it was disappointing to not have our 30th reunion, there is hope for 2021! • We send thoughts and prayers to the family of Donna Morrissey, a longtime American Red Cross executive, who passed away in May from COVID-19. Donna had also been the first lay female cabinet secretary for the Archdiocese of Boston. • Dave and Karen (Noble) Chieco, JD’93, are thrilled that their son David has joined the BC Class of 2024. They hope he makes as many great friends as they did during their four years! For the 30th reunion weekend, the Chiecos hosted a Zoom reunion with Mike Joyce, Lenny Enos, Ellen McGuinn, Mary Doherty, Mike Johnson, Greg Gonser, and Jeff Reilly. Many wore togas in honor of the toga party they had on Gatsby Night in 1990. They look forward to getting together with everyone again in person, hopefully in the near future. • John Forbes, of Atlanta, father of three, writes that 17 years ago, his oldest son began kindergarten and now—after approximately 28,472 practices, games, recitals, and competitions—their third and youngest has graduated from high school. All three children are away at school, and John misses the times when braces and Catholic school tuition were their chief expenses! They are hoping the family greyhound, Alice, can cope. • Charlie Wagner has stayed in the Boston area since graduation and currently lives in Medfield. He had a busy and exciting last year, his first as EVP and CFO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a leading biotech company with four medicines approved for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. In 2020, Charlie and wife Susie celebrated their 25th anniversary. Their daughter Molly is at Holy Cross, having returned from a semester in Melbourne, Australia. Son Griffin ’23 is at BC’s Carroll School, making it more fun for Susie and Charlie to come back to campus! Their youngest, Charlotte, is a talented dancer. • Be well, everyone, and keep sending your news!

Lots of news—if you don’t see yours here, please know it will be in the next issue! • Sean Salene and Robert “DJ” Simon hosted Heming Nelson for a small 51st-birthday dinner in Alexandria, Virginia. The event featured an extraordinary number of buffalo wings (96), a boatload of blue cheese dressing (ballpark a pint, maybe a quart) and three small side salads (ask Hem, it might be to balance). The avalanche of wings proved more than the three former roommates and Boston College Rugby Football Club teammates could eat. Alas, Father Time has taken his toll. Sean’s new job at the Department of State keeps him busy. Sean is a brigadier general in the Marines, but he is seconded to the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, to support the peace process in Afghanistan. Having served previously in Helmand Province, Sean feels honored to help in this important effort to end the war and to try to find a way for all the sacrifices that have been made, by so many people over so many years, to be worthwhile in the end. Sean sends his best wishes for the health and safety of all our class and their families. “Semper fidelis to the Class of 1991!” • Karen O’Malley, co-chair of the retail, restaurant, and consumer group and pro bono committee at Goulston & Storrs in Boston, has been named a 2020 “Top Woman of Law” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for her exceptional achievements as a “pioneer, educator, trailblazer, and role model.” • Janet Prutzman Ruyak’s daughter, Josie ’24, graduated from Reno High School and is now a freshman at Boston College—living in Fitzpatrick Hall, just like her mom did! Her son, Calvin, graduated from West Point in June and is now a second lieutenant at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. • John Jones is working for Blue Skies Consulting, a boutique business management consulting firm focused primarily on the life science industry. John and his wife, Pamme, celebrated their 26th anniversary in October. Their daughter, Sophie, completed her master’s degree in nursing at Case Western Reserve University and is now a medical ICU nurse in Cleveland. Their son Evan is taking time off from the University of Pittsburgh to start his own skateboard and clothing line. Son Grant is doing a postgrad year at Deerfield Academy this year and has committed to Bucknell University to play football.

Hi, everyone! Hope you and your families are doing well. Thanks to those who sent in updates. Please keep us posted if you have news to share, thanks so much! • Robert Sullivan, MBA’01, was elected the 50th mayor of the city of Brockton and sworn into office in January 2020. A Brockton native, after BC he earned his JD from New England Law. Prior to being elected mayor, he served on the Brockton City Council as a councilor-at-large and was council president five times. Robert is a volunteer youth soccer, baseball, and basketball coach in Brockton, where he lives with his wife, Maria, and their three children. He was supported in his campaign by many BC alumni, including his siblings, Kara ’88, Suzanne ’89, and Ryan ’97; his father, Robert MA’95, CAES’97; and many 1992 graduates. • Al Riviezzo writes: “In late 2019, my family and I moved to Dublin for a three-year, expat assignment for work. We just completed our first year in Ireland, half of which has been in lockdown. It has been an amazing experience, especially for our two daughters (ages 7 and 9). I hope to get involved with our local BC Ireland team soon. I encourage anyone to contact me if they visit Ireland.” • Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman was named chairwoman of New York City’s Public Art Fund, which mounts dynamic contemporary art exhibitions in New York City. During the pandemic, Public Art Fund mounted a massive outdoor exhibition, Art on the Grid, with powerful works of art exhibited on bus shelters and digital advertising spaces. Public Art Fund recently partnered with LaGuardia Airport to commission four permanent installations by internationally renowned artists. Elizabeth, an attorney and arts advocate, lives in Greenwich Village with her husband and four children. • In 2019, Doug Wenners cofounded Prospero Health, a home-based health-care provider focused on serving seniors with serious illness. The company now has 300 employees and serves 7,000 patients across 10 states. Doug writes: “I’m proud to be joined in this venture by classmate and good friend Ed Ryan, who leads marketing and communications, as well as BC alumna Annmarie Tenn ’10, Prospero’s general counsel.” • It is with great sadness that I share news that our classmate Rhea Hale passed away in April from non-small cell lung cancer. Our sincere condolences go out to her family and friends.

Here it is, mid-October, and whether you have little kids, high schoolers, college kiddos, or teachers in your lives, we are struggling through a brutal school year like no other. I still hold out a dream that BC’93 can make MLK weekend a 50th celebration in Scottsdale, Arizona. If you are brave, book a room at the Westin Kierland. I’m betting I’ll be there! • Heather Costello Sullivan, MEd’99, wants to know how you’ll celebrate your 50th? She wrote in from Pembroke, where she and husband Rich just celebrated their 20th anniversary. Their daughter is a high school senior, and their son is in middle school. Heather is in her 25th year teaching middle school English in Hingham and keeps in touch with BC roomie Julie Taylor-Massey, MBA’96, who’s in Denver. • Journalist and author Dave Wedge released two books in 2020, both written with coauthor Casey Sherman: Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture and Killing of America’s Most Wanted Crime Boss and the updated paperback edition of their New York Times bestseller 12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady’s Fight for Redemption. Dave and Casey also have a new true-crime thriller coming out in December that they co-wrote with James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon. A former reporter at the Boston Herald, Dave has signed a deal for his next book, SLAM: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Club, which will be released via William Morrow in 2021. He and Casey also wrote Boston Strong: A City’s Triumph over Tragedy, which was adapted for the Mark Wahlberg film Patriots Day. (Wow, Dave, thanks for making the rest of us feel like slackers! Kidding! Very impressed with all you’ve done! Congrats!) • Sean Curran, board secretary and co-chair of the Building Our Future Campaign at the Boston Arts Academy Foundation, has been honored with a fund to support students with disabilities. The Full Inclusion Fund, with a goal of raising $500,000 by December 31, will provide BAA with additional funding to help students overcome an array of challenges by including clinicians in classrooms; providing professional development for faculty; and enhancing existing tutoring, counseling, and summer reading programs. • Remember, I am writing this in the middle of October, 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/

Dan Hayes was recently promoted to the position of supervisory trial counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Chicago. • Cheryl Mastrogiovanni has published a children’s book about a boy who attends his first Bruins game in Boston—“because, of course, for those who know me, what else would I write a children’s book about!” she writes. You can email Carol at bruins7701@gmail.com or visit her website: bruins7701.wixsite.com/cherylmastrogiovanni

Karen Flaherty Bell was promoted to assistant VP in the Office of the General Counsel at Brown Brothers Harriman in Boston, where she has worked since 2016. She lives in Canton with her husband of 22 years, Jim, and their two daughters, Veronica and Sabrina, students at Canton High School, classes of 2021 and 2025, respectively. • Stephen Riden, JD’99, writes: “Like many, I was disappointed our 25th reunion had to be canceled. After all these years, I’m still living in Boston with my wife, Siri Nilsson, JD’11, and our two young children. On the professional front, this summer we celebrated the 10th anniversary of my law firm, Beck Reed Riden LLP. I maintain close ties with BC, as I am currently serving as president of the BC Law School Alumni Association Board. I look forward to getting together with old friends in person again once it’s safe to do so.”

Embarking on a new venture, Stephanie Hillstrom Dawson has created and launched a new family mindfulness app, myKinCloud (mykincloud.com). The app, she writes, “is designed to help deepen connections with families or those closest to you through daily mindfulness habits in a private app experience. These are difficult times, so hopefully our app can bring families a little bit of happiness.” • Nicole Franconere Ward was recently promoted to deputy commissioner of the Albany County Department for Children, Youth and Families. Her son graduated with his BS in finance in May 2020 and is currently pursuing his MBA. • Also recently promoted, Rebecca Sanford Andrews, MS’98, writes: “Normally I prefer reading about others, but my boys insisted I send in information about my banner year. Before 2020 brought all the craziness of COVID, I was promoted to full professor at UConn School of Medicine, named a 2020 Women of Innovation finalist, started my role as the chair-elect for the American College of Physicians Board of Governors, and, best of all, sent my oldest to college to study chemistry and math!” • And speaking of the “craziness of COVID,” Julie DeMatteo-Lane—together with BC friends—offers a lighthearted take: “It has been overheard by those in the know that with fans restricted from attending Boston College home football games, the Sheraton Needham is currently filing for bankruptcy because their favorite barfly—Dawn O’Brien, JD’99—did not make reservations for extended stays on football weekends. Additionally, BC officials are shocked by the sudden overgrowth of the green grass at the Robsham Wall. An inside source shared that due to Julie DeMatteo-Lane and the Lane Family Tailgate Empire, established by John V. Lane ’61, being shut out of attending home games, the earth has begun to heal itself from years of abuse by that legacy of alumni from the Classes of 1961 through 2024, which include Jack Lane ’94, MS’98; Robert Lane ’84; Mary Lou Lane-McCarthy ’86; Julie DeMatteo-Lane; Clodagh Lane ’16; Declan Lane ’19; Eoin Lane ’20; and Olivia Lane ’23. The sales of tickets have taken a dramatic hit in the absence of Travis Buonocore’s buying blocks for all of Long Island. Dan McDonald reports from Queens that he has developed a severe addiction to scented candles and continues to hunt for the perfect blend of spilled beer and cheap hotdogs to bring back memories of his time at the Heights. Sha-Sha Shiau, from the far-flung reaches of our great nation, has followed sports and all things Boston from California, notably falling revenues at Cityside, though hopeful that one trip east and reuniting with friends will help reverse that trend. Melissa Hogan continues to groom her son, Reilly, towards a future as a BC Eagle running back though rumor has it he may have one eye turned toward the green and gold archenemies to our west. Kathy Day is once again at the helm of our 25th reunion, for which we all owe her a great deal of gratitude as she attempts to wrangle the unruly Class of 1996 into order prior to June 2021.”

I hope all of you are healthy and doing well as we begin a new year! • Sheila Kurman is proud to share an article published in the Patriot Ledger on October 9, 2020, “Newsmaker: Milton Prosecutor Takes on Some of Norfolk County’s Toughest Cases,” highlighting the accomplishments of Greg Connor, JD’00, as the chief trial counsel for the Norfolk County DA’s Office. • Kim Santillo Meninger, MBA’08, announces her new podcast, The Impostor Syndrome Files, on which she interviews successful women about their experiences with impostor syndrome and how they have managed self-doubt. The goal is to normalize the experience and offer support to the many women who struggle with these feelings. She is always seeking new women to interview and welcomes anyone interested in telling her story. • Kimberly Bowers Caprio and her husband reside in Farmington, Connecticut. Kim has transitioned away from Trinity Health (St. Francis Hospital) to Hartford Healthcare, where she is the director of breast surgery for the northwest region of Connecticut. Kim is happy to return to performing breast surgery full-time after a brief stint in the ICU from March until May caring for COVID patients. • Congratulations to our classmates who welcomed new babies in 2020, a bright spot in a challenging year. On March 1, Jennie Ann and Brett Hanlon of Manchester, New Hampshire, welcomed their son, Andrew Paul, into the world. • Christopher Boudreau and his wife, Abby, welcomed a daughter, Brooke Danielle, on September 14. Their older daughter, Laurel Edith, is now 5 years old. The Boudreau family is happy and healthy in San Francisco. • Keep your updates coming! We hope to hear from you!

Brendon Worley, MA’07, and his wife, Megan (Catholic University of America ’06) welcomed their second child, Colette Gianna, in September. Mom, Dad, and big brother Michael are excited about the new addition! • Brie Pfannenbecker was awarded the 2021 Natural Stone Institute’s Women in Stone Pioneer Award. The award is presented to individuals who have acted as “an advocate for their role in recruiting, retaining, and advancing women in the natural stone industry through professional and volunteer efforts which are deemed exemplary, honorable, and inspirational.” Brie, who has served as a member and as chair of the Women in Stone Steering Committee, is committed to ensuring that women have a path to leadership opportunities within a historically male-dominated industry via recruitment, education, mentorship, and networking.

Hello, Class of 1999! I hope you are all doing well, staying healthy, and successfully navigating this unprecedented year. As for me, Matt Colleran, MBA’06, after mastering homeschooling from March through June and being very creative in filling up the summer with any and all available activities for my three kids, we are back to school part-time. We are all making the most of everything and doing great in Hopkinton. Last year I made my own social card game for moms called The Mom Truths Game and was successful in getting it listed at some major retailers such as Target.com and Walmart Canada, which was very exciting. Now I am focusing my efforts on my “real” job, where I am in the process of planning two hybrid events for 2021, including a TikTok fan event and a summit for elite YouTube kid and family influencers and top brands. I am always open to connecting with anyone interested in talking influencer marketing. Now on to additional class news. • Jessica Egidio Mullevey has turned her 20 years of experience in the fashion industry in an entrepreneurial direction! She has cofounded a new Instagram boutique, designed to be a curated selection of everyday style for the modern woman—and appropriately named Mod39! Check it out! • On December 6, 2019, Sarah Martin Pitlyk was sworn in as a district judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Sarah and her husband, Mark, live in St. Louis with their four kids. • Ken Kamada checked in and shared some fun updates: “My investment firm, Kamada Investment Management, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary and recently converted to a hedge fund. In 2018, an investor group led by myself and Brett Campbell acquired aboutGOLF, a software and simulation company, and we are launching eRyder Cup in a few weeks to be the first eSports platform for golf.” Also, Ken is launching a venture fund with his wife Jessica’s agency, Bamboo, to focus on early-stage consumer startups—and Ken and Jessica’s son, Tai, was born in February 2019. • In August, Scott and Susan (Verrill) Bryan welcomed their son, Garry Elias Bryan (3), home from Haiti. He loves cars, music, and breakfast tacos. Garry joins big sister Riley (9), and they live in Austin, Texas. • Thanks, everyone.

Hello, Class of 2000! Welcome to 2021! • Liam Doherty recently moved back to the Pacific Northwest after living in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Kari; their one-year-old son, Lochlan; and their two dogs, Lennie and Gus. Liam is running Zillow’s creative services group, and Kari is teaching early childhood special education at Greenwood Elementary School. Thank you to Liam for sharing his news. • Please be sure to continue to send me your news so that I can share it with the rest of the class.

Happy new year! • Maggie Messitt currently teaches in the MFA program at Goucher College and is the first Mellon Fellow at Denison University’s Center for Narrative Journalism. In July, as the country saw a pandemic-related rise in housing instability and unemployment with no end in sight, Maggie and her partner, Kevin Haworth, who teaches writing at Carnegie Mellon University, founded Writers House Pittsburgh, a year-long residency offering housing stability, community, and mentorship in unpredictable times. The two renovated a three-story home, built around 1895, in preparation of welcoming the first cohort of residents in September. The House will eventually expand into a community space for writers focused on telling true stories in the Rust Belt of Appalachia. • Ryan Travia, MEd’03, recently completed his doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. He was promoted to associate VP for student success at Babson College, where for six years he has provided leadership and oversight for the College’s health and wellness portfolio as Babson’s first associate dean of students for wellness. In his new role, Ryan continues to provide oversight for Babson’s health and wellness departments, and also supervises accessibility services and undergraduate academic advising. Ryan has been leading the institution’s COVID-19 response with a particular focus on symptom monitoring, testing, contact tracing, and managing student quarantine/isolation. • Writer, executive producer, and actor Desirée Matthews launched her award-winning short narrative film, The Great Unknown, for online streaming. Starring Academy Award–winner Olympia Dukakis and created by an all-female crew and team of producers, the film shares the untold story of miscarriage through the feminine life circle of birth, death, transformation, and rebirth. “I am so excited to finally share this deeply personal film with the world,” Desirée writes. “The experience of miscarriage is an ancient, sacred bond that so many of us share, but too often it is endured alone in the shadows. It is my hope the film will bring this intimate loss into the light, offering compassion, comfort, and visibility. Once we start sharing our stories we find that we are not alone in our grief, and the act of being witnessed, being seen is transformative.” Visit thegreatunknownfilm.com or Vimeo to view. • May marks the 20th anniversary of our graduation, and hopefully we will be able to celebrate as a class in June 2021.

Congratulations to Colleen and Christopher Glaser, who welcomed Molly Elizabeth to their family in October. Molly joins older brothers Jack (5), Michael (3), and Ryan (1). • Federico Lucifredi and his wife, Irena, welcomed a new addition to the family: their daughter Marina Elsa was born in June in Boston. • Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge co-edited Independent Scholars Meet the World: Expanding Academia Beyond the Academy, the first volume of the University Press of Kansas’s series Rethinking Careers, Rethinking Academia, and it is now available. The work includes a chapter on her experience pursuing her doctorate at Fordham University and producing Footnoting History, a history podcast that has had over two million downloads since their start in 2013. “The contributors to Independent Scholars Meet the World offer the advice and encouragement they wish they’d received when heading into uncharted postgraduate territory. They demonstrate that success awaits the determined and resourceful scholar pursuing a different path towards ‘expanded-ac,’” writes Elizabeth. She has started her fifth year at Woodward Academy, outside Atlanta, where she teaches US history, modern world history, and multi-ethnic and diversity studies; coaches the middle school debate team; and is club adviser for the WA Eagle Exchange (their podcast club) and Intersectional Feminism. • Last November, Ryan Kennedy sought re-election for another term as a member of the Town Council in Hopewell Borough, New Jersey, where he lives with his two daughters (ages 10 and 12). He also serves as the board president of the area’s YMCA, which is actively planning for the construction of a new community center. • Alicia Ray Cobb recently left the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to take a position as attorney with the Department of Justice, National Security Division’s Foreign Investment Review Section, where she will focus on CFIUS matters. • Tiffany Anzalone McCasland and her husband, Chris, launched City Bonfires, a portable, reusable bonfire that is made in Maryland with American-made materials by two dads—Chris and Michael Opalski— whose jobs were impacted by COVID-19. • We offer our condolences to Martha Plante Frydl, whose husband, Brian, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 39, in March 2020. They have three young children.

Darrell Goodwin has been appointed executive conference minister of the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ. A merger of the three foundational conferences of the United Church of Christ in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, the Conference encompasses approximately 600 churches and has historical roots in the 1600s. Darrell will be the first African-American executive conference minister in the history of this region and in the history of the UCC. • Richard and Torrieann (Dooley) Kennedy welcomed their second daughter into the world. Helen Irene was born in February 2020. She joins big sister Bellanne Rose (2) in cheering on the Eagles in football. Torrieann also defended her dissertation, “ExperiencED Success: Does Mentoring Beginning Teachers Impact the Mentor” in April 2020 and earned a PhD in curriculum and instruction in urban elementary education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. • David and Maryclare (Magee) Gildea welcomed Molly Catherine on July 20, 2020. Big sister Mairead is thrilled! Everyone is happy and healthy and can’t wait to get back to the Heights. • Corinne Fogg, MEd’04, welcomed the birth of her daughter, Marigold Frances, in February. Fellow Eagles Pope Carlos; Margaret Nuzzolese Conway ’06, MTS’16; Charles Pitts Kehres ’00; and Richard Lynch ’73, among other guests, shared in a virtual prayer service and baptism in May to celebrate. • Paul Jackson announces the birth of his second child, Theodore Stamatis, on August 26, 2020. • Bethany and Paul Crocetti welcomed their baby girl Sofia Grace on November 20, 2019. Sofia has already enjoyed watching her first BC football games! • Kelly Castriotta, MA’08, has joined Markel Corporation as senior director, global cyber underwriting. In this new role, Kelly works with Markel’s cyber leaders to strengthen cyber underwriting best practices and standards across all the company’s insurance divisions. • Mario Powell, S.J., MDiv’14, STL’15, writes: “Glad to share that I have moved my school, Brooklyn Jesuit Prep, to a new facility in East Flatbush, New York. Great work is being done with the help of BC alums, including board members Kimberly Curtis ’99, Rob Quinn ’09, and Fr. Michael Davidson MEd’11, the director of the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center.”

Mike Alexander and his wife, Elyse, welcomed daughter Caroline Grace on May 15, 2020. Caroline and big brother Charlie (3) are doing well. • Amy Barber Roberts welcomed her fourth child, Lily Marie, on May 7, 2020. Lily joins big brothers Henley and Christian and big sister Emery. • Kristyl Berckes Asakiewicz and her husband, Christopher, welcomed the birth of their second child, Karolina Luna Marie, on February 20, 2020. Karolina is joined by her older brother, Kristofer. Kristyl is a family law/matrimonial attorney at Lawrence Law, LLC, in Watchung, New Jersey. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2020 and by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for 2021. • Alexandra Ward finished her cardiology fellowship and moved to Virginia for a new job. She is now a noninvasive cardiologist with Riverside Cardiology Specialists in Newport News, where she is also the director of the Women’s Heart Center. • Lauren Shurtleff has been named director of planning for the Boston Planning & Development Agency, where she had been interim director since February 2019 and was previously deputy director for downtown and neighborhood planning. In her new role, Lauren will oversee the 29 planning studies under way across the city. • Jane Duket has earned the prestigious Rising Star designation from Thomson Reuters. Rising Star designation is part of Thomson Reuter’s Super Lawyers rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas.

Pat and Noreen (McLane) Phelan welcomed their third child, Clare, on December 5, 2019, and Brendan and Aimee (DiGilio) Porath welcomed their fourth child, Tess, on December 8. The new additions will have a lifelong friendship encouraged by their parents, hopefully culminating in their being roommates—just like their moms—in the BC Class of 2042. • Luke Tarbi was recently promoted to global marketing director at Tripadvisor for their hotel and restaurant customers. During the COVID-19 crisis, Luke and his team helped launch the Hotels for Health initiative that matched rooms in open hotels with medical workers worldwide in need of temporary housing. The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK was an early participant. • Melissa Bruno O’Dowd joined Archway Health in June 2020 as director of marketing after seven years at HealthEdge Software. At Archway, Melissa is responsible for building all aspects of the marketing function as the company looks to accelerate growth and increase brand recognition in the value-based care market. • Meghan McManama, Nora Donaldson Rosenthal, Brianne Burke Harrison, Beth Cummings Carney, Brigid Hinterberger Olech, and Paige Stapp Eding survived the coronavirus lockdown with weekly Zoom chats. Impressively, these calls were coordinated across four time zones while corralling 11 children, dogs, jobs, and Trader Joe’s shopping lists.

Sahar Khalaj writes: “In 2006, after graduating, I took on my first job as a nurse on a trauma surgical unit. Since then I have had the opportunity to be exposed to an array of specialties. I enjoyed time as a travel nurse, traveling alongside Meighann Recile throughout the US. More recently, I deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel as a nurse in the Air Force Reserves. I currently work on a transplant unit at MGH. Most importantly, I am the mom of an amazing little girl.” • Christina Vetre Salazar and her husband, Jorge, welcomed a beautiful, spunky baby girl, Camila Malina, on August 4, 2020. The family lives in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, with their dog, Hazel. Christina runs a program for high school English learners with limited/interrupted formal education. She is grateful to be taking a sabbatical during this wild school year to develop a handbook for supporting students like hers while she spends time with Camila. • Adam MBA’12 and Sarah (Wojtusik) Shipley, JD’10, welcomed their second child in 2020: Cora Shipley is doing well and is already being raised to cheer for BC teams! • Marianne Tierney FitzGerald, ’06, PhD’16, welcomed a new son Christopher, who joins his brother, William.

Lauren ’08, MSW’09, and Anthony DeMarco happily welcomed their daughter, Ellie Grace, on April 15, 2019—just in time for Marathon Monday. She joins big brother Max. The family resides in Dorchester. • Tucker and Susan (Groden) McDonald, JD’12, welcomed their first child, Abigail Ann, on December 4, 2019. They can’t wait to share their love of BC with Abby. • Sam Kim has started a new job as the video and coaching coordinator for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. • After rescheduling their wedding twice due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kate Thibault and Nicholas Morano were married on July 31, 2020, in an intimate ceremony with close family and friends. Kaitlin Sheehan ’09 was also in attendance as the maid of honor. • Richard Reynolds is pursuing his MSc in entrepreneurship and innovation (New Venture Creation) at Lund University in Sweden. • Lloyd Liu; Louis Manzo ’06, MA’07; Andrew Clement; Peter Boogaard; Gregory Schrank; and Brendan Downes did not hold their annual golf tournament, the Creekside Cup, this year owing to the pandemic. Lloyd, therefore, remains the reigning champion for another year. However, they welcomed a few new Eaglets to the group, including Daniela Schrank, Quinn Clement, and Norah Liu. • Stephanie St. Martin, MA '10, married Providence College alumnus Richard Slate on July 31, 2020. Planning a pandemic wedding wasn't easy, and the couple (engaged in February) pulled off a magical reception that included 46 socially-distanced-mask-wearing guests at Glen Magna Farm in Danvers, MA. Eagles in attendance included the bride's father, Kenneth St. Martin '76, MS '98; the bride's sisters and matrons of honor, Andrea (St. Martin) Cunningham '03 and Michelle (St. Martin) Pierce '09; bridesmaids Dana DeFilippo-Miller and Katie Farrell; Theodore Pierce '09; Norma St. Martin '04, MS '08; Joseph Gravellese '10; and Daniel Hazelwood. The couple wants to thank Fr. Anthony Penna '70, MEd'74, MEd'75, for helping them complete their Pre-Cana work in February and Fr. Ronald Tacelli, S.J., '69, MDiv'82, for performing the ceremony at Our Lady Of Good Voyage in Gloucester, MA. Eagles from afar were able to share well-wishes with the couple, who was overjoyed to receive messages from Brian Braman, PhD'96; Michael Shoule '92; Danielle Auriemma '10, MA'13; Tucker and Susan (Groden) McDonald, JD'12; Kate (Houghton) Wood; Erin (Richling) Bowler; Tim and Jacqueline (Shea) Pultorak; and Daniel, MA'10 PhD'15, and Avila (Stahlman) Zepp ’12.

Congratulations to Craig Lewin, who swam across the English Channel last month, completing the Triple Crown of open water swimming. He joins an elite group of fewer than 250 people in history to complete the Triple Crown. He was a member of the varsity swim team under Tom Groden ’72 from 2004 to 2008. • Mallory Halpin, MEd’09, married Douglas Lensing on August 22, 2020, in New York City. The couple met at BC in summer 2003 while attending the Boston College Experience program for high school students. • Michael Contreras and wife Sandra welcomed their first child, Antonio Ignacio, in July. • In 2016, Michelle Andrade was part of the founding team of Workstation, the largest coworking space in Lagos, Nigeria. She relocated from Washington, D.C., to Lagos and successfully launched the pilot location and second location in Ikeja, Lagos. As COO of Workstation, she was able to secure clients such as Dalberg, Western Union, iFlix, and several prominent fintech companies in Africa. In 2019, she returned to D.C. to join the restaurant HalfSmoke, as general manager, later becoming COO and spearheading her own breakfast concept, Butter Me Up, during the pandemic. The brand has been very successful, selling over 2,000 sandwiches a week! • Stefanie (Navarro), MS’17, and Stephen Casey welcomed to the world Wyatt Walter Casey on March 30, 2020. Thankfully, everyone is healthy, and Wyatt is already rooting for the Eagles this fall. • Mark and Sarah (Gelinas) Orvin welcomed daughter Lillian in August 2020. Lily joins big brother Charlie. • Matt Carroll writes: “As part of this year’s California State Fair based in Alameda, I was (virtually) awarded second place in the 36th annual Pistachio Harvest competition. I was recognized as this year’s Nutter to Watch.” Matt thanks his friends and classmates for their support—and looks forward to competing again next year with an even bigger crop! • Mark Green is working at Boston Children’s Hospital as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. • In October, Reeves Wiedeman, a contributing editor at New York magazine, published his first book, Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork. • Michael and Ashley (McLaughlin) Leen announce the birth of their second child, Hugo Monroe, on February 18, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Fiona, Hugo’s big sister, couldn’t be more in love with her little brother. Michael works for Amazon as a senior product manager, and Ashley is planning to begin as an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in D.C. in January 2021. • Sean Kelly, JD’11, left active duty in September 2020 after eight years of service as a judge advocate in the US Army. He joined the law firm of Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson in Minneapolis as an associate attorney.

Terence To, director of sales at Excalibur, and his team in New York City pivoted amidst the global pandemic from the manufacturing of menswear to face masks. This new product line allowed him to not only connect with former classmates Kristen Dacey, a first grade teacher in Salem, New Hampshire, and Karen Schreiner ’08, MA’10, a principal in Oakland, California, but also to partner with their schools in an effort to donate personalized face masks to staff and students through their brand Con.Struct. The generosity of Terence and his company not only enhanced school safety, but also promoted school pride during this unprecedented school opening. • On August 1, 2020, Thomas O’Donnell married Angela LoBue. The ceremony featured Thomas’s BC roommates Phil Kowalski (best man), Patrick Driscoll JD’16, and Dan Russell, as his groomsmen. • Alison Bacon Struhs writes: “Our family made the exciting decision to relocate from Washington, D.C., to North Carolina!” Her family of four includes two Eagle alumni and two future Eagles. • After 10 years in Colorado, Jenna Bee moved back to New Hampshire in March 2020 to start a new job in philanthropy and engagement at the Derryfield School in Manchester. Jenna would love to reconnect with classmates in New England—once we’re all moving about freely again! • Kristen Lappas Dinallo’s documentary short Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible, which she directed for ESPN Films, has been accepted into 20 film festivals all over the world and was the winner of the audience award at AFI Docs, the winner for Outstanding Documentary Short at DC Shorts, and the Grand Prize winner at Indy Shorts, qualifying for this year’s Academy Awards. The film also played in Tribeca’s drive-in movie theater series this past summer.

After partnering with some of New York City’s largest landlords, Jorge Gamboa and Doorkee, a property technology company, raised $5.7 million in seed funding. Doorkee improves landlords’ bottom line by reducing vacancies and leasing costs and will use the funding to expand its footprint. • Pardees Safizadeh launched a digital agency, Albaloo, that helps startups and high-growth businesses accelerate their revenue with cutting-edge campaigns and experiences. The firm currently has 15 freelancers and is rapidly working with Boston’s most innovative companies. • Fitzgerald ’09 and Sydney (Sanchez) Angrand welcomed their first little Eagle, Roman Fitzgerald, on May 13, 2020. • On August 8, Colin Scanlon and Nicole Fischer celebrated their wedding in Hampton Bays, New York! The two met in the Mods in September of senior year and have been together ever since. • Scott Lauber and Jeff Neblett successfully completed an acquisition of ISPN Network Services, an inbound IT helpdesk focused on providing tech support and network services to internet service providers around the country. They moved to the Kansas City metropolitan area to join the company’s management and help run the day-to-day. At ISPN, they are supporting rural broadband providers who are helping bridge the digital divide in remote parts of the United States. Scott and Jeff encourage anyone to reach out if they are in the greater KC area, have any questions about the search fund model (commonly referred to as entrepreneurship through acquisition), or would like to network! • Michael Moran married Erin Butler ’12 in January in St. Petersburg, Florida. There were many Eagles at the wedding, including in the wedding party. • This year, Brittany Almquist Lewis received her PhD in finance from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, joined Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business as an assistant professor of finance, and received Indiana University’s Racial Justice Research Fund Grant to pursue research on housing inequities. • Samantha Covelle and Joshua Meidenbauer, PhD’15, were married on August 29, 2020, in Winthrop. The bride’s sister Alexandra ’13 served as maid of honor and was in attendance for the immediate-family-only ceremony as a result of COVID-19. Samantha’s bridesmaids, Colleen Mason Conway, Kasey Cullen, Jacqueline Sullivan Honerlaw, and Anne Muscarella all cheered from a distance and hope to celebrate fully in August 2021.

Alexandra “Ali” Struzziero and Ian McBride ’05 announce that they are eloping in Telluride, Colorado, on January 30, 2021. They met in Denver after they realized their initial connection as BC alumni. Although they had to cancel their original wedding plans due to COVID-19, they decided to convert a Ford transit cargo van into a camper for the elopement and a lifetime of adventures! • Daniel Ruemenapp was recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America as “Ones to Watch” in the field of immigration law. • Michael Morton has been named chairman of the board of the Carson Valley Community Food Closet. The Food Closet provides approximately 25,000 meals per month to residents in need in Douglas County, Nevada. • Danielle Keogh Provo and her husband, Ray, are excited to announce the birth of their son, Aksel Finn, born on September 9, 2020.

Christina Rossetti married Cliff Baratta ’11 in June in Central Park, New York City. Many of their BC classmates attended virtually via Zoom. • On August 23, 2020, Jayson and Chelsea (Dostaler) Joyce welcomed a future Eagle to their family, Camina Mae. • Andrew Mitten and Ali Flores were married on September 12, 2020. • Daniel and Mary (Pfeffer) Feak welcomed a baby girl, Eleanor Catherine, on August 12, 2020. • Jacquelyn-My Do married Wyatt Ling on September 26, 2020, at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln. • Last July, Emily Charnowski, MA’15, began a new role as assistant principal at Visitation Academy in St. Louis, an all-girls Catholic school rooted in the Catholic Salesian tradition.

In 2019, Claire Marinello Fisher graduated with an MA in teaching English to speakers of other languages in May, married Bryan Fisher in July, started a new career as an ESL professor at the university level in August, and appeared on Jeopardy! in December. • Kelly Cannon received a grant from the Pulitzer Center for her reporting on the coronavirus vaccine and tribal nations that have experienced some of the highest rates of infection and death in the COVID-19 pandemic. She was named a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow after completing her master’s in journalism from Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism in September. She will report on the politicization of vaccination in the United States, traveling to Navajo Nation and through tribal lands across Arizona, Utah, and South Dakota to explore the challenges of distributing and delivering a lifesaving coronavirus vaccine to a critical population. She is based in Washington, D.C. • Alex Dripchak has cofounded Commence, a college-to-career coaching program that provides individual attention to students transitioning into the workforce. Students looking to accelerate and elevate their internship and job opportunities can schedule their complimentary skills assessment and receive a custom, curated networking list by checking out Commence on Instagram @areyouworkforceready.

Alexander Tingle, who graduated from the Carroll School of Management Honors Program, was recognized as one of Business Insider’s 25 Rising Stars of Wall Street, under the age of 35, for 2020. While at BC, Alex did two summer internships in New York with UBS. After graduation, he joined UBS as an investment banker and has been actively involved in recruiting students from BC for the firm for both summer internships and full-time positions. • Victoria Torres-Vega, MSW’15, writes: “I was lucky enough to get married during this pandemic to my best friend, Ian Carter, in August!” Although they weren’t able to have all their family and friends from around the country physically present, many were able to attend virtually, and “it was an awesome day and a great event!” • Lauren Ruvo and Matt Carroll were married on August 8, 2020, in Lake Tahoe surrounded by immediate family and a few close friends. Lauren and Matt met freshman year in McElroy Commons and began dating their sophomore year. They live in Los Angeles. • Salman and Karen (Campbell) Rangrez welcomed a son, Rayhan Rangrez, in May. • Stacy Caprio writes: “Got to check off one of my bucket-list goals by starting the Her CEO podcast and have been so fortunate to be able to talk to some amazing women and men who have started and grown businesses to great heights. Reminds me of my time at BC, when we would sit in the entrepreneurship room and pitch to VCs….” The podcast is live at www.her.ceo/podcast, and she welcomes comments and thoughts on others she might interview; she’d love to connect with more BC grads. • Lani Frankville graduated from UCLA Anderson School of Management! She says she may be stuck in quarantine, but at least she’s doing it in sunny California and is a “certified fancy business lady.” • Lauren Ciarci and Tom Langendorf ’13 were married on August 15 in Boston. • Brittney Wetzel and Charles Stewart ’13 were married in a small outdoor ceremony in July that was nothing like what they had planned, but was perfect all the same. Ryan Crowe ’11 officiated, and included in the wedding party were maid of honor Andrea Pessolano, matron of honor Elizabeth Altschaefl Crowe, Mariana Eizayaga, Ellie Tanji ’15, Daniel Golder ’12, and Nicholas Foster ’11, all of whom were members of the University Chorale of Boston College with the bride and groom. • Jenn Howard has stepped down from the role of class correspondent as of this issue, and the Alumni Association thanks her for sharing news on behalf of the Class of 2014. Please send any future class notes to classnotes@bc.edu.

Christine Spindler married Scott Derrickson, a Northeastern University alum, on August 8, surrounded by fellow Eagles and Huskies. • Andrew Engber is in the second year of his MBA program at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. “I am having much fun!” he reports.

Owie and Katherine (Michalik) Agbontaen welcomed their first child, Avery, into the world on September 15, 2020. Both mother and daughter are doing very well. Owie, Katie, and Avery now live in Chicago, having moved from Boston in July.

Kyrie Olsen married Isaiah Anderson on August 15, 2020, at Isaiah’s home in Maryland. The couple met at freshman convocation and reconnected during their sophomore year. Their ceremony was attended by immediate family and will be followed by a larger celebration in July 2021. The bridal party comprised many members of the Class of 2017, especially alums of the BC marching band and Voices of Imani. • Thomas and Bridie Lawlor O’Boyle were married on August 22, 2020. Bridie and Tom met freshman year in Perspectives class. • Last summer, William Bowditch, Nick Muller, Anthony Perasso, JP Scaduto, and James Lucey drove from Connecticut to Georgia and rented a house to work remotely for a week. While the amount of actual work accomplished varied among the five of them, they enjoyed numerous spirited debates and several savory suppers. The boys don’t know what’s next for them, but they are looking forward to it! • Jonathan Pharel has started his MBA at Washington University in St. Louis. • Daniel Chou, MA’18, has returned to BC, this time as a staff member; he is assistant director of admissions, financial aid, and enrollment analytics at BC Law School. He received both his bachelor’s and his master’s degrees from the Lynch School of Education and Human Development. He is enjoying his time back at the Heights!

Caroline Lewis started graduate studies in development practice at the University of Arizona. Congrats, Caroline!

Chris Russo recently met Josh Reed ’16 for a drink and dinner at Cafeteria Boston on Newbury Street. The two discussed Josh’s new travel blog featuring his cross-country road trip with his girlfriend, Chloe Mansour ’17, and Chris’s creation of his new marketing and communications consulting business, Russo Strategic Partners. • Jhon Maldonado earned his BA in psychology and is now working on his MA in administration of higher education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development while also working as a proctor for the Connor Family Center. Also, he writes: “I am still discerning my desire to become a Catholic priest. …The Jesuits has been my support and it has been thanks to them I have what I have today.”

Maxine Alindogan started a baking business, The Sweet Stash PH, during the COVID-19 pandemic, selling almond bark in Metro Manila in collaboration with Alejandro Miñana ’22. Alej shared his family recipe, to which both added their secret ingredients.