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\"80\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Elizabeth Holmes Bradley, 90 Bardwell St., Lewiston, ME 04240-6006<\/em>Class President: <\/strong>Christine Tegeler Beneman, 105 Spurwink Rd., Scarborough, ME 04074<\/em>Next Reunion in 2000.<\/em> <\/strong>In Massachusetts,\u00a0Michael Ginsberg<\/strong> is now second vice president\/sales for Paul Revere Insurance Group. <\/strong>He has been with the company for seven years, previously as director of sales. <\/strong>A member of Worcester Life Underwriters, he is a member of the finance and planning committee of Wilbraham, where he lives…. Last February,Daphne Topouzis<\/strong> joined husband Gunter Hemrich in Nairobi, Kenya, where she is an agricultural advisor. <\/strong>Daphne earned a master’s in agriculture from Oregon State Univ. in 1989 and an M.Sc. in the field from Univ. of Honenheim, Germany.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"81\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Ellen True DiCerbo, 28 Clive St., Worcester, MA 01603-2152<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Craig E. Comins, 31 Hedgerow Dr., Cumberland, ME 04021<\/em>Next Reunion in 2000.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"82\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Melissa J. Weisstuch, 7 Lake St., Apt. 8-S, White Plains, NY 10603<\/em>Co-Class Presidents:\u00a0Walter J. Dillingham, 69-34 Groton St., Forest Hills, NY 11375-5150; Leigh A. Graham, 73 Williston Rd., Auburndale, MA 02166-2219<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998.<\/em> <\/strong>Greeting a fellow climber on the summit of Mount Katahdin,\u00a0Jerry Donahoe<\/strong> discovered that he was chatting with\u00a0Rand Hopkinson<\/strong> ’81, who was climbing withGlenn Morrell ’80. <\/strong>Wearing his Bates sweatshirt on his descent on Knife’s Edge, Jerry <\/strong>metKim Price Widmer <\/strong>’94. <\/strong>Rumor had it Jerry also was signed up with\u00a0Alyssa Vitalius<\/strong> ’98 for his Penobscot River <\/strong>whitewater rafting adventure the next day…. Optometrist\u00a0Philip Goldthwait<\/strong> and his family have moved from Jacksonville, Fla., to Lincoln, Maine, where he has joined a joint ophthalmologic practice; wife <\/strong>Connie, an ophthalmologic technician, also joins the practice…. In March 1995,\u00a0Jennifer Howe Lane<\/strong> and Chris adopted a baby girl, Julia, who was born Dec. 14, 1994….With her children now in school,\u00a0Janet Silverman Tobin<\/strong> has returned to work as assistant to the assistant headmaster at Deerfield (Mass.) Academy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"83\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary: <\/strong>Leigh Peltier, 48 Whitin Ave., Warwick, RI 02888-2014<\/em>Class President: <\/strong>Mary E. Couillard, 64 Fremont St., Somerville, MA<\/em> <\/strong>02145-1435<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998.<\/em> <\/strong>For the next three years\u00a0Richard Bauer<\/strong> will be in Germany heading the new research procedures at Bayer Pharmaceuticals…. At Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth,\u00a0Julie Handren Bell<\/strong> is the new young-adult librarian, promoted from circulation librarian, a position she had held since 1994.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"84\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary: <\/strong>Eva E. Hamori, 35 Charter St., Apt. 7, Boston, MA 02113-1337<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Linda Webster, Montgomery Court Apts., 214 Price Ave., Apt. A22, Narberth, PA 19072<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998.<\/em> Ruth MacLean<\/strong> is in Lublin, Poland, with the Peace Corps. <\/strong>She is an environmental intern and works with three agencies: the Ekologiczny Klub UNESCO, the Gardzienice Theater, and a vegetarian bureau.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"85\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Iben Jensen Eld, 150 Hunters Ridge Rd., Concord, MA 01742-4718<\/em>Class President: <\/strong>Colleen J. Quint, 26 Hadfield Rd, Minot, ME 04258; e-mailcquint@bates.edu<\/a><\/tt><\/em>Next Reunion in 2001.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"86\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary: <\/strong>Catherine Lathrop Strahan, 57 Lawton Ave., Hartsdale, NY 10530<\/em>Class President: <\/strong>Christopher J. Poulin, 66 Boxwood Cir., Milford, NH 03055-3000<\/em>Next Reunion in 2001.<\/em> <\/strong>In San Francisco,\u00a0Susan deGozzoldi<\/strong> is a logistics consultant with Andersen Consulting. <\/strong>She earned her M.B.A. from the Monterey Institute for International Studies.\u00a0Allston Parkinson<\/strong> has an M.B.A from the Univ. of San Francisco and is a loan officer at the San Jose National Bank. <\/strong>The couple were married in Castine…. In Washington, D.C.,\u00a0Maria McCann<\/strong> is director of federal policy in the government affairs department of NYNEX. <\/strong>She earned her M.A. from Georgetown Univ. and her law degree from American Univ. <\/strong>Formerly she worked for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Her husband, Jay Ghazal, was <\/strong>advisor on defense and national security to retiring Senator Claiborne Pell….\u00a0Daniel Page<\/strong>received the Holly Schafer Award for the best paper read by a graduate student at an American Musicological Society chapter meeting. <\/strong>His paper was entitled, “A Protestant Musician at Queen Mary’s Court: Christopher Tye’s Peccavimus cum patribus and English Cultural Politics, c. 1553.”… In Boston,\u00a0Marjorie Raskin<\/strong> is a medical clinical social worker at Beth Israel Hospital….\u00a0Anne Robinson<\/strong> earned a master’s degree in French literature from Indiana Univ. in May 1991 and a teaching certificate in education from the Univ. of Minnesota in July 1995…. <\/strong>A certified professor of English,\u00a0Joseph Shea <\/strong>now teaches in Toulouse, France. <\/strong>Prior to September he had been at College Montaigne, Lormont. <\/strong>His graduate degrees include an M.A.T. in French from the Univ. of Massachusetts\/Amherst and a master’s in English….Andrew Williams <\/strong>has earned his J.D. from the Univ. of Santa Clara.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"87\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0James J. Kircaldie, 64 Vineyard Rd., North Haven, CT 06473<\/em> <\/em>Class President: <\/strong>Kimberly Finethy Harris, 93 Larch Row, Wenham, MA 01984-1621<\/em>Next Reunion, June 6-8, 1997.<\/em> <\/strong>In Fort Collins, Colo.,\u00a0Sharon Austin Ashburn<\/strong> is a psychologist in a mental health clinic. <\/strong>The Rockies provide Sharon and Jon many backpacking and kayaking adventures. <\/strong>She earned her Ph.D. in psychology at the Univ. of Denver in 1995…. In South Wales, N.Y.,\u00a0Chris Averill<\/strong> teaches eighth-grade science at Thebow School. <\/strong>Batesies on hand for his wedding at Sugarloaf <\/strong>included Andy Aspel<\/strong>, John Fitzgerald<\/strong>, andRob Milofsky. <\/strong>Chris received a science certification at the Univ. of Colorado in May 1996…. When she is not rollerblading all over Manhattan,\u00a0Caroline Baumann<\/strong> is manager of individual gifts at the Museum of Modern Art. <\/strong>On a ski trip with\u00a0Liz Homans<\/strong> last winter they ran into\u00a0Karen Weller<\/strong>…. Major activities in\u00a0Michelle Behm McBreen<\/strong>‘s household are parenting and painting. <\/strong>Keeping an eye on their baby, they are working on their century-old home. <\/strong>Later they planned a hiking trip in Utah with\u00a0Jeff McCulloh<\/strong> ’85 and\u00a0Heather Inglefield<\/strong> McCulloh<\/strong> ’89…. Living in Beverly, Mass.,\u00a0Ed Bell<\/strong> works in Gloucester for a company that designs “high current ion implanters for use in the semi-conductor industry.”… Full-time mom\u00a0Theresa Brennan Geissler<\/strong> and son Robert (1) are looking for Bobkitten playmates and others in the Gaithersburg, Md., area, so give them a ring…. At the Genzyme Corp., a biotechnology company in Cambridge, Mass.,\u00a0Paula Colahan<\/strong> is a coordinator in the tissue repair division, which cultures “autologous chondrocytes for surgical implantation in the knee.”… Along with finishing his master’s in international environmental policy at Tufts,\u00a0John DiModica<\/strong>‘s focus is on “sustainable industrial development opportunities” for rapidly growing industrializing companies. <\/strong>He has been mountain-bike racing and catching up with Bates buddies\u00a0Joe Bairingo<\/strong>, Kip Lamberg<\/strong>, and ’88ers\u00a0Todd Coleman<\/strong> and\u00a0Doug Nicholas<\/strong>…. Since the birth of twins in March,\u00a0Nancy Dobratz Archibald<\/strong> is back working full time at Duke Univ. Medical Center. <\/strong>Husband Simon is in the neurosurgery department there. <\/strong>The busy parents also try to get in some hiking…. At Northern Illinois Univ.,\u00a0Bill Falls<\/strong> is an assistant professor. <\/strong>He earned his Ph.D. from Yale in 1994. Susan<\/strong> (O’Donnell<\/strong>) is an associate information systems engineer with the Travelers Insurance Co. <\/strong>Their children are Bethany (4) and Zachary (1)….\u00a0Chris Fasciano<\/strong> works on the Schroder Wertheim investment team. <\/strong>Projects at their home and baby Amanda keep Chris and\u00a0Rebecca<\/strong> (Stevens<\/strong> ’88) on their toes…. Having earned her master’s in computer information systems at the Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1996,\u00a0Kathleen Flaherty<\/strong> now lives in Kirkland, Wash. <\/strong>She looks forward to our big Reunion in June!…\u00a0Joshua Galdston<\/strong> received his J.D. from New York Law School…. In May 1996,\u00a0E. Brooke Garrettson<\/strong> received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the Univ. of Minnesota….\u00a0Midori Gellert<\/strong> and John Shaw are in Alaska, where she has enjoyed fishing and kayaking. <\/strong>She and John met when they began law school in Minnesota….\u00a0Laura Giles Longacre <\/strong>is the new foreign-language department head at Cheshire (Conn.) Academy. <\/strong>Husband Tim is assistant cross country and long-distance coach at Central Connecticut State in New Britain. <\/strong>Laura earlier directed a summer day camp program for elementary age children…. In Dallas,\u00a0James Gleason <\/strong>keeps busy: a full day’s work followed by part-time work on his M.B.A. at Southern Methodist Univ….\u00a0Maria Goodney<\/strong> has a new job as a consultant with C.W. Costello & Associates in Wellesley Hills, Mass. <\/strong>For the past two winters Maria has taught skiing at Wachusett Mountain….\u00a0Barrett Grimm<\/strong> has moved to the Burlington, Vt., area, where he is the records manager for a large law firm. <\/strong>In Huntington he and\u00a0Michelle<\/strong>(Sault<\/strong> ’89) bought their first home with a great view of Camel’s Hump, the third-highest mountain in Vermont. <\/strong>House and garden fill leisure hours…. Yvonne and\u00a0Nate Grove<\/strong> have begun a new career in Durham, N.H. <\/strong>Their travels have included a visit to Yvonne’s relatives in Ireland, to Eastern Canada, canoeing and spelunking in the Ozarks, and adopting a dog in Indiana…. Class secretary\u00a0Jamie Kircaldie<\/strong> vacationed in Palm Springs and San Diego, chasing golf balls over the desert with\u00a0Dean Ridlon<\/strong>. <\/strong>On the home front, he has finished the kitchen, built a dining room table, and looked forward to the tailgating season at the Yale Bowl….\u00a0Michelle LaMarre Waldie<\/strong> hopes to return to teaching and working when the kids (3), (2), and (?) are in school…. Since September 1992,\u00a0Steve Laredo<\/strong> has been teaching at Nantucket High School, and bought a house on the island, where he lives with his wife and baby daughter. <\/strong>Earlier he taught high school in rural western Kenya and worked and taught for three years at the New England Center for Autism in Southborough, Mass., along with\u00a0John Richmond <\/strong>and\u00a0Jessica Daley<\/strong>…. Maurice Levesque<\/strong> teaches at Williams College. <\/strong>He looked forward to the school year in spite of the insanity of moving and getting settled…. In her free time from a busy job,\u00a0Sandra Liepins Busby<\/strong> is a volunteer with her neighborhood association in Lowell, Mass…. Work at MCI International keeps\u00a0Kim Lopes <\/strong>busy, and Reunion is definitely on her mind. <\/strong>She is the proud godmother of two children…. When she is not working as a physical therapist,\u00a0Jeanette McWhan<\/strong> still has time for mountain biking and a trail run…. Since 1988\u00a0Michael Malinoski<\/strong> has been at Cambridge Reports\/Research International, where he is a vice president. <\/strong>The Massachusetts firm is a market research and opinion <\/strong>polling company, and Mike’s specialty is research for the telecommunications companies and utilities. <\/strong>In October 1995 he discovered the joys of being a homeowner in Lexington….\u00a0Chris Mangiafico Steiner<\/strong> says that being a working mom is a “real trick.” Baby Olivia was born in February, and Mom went back to work in June. <\/strong>In spite of her busy schedule, Chris did manage to sneak away to Block Island, R.I., with some of “the girls” including\u00a0Kris Bowden<\/strong>Bernier<\/strong>,\u00a0Marcia Dougan<\/strong>,\u00a0Sue Lilly<\/strong>, and\u00a0Kim Finethy Harris<\/strong>….\u00a0Regina Marchi <\/strong>is the statewide manager for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, working on teen-age pregnancy prevention. <\/strong>During the summer and fall of 1995 she did health consulting in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Cuba….\u00a0Paul<\/strong> ’88 and\u00a0Martha Merselis Grove<\/strong> have returned to Washington, D.C., from Cambodia where they lived for two years while
\nMartha ran a women’s political development program, primarily in the country’s rural provinces….\u00a0Rob Milofsky<\/strong> is now tenured at Fort Lewis College in Durango. <\/strong>He and Amy have been mountain biking, backpacking, and back-country skiing all over Colorado…. Following a six-year stint in North Carolina, <\/strong>John and\u00a0Heidi Niit Krapf<\/strong> have moved to Hopkinton, Mass. <\/strong>She would love to see old friends in the area. <\/strong>At home with Kelsey (3) and Jake (1), Heidi hopes to return to school and hobbies when the children are older….\u00a0James O’Hair<\/strong> is an emergency room physician. <\/strong>For recreation he enjoys sailing, diving, and golf. <\/strong>During the past year he traveled to China, Italy, and Washington, D.C., where he saw\u00a0Helen Gill<\/strong> and\u00a0Bill Locke<\/strong> ’85….\u00a0Sarah Ostheimer Trapani<\/strong> left her teaching job to stay home with Benjamin (1), whom they both enjoy thoroughly. Carl<\/strong> still teaches seventh-grade math and is looking into a career in computers….\u00a0Sarinda Parsons Wilson<\/strong> has taught French for 10 years at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn. <\/strong>Last year she spent a week in Paris, then she and Jonathan traveled to the San Juan Islands and to a Wyoming dude ranch. <\/strong>Back home they enjoy their life with Maren (1 1\/2)…. In his eighth year with Color Associates in St. Louis,\u00a0Scott Pellerin<\/strong> is busy with work, travel, and family life. <\/strong>In 1994 he earned his master’s <\/strong>in marketing from Webster Univ. <\/strong>He and Christy love being parents to Taylor (2 1\/2) and Nicole (1), much to the dismay of their yellow lab, Abbey. <\/strong>Scott keeps in touch with\u00a0Joe DiBiasi<\/strong>,\u00a0Steve Brennan<\/strong>,\u00a0Rob Milofsky<\/strong>, and\u00a0Rich Garabedian <\/strong>’88….For 10 years\u00a0Sandy Picano O’Sullivan<\/strong> has worked at PAREXEL International. <\/strong>Her children are Caroline (4) and Patrick (3)…. <\/strong>While Brad andLaurie Pinchbeck Whitsel<\/strong> work on their Ph.D. dissertations, Laurie also is an exercise physiologist in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. <\/strong>At the Olympics she represented the National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America. <\/strong>She is the organization’s vice president of education…. At the Univ. of Colorado,\u00a0Anne Reis<\/strong> is working on her master’s in international communication. <\/strong>She definitely looks forward to Reunion…. From Providence, R.I.,\u00a0Arnie Robinson<\/strong> reports that things are pretty exciting at the Preservation Society. <\/strong>The city is thriving, he says. Much of the downtown shows significant restoration, both residentially and commercially….\u00a0Catherine <\/strong>“Corky<\/strong>”\u00a0Schmitz<\/strong> has moved to San Francisco, where she is publicity manager at IDG Books specializing in the “Dummies” Imprint:\u00a0DOS for Dummies<\/em>,\u00a0Macs for Dummies<\/em>, etc. <\/strong>If you are in the area, Corky wants you to look her up over at 18th Street…. In Boston,\u00a0Sean Slade<\/strong> is national accounts manager with Iron Mountain, a records-management company…. Last year\u00a0Bette Smith<\/strong> began graduate work at the Univ. of Denver and still is a <\/strong>communications instructor for the Workplace Learning Project, working with\u00a0Anne Reis<\/strong>. <\/strong>Bette and husband Jim Amidon are still renovating their home and look forward to life without dust….\u00a0Kellie Thibodeau<\/strong> and\u00a0Peter Senghas<\/strong> ’86 enjoy life in Atlanta with their boys, Samuel and Jacob. <\/strong>As drivers for General Motors’ new electric car, they saw some of the “behind the scenes” action and excitement of the Olympics…. After teaching for three years in North Hampton, N.H.,\u00a0Deb Whitney<\/strong> left for Vietnam to teach in a new international school in Ho Chi Minh City. <\/strong>She would love to see some familiar faces, so anyone traveling in Southeast Asia should contact her mother in New Hampshire at 9 Bradstreet Rd., Hampton 03842…. Last fall,\u00a0Connie Willis<\/strong> wrote from West Chester, Pa., on her return <\/strong>from a soggy camping trip, thanks to Hurricane Bertha.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"88\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Gabriella Fodor Abruzzi, 1338 Merchant Ln., McLean, VA 22101-2413<\/em>Class President: Jeffrey A. Day, Tasis England American School, Coldharbour Ln., Thorpe, Surrey TW20 8 TE, EnglandNext Reunion in 1998.<\/em> Paige Neuner<\/strong> is an internal auditor at ITT Automotive in Fort Wayne, Ind. <\/strong>She earned her M.S. in accounting at Northeastern Univ. in 1989.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"89\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Ruth D. Thompson, 73 Ellsworth Ave., Springfield, MA 01118<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Elizabeth D. Katz, 15 Tiffany Rd., Apt. 12, Salem, NH 03079-3671<\/em>Next Reunion in 1999.<\/em> Laura Hawkins Smith<\/strong> teaches at Menlo-Atherton High School in San Francisco…. In Washington, D.C.,\u00a0Zachary Robbins<\/strong> is program manager at the Academic Affairs Resource Center of the American Assn. of State Colleges and Universities. He and wife Laila Van Eyck live in Bethesda, Md. <\/strong>She is assistant director of federal relations for the National Assn. of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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