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CROSSING BOUNDARIES / ARABIC OVER LUNCH / SENIOR STARS

FIRST LOOK

D E P A R T M E N T S

2 A W o r d f r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t

3 O n C a m p u s

1 4 S p o r t s

1 8 P h i l a n t h r o p y i n A c t i o n

3 2 L a u r e n t i a n P o r t r a i t

ST. LAWRENCE

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F E A T u R E S

I N E V E R Y I S S u E

Laurentian for Life Week last spring culminated with a very big “Happy 158th Birthday, St. Lawrence!” banner that anyone could sign, however they wished. For more on the week, turn to page 22.

When we talk about Crossing Boundaries, we mean it. To ferret out the connection between this student and the art on the wall, see the story beginning on page 28.

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University Magazine | Vol . LXI I I | Number 3 | Summer 2014

1 3 F r o m t h e A r c h i v e s

3 4 C l a s s N o t e s

3 8 P i c t u r e P e r f e c t

6 5 F i n a l T h o u g h t

The Chinese New Year was observed on campus early in the spring semester with celebrations and performances, including a Chinese traditional dance by Ruoshi "Jennifer"Li ’16, an economics-mathematics and psychology double major from Beijing. The activities ushered in the Year of the Horse.

On the cover: There’s nothing quite like high-fiving a huge piece of canvas when your hand is covered in wet paint. For many students, the action confirmed the bonds they already feel as Laurentians. Photography by Tara Freeman

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On Campus

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ince last summer, countless daily observers walking near the center of the St. Lawrence campus have

taken in the complex stages of building a new residence hall as forms and details change slightly each day. They stop and admire the steep elegance of the stone masonry, the roof pitch complementing the geometry of other buildings, and the windows looking like ink drying on a new page, about to reveal a story.

What exactly do they think we are constructing? Just another building?

In essence, the work being observed during our seasons of construction is not really about the building, in the end, because the building becomes a surrogate for a larger theory of our distinctive kind of education at St. Lawrence. Surely, as architects learn right from the first day in design school, form speaks to function, function to form. The tipping point between these design terms, however, is decided if one follows or dominates the other, thus losing the main point of balance. John Ruskin, one of the first great English critics of art and architecture, puts it simply, “We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well; then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.”

So, what are we building and what is the theory behind our design? Here is my answer: We are building friendship. That’s it. That’s all. The practical duty of our new residence hall is to create a space for what is arguably the most intense and memorable part of the St. Lawrence experience. While not a measure of a student’s record or good standing, having and being a roommate remains the single-most common and central feature of life at St. Lawrence. No longer is there one course or one book that every student will forever know in a lifelong intellectual solidarity. The days of seniors taking Moral Philosophy from the college president are from a long yesteryear ago. But every student, no exceptions, will share with all other students the power of producing friendships, often starting with the space occupied by roommates.

Most students entering liberal arts colleges today have never shared a room at home, never had a roommate, except for sleepovers or summer camp. This part of the college experience is often tricky ground to cross when students first arrive. And yet, to my utter delight, I hear repeatedly from students at St. Lawrence that they have had the same roommates for more than one year. It is often typical of them to form ritualized common habits, such as sharing dinner together every night at precisely the same time. They become part of each other’s families, connecting with parents and siblings other than their own, absorbing unfamiliar stories and customs.

What do roommates teach other? Naturally, if they are in different majors and live in the same room, there is the added benefit of learning a little something extra in the unfinished conversation of the liberal arts life, more than an individual can learn alone. Despite differences, there is always the unplanned academic cross-pollination in a double or triple. It is a quiet, immeasurable process, but I am convinced it’s present and effective.

In Residence

a word from the president

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Another View on Climate

I cannot let Andrew Nevin’s letter (Spring 2014) go unchallenged.

With regard to the issue of global warming, Mr. Nevin asserts that “the geologic record does not support the hijacked science and cause-and-effect arguments promoted by a small group at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).” On the contrary, these arguments are neither “hijacked” nor are they advanced by a small group. More than 1,200 scientists, from over 100 countries, contributed to the latest IPCC report. Its conclusions are based on a vast body of peer-reviewed publications, many of them relying on the geologic record.

It is incorrect that “variations in surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations are clearly independent of each other.” Actually, the correlation coefficient over the 125-year post-industrial era is strong (more than 0.9). Ice core records from Greenland and Antarctica show clear correlations over 100,000 years. For a recent statistical analysis that the recent warming cannot be due to natural climatic variability, see “Scaling fluctuation analysis and statistical hypothesis testing of anthropogenic warming,” S. Lovejoy, Climate Dynamics (2014).

It is also mistaken to attribute recent warming to solar activity. In the last 35 years, global temperatures have continued to increase while the sun has a slight cooling trend.

Dr. Nevin belongs to a small but vocal group of skeptics, many with ties to the resource extraction industries, who have chosen to ignore an extensive body of science that concludes that anthropogenic carbon dioxide is causing the earth’s atmosphere and oceans to warm at a rate uncharacteristic of natural fluctuations. It’s getting warmer, and we’re doing it.

—Brian P. Watson | Associate Professor of Physics

‘Joy and Gratitude’

It was a warm September day when I got off the “Canton Creeper” train, to be greeted as a freshman by Dr. Max Kapp, who was about to be named dean of the Theologi-cal School. The days whizzed by and soon I was in the midst of Rush Week for the fraternities. I was invited to be a pledge of Beta Theta Pi.

During my sophomore year I roomed in the old Beta House on the third floor in what was called “Temperance

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Hall.” My roommates were Buddy Garlock, Billy Plimp-ton, Tony Folino, Roger Green and a guy named Daniel Sterling Day. That summer, Dan and Roger traveled to California to work as loggers. They returned full of stories. So this letter is to celebrate Dan’s life; he died last autumn.

Dan was filled with energy and verve. His smile was a joy. His ability to tease and to make fun was beyond measure.

When I returned for my junior year, Dan didn’t show. I learned that he had joined the military for a two-year stint. He returned to campus during my first post-gradu-ate year in the Theological School.

Dan went on to earn his degree in business administration and to attend the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dart-mouth College. His future was filled with honors as an extremely successful banker. But for those of us who knew him well, he was a “mensch.” He taught me to scuba dive. We skied together. And he raised a wonderful family who made him continually proud.

It’s been said that nothing is more relevant than remember-ing the past with joy and gratitude. I’ll echo that sentiment as I remember times when Dan and I sat by a waterfall with a nearby campfire and discussed our ideas about God. I know he continued that dialog with life at his cabin on Lake Winnipesaukee. I will surely miss my roommate.

—The Rev. Jan Vickery Knost ’56 | Charlestown, Rhode Island

The Critical Difference

I started playing golf while a student at St. Lawrence. With the exception of a few graduate school summers, I play two or three times a week. Given that I graduated in 1969, that is a lot of golf.

The course I play today “staffs up” in season with students from the local university who are majoring in something called professional golf management. They aspire to be club pros. I am sorry. That is not higher education. It is vocational education.

St. Lawrence is lucky to be led by a president who recog-nizes the difference (St. Lawrence Magazine, Spring 2014). In that same issue, the argument for broad-based liberal education is effectively made in the article on my classmate John Hess, [who] is very successful in business (private equity) and has helped launch a charity that supports multiple sclerosis research, the homeless and a children’s hospital.

—Arnold Tilden | State College, Pennsylvania

Letters

On Campus

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On Campus

St. Lawrence University students won the third annual New York Negawatt Challenge, the electricity reduction competition among members of the New York Six liberal arts consortium, consisting also of Skidmore, Hamilton, Hobart and William Smith, and Union colleges, as well as Colgate University. The goal was to reduce electricity consumption in all student residences, and St. Lawrence won with an overall 3.3 percent reduction from mid-February through early March.

Forty Inuit prints from the Brush Art Gallery permanent collection are on loan to the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia, for a show that runs through August 3. Most were first displayed at the Canadian Em-bassy in Washington, D.C., in 2010. For more information, go to www.hmoa.org/exhibitions/upcoming and scroll down to “North of Sixty – Canadian Inuit Prints.”

The Wells College Board of Trustees has announced the ap-pointment of Lisa M. Cania M’82

to a three-year term on the board. Cania, a 1979 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wells, which is located in Aurora, N.Y., has been vice president for community and employee relations

and secretary of the corporation at St. Lawrence since 2010, having joined the University’s administration in 1987.

North Country Public Radio was honored with seven journalism awards last spring: Two National Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Excellence in Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and four Regional Edward R. Murrow

Awards and one National Murrow Award from the Radio and Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). NCPR’s news and digital team received a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in Journalism, and individual reporters were recognized for stories on last summer’s Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, train disaster, and on life in prison and the Rockefeller Drug Laws, both part of NCPR’s Prison Time Media Project, which won the national award. The series was launched during the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Rockefeller drug laws. The project examined the ways the laws changed America and the North Country, from their impact on race relations to the massive network of state and federal prisons that drive the economy in rural northern New York.

Looking for old issues of The Hill News? They can be found at a new site, nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00010002/.

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Honored at Commencement

A roundup of news from campus.

F lanked by President William L. Fox ’75, left, and Trustee Jennifer Curley

Reichert ’90 are those who received special recognition at Commencement exercises on May 18, 2014: from left, Grace Potter ’14, honorary Bachelor of Arts; Donald K. Rose ’64, chair emeritus of the Board of Trustees, honorary Doc-tor of Humane Letters; Nancie Battaglia, regional photographer, North Country Citation; and Rabbi Susan A. Talve ’75, honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Some 571 degrees were awarded, includ-ing 539 bachelor’s degrees. Economics was the top major among the Class of 2014, whose top scholar was Katherine Buxton of Williston, Vt., with an overall GPA of 3.992 out of a possible 4.0. For more on Commencement, go to www.stlawu.edu/commencement-2014-recap.

For more, go to www.stlawu.edu/news.

AdvancementLeadership Expands

St. Lawrence University has elected two alumni to its Board of Trustees. Their six-year terms began June 1.

Michael W. Arpey ’85, P’17, left above, is a managing director responsible for fund formation strategy, new investor products and coordination of investor relations at The Carlyle Group, based in Washington, D.C. A psychology major and honors graduate, he earned his J.D. at the Dickinson School of Law.

Arpey has come full circle, having been a student delegate to the Board of Trust-ees. He has volunteered as a Laurentian Admissions Associate and Laurentian-in-Residence panelist, and was the driving force behind the establishment of the Laurentians Investing in Networking and Careers (LINC) mentoring program (for more on LINC, see page 6).

He and his wife, Stacie, are also members of the Laurentian Leadership Society. They have two sons, Dylan ’17 and Conor, who attends Oberlin College.

They are members of the parents commit-tees at both Oberlin and St. Lawrence.

Earl A. “Trip” Samson III ’80, P’16 is the founder and president of Landmark Management Inc., an SEC-registered investment adviser. Prior to 1987, he worked in the banking industry. No stranger to volunteerism, he is former chairman of the board of trustees of The Darrow School; founding president of the Sakonnet Point Club, a non-profit community organization in Little Comp-ton, R.I., that was formed to revitalize a moribund part of town; and a trustee of the John A. Harford Foundation.

An economics major, Samson has been a Laurentian-in-Residence panelist, career adviser and member of several Universi-ty fund-raising committees. He and his wife, Allyson, are co-chairs of the Par-ents Committee and charter members of the Laurentian Leadership Society. They have twin sons: Peter, who attends Hamilton College, and Henry ’16.

New Trustees Named

TransitionsThomas Pynchon has been named vice president for University ad-vancement, over-seeing all aspects of the Advance-ment Division, including principal and major gifts,

planned giving, donor relations, corporation and foundation rela-tions, advancement operations, and annual giving and Laurentian engagement. “Tom has served the University with great distinction since 1992, including six months as acting vice president for Univer-sity Advancement,” said President William L. Fox ’75 in a campus announcement. The appointment became effective on July 1.

Concurrently, Laura Ellis, who had held the vice presidential position, became senior adviser to the University for philanthropy. She “will relocate to New York

City to establish a St. Lawrence University office there,” President Fox wrote in June. He added that a central feature of St. Lawrence’s plan to enhance its fundraising capacities has been to increase staffing and develop a solid presence in New York City.

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On Campus

Outcomes Input

T he key to a strong financial future is to invest 10 percent of your gross income throughout your career, two St. Law-

rence alumni advised students during the first “Financing Your Future” Workshop on campus last spring.

The workshop was intended to provide important, comprehen-sive information about personal finance, budgeting and invest-ment strategies to help students better understand and prepare for their financial futures, said Assistant Director of Career Services Beth Bullock Larrabee ’97, who developed the program.

Ron Bacon ’82 grabbed the audience’s attention when he said that applying for jobs with a poor credit history could prevent someone from receiving a job offer. He urged avoidance of the “credit card trap” and advised, “Anytime you have excess money, take care of things with high obligations.”

“It’s not like all of a sudden the stars, the moon and the sun

will all be aligned,” Brian Wilcox ’85, P’14 said. “You need to work, budget and prepare in order to make progress.”

Mapping out specifically how to invest wisely in the beginning stages of adult life, Wilcox explained to the students that “At this stage, your human capital is at a lifetime high while your financial capital is at a lifetime low. Financial independence isn’t determined by how much money you earn, but by how much of what you earn you choose to put away for the future,” Wilcox concluded.

Andrea Strauss ’14 commented that Wilcox “provided informa-tion that was accessible and understandable for someone with-out much background in finance or economics.” Roo Kabia ’14 added, “Wilcox and Bacon really got the point across that it’s a good idea to get your financial arrangements in order sooner rather than later.”

Networking for the purpose of career advancement has been part of the Laurentian world for a long time, but a new program brings that process into the earlier student years, with the help of alumni. Laurentians Investing in Networking and Careers (LINC) con-nects first-years and sophomores with successful alumni to guide their professional growth, explains its organizer, Carol Bate, associate dean of ca-reer services.

LINC mentorships last throughout the academic year with a cooperative agreement of goals and monthly meet-ings. Students also undertake a Spring Break field trip; in

2014, participants spent two days in New York City, with visits to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, Hearst Corp. headquarters, the American Museum of Finance and an evening networking event.

Mentors come from business, gov-ernment, communications, science,

education and social services. Thanks to fund-ing from Mike Arpey ’85 and a steering committee of alumni, the 2013-2014 cycle matched 63 students with 59 professionals.

“LINC was an opportunity to start networking early,” explains Olivia Kolb ’16, left, with her mentor, Deena Giltz McCullough ’84,

president of Northern Insuring Agency. “We hit it off immediately,” Kolb says. “She gave me different tasks throughout the year, and over the winter break I spent two days in her office in Plattsburgh, N.Y., attending meetings.”

“I’m happy to help the next St. Law-rence generation any way I can,” says McCollough, an active member of the Alumni Executive Council since 2004. “We can’t underestimate the value of one-on-one conversations that encour-age and guide students.”

Career Services plans on accepting 85 LINC students for 2014-2015. Alumni and parents who would like to become LINC mentors can contact Career Servic-es at 315-229-5906 or www.stlawu.edu/career-services. –Nicole Eigbrett ’14

St. Lawrence is offering several new programs to assist students with their post-graduation maps.

“Financing Your Future” Workshops 1 Start planning now

Laurentians Investing in Networking and Careers (linc) 2 Networking from the get-go

–Rebecca Doser ’16

new half-credit Busi-ness Case Study course

offered to 17 St. Lawrence University juniors and se-niors culminated late last spring in a competition judged by successful alumni and business leaders.

A collaborative effort be-tween Career Services and Career Connections, the course provided students with necessary tools to analyze and interpret real-world business problems and to develop thoughtful and intelligent solutions to these challenges, said Geoffrey Falen, director of Career Connections. It concluded with a public capstone competition in which “three teams had to analyze and make recommendations for reversing JC Penney’s dire stock situation,” said As-sistant Director of Career Services Beth Bullock Larrabee ’97, who initiated the idea in early 2013. “They presented their analysis and recommendations to a pan-el of judges as if they were a consulting team, and had to field questions and de-fend their recommendations.”

“A very diverse group of presenters who gave students liberal arts approaches to real-world problems” led the sessions, Falen said. Among them were two alum-ni; several St. Lawrence professors and one sports team coach, plus a retired senior administrator; and local business leaders.

The course, which also included group discussions and weekly reflection papers, “showed us how to apply our liberal arts perspective to real-life business situa-tions,” said Vasileios “Bill” Prassas ’14 of Chalkidki, Greece, who was a member of the winning team and has a position with Morgan Stanley after interning with the firm during his New York City Semester.

–Ryan Deuel

Business case study competition judges were, from left, steve Kuno ’83, co-owner and ceo of Kunoco oil company, inc; tom derosa, surgical supply chain manager for canton-potsdam hospital and ceo of personé staffing; carol shaw maxwell ’79, founder and president of marketscience; and deena giltz mccullough ’84, president of northern insuring agency, inc. "i was most impressed with the level of understanding the students demonstrated,” derosa said. “their recommendations suggested that they approached the case logically after a great deal of research, and using sound business knowledge."

J. david cruikshank ’86, an executive vice president for Bny mellon Bank on wall street, energetically circled the room as he led the first Business case study class. “Kudos to st. Lawrence for putting together a program that brings business experience together with structured academic learning,” he said. “it’s a great combination.”

ABusiness Case Study Course 3 Fix this

"Financing Your Future" Workshops, Spring 2014● PERSoNAL BUDGETING AND LoNG-TERM INvESTMENT STRATEGIES Led by: Ron Bacon '82, left, vice president/senior commercial Banking officer, community Bank, n.a., and Brian Wilcox '85, p'14, wealth management advisor, northwestern financial network

● DEMYSTIFYING YoUR FIRST EMPLoYEE BENEFITS PACKAGE & BETTER UNDERSTANDING YoUR HEALTH CARE CovERAGELed by: Debra Mousaw, director of employee Benefits, st. Lawrence university

Above and Below: Beth Larrabee ’97

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On Campus

The Arabic Language Club is just one of many that give students a

chance to practice their language skills away from the classroom.

“Arabic can scare students away be-cause it represents a new and seemingly separate system of meaning,” said Matt Dudley ’14, president of the club, last spring. “My exposure to it has led me to appreciate the commonalities between languages and cultures, rather than focus on their overt differences.”

Sounds of laughter and chatter filled the air and textbooks were piled high as Matt convened a club meeting over lunch in Dana Dining Center. A history major from Cazenovia, N.Y., he told me, “I joined to gain extra exposure to the language. Also, talking with stu-dents who had studied in Morocco and Jordan was a huge draw for me.”

One of the newest additions to the language offerings at St. Lawrence, Arabic entered the curriculum in 2008. When students expressed interest in practic-ing the language outside the classroom, Instructor Gisele El Khoury says, it wasn’t long before the club formed. It gained or-ganizational status from Thelmo in 2011.

El Khoury adds that what transpires “usually depends on the students at-tending. If they’re at the introductory level, we work on vocabularies, but if they’re intermediate or advanced, we tend to do more conversations.”

Every fall the club sponsors Arabian Nights, an event with student presenta-tions, instrumental and dance perfor-mances (including belly dancing), guest speakers and Arabic dishes, El Khoury says. “We also have an Arabic film screening and discussion during World Languages Week.”

Conversations at the club lunches prompted Matt’s decision to study on St. Lawrence’s cooperative semester in Jordan, and inspired his Senior-Year Experience (SYE), a comprehensive survey of the original Spanish text Don Quixote in search of Arabic loanwords. This in turn propelled him into a graduate as-sistantship through New York University’s Global Academic Fellows program in Abu Dhabi. He says, “I believe my background in Arabic played a crucial role in helping me get this opportunity.”

–Danielle McBride ’14

(al-arabiyya fil-ghidaa', “Arabic Over Lunch”)

Arabic isn’t the only language taught at St. Lawrence that has a club or conversation table. Students of Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish have theirs as well. For more, stlawu.edu/modern-languages

We normally associate the Quad with the color green (when it’s not white), but once spring 2014 finally established itself, the green was stripped off as renovation got under way. That framework in the

foreground is the beginnings of the terrace and steps that will replace the old “Upper Road” alongside the chapel. In the background, the new residence hall nears completion (for an idea of how all this will look, go to www.stlawu.edu/new-residence-hall/photo-gallery/quad-renovation-project). Both projects are on schedule to be “student-ready” by the time classes resume in late August; we’ll have more in the next St. Lawrence magazine.

Buildings & Grounds

“If you know how to use a hammer or saw, you can do anything,” Kate Fager-lund says to me, as her eyes light up. She is a petite woman from nearby Birdsfoot Farm, and my basic carpentry teacher. I’m building an apple crate from locally milled basswood in a workshop through the North Country Folk Series.

The series is “a set of programs to intro-duce students to North Country commu-nity members who are experts in the rural and living arts,” states Kristen Whittier ’94, the coordinator. The workshops, made possible through a Mellon Founda-tion Grant for Environmental Education, are free for St. Lawrence students, and continue through fall 2014 with a Uni-versity Innovation Grant. The program touches upon themes of good and sustain-able agriculture, the living arts, northern ecology, green building and green energy.

“I’ve always thought one of St. Lawrence’s greatest assets is location,” Whittier ex-plains. “I love to see this synergy between the students and community.” The series has partnered with regional organizations such as Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY), and campus organiza-tions (Nature Up North, University theme houses). Like Kate, instructors are farmers, homesteaders and artisans from throughout the region.

During our lunch break, student coordi-nator Zelie Wright-Neil ’15 says, “This is a chance for students to work with and learn from really talented community members.” Other spring events included cheese-making, constellation-viewing and winter wildlife tracking. Whittier

retired Director of Dining services Jack taylor demonstrates the intricacies of bird-carving during a north country Folk series spring 2014 workshop. Other activities in the series included winter wildlife tracking, cheese- and yogurt-making, and herbal teas and medicines. For more, see www.northcountryfolkseries.org.

North Country Folk Series Teaches Local Place-Based Skills

says that “feedback has been overwhelm-ingly positive,” which was affirmed by the first-year students I met in my carpen-try workshop. Earlier, their First-Year Program had built rustic benches with a local furniture maker for the University’s permaculture garden.

Back at our workshop, Kate described the physics of construction and demon-strated tool safety before letting us build. Some students had woodworking experi-

ence, while others had never touched power tools. As I measured, hand-sawed and nailed timber planks, I listened to anecdotes about life on a farm, laughed at friends’ memories of carpentry at summer camp and enjoyed the smell of freshly sanded wood. Whether my apple crate becomes furniture or simply holds pro-duce, at least I can always carry a piece of the North Country with me.

–Nicole Eigbrett ’14

You Bring a Hammer and I,ll Bring a Saw...

KNOW IT ALL

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On Campus

Senior StarsA trio of members of the Class of ’14 has received distinguished honors for their academic talents.

Previous St. Lawrence University

Fulbright Scholarship Recipients

Allison Paludi ’14 has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to support her teaching efforts in Kenya. She is only the eighth Laurentian to achieve such a distinction. Paludi, of Delanson, N.Y., took part in St. Lawrence’s Kenya Program, which she said “transformed” her as an individual and as a student. She was also active with the Global Dialogue Center on campus.

After her Kenya semester, Paludi was awarded a research fellow-ship to return to East Africa to complete a Senior-Year Experience at the S.O.U.L. Foundation, an American-based nongovernmen-tal organization in Uganda. She returned after graduating in May to work as a project manager and volunteer coordinator until begin-ning her Fulbright assignment in Kenya in January.

Kevin Angstadt ’14, a triple major in computer science, mathematics, and German studies from Latham, N.Y., has been awarded one of the most highly selective merit gradu-ate fellowships in the nation. The Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia selected him as one of only 17 recipients of the highly competitive Jefferson Fellowship. He will commence his studies in the fall at UVA’s School of Engineering & Applied Science as a Ph.D. candidate in computer science. In addition to receiving the full cost of his graduate education, Angstadt will be given space to work and conduct research at the Jefferson Fellows Center, which is designed to foster interdisciplinary dialog among the fellows, as well as give them space to plan, lead and participate in enrichment programming.

Facundo Rivera '14 has received a prestigious grant to study ongoing land disputes among native populations in Paraguay. He was awarded the grant for his project titled “Irrigating the Past, Harvesting the Future” as part of the Davis United World College’s scholar program, Projects for Peace. His project will focus on the Aché aboriginal population, a hunter-gatherer society that traditionally lived in the eastern forests of Paraguay who were displaced and often enslaved during the 20th century, but were able to return to their native lands in 2010. His study looks at issues surrounding that return, as Rivera, who is from Asuncion, Paraguay, prepares for graduate school in Switzerland in 2015.

1986 erik craft ’86, west germany1991 susanne steinmann ’91, morocco1997 thomas mcfadden ’97, germany2000 Brendan o’dell ’00, germany

2008 alexander tedeschi ’08, russia2010 Joanna fassett ’10, india2012 andrew nguyen Le ’12,

trinidad and tobago

n From the Senior Conservation Biology Majors Symposium

“The social, economic and environmental impacts of wind farms in Upstate New York”

–Margaret Harrington ’14 and Kendra Sultzer ’14

n From the Festival of Community-Based Learning

“St. Lawrence Correctional Facility – Non-Violent Communication”–Dominic Brennan ’15, Alison Noble ’17, Will Madison ’15, Kendra Campbell ‘14

“Campus Kitchens Project – Serving the Canton Community”–Margarita Garcia ’17, Coral Peral Garcia ’17, Katy Swank ’17, Devin Pafumi ‘17

n From the Festival of Scholarship and Creativity

“Smoke and Mirrors: Metafiction in Graphic Narratives”

–Alex Gladwin ’14

“Proximity and Preferences: How Hydraulic Fracturing Affects Housing Prices”–Christina Robichaud ’14

“The Philosophy of Economic Value”–Ngozi Mogoli ’14

Monologue from Medea by Euripides–Matthew John Morrison ’14

n From the Department of Sociology Student Forum, “Sharing the Study Abroad Experience”

“Islam’s Role in a Modern Danish Society”–Andrew Alexander ’15

n From the Festival of Science

“Weekly Monitoring of River Chemistry in St. Lawrence County, New York”

–Roselyne Laboso ’14 and Evan Walsh ’14

The end of the spring semester is the time for students to showcase their research, and each year, it seems, more and more of them do, testimony, perhaps, to seriousness of purpose, to solid teaching,

and to the fact that research has become such an integral part of every st. Lawrence student’s experience. following is but a “drop in the bucket” from the dozens of presentations in various media,

from panels to posters to performances; for more, go to www.stlawu.edu and search each event.

SLU in a Box!Are you hosting a Laurentian gathering?Is a wedding, golf match or informal Laurentian gathering on the horizon? Infuse it with some scarlet and brown! Let us know your plans and we’ll send you a custom “SLU in a Box” filled with your choice of St. Lawrence spirit items – the perfect touch for your event!

Beverage Jackets | Balloons | Pennants | Cocktail Napkins...and more!

Festschrift of Festivals

SLU in a Box has been sent to our Laurentian gatherings all around the world. Want one for yours? Fill out a request: https://alumni.stlawu.edu/sluinabox

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On Campus


his is Gilbert, named after Kaycee Gilbert '15, who discovered the

snowy owl near the soccer fields on campus in late winter. When night fell, a team from Adirondack Raptors came to catch him so that he could be banded, but realized the 2-year-old male had a moderate injury to his wing. So, after enjoying (as best anyone could tell) a brief stay with some conserva-tion biology majors, Gilbert was off on his next journey, to a wildlife rehabilita-tor. Emily Bradshaw '14, who works with Adirondack Raptors, was closely involved in Gilbert’s sojourn on campus.

Saint Lawrence Here, Saint Lawrence There

We continue to learn of “St./Saint Lawrence” surfacings all over the world. Last summer, while undertaking a road trip to explore Canton (the one in North Carolina) from their home in the Raleigh, N.C., area, Mayela Calabria Harris ’87 and her husband, Stephen, passed through Asheville and came upon “Basilica St. Lawrence,” above. The sign identifies Saint Lawrence as “Deacon & Martyr,” in recognition of his claim to renown in the Catholic Church.

That designation takes us to Italy, where Daniel Reiff recently located two repre-sentations of the noble Saint’s martyrdom, for the apparent sin of caring about the poor and downtrodden, on a scorching gridiron. Left, above, in the crypt of the Duomo (Cathedral) of Amalfi - which is dedicated to St. Andrew- is a 1604 statue of Lawrence, attired as a third-century deacon, with the fateful gridiron and a palm frond, the symbol of martyrdom. A tad more graphically, he is shown suf-

fering on said gridiron, over the main portal of the Church of San Lorenzo, right, which dates from the 12th century, in Portovenere, a northwestern coastal village. As knowledgeable Laurentians are aware, reliable sources suggest that at this point in his life, he said defiantly, “I am done on this side; now turn me over,” or words to that effect.

A tip of the SLU cap to Ms. Harris and Dr. Reiff for sending us the pictures and information. -NSB

Gilbert Will Fly Again

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“Are there any SLU sleuths out there who can help us identify this person?” asks Archives and Special Collections Technician Paul Haggett.

Said sleuths can contact him at [email protected] or 315 -229-5956.

n the upstairs of the Herring Library hang the portraits of numerous St. Lawrence University notables…presidents, trustees, revered

professors. Many of these were executed in the early part of the 20th century by the noted portraitist Henry Harrison. Most of these individuals are

either identified or are identifiable, but the name of the man shown here remains a mystery. Painted by Harrison in 1908, the portrait suffered

some damage at some point in its life, but the University plans to have it restored and hung with the others.

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T he rise of St. Lawrence University’s men’s squash program among those

competing in the Collegiate Squash Association cannot quite be described as meteoric, but the Saints have certainly caught the eye of the squash world. Ranked in the high teens from 2005 through 2011, the Saints broke into the Top Ten in 2013 and finished fifth in the 2014 CSA team national championships.

Chris Abplanalp, named head coach of both the men’s and women’s squads in

Squash on the RiseSt. Lawrence is growing a pair of blue-ribbon squash teams.

December 2004, has been the architect not only of the men’s success, but of the women’s as well, with his 2014 team earning the CSA’s Most Improved Team Award. The winner of his sixth Liberty League Coach of the Year honor in a 10-year career, Abplanalp – who comes from a lacrosse background – has built a national contender with his men’s team and has the women’s program positioned for a continued rise in the rankings.

“Some teams have jumped up quickly,” Abplanalp says. “We’ve been doing it

a little more slowly, but we are rapidly approaching the ability to compete for a national team championship. Last year was kind of a wakeup call, because the level of play is so much better when you are playing the top five or six teams in the country. We gained the big-match experience that we needed to be in contention for a title.”

An outstanding facility and recruitment of top-flight international students have been part of the Saints’ rise to promi-nence. “Robie Squash Courts is a huge attraction for potential collegiate players, and it has helped us bring in some very talented people,” says Abplanalp.

Two of those talented players are Amr Khalifa ’16 and Moustafa Bayoumy ’17, both from Cairo, Egypt. Khalifa won the CSA Individual National Championship in his freshman season and made it to the finals again as a sophomore, while Bayoumy went undefeated through the dual-match season and did not lose until the semifinals of the CSA Individuals.

Abplanalp contends there might be previews of next year’s CSA Pool Trophy home matches during the upcoming sea-son. “Certainly the potential is there for an All-SLU final,” he says. “When you have a first-year and a sophomore as two of the top four players in the game, you have to like your chances.”

India, Pakistan and Canada were also home countries of 2013-14 players, in addition to the U.S. “We have three juniors from Canada who really contrib-uted to the jump in status of the men’s program,” says Abplanalp. “They are winning the matches in the middle of

the lineup.” The squad graduated just one senior, Vir Seth of India, in May.

As to the women’s program, “We had three first-year players in our top four

(in 2013-14), and some very solid re-cruits are interested in the program,” Abplanalp said in March. “If we get them all to come, it will be a huge jump in the level of the women’s team.” The 2013-14 team was the ranked eighth

All-American Divya Biswal ’15, women’s track and field individual national champion in triple jump.

Amy Cymerman ’14, women’s track and field, third in steeplechase at NCAA meet, All-American.

Gavin Bayreuther ’17, ECAC men’s hockey co-rookie of the year.

Riding, fifth nationally (fourth straight top-five finish); Emily D’Alessandro ’15, second in Cacchione Cup competition for high point riders, best finish in program history.

Men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams, Liberty League and NYSCTC Champions.

Men’s rowing varsity 8+, Houlihan Cup winners.

Women’s basketball, Liberty League regular-season title; Caroline Dalton ’17, ECAC Upstate Rookie of the Year and Kara McDuffee ’15, First-Team All-Conference.

Allison Visconti ’15 and Graham Scott ’15, Alpine skiing, represented St. Lawrence in 2014 NCAA Championships.

Kyle Edwards ’17, Liberty League men’s basketball rookie of the year; Kyle Kobis ’17, All-Rookie team.

Claire O’Neil ’16, individual title at 2014 Liberty League Women’s Golf Championships.

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“Match experience gained from playing the top-ranked teams is helping us become more competitive in all of our dual matches,” Abplanalp adds of the women’s program. “Both programs are in a very good place and can keep moving upward.”

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SPORTS SPORTS

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The World of Hockey

SLU Alumni Coach Clarkson Women to National ChampionshipMatt Desrosiers ’01 and Shannon Smith Desrosiers ’03, co-head coaches of the Clarkson women’s hockey team, led their team to the NCAA Division I National Championship in March. They are pictured with their daugh-ter, Brynlee, 2. Each had played in a Frozen Four for St. Lawrence, Matt in 2000 and Shannon in 2001, in the first-ever Women’s Frozen Four.

Matt credited his now-retired college coach, Joe Marsh, for influencing his coaching approach. “He always put the team first,” he told a post-game press conference.

Later, Shannon Desrosiers announced she was stepping down from her coach-ing role, with the couple’s second child due in June. They had been co-coaches for six seasons, compiling a 134-68-27 overall record, and were the first to coach a Division I women’s hockey program as husband and wife.

Careys Carry OnBoth Greg Carey ’14, right, and his brother Matt ’16 left St. Lawrence at the end of the men’s hockey season, Matt to join the Chicago Blackhawks organization and Greg after signing with the AHL’s Portland Pirates, a Phoenix Coyotes affiliate. The two tied as St. Lawrence’s leading goal-scorers in 2013-14, with 18 goals each. Matt ranked third in the na-tion among first-year players in goals and points.

Meanwhile, Greg garnered Hobey Bak-er Award finalist honors for the second consecutive season, becoming the first St. Lawrence player to be selected twice

as a top 10 finalist. With 185 career points, he tied Brian McFarlane ’55 at the top of St. Lawrence’s men’s all-time scoring list. He was named to ECAC Hockey’s all-conference first team and to the first team of the Senior CLASS Award, given to the most outstand-ing senior student-athletes in NCAA Division I hockey. St. Lawrence’s first two-time All-American since 1998 and the program’s seventh overall, he was also honored as ECAC co-Player of the Year, was named a College Hockey News All-Star and finished as back-to-back ECAC league and overall scoring champion. He was the nation’s third-leading scorer in 2013-14.

Mike Keenan ’72, pointing, has become the first North Ameri-can coach to win both a Stanley

Cup and Gagarin Cup. The latter is the symbol of supremacy in the KHL, Russia’s equivalent to the NHL, where Keenan was head coach of Met-allurg Magnitogorsk in 2013-14. Their championship comes exactly 20 years after Keenan won the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers.

Another Cup for Keenan

What Season is This?Lacrosse is nominally a spring sport, but at

St. Lawrence in 2014, spring didn’t arrive

until about the same time final exams

did, so “lax” and other spring teams had

to contend with a variety of left-over

meteorological conditions. Here, Andrew

Jarrett ’17 of Weston, Mass., carries the

ball in a snowy home game vs. Vassar.


University Launches Laurentian Leadershıp Society

top: enjoying the Laurentian Leadership society gathering were, from left, virginia ranger p’17; John and Leslie veith reed, both ’85, p’16; and Lisa tarbox Luke ’82, p’12.

Bottom: honorary Laurentian Leadership society co-chair Julian B. “Jay” twombly ’69, p’97, left, enjoys a laugh with robert montgomery ’14, center, and nick chretien ’15. montgomery, who spoke at the society’s inaugural dinner, was president of the thelomathesian society in 2012; chretien was one of several students in attendance who were enrolled in st. Lawrence’s new york city semester.

phiLanthropy in action

“It was a delightful evening of good company, good spirit, and a program focused on talented students.” That’s how Lynn ’68 and Terry Burns Birdsong ’69 summed up the inaugural dinner of the Laurentian Leadership Society on Tuesday, April 8.

Chair of the Board Jeffery H. Boyd ’78 and President William L. Fox ’75 welcomed 66 members in person to the new Society at the dinner, at the Lotos Club in New York City. “We take this moment to recognize your dedication to St. Lawrence Uni-versity, and we celebrate all of the ways that your contributions have advanced the St. Lawrence Promise,” said President Fox in summarizing the purpose of the event and of the Laurentian Leadership Society, which includes 376 loyal Laurentians.

Some exemplary students contributed their perspective on to-day’s St. Lawrence and offered their appreciation for their alma mater. Tonisha Kerr ’15 articulated how studying in China and participating in the New York City Semester have influenced her academic interest in global economics as well as her career

plans, including continuing her alumni-connected internship at a financial firm this summer. Robert Montgomery ’14, following Tonisha, delivered a line with comedic timing when he compared the Lotos Club – one of the oldest literary clubs in the United States, residing in a building constructed at the turn of the 20th century for a granddaughter of William Vanderbilt – to Dana Dining Center.

uperficially comedic, perhaps, but his comparison resonates deeply. Dedicated Laurentians shared a delicious meal together in a social and intellectual setting –just like Dana, where perhaps the highest concentration of Laurentian bonding happens as stu-dents talk about their classes, practices, rehearsals and weekend plans. Any casual observer can see the same phenomenon unfold, whether it’s a group of alumni with “St. Lawrence” emblazoned

By shayla snyder witherell ’11 photos by alex smith ’12

on their sweatshirts and water bottles as they sit around a camp-fire roasting hotdogs after hiking an Adirondack High Peak, or across the world in Senegal as students extend their hands into a communal bowl of fish and rice. The Laurentian Leadership So-ciety is founded on and acknowledges this breadth of camarade-rie whose magnitude without the support of our most generous friends, parents and alumni would not be the same. The presence of the St. Lawrence students made that impression clear.

New organization honors St. Lawrence’s most generous donors.

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–President William L. Fox ’75

We recognize your dedication to St. Lawrence University, and

we celebrate all of the ways your contributions have advanced

the St. Lawrence Promise.

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top: president william L. fox ’75, left, visits with Lynn Birdsong ’68.

Bottom: chair of the Board of trustees Jeff Boyd ’78, second from left, chats with fangjing chen ’15, left, who provided a musical back-ground at the gathering; tonisha Kerr ’15, who spoke at the dinner; and university trustee zhihong “hook” huang ’02. Both students were participants in st. Lawrence’s new york city semester.

us to make the St. Lawrence experience possible for

every student. Thank you to those who volunteer their

time to host Laurentian events or raise critical dollars

and participation numbers for the St. Lawrence Fund. http://alumni.stlawu.edu/annual-giving

resident Fox introduced the most senior and renowned member of the Laurentian Leadership Society, Kirk Douglas ’39, who although he couldn’t be there in person had prerecorded a special video message. He

recalled his journey to St. Lawrence, arriving on campus with only $140 and smelling like fertilizer. Fortunately, he related, he made a good impression on Dean Hulett, who said upon admitting him to St. Lawrence, “I am going to take a chance on you.” St. Lawrence was the turning point in his life, a fact that inspired him to make a commitment to help others, Douglas explained, by establishing the Kirk Douglas Scholarship, which he is increasing so that even more students may benefit. “A good idea – try it,” he concluded with a knowing smile.

Philanthropy matters at St. Lawrence. Investing in education and in young people and their futures, taking a chance on them and welcoming them into the St. Lawrence commu-nity, is one of the most comprehensive investments one can make in benefiting our larger community. The Laurentian Leadership Society is a way to acknowledge those who have recognized the immeasurable significance of philanthropy and have given at least $100,000 throughout their lifetime to the University – a transformative amount of abiding support of the Scarlet and the Brown.

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Eligibility:

Supporters of St. Lawrence are recognized as members of the Laurentian Leadership Society when their total outright

lifetime giving to the University reaches $100,000.Member benefits include:

Exclusive communications from President William L. Fox ’75.Invitations to special Laurentian Leadership Society events.

Additional recognition in St. Lawrence’s annual Report of Appreciation, other University publications

and the St. Lawrence website.

HoNorAry Co-CHAirs

ABoUT THE LAURENTIAN LEADERSHIP SoCIETY

For more information about the Laurentian Leadership Society, please email [email protected] or call 315-229-5730.

Julian B. “Jay” ’69 and Linda Twombly P’97Christine L. “Chris” Koski ’79

Carolyn D. Putney ’88Christopher P. Yoshida ’00

Susanne C. and R. John Wean III P’06

THANK YOU.

The generosity of our alumni, parents, faculty, students and friends allows



very semester, I challenge my student interns, “Name me one thing you will do in the rest of your lives that doesn’t involve communication in one form or another.”

They’re stumped.

Indeed, communication is the one skill most common to every-thing, and everyone. So it’s fitting that it receive special atten-tion at a liberal arts university such as St. Lawrence, in the form of a dedicated program and a professorship, both established by the Maurer Family Foundation.

Maurer Professor of Speech and Rhetoric Kirk Fuoss endorses the importance of com-munication agility. “Enhancing students’ ability to communicate effectively is one of St. Lawrence’s most fundamental objectives,” says Fuoss, who teaches in the Department of Performance and Communication Arts (PCA). “I am struck time and again by how committed my faculty colleagues across the

campus are to achieving this objective. I have also been struck by how committed alumni are to this goal, none more so than Gil Maurer ’50, whose very generous gift made possible the work of the University’s Rhetoric and Communication Program.

“Previously, faculty with expertise in oral and written commu-nication assisted faculty in other departments with the teaching of these fundamental skills,” Fuoss explains. “However, because those faculty members had full-time teaching loads, the extent to which we were able to engage in this work was necessarily limited. The creation of the Maurer professorship in speech and rhetoric was instrumental in alleviating this stumbling block.”

By way of alleviation, Fuoss leads faculty development ses-sions and offers oral communication instruction to students in settings such as First-Year Program colleges. Last spring he piloted a project aimed at “assessing first-year students’ oral communication skills, a project that next year will be expanded to include all first-year students,” he says.

‘Five percent better on their feet’

gil maurer ’50, left, and ann maurer with president william L. fox ’75 in may 2013.

Alex Smith ’12

Maurer Family Foundation advances oral communication development at St. Lawrence with program and professorship.By neal Burdick ’72

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A student today should not graduate without a skill in oral

presentation at least equal to the writing skills colleges have

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hose skills are supremely important to Maurer, retired executive vice president/chief operating officer at the Hearst Corporation, where he remains as a consul-

tant and director. “We live in an oral as well as a visual age,” he says. “Having thought about it for a long time, I arrived at this proposition: ‘Mr. College President, think of your most direct competitor for the students you most desire. Concede that your institutions are alike in every way, except one. If your graduates, no matter their major, no matter their life pursuit, were only 5 percent better on their feet, do you have any doubt that in a generation they would disproportionately occupy the corridors of power?’

“We are not describing a speech program here,” Maurer contin-ues. “Every college has a speech department. We are describing a sea change in the college curriculum; implicit is the idea that a student today should not graduate without a skill in oral presentation at least equal to the writing skills colleges have so long demanded. A chemistry or math major should be equally as articulate as an English, history or government major.”

And thus did St. Lawrence’s Rhetoric and Communication Program and Maurer professorship in speech and rhetoric come to be. “St. Lawrence is in the lead in this 21st -century (com-munication) world,” Maurer says. “I hope that in some small way our success with this program will inspire other thought-ful St. Lawrence alumni to support the faculty in cooperative endeavors that will advance the understanding of the academy and the superior education St. Lawrence offers.”

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John Meagher Endowment Fund Continues to ClimbTo ensure that students with documented disabilities and accessibility needs continue to meet their fullest potential, St. Lawrence University seeks to raise $1,000,000 to estab-lish the John Meagher Endowment Fund to support its Office of Disability and Accessibility Services. Several alumni, parents and friends have made generous commit-ments to this important effort, and the fund total is currently at about $300,000. For more information: Chad Tessier, [email protected] or 315-229-5519.

Endowment Funds Sought for Beta Temple Restoration Having secured over $425,000 in commitments, the University plans to commence construction this fall on the Beta Theta Pi Temple. Some $100,000 of the $500,000 goal will establish an endowment that will provide for future maintenance and enhancements of the temple. Donors committing $5,000 or more will be recognized as members of the “Wooglin” Group, while all other donors will be recognized on a list titled, “Once a Beta, Always a Beta.” For more information: Tom Pynchon, [email protected] or 315-229-5519, or Allen Splete ’60, [email protected].

Sustainability Semester Program EndowmentThe Sustainability Semester (www.stlawu.edu/sustain-ability-semester) embodies St. Lawrence’s commitment to reflective thinking and experiential learning. Foundation grants and generous alumni funded the first two years of the program. To ensure the continuing excellence of this important endeavor, St. Lawrence seeks to raise $2 million to endow it. For more information: Sue Regier, [email protected] or 315-229-5915.

KDS Alumnae Fund GrowingSince its inception about two years ago, the KDS Alumnae Fund has received over $60,000 in gifts and an additional $14,000 in multi-year pledges. Almost 25 percent of the goal of $250,000 by the house’s 50th anniversary in 2019 has been reached. KDS sisters have fully met the dollar-for-dollar $25,000 challenge match made by Chris Koski ’79 and Hilary Valentine ’89 at the fund’s inception, allowing, among other projects, expansion of and renovations to the upstairs bathroom and window coverings throughout the house. For more information: Kim Hissong, [email protected] or 315-229-5837.

Over two days in April, some 1,856 alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends came together in hopes of accomplishing a goal St. Lawrence has never reached before.

Between noon on April 23 and noon on April 24, 1,637 donors made gifts in our first-ever Spring SLU Forward 24-Hour Challenge, setting a new school record for the number of gifts received in a 24-hour time period (by 690 donors!). In the following hours another 219 Laurentians helped close the gap so we could ultimately reach our goal.

Thank you to our current and former Alumni Council members for committing $200,000 to the challenge and inspiring so many Laurentians to Spring SLU Forward!

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Defining LaurentianWhat exactly is a Laurentian?

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An incoming member of St. Lawrence’s Class of 2018 asked this question in late April while chatting with current students. Surprisingly, describing “Laurentian” to someone not familiar with St. Lawrence can prove difficult. It’s the feeling and emotion that come with hearing the word. Certain traits make us who we are, but alone they don’t do “Laurentian” justice. So for five days beginning in late March, we turned to you to tell the world what it means to be a member of this commu-nity that makes us so proud.

The first-ever Laurentian for Life Week, March 30 through April 3, was a way for all Laurentians, near and far, to come together. The phrase ”Laurentian for Life” has been around for some time, but this was the first time St. Lawrence planned a week filled with events, both on and off campus, to celebrate the lifelong connec-tions that Laurentians have with each other and with their alma mater.

The idea for the week surfaced on campus a few years ago. Throughout the last year, the Philanthropy Task Force (a group of 40 faculty, staff and students) and the Alumni Executive Council developed events surrounding the five pillars we believe Laurentians embody: serving, learning, connecting, giving and celebrating. These traits alone don’t make us unique from other colleges; it’s how we inter-weave them into every part of our lives that sets us apart.

Through countless Facebook posts, 416 tweets, and 356 Instagram photos and videos across those five days, Laurentians around the world told the St. Lawrence

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story by sharing their own experiences in their own words. Through these anec-dotes, they defined “Laurentian” far bet-ter than has ever been done before.

Laurentians ServeAn unpredicted foot of new snow greeted campus the morning of Sunday, March 30, the first day of Laurentian for Life Week: Laurentians Serve. It was almost poetic that the event was kicked off with the kind of weather that is also such a de-fining part of the St. Lawrence experience.

But just like any winter weather, it didn’t stop students from getting out and helping people and organizations gear up for the anticipated arrival of spring. More than 80 students took part in com-munity service activities that day, includ-ing the students who spent the afternoon prepping the food for Campus Kitchens, a group that hosts a free dinner for locals every Monday.

On social media, students and alumni shared how they serve their communities as well as St. Lawrence.

RYAN ORVIS @rhino2033

this fall i got to help organize and run a polar plunge event with the First-year council! we raised money for the st. Lawrence renewal house. sLu loves to serve the community and this is one way i got make a difference. #stlawrenceu #L4Lweek

ELIZABETH CANNE @egcanne

trying to make the most of the snow! great way to come back from our day of service! #L4Lweek

MICHELLE NG@ng3

#sLu helped me discover my-self by pushing me to step out of my comfort zone. i climbed a mountain, i walked my way onto a college hockey team and i discovered my desire to teach... #L4Lweek #foreverasaint

K2@PKscolonel

#L4Lweek track and field alum. still rock the scarlet and brown during workouts! @stLawrenceu

COLLEN RYAN@cbrcolleen

@stlawrenceu i'm thankful for sLu because sLu had offered

me so many incredible op-portunities, both on campus

and off. including making this my morning commute this

semester. #L4Lweek

Madeline Poole, via Twitter @in_a_madzworld Happy 158th birthday, @StLawrenceU! Love showing my Laurentian pride! #L4LWeek

Laurentians LearnThrough its liberal arts mission, St. Law-rence has taught Laurentians the impor-tance of lifelong learning and that success depends upon being open-minded to new ideas and concepts. On campus, some fac-ulty members opened their classrooms to local alumni for the day, and the Brush Art Gallery offered guided tours. Maggie Sul-livan ’15 hosted a screening of her “Hu-mans of SLU” fellowship project, which focused on interviewing numerous mem-bers of the Laurentian community about their lives and lessons learned. More than 75 alumni took part in Professor of Gov-ernment Fred Exoo’s online lecture, “The Root of All Evil: How Private Money is Wrecking American Politics.”

On social media, Laurentians were encouraged to share what St. Lawrence helped them discover and give the name of a mentor whose insights still inspire them today.

Laurentians Give“Laurentian gifts are the difference be-tween a good education and the best education,” read the coffee sleeves that were given out at the free coffee station during Laurentians Give, a day focused on thanking donors and educating Lau-rentians about the importance of giving to the University.

Did you know that tuition dollars don’t cover the full cost to educate a St. Law-

Laura Burgess, via Twitter @LPBurgessEWS It's #L4LWeek and today is #learning. I loved my liberal arts experience so much I went and got an M.A. in it, too! @StLawrenceU @dartmouth

Mary Barthelme, via Twitter @Mary Barthelme So happy that I can participate in the @StLawrenceU webinar tonight with Dr. Exoo! It's like I'm back in Hepburn all over again #L4LWeek

Kristen Linder, via Twitter @KristenRLinder I joined SAAC because I wanted to be a voice for athletes around campus. You can MAKE A DIFFERENCE in many ways! #L4LWeek

John Pezdek, via Twitter @Pezzer18 Two of my @StLawrenceU mentors are Joe Marsh & Patti Lock. Forever grate-ful for the life lessons they've instilled in me. #L4LWeek #Reiff

Laurentians ConnectThere’s a popular phrase when it comes to the importance of networking and relationships: “Your network is your net worth.” Because Laurentians are so will-ing to help each other out with jobs and internships, as well as expertise and ad-vice, our network is one of the wealthiest out there.

On Laurentians Connect day, students on campus had professional photos tak-en and were shown how to join St. Law-rence’s private LinkedIn group. Then they met up with young alumni in the North Country for a networking event, where guest speaker Erin Coakley Lassi-al ’07, M’13 talked with attendees about how important every single Laurentian connection is. “Most schools encourage students and alumni to ‘get connected,’ but we are lucky to say that we don’t have to try that hard,” she said.

Many students put themselves out there on social media, sharing their interests, goals and dreams with other Lauren-tians as we encouraged each community member to “introduce your selfie.”

Adam Casler, via Twitter @adam casler

@SLUCareers The SLU network helped me land my first job post grad. school. Boss's boss is a '93 alum! Always great connections. #L4LWeek

TAYLOR CAPUANO@herewegosaints

Last semester, i got to intern at the most circulated women's magazine in the world @cosmopolitan thanks to sue Katzen, the associate publisher who also happens to be a Larry. this was me at the cover party where i had to tell waka Flocka Flame that he couldn't come into the viP section #L4lweek #laurentiansconnect #stlawrenceu

rence student? The remaining costs are funded thanks to generous donors. And this isn’t just St. Lawrence’s reality – the tuition gap exists at most colleges and universities. This is just one of the many reasons donor support is so critical to St. Lawrence.

In addition to the morning’s coffee sta-tion, the Student-Alumni Association and the Annual Giving and Laurentian Engagement staff posted ‘price tags’ around campus to show students how everything is made possible through Laurentian support, and then hosted their bi-annual “Thank SLU” event, where students wrote thank-you notes to donors. That evening, our Calling All Saints students called alumni just to thank them and talk about St. Lawrence. On social media, Laurentians were en-couraged to post why they are thankful for St. Lawrence and the community.


STAY TUNED information about next year’s Laurentian for Life week (and ways you can take part, no matter where you are) will be coming soon.

Laurentians CelebrateHappy 158th Birthday! Charter Day, April 3, is the perfect reason to gather with Lau-rentians. On campus, the Owen D. Young Library featured an archives exhibit, stu-dents “signed” a birthday banner in the Student Center, and more than 150 people took part in the L4L 4K Run/Walk. We sang St. Lawrence songs and capped the week off with Trivia Night at Pub 56.

Across the country, a dozen Charter Day events were hosted by alumni and more than 250 Laurentians attended. Over on social media, birthday wishes poured in!

KELLY APPENZELLER@kayapps

i'm thankful for the amazing alumni network that #stlawrenceu has put me in touch with. without them, i never would have had the chance to do or pursue so many amazing opportunities...like getting a private tour of the capitol! #l4lweek

MARISA TARO@marisa_taro

everyone is talking about how many generations their family has been going to sLu in honor of #L4Lweek and @stlawrenceu's 158th birth-day. so i'm going to say how excited i am to start my own family tradition at sLu as the first generation in my family to go to college!

AMANDA BROOKS@amanda13brooks

i'm thankful for st. Lawrence because of the passion for learning it has given me. through several great classes and with the inspiration from amazing professors, i have found a new love for writing, and i can't wait to discover many more english courses in the future! #thanksLu #L4Lweek

Nate Mastro, @natemastro via Twitter Happy 158th Birthday @StLawrenceU!! May you continue to educate and inspire for at least 158 more! #L4LWeek #HereWeGoSaints

Eacoronado@eacoronado

st. Lawrence is the gift that keeps giving! so grateful for my amazing college adviser who sent me a geology guide to my new home. #L4Lweek

ELLE RATHBUN@ellmno

some people go to college, and some go to sLu.

#happycharterday #classof2012 #L4Lweek


By Ryan Deuel

W hile students face an increasingly interconnected world, academic disciplines

often remain separated and somewhat isolated. With the help of a generous grant, St. Lawrence University is attempting to bridge those disciplinary divides and support interdisciplinary collaboration and learning.

In April 2012, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded St. Lawrence a grant for $700,000 to support a five-year project it called “Crossing Boundaries: Re-envisioning the Humanities for the 21st Century.” Since then, 14 projects have been funded and resources distributed to more than 30 faculty and administrators on topics that range from documenting street art to teaching in prisons to creating a First-Year Program course that will be co-taught between Canton and London using teleconferencing technology.

As the title suggests, Crossing Boundaries projects are focused on two main goals: reasserting the humanities’ centrality to the liberal arts curriculum, and bridging the divide that often exists between academic disciplines.

“Our goal is to connect courses and to create something together by breaking down silos,” says Richard Jenseth, associate professor of film studies in the Department of Film and Representation Studies, who spearheaded St. Lawrence’s Crossing Boundaries application. “It’s not only about the students and the faculty, but rather about collaborating on separate courses and making connections between them.”

One way to break down those silos is through the use of technology to create new learning environments both inside and outside the traditional classroom.

“Digital tools have completely reshaped the way people learn,” says Matthew Lavin ’02, associate program coordinator for Crossing Boundaries. “Innovation is a crucial aspect of our grant. In order for institutions like ours to continue to thrive in the 21st century, we need to cultivate an atmosphere where trying new things in the classroom is not just encouraged but also recognized as a core principle of liberal arts education.”

One mellon crossing Boundaries grant went to several faculty members for their project “Paths to Buddha: studying ‘Buddhism’ from an interdisciplinary Perspective.” Professor of religious studies mark macwilliams says, “Here, students have installed a five-storied esoteric Buddhist pagoda. the statue was endowed with the presence of the Buddha by performing an ‘eye opening ceremony’ at the north country Japanese garden on campus. students studied the different types of religious material culture associated with Buddhist pilgrimage, such as spiritual amulets, temple stamp books, and statuary.”

Collaborative project re-envisions the future of the humanities

‘Breaking Down Silos’

Funded Crossing Boundaries Projects

or the first two years of awards, funded proposals focused on working groups examining the basic premise

of the grant and developing faculty collaborations, Lavin says. In the most recent call for proposals, particular attention was paid to projects that work with institutional resources in innovative ways.

“This could mean students in a course engaging with ODY Special Collections manuscripts to construct a digital project that tells an important story,” he says. “Or, it could mean two teachers who are conducting fundamentally separate courses coming together for a two-week experiential learning project. More and more, we see our work shifting from the theoretical to the concrete. It’s very exciting.”

While Jenseth will not say outright that there is a crisis in the humanities, he does acknowledge that there is a great deal of anxiety about the cost of higher education and how a degree in the humanities prepares students for careers.

“We need to ask ourselves ‘where will the humanities be in 10 years?’” he says. “This is a time for the humanities to get outside of themselves and connect with other programs. This (grant) is a big deal, and we need people to see the scope of this project and what it means for the humanities and St. Lawrence.”

Ryan Deuel is St. Lawrence’s media relations director. University Communications intern Stephanie Eldon ’14 contributed to this article.

the funded project “weaving the streets and People’s archive” offered students, faculty, alumni and others the opportunity to be part of a dynamic, global, investigative blog, the weave (weavenews.org), and a digital archive, Street Art Graphics (stlawu.edu/gallery), to document the creative ways in which ordinary people make use of public space to express themselves. carolyn Dellinger ’16 contributed this: “the artist known as rOa leaves his mark around London (england) with his portrayal of large-scale urban wildlife. i discovered this work in shoreditch, an area of the city well known for its vibrant street art and culture.”

“ Where will the humanities be in 10 years?”

–Richard Jenseth

“ Digital tools have completely reshaped the way people learn.”

–Matthew Lavin ’02

About the Mellon

Foundation

he Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has provided

St. Lawrence with numerous generous grants over the past three decades, all of which have enabled the University to think creatively about how to enhance the curriculum in new and innovative ways. Recent examples include support for environmental education; expansion of the arts curriculum; development of a new curriculum in rhetoric and communication; development of the ConnectNY consortium of academic libraries; and support for the establishment of the Center for Teaching and Learning.

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· Paths to the Buddha: Studying Buddhism from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

· Engaging Rwanda: Conservation, Development, and Reconciliation

· Social Justice and the Humanities

· Integrative Learning and Off-Campus Study

· Weaving the Streets & People’s Archive

· Francophone West Africa in Transnational Perspective

· Food, Culture, Ecology, and Society – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Food

· Hogwarts School Of Finance: Children’s Literature and Economic Concepts

· Adirondack Sutra: A Letterpress Book Arts Project

· Spanish (Modern Languages and Literatures) “Revista Digital Literature”

· Human Flourishing in Contemporary Society: The Pursuit Of Happiness

· The Public Sphere of Renaissance Venice

· Creating an Interactive Multimedia Collection for the Arabic Courses

· How Science Communicates: An Interdisciplinary Project

· A Feast of Essays: Comparing Scholarly and Popular Approaches to Gastronomical Literature

· Globalization and Creative Music- Making in Africa: Hip Life in Ghana

(For details, go to www.stlawu.edu/mellon-humanities-grant/currently-funded-projects)

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arlands made from plastic water bottles stretched across the Sullivan Student Center

atrium for one week in March. The 342 bottles represented the number of St. Lawrence-insignia bottles sold every day in the Northstar Café (aka “The Pub”). According to manager Killy Bobela, that works out to 660 one-liter bottles and 1,728 half-liter bottles a week.

Environmental Action Organization (EAO) Co-President Jeff Mogavero ’16 says the purpose of the garland was to “start making people think a little more” about their consumption of non-resuable resources. Jeff, a Conservation Biology major and resident of the Green House, pulls no punches when he says, “Drink-ing from a reusable water bottle is an

“It always starts with dinosaurs,” says Mindy Pitre, assistant professor of anthropology. “And then your thoughts move to humans.” It’s a process that she applies to her teaching.

After taking an ancient history course in high school, Pitre realized she was espe-cially interested in paleo-anthropology, or the study of ancient humans. This drove her to pursue a doctoral degree from the University of Alberta.

During her Ph.D. program, Pitre looked at skeletons from ancient northern Meso-potamia, circa 2200-1900 B.C. She says, “There is archeological evidence of some-thing happening, perhaps a dry spell, that caused the rain-fed agriculture to die out and the civilization to collapse.”

Pitre’s project observed skeletons before and after the collapse to see if there was a difference in bone health. However, she explains, “After a couple of years, once I cut into the bone, I realized it had been destroyed by a mi-crobial growth. [This] ended up being the first biofilm ever found in archeological human bone.” Pitre explains that a biofilm is a “complex micro-bial aggregate, all random ones [clustered together]. It’s almost like a melting pot of microbes.” She spent the remainder of her Ph.D. pro-gram finding the best curation scenario for saving bone over the long term.

Pitre has loved teaching since childhood, when she would dig up artifacts in her back yard and teach the neighbor-hood children about them. She remains animated and en-thusiastic when talking about anything anthropological.

In her class Dealing with the Dead, her students collect

Tombstones as Teaching Tools

Laurentian portrait Laurentian portrait

Jeff Mogavero ’16 and the Environmental Action Organization's Reuse campaign

Looking backward to look forward

easy thing students aren’t always do-ing. People still buy St. Lawrence water bottles out of ignorance or convenience, or because they think the water tastes different, or they don’t care. They’re not looking at their lives and seeing how they help, or hurt, the world.”

The garlands were part of EAO’s SLU Reuse campaign, aimed at eliminat-ing non-reusable bottles on campus. “A $1,000 grant from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute directed EAO’s focus to water issues,” Jeff explains. “The money subsidized red plastic SLU Reuse bottles so they could be sold for eight dollars.” Within a few days, the bottles were sold out and another order was placed.

The SLU Reuse campaign utilizes posters that quip “St. Lawrence has a drinking problem,” a pledge to reduce consump-tion, a film series on water issues, and bathroom fact sheets on water usage. EAO has significantly increased its visibil-ity on campus through the bottle instal-lation and by visiting student residences, employing social media and focusing on high-involvement projects. Their initia-

tives also include education on post-consumer composting around campus and giving out plants potted in reused water cups

at the North Country Folk Festival on campus in April, a Green House-spon-sored event. Jeff, of Havertown, Pa., hopes that EAO’s work will increase the practice of low-impact lifestyles, which he seeks to em-body. “If students can remember to reuse their water bottles, unplug power strips and turn off the lights—that’s a good takeaway,” he concludes. “I’m involved in environmentally-focused issues because it’s my duty to be a good steward. We have only one Earth, and we should think more about how our actions affect it.”

–Jeff Mogavero '16

We have only one Earth,

and we should think more about how our actions

affect it.

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A Different Kind of ‘Drinking Problem’

Nicole Eigbrett wrote this article as part of her internship in University Communications. Another intern, Stephanie Eldon ’14, assisted with the editing.

data from tombstones in a graveyard. The idea is to “understand a popula-tion” by walking through their graves, says Pitre. She plans to move the project beyond campus and collaborate with the St. Lawrence County Historical Associa-

By nicole eigbrett ’14

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tion to “digitize local cemeteries with historical information,” she says. The final product would be a “digital online cemetery,” Pitre adds with excitement. “You could click on each tombstone and get all the historical information, and people could use it for their genealogical research.”

Pitre regularly teaches Human Origins, Forensic Anthropology and Human Evolution. “I’m all about the experien-tial,” she concludes, emphasizing that she’s constantly bringing research into the classroom. “People don’t learn by just seeing; they learn by doing.”

Tori Bean wrote this article as part of her internship in University Communications. Another intern, Stephanie Eldon ’14, assisted with the editing.

By victoria Bean ’14

Pitre has loved teaching since

childhood, when she would dig up

artifacts in her back yard and teach the neighborhood

children about them.

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CLASS NOTES CLASS NOTES


1940nathan O. niles ’40222 Wardour DriveAnnapolis, MD 21401-1255410-263-2858 [email protected] reunion: 75th, may 28-31, 2015

your class reporter’s health is pretty good for a 96-year-old. i go to the cardiac rehab gym at the local hospital three days a week for an hour’s work out since my open heart surgery six years ago, edit the rotary club of annapolis’s weekly news-letter, and help out with our annual crab Feast the first Friday in august. Over 2,500 people attend. it’s lots of fun and work.

i hope you all have a good life and enjoy it! Please bring me up to date on your activities.

1941ray Lewis '41609 N. Ohio Ave.Roswell, NM 88201-2129575-208-9542next reunion: 75th, 2016

Dear classmates, i hope you are taking care of yourselves and following your doctor’s orders. in January, i received the bad news that my frater-nity brother and best friend in college, Gustave “Gus” Wetterhahn, had passed away, and just 11 days after he lost his beloved Betty. For more on gus, see “in memory.”

Harriet Metz Armbruster wrote, “as Barney Brown ’40 said in previous issues, ‘the best news that i can offer’ is that ed at 92 and i at 94 are still alive in our own home in tavernier, Fla., just south of Key Largo. we just gave away our last of many boats, to a grandson in the coast guard.” they have three children, eight grand-children and 11 great-grandchildren. “we are truly blessed how they keep in touch with each other and with us by visiting when they can and calling or emailing a great deal,” she said. they still help with sunday programs at church, “and i still sign church checks,” Harriet said. “Please stop to visit if you visit the Florida Keys.”

1942Class reporter Bill Buschmann died on December 11, 2013. For information about becoming a re-porter for this class, please contact Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim His-song, 315-229-5837 or [email protected] reunion: 75th, 2017

1943richard c. austin ’433119 Wake Robin DriveShelburne, VT [email protected] reunion: 75th, 2018

1944richard spoonerPeconic Landing 77 Mallard LaneGreenport, NY 11944-3106631-477-8299next reunion: 75th, 2019

Warner Wicke, age 93, and his wife head south from Louisville, Ky., to Florida every February. “wick,” like all great athletes, reports for spring training.

1945Helen aitchison ellison ’451405 Greenbriar LaneWest Grove, PA [email protected] reunion: 70th, may 28-31, 2015

sad news: Bob Parker ’47 died on march 16, 2014. He was originally a member of the class of 1945. i called to talk with Bob about the annual Fund, and Jean answered and said he had died two days earlier. i sympathized with her and told her to go one day at a time because it will be a difficult time. Our condolences to the family. For more on Bob, see “in memory.”

i received word from the alumni Office that Marilyn Lynn Carter Metsger died in Janu-ary. Lynn was a tri-Delt and a loyal supporter of st. Lawrence. there is more on her in “in memory” as well, and we extend our sympathy to her family.

the navy computer Loop (ncL) is alive and well, with messages from Paul Durkin, walt Hluch ’47, Bell Herndon ’47, John nill ’47 and Buzz smith ’46, and news from art Hilkert ’47. it's great that these men keep up their friendship after all these years.

Paul Durkin wrote me about his recent trip he took to miami. He had a great visit with Bob rust ’50n, part of an “all sLu roomie group” of roger cremo ’48, cliff groh ’48, Don cuddy (a navy v-12 trainee in 1944-45), rust and himself. “we all went to law school except cuddy,” Paul said. Paul was given a football scholarship to the university of miami upon high school graduation, but joined the navy instead. “while at sLu, it wasn’t difficult to talk to the others in view of the cold canton winters to join me in miami after naval service,” he said.

Paul noted that Bob rust became the u.s. attor-ney for the miami region and successfully pros-ecuted richard Pavlick, who had attempted to as-sassinate President-elect Kennedy in 1960, “even though there was at the time no federal crime for attempting to kill or killing a u.s. President.”

Have a nice summer and do let me hear from you. my email still works! Here's to the scarlet and the Brown!

1946ann miller Hilchie ’467720 Indian Oaks DriveApt. I-309Vero Beach, FL 32966772-562-2149 [email protected] next reunion: 70th, 2016

if you miss our class news, i do too. Please drop me a line for our next issue. there are three ways to contact me and i will be happy to share the news with our classmates. i am fine, just anxious to hear from you.

1947guilford “chip” Forbes ’4723910 Trailwood CourtBingham Farms, MI [email protected] reunion: 70th, 2017

1948For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected]. next reunion: 70th, 2018

1949For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected]. next reunion: 70th, 2019

Mary Whalen wrote to the university, “after teaching for many years, i now have a bed-and-breakfast in my home at 38 Park street, canton, only half a mile from the sLu bookstore! i have met many wonderful st. Lawrence parents and students doing this. i have ridden horses in the rockies, snorkeled in gigi, traveled three weeks to china with the st. Lawrence Program, been to the world equestrian games in sweden and gone on to russia.” she rented her home for many years in the summer to tony scalise ’43. “so sorry this class does not have a class reporter!” she concluded.

1950For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected]. next reunion: 65th, may 28-31, 2015

For information about becoming a reporter for any class prior to 1940, please contact Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected].

1951Janet tag O’Loughlin ’51510 Lake Dornoch DrivePinehurst, NC [email protected] reunion: 65th, 2016

i am pleased to share major portions of a letter that i received a few weeks ago from the 2013-14 recipient of the class of 1951 scholarship, Joseph Parise ’16, of Pine Bush, n.y.:

“i am grateful to be the recipient of class of 1951 scholarship and [ to be] a sophomore here at st. Lawrence. i love it here (even though the winters get tough). i considered many schools, but the moment i stepped on this campus, i knew this was the place i wanted to be. i couldn’t be happier with my decision. the sense of community here is something that i did not feel at the other schools i visited. the friends i’ve made and the knowledge i have gained will follow me throughout my life and for that, i am grateful.

“without the assistance of the class of 1951 scholarship i would not be at st. Lawrence. this generous scholarship has provided me an oppor-tunity to achieve my full potential.

“Playing football for st. Lawrence has been a thrilling experience. it has always been a goal of mine to play football at the collegiate level, [and st. Lawrence] gave me an opportunity that most other universities would not.

“the bonds i have made with professors keep me rigorously exercising academics, not just athletics. recently, i decided to be a psychology major. the field is so interesting and st. Lawrence has such a strong team of professors.

“whether it is on the field or in the classroom, suc-cess at st. Lawrence is not hard to come by. i feel lucky to be a part of the st. Lawrence community. Hopefully, one day, with the skills and knowledge gained at this wonderful institution, i will be in the position to benefit another lucky Laurentian, as you so generously have done for me.”

1952Barbara robertson mitchell ’529 Pepperidge RoadMorristown, NJ [email protected] reunion: 65th, 2017

i had a wonderful letter from Bea Hegarty Mayes with such fantastic descriptions of her trips that i thought i was there also. she has moved to Park city, utah, and has been skiing and getting set-tled in her new condo.

mark attarian ’80, Ed and Mary Lou Attarian's son, emailed that ed passed away on march 21, 2014. For more on ed, see “in memory.” ed was a wonderful doctor who was loved by all his pa-tients and his fellow classmates. He graduated from albany medical school in 1955 and was on active duty in the u.s. army medical corps in ger-many 1957-1959. He practiced in albany, vero Beach, Fla., and Ft. Lauderdale. Don Laidlaw, an alpha tau Omega brother, told me ed and he were very good friends and ed was a committed

man who lived and demonstrated the finest qual-ities in a man. Our deepest sympathy is extended to mary Lou and their family.

matt clarke ’50 called to tell me that his wife, Ja-nis Wilson Clarke, had died on march 24. she was 84. For more on Janis, see “in memory.”

i wish you all a lovely summer!

1953Lois shaver wells ’53 PO Box 22Ogdensburg, NY [email protected] next reunion: 65th, 2018

Paul Myers and his wife, welthy, toured tanza-nia for two weeks in march. subsequently, they spent a month in Florida before heading back home to Peru, vt. Prior to the trip to tanzania, Paul completed a collection of landscape paint-ings of zion national Park, a favorite place of his. since Paul was a geology major, it is no wonder that the magnificent rock formations of zion, along with the beautiful autumn foliage that he told me about, attract him. Paul invites any of the class to his energy-efficient home and provided his phone number: 802-824-6626.

all of the family of Rosalie Epstein Moriah, with the exception of two grandsons who were on extended journeys, gathered for the wedding in February of rosalie's granddaughter atara. atara married a young man who had just gradu-ated from an officers' course in the israel Defense Forces.

William Wilkinson and shirley continue to live in california's beautiful napa county, where there are almost 500 wineries in existence. it's only an hour from san Francisco.

thank you to those who have sent news for re-cent issues. classmates would enjoy hearing from many others.

1954Frank shields ’5416 Seward StreetGlens Falls, NY 12804518-745-1775 [email protected] reunion: 65th, 2019

i thought i might have to leave the '54 space blank. then i placed a phone call to Francis "Bud" Kelly in simsbury, conn., to respond to his offer to communicate with his fraternity brothers about the upcoming 60th reunion.

sadly, my call only found the Kelly homestead suffering double tragedy. Bud's wife, eunice, had succumbed to cancer in February and Bud had subsequently been diagnosed with cancer. He was optimistic about the therapy he was about to undergo.

eunice had attended our 50th reunion in 2004, and had come away impressed by the whole weekend. she used her column in the simsbury weekly newspaper to express her gratitude for the experience. eunice praised the university for the very personal way everyone treated the

visitors as well as the alumni. that column was reprinted in this magazine, and received a lot of favorable reaction from our alumni.

we will miss eunice and we send our best wishes to Bud for a complete recovery.

1955connie Doughty Knies ’5543 Westgate Blvd.Plandome, NY 11030-1452 [email protected] next reunion: 60th, may 28- 31, 2015 (cluster with '56)

greetings, classmates. when i took on this job, i didn’t know how i would glean any news to print, but thanks to some compassionate souls out there who responded to my emails, we in-deed have some interesting reports.

Bob Gould wrote, “i check our column to see who (hopefully not me) died.” He’s clearly still among the moving as he has over the last few years entered a number of 5K races. He and his wife spend some winter time in Jensen Beach, Fla., and he has seen Jack Houx ’56 frequently, and also Lisa millar gould ’86, who his son, tom, a clarkson grad, had the good sense to marry. they live in atlanta, so when he visits them he also gets to see Jane Fippin Thompson.

Bob, who signs his letters “Quasimodo,” is still playing bells – in the Presbyterian church in John-stown, n.y. He says that “Fairest Lord Jesus” is a bit easier than “st. Lawrence mother Dear.” He tried to figure out how many times he played the bells in gunnison, and came up with around 1,000.

Gina Jacobsen emailed that 15 of her family went to Duke last June for her granddaughter maddy Leaman’s graduation with honors. then in august, she went on a cruise to the Baltic – her first ever. in march she spent a long weekend with Sally Mason Crowell, her Kappa Lodge roommate, and found they picked up right where they’d left off 60 years ago. that weekend, sally’s husband, Howard crowell ’54, put to-gether a gathering with martha cheney thomas ’54 and Natalie Derrenbacker Pearson at the glenridge, a retirement community in sarasota where the crowells and natalie live.

gina, when not travelling, is very involved in her church, st. John’s, in Huntington, Long island, and is a trustee and vice president in charge of development for the st. Johnland nursing cen-ter. she plays golf and duplicate bridge and still loves birding and photography – and sings in her church choir. it would seem her days would already be overfull, but she is joining a mentor-ing program for underprivileged kids this sum-mer! she says her health is good and she’s look-ing forward to her 80th birthday in may.



Howie Kane also kindly shared his story. He retired from general electric in 1989 but joined a dealer shortly thereafter and has been with them ever since. ge moved him around a lot in his first few years, but then he settled in the Balti-more area in 1961. He and his wife still live there and enjoy their nine grandchildren, although they spend a couple of winter months in naples or coral gables. all four of their children live in the area (lucky them!), so they stay very busy. He said he hasn’t seen many classmates but did run into Bill Borst while at ge and would see Hal ’54 and Rit Lennon when he would visit his family in utica.

Howie admitted that he had been saying for years that he was going to write to Joyce Sulli-van Thompson or to me, but never had. are you in that category? Please send off a quick email and share what you’ve been doing!

Don Gini sent a brief note to thank Joyce for her years of service. indeed, we all owe her a huge thank-you for keeping track of us for so many decades!

Sally Miller Flicker writes that she is changing her legal address to troy, mich., to be closer to family, but is keeping her place in arizona to es-cape the winter chill. she and her son Paul took a trip to antarctica with national geographic in 2012 to walk among the penguins. she said that it was a wonderful trip and she is planning an-other to an exciting destination. go sally!

Stan Joseph has been retired for about 20 years, has enjoyed reasonably good health and has “carved out a pretty nice life style if one likes outdoor activities.” He and his wife sold their pri-mary home in connecticut about four years ago. in 1980, they bought in sun valley, idaho, for ski-ing and summer vacations, and continue enjoy-ing this. when not on the slopes, they switch to golf, tennis and biking in Palm city, Fla. a car buff all his life, he said he spent many years restoring 1950s Porsches–356 models, all open–but gave it up and sold his collection when he took up that “insidious game” called golf. He still drives a Porsche, but a modern one.

the Josephs have done extensive foreign travel but are now focusing on parts of the u.s. they haven’t seen. Of course, like most grandparents, they visit grandchildren (six) in new Hampshire, connecticut and idaho. He is excited about the upcoming graduation of one, mitch, in 2015–from sLu! this is the same year as our 60th re-union. we’ll hope to see you there, stan!

stan closed his account of an active and happy lifestyle by saying that he subscribes to the ad-age that “everyone dies, but not everyone lives.”

the 1956 column in the winter issue noted that George Stade’s wife, Dolly Fletcher stade ’56, had passed away and that george had suf-fered a stroke, fortunately with no after-effects. it stated that he planned to move to maryland to be near to his two daughters. Our sympathies go to george, with hopes that the move will be a good one.

Bob Gerlin reports four children and 10 grand-children ranging from 9 to 22. the oldest gradu-ated from Lehigh last may and is working at general Dynamics for $60,000 a year. He recalled that when we graduated, a $5,000 salary made us plutocrats! (my first teaching job netted me $3,400 a year – and that was with a master’s degree.) in the army after graduation, Bob was stationed at norfolk, va., where he says he was “a minority onion in a huge petunia patch of navy.” while there he saw Grant Houghton, then a navy lieutenant. after a career in law, Bob and his wife retired and moved to vermont in 1994 and have been running cornwall Orchards Bed-and-Breakfast since 1995.

Bob reminisced, sadly, that of the five Lauren-tians he was closest to, three are gone. He re-membered that when they lived in new york they would often go to parties at the apple-tons’ in scarsdale. they do now see Dottie whittaker cannon ’56, who lives in grafton, vt., and others from ’54, ’55 and ’56. He added that his highly recommended portfolio man-ager is Laurentian – and university trustee – eric Hanson ’70 in Burlington,vt., and closed by sending his best to all.

and so do i, along with several requests: send me all your news; send our alma mater – well, not all your money, but surely you can spare some; and write “60th st. Lawrence reunion” on your calen-dar for the last weekend of may 2015. we need to celebrate not only our survival but also the fine school that st. Lawrence was, has become and will be in the future!

1956Priscilla Harvey schroeder ’562215 Windbrook CourtWestlake Village, CA [email protected] next reunion: 60th may, 28- 31, 2015 (cluster with '55)

Our illustrious planning chair of our reunion with the class of ’55 in may 2015, Doris Kloppenburg Ferry, and Bob ’59 returned from the slopes in colorado, where Doris teaches skiing to offspring of her original students. they sponsored a st. Law-rence charter Day (april 3) event in southwest, Fla., with Bill warner ’59.

even in the cold of winter, one could find Winnie Pisani Thorn skiing at catamont and lunching on the deck at the end of march. winnie is still very busy with the hospital board. she has a planned trip to the norway fiords in september.

Lucy Tower Funke received a note from Noel and Vicki Warner Chauvin. vicki spent a won-derful week at noel’s sister’s new home on a great golf course in north carolina, while it was minus 30 degrees at home in mt. tremblant, Quebec. vicki and noel send warmest greetings to all with an invitation to come and visit.

Lucy has volunteered to serve as a docent at the colgate Picker art gallery, where an exciting new concept for docents, “visual thinking strategy,” has been introduced. she will be working with au-diences from pre-school to senior citizens. i hope Lucy’s involvement motivates classmates to sign up and volunteer at your local museums.

speaking of artists, Nancy Purcell Murphy has her art work in some shows. Her daughter, who is living with her, is also an artist. the apple does not fall too far from the tree. nancy participates in water aerobics and enjoys reunions in the adiron-dacks with high school friends.

she is also looking forward to our reunion, as are many classmates, including Bill Carter. Jan Knost, a former director of the singing saints, is anticipating singing with the sinners with the theme “saints and sinners, an affair to remem-ber.” Jan and Lorna visited Jan’s brother, Peter ’58 by amtrak’s auto train to Florida and then drove on to new Orleans to visit a best friend from high school.

most ’56ers are retired, but Hundley Thompson goes to work every day. He claims that he doesn’t have to do the “heavy lifting.” His company has 53 vehicles, from sedans to motor coaches, and pro-vides much of the transportation for the corpora-tions in and around charlotte and the carolinas. rose chauffeured transportation was just named Large Operator of the year by Limo Digest maga-zine. Hundley started this business with one car in 1985 after being in the radio-tv business for about 27 years. congratulations to Hundley! He and one of his limos could lead the ’56 parade, so we could three-peat as a winner for spirit.

Lynn Chilton Burt and Bob have three children and four grandchildren (three in chicago and one in san Francisco, ages 1- 4). the whole family will be vacationing in sonoma county in california. every summer, Lynn and Bob, who are hooked on drama, travel to canada to see the shaw Festival

and shakespeare Festival. they also travel here and there to play tournament bridge. Lynn finds time to fit in art work classes in acrylics.

congrats to Liz Ehret and Dave Beebe, direc-tors of the camillus erie canal Park, who received the Historic and Preservation recognition award from the Daughters of the american revolution at their new york state meeting in syracuse, where Dave presented a program about local ca-nal history. Dave and Liz were inducted into the camillus/west genesee community sports Hall of Fame 2013, for establishing the camillus erie canal Park and more recently for the restoration of the 1842 nine mile creek aqueduct. Happy 80th birthday to Dave and many, many more!

i always have a nice chat with Dick Bierly. after several years as vice president of the north caro-lina coastal Federation, he was elected president. even with that responsibility, he found time to fundraise for the restoration of the sLu Beta tem-ple. He mentioned that 29 of the class of ’56 Betas participated. Dick has a time-share in Key west and travels there for three weeks in February.

Wayne Lausin reports that his group is still trav-eling to canton for their annual get-together in september. For 15 years wayne, Fred Funke, Mickey Walker, Jim Horne, Bill torrey ’57 and Bob Ernest played golf and donated to scholar-ships through the moose Lovato Fund. now their camaraderie shows each is an L4L (Laurentian for Life). Happy 80th birthday to wayne, whose whole family will be celebrating with him.

Dottie Whitaker Cannon and i shared some of our common activities: book club and communi-ty clubs. i was impressed that her women’s com-munity club is giving scholarships to graduating high school seniors. with today’s college costs, i

would like more community groups to give schol-arships. Dottie also spends time as a member of a garden club.

i reminisced with Gail Warner Jessup, a happy camper with five children and 13 grandchildren. she enrolled in nursing school after two years at sLu, and retired two years ago as an rn at st. Luke’s in new york city. wishing her the very best after a long, dedicated career.

Ed Laine still volunteers three days at restore, a division of Habitat Humanity. it is the number one such store in the country; proceeds fund one Habitat house to be built per month. ed still fundraises with his veterans’ group.

i had a nice chat with Donna Hines Laine ’57 (we both are from syracuse). she is planning on retiring soon. they both said how much care a new Belgian sheep dog requires.

Charlie Bacigalupo has retired and resides in Florida in the winter and one of the beach towns in Delaware or maryland in the summer. charlie, let us know your news.

Gene Caruso told me that Dick Contee read in this column that gene lives in north Baltimore. Dick’s son lives a short distance from gene, so since Dick visits his son several times a year, he and gene got together and had an enjoyable time discussing things old and new. gene, Dick and i were all on the student union Board of gov-ernors, and Dick was president in his junior year.

Jan Shonka Karlen told me about her superstar granddaughter, who is graduating from Boston university this year. she is an excellent student in photo-journalism and communications, and has been offered a full-time job with the red sox, and the massachusetts governor’s Office has also ex-pressed interest.

St. Lawrence University’s alumni executive council will celebrate its centennial in 2015. it has been my honor and privilege to serve as its 52nd president during the last two years. For 10 years, i have filled a variety of positions, and i am deeply grate-ful to the university, my council friends, and the entire alumni family for allowing me to enjoy this decade-long experi-ence. the more i have learned about our wonderful alma mater during this time, the more i have grown to love it.

i have been fortunate to serve under a series of outstanding council presidents: Joe richardson ’63, Jeff Honeywell ’80, alex Kirby taylor ’89, Ken Polk ‘91 and Deena giltz mccullough ‘84. i have associated with over 60 wonderful alumni who remain some of my closest friends for the rest of my life. as president, i have had an outstanding leadership team: vice President ed Forbes ’02, who succeeds me as president; treasurer charlie sullivan ’89; and secretary Bill cowan ’86. i am confident that ed’s term will be marked by bold, energetic leadership and strong communication. i could not be happier or prouder to hand the baton to a successor than i am to hand it to ed.

Just as i have, ed will have a tremendous leadership team to help him during his two-year term. Lissa short ’83 will serve as vice president; Bill cowan ’86 will move to treasurer; and Jacquelyn Hasper Kuno ’84 will step in as secretary. each of these members has distinguished himself or herself through hard work, passion, leadership and positive energy. it has been an honor to serve with them, and i congratulate them on their election by their fellow alumni.

One major issue on the alumni council’s agenda is consideration of the report of the Presidential commission on Diversity. we have begun studying and discussing this important and impressive report. these thoughtful conversations will continue in the coming months, as we undergo a thorough self-study. through this careful audit of its governing documents, processes and procedures, the council will work to ensure that its membership is consistently representative of the Laurentian family it represents all around the world. what a wonderful opportunity to reflect upon the past, the present and the future!

as they continue this important and stimulating work, i wish my alumni council friends well and thank them for their hard work, their thoughtfulness and their friendship during my time in their midst. i urge all passionate and engaged Laurentians to consider nominating themselves for council membership, or a fellow Laurentian they believe would be a strong candidate. council membership is demanding work, but it is incredibly rewarding work. Best of all, council members become lifelong friends!

all nominations can be sent to Lisa cania, our senior staff liaison at the university ([email protected]). Lisa is the heart and soul of the alumni council, and i will always cherish her friendship. Lisa’s wise counsel, passionate advocacy and high expectations have allowed st. Lawrence’s alumni council to join the ranks of the finest of its kind in the united states. i thank Lisa for all she does on behalf of the university and its alumni council.

L4L (Laurentian For Life),−Steve Todd ’92Alumni Executive Council President, 2012-14

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Picture PerFect

Would it snow on Commencement this year, for the first time since

2002? After a long winter and late spring, there was some talk of the

possibility, but Sunday, may 18, proved mostly sunny, although cool,

for St. Lawrence’s 159th Commencement. For more on the occasion

that many students long four years for and then at the last minute wish

it hadn’t arrived, go to www.stlawu.edu/commencement-2014-recap.



i talked to Ed Dowling and Liz Klimow ’59 about their five children. chris, a colonel in the marines, was on his eleventh tour to the middle east; eddie is a senior vice president in a high-tech company in georgia; John is project man-ager for government contracts; mat is with a large government agency and travels the world; and Diane is a school librarian in texas. what an outstanding group, and the grandchildren are all student/athletes.

1957Joyce caldwell rhodes ’575-C Oak Crest CourtNovato, CA [email protected] reunion: 60th, 2017

Ina Rappe Wishner has donated four of her original watercolor paintings to st. Lawrence. they hang in the Development Office in vilas Hall. One of the paintings was done in Louise Welton Biernacki and Bob ’56’s living room. ever the art-ist, ina appreciates the yellow-green foliage and raised curves on the trunks of the elderly trees under which she walks daily on the older streets of white Plains, n.y.

after the death of her husband, Bob Metcalf, in 2009, Rosamond Smith moved to concord, n.H., to be near a son. “ro” has taught esL to mexican adults and now volunteers as an advocate for chil-dren. she travels with Friendship tours and takes her grandchildren. she observes, "st. Lawrence taught us that you never stop learning. the liberal arts curriculum creates curiosity."

Bob Smith desires a joint reunion with '55 and '56. He may contact you. Bob looks forward to work each day, to hauling downed branches and to shoveling snow, all because of his good health. He and Ralph Darling are in contact.

Gulielma “Guli” Buckley Hendrickson speaks with great joy of her granddaughter sarah, num-ber one u.s. women's ski-jumper and number two worldwide, who competed at sochi in the Olympic games. Her picture has been featured on Kellogg's Frosted Flakes boxes. guli retired as librarian for the mccullough Free Library in north Bennington, vt. she has been a tour guide for the robert Lincoln summer home, Hildene, in man-chester, vt., for five years and a volunteer for the north Bennington library. she sings alto in the Bennington Hospice chorale. a friend, Janet Lind-sey wilson '51, attends the same church as guli, who lives on a quiet street in shaftsbury. Her chil-dren live in colorado and utah.

Lois Skelding MacFarland noted the april 2013 death of her husband, Ralph “Packy,” from a fall outside their home. she taught high school in michigan, became a homemaker, and then did li-brary work for 30 years in massapequa, n.y. Packy worked for nBc in sports, primarily football and golf. He retired in 2000.

Irv Langill was present for the 55-56 and 56-57 men’s hockey teams’ induction into the st. Law-rence athletics Hall of Fame. He and his wife, mary Jane, still live on the farm outside toronto.

Ginger Swensen McGall retired in 1994 from teaching high school math. she saw Mary Ann Shepard Darling, who also studied math, about

two years ago. a lifelong swimmer, ginger com-peted in distance freestyle in the senior games and continues swimming a half hour daily. with the Fairfield Harbor chorus of 60 voices, she sings alto at nursing homes and other venues. Her home is in eastern north carolina.

Darrell Shattuck reports that he is still alive in georgia and retired from the business of making and packaging condiments and jellies for fast food and concession outfits. He sold Handypack to mccormick. now he is busier than ever with woodworking, creating custom chairs, buffets and more. For a time, he was the chairman of the atlanta Boys choir. He is very proud of his son, who won an emmy as execu-tive director for the tv show “madmen.” all four children are doing well.

Martha Lake McDougald received a master’s in psychology from Bryn mawr and then went into private practice as a psychiatric social worker. she volunteers as a special advocate for youth without a voice, and finds this work rewarding. she and her husband have a live farm in Penning-ton, n.J., where they care for a Percheron horse, a pony, a pet pig, a llama and an alpaca. they ar-range for city children to visit their farm, and mary helps raise money for youth programs and then has the happy obligation to disperse it.

Donna Hines Laine has been an english, special education and “gifted” teacher. she also sold real estate for several years. she went to the university of north carolina, where she was a teaching as-sistant, and Duke for further degrees; purchased the sylvan Learning center in chapel Hill/Dur-ham, where she taught; and has been employed at Delk Department store, in the china and crystal department. she talks of retirement but is plan-ning to learn spanish, so she may teach english to spanish speakers in her area.

in preparation for a trip to Prague, Berlin and copenhagen in may with her husband, Jim, Sue Rich Parker was asked to name two books she would want with her if she had access to no other books. sue chose the collection of prose, plays and poetry named College Reading, which we had for english 101. she recalls her first reading of "Barn Burning" by william Faulkner.

with sadness we note the passing of several class-mates. these friends and acquaintances enriched our college days. For more on two of them, see “in memory.”

1958Lennelle “Lennie” Dougherty mcKinnon ’585 Jay StreetCanton, NY 13617315-386-8216Cell: [email protected] next reunion: 60th, 2018

summer is welcomed with open arms after a long, harsh, record-setting winter in many parts of the country. golf, tennis, boating, fishing, loll-ing in the hammock, or traveling on ice-free roads to visit new places or old friends have brought smiles to your faces, i know. at least that is how i felt, and i escaped much of the ice, snow and cold.

the weather presented no problem for Wendy

Colassard Segard, who feels blessed and grate-ful to live in beautiful southern california. since our 50th reunion, she and her husband have coped with some serious health challenges. Hap-pily, new natural treatments have had significant benefit and he is doing much better. a wonderful family reunion was a treat for all when her daugh-ter and family came from France and her son and his family came from Oregon. ania, the youngest granddaughter, is following her parents into the ballet world. she has participated in the summer program at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and this summer will dance in the new york city Ballet and sing at carnegie Hall with the central Oregon youth choir.

wendy stays involved with her church and for over 30 years has supported songhai, an organi-zation in Benin, africa, that teaches and promotes sustainable farming. she is making her own gar-den more organic and harvests fruits from their young trees.

rod ’59 and Dodie Potts Giltz shared an eve-ning with interesting and energetic st. Lawrence friends at the home of carol and Dick munro in naples, Fla. although no ’58ers were present, Dodie met an sLu grad from her hometown of Longmeadow, mass. charter Day, april 3, was cel-ebrated in Bonita springs at a gathering hosted by Billy warner '59 and Doris Kloppenburg Ferry '56 and Bob '59.

in retirement, Todd Ash has been painting genre oils of scenes on the lower cape, and they are showing at a local gallery. He says his studio is filled with warmth, the sounds of rush alter-nating with the Beach Boys, and the aroma of cigars out of the range of rebecca. He speaks of this with such satisfaction that it is easy to under-stand his pleasure in retirement. He and rebecca see Liz and Paul Fideler often. Liz has written her second book, Men Still at Work, an explora-tion of the reasons why many men continue to work well beyond the traditional retirement age. i regret i missed her interview on nPr's "all things considered" in march. Paul is professor of history and humanities at Lesley university in cambridge, mass.

Judy Lennon Cashman and vince '55 spent the winter in stuart, Fla., but took a steamboat trip up the mississippi, which she agrees deserves the ad-jective "muddy." granddaughter Hazel has been accepted by sLu, but had not made her decision when Judy wrote. since Hazel lives in Bellingham, wash., Judy is hoping she will come east and at least they will be in the same time zone. activities they enjoy include golf for them both, gin rummy for vince, bridge for Judy, and much happiness from the visits of grandchildren.

another west coaster, Alexander Wallace, wrote to express his dismay about the chapel fire, especially about the bells. it seems he had wanted to be a bell-ringer, but was told the honor was reserved for music students. alexander con-tinues to promote The Carpenter and the Cross, and he is working on a new "tell-all" memoir, God & Bambi Made Me Gay and An Aetheist Too!, which he promises will name names.

Charlotte Hargrave Rounds escaped the harsh winter in Florida, but hurried north with a happy heart to meet her third great-grandchild. char-lotte spent a most enjoyable day with Ron Saw-

yer in Bradenton. that must have been a newsy lunch, catching up with one another after many years. charlotte enjoyed the last reunion and is al-ready looking forward to the next one. that senti-ment makes me very happy.

Jack and B J Dunlap Erhard were able to con-nect with some classmates as they toured Florida in their rv. in vero Beach, they enjoyed spending some time with Sheila Carter Booker and Hom-er, and craig '60 and Jolene Holt Fuhrmann, who were renting there, having sold their home and moved permanently to indiana.

Claire McGarrahan Strang's grandson matt Dudley graduated in may and has accepted an opportunity in abu Dhabi, deferring graduate school for a year (for more on matt, see the story on language clubs in “On campus”). i dislike the prospect of losing visits from claire several times a year when she arrives on campus to hear matt perform with the Laurentian singers or in the Pub. Other good family news included her grand-daughter emma competing in the Decathlon nationals in Hawaii after her high school, cazeno-via, n.y., won the state finals. we are still working on a roommate reunion if we can just nab Carol "Scotty" Kleinsmith Newton.

talk of that reunion was on the agenda when Phil and Barbara Blair Nangle visited me in Orange Beach, ala., in the spring. we replayed and reviewed lots of good times and had some rousing games of mexican train, a new addition to my game repertoire last winter. they headed farther south to visit a niece in Fort myers and finally find some warmer weather than they had in north carolina.

On the gulf coast, i spent a most interesting lunch with Ed Griffith, who lives in mobile. i have contacted ed almost every year, but this was our first meeting in 55 years. ed had returned to st. Lawrence only once since our graduation, when Dick Gilbert was honored. ed sang in the Lau-rentian singers under mr. gilbert, and expressed great fondness for him. Like me, he was saddened about the fire in the chapel.

near the end of the time we shared, ed asked me if i knew Danny Evans. well, of course i know Dan, and i reassured ed that he still plays piano. with a chuckle, he shared a few stories about Dan. i will not repeat them here, but i can't wait to see Dan to check their veracity.

many thanks to those of you who answered my cry for help and contributed to this column. now the rest of you can take up the challenge and help with the next one. it will be here before any of us know it! check out the sLu website to stay in touch with all the happenings on campus, and to check out classmates and other alumni.

1959Linda marlow castle ’59 P.O. Box 766420 Honeysuckle HillLexington, VA [email protected] reunion: 60th, 2019

On her annual Fund pamphlet, Gretchen Hauck Wager wrote, “Bruce and i very much enjoy our

life here in the Low country outside of Beaufort, s.c. golf, bridge, traveling and great weather are much a part of our lives.”

1960ann younger moore ’6041 Brookside DriveWilbraham, MA [email protected] next reunion: 55th, may 28-31, 2015

sadly, the only news this issue is that of the pass-ing of Richard L. “Dick” Williams. He was an avid sportsman all of his life, enjoying skiing, hik-ing, and water skiing. He leaves his devoted wife of 32 years, genie shook williams and daughter, wendy. after graduating from st. Lawrence, he lived in new Hampshire, colorado and, most recently, saddlebrooke, ariz. He found great sat-isfaction in his work as a hospice and hospital volunteer.

Please send news! i can't write it if i don't hear from you!

1961 Hulit Pressley taylor ’61 1713 Surrey Lane, NWWashington, DC [email protected] reunion: 55th, 2016

Sandee Huebenthal Fleisher took a won-derful trip to scotland with some friends in October. they had time to thoroughly explore edinburgh and then she fell in love with the Highlands and would love to see more. she even tried haggis! this summer she plans to visit her daughter in alaska.

Last fall, Jack Fancher and Barbara stayed two weeks in Provence and a week in Paris, visiting the homes and studios of some of Jack’s favorite painters. while there, he made a few paintings and sketches, but relied more on his camera as his sketchbook. Jack had a one-man art show in november and sold a number of his paintings. “i am very busy these days as a painter,” he said. i could keep doing this for a very long time.” in march, Jack and Barbara worked on the annual gala fund-raiser for the chestertown river arts, their local visual arts center.

Jim Heary, his wife, molly, and Luke, the dog, spent January and February in Florida. after at-tending the opera in sarasota, they’ve become dedicated opera fans. Jim wrote, “as a result of the class notes my old friend norman wellen ’60n called and we had a great dinner together remi-niscing about our years at sLu.” norm left after his junior year to attend Fordham.

after 20 years, Steve Anderson stepped down from managing partner of marquis advisory group, a tech consulting firm in san Francisco. an australian client of marquis asked if he would head up their new u.s. subsidiary, edutect, a K-12 cur-riculum planning software company. so…steve’s retirement has been postponed! Last winter, he and Barbara had a wonderful trip – a week on the amazon tributaries visiting villages and schools in Peru and then on to cusco and machu Picchu.

Gene Hays sees his good friend Peter Foley fairly often. Pete continues to travel the world on business and was in china, where many of his fishing gear products are produced. gene and Pete both continue to work full-time because “it keeps us active and contributes to our 401K, or in our language, cash flow! self-employment has its benefits.”

Jim Pritzker and his wife spent the winter doing lots of babysitting for their two youngest grand-children. (their older three are in college and high school.) additionally, they took some fabulous courses at a local senior center that offers great education programs. Jim always ends his emails with “Hi to all of my classmates.”

Natalie Beaumont spent most of march in santa Barbara visiting friends and family along the Pacific coast. she plans two more trips this year: a folk dance tour in July and another to canada in september.

Jay Fleisher wrote, “2013 was a busy blend of travel and stay-at-home projects. Our big trip was Peru (Lake titicaca and machu Picchu) in no-vember, followed by maine in December, when we spent a pleasant evening with Jeanne Baldo white ’59. we missed part of the canton-like winter that gripped central new york (crunchy snow and arctic cold) while in Loreto, Baja, on the beach and hiking the coastal hills. Friends traveling to the Baseball Hall of Fame should let me know. Our home is just 12 miles from cooper-stown, but book ahead – we’ll be in alaska for part of June before heading to iceland for a field trip in late July. geologists have more fun.”

On their return from a trip to Florida in Feb-ruary, Marion Bessey Hart and Doug had a short visit with Claire Schwennker Stilwell in north carolina.

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i received a newsy email from Julie Chevalier, who has been co-editing a book, Cracking the Spine: Ten Australian Short Stories and How They Were Written, which was scheduled to be pub-lished by spineless wonders in may. Her latest book, Darger: his girls (Puncher & wattmann), was short-listed for the west australian Premier's award. it had previously won the alec Bolton Prize for an unpublished poetry manuscript. “i go to a gym class three times a week to try to keep up with seven creative and lively grandchildren, ages 3 to 10,” she concluded.

i was impressed to read about Julie’s workout. i go up to georgetown university for exercise classes designed for the "mature adult.” we have a great time, but the best part is coffee afterwards. Don't think i've done anything like this since coffee in the snack Bar between classes!

Paul Taylor and “his” dog, an irish setter, spent two months in new mexico. this was their an-nual “guy trip” – the boy, his dog and his truck! i maintained the home front with “my” Old english sheepdog, who’s now 14½.

congratulations to Scarlett Emerson! Last year, scarlett was a recipient of the “sharing the Light award” presented by catholic charities of the Fin-ger Lakes to individuals who dedicate their time and energies toward making the community a better place. now retired, scarlett works part-time as project assistant in the intercultural af-fairs Office of Hobart and william smith colleges, remains active in st. mark’s episcopal church, and serves on the boards and committees of several local organizations.

and kudos to Ken Shilkret! the clinton (n.y.) var-sity Hockey Booster club dedicated their 2013-2014 publication to him for his work with the club during the past 10 years. the dedication page called him “the most giving and selfless person.” when asked why he had spent 10 years with the Boosters, he commented, “the kids work hard in practice and during their games, so as an avid hockey fan, it is a pleasure for me to provide as-sistance and support for the team, through the Boosters club, to show my appreciation.”

in the spring issue of this magazine, did you see Andy Nevin’s comments in letters to the editor about an electric car charging station on campus? there's a reply in this issue's "Letters" column.

along those lines, as you read this column Floyd Sandford and his wife, sharon, should be touring china! in september, he’ll return to england for an earthwatch program on climate change and then plan a couple of weeks hiking in different locales.

Carole Sperzel Clark wonders if anyone knows that st. Lawrence is mentioned in nelson Demille's Wildfire, in about chapter 35.

Hope you all have an enjoyable summer. and i hope to hear from you by Labor Day, in time for the next class notes deadline. (that’s a hint!)

1962steve wahl ’62 7899 E. Soaring EagleScottsdale, AZ [email protected] reunion: 55th, 2017

1963Leah Kollmer Puzzo ’63135 Hillcrest AvenueLeonia, NJ 07605-1508201-461-7052(home) 201-321-5519(cell)[email protected] next reunion: 55th, 2018

Hilary Hartman Goodwin celebrated her birth-day with her kids and grandkids on a four-day vacation in new york city. they all had a wonder-ful time! she had a tour guide who she recom-mended to Karen Allred Quinn, who also took her granddaughters to nyc for a week’s holiday.

Tory Liersch Spater Somerville and Doug spent six glorious weeks in sunny mexico, return-ing to new england in early march expecting spring. that didn’t happen! much snow was still on the ground.

April Norton Tweddell’s daughter, Holly, ran for 3rd District supervisor in willets, calif. april helped with the campaign by asking people if they were willing to put “vote for Holly” signs on their lawns! at publication time, the election re-sults are unknown.

Ken Gross and trish live in virginia. their son Jake is a sophomore at James madison university and their daughter Kayla starts at Lynchburg college in september. Ken has had lunch several times with John McClenahen, who recently published a book of his own poetry. Ken also met Wally Brown while Ken was de-installing his exhibit of Porsches at the north carolina museum of art in raleigh. they had fun catching up after 50 years. Ken has been busy writing articles about cars, completing seven exhibitions of fine cars in fine art museums, and publishing his tenth book!

Tom Halper reports happily that his daughter Pauline gave birth to a boy, walter. tom says, “He is very precocious and is already talking, but unfor-tunately we can’t understand anything he says.” congratulations to the Halper family!

i received sad news of the death of Mary “Scot-ty” Babcock Fosko on march 26. she had been ill for 10 months. she will be missed. and our heartfelt condolences go to Mark Morris on the sudden death of his wife, elena Kusa morris ’62, in January. a memorial notice appeared in the spring magazine.

1964sherry gage chappelle ’64800 Bayard AvenueRehoboth Beach, DE [email protected] reunion: 55th, 2019

1965Jane Petrie Davis ’65P.O. Box 73092 Coventry LaneManchester Center, VT 05255-0730802-362-3621 [email protected] reunion: 50th, may 28-31, 2015

Doug Hartford emailed that his annual “vita-min D excursion” was in arizona. He and his wife, Pat, stopped in tucson to visit Tom Ham. they were very happy to escape the twin cities after a brutal winter.

Joan Keene Smith writes that her sons gavin and Quentin and their girlfriends spent christmas with them. Joan and Dale enjoyed travels to seattle to visit their son and Dale’s relatives in california. next was a birthday celebration for Joan in new york city with a trip to visit Joan’s brother alan and his wife in north carolina, Jim and his wife in maine and Joan’s sister, Lorie, in massachusetts.

in april of 2013, she and Dale cruised to the ca-ribbean with their five-couple gourmet group. in september they spent a month in vietnam and cambodia, which included an eight-day cruise from the mekong Delta. they visited local areas, saigon and angkor wat. Joan and Dale spent most of the summer of 2013 at their farm with visits from family and sLu friends.

my news is the celebration of the birth of another grandson in march. my son, Parker, has two boys; my daughter Hilary has a son; and my daughter tori ’96 has two stepsons. we waited a long time for grandchildren, and now have five in just over a year and a half.

classmates, please take some time to send some news.

1966Jim michaelson ’6622 Gouverneur StreetCanton, NY [email protected] reunion: 50th, 2016

Carol Blank Bloomer says hello from Hilton Head, s.c., where three Pi Phis (herself, Betsy Harris Cantlie and Pat Griffeth Douglas) were gathered with their husbands. Being so scat-tered geographically (Ohio, massachusetts, montana) they make it a winter ritual to meet at Hilton Head because of its beauty and warmtH! the Beislers (Pete ’65 and Marty) were with them earlier, but had to return to their new home in cumberland, maine.

carol and al spent part of last fall in italy and France. they day-tripped to villages along the amalfi coast while staying with friends in a 500-year-old watchtower. then they cruised the rivers of southern France and explored Paris.

Pete Henry wrote that he has written a novel (a six-year project) entitled Hard Charger from the Sky, which is being published in paperback and can be located on amazon Kindle. a histori-cal novel about Lt. "rye" anders and his passage through the vietnam war, it is based on real

events that Pete experienced (arrival, survival and fallout). Pete has a blog that tells more: www.hard-charger-sky.blogspot.com. the bulk of the story is written in dialog and many events have yet to be disclosed. Peter states that it is very emotional and it is his hope that it emulates what participating in a war does to the soul for those in it and those around it. He says it is a sto-ry "that had to be told...” and sends his best to all.

Lyn Bedel, who we all know is always busy and always doing good things, wrote that her real estate business is booming (“it's a good time for both buyers and sellers"...and realtors…). Lyn is president of the naples Philharmonic League, which raises awareness and funds for the or-chestra, the youth orchestra and music educa-tion programming. she practices Bikram yoga several times a week, plays golf, and is a member of a local sailing club. and she is serving on the sLu alumni council. Lyn sends her best to every-one and would love to hear from you at 239-777-5202 or [email protected].

Vern Ingram writes, “i’m still practicing law, solo, in Potsdam, n.y. For years, i have listened to bands playing in the area and thought, ‘some-day i’d like to try that.’ about a year ago, i de-cided ‘this is the someday!’ i have been playing for some summers with the Firemen’s Brass Band from norwood (they led the athletes into the sta-dium at the sarajevo Olympics, and have played [twice] at the white House and at the indianapo-lis 500). now, i am playing with the crane com-munity concert Band of suny Potsdam and with the Potsdam community Band. i’m also playing with a band that does contemporary christian music while continuing with the norwood Band and doing karaoke with a group of friends. when ‘sometime’ came, it came with a vengeance!”

in april, the u.s. senate Historical Office spon-sored a program to mark the 225th anniversary of the week that the two houses of the u.s. con-gress achieved a quorum and began work, at

which Charlene Bangs Bickford spoke on the origins of the tradition of "senatorial courtesy." two days later, she gave an expanded version of that talk as the roger trask award Lecture for the society for History in the Federal government's annual meeting. the director and principal in-vestigator for george washington university’s First Federal congress Project and co-editor of the multi-volume Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791, she focused on the early interactions between the first senate and President george washington as they strug-gled to establish procedures for carrying out the constitutional provision for senate “advice and consent” to the President’s nominations, as well as the more complex issues of treaty negotia-tions and ratification.

Please consider a quick email or note to stevie and me. Our next deadline is in september.

1967meg smith eisenbraun ’674460 Norris LaneOak Harbor, WA [email protected] reunion: 50th, 2017

Charla “Charlie” Davidson Jennings is living back in glens Falls, n.y. in march she finished her six-year-term on the board of the adirondack sa-maritan counseling center, serving as president of the board in her last year. she says, “it has felt productive and beneficial. we are the region’s largest counseling center, and since we don’t turn clients away for lack of insurance or money, the board runs an ethics in Business award Banquet as a fund-raiser. we work with business classes from our local college to vet the nominations – win-win for them and us.”

charlie also does a lot of pleasure traveling. Last year saw her in French Polynesia, mexico, Hawaii, Florida and texas. she has also been to watch a nephew at Duke and a niece at nazareth run cross country for their colleges. she’s trying to sell a house on the new york/vermont border. “Lots goes on in this area, and i like company,” she hints.

Jill Mulholland Muller is the general manager of safar Oilfield services, an oilfield supply com-pany her late husband and his partner built. their offices are in abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan, iraq and for-merly turkmenistan. they are closing on the sale of the company, and Jill is leaving the emirates after almost 30 years. she promises to write more about her experiences in that part of the world.

Please send news from your corner of the world, would you?

1968anne Lauriat ’68 6 Bishops Forest Dr.Waltham, MA [email protected] next reunion: 50th, 2018

when the subject line says “long overdue update,” my class secretary’s heart leaps. (that indicates how terribly exciting my life is….) i received two lengthy emails recently. the first was from Bruce

Ferris, who is in his 38th year as a flight attendant for twa (28 years), and now american since 2003, interrupted by a couple of years of layoffs, working for various companies including united Health-care, ucare minnesota, and the Department of veterans affairs.

He and his wife, Barbara (also a flight attendant, also having worked for twa and aa) live in eden Prairie, minn., but are "based" in Dallas, where they begin and end their trips. they "commute" the 1,200 miles from minneapolis on their "flying bus" and are fortunate enough to be able to work virtu-ally all flights together.

Bruce wrote, “along the way since college and a stint in vietnam in 1969-70 with the 101st air-borne, i became a licensed commercial pilot on smaller airplanes, and in the '70s and '80s did char-ter flying and flight instruction on the side, and worked for a small regional airline out of albany, n.y., during a twa strike. i've dropped skydiv-ers into weddings, done fish-spotting along the Hudson river, and done night sightseeing rides around the statue of Liberty. it’s been a great corner 'office' over the years, taking me to every state and over 40 countries.”

He and Barbara obviously have great vacation destinations and recently returned from cura-cao. Bruce says some of his favorite places are the italian alps, the French riviera, Paris, Por-tugal, costa rica and, state-side, Jackson and grand teton national Park; seattle; Block island, rhode island; and Big moose Lake, n.y., in the adirondacks.

in remarking on last winter’s severe weather, Bruce says, “i had a preview almost 50 years ago, walking many a morning up the hill to richard-son Hall from the sigma Pi house!”

my second correspondent, Howie Amann, said he was saddened to see last fall’s fire damage to gunnison chapel, where he has happy memo-ries of being a Laurentian singer. through Barry torres, the current Laurentian singers director, Howie was thrilled to get his reel-to-reel con-certs digitized and enjoy the long-ago sounds.

Howie is a family doctor and still sees patients two days a week. He lives in manlius, outside syracuse, having moved there not long after his wife of 40 years died. He’s now near his three daughters and six grandkids. He says that since 2000 he’s been battling lymphoma and is doing “quite well” in a clinical trial at the university of rochester. He’s a busy guy with interests includ-ing rustic furniture-making, recumbent cycling, canoeing, photography, music and spending time at his cabin in the eastern adirondacks. Having always wanted to play an accordion, he bought one and is “plugging away.”

at a mini-reunion in Phoenix last winter at Lau-ren Whittier Schweizer’s lovely home, new yorkers Annie Montgomery and Chris Tas-sone Kovner and i reminisced -- but also spoke of the new generation. there are many grand-children among the three women. Hard to be-lieve that this september marks 50 years since we donned our beanies: why does it seem like yesterday that i can hear the rattle of the old ra-diator in Dean- eaton? what do you remember about Freshman Orientation?

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1969Patti Black giltner ’6916 Pellett StreetNorwich, NY [email protected] reunion: 45th, may 28-31, 2015 (cluster with '70, '71) recently i got a nice long email from Michael Caryl. He and claire live in seattle, where mi-chael keeps busy with his law practice: trial work, consulting on disputed attorney’s fee cases, fee agreements and lawyer billing practices, and giv-ing expert testimony in that area. after 42 years, he will be giving up trial work and cutting his workload to 20-30 hours per week. He and claire are going to start snowbirding in tucson this coming fall and will spend about six months of the year down there. they will both be admitted to the arizona bar. they have recently become friends with Nancy Babcock and her husband, robert alberts, who summer in seattle about a mile and a half from the caryls, on a small but very cute houseboat on Lake union (where they call them barges).

Out of the blue, michael got a call from Charlie Nash, who had dropped below all radar about 25 years ago. charlie had been living on mercer is-land, near seattle, for part of the year. He is a con-sulting forester and timber manager and spends most of his time traveling the world on business. He has projects in asia, south america and eu-rope. michael said he hoped to go skiing with charlie or climb an easy mountain, but charlie’s schedule makes that difficult. “we all know how old we are, but charlie does not seem to have slowed down at all,” michael said.

sadly, i received notches of the passing of two of our classmates. Bryce Lockwood and L. Craig Macrow both died in February. Our condolences go out to the families of Bryce and craig. For more on them, turn to “in memory.”

make a summer resolution to write to your class reporter!

1970Dennis szymanski ’70 915 Hillwood Ave. Falls Church, VA 22042-2420 [email protected] next reunion: 45th, may 28-31, 2015 (cluster with '69, '71)

John Hartmann sent a 2013 review of road trips to montreal; williamsburg, va.; washington, D.c.; cincinnati; Bloomington, ind.; and the Jersey shore. in Bloomington, they visited the grave of Hoagy carmichael “while serenading him with our son J.P.'s recorded whistling rendition of ‘star-dust.’” John added that J.P. briefly fronted a Latin jazz band, "Latin translation," which performed in greenwich village and Brooklyn. “He is now bus-ily working with me, writing and recording new material," John said. John isn't letting retirement slow him down!

Dave Murray's national center for college costs venture continues to thrive. they received a grant from the Lilly endowment and the independent colleges of indiana to open their services to any indiana resident, which resulted in a big spike in calls. the center is arguably the most comprehen-sive college selection, admission and financial aid website in the country (www.indianacollegecosts.org) and Dave is exploring options to expand the tool to other states.

Janet Hunt Williams, Chris Brandy and Heidi Hansen met on campus last October 25, when the Board of trustees and alumni council were there for their fall meetings, and arranged to have dinner together. earlier, Kathy and i were fortu-nate enough to spend some time with Jan and rodgers '68 at their home on Keuka Lake. they had just returned from visiting their daughter and her family in new Jersey.

Jan is working part-time these days. she formed a consulting company, Harp & associates, LLc, with three former colleagues last year. their back-grounds are law enforcement, human resources and behavioral health, and they specialize in workplace/school safety and security. among the services they offer are physical (building) assess-ments/audits both during and off hours, review of policies and procedures, interviews with staff and employees and delivery of violence preven-tion awareness training. they have also organized day-long training for organizations. Originally, the target clients were businesses, but since sandy Hook, they've had a lot of interest from schools.

i tried to process all this information as rodgers made us a refill and concluded that Jan's "part-time" isn't what i would have envisioned.

it seems we Boomers use social media after all. i used Facebook to reconnect with John Patrick Burns. Pat runs a city market in downtown Bur-lington, vt. this is a co-op grocery store with $36 million in sales and 9,500 members. He's been at it for quite some time and still finds it fun and challenging. He still sees a number of Laurentians including Eric Hanson and Greg Davis-Jeffers. He says "Burlington does attract a number of younger graduates, who just smile when i say i graduated in 1970.”

another Facebook update came from Craig Battle. He still lives in new Jersey with his wife of 43 years, and has two married sons and two grandchildren. He's handed his investment banking business over to a son and his partners. craig says "i go to the office most days and am mentor-in-residence.”

craig reminded me that a bunch of former sLu footballers got together in albany, n.y., to cel-ebrate coach Bob Ford's retirement from coach-

ing. the dinner was organized by Jeff Cook and Don Martin and others there included tom crane '68, Bob shone '68, Bill Chadwick, John meyer '67, Bill martin '67, Frank shields '54, Pete ticconi '69, Don Martin, Jim michelson '66, Bob rood '69 and himself.

1971James P. snedeker ’715 Linden Tree RoadWilton, CT [email protected] reunion: 45th, may 28-31, 2015 (cluster with '69, '70)

i took a class in "bowl turning" where you take a log and, eventually, with the help of a chain saw and a lathe, turn it into a bowl. very rewarding and a great break from the hectic pace of work and my day job. i'd suggest bowl turning to all as a new hobby to try if you haven't already.

it was very good to hear from Dick Colantuono, who retired on may 1 after 40 years in banking. they’ll stay in woodstock, vt., but lots of travel is on the horizon. He is in frequent contact with Brian Boxer, Greg and Rita Fishel Kennedy and Peter Hotaling. Occasionally he sees Nancy Conklin Malcolm, and he’s spoken with George Baillie. He was looking forward to “a large contin-gent of ’68, ’69 and ’70 saes for a reunion at Lake Placid this July. Hi to all ’71 classmates."

it was also very good to hear from Kathy Dou-glass Dailey, who wrote, "i have retired from teaching and am wondering how i ever worked so much. i serve in several volunteer groups, in-cluding one that was featured on nBc news (in the spring): End 68 Hours of Hunger. it provides food to children of struggling families over the weekends.

“unlike many classmates, we are just embarking on the college tuition business,” Kathy said. “my son, matthew, is a freshman at Husson university in Bangor, maine, majoring in Live sound and ra-dio Production.”

Tom Crawley is also retired, after 20 years as a school superintendent on the Jersey shore. He says he has “two second careers: education pro-fessor at georgian court university, a small col-lege in Lakewood, n.J., and i am a licensed thera-pist with a counseling practice nearby. Best news: i will be a grandfather for the first time--twice!”

Dave Corcoran is still in the fly-fishing industry in Bozeman, mont. “in 2002, i sold my retail opera-tion, but have continued operating my outfitting and guiding business,” he wrote. should you want to connect with Dave for a fly-fishing expedition, google Dave corcoran Outfitters. in winter, they “make a 180-degree switch: my wife, Lynn, and i head to Palm Desert, calif., where we immerse ourselves in golf.”

i received some tough news from Vivian Swan Conly (if you are out her way, i know she'd love to hear from you): “my husband of 40 years died without warning one night in november of 2012. after months in shock, then spending the winter with my sisters in st. croix, i decided to move to california to be near my kids and grandkids. so here i am in menlo Park/squaw valley, figuring

out how to begin rebuilding a new life. Happily, i have many things for which i am enormously grateful, but everything sure can change in a sec-ond. my grandkids, sam, 4, and Pearl, 2, are great fun. carpe diem!" amen to that!

1972Barbarajean schaefer Blodgett ’726763 25th Street NorthArlington, VA [email protected] reunion: 45th, 2018 (cluster with '73 '74)

Preston Smith wrote from the nyc area to let me know that he was looking forward to his son Derek’s graduation from yale in may. in a previous

column, Preston wrote about his desire to be the next Don Draper. apparently, he has scaled back his ambitions and is attempting to settle on writ-ing. But, he wrote, “i still keep a rather shaky toe in the acting field. i was hired to ‘voice double’ for walt ‘clyde’ Frazier for a Puma footwear com-mercial. i've actually done this type of thing be-fore. i once doubled for the voice of george For-man for an HBO promo for one of his fights. But the wildest of these is when i doubled the voice of Dooley wilson in the famous ‘Play it again sam’ scene in Casablanca, using the actual film of that scene, for a sara Lee cakes commercial. when sam ‘played it,’ instead of ‘as time goes By’ it was the sara Lee jingle--don't ever tell me i don't do high art. i watch that film (one of the greatest of all time) every time it's on and fondly recall ‘the time i worked with Bogie.’

Paul Gilbert wrote in late February about a won-derful trip he and his wife took to Hawaii, with an interesting twist: “Pat (romeo-gilbert '74) saw a Facebook posting from Dave Ober’s wife that they were in Hawaii, on a cruise visiting a number of islands. after numerous texts, we were able to spend one fun day on the Kona coast. the Obers live in new Jersey, and we reside in greater Boston. Only sLu couples travel 5,000 miles to see each other when a simple drive of 200 miles will do!”

Steve Hill and ramona have successfully made the transition from vermont to alabama. no doubt the winter weather was far more pleasant in his new surroundings. He wrote, "my number one son (Brigham) and sarah presented ramona and me with our first grandchild/daughter on January 10, 2014, when Kerrigan was born.”

Suzanne Leip Collins and tom became grand-parents in late February. in march, tom surprised suzanne with a birthday party at their home. “it was a wonderful surprise,” she said, “but i was a bit suspicious when tom started cleaning all the bathrooms in the house in advance of the party!”

in the grandparenting vein, my daughter, sarah metevia reynolds, gave birth to her third child, another boy, on march 31. it’s raining men, Hal-leluiah! Please let me know of the big and small joys of yOur life. cheers!

1973Linda tirelli Herrmann ’7360 Crosman AvenueSwampscott, MA [email protected] reunion: 45th, 2018 (cluster with '72, '74)

Vicky MacLean emailed me that retirement is still keeping her busy. she spends winters in texas and summers in montana, training her Labradors for field trials. in her "spare" time, vicky published another book on Forest service history: Home on the Range, Montana's Eastside Ranger Stations. the second volume will be out in the fall. this project has given her a chance to explore remote areas of montana, photograph a lot of very old buildings, and interview a lot of old-timers about working at or growing up at some of these remote locations.

vicki also wrote, “it was good to get news of my senior-year roommate, Gail Behrens Day, in the winter st. Lawrence magazine. my summer loca-tion in the beautiful mission valley of western

montana is on the way to glacier national Park. if any old Outing club folks are passing through, i would love to see you.”

Debbie Bessey Benjamin retired on march 28 after 41 years in higher education, first at the uni-versity of rochester and then at monroe commu-nity college. Prior to that, she wrote, “it’s a pretty scary step and i’m not sure how i’ll feel about ‘not having a job’ after all these years. in april, the first book in my Women of a Certain Age mystery series will be coming out, The Death of Perry Many Paws. it will be available on amazon and Kindle. it’s a humorous cozy mystery.”

while my classmates are busy writing books, i’m busy writing change-of-address cards. my hus-band and i are in the midst of buying and sell-ing houses to move to swampscott, mass. we’ve enjoyed living in the Pittsburgh area and recom-mend it highly, but we’d like to be closer to our daughter and grandchildren in marblehead. Our other daughter lives in Bethel, alaska – we en-joyed visiting there in January (ironically, it was actually colder down in the Lower 48 during our trip), but have no plans to move there!

that’s it for news. Please drop me a line or send me an email – note by new address and cell phone number above. your classmates would love to hear about you!

1974sandra ciccone wagner ’7413030 Walking Path PlaceSan Diego, CA [email protected] next reunion: 45th, 2018 (cluster with '72, '73)

the next issue will be full of details from our 40th reunion, which took place may 29-June 1, just after this issue went to print. if you were not able to come to our 40th, please take the time to send me an update on where you are and what you are doing.

1975carol Owen ’7512 Lake Village DriveDurham, NC 27713-8952 919-544-2121 (evenings)[email protected] next reunion: 40th, may 28-31, 2015

in march, eLLe magazine included Susan Collins, u.s. senator from maine, as one of the 10 most powerful women in the nation’s capital. recog-nizing her 17 years in congress, the piece noted that she has become known as an important and bipartisan-spirited senator. in a refreshing change from the typical political coverage in the news media, the interview also mentioned what her husband gave her for their first wedding anniver-sary – a tandem kayak! the piece was a nice mix of the professional and the personal.

save the date (it will be here before we know it!) – our 40th class reunion will be held next may 28- 31! Please think about it and start making plans to attend!

o’shea ’74 wins prestigious Medical prizeJohn J. O’Shea ’74, M.D., scientific director at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), has been named the 2014 recipient of the Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine, conferred by the Feinstein Institute’s peer-reviewed, open-access journal Molecular Medicine. The award was given on June 9 at the New York Academy of Sciences in Manhattan, followed by scientific presentations by Dr. O’Shea and other prominent researchers. NIAMS is part of the National Institutes of Health.

The award is bestowed upon an active investigator who has produced innovative, paradigm-shifting research that is worthy of significant and broad attention in the field of molecular medicine. “John’s scientific achievements in molecular immunology have been transformative. His work exemplifies the bridge between basic research and clinical practice. We are very proud of John and congratulate him on this honor,” said NIAMS Director Stephen I. Katz.

Dr. O’Shea has been a physician and im-munologist at NIH for 33 years. He has made fundamental discoveries related to the signaling of cytokines, molecules that are critical for the development and functioning of the immune system. His research also has focused on the molecular cause of primary immunodeficiencies, inherited conditions in which immune function is impaired, and the genetic basis of autoinflammatory disorders, conditions in which the body attacks its own tissues.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of St. Lawrence, from which he received an honorary Doc-tor of Science degree in 2013, Dr. O’Shea received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.



1976mary izant ’7620101 North Park Blvd., #1Shaker Heights, OH [email protected] reunion: 40th, 2016

Joe Braz wrote that he and meredith Horton Braz '77 have been living in Hanover, n.H., for more than seven years after spending 17 years on the coast of maine. meredith is the registrar at Dartmouth college, where she also consults to other institutions as far abroad as Kuwait. Joe retired after 30 years in the disability insur-ance industry to move to Hanover. they have two granddaughters, and their sons Jeremy and Daniel ’01 are in Portland, maine, and needham, mass., respectively.

Joe’s retirement activities include oil painting and extensive hiking in the white mountains. He be-came the 48th person to climb all 48 peaks that exceed 4,000 feet in one winter. One of his main hiking partners is his brother-in-law scott Horton ’80, an er physician living in meredith, n.H. Dan Fenno, who also lives in new Hampshire, and Joe have also done a number of hikes together.

“Hiking keeps me in great shape physically and mentally, although my knees might disrespect-fully disagree!” he says. “it also provides much in-spiration for my painting.”

Joe and meredith continue to see Dave garber ’77 regularly. Joe says Dave retired from 35 years of teaching in Fulton, n.y., and “has been quite the world traveler.” Last summer, sharon Doherty ’77 and her husband, chris Longworth ’78, vis-ited for a day.

Larry Buonocore, who is an iBm sales executive and is in technical support services in the west chester, Pa., office, had dinner with Joel collamer ’78 last spring. Larry has been on the mend from hip replacement surgery on new year's eve day, and was “literally back on my feet as i dumped the cane” in march. “it has been a very smooth experi-ence and i totally recommend it to anyone who has hip pain,” he said.

BJ Hampton wrote that she and her husband, Howard Fielding, “are finally graduating – from full-time parenting, as our youngest graduates from westover school. she’s aiming to become a veterinarian, a fine tradition for the class of 1976 (kudos to Tracey McNamara)." she recommends How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries, a new book that includes her chapter “Kid-ventions with the u.s Patent Library.” “it’s the product of my experi-ence working with gifted and talented students and my work with the Patent and trademark re-source center at sacred Heart university Library,” she says. “i showcase some of the many kids (ages 4-18, some millionaires) who have received pat-ents for their inventions. you may have bought some of them! i also discuss ways to help kids de-velop ‘design thinking.’”

Aims Coney wrote that in march he and his daughter drove cross-country from massachu-setts to her new home near seattle, wash. “i’d always wanted to make that trip and this seemed like a good chance,” he said. “i suggested, almost

half joking, that we try to cross country ski in ev-ery state we passed through, and was surprised when agreed. we skied in 10 new states and still made the trip in 5 1/2 days."

right after that, at the bi-annual u.s. ski-Orien-teering championships at trapp Family Lodge in stowe, vt., aims took silver and gold age-group medals, and his wife, terry, “nabbed a silver medal as well.”

it was nice to catch up with Phil Carlson at st. Lawrence last november, during the memo-rial weekend for Ron “Luca” Pelligra and others. Phil is president and ceO of nations equipment Finance, LLc in norwalk, conn. the company website information states, “Phil has 33 years of commercial lending and leasing experience.” He’s been with FirstLight Financial corporation, ge capital commercial equipment Finance, John Hancock Leasing corporation, Bancireland First Financial and integrated resources, inc.” He has an mBa from Babson college.

Ginny Horgan sent a note and picture after a visit to new york city. she said, “Julie Neuber Bishop, Shelley ‘Toots’ Yeager, Patricia ‘Fitty’ Fitzgib-bons, and i met for a February weekend in man-hattan and had a wonderful time! Julie, toots and i have daughters living in new york, so we all met for brunch. Julie's daughter, Drew Bishop ’10, is sales manager at the greenwich Hotel in manhat-tan. toots' daughter, Brit, is a film/video producer for clinton global initiatives. my daughter, Kath-erine, is a sophomore at nyu's gallatin school. Fitty's son, matty, is a junior at Brown and was just initiated into Phi Beta Kappa.”

Kathy McInerney Olney, in rome, n.y., is still teaching and said “Joe continues to work at his family business. Jay is working for citigroup; Ju-lie has finished her master’s in teaching in rome, n.y.; and sheila has submitted her college applica-tions.” Kathy and Joe also attended John Timson/Bonnie Legro’s daughter’s wedding in Baltimore last summer and caught up with Bob and Sue Brown Hallenbeck, Mike and Katie Naughton Moran, Marty and Abby Behrens Croyle, Patty Fitzgibbons and mick Heller, and others.

Jane Delmonico Cummings wrote about her children and their spouses: Billy and nicole live in Brooklyn, where Bill works for Brevan Howard and nicole is a school psychologist; Joseph stars in the web series “eye of Horus” and is a fit model for designers armani and Fila; Kelly is a third-year med student; and Kelly’s husband, Bill, works for Dairy Farmers of america.

Amy Mellencamp wrote about her two children: emily, who was deputy chief of staff for congress-woman ann mcLane Kuster of new Hampshire, has moved to minneapolis as the campaign fi-nance director for u.s. senator al Franken; and chas continues his work as a legislative assistant for the senate Judiciary committee and u.s. sena-tor Patrick Leahy.

you will note at the top of this column i have a new address. i sold my parents’ house in cleve-land Heights (where i had lived for the past eight years with my mom, who passed away last summer) and have moved to a condo nearby in shaker Heights. a big thanks to Josie Lowden Chapman, the best residential real estate agent in cleveland (sold over list price, with a bidding war no less).

mark your calendars for two years from now… our 40th reunion, the weekend after memorial Day, June 2-5, 2016. no excuses, now. you have been told. you must appear. Hard to believe.…

1977Bonnie steuart taylor ’77 9823 Fosbak DriveVienna, VA [email protected] reunion: 40th, 2017

this “summer” column was written during a march 31 sleet storm in virginia. Last winter certainly wasn't about to “go out like a lamb!” in fact, i thought Jill Scott Jablonski put it best on Facebook when she posted, “what a nice winter we're having this spring!” the same day, Paul Barbour noted a foot of new snow in malone, but he is in the north country after all - and didn't it occasionally threaten to snow at st. Lawrence on graduation?!

while extending birthday greetings to Nancy Houston, Jill mentioned some wonderful travel plans: she was in mexico in march, traveled to italy on a trip she won from her local public radio station (!) and will soon be off to Japan. But if you can catch her at home, she mentioned that “any classmates are welcome to stay with us in our big old shingle-style victorian house outside of Providence!”

Sue Tarplin's son Drew is a consultant at iBm and her daughter maddie is a junior at Franklin & mar-shall and is considering med school. she'd almost qualify as an empty-nester but she is caring for her mom, who now lives with her. i'm sure many of us are facing or already dealing with elder care for our parents. i know i am.

Steve Barlow was recently in the news when his company, ebix, made some service delivery channel changes. steve is the vP of investor rela-tions for ebix in atlanta, which offers on-demand software and e-commerce services to the insur-ance and re-insurance industries. He previously worked on The Street, writing a weekly column on buy/sell recommendations for media stocks.

1978 Joel collamer ’7829 Hassake RoadOld Greenwich, CT 06870-1329203-698-0677 (home)203-820-4523 (cell) [email protected] reunion: 40th, 2018

author and english professor Lorrie Moore, who received an honorary doctorate from st. Law-rence in 2004, moved last summer from a profes-sorship at the university of wisconsin to become the gertrude conaway vanderbilt Professor of english at vanderbilt university in nashville, tenn.

1979Kim Hoffmann amoroso ’7935 Cedar StreetMarblehead, MA [email protected] reunion: 40th, 2019

For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected].

thanks first to Ciaran Phibbs for checking in af-ter many years! it is never too late! ciaran made it back to campus for the first time since graduation with his oldest daughter, Briana, for an accepted students day. she did like it a lot, but in the end, she headed to the university of wisconsin to pur-sue an engineering degree.

after graduation, ciaran went directly to graduate school for a Ph.D. in economics at the university of california, san Diego. He ended up specializing in health economics. it took him eight years to fin-ish the five-year program because he spent a lot of time sailboat racing. He says he ran into Barrett Holby on the racing circuit as well. Last he heard, Barrett was building boats in newport.

after a post doc at uc san Francisco and a stint on the faculty at columbia university, ciaran, since 1991, has been a research scientist at the Palo alto veterans affairs medical center, and a professor of pediatrics at the stanford university school of medicine. His wife, Jill sullivan, is a vice president at the Lucile Packard children's Hospital at stan-ford. they have two daughters: Briana, who be-sides being a great student loves to oil paint, and claire, a lacrosse goalie.

Bruce carlisle ’78 tells me that Steve Hirschfeld recently sponsored a successful cocktail reception in the san Francisco area for Jeff rickey, sLu's Dean of admissions.

Maureen Leonard Missert ran into Dave Gil-lespie at an event in naples, Fla. Dave is the gener-al manager of the Pelican's nest golf club. she also met with Amy Appel Mitchell while she was visit-ing her mom in Ormond Beach recently. amy and husband Scott Mitchell live in Jacksonville, Fla., where scott is a judge. they have two grown sons and amy works at a law firm. mo and two class-mates, Jeanne Meagher Cummings and Louise Allen Coughlan, vacationed in march at marco island. Jeanne moved to Dallas last summer and is hoping to connect with the alums in the area.

1980Fran russo-cress ’80273 Converse StreetLongmeadow, MA [email protected] reunion: 35th, 2016 (cluster with '81, '82)

it is early april and i am attempting for the third time to complete our notes for the summer st. Lawrence. the first two renditions ended in a computer dump from which i could retrieve no document. i am bordering on abject insanity, laced with as much good humor as i can mus-ter! Perhaps i can rewrite this from memory. Here goes….

i received a wonderful email from Tom White, aka “whitey,” after nearly 34 years of quiet. you made my day, whitey! tom has been married for 24 years to an “amazing” woman who has happily “put up with" him and they have “three great kids”: zach, 22, a senior at virginia tech; erin, 20, a sophomore at grand valley state (michigan); and clair ’16, a sophomore in high school. whitey has been coaching football and wrestling and teaching at the high school and college levels for 30-plus years. He has been involved with at-risk students in an alternative high school in the grand rapids area for 20 years. Like most of us, he is in good health but acknowledges that he doesn’t “bounce back like i used to.”

missy martin Decamp ’81, who ran into chris trompeter ’78 serendipitously while on a college tour with her daughter, learned through a con-versation with Margo McCaw Davy that i live in Longmeadow, mass., which is en route from wash-ington, D.c., where she resides, to Deerfield acad-emy, where her children have been for at least the last five years. missy’s daughter graduated last year and her son is still there. although we have yet to connect, i am hoping that sometime before her son graduates i can corral her on i- 91 for a quick catch-up.

richard salomon ’51, father of M. Kealy Salomon, forwarded the announcement of Kealy’s april 2014 retirement as commissioner of planning and development for Dutchess county, n.y. Kealy be-gan her career with Dutchess county government in 1982, the same year she graduated from cornell university with a master’s in regional planning. she worked her way up through the planning department, which under her leadership, has ac-complished numerous goals including preserva-tion of 600 acres of open space, construction of 180 affordable housing units in Poughkeepsie, introduction of hybrid vehicles to the county bus system, publication of “greenway guides” to top-ics like recycling, mapping of 70 trail systems, a long-range transportation plan and a 10-year solid waste management plan.

congratulations, Kealy, on your well-earned re-tirement! Perhaps now you and robert will enjoy life in Poughkeepsie or at your home on Lake george. selfishly, i’m hoping this also means we will finally be able to squeeze in the quiet time at Lake george that we’ve often talked about but that has eluded us the last few summers.

do you have a son or daughter who is starting to look at colleges?

plan a visit to st. Lawrence and learn about Laurentian Legacy Grants:

[email protected] or 1-800-285-1856.

LAurentiAn PArentS!

stowe, vt., was the setting for a reunion of Laurentians from 1979-81, and their spouses. Back from left to right are Earl “Trip” Samson ’80, amy O’connor, mary Jo Brandt, Ed Stabler ’80 and Roger Brandt ’80, while front from left to right are Carolyn Streett Simpson ’81, allyson samson, Ann Stabler ’79, Tim Simpson ’80 and Mike Ranger ’80. not present for the picture-taking were Chris Abbott ’80 and Mark Attarian ’80, while behind the camera was Terry O'Connor ’80.



i am grateful to Roger Brandt for continuing to provide me with the details of a large group of classmates with whom he regularly keeps in touch. the winter found these alumni gathered for their annual reunion, this time in stowe, vt.: “Trip” Samson and allyson, Ed Stabler and anne Hungerford ’79, Mike Ranger and virginia, Terry O’Connor and amy, Tim Simpson and carolyn streett ’81, Chris Abbott, Mark Attar-ian, and roger and mary Jo. you can see most of them in the picture on the previous page.

the video that accompanied roger’s transmis-sion helped me conclude that thankfully, some things never change! Jitterbugging appears to be alive and well among this old group of friends. it brought back fond memories, a smile and an itch to find a capable jitterbug partner to dance with soon!

Brian Desrosier wrote that he and mark Patriquin ’79, aka “Quinby,” made the long trip north on no-vember 13, 2013, to attend the memorial service for coach Bob goodwin, who passed away on november 11. Fortunately, “goody” was still with us to be honored on september 7 upon the dedi-cation of the robert “goody” goodwin memo-rial Locker room in augsbury. His former soccer players joined others in honoring the man who had permanently touched their lives. as Brian expressed then, it was not only about goody the man, but also about the gift of friendship and the connection he engendered among so many over countless years.

i am sorry to conclude with the sad news that Jim Fitzpatrick died on October 13, 2013. (there was a brief notice of this in the previous issue’s “in memory” section.) Peter Balderston and Charlie Whittingham reached out to me within days of one another to share the loss of their very special friend. “Fitzy” passed on after a protracted battle with brain cancer. many classmates had joined him in his long fight by attending the “Lemon Fests” he organized in an effort to raise funds for sloan Kettering, where he was treated for more

than 11 years. many friends also joined his family at his memorial service in wilton, conn., on a “cantonesque” autumn day last fall, including Peter and his wife, Kathy; charlie; Bill and Peggy Maas Jansen; John Near; Jim Leversee ’79 and mary; sloane miller simmons ’81; tom goodwin ’79; rick “sal” andrews ’79; Julie willis O’connor ’79; and Bruce ’81 and robin scott sozzi ’82.

the following is excerpted from a tribute charlie sent to honor Fitzy: “Fitzy was the ultimate sLu chip, the son of Jean edwards Fitzpatrick ’54 and the father of Jack Fitzpatrick ’08. He will be remembered as a lover of music, the outdoors, windsurfing, anything with a motor, and his unique dance style. Fitz was known for his posi-tive, loving energy during his days on campus, his nights at atO and his semester in London. Fitzy was responsible for bringing live music to cam-pus, including talking Heads, Little Feat and Peter tosh, all within one semester! Because of how he lived, how he loved and how he was loved, his music may pause, but his sound will never fade.”

my thanks to those of you who have been in touch. with confidence and anticipation, i await word from those of you who have yet to reach out. Our connection to st. Lawrence is enough. your unique memories will touch someone read-ing our column who will smile in recollection with you. as we share our memories and our life sto-ries, we bind ourselves to our shared history, and the distance time creates miraculously shrinks.

1981steve Lubrano ’8130 Goodfellow RoadHanover, NH [email protected] reunion: 35th, 2016 (cluster with '80, '82)

i’ve become more aware of “time” recently. i see kids with enough on their hands to spend a remarkable amount of it on social media; members of an older generation for whom it’s running out; and then there is me, firmly posi-tioned in the middle of life, wondering if i should be managing to the future, or reflecting on the past. should those of us in this middle zone still be looking forward, making plans that will have some future payoff? are we giving something up by doing so? i’ve reflected on the emotional, the logical, the economic and even the spiritual sides of the question.

it’s dissatisfying to lock into a conclusive answer to a question that has none. i’ve decided to adopt different approaches for the different aspects of life because each satisfies something important.

class notes, for example; they have little to do with the future, other than promises to get together with classmates. For me, they’re my backward-looking crystal ball; every time i take a look i see things that i was meant to remember. i am thankful to all of you for investing the time to think about them and to send them.

Mary Wilson wrote in for the first time in a long time that she was excited to see the Kenya re-union plans (as was Karen Heller). she was planning to head back to campus for the 40th anniversary of that program. she was in canton in the spring of '12, but, “as always,” she says, “hit

the campus during spring Break. in my excite-ment about heading to the north country, i'd gotten new snow tires and packed nothing but turtlenecks and snow gear. wouldn't you know, it was in the 70s the whole time. sigh. couldn't even scrounge up some good north country cold for a homesick Laurentian.” she enjoyed talking with several international students, tour-ing the new student center and science building, and seeing retired psychology professor John and marilyn ross. “i even indulged in a pizza roll, but took several days to eat it, rather than the 15 minutes it used to take!” she declared.

Do y’all recall mary’s impish grin in the year-book? sparkling!

Scott Bening has a son at Butler. the guy who held my position before me is the president there. Hmm...“President Lubrano.” i like that!

Bea Doering Shea writes that elyssa is work-ing in Berlin and headed to the London school of economics in september, while “spencer ’16 loves sLu to pieces,” skis at whiteface and is a Beta. He plans on being a business/econ major. tally is a junior and Luke is a freshman at weston (mass.) High school.

Bea was a temporary tutor/teacher in the weston school system, “getting plugged in for day assignments or short-term and/or long-term assignments” last spring. “chris continues to de-velop his franchise, batteries and bulbs,” she re-ported. “He is taking on another store in natick, mass., in addition to the one in woburn.”

Okay – i’ll be the first to raise my hand and sug-gest that it would be wicked cool to have Bea as a teacher.

after 30 years, i finally heard from Brian Bisac-cio. He asked to be connected via Linkedin. i heartily accepted and was going to do some-thing nefarious but he’s an svP at KeyBank and has a reputation to consider.

Dan McKee and chanda took a 25th wedding an-niversary tandem bicycling trip to maui, Lanai and molokai, and then visited Oahu. at some point, Dan had the great idea to cold-call classmates. is there an all-alumni search engine he could access to see where folks live? yup, at Myst.Lawrence via https://alumni.stlawu.edu/login.

Last fall, they flew the tandem to Las vegas and toured Bryce and zion national Parks. in april, he saw his son off at the southern end of the ap-palachian trail, and had plans to join him for the last 100 miles at the northern end. Dan alerted his fellow new england hikers that the son was “coming through.”

congratulations to Mauri Maroney, who upon her retirement was acclaimed for her 25 years with the u.s. Postal service, most recently as postmaster in our own canton. she has no im-mediate plans, but i’ll bet dollars to donuts, now that she’s retired she’ll finally get bitten by a dog.

Aggie Kirby Perkins reports that her oldest daughter is married and that her nephew, rome Kirby, was the youngest sailor and the only american on the boat that won the america's cup race in san Francisco in one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sports.

it was a pleasure to hear from Chris Young, who got his start at the Boston Phoenix newspaper,

and became managing editor of magazines and special publications in 1995. He is now the editor of the official publications of the Boston mara-thon, and in april oversaw his 20th Official race Program. He writes, “(in 2013) i was a block away from the finish line when the bombs went off, and while i was certainly in no danger from that distance, i saw how quickly that day changed from one of celebration and pageantry to one of horror and shock. this year's race Program will do its best to look forward, but we cannot ignore what happened and how it affects this year's race,” he wrote prior to the 2014 running. “i am very much looking forward to race weekend 2014, but like many others, will have mixed emo-tions throughout the day.”

Rob Bick let the university know that he still promotes the snowmobile ride for children with special needs on syracuse media. He said as part of that, he was asked to bring a sled to channel 9. He called it “a once-in-a-lifetime op-portunity to ride into a tv studio!” rob was named trustee of the year for 2013 by the On-ondaga county Public Library. He’s an architect with Bear springs studio in syracuse. congratu-lations to rob!

1982Karen Helle nemiah ’82 58 Oldfield RoadFairfield, CT [email protected] reunion: 35th, 2016 (cluster with '80, '81)

summertime and the living is e-zeee. Or sup-posed to be. From my front-row seat, it seems that that if you are a recent high school graduate chillin’ until your new dorm lets you escape the wrath of mom and Dad, life is pretty good at the moment. Of course if you are a parent wrestling with restless offspring, ill-functioning air-condi-tioning or weeds gone wild, things are far less chill. in fact, they’re just wrong. so sit back and catch up with some crew from your past. Pour a cold one if you must, but rest a while and maybe you’ll feel some cool breezes.

enjoying the cool mountain air of vermont, John Bailey has been changing it up since selling the inn he ran for many years. “now get to enjoy my murder mystery weekends at other inns (antici-pating 40 this year) and don't have to deal with broken toilets, leaky pipes and cranky customers,” he said. John finds meditation an excellent re-placement for “my warped need for making beds, vacuuming and serving food to others (once an innkeeper, always an innkeeper?).” John still calls the Brattleboro area home, and is adapting to all the changes of his new non-innkeeper life.

He reports that his boys are doing well. the eldest, marsh, is working on ship-related projects on the cape and going to school part-time in hopes of returning to the massachusetts maritime acad-emy. middle son nick is back from boot camp and considering next steps. (John says, “i keep tell-ing him the Xbox is nOt going to provide those answers, but he keeps at it.”) His youngest son, Owen, continues to thrive in the revered young-est position, being easy-going; actively engaged with school, sports and jazz band; and wanting to hang with dad.

On the west coast, things may be a little warm-er. Peter Bartlett got to catch up with Sarah Johnson at her presentation at claremont mcKenna college about her latest documen-tary, The Square, and her widely acclaimed film, Miss Representation.

west coast life has been treating Peter well. He is the director of student life at the webb schools while his wife, colleen, oversees development ef-forts for the institutes run by claremont mcKenna college. their daughter maizie loves school (she just completed third grade) and recently aced her Black Belt in tae Kwon Do. Peter sees Dan Hulsebosch far too infrequently, and says Henry Scully and Bill Smith are trying to pull together another reunion of the more "seasoned" mem-bers of the class.

up in the cooler great Lakes area, aspire of wny’s president and ceO, Thomas Sy, has been recog-nized as one of Buffalo’s Business First’s Power 250. this “who’s who” is comprised of western new

york’s most influential people for 2014. it’s great recognition of aspire’s work in support of children and adults with developmental and similar dis-abilities and of aspire’s mission to help them live the fullest possible lives, and especially of tom’s role in leading the charge. tom is in the picture on page 56.

Hope the best part of summer finds you soon and that your recent grads are toeing the line and keeping it cool. congrats to all new diploma hold-ers; enjoy what comes next! until next time....

1983eric Kozlowski ’8349 Clovercrest DriveRochester, NY [email protected](c) 585-230-7400(h) 585-461-3784next reunion: 35th, 2019 (cluster with '84, '85)

courtesy usta/garrett ellwood

From left, Reed Thompson ’82, Woody Phelps ’82, Dan Fish ’82 and Charlie Law ’83 convened from four different states for a mountain-top reunion at stratton mtn. vermont, in February.

By Sarah Gulbrandsen

Jill Whelan Setian ’79 (right in photo) of the USTA New England women’s 3.5 team from Black Rock Country Club in Hingham, Mass., is an inspiring woman. Her courage and tenacity helped her beat breast cancer, but she’d be the first to admit that she’s had help in winning that battle.

Her husband of 24 years, Brian, has been her rock. Her three sons have been by her side all the time, keeping her spirits up.

And because of tennis, Setian’s support group is even bigger, as Joanne “Jody” Boardman nash ’86, doubles partner of 10 years, has also been with her throughout. Whether it’s been providing meals, transportation, a good laugh or a shoulder to cry on, Nash has always been there for her doubles partner and friend.

When the two met 17 years ago, neither real-ized that both had attended St. Lawrence. That realization helped bring them closer together and made their bond stronger. So did tennis.

Setian was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in the fall of 2011. She had a mastecto-my, radiation five days a week and chemother-apy once every two weeks. It was a tough road, but in only seven months, she was back on the court with her second family—her team, every member of which constantly encouraged her in her fight.

"(Jill) has touched so many people just by be-ing her. She is very inspirational,” Nash says.

I love this game, and I love these women,” Setian adds. “We hug each other before every match and say, ‘Let’s have fun.’ If I can beat can-cer, I can win a tennis match. Tennis was and is my salvation from the cancer.”

Adapted with permission from USTA.com, October 26, 2013. Jody Nash explains that “3.5” is a level of play, based on a scale of 2.0 to 5.5. Jill Setian notes that while she and Jody Nash did not overlap at St. Lawrence, she and Jody’s cousin Deb Boardman Davis ‘79 were close friends, sorority sisters and roommates on the London program. “Jody and I met in 1996 while planning to create a children’s playground,” Jill says. There’s one more Lauren-tian connection: author Sarah Gulbrandsen’s daughter Devon ’15 and Jill Setian’s son Mark ’16 are fellow students at St. Lawrence.

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1984Julie Parker '8431 East Reid PlaceVerona, NJ 07044 973-857-2142 [email protected] next reunion: 35th, 2019 (cluster with '83, '85)

there hasn’t been much news from our classmates since the last issue, so please pass on your news , from winter get-togethers and ski/snowboard trips to summer travel plans and vacations, and let us know about the st. Lawrence alumni you have run into along the way.

i did hear from Laura Curley Pendergast, who “co-stars” with husband Jim and daughter char-lotte in a segment about their paralyzed dog, Junior, and the adventures of having a paralyzed dog in a wheelchair along with a young child. the piece is part of aBc’s “Born to rescue,” and was filmed at the family’s summer home in maine. the initial airing was in mid-may, but you can check lo-cal listings for additional air dates.

Eric Miller has been hired by Lt Public rela-tions as managing direc-tor of its new Los ange-les Office. the Portland, Ore., company special-izes in the financial and professional services sector. eric lives in Los angeles, and brings 20 years of financial public relations experience and

a deep knowledge of local markets. He has held high-profile positions at top public relations and financial services firms such as weber shandwick, Fti consulting and Financial Profiles, and has led award-winning campaigns across numerous in-dustries. He’s also an adjunct professor at usc’s annenberg school for communications, where he teaches corporate public relations and inves-tor relations at the graduate level, and is active in several industry associations and advisory boards in southern california.

1985cary regan Keigher ’851 MacPherson DriveGreenwich, CT 03860203-622-5030 [email protected] reunion: 35th, 2019 (cluster with '83, '84)

1986Joy ciarcia-Levy ’8626 Sherbrooke Rd.Hartsdale, NY [email protected] reunion: 30th, 2017 (cluster with '87, '88)

Please send me your news! message me on Face-book or email me.

i attended the 50th birthday party for Lynda LaMonte Garmong. she is a partner and director of communications and marketing at John Dun-

ham and associates, an economic research firm based in Brooklyn, n.y. she is also in the middle of writing a book on how a small business can sur-vive in the digital age.

Heidi Bauer has moved to nantucket and ac-cepted a job as project administrator, handling all of the town contracts.

Steve Amick has had some crazy luck with sto-ries since the year began--four magazine sales, the big one being to Francis Ford coppola's magazine Zoetrope:All-Story (“been trying there for 15 years, since he started it,” steve said.) and, he somehow officiated at one of the "pioneer 300" michigan same-sex marriages that histori-cally slipped through the two-day window when they were legal there. as he tells it, he had about 20 minutes’ notice and two hours of sleep and was down in front of the courthouse, his wife and son holding him up and passing him coffee, and the New York Times photographer clicking away.... One of the grooms was a childhood friend and steve happened to have filed years ago for uni-versal Life church ordination.

1987elizabeth solomon Hubbard ’872761 Bernard PlaceEvanston, IL [email protected] reunion: 30th, 2017 (cluster with '86, '88)

global law firm nixon Peabody has tapped one of its top trial lawyers, Scott O’Connell, to co-lead its 300-attorney litigation team. scott’s ex-perience falls primarily within three areas of risk to business: class action defense; corporate crisis intervention; and organization governance and fiduciary disputes. Based in new england, most recently he led the firm’s commercial litigation practice. in his new role, he helps lead more than 300 attorneys who counsel clients through government investigations, intellectual prop-erty protection, product defense, commercial litigation and a vast range of disputes and trials.

a graduate of cornell Law school, scott dedi-cates substantial time to pro bono matters and founded the nixon Peabody Domestic Protec-tion team, which helps victims of domestic violence secure protective orders against their abusers. He and susan Jacobs O’connell ’86 are the parents of Brandon ’16.

David Platzker, curator of drawing and prints at the museum of modern art (moma) in new york, was on campus in mid-april to present a public lecture in griffiths arts center. the title of his talk, which was supported by the cashin endowmen-for Fine arts, was “Drawing on Dan graham.”

1988susie somerville swindell ’88173 Weed StreetNew Canaan, CT [email protected] reunion: 30th, 2017 (cluster with '86, '87)

Ned and Lindsey Truscott Breslin are still living in Denver, col., with their two daughters. ned is the ceO of water For People, an unconventional international humanitarian non-profit focused on safe drinking water and improved sanitation development in africa, asia and Latin america. He is widely published, has a podcast series with the stanford graduate school of Business and is doing a considerable amount of public speaking, including a keynote spot at sXsw in march. ned was recently interviewed on BBc’s world service Business Daily segment titled “Doing good and cashing in.”

Lindsey is the senior research associate at the Denver office of Drug strategy. she conducts re-search to increase knowledge and help inform policy and practice around substance use and misuse in Denver.

Laura Couchey Abate lives in a restored 1850 farmhouse in Brunswick, n.y., with her husband, tony, and their two boys. after many years as an academic coordinator for college-level esL programs and then providing professional de-velopment for teachers of english language learners all over upstate new york, she is now back in the trenches as an esL teacher in the wa-tervliet schools. Laura loves her job helping kids adjust to a new language and culture. she gets together with Pablo and Brenda Conine Davis several times a year, since they live only a couple of hours west, and has visited Sara Norman in south carolina.

Having weathered a tough winter in Harvard, mass., Ted MacMahon ran in his 18th Boston marathon in april, and is planning on a couple of 50-milers later this year. ted reported that he made it to three st. Lawrence hockey games last season – wins in all!

since the last time he wrote, Tim Baker contin-ued his overseas development odyssey from iraq to afghanistan with time in africa (Liberia, Kenya, egypt) and elsewhere before finally returning to the u.s. a couple of years ago. He has bought a sailboat in the Florida Keys and has been living aboard and working as an independent consul-tant since. He sends his very best to the sLu class of 1988!

Richard Wright lives in montego Bay, Jamaica, and is the general manager/owner of milbrooks resort Limited and campmillbrook. He reports that sLu geology professor antun Husinec was there in march on a field trip with some geology students. richard’s interests include creating a research center for biotechnology, researching medicinal plants and also soliciting funds to build a science/history museum.

this spring, Shirley Howard Miller and Don-nette Chambers Threats met up for their annual “besties’ birthday celebration,” a fun-filled family event. shirley, who married Donnette’s cousin, an engineer, resides in virginia and is a senior com-

munications liaison for the ePa. when she’s not working, she is busy with her children’s school and extracurricular activities including scouting and mixed martial arts. Donnette (whose sister married shirley’s cousin) also married an engi-neer. they live in sunny Florida, where she is vice president for Hospice. their daughter attends Flagler college.

Drawing from her sLu lacrosse and theater days, Heather Keleher Maxey recently founded one of the fastest-growing lacrosse programs in new england: south shore sticks, which has had a great impact on the girls’ lacrosse community on Boston's south shore. Heather left the corporate world to pursue a career in coaching and, when not on the field, she’s at home chasing her three kids around.

Erik DiPaolo lives in newport Beach, calif., with his wife, Kathleen, and their three children, ages 12-17. He sees quite a bit of Ben Warner, who lives nearby and enjoyed skiing in alta, utah, last January with Nick Stevenson, John Butsch, Pe-ter Jette, Karl Spaeth and andrew callen ’93.

Sheila Kirk Walsh lives in austin, texas, with her husband, michael. they moved from nyc about nine years ago when her husband re-ceived a graduate fellowship at the university of texas. she works as a writer, editor and teacher. Her reviews and essays have appeared in news-papers, such as the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times.

"Kirk” is also at work on a novel. and in may, her essay about the New Yorker author Julie Hayden was included as an introduction to the story col-lection The Lists of the Past, by Pharos editions (and selected by cheryl strayed.) Kirk discovered Hayden's work through a New Yorker podcast about Hayden's story "Day-Old Baby rats," select-ed and recorded by Lorrie moore ’78.

when not writing, Kirk and michael enjoy travel-ing. they were in Belfast, northern ireland, last summer and hiked Big Bend national Park in west texas this spring.

1989Debbie Burdette ritter ’89525 Moorefield RoadSpringfield, OH [email protected] reunion: 30th, 2020

i hate to begin this column with the sad news that Joe Teresi passed away from brain cancer in early February. a resident of Brighton, n.y., Joe was an owner and partner of commercial insurance con-sultants and served on the rochester Business council and the board of the ymca. He is survived by his wife, gina; his daughter, alyssa; and his son, michael. there’s a memorial notice in “in memory.” my condolences to Joe’s family and friends.

Habari Gani?(swahili for "what's the news?")Alex Eaton '08 (KSP fall ’06) and margot Brooks '08 were recently profiled in Adirondack Explorer newsmagazine for purchasing land near Jay, N.Y., in 2012. The pair have launched Sugarhouse Creamery, an operational cheese farm. Read the full article at (http://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/new-crop-farmers).

Allison Paludi ’14 (KSP spring ’12) has accepted a position in Bujagali Falls, Uganda, working as the project manager and volunteer coordinator at the S.O.U.L. Foundation (http://www.souluganda.org). "This is the same organi-zation where I was based for my KSP independent study," she wrote. "Need-less to say, I am overwhelmingly excited to head back to East Africa!” For more great news about Allison, see "On Campus."

Jeremy Epstein (University of Colorado, KSP spring ’03) was in touch from Boulder, Colo., to say that for the past four years he has worked “for Boulder County, designing and implementing energy efficiency programs. I recently accepted a new job with a company that does finance consulting for clean energy and energy efficiency.”

Brian Hetzel ’02, m ’04 (KSP fall ’00) writes, “I am part of a small consulting firm which I helped to establish in West Hartford, Conn. We are in our first year, helping place students in independent schools and colleges. As fate would have it, one of my partners is also a SLU grad, Class of 1964!”

In fall 2013, Katie Gauthier Donnelly ’04 (KSP fall ’02) became pro-gram manager for the Center for Global Citizenship at St. Louis Univer-sity. She is responsible for overseeing the CGC's activities and working with academic and student development units throughout the univer-sity to develop programming.

After living in New York City for three years, last fall Erik Rodriguez ’02 (KSP fall ’01) bought a house in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was hoping to attend the KSP anniversary celebration on Reunion Weekend.

A February article in Business Daily Africa, titled “Women double incomes in joint kiosks ownership project,” highlights the work of The BOMA Project in northern Kenya. Kathleen Colson ’79 (KSP spring ’78) is BOMA’s CEO and co-founder.

Jonathan King ’96 (KSP spring ’95), Elizabeth Trenchard King ’97, and their two young sons recently returned home to Anchorage, Alaska, from a

three-week trip in Nicaragua. “We are very proud of Ethan (4th grade) and Alden (Kindergarten); they relished the challenge as we dragged them up volcanoes, across lakes and rivers, and through the jungle,” they said.

Asana Hamidu ’15 and madeleine Wong, assistant professor of global studies, have been selected to receive a Fellows Program award through St. Lawrence’s Center for International and Intercultural Studies to con-duct summer research in Asana’s home country of Ghana on Ghanaian transnational families and the impacts of separation on local households. Read more about this project and Asana’s own journey to the U.S. in the SLU News (http://www.stlawu.edu/news/grant-allows-student-professor-study-transnationals).

Be sure to check out (and join!) KSP’s Facebook page if you haven’t already (https://www.facebook.com/groups/6790476858/#).

As always, your news and photos are welcome. I look forward to hearing from you. Tutaonana!

−John Linsley ’04 (KSP fall ’02)169 Perkins Row | Topsfield, MA 01983 | (978) 500-6342 | [email protected]

enjoying a moment on the beach in Bluefields, Jamaica, are steve alexander '03 (KsP fall '02); his wife, marianne; and their son, arlo. the alexanders were in Jamaica last fall while steve completed field work for his Ph.D. studies at the university of waterloo.



Rob Berick sent me the news of Joe’s death and wrote such a heartfelt tribute to his close friend and our classmate that i’m including some of his comments here: “i met Joe within the first few days of our sophomore year at st. Lawrence, and we were essentially inseparable ever since... we were family. i think about the hours he and i spent hosting radio shows at KsLu….[w]e loved finding a new song – or a forgotten gem – that would make the other one break into a big cheesy grin….

“when Joe and i lived in new york city, we con-tinued to huddle around the stereo playing songs for each other. we’d spend hours laboring over mixed tapes together. i remember one such tape-making odyssey when, after two hours of experi-ments and debate, we had gotten only six songs recorded.… i still have the tape, and many of the others we made. those first six songs are still ab-solutely perfect together. even over the last 10 months, we were still using music to make each other smile, laugh and keep dancing….

“He was a good man who got a lot accomplished in the time he had – both professionally and per-sonally. He left much too soon… but i’m so thank-ful for the time we had and the memories that will never fade.”

rob and Paul spagnoletti ’94 served as pallbear-ers at the funeral; other alumni there included Fred Paxton, Bob Rich, Brad Rauch, Vicki Flick, Alex Kirby Taylor, carl montante’88 and andrea allen ’88. alex reported that the funeral “was an overwhelming celebration of Joe's life. He really did so much for so many in such a short time.”

alex also reported that she moved to Darien, conn., last year after living in Brooklyn Heights for 20 years. she and her husband, Denny, and their two boys, matthew and Brian, keep busy with work, school and sports. she noted that it was great to catch up with so many classmates this year as she worked with Ed Morris, reunion co-chair, to convince us to attend reunion and make a pledge to st. Lawrence. she encourages everyone to check out our class on Facebook at st. Lawrence university class of 1989.

Lee and Kasey Mathews Ormiston caught up with several Laurentian friends in 2013. they traveled to London to visit Rob Ingall and his family, who have been living there for the past couple of years. while in London, they ate lunch at a pub built in the 1600s that was named after st. Lawrence. they also went skiing with Rachael Keigher Rhine in vail, col. Kasey reported that rachael moved to Denver last year and loves the outdoor life there. Hilary Watts Harris and her family stopped by Kasey and Lee’s home in new Hampshire for a visit. Kasey also wrote, “Our kids started school at Derryfield (last) fall. Molly Mc-Gregor Brandt's husband, Pete, teaches and their daughter sophie attends, so we get to see each other quite a bit!”

i promise more news about our classmates in the next issue, when i will report on our 25th reunion.

1990Lynne gilbert agoston ’9011805 Farmland DriveRockville, MD [email protected] reunion: 25th, may 28-31, 2015

Jeannie Weissman Anderson played defense with steve maier ’68 in a recent co-ed ice hockey tournament in sheridan, wyo., where steve is the county commissioner. “we wear the sLu sweaters often,” he said. Jeannie lives in Big Horn, wyo., with her husband, Kevin, and two children: Brice, 16, a bantam hockey player, and eliza, 14, a dancer.

Rob English, K.C. Swenson, andy smith ’91, sara norman ’88 and some non-sLu friends spent an evening at the Beacon theatre in march to see the allman Brothers Band in new york city. it was the seventh time in eight years for some of them, in keeping up an annual tradition of meeting up for the event. this year’s show was particularly poignant because it was the band’s last show at the Beacon. rob stated, “it's the good times, the great music, and the best of friends that have always made this weekend so special.”

Karyn Edwards Niles and Dick ’87 traveled to copper, colo., for a weekend of skiing with Darcy Sandleitner Adiletta, Ani Reed Walker and megan champney meagher ’91 and their spouses and families. in addition to skiing, they enjoyed some good food and drink while catching up and planning their next adventure. Darcy and her hus-band, mark, live in connecticut and combined the trip with some college visits for their oldest child, tJ. ani and mike and megan and Joe all live out-side Denver.

1991Ken Polk ’9134 Rana CourtWilliamsville NY 14221716-830-6438 (cell)716-626-6120 (work)Fax: [email protected] reunion: 25th, 2016

although i am aware of lots going on in the lives of classmates on Facebook and via the random phone call or email, i don’t have any specific news to share this time around. However, i do have a few questions for you…so read along!

Do you like to write? Do you enjoy connecting with classmates? Do you have an hour (spread

out over four times a year) to volunteer for your alma mater? if you answered yes, yes, yes, then have you ever thought about staying connected to st. Lawrence by becoming the class notes writ-er for the class of 1991? after 23 years of writing these columns, i feel that now is the time to ask which classmate would like to take on this special assignment of keeping us well informed about the various life events going on in the wonder-ful world of the individuals from the sLu class of 1991. the column is meant to lean more toward the conversational than the formal, like you’re talking to a bunch of classmates at a reunion or a gathering. the university will even send you some news clippings from time to time! maybe you want to set up a class of 1991 Facebook page….the opportunities are endless!

so, if you are interested in becoming a reporter for this class, please contact sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected]. i thank you all for reading my column for these many years but i think it is time to hear another voice!

1992Lisa Kiene ’92427 West 66th TerraceKansas City, MO [email protected]: SLU ’92next reunion: 25th, 2017

1993chris gardner ’93 4 Mt. Pleasant TerraceNewtown, CT 06470203-364-0822 (home)203-264-5554 (work)Fax: [email protected] reunion: 25th, 2018

1994Kieran m. Killeen '9411 Beacon StreetSouth Burlington, VT 05403802-951-1946 (home)802-656-3250 (work)[email protected] next reunion: 20th, may 28-31, 2015 (cluster with '95, '96)

1995samantha c. Bixby ’95 PO Box 5365Breckenridge, CO [email protected] reunion: 20th, may 28-31, 2015 (cluster with '94, '96)

Shane Gebauer wrote to say he is disappointed that our class doesn’t share news as often as most would like to see, and that sending his own could motivate others to do the same.

shane lives in western north carolina with his wife, Heather Kirk, and two boys, Braxton and cor-mac. they are partners in one of the nation’s larg-est bee supply companies. “yup, honeybees,” he wrote. “i never would have envisioned doing that for a living, but i really enjoy it.” Brushy mountain Bee Farm was named a north carolina Business to watch in 2012, and last year shane and two co-owners were named small Business Persons of the year in north carolina by the small Busi-ness administration. when not at work, family is the priority, followed by an obsession for playing competitive racquetball. if there is anyone in the western north carolina area, shane would love to hear from you.

Kate Rawson Powell and her family live in Balti-more; they returned to her husband’s hometown from washington, D.c., 12 years ago, and are rais-ing two girls, 9 and 6. Kate still telecommutes part-time as a reporter and editor, covering phar-maceutical regulation and health care policy, and also "works" as a very busy volunteer, as a board member for the enoch Pratt Free Library (Balti-more's library system) and the children's schol-arship Fund Baltimore. she also squeezes in a bit of road cycling, and is gearing up for her second ride for the Feast, a 140-mile ride from Ocean city to Baltimore that supports a local non-profit, moveable Feast. Kate often sees Edie Mead, who is living in washington, D.c., and is a social worker at children's national medical center. edie is tak-ing some time off while she and her husband take care of their first baby, sybil Holloway Dematties.

Beth Conlon Colello moved to canton in Febru-ary, during one of the coldest and snowiest years on record in the north country. skiing on the golf course was great! Beth’s kids, charlotte and Beatrice, have declared sergi’s the best pizza in town!! (Of course they did! Blue cheese, anyone?) they are enjoying their new school, which is only a three-minute walk from home, and they love the sLu Bookstore. Beth writes, “it seems like ev-erything on campus has improved tremendously since we were all here 20 years ago. everyone

should come back and visit for a reunion if they can! i've been taking a great class in the ‘new’ stafford Fitness center at the newell Field House and the facility is beautiful.” when she wrote, her brother tim conlon ’96 was planning a visit in June. Last summer, Beth caught up with a few people from the classes of ’94, ’95 and ’96, and hopes to reconnect with a few sLu people this summer, but really, how can you not connect with sLu people when you call canton home?

i think we are at that age where we are just living our lives and babies and marriages and careers are all settled in and aren't "news" anymore, but i think we can all come up with something once in a while, right? i will issue this challenge to you, class of ’95… let’s have the longest class notes column next time around, what do you say?

1996tanya r. Parrott ’969712 Handerson Place, #405Manassas Park, VA [email protected] next reunion: 20th, may 28-31, 2015 (cluster with '94, '95)

Luke Dolce sent a rather exciting update. He and wife sarah have developed an app to help parents with their children’s smartphone/tablet usage. they have three children (a daughter, 11, and two sons, 7 and 4). Luke describes them as “lovely and amazing but, like most of their compatriots, com-pletely obsessed with our phones and tablets.” He says the kids’ arguments about the value of skills such as perfecting their shots on angry Birds star wars edition vs. academic skills such as learning the correct way to form a letter were becoming “severely frustrating.”

so for the past year, he and sarah have been working on an app “that takes the pressure off parents or guardians to police what kids are do-ing with their smartphones and tablets.” the Play

This 2 Play That app is more than “just a stopwatch to control gaming time,” Luke says. Parents sepa-rate education apps into a category (“Play this”) and games into another (“Play that”). He contin-ues, “Parents then set a time that the child must play the education app before the games are unlocked. the app holds the child's place in the game so that there are no tears about getting to certain levels. Once the game time is up, the app pauses that game and sends the child back to the main menu where the child must play more edu-cational games. the app is password-protected so the child cannot change any of the settings or games or exit the app.”

Luke and sarah’s app is available for android devices, but he says they are working on an iPhone version as well. “this is a true grassroots initiative,” he writes. if you want more information, you can check it out on their website: http://playthis2playthat.com/.

James Cooper let the ’97 reporter know he is fighting cancer for the second time. “coop,” now a father and husband, is keeping strong, and is ready to “pick a fight” with this horrible disease again. coop and his family are asking for your prayers. and if all of us help, even a little, it could take a big burden off of him while he puts all of his energy into beating cancer once and for all. Please check out team cOOP on Facebook or go to www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/team-cooper/156405.

since we don’t have any other news, i want to take a second to wish my classmates happy 40th birthdays! many of us are entering a new decade this year. i’ve seen some great celebra-tions in my Facebook news feed, and i hope that the next 40 years bring us as much happi-ness as the last 40. Don’t forget to send us news whenever you have some!

1997Kerri williams ’97400 Fingar Rd.Hudson, NY 12534-4271(h) 518-828-0842(c) [email protected] reunion: 20th, 2018 (cluster with '98, '99)

what can i say, our class rocks!! Once again i have a lot to share.

my sLu roommate has had an amazing year. Sa-mara Blum said “i do” to matt Jacobs on Decem-ber 15, 2013, in turks & caicos! there’s a picture of them in “wedding album.”

Jennifer Khoury Kellar and husband takeo wel-comed their fourth son, grayson, on august 26, 2013. He joins big brothers riley, 8, Owen, 5, and collin, 2. Luckily, they live in southern california (encinitas) and are able to take advantage of the warm weather and get the boys outside to tire them out. Jennifer will be returning to work as a senior counsel at a large national law firm.

Todd Parker was recently in san Francisco. He had the amazing opportunity to have a personal guided tour of the mythbusters warehouse by none other than Jamie Hyneman himself!

Late-90s residents of the greenhouse theme cottage reunited on the shores of Lake winnipesaukee, new Hampshire, last summer. From left are Mike Tremberth ’97, David Hoffman ’97, Rebekah Abrams ’97, Keith Krejci ’97, Amanda Patterson Kendall ’97, Matt Fellowes ’97, Erik "Smiley" Johnson ’97 and Josh Gannon ’97.



Curran / mcCann

Blum/ JacobsAvantaggio / Bolduc

Laurentian Weddings(For details, see the respective Class Notes. We publish wedding photos that meet our technical requirements on a first-come, first-served basis; those that do not appear in this issue are scheduled for a future one.)

Will Avantaggio ’90 and annie Bolduc, rock-port, maine, Dec. 21, 2013.

Franco Bari ’98, M’10 and mare macDougall, canton, n.y., July 5, 2013. Laurentians in atten-dance included many former women’s soccer and women's hockey players who were coached by one of the couple.

Samara Blum ’97 and matt Jacobs, turks and cai-cos, December 15, 2013.

Craig Clark '97 and sarah nicholson, Benson, n.y., september 13, 2013.

Martha Clement ’86 and richard D. rochford, Jr., rochester, n.y., October 19, 2013.

Neil Coutinho ’09 and Phylicia martel ’11n, Kampala, uganda, December 28, 2013. guests converged from argentina, switzerland, Kosovo, uganda, tanzania, rwanda, Kenya, ghana, Leso-tho and the united states.

Patrick Curran ’05 and Maggie McCann ’05, new Hartford, n.y., July 14, 2012.

Brent Davis '08 and Bridget stephens, tallahas-see, Fla., October 12, 2013.

Kate Farrell ’07 and Jeffrey covault, Ogdens-burg, n.y., December 7, 2013.

Margot Smithson ’07 and Larry tucker, Kings-land Bay state Park, vt., september 2, 2013.

Greg Sperrazza ’10 and Amy Jay ’10, mystic, conn., October 19, 2013. nearly 50 Laurentians, including a large number of the bride’s cousins, ranging in class year from 1967 to 2014 attended.

Drew Weaver '10 and Jaime tucker, near wilm-ington, Del., sept 6, 2013. Laurentians on hand spanned classes from 1960 through 2017.

Future LaurentiansBarth: Ashley Abare ’07 and Joe ’06, a daugh-ter, mattigan Kensi, Feb. 26, 2014.

Bennett: Amanda Donohue ’98 and todd, son, Oliver Declan, march 22, 2014.

Ferris: Laura Ballentine ’97 and Jeff, a son, Brewer macallan, march 19, 2014.

Jones: Spencer ’00 and Stacy Eyth ’00, a daugh-ter, everly Dasa, aug. 3, 2013.

Kellar: Jennifer Khoury ’97 and takeo, a son, grayson, aug. 26, 2013.

McConville: Ryan ’07 and megan, a son, Bennett, march 31, 2014.

McGoldrick: Samantha Markey ’97 and Aaron '96, a daughter, adeline nichols, march 5, 2014.

Mereand: Mark ’97 and christine, a son, robert, sept. 30, 2013.

Pinnow: Margaret Maurer ’97 and cole, a daughter, emma margaret, Dec. 19, 2013.

Ridgeway: Liz Baker ’04 and Jesse, a daughter, reagan maybelle, sept. 19, 2013.

Sanchirico: Paul ’97 and Liz Polzl ’98, a son, mi-chael, Dec. 14, 2013.

Tarantino: Sarah Dempsey ’98 and Jeff, a son, edward Joseph “teddy,” Jan. 23, 2014.

VanGorder: Bobbie Rae Faivus ’07 and Justin, a daughter, Baylee marie, april 3, 2014.

Waters: Susanna Whitaker ’06 and willie, a daughter, ainsley whitaker, sept. 1, 2013.

Reconnect with old friends, see today’s campus and enjoy day trips, seminars, special receptions, dinners, concerts and much more!

plus: Alumni Executive Council’s 100th Anniversary and Singing Saints’ 65th Anniversary!

alumni.stlawu.edu/reunionShare your excitement on social media using #SLUReunion!

10th – 2005

20th – 1994, 1995, 1996

25th – 1990

40th – 1975

45th– 1969, 1970, 1971

50th– 1965

55th– 1960

60th – 1955, 1956

65th – 1950

70th – 1945

75th – 1940

Save the

Date!

ReUnion 2015May 28-31

Farrell / Covault

Coutinho / martel

Davis/ Stephens

Weaver / Tucker

Sperrazza / Jay

we will publish, on a space-available basis, pictures of alumni weddings and legal civil unions, gatherings, promotions and other activities.Guidelines:l Images must be in jpg format at a minimum 300 dpi.l Images must be accompanied by caption information: who, what, where, when. l we cannot accept photos pulled from the internet or social media.l submit by september 9 for the winter 2015 issue.Note: We reserve the right to reject images for any reason, including, but not limited to, poor quality, inappropriate gestures and what we determine is excessive presence of alcohol.

email photos to your class reporter or sharon Henry at [email protected].

Weddings

Smithson / Tucker

Bari / macDougall

Clement / Rochford

Clark / nicholson

want to send us a pHoto?



Margaret Maurer Pinnow and cole had their fourth child, emma margaret, on December 19. clare, 7, marie, 5, and Jack, 3, have smothered her with love. margaret reports it has been a lot of fun to have a baby in the family again.

Samantha Markey McGoldrick and husband aaron '96 are proud to announce, “it’s a girl.” adeline nichols mcgoldrick was born on march 5, 2014. they could not be happier.

Duncan Birmingham has been living in Los angeles for the last 13 years, enjoying the great weather. although La is lacking in st. Lawrence alumni, Duncan hopes all of us will tune into a half-hour comedy show he wrote/produced. “marOn” will be on the iFc network this sum-mer. that is just awesome, Duncan!!

Laura Ballentine Ferris is living in new york city. Laura and Jeff welcomed their second child, a boy, Brewer macallan Ferris, on march 19, 2014. He joins his sister, sally. Laura had a great visit and many laughs with Liz soule murray ’98 while in Boston last fall.

Matt Cheney is continuing to have good suc-cess in real estate in washington, D.c., and has joined the premier residential brokerage firm for the region, washington Fine Properties. He will be heading up residential development sales with them.

Mark Mereand is living in alexandria, va., out-side D.c., and is working at the Pentagon, in the Joint staff Directorate for intelligence. He is a ci-vilian civil servant planner. On the home front, mark and christine welcomed their third child,

robert, on september 30, 2013, and he has settled in nicely with his older brothers Jackson, 4, and eddie, 2. Finally, mark started his Ph.D. in public administration and policy at virginia tech's alexandria campus.

Kristen Caracoglia Culver is 16 years cancer-free! she is social media chair for her home-town's american cancer society relay for Life, as well as chair for the Bark for Life (a relay for dog caretakers/survivors and their humans.) Kristen is using her mary Kay business to help fundraise by donating some of her profit from certain lip glosses. she is chair of Health sphere , sub-group of her Business network international (Bni) chapter. if that wasn’t enough, Kristen re-cently joined toastmasters international to hone and refine her public speaking skills. and she has had the pleasure of giving a talk to mit's soci-ety of women engineers on professional image. (yes, that mit.)

thanks for all the news! send more !

1998melissa wilson macgregor '984648 N. 23rd RoadArlington, VA [email protected] reunion: 20th, 2018 (cluster with '97, '99)

Paul ’97 and Liz Polzl Sanchirico had their seventh child, a son, michael, on December 14, 2013. michael has four older brothers and two older sisters! Liz and Paul live in Lewiston, idaho, on two acres “with a bunch of chickens, gardens and fruit trees,” Liz says. Paul is a radiologist at their local hospital and Liz stays home with their kids. congratulations!

Sarah Dempsey Tarantino and Jeff welcomed their second child, edward Joseph “teddy,” on January 23, 2014. teddy joins big sister Katy. sarah reports that they are adjusting to life as a family of four in san Francisco, where Jeff is a senior engi-neer and sarah stays at home and works on her paper goods business, woods and company, in her spare time.

in more baby news, Amanda Donohue and her husband, todd Bennett, had a baby boy on march 22, 2014. they named him Oliver Declan Bennett and he is reported happy and healthy.

in our own family, Jim MacGregor started a new job at the national association of realtors in February. He is the managing director for ad-vocacy operations and communications. so far he is enjoying the challenge of a new job and a larger work environment. we also had to up-grade his work wardrobe from jeans and shorts to jackets and ties!

Jim and i took our kids to Park city, utah, in Feb-ruary in search of great skiing and relaxation. we stayed with family friends and the kids enjoyed ski school for several days. On our last night, we had dinner with Mari Palmer and John “J” Pow-ers and their children sebastian and isabel. we had a great time sharing memories of reiff col-lege, where we all four lived on the same hall.

Please send me updates on weddings, births, moves and new jobs, or just let us know where you have been for the last 16 years! also please

find our class group on Facebook: st. Lawrence university class of 1998.

1999genevieve shaw Brown ’99177 East 77th Street, Apt 3BNew York, NY [email protected] reunion: next reunion: 20th, 2018 (cluster with '97, '98)

KeyBank announces that Sabrina Lawrie Web-ster has been named vice president and senior relationship manager, middle market, for the central new york market. she works at Key's central new york headquarters office in syracuse, and is responsible for man-aging and developing relationships with large non-profit and commer-

cial customers through a variety of credit and non-credit-related products. she previously held the same position at First niagara Bank in syra-cuse. an economics major, she lives in Baldwins-ville, n.y., where she serves as board treasurer for Home Headquarters, inc. Previously board vice president for the erie canal museum, she is a 2010 graduate of Leadership greater syracuse.

it has come to the university’s attention that Bonnie Swoger is a frequent blogger on science and technology topics. One later-winter post, on the Scientific American site, discussed post-publication peer review of researched articles, and listed several “third parties” that do this. the geology major, who also has an ms in geology from Kent state in Ohio and a master of Library science from the university at Buffalo, is a science and technology librarian at suny geneseo.

2000Joe Kerper ’008156 Centaur DriveEvergreen, CO [email protected] reunion: 15th, 2016 (cluster with '01, '02)

Doing his best to help those affected by the hor-rific Oso, wash., mudslide late last winter, Toby Hyde is the assistant chief of the Oso Fire De-partment. “the entire event took place within the boundaries of the fire district that i am the assistant chief of, which is a small (800 people with about 28 square miles of land) rural area. this event removed an entire neighborhood from existence. we have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and love,” said toby in april.

Stacy Eyth and Spencer Jones said “Hi” to child number four, everly Dasa, on august 3, 2013. as of February, they were still digging out from the massive amount of snow received in new york last winter. Hopefully, with at least a few of the kids helping, they got out.

Hope all is great with the rest of you, which—if my math skills are to be trusted even margin-ally—number somewhat more than the three list-ed above. send in some news, which is not hard, time-intensive or mentally taxing.

2001Bridgette Holmes gallagher ’0111 State StreetSaratoga Springs, NY [email protected] next reunion: 15th, 2016 (cluster with '00, '02)

2002Katie evereth ’021220 Marion Street #26Denver, CO 80203703-517-0071 (cell)[email protected] reunion: 15th, 2016 (cluster with '00, '01)

2003sarah cook-raymond ’0310219 Green Holly TerraceSilver Spring, MD [email protected] reunion: 15th, 2019 (cluster with '04, '05)

Shannon Smith Desrosiers and matt ’01 led the clarkson women’s hockey team to the ncaa Di-vision i championship and were named u.s. col-lege Hockey Online (uscHO) coaches of the year for 2014. shannon writes, “we had both been to the Final Four before, as players at st Lawrence, but had never won the national championship. [this was] one of the most exciting days of our lives. thanks to all sLu alumni for the support and well-wishes; it certainly meant a lot and was very humbling for us.” For more, see the sports pages.

i am looking forward to reconnecting with some alumni at weddings this summer and will be sure to send pictures and updates along; however, those updates will no longer be as your class re-porter. During my tenure (since graduation!) it’s been an honor to share in the excitement and ac-complishments of friends and classmates and stay connected through this tradition of the magazine. Due to time constraints, however, it’s come time to pass the baton to a new reporter. if you’re interest-ed in that being you, please contact sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim His-song, 315-229-5837 or [email protected].

thanks everyone! i’ll see you in a few more years at our next reunion. till then, be well and best of luck in your endeavors.

2004rachel B. Peterson ’042242 Montgomery Ave., Apt. CCardiff by the Sea, CA 92007610-304-4110 (cell)[email protected] reunion: 15th, 2019 (cluster with '03, '05)

Dallas stars forward Rich Peverley made na-tional headlines in march when he collapsed

on the bench during the first period of a home game against the columbus Blue Jackets. at one point his heart stopped, and emergency person-nel revived him using cPr and aeD. Officials sus-pended the game after the distressing incident.

rich had surgery the following week, to correct an abnormal heart rhythm. Last summer, he was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was treating it with medication before his collapse. at press time, his season was over, and it was unclear whether or not his hockey career would continue.

after the terrifying incident, the internet and media exploded with support and well-wishes for the understated veteran. not one for the spotlight, rich turned the focus back on his teammates in his first media interview after the event. “the focus should be on [the team] trying to make the playoffs for the city, and i’m hoping that this can be put to rest and everyone can move on,” rich said. "i'm doing well now. i'm under great care, and i wish the team the best. and that's why i'm hoping to be there to support them. they've supported me."

On behalf of our entire class, our best wishes and support are with rich and his family for strength and a full recovery.

in other sports news, Eric McMahon began his sixth season with the texas rangers organiza-tion as the strength and conditioning coach for the Double-a affiliate Frisco roughriders in Frisco, texas. He spent the off-season traveling to visit family with his wife, meredith, and son, colin. He also ran a group of players through the team’s off-season program in the Dallas area.

Liz Baker Ridgeway and Jesse welcomed daughter reagan maybelle on september 19, 2013, in Kodiak, alaska, where they are stationed for three years because of Jesse’s career with the coast guard. Liz recently finished her m.s. in teaching, learning and curriculum from Drexel university, and looks forward to teaching in Ko-diak in the fall. Deepest thanks to you for your service and sacrifices to protect our country!

another alaska connection, Peter D’Luhosch, was encouraged by his wife, Beth, to send in some news. after graduation, Peter worked in alaska on a national Park service grant that for-mer assistant Professor of environmental stud-ies chris monz arranged for st. Lawrence. Back in the Lower 48, Peter attended the suny col-lege of environmental science and Forestry and earned an m.s. in natural resource management. He was then hired by the new york state Depart-ment of environmental conservation (nysDec), where he has worked for five years as a recre-ation planner and land manager for conserva-tion easements in the adirondack Park.

Peter donates time to st. Lawrence through the shadow-a-saint program. Last year marked his third consecutive year! saddie serviss ’10, will madison ’11 and Barbara cross ’11 all followed him into the field to see what life might be like as an environmental professional. Peter says, “it has truly been a privilege to work with such great people, and it's provided a way for me to give a little back to the university and the (en-vironmental studies) program in memorial Hall.”

i also heard from Laura Kirby Bol. Laura married

Joseph Bol in July 2011. they welcomed daugh-ter eva elizabeth on December 2, 2012. the fam-ily lives in connecticut.

it has been a decade since we left the beauty and comfort of st. Lawrence and embarked on our adult lives. i’ve had the pleasure and privi-lege of reporting our news for the last several years, but this will be my last column. i am grate-ful for the opportunity to have represented you. if you are interested in donating your time and serving as our next class reporter, please contact sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or [email protected], or Kim Hissong, 315-229-5837 or [email protected].

until we meet again, i wish you all the best!

a Gift of drums From Matt Burr ’03A spiring musicians at St. Lawrence will

now be able to beat their own drums, thanks to a gift to the University's Java Barn from matt Burr ’03, drummer for Grace Pot-ter and the Nocturnals. Burr commissioned a custom drum kit – painted in scarlet and brown, of course – from Green Mountain Drums in Vermont and delivered it in person to campus on March 27. He explained to students that the kit is made partially from reclaimed Vermont maple salvaged from a former factory, along with modern stainless steel.

Burr inscribed the interior of the kick drum with the words “May these drums bang hearts and expand minds,” adding the sig-nature sign-off that the late Louis Armstrong used in correspondence, “Red Beans and Ricely Yours, Matt Burr.” Spending an hour or so with the enthralled students talking music, great gigs and favorite bands, Burr told them as he departed, “Just have fun and make beautiful music.”

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals was formed on campus, when Burr and Potter were students; their wedding picture ap-peared in the last St. Lawrence.

another Quartet of Laurentians in residenceF our alumni returned to campus in Febru-

ary to share career advice and tips on how to be successful in their fields during Career Services' Laurentians-in-Residence program. Introduced at a panel presentation by Robert John “Monty” Montgomery ’14, center, they were, from left, Joseph “JD” Delmonico '03, vice president and partner at Delmonico In-surance Agency; Carla von Trapp Hunter ’06, a professional skier and director of market-ing for SheJumps; Noelle Laing ’03, a senior research specialist for Cambridge Associates, financial advisers; and Thomas Sy ’82, presi-dent and CEO for Aspire of Western New York, which serves the developmentally disabled.

James chandler ’15



2005Danielle sanzone ’05147 Pawling Ave.Troy, NY [email protected] reunion: 10th, may 28-31, 2015

2006adam casler ’06Hennepin Road Apts. 515 Loudon Road Albany, NY 12211 518-782-6582 [email protected] reunion: 10th, 2016

Brooke James Rouse is the new executive director of the st. Lawrence county chamber of commerce. she operates 24 e. main st. Bed & Breakfast in canton with her husband, Charles Rouse, and has also been a business advisor with the small Business Devel-opment center at suny canton for more than two years. she has served as

the events coordinator of canton’s remington arts Festival, in which st. Lawrence students have been involved.

Brooke was a student intern with the canton town and village economic development office, and from 2007 to 2009 was assistant director of student activities and leadership education at

st. Lawrence. she earned a master’s degree in 2010 from the university of the west indies.

2007megan Bernier ’073 Mildon RoadCanton, NY 13617404-617-7851 (cell)[email protected] reunion: 10th, 2017

in march and april, i had the privilege of working with 40 faculty and staff members (including Den-nis Morreale) who came together to host a new event that celebrates the many reasons why the st. Lawrence community is not only special, but unique. the first-ever Laurentian for Life week was one of the most exciting projects i’ve worked on in my professional career (read more about it on pag-es 22-27). it was a success in more ways than we could have imagined, and plans are underway to add this to the calendar as an annual celebration.

if you followed along, i hope you felt all the pride we experienced here on campus, even if you couldn’t be here. if you didn’t or couldn’t take part, make sure you join the conversation next year. stay tuned for more information in the com-ing months about this new st. Lawrence tradition!

One of the many “L4L” week events on campus was networking with students and local young alumni. you can imagine my excitement when i found out Erin Coakley Lassial was the keynote speaker! Her talk was inspiring and humorous, with nostalgic moments woven throughout the speech. she did a fantastic job talking about how every connection matters and how st. Lawrence has influenced her career and entrepreneurial endeavors.

erin also had some personal news: she took advantage of an opportunity she was offered at suny canton last winter and moved from admissions into a new role as coordinator for international student initiatives. she says, “i am responsible for all the international student im-migration advising and integration program-ming, building new abroad programs and as-sisting our domestic students, staff and faculty with abroad opportunities.”

Jesse Wingate writes from richmond, va., where he and wife randi are embarking on a new adventure, “in July, i'll be leaving my role at the university of richmond and pursuing a Ph.D. in psychology at virginia commonwealth university in a full-time doctoral program. Both my wife and i will be full-time students for at least the next couple of years until she finishes up with dental school.”

Danni Weaver surprised Mike Wieneke for his 30th birthday celebration in april. she was able to “connect with a bunch of st. Lawrence folks in-cluding Brandy Hearn ’08, samantha Levitan ’09, rob wortmann ’06, Lawson condrey ’08 and evan smith ’08.” Danni also let me know mike recently got a new job as the director of aquatics and row-ing at greenwich water club.

Sarah Gibson moved to chicago in January and is working for admissions at the chicago college of Performing arts. “i moved here to be able to take advantage of the fantastic theater scene and have started attending classes at the acting studio chicago,” she says.

after months and months of work, Ellen Doble and Jamie Lomax have earned advanced de-grees! ellen recently received her mBa from southern new Hampshire university, with a con-centration in workplace conflict management. Jamie had a great 2013 as she finished her Ph.D. in physics at the university of Denver, and is now a postdoctoral student at the university of Oklahoma. Her dissertation was titled, “the X-ray and spectropolarimetric view of mass Loss and transfer in massive Binary stars.”

i suppose we’re getting to that age when many of our classmates are having babies, though it’s still hard to accept that sometimes! Bobbie Rae Faivus VanGorder got in touch to let me know she and Justin welcomed their second daughter into the world on april 3. “Her name is Baylee marie and she is happy and healthy,” she wrote. “Her big sister, Lillie, is just smitten with her!” Bobbie rae will be starting a new job this summer in syracuse; she’ll still be a physician’s assistant but in a bigger office.

it was great to hear from Lee north neighbor Ryan McConville and his wife, megan, who have a few things they celebrated this spring. Bennett r. mcconville was born march 31, and is the cou-ple’s first born, and ryan was recommended for tenure at Haldane central school as well as being named head varsity football coach.

Ashley Abare Barth sent me greetings from sunny arizona, where at the time this column was written, she and husband Joe Barth ’06 were preparing for the approaching 125-degree sum-mer but also the homecoming of their daughter, mattigan Kensi Barth, who was born February 26, weighing just over two pounds. “mattigan surprised us as she was born three months early,

but she is healthy with quite the feisty personal-ity for such a little one,” ashley writes. “we’re ex-tremely grateful to st. Joseph's Hospital in Phoe-nix as well as our friends and family during the long hospital stay. mattigan can't wait to fit into her sLu apparel, though she will be modeling it poolside and not while shoveling snow!” when i heard from ashley in early april, she was excited to report that mattigan had recently doubled her birth weight, no longer required oxygen and had mastered bottle feeding.

ashley is considering further schooling, but for the time being will be home with little mattigan

and their gigantic bulldog, the Khaleesi. (report-er’s note: How can you not love that their dog is named after a ‘game of thrones’ character? that’s amazing.) Joe continues his computer work as a senior database analyst employed by sogeti as a consultant at go Daddy.

if you haven’t updated me in a while, i hope you’ll take a few minutes to send me a quick email for my next column. it’s great hearing about all the tremendous things you’re doing and sharing them with everyone else!

2008Justin Lynch ’08217 Woodlawn Terrace Syracuse, NY [email protected] reunion: 10th, 2018 (cluster with '09, '10)

Jada Parker, left, was the recipient of the Black engineer of the year “most Promising engineer – industry” award, presented at the 28th annual Black engineer of the year stem (science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathematics) conference in washington, D. c., in February. she was presented the award by thomas P. Klin, vice president of northeast transportation at cH2m HiLL, the new york city firm where she is a structural engineer.

the awards honor those who are “successful mod-ern-day Black inventors, technical innovators, gifted scientists, budding engineers, and high-level managers and executives whose careers are ‘going beyond the limits’ in private industry, gov-ernment agencies and the military, and who are living proof of the benefits of opening doors to opportunity,” according to a statement from the awards committee. Jada majored in physics and minored in mathematics at st. Lawrence.

2009cassie coughlin ’094 Prince St. Apt 5 Boston MA [email protected] reunion: 10th, 2018 (cluster with '08, '10)

W ithin the last year, Jim Quivey ’08 has made it cheaper for people to explore

one of his greatest passions – the outdoors.

Quivey launched Pack Out Gear, a Boston-based company, in July 2013. He was inspired by several rental businesses similar to Rent the Runway, a company that allows women to rent a dress for various occasions.

“My company gives people a chance to rent camping gear as an alternative to buying it,” he says. “I want them to experience the outdoors while saving money as well as stor-age space.”

The idea for Pack Out Gear came during a hiking trip with his St. Lawrence friends. “We were looking for gear that would keep us dry and warm,” he explains. “Knowing we’d use it only once or twice a year, buying the equip-ment didn’t seem worth it, but it was our only option.”

Quivey, who is the only employee at Pack Out Gear, used resources provided by the Small Business Association (sba.gov) and SCORE (SCORE.org) to craft a business plan and obtain a small business loan. “Putting together the business plan wasn’t easy and it took about two months,” he says. “One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced since launching Pack Out is marketing it. It’s been a lot of cold calling and making personal connections. But part of the fun has been figuring it all out along the way.”

His biggest clients are colleges and universi-ties, especially those that offer pre-orientation trips, outdoor education programs and sum-mer camps. He’s also utilized Facebook and St. Lawrence’s LinkedIn group to find alumni who may be able to connect him with the right people at potentially interested compa-nies. “The alumni I’ve talked to have always been willing to help me,” he notes.

As he’s navigated through the beginnings of Pack Out Gear, Quivey has had “incredible” support from his fiancé, Noel Luciano ’08, family and friends. “No matter who I turn to,

I’ve found there’s someone I can confide in,” he says. “They’re ready to listen to ideas and strategies and offer suggestions. I’ve learned not to be afraid to ask them for help.”

For those with great ideas, Quivey has some advice: “Just go for it,” he says. “The resources are there. There’s no greater feeling than charting your own path. What better time than now?” –Meg Bernier ’07, M’09

the Laurentian Connection - Jim Quivey ’08www.packoutgear.com

Join alumni, parents and friends for a hike in the Adirondack mountains and dinner at the Adirondack mountain Club’s Adirondak Loj near Lake Placid! St. Lawrence University faculty and staff members will lead small groups on the trail of their choice.

Register Today: alumni.stlawu.edu/events or call (888)758-4438.

The Second Annual Mini Peak WeekendAugust 2, 2014



2010Joshua Johnson ’101110 8th Street, NEWashington, DC 20002716-499-3016 (cell)[email protected] reunion: 5th, 2017 (cluster with '08, '09)

Lizzy Carty, Julia Congdon and camden Hol-land ’11 ran the Hyannis Half marathon on cape cod in February. Julia thoughtfully sent this pic-ture to the university.

2011Beth spadaccini ’11PO Box 49Waddington NY [email protected] reunion: 5th, 2017 (cluster with '12, '13)

Hello 2011! as i write, we’ve just wrapped the first annual Laurentian for Life week on campus, and if you didn’t participate in the events i would cer-tainly encourage you to next year.

congratulations to Tricia Yandow, who recently launched a business called gradifye, which helps connect alumni in the city. you can learn more about upcoming events by following the com-pany on twitter @gradifye_nyc.

Kelly Skinner is also launching her own business as a health coach. you can “like” her page – Flaw-less yoga and wellness – on Facebook and sign up to receive monthly newsletters offering healthy lifestyle, diet and cooking tips. if you knew Kelly at sLu, you know she’s a pillar of positivity, so she’s a great person to turn to if you need a little boost.

Emma Bartscherer was finishing her gradu-ate degree in student affairs counseling at suny Plattsburgh when she contacted me in march, and has accepted the position of assistant direc-tor for annual giving at Plattsburgh as well. she’s really looking forward to a rewarding career in higher education.

Last, i want to congratulate Aaron Bogosian on

his recent engagement to long-time girlfriend cassie miller.

now that i’m active in university social media, i’ve seen that many of you are doing amazing things in your post-graduate lives. send updates my way so i can share them not only with our class, but with other Laurentians as well. if there’s one thing i learned from Laurentian for Life week, it’s that the sLu community casts a very wide net and an overwhelming majority of alumni are eager to celebrate your success.

2012Lauren Liebhaber ’12510 East BroadwayBoston, MA 02127315-527-8452 (cell) [email protected] reunion: 5th, 2017 (cluster with '11, '13)

Luke Kaplan has volunteerism in his blood. the 24-year-old Lenox, mass., resident became an americorps volunteer, in part, because commu-nity service is in his genes. He’s featured in a big early-april story in the Berkshire Eagle newspaper that focuses on his work with Habitat for Hu-manity, for which he received an award. For the full story, go to www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_25473091/.

Matthew Saulter posted on a university site that he is working for the executive education depart-ment at mit’s sloan school of management. “i work with executives and ceO’s, enrolling them in our non-degree courses,” he said.

2013Brittany moten ’13536 East 79th Street, Apt #5ENew York, NY [email protected] reunion: 5th, 2017 (cluster with '11, '12)

One of the best feelings in the world is connect-ing with fellow Laurentians in the “real world.” it’s even better when it’s a classmate!

in march, Mary Baucom visited Amy Callahan in Boston as part of her Health and science report-ing seminar for her journalism graduate program at medill / northwestern university. she partici-pated in a three-day practicum at the Beth israel Deaconess medical center’s mri department. amy works at Beth israel as a clinical research assistant. not only did these two interact a little bit at the medical center; mary also got to spend the week exploring Boston's north-end neighbor-hood with amy. mary is really enjoying her grad journalism program and has decided on a con-centration in magazine writing and editing.

Tishara Joseph ac-cepted a position as an asset protection in-vestigator/detective for Lord & taylor on 5th avenue in man-hattan. she identifies internal and external theft opportunities and prepares reports to testify in criminal court proceedings when necessary. ad-ditionally, it is the role of the asset protec-tion investigator to hold awareness meet-

ings with store associates, organize departmental audits, complete safety inspections and verify merchandise protection standards. tishara is en-joying this role, as it is exciting and fast-paced and keeps her on her toes!

congratulations to Lydia Noto, who recently ac-cepted an invitation to serve in Botswana with the Peace corps! she will be a clinic and health team worker doing research and community education on aiDs/Hiv.

i continue to send positive thoughts to the class of 2013 and wish you all the best of luck in ev-erything that you are pursuing. Keep the good news coming!

2014stephanie eldon266 Middle StreetPortsmouth, NH [email protected] reunion: 5th, 2019

Hello class of 2014,

my name is stephanie eldon and i am your class reporter. i was an english major and government minor. while i have yet to solidify my post-grada-tion plans as i write my first class notes in april, some of you have already taken that next step.

First, in major late-breaking news, three members of our class have been awarded very prestigious support for post-graduate projects. Details on what Allison Paludi, Facundo Rivarola and Kevin Angstadt will be doing can be found in “On campus.”

after spending a semester in spain, Tasha Cor-nell-Roberts decided to go abroad again. ac-cepted into the council on international educa-tion exchange (ciee), she will be teaching english in madrid for a year.

elsewhere in the world of education, history ma-jor and english minor Brayden Henry accepted a teaching apprentice job at the new canaan country school. He will begin at the end of au-gust and teach elementary students until the end of June 2015. Merrill Clerkin is heading off to work for teach for china for the next two years. Christina Robichaud enrolled in a 200-hour reg-istered yoga teacher training program through the Boston yoga school from august 2014 to January 2015.

Caitlin Boreyko will be attending ithaca col-lege in the fall to complete a two-year master's degree program in exercise and sport science with a concentration in sport psychology. caitlin has received a graduate assistantship and will be a teacher’s assistant for the sport psychology un-dergrad course. middlebury, vt., native Kate Hig-gins will be returning home in the fall to be the assistant coach of the middlebury college field hockey program.

Greg Carey, who led the men’s hockey team throughout our four years, signed an entry-level contract with the Phoenix coyotes. there’s more about greg on the sports pages.

the wednesday after graduation, Jenette Kloss and Abigail McIvor were to begin a 2,900-mile canoe and hiking trip. starting in Old Forge, n.y., they plan to complete the 740-mile northern For-est canoe trail paddling to Fort Kent, maine. From there, they will hike the appalachian trail to geor-gia in hopes to be done before christmas.

Andrew Chan will be moving to cary, n.c., to work for a company called sageworks as a mar-keting and public relations associate.

Emily von Loesecke has plans to cycle across the country, from Providence to seattle, with a program called Bike and Build. they participate in and help support affordable housing projects along the way.

in the financial sector, three seniors have been offered jobs at goldman sachs, in three different locations: Justin Champlain will be going to salt Lake city; Payton Stahler will be in miami, Fla., and Patrick Raley will be working at the global headquarters in new york city, working specifical-ly in high-yield and distressed credit. meanwhile, Alex Almy plans to return to Baltimore to work for Legg mason, and Alex Hoimes will return to san Francisco, to work as an analyst for citi Bank. Carey Kaiser will be moving to new york city and starting at uBs under their graduate training program as an analyst. after his internships with morgan stanley during the fall of 2012 and then again in the summer of 2013, Bill Prassas began working fulltime as an analyst in June.

syracuse, n.y., native Ryan Gakeler has accepted a job at eaton corp. as part of the Finance Lead-ership Development Program. it is a three-year rotational program; he will live in three different places, and his first stop will be Kearney, neb.

Hunter Koski has been offered an internship at the u.s. House of representatives in washington, D.c., under congressman vern Buchanan(r-Fla.). On the opposite end of the country, two days after commencement Conant Neville headed to skagway, alaska, to be a guide for alaskan mountains guides.

Kye Ameden has a six-month internship with the

How do You Measure the value of a Forest?

r ichard Sharp, right, was an assistant profes-sor of computer science at St. Lawrence

from 2007 through 2010, when he was named the lead software architect for the Natural Cap-ital Project at Stanford University. He has since hired three St. Lawrence alumni: from left, Kathryn Glowinski '12, Doug Denu '10 and James Douglass '10. The quartet returned to campus in February, when Professor Sharp gave a talk about the Natural Capital Project and the Earth Genome. Another Laurentian member of the team is Victoria Peterson ’10, a communications intern.

For details, go to www.naturalcapitalproject.org, but in a nutshell, the abstract indicates this: “If an accurate value of natural capital [such as a forest] can be assessed, it can be used to weigh real economic tradeoffs (among) multiple spa-tial planning scenarios. The Natural Capital Proj-ect develops software tools that help decision-makers in evaluating those scenarios based on a wide variety of ecosystem sciences.” The software “allows spatial planners to construct a mathematically optimal land use portfolio given budget constraints, desired restoration or protection activities, and driven by the biophys-ical properties of the underlying landscape.”

As that software has “matured,” the abstract continues, “We have identified a need for an integrated global framework of data collec-tion, environmental and economic analytics, and planning centers to rally future conserva-tion, restoration and development efforts. This project, recently christened the Earth Genome, is in the early stages of planning and software/hardware prototyping.”

show off your grilling skills with our new BBQ tools, made of repurposed hockey sticks from the aHL, the nHL and club teams.

they will be the perfect gift for birthdays, graduation or just because!

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when you purchase saintswear items, you’re making a difference for students and buying a high-quality product. the Alumni Council receives 60% of the profits from saintswear sales, 100% of which goes toward supporting programming for our students.

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sylvia center, a nyc-based organization that pro-motes nutrition and healthy eating for children. Kye is at their educational farm in Kinderhook, n.y., where she manages the children's garden and helps plan programming for visitors. after Katchkie Farm, Kye hopes to continue working with the sylvia center in one of their new york city programs.

Ross Robinson was accepted into the university of chicago master’s program in social sciences, but he intends to research topics in political psy-chology from a neuroscientific perspective. Abi-gail Horan will be attending graduate school at Boston university's school of social work in the fall, and Sarah Koallick will be heading to mil-waukee, wis., to get her master of science in com-puting at marquette university.

Katelyn Almon graduated early, in December 2013, and has been a research associate at Duke university, with the canine cognition center and Hominoid Psychology research group, since Jan-uary 2014. she has worked in Orlando, Fla., with service dogs for one month.

new homeowner Kristen Linder is marrying suny Potsdam graduate John Luke william on august 9 in sauquoit, n.y. the couple lives in uti-ca, and Kristen is looking to start a job at one of the nearby universities.

Graduate Programsgary e. Krolikowski m’774380 Lakeshore DriveCastile, NY [email protected]

this news comes directly from the white House: Michael Botticelli M’81 was named acting director of national drug control policy in the spring. this appointment reflects his leader-ship in the commonwealth of massachusetts, where he was director of the Bureau of sub-stance abuse services at the massachusetts De-partment of Public Health. additionally, he has been active in national organizations promoting healthy and safe therapies for those adversely af-fected by drug addiction. michael is an upstate new york native.

Please share your life experiences/accomplish-ments with your fellow sLu graduate alumni.

i welcome contributions!

in MemoryCompiled by Shayla Snyder Witherell ’11 ([email protected]) 1941 chemist and pharmaceuticals ex-ecutive Gustave “Gus” Wetterhahn of winter Haven, Fla., died December 11, 2013. He was a member of sigma Pi and graduated with a degree in chemistry at age 19. gus began his career as a chemist and retired as executive vice president and general manager at american Home Prod-ucts (now Pfizer) in rouses Point, n.y. in 1986, he and his wife, who predeceased him, began wintering in Florida and travelling the world. His daughter Karen wetterhahn ’70, who was a pro-fessor of chemistry at Dartmouth college, also preceded him in death, in 1997.

1942 Jean Godley Littlefield died april 13, 2014, at her home in myerstown, Pa. at st. Law-rence, she majored in psychology and was active in many sports. she made the Dean’s List and was a member of alpha Delta Pi sorority, women’s student government association, and the Outing club. carrying her passion for nature throughout her life, she supported nature centers and envi-ronmental agencies in eastern Pennsylvania. she also enjoyed singing and watercolor painting. re-membering her are four children and their fami-lies, including son Bruce g. Littlefield ’72.

1943n Robert E. Ewing of Pleasant gap, Pa., died march 27, 2014, six weeks after the death of his wife, virginia Harwood ewing ’43n. those surviving them include sons John H. ew-ing ’66 and andrew g. ewing ’79. robert was a member of the thelomathesian society, alpha tau Omega and mummers. He also contributed to The Hill News and the Gridiron. in addition to making the Dean’s List, he was honored with an award at moving-up Day and listed in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Col-leges. after serving in world war ii in the Pacific theatre from 1942 until 1946, he received the american campaign medal, asiatic-Pacific cam-paign medal, and world war ii victory medal. He retired in 1985 after a long career in the publish-ing industry.

1943n Virginia “Dinny” Harwood Ewing died at home in Pleasant gap, Pa., on February 13, 2014. while on campus, she was a member of Del-ta Delta Delta. she raised her own children as well as welcomed dozens of foster children into her home. she was an active member of st. andrews episcopal church. she predeceased her husband, robert ’43n by six weeks, bringing to a conclusion their 72-year marriage. in addition to their sons John ’66 and andrew ’79, surviving Dinny and robert are three other children, 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

1945 Margaret “Peg” Manley Mangum of Kennebunk, maine, died December 28, 2013. she majored in english and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. she was a sister of Kappa Kappa gamma and sang with the Laurentian singers. the daugh-ter of g. atwood ’16 and alice reynolds manley ’17, Peg’s Laurentian heritage ran deep, her father being the first director of st. Lawrence’s alumni relations office and a prominent north country historian. Peg co-authored Frederic Remington and the North Country with her father.

1945n Marilyn “Lynn” Carter Metsger died January 30, 2014, in mcLean, va., where she had been an active volunteer. a sister of tri-Delta, she worked for mccann erickson at rock-efeller center in new york city before marrying and starting a family and becoming active in her church and community. remembering her are two daughters, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

1947 Robert “Bob” Hebblethwaite of Jacksonville, Fla., died september 29, 2013. He pledged sigma Pi and studied chemistry at st. Lawrence. after obtaining a master’s degree from the university of north carolina, he worked as a

chemist for the Florida state Board of Health. He is survived by his wife, five children, three grand-children and one great-grandchild.

1947 Robert “Bob” Parker died march 16, 2014, in watertown, n.y. Originally a member of the class of 1945, he was a retired ceO of Blount Lumber company and an army air Force veteran. while receiving his B.s. in physics and mathemat-ics, he was a member of Beta theta Pi and the Laurentian singers. He was involved with broad-casting and producing publications on campus in addition to competing on the football, basketball and intramural ski teams.

1947 Ellen Joseph Prahl of Panama city, Fla., died January 30, 2014. During her time at st. Lawrence, she studied english, which led her to a career as an editor at the rockefeller Foundation. after moving to Panama city, Fla., in 1995, she volunteered as an administrator for the Bay cares indigent care Program of the Bays medical soci-ety and served on the board of the Panama city music association. she is survived by her son and his wife and their three children.

1949 Mildred Elliot Auxter of sun city west, ariz., died november 20, 2013. she majored in psychology and was a sister of Pi Beta Phi. she raised her two children and, when her husband retired, they sold their house in new mexico and traveled around the country in a motor home for seven years before settling in arizona.

1951 Jay Smith Hague of west Orange, n.J., died October 28, 2013. she met her husband, J. elliot Hague ’52, at st. Lawrence; he preceded her in death in 2001. she majored in english and was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, the field hockey team and the riding club. she pur-sued her passion for photography, beginning commissioned photography work in the 1970s before opening a wedding photography busi-ness, Bask & Hague, in 1991.

1952 Dr. Edward “Ed” Attarian of Durham, n.c., died march 21, 2014. He majored in biology and was involved on campus as a class officer, Ori-entation leader and winter carnival committee member. He was a brother of alpha tau Omega and was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa. Be-fore enrolling at st. Lawrence, he had contracted pulmonary tuberculosis, which led to his interest in studying medicine and to earn his m.D. in 1955 from albany medical college. He was board cer-tified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. He was a fellow or member of numerous profes-sional societies, including the american college of Physicians, the american gastroenterological association, the american society of gastroin-testinal endoscopy, the american college of gas-troenterology, the american medical association, and the american society of internal medicine. His survivors include his wife, mary Lou cole at-tarian ’52; son mark ’80; and nephews mark r. watson ’83 and michael s. watson ’83.

1952 Janis Wilson Clarke died march 24, 2014, at her home in naples, Fla., where she had lived for 15 years after having lived in massachu-setts. Janice found her niche on campus singing with the university choir, Laurentian singers, and

Kappa Delta sorority, where she led the sorority sisters’ songs. she was a member of the psychol-ogy honorary and was inducted into Phi Beta Kap-pa. after graduation, she taught 7th grade. she is survived by her husband, matthew P. clarke ’50.

1957 Louise Welton Biernacki of Hunting-ton, n.y., died January 26, 2014. she had lived with brain cancer for seven years under the devoted in-home care of her husband, robert “Bob” Bier-nacki '56. she pledged Delta Delta Delta and con-tributed to The Hill News. after graduating with a degree in history, she worked at Daniel gale real estate for 25 years. she was preceded in death by her brother-in-law, vincent H. Biernacki ’51, and daughter elizabeth, who died during her senior year of high school. the Biernackis established a scholarship in elizabeth’s name at st. Lawrence because she had the intention of continuing the Laurentian tradition. Louise is survived by her son robert J. Biernacki '83 and additional family mem-bers who enjoyed the Biernackis’ summer home in amagansett, n.y.

1957 Mary “Fitz” Fitzpatrick Griffin of camillus, n.y., died march 18, 2014. while on campus, she was a member of the golf and bas-ketball teams, the student Judiciary Board and Delta Delta Delta sorority. she was a member of the irving Bacheller society, making the Dean’s List and earning departmental honors. she used her undergraduate degree from st. Lawrence and master’s degree from syracuse university to teach english at west genesee High school for over 30 years. survivors include a son, gregory J. griffin ’91.

1959 Robert B. Reid of albany, n.y., died march 19, 2014. He was preceded in death by his father, william e. reid ’28. robert and one of his sons operated a stock brokerage firm for 36 years. at st. Lawrence, he pledged sigma alpha epsilon and participated in rOtc, KsLu and the Outing club while earning a degree in business administration.

1962 civil rights lawyer A. Thomas Hunt of goleta, calif., died January 1, 2014. He donated his body to medical research. at st. Lawrence, tom studied government and was a member of Phi Kappa sigma. He also merited member-ship in Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa. after gradu-ating from Harvard

Law school, he taught law in Khartoum, sudan, and practiced law in new york city and at the u.s. Department of Justice, civil rights Division. in 1972, tom moved to california to join private firms. He spent his entire law career pursuing class action litigation against large companies and government agencies, fighting discrimina-tion against women and minorities. in recent years he had returned to campus as a Lauren-tian-in-residence. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, three sons and five grandchildren.

Peter e. Van de Water ’58, retired longtime st. Lawrence administrator and community activist, died peacefully at his home in can-ton on april 30, 2014. He was 77. Part of a four-generation Laurentian family, he was described by President william L. Fox ’75 in a campus announcement as one of the univer-sity’s “giant oaks.”

at st. Lawrence, Peter was president of Beta theta Pi, baseball captain and a psychology major. He received a master’s degree from cornell (and later a Ph.D. from the university of michigan) and in 1962 began a long career at st. Lawrence, where he was successively director of student activities, financial aid and admissions, and the university’s first vice president of student affairs. He also taught oc-casionally in the history department. He was president of the Beta theta Pi general Frater-nity (“the national”) from 1981 through 1984, the year he left st. Lawrence to become head-master of vermont academy.

“upon retirement from academic adminis-tration, (Peter) returned to canton to begin an amazing quarter-century as a pillar in the community and an exemplar of volunteer activity,” wrote President Fox. He and his wife, elizabeth “Becky” Blaisdell van de water ’60, operated a small produce farm and bed-and-breakfast. He remained engaged with st. Law-rence, as a supervising teacher in the educa-tion Department and in helping to start the Outdoor Program. the van de waters estab-lished two st. Lawrence scholarships for north country students, and received the g. atwood manley society achievement award, for their activities in planned giving, in 2011. Peter served on the alumni executive council, was deeply involved with many class reunions, and was honored with an alumni citation in 1997. “sLu is in the blood!” he wrote to then-President Lawry gulick in 1987.

His list of canton and north country com-munity activities is breathtaking. a gardener, woodsman, canoeist, runner and hiker, he was a founder of the popular stillman Foote running races, led the canton community ac-tion Plan and co-founded grasse river Heri-tage. He ran for the new york state assembly in 1990 and fought to preserve the regional environment as chair of citizens to save the adirondack Park and the coalition on Low altitude Flights. He was an active member or

board member of several regional environ-mental organizations.

Peter was active in the canton rotary club for over 20 years and in the canton unitarian uni-versalist church for 50 years, co-founded the canton community Fund and represented st. Lawrence county on the northern new york community Foundation, and was outspoken in his advocacy of downtown canton revital-ization. He was on the boards of the st. Law-rence county Historical association and the canton-Potsdam Hospital Foundation, which he chaired.

carrying on a tradition begun by his late father, John w. ’35, Peter wrote a column for the St. Lawrence Plaindealer over many years, later gathering these short essays on north country life into an anthology, This is What I Thought at the Time. He also collaborated with Dana Professor of Biology David Hornung on a pictorial history of st. Lawrence, in celebration of the university’s sesquicentennial in 2006. He wrote several articles for this magazine, was published in Adirondack Life, and penned a biography of university of michigan President alexander ruthven.

among Peter van de water’s survivors, in ad-dition to his wife, are his mother, sarah; three children; six grandchildren, including marga-ret macDonald ’16; and siblings Jean van de water williams ’60, John g. “Jack” ’61 and gor-don B. “spud” ’66. several nieces and nephews are also Laurentians. –NSB

✽ The designation “n” with class numerals indicates that the individual did not graduate from St. Lawrence.

✽ The designation “M” with class numerals indicates that the individual earned a master’s degree from St. Lawrence in the year given.



1963 Mary Joyce Babcock Fosko of scottsdale, ariz., died march 26, 2014. at st. Lawrence, she was a sister of Pi Beta Phi and was involved with campus broadcasting. she made the Dean’s List as she worked on her psychology degree and was inducted into Psi chi, the psychology honorary society.

1964 James W. McInnis died at his home in warrensburg, n.y., on February 15, 2014. He was a member of sigma alpha epsilon and played on the varsity hockey team for three years. after obtaining his master’s degree, James retired from suny canton where he had worked as a counsel-or and director of the suny eOP (equal Opportu-nity Program) for over 40 years. He is survived by his three children and their families.

1969 Bryce M. Lockwood Jr. of marlbor-ough, mass., died February 16, 2014. His survivors include his former wife, Joanne smith Lockwood ’68, two sons and five grandchildren. Bryce ma-jored in history and was a member of sigma Pi and the Laurentian singers. He was also involved with campus publications. after earning his m.ed. from Boston university in 1972, Bryce began a ca-reer in teaching and administration in private and public schools.

1969 Lawrence “Craig” Macrow died at his home in erie, Pa., on February 21, 2014. He joined rOtc and sigma Pi fraternity at st. Law-rence while working toward a B.s. in mathemat-ics. He had worked at Heritage tobacco and wine for the last 25 years. He enjoyed boating, playing cards, and being with his two children and five grandchildren.

1978 Gregory P. Bolster died at his home in walpole, maine, on april 15, 2014. He was a mem-ber of sigma Pi and the men’s soccer team. after

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usk was falling. My feet were sore and my stomach felt hollow. The lanky man-child beside me was angry, and we were both a little scared. I was refus-ing to let myself panic.

It was August 2011. We were supposed to be return-ing to a lean-to along the Raquette River after a long hike summiting a few Adirondack high peaks. Our group had split up several miles previous, tired, anxious to return to camp, and in disagreement about which poorly marked trail led back to camp. Nick Schessl ’14 and I did manage, around dusk, to return to the lean-to and our peers. But only after a long and emotionally trying trudge through the woods.

Although it was accidental, hik-ing 25 miles in a day instead of the intended 18 is just one instance of experiential learning that can occur on the Adirondack Semes-ter. The unplanned endurance develops what the National Out-door Leadership School (NOLS) calls “tolerance for adversity and uncertainty,” a skill they consider essential to leadership and life.

St. Lawrence’s Adirondack Se-mester is ground-breaking be-cause it combines the experien-tial education of programs like NOLS with academics. It isn’t just living outside and simply, nor is it purely field-based academics. Among academic semesters with a focus on environmental interaction, it is more struc-tured, more place-based than many constantly mov-ing field semesters. The structure enhances academics, while the NOLS-esque simplicity fosters interpersonal relationships to a degree that is growing ever rarer in our frenetic society.

Many students drawn to the program expect some-thing rough and wild, something survivalist. Several of us had that preconception in August 2011, and felt angst about the lifestyle being easier than we had an-ticipated. We wished it was “more like NOLS.” One

of the best lessons I learned that fall is that difficulty is relative, and more often than not, challenges aren’t as hard as we presume.

It’s been only three years; I’m not about to claim to have life figured out, or that I am even fully aware of the impacts the semester has had and will have on me. I have gained perspective, though, enough to say that the Adirondack Semester prepared me well for chal-lenges I’ve encountered post-college. Also, having com-pleted a NOLS course, I now know that the programs are actually very similar.

When I arrived in the Himalayas in May 2013 for a month of backpacking, I was surprised to discover the degree to which I was already acquainted with NOLS’s key concepts. One NOLS key skill is “expedition behavior”: teamwork, tolerance, motivation and organization. All those traits had been crucial in the Adirondacks, as well. What really helped me during my Himalayan trek, though, was this Adirondack Semester lesson: appreciate the smallest things. Birds chirping. Sunsets. Silly dinners and game nights. It’s my best grounding in day-to-day life.

Sometimes I hike 25 miles on purpose these days, for fun. More important, I’ve learned to be more assertive in outdoor and working situations; that some communication requires finesse; and that we all face the challenge of acting on our ideas and ambitions. I may not always know where I’m go-ing, or how long it will take to get there…but I refuse to let myself panic, appreciate where I am, and make sure to periodically share a meal with friends.

Tolerance for UncertaintyBy annalise grueter '12

Annalise Grueter is an outdoor classroom instructor, teaching middle school groups from Maine and Massachusetts about camping, ecology and sustainability for the Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset, Maine. She is pictured in Colorado’s Maroon Bells Wilderness in 2013.

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graduating with a degree in sport and leisure studies, he tended bar and began work as a carpenter, which led to the founding of Bolster Builders, a company building custom single-family homes. those remembering him in-clude his wife, two sons and a daughter.

1983 Craig H. Sakin of Basalt, colo., died February 11, 2014. at st. Lawrence, he pledged sigma Pi and majored in biology with the inten-tion of going into medicine. However, he became a salesman immediately following graduation, leading to a career in finance. in 1989, he founded catterton Partners, a private equity firm in green-wich, conn., and became senior managing part-ner. He served on many corporate and non-profit boards related to his interests in horses, the out-doors, and supporting disabled individuals. craig is survived by his wife and two daughters.

1984M Harriett L. Swan died at home in norwood, n.y., on February 12, 2014. she gradu-ated from suny Potsdam in 1955 and later re-ceived a master’s degree in special education. teaching in various schools in the north country, she retired in 1991 as a special education admin-istrator for BOces. she continued teaching as an adjunct professor at st. Lawrence until 2010. those remembering her include her husband, Joseph; six children; thirteen grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

1989 Joseph R. Teresi died at his home in rochester, n.y., on February 3, 2014. He gradu-ated with a B.a. in economics and government. after earning his mBa from columbia university, he co-owned and was a partner at commercial insurance consultants. He enjoyed golfing and being with his wife, son and daughter. as a mem-ber of the rochester Business council and ymca Board, he worked hard to better those organiza-tions and his community.

we have also learned of the deaths of these Laurentians; memorial notices may appear in future issues:

1941 - Marion Morris Mauk, March 8, 20141942 - William T. “Bill” Buschmann, Dec. 11, 20131942 - Marjorie Sogge Savard, Jan. 29, 20141945n - William R. “Bill” Jahnke, March 17, 20141947n - Douglas M. “Doug” Demarest,

March 27, 20141951 - Robert P. Countryman, Jan. 23, 20141951n - Harold E. “Hal” Curtis , March 27, 20141951 - Helena Smith Moynihan, Feb. 16, 20141951 - John M. Witherhead, April 1, 20141952 - William C. “Bill” O'Riley, April 14, 20141954 - Stuart K. Krupkin, March 30, 20141954 - Edgar J. Wholey , March 13, 20141957 - Ralph A. MacFarland, April 13, 20131958 - Martin Marino, March 14, 20141959 - Robert W. Wischhusen, Feb. 20, 20141960M - Richard E. Eades, March 12, 20141960 - Richard L. Williams, Feb. 21, 20141978 - Linda Sten, April 3, 20141989n - David G. Steller, April 5, 2014

Faculty and StaffBeverly J. Odendahl, who retired in 2010 from st. Lawrence after 20 years in Facilities Opera-tions, and one year in Dining services, died on march 23, 2014. Over the years she cared for many buildings on campus, often expressing her love of family, sewing, and knitting.

Sharing News of a DeathWe will publish in “in memory” detailed memorial notices of the passing of Laurentians if we receive the information from a family member or friend in the form of a previously published notice (typically from a newspaper). Please send such notices to Shayla Snyder Witherell ’11, Advancement Services, St. Lawrence University, Canton, nY 13617 or [email protected]. We will provide the name and, if available, date of death of others of whose passing we learn, and the complete list of recent deaths can be found on the University’s website at alumni.stlawu.edu.

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