Alumni At-Large Class of 1982

Class Correspondent Information



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The Blue Light

Jon Schwartz and his wife, Kim, have been married for 10 years and have a son named Sam, 3, and a newborn named Annie. Jon is director of worldwide sales at Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass. He keeps in touch with Paul Maier (married; living in Denver; bigwig at Lucent Technologies), Marc Jeton (married; one boy; living in Maine; working at Forrester Research) and Tom Dougherty (married; two girls; working at Wal-Mart in Arkansas). All four of them will be at the 15th reunion with their spouses. . . . Scott Sophos's massage business is going well, and along with his daytime administrative job he acts professionally throughout the year. In March a year ago he played Mephisto in the Georgetown Theatre Co. production of Faust; in April he started a 14-week run of David Dillon's comedy Party (Ross Brennan and his wife attended a performance); and he also played Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. . . . Becca Badger Fisher has settled into a new job with United Healthcare as a business analyst. She and her husband, Paul, have just purchased a new house and are extremely happy being back on the East Coast. Becca would love to hear from any classmates, especially those located in the central/northern New Jersey area. . . . Betsy Pierce Williams is the mother of three and lives in Lincoln, Mass. Her husband, Banjo, is a portfolio manager for Moody, Lynn & Co. in Boston. Their three daughters are Maggie, 7, Gretchen, 5, and Anna, 2. . . . Beth Damon Rider and her husband, Chad, are living the quiet country Vermont life while designing Web pages in the city. They are computer consultants and their company is SYNAPPS: application synthesis. Their three children are Ellen, 8, Hope, 6, and Faith, 1. . . . Denise Donahue Simon is research coordinator for Project Muse (Museums Uniting with Schools in Education). She was married in September '96 to Richard Simon, a senior research engineer for Open Software Foundation. Mary Radlhammer Kiang and Emily Cummings were in attendance. . . . Linda Zee is a Spanish professor at Dickinson College. Her husband, Jorge Barrueto, is a part-time teacher and student. Last June they were caught in Hurricane Boris on the Pacific Coast of Mexico.They were traveling by bus when they came to a washed-out bridge. They crossed the river on foot with their luggage on their heads--all the while holding on to a rope so as not to be swept away by the current! . . . Margaret Klawunn has been named director of the Sarah Doyle Women's Center at Brown University. The center, an important resource for Brown women, is named for the woman who first persuaded the university to accept female undergraduates. In addition to broadening the center's services, public programs, art gallery and specialized collection of books, Margaret will be teaching a survey of American literature. . . . Wende S. Davis has relocated from California to Columbus, Ohio. She is a senior research scientist in toxicology for Battelle, a major contract lab. In July '95 Wende married Joseph Schultz, a pre-clinical drug development scientist. Rounding out the family is their black Lab, Cori. In the past year they have traveled to northern England and Scotland. . . . E.J.Meade is an architect in Boulder, Colo., where he teaches senior-level architecture at the University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning. He also has his own design practice, Arch Eleven Inc., which he started three years ago. E.J. was awarded the Colorado A1A "Emerging Impressions Award." His wife, Bridget Klauber, is a public defender, and their daughter, Eliot Delphina Meade, is 2. . . . Carolyn Treat has worked for two years in Portland, Maine, as an art therapy counselor for Shalom House, Inc., which provides housing and services for individuals living with mental illness. Carolyn is looking for new studio space after her space of seven years was recently torn down for development. She considered living in Chicago but after spending time there found that she missed the ocean and Maine too much! Carolyn is particularly proud of her 4-year-old nephew, Kai. . . . Ann Renner Stillwater is a public health nurse and has just returned to school to get a school nurse certification. Her husband, JD, is also back in school to finish his degree as a high school biology/ physics teacher. They have two children, Chris, 10, and Robin, 6, and live in Bowerston, Ohio. . . . Thanks to everyone who wrote in, and I hope to see many of you at the reunion in June!



Newsmakers
Deborah Bombaci Pappas '83 was named marketing director at Lightbridge Inc. in Waltham, Mass.

Mileposts
Births: A son, Edward Jack, to Dave and Alex Gauss Andrews '81. . . . A son, Aidan Patrick, to Bill and Jullane Cully Wright '82. . . . A son, Patrick Jack, to Regina and Mark Federle '83. . . . A son, Joseph John, to Joseph and Paula Donahue Kerwin '83. . . . A daughter, Erica Nicole, to Karen and Jim McKenzie '83. . . . A daughter, Anthea S., to Adam Weiss '83 and Becca Cunningham '84. . . . A daughter, Eleanor, to Julie and Hall Adams III '84. . . . A son, Owen, to Eric Coumou '84. . . . Twin sons, Kyle James and William Clay, to Julie and Todd Halloran '84. . . . A son, Kyle Patrick, to Jehane Zakher '86 and Paul Johnston Jr. '87. . . . A son, Rory Elias, to Michael and Maren Nelson Nagem '86. . . . A son, Alexander Ronald, to Gary and Sara Whittle Stoffel '86. . . . A daughter, Anna, to Jennifer and Peter Murphy '87.

Marriages: James F. Lafrance '81 to Susan Mortell Donovan in Laconia, N.H. . . .  Abigail Drury King '83 to Jeffrey Mark Diggins in Dark Harbor, Maine. . . . Leon C. Buck Jr. '84 to Muriel A. Evans in Washington, D.C. . . . Carol J. Hildebrand '84 to Donald B. Eburne inWest Boxford, Mass. . . . Elizabeth P. Eddy '85 to Henry W. Griffin III in Worcester, Mass. . . . Kelly A. Vandal '85 to Amos L. Gulezian in Haverhill, Mass. . . . Elizabeth W. McSorley '86 to David R. Baker in Osterville, Mass. . . . Kimberly Ann Ryan '87 to Nigel Paul Ekern in Greenwich, Conn.