Alumni At-Large Class of 1984

Class Correspondent Information



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The Blue Light

I may have mixed up the receipt dates of several submissions so please forgive me if your news is/has been delayed longer than usual. . . . Eric Coumou, who recently received his master's in geography from San Jose State University, is working as a geographic information systems specialist and lives in Fremont, Calif., with wife Nancy and son Owen, 2. He's been playing hockey since graduation and helped develop the "computerized puck" for FOX sports. He admits that though he misses New England he has become a Californian. . . . Donna Altenpohl is director of marketing at CIGNA, she's married to William Deasey, a real estate broker, and they have two boys, Will, 3, and Zachary 2. As an active Democrat she has been amazed at the "Republican Monopoly" of the commencement speakers. One thing she never anticipated doing after Colby was completing her M.B.A. . . . Jeremy Springhorn and Erin, his pediatrician wife, have recently purchased a home in Guilford, Conn. He finished his postdoctorate at Harvard in '92 and currently works as a senior scientist for Alexian Pharmaceuticals. He still runs and finished in the top 10 percent of the N.Y.C. Marathon in '94. Jeremy has been host to two Jan Plan students over the past few years. . . . Bill Sheehan is a manager in syndications at AT&T Capital Corporation. He and Lisa are living in Sudbury, Mass., and had a son, William Patrick, in August 1995. Last summer they rented a villa in Cannes, France, with Karen and Dave Rosenberg and John and Debbie Pazary Ayer. . . . Jeff Clements and Nancy Heselton live in Cambridge, Mass., with their three children, Will, 6, Sophie, 4, and Ben, 2. Jeff is the assistant attorney general for the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. . . . Willem and Elizabeth Newell Wurfbain are in W. Hyannisport, Mass., and had a baby daughter in September '95. . . . Leslie and Nathan Emerson are living in Jackson, Wyo., where Nathan is a sales associate and ski instructor for Jackson Hole Ski Resort and Leslie is executive director of Jackson Hole Land Trust. Nathan averages 130 days of skiing and 60 rounds of golf a year. He is active in working with local kids through athletic programs and represents Colby at the local College Nights. He keeps in touch with numerous Colby alumni in Jackson Hole: Jamie Mackintosh '82, Dave McCandless '85, Jonathan Selkowitz '88 and Sue Hardy '87 and many of the DU crew. This fall he traveled the country representing Jackson Hole at ski shows. . . . I received a great e-mail from Cathy Altrocchi Waidyatilleka in Hawaii. She and husband Nandi, who met while Cathy was in Sri Lanka serving with the Peace Corps, are living in paradise and loving it. They have two children, Canden, 3, and Dillon, 1. Cathy received her graduate degree in education from Stanford and is an English teacher at a local high school, and Nandi is an assistant manager at the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Cathy wonders what's up with Doug Waite. Her last major athletic accomplishment was running a marathon when she turned 30! . . . Becca Cunningham and Adam Weiss '83 have three children--Amara, 4, Caelin, 2, and the baby due in August '96. They recently built a house in the Huntington, Vt., area. Becca is an artist and active in the local Audubon Society, Friends of Indian Music and Dance, and Camels Hump Family Program, a service for economically/educationally disadvantaged children and their families. She is also a member of the Vermont Craft Council and Handcrafters Guilds. . . . John and Sarah Ludwig White live in Summit, N.J., with their three sons and one daughter. John is a hospital chaplain, and Sarah is active in the local Methodist Church and with her children's preschool. They are expecting a major move--possibly back to Maine this spring. (She wonders if anyone else feels surprised to be in their 30s?) . . . Lisa Wormwood, a journalist/news editor in the electronic media, lives in Medford, Mass., and has a 3-year-old daughter. She calls motherhood the best rollercoaster ride one could ask for! And she's amazed at how high the tuition is getting--with thoughts of her daughter's future bills in mind. . . . Stephen Repka owns an insurance agency in Unionville, Conn. He is vice president for the board for a local homeless shelter in Hartford and plays for the Hartford Whalers Alumni Team, which raises money to promote youth hockey programs. His next vacation will be spent playing golf in Arizona.



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.