Irene in 2011, has reopened in a tempo- rary location there. She is hoping to re - open in its original location and is still accepting donations for the Ann Coleman Gallery Rebirth Fund. For information, visit
artistanncoleman.com. KATHRYN A. GREGORY 41 LAWRENCE STREET WAKEFIELD, MA 01880-1849 781-224-3324
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her ex-husband, Jeffrey McIntyre, died Jan. 4. Patricia has started a business, Holleran-4-Help, offering dog-sitting and dog-walking as well as house-sitting. EMILY WALKER BRACCHITTA 36 FLAT ROCK ROAD, APT. 5 FITCHBURG, MA 01420-2282
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John’s middle daugh- ter, Kyla, graduated summa cum laude, and with an award for clinical excel- lence, from Drexel with a master’s in dance movement ther - apy. Oldest daughter Hannah works in sales for a food purveyor in Boston and will be finishing a master’s in gastronomy with a concentration in communications at Boston University. Youngest daughter Shea transferred last fall to Johnson & Wales to earn her chef certification and complete a bachelor’s in culinary nutrition. Nursing major Laura Phair recently remarried and is now Laura Perks. She and her husband live in Centerport Har - bor, NY. Susan Detwiler Nitahara is a global dossier leader in regulatory operations at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals in New Jersey. Daughter Lauren, 27, works in the operations for medical device com- pany ConvaTech. Son Christopher, 23, works in retail. Susan has been traveling lately, to Iceland, France, Thailand, China, Israel, and Jordan. She saw Leslie Hotch - kiss Arndt recently, “which was great.” NYC public-television company WNET
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has appointed Lesley Norman director of planning and strategy for its American Masters series. She will develop creative and funding partnerships and coordinate grant proposals to foundations, govern- ment, and PBS. Lesley was formerly exec- utive director of Filmmakers Collaborative and VP and COO of JumpStart Produc -
Robin Safeer Mathews and
We extend condolences to Patri - cia Holleran, who reports that
tions, where she oversaw the Emmy-win- ning PBS series NOW. She also won an Edward R. Murrow award as senior pro- ducer on the film Child Brides, Stolen Lives. Bill Slusky’s older son, Sam, is flying
with American Airlines, while younger son Max took driver training this past summer. Bill recently supervised the lights and sound for a musical troupe, Dae - dream, at Max’s school. He says his Skid - more degree and training came in handy once again! It was great seeing Jen Charlesworth Thomas at Skidmore Night at the Pops in Boston. Nursing must agree with her, because she looked great. I also enjoyed chatting with Debbie Chafetz Levenson and her husband. DEBBIE MONOSSON 16 PERRY STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139-3912
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to Barcelona and the Costa Brava in Spain, adding in a side trip to visit friends in Nice, France, and Monaco. Daughter Allison graduated from the University of Vermont in December and has been job hunting in Asheville, NC. Daughter Kristen is working on a doctorate in phys- ical therapy at Northeastern. Linda was looking forward to a mini-reunion this fall with Collette Reifers Huidekoper, Wendy Collins Gutfarb, Elizabeth Martin Gross, Jane Bennett Low, and Alyssa Oxley. In May Karim Chichakly earned a doc- torate in computer science from the Uni - versity of Vermont. His dissertation “Mul - ti objective design and innovization of robust stormwater management plans” focused on urban water-runoff systems to be resilient to climate change. Karim says his PhD was “a long, long time coming!” For the second year in a row, Pam Swen -
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sen, CEO of the Executive Women’s Golf Association, was honored by the Common - wealth Institute as one of Flori da’s top ten not-for-profit CEOs and was a keynote speaker at the institute’s annual awards luncheon in Miami. The EWGA has con- nected more than 125,000 women to the game of golf in its 22-year history and is all about attracting current and aspiring professional women to golfing for busi- ness and fun. We extend condolences to the family
of Susan Chobanian, who died in 2012. Judging from the many e-mails I received, she will be greatly missed by her Skid - more family.
Linda Cooke Ashley and hus- band Ernest took a two-week trip
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Alan Falkoff works in family medi cine in Stamford, CT.
Daughter Carly works in marketing and development for a company in Norwalk, CT. Son Max completed his first year as a resident in emergency medicine at a North Shore LIJ facility in Great Neck, NY. Melissa Milstein Jacobsen is working
and traveling a lot. Son Christopher ’10 graduated with a master’s from Harvard in May and is getting married in October to Katie Lane ’11 in Saratoga! Daughter Rachel teaches math and science at Bos - ton Collegiate Charter School and loves life there. Melissa and husband Glenn celebrated 30 years this year with a tour of Italy. Julie HaywardWood (jwoodnj@gmail.
com) completed a nurse practitioner pro- gram in women’s health at Rutgers and is interested in networking with fellow Skidmore nurses. Earl Wallace, author of The Three- Dimen sional Leader: Negotiating Your Mis - sion, Resources and Context, offers training programs certified by the Interna tional Association for Continuing Edu cation; he has taught leadership courses in the US, Malaysia, and Turkey. Earl and wife Pamela are proud that daughter Caroline graduated from the University of Michi - gan in May with a BA in classical archae- ology, and son Tim completed a master’s in cross-cultural ministries from Dallas Theological Seminary. Nurse Dana Deravin Carr, a University without Walls grad, completed a doctor- ate in public health from New York Medi - cal College this year. Now in its second year, Karen Stone
Talwar’s travel company Adventures in Art has taken people to Art Basel Switzer - land, India Art Fair, Frieze London, and Hong Kong. She has relocated to London to be closer to the international art fairs. Regina Noonan is living in San Diego,
CA. After a long career in legal nurse con- sulting, she now works at Borrego Health, focusing on utilization, quality control, and case management. She received an MSN and has started a PhD at the Uni - versity of San Diego. Her daughters are both NYU graduates. Holly Novack Vannucci Chaffee is president and CEO of Porchlight Visiting Nursing Association and Home Care in Lee, MA. Porchlight was recognized as one of the national’s top 100 agencies by
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