Class Notes

1934

75th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Bessy Hanson ’34, Fisher College’s oldest living alumna, was “found” recently thanks to the Monadnock (NH) Ledger-Transcript, which featured a story entitled “Looking back…it was a horrible time,” in which Bessy recounts her memories of the Depression. Excerpts of the story follow:

“Everyone was in the same predicament. It was all unknown; no one had money. Everyone had a garden and people made their own clothes.

For entertainment, we belonged to the Grange and church and went to basketball games. We’d go to dances; there was always a stag line and some poor devil would get refused…I was always busy, never bored.

I can remember when Roosevelt was elected. I can remember when the banks were closed. I compare Roosevelt a lot with the president we have now – just in the way he does things.

I graduated from Hancock High School in 1932. I had a good enough education and I had a lot of fun. I made spending money by doing hair. The teachers were Keene Normal students. They had to be good – they were getting marked.

After high school I went to Fisher Business College. I went to work in the market district, Faneuil Hall. Then I went to Margaret’s School of Beauty in Concord, then worked in a beauty parlor in Penacook, got married, and had children.”

1946

For over fifty years, Doris (Mullen) Daly ’46 was the joint-owner and former accountant for J.J. Daly Warehousing in Boston, Massachusetts. She has five children and fourteen grandchildren and resides in Milton, Massachusetts.

1947

Isabelle Paull ’47 is “well-retired and still holds Fisher in high esteem.” Thank you, Isabelle!

1948

In impeccable handwriting, Ethel Manahan

’48, wrote, “Barbara [Bagni ‘48], Mary Adams Donovan ’48, Priscilla Hamilton

Collupy ‘48, and I met for lunch on April 2. We had a grand time…”

1954

55th Reunion: October 10, 2009

June (Rollins) Pedrick ’54 of Keosauqua,

Iowa, wrote, “Fisher has a special place in my heart. I was Sanford’s secretary in 1954. My husband gave me my engagement ring in the Library.”

1955

55th Reunion in 2010

1969

40th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Mary Ellen (Coleman) Brueckner ’69 is

retired and living in Boulder, Colorado.

Suzanne (Bek) Lugerner ’69 works

at Washington Hospital Center as the Director of Clinical Nutrition.

L-R: Mary Huban McDonald ‘55, Nancy Taylor Huntley ‘55, Natalie Cerasoli Saladino ‘55, Catherine Sellers Wells ‘55, and Barbara Boynton Ryan ‘55 have been

getting together for lunch twice a year for over 50 years — a fine example of Fisher friendships that are made to last.

Catherine (Sellers) Wells ’55 lives on

Cape Cod and is a teaching education specialist for Phoenix University.

1956

Ruth (Scribner) Repucci ’56 owns and

operates an organic farm and take-out restaurant in Rangeley, Maine with her daughter and family.

1958

Jane (Kelley) Wilkins ‘58, who visited

campus for her 50th reunion last year, is the Office Administrator for the First Parish Congregationalist Church in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Natalie (Martin) Murray ‘58 is a retired

teacher for Fairhaven Public Schools, Massachusetts, living in New Bedford. She still keeps in touch with her Florence Hall

roommate, Helen Cook ‘58.

1965

45th Reunion in 2010

Lucille Tessitore ’65 is the Executive Assistant at BAE Systems, a global defense, security and aerospace company.

1966

Muriel (Powers) Dempsey ’66, now

retired, was the Director of Grants Clearinghouse for the New York State Department of Health.

1968

Pam (Vitkin) Tulman

’68 is the co-director of a consumer advocacy program called “Call 12 For Action” with KPNX-12 (NBC), in Phoenix, AZ. “I

have been married for over 40 years to a wonderful man that I met while a student at Fisher. We have three children and two grandchildren.”

Penny Foster ’68 works at the prestigious Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, Massachusetts).

1970

40th Reunion in 2010

Katherine (Lawrence) Flygare ’70 is the

Senior Human Resources Partner for Exeter Hospital, in New Hampshire.

Patrice Rawlick Nelson ’70 works at Yale

University as the Director of Operations for the Office of Development.

1972

Shelley Souza McIntyre ’72 is a teacher at Brazosport independent School District in Freeport, Texas.

Susan Scarpati ’72 is an administrative law judge in New York City.

1974

35th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Alison (Card Kaufman) Clark ’74 wrote,

“The class of ‘74 still keeps in close touch (we have fond memories of putting gray hair on the administration at Fisher!), so I hope we will have a good turn out at our reunion.”

Susan Brown ’74 is an Administrative Assistant at General Dynamics in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Susan Cavanaugh Gavalis ’74 is the

Regional Manager for Opticare of Connecticut.

1976

Fredell (Pasch) Goldberg ’76 wrote, “I am

living in Los Angeles and am looking for some of my old Fisher friends.” Fredell is the Office Manager at the Law Office of Lawrence Turner.

1977

Nancy Sessions Devine ’77 is a Legal

Assistant for Liberty Mutual.

1979

30th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Julie Caldarone ’79 is

the Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Health Careers Academy, in Boston.

1980

30th Reunion in 2010

Robert Perla ’80 is a web designer based in Pensacola, Florida.

Patricia Arena ’83 is a freelance photographer living in Lima, Peru. Patricia wrote, “It’s very special for me to hear from Fisher. Honestly, I didn’t realize that it has been 25 years that I studied in Boston. I have wonderful memories.” Patricia sent this photo from her recent exhibition.

1984

25th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Denise Foley ’84 is the Visual Director for Bergdorf Goodman in New York.

1985

25th Reunion in 2010

Laura Rogers ’85 is the Gift & Data Entry Coordinator at Milton Academy, an illustrious private school, where she processes more than $3.3 million in gifts from more than 2,000 donors each year.

Jennifer Flynn ’85 owns www.

closingcostfax.com, a financial advice site to help consumers better understand mortgage closing costs.

1986

Allison (Sulkey) Bingham ’86 is a flight

attendant for America Airlines.

Kristen Mooers McDuffee ’86 is the

Account Manager for Tzell Travel (The Travel Company) and lives in Cheshire, Connecticut.

Diane Lanzlinger ’86 works at Wheaton College (Norton, Massachusetts) as a grant writer.

Kim Schofield ’80 is a consultant for Kimler & Associates in Decatur, Georgia.

Lori Rogers Stokem ’80 is a fourth grade teacher at Salem Central School (NY).

Daisey (Chambers) McCloud ’80 is the

Assistant Director of Success & Advising Center for Houston Baptist University.

1982

Lisa (Piccarello) Stratton ’82 is the

Principal Human Resources Specialist for the State of Connecticut’s Department of Environmental Protection.

Writing from The University of Montana, where she works in the College of Visual & Performing Arts, Sharon

(Collins) Schneider

’82 asked, “Do they still have the Purple Shamrock in downtown Boston? They had the best shepherd’s pie!” (Editor: Yes, it’s still there!)

1983

Imani McFarlane ’86 and her House of Tafari Collection head wraps have been endorsed by the American Cancer Society and were recently added to the available items at the Friends Boutique at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Underneath It All Boutique at the NYU Cancer Institute.

1988

Stacie Weldon ’88 owns Stacie’s Place to Grow Nursery School in Hinsdale, Massachusetts.

Susan (Desrosiers) Hill ’88 is a violinist living in Bristol, Connecticut.

1990

20th Reunion in 2010

Becky Scott ’90 is a Systems Analyst for the Saddle Creek Corporation in Lakeland, Florida.

1991

Lori Sycks ’91 is the Controller at Atwood Lake Resort & Spa in Columbus, Ohio.

Cathy Stone Flynn ’91 is the Director of Child Care at Melrose Family YMCA.

1992

Theresa Clarke ’92 is the Accounting Manager at historic Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Tracey (DeFoe) Ricard ’92 is Technology

Project Analyst for Bank of America in Florida.

1994

15th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Katherine (Gauvin) Steinberg ’94 is

retired, but is only four classes away from earning an A.S. in Criminal Justice.

2001

1995

15th Reunion in 2010

Carolyn Caplis ’95 is living in Gilbert, Arizona and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree.

Timika Szatkowski

’95 is the Residence Hall Director at Qatar Foundation, and getting married on Halloween. Congratulations.

John Schell ’95 is the District Manager for Fort Wayne (IN) newspapers.

1998

L. Maria (Leonarda Barrett) LaPorta ’98

is the Director of Best Friends Preschool, which is opening a new, million dollar facility in Wareham,

Massachusetts in 2010.

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Michael Wurst ’01 is pursuing a bachelor’s in English Education at the University of Central Florida while working as a cast member for Walt Disney.

Glisery Colon ’01 is an Admissions Counselor at Woodbury University, in Burbank, California.

Ann-Marie Conn ’01 is the Conference Manager for the Chateau Saint Just Principal Hayley Hotels and Conference Venues in Lamorlaye, France.

Mark McCaffery ’01 is pursuing a master’s degree in Community & Regional Planning at the University of Oregon at Eugene.

2002

Krystal Blackburn ’02 works at Foley & Lardner LLP as a litigation assistant.

Tom Rudden delivered the address/roast at Richard Bent’s commencement.

Lauren Shea ’07 works at Island Issue, a Boston-based apparel company.

Jamie (Perkins) Freedman ’98 moved

back to Massachusetts after living in California for three years. Jamie has a two-year old son.

Susan (Gunn) Rogers ’98 wrote, “Since

graduating from Fisher, I met and married the man of my dreams, had two beautiful children, and am employed as a medical assistant,” at Signature Health Care in Brockton, Massachusetts.

1999

10th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Emanuela Fenelon ’99 is serving in Iraq alongside her unit from Fort Bliss, Texas, but is still taking classes through Fisher Online while in-country.

Katherine Johnson Richard ’99 is a

Physical Therapy Assistant for Premier Therapy Services

2000

10th Reunion in 2010

Jeffrey Arruda ’00 is a police officer in Taunton, Massachusetts.

From Michael Wall ‘00/’02, who works at Fisher as the Enrollment Manager for the Division of Continuing Education, comes this photo of Fisher alumni Matthew Howe

’00, Joe Sousa ’00, John Powers ’00, and

Ryan Zapata ’00 on a recent rafting trip in Maine. The adventure was led by Ray Berthelette, the College’s Web Support Technician, who is a registered white water guide for U.S. Rafting. Contact Ray for your next excursion!

2003

Glorimar Perez ’03 lives in Lynn, Massachusetts and works as an Operations Analyst at Tufts University.

Deborah A. Slicis ‘82/’03 earned a Master

of Science in Human Service (with a 3.596 grade point average) from the College of Community Service at UMASS-Boston.

2004

5th Reunion: October 10, 2009

Michelle Thompson Walden ’04 works at

Sibley Memorial Hospital.

2005

5th Reunion in 2010

Cheryl (Patenaude) Pavao ’05 welcomed

triplets earlier this year.

Judith Richards ’05, who graduated as the valedictorian of the Division of Continuing Education, works at Commonwealth Medicine in business development.

Donald Croce ’05 is working for the U.S. Department of Commerce in preparation for the decennial census.

Odalis Ramirez ’05 is

the Human Resources Coordinator at ITW Foils in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

2006

Christine (Rubino) LaFrance ’06 earned

an MBA from Bryant University while working at Tyco Electronics as a Financial Advisor.

Lynne (Hathaway) Gautreau ’06 works at

Sovereign Bank as a Compliance Analyst/ Banking Officer.

2007

Meaghan Brown ’07 married Jeremy

Marion ’07 on November 28, 2009. The couple honeymooned in St. Maarten. Meaghan is delegate recruiter and Jeremy is a sales analyst at TechTarget.

Tom Rudden ’07 is the Technical Coordinator for the Wealth Management Division of Cambridge Trust Company. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Tom and his wife, Teri, opened Bikram Yoga Merrimack Valley (www.bikramyogamv.com) in 2008.

(l to r): Dr. Thomas M. McGovern, Richard Bent ’09, and Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Richard Levitt

Olinde Mandell, who took seven classes through the Division of Continuing Education, told us, “I am writing to share the news that I was accepted into the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology! I am overjoyed. I am so thankful for Fisher College. Your program helped me immensely in this process.”

Richard Bent ’09 earned his diploma after 12 years. A special graduation ceremony/ roast, led by President McGovern (one of Richard’s many professors over the years), was held in Richard’s honor in the Trustees’ Reading Room.

2009

Kerry Berchtold ’09 and Amanda Bertone

’09 were named valedictorians of the Continuing Education and Day divisions respectively. In addition to being a dancer and exemplary student, Amanda served as a Resident Assistant, Orientation Leaders, and Student Government officer. Kerry completed her degree part-time in four years while working as an assistant loan manager for JP Morgan Chase.

Luis Lara ’08, a stand-out four-year starter on the Falcons baseball team, is currently working as an Assistant Physical Therapy Aid at McGovern Physical Therapy Associates in Revere, Massachusetts.

Jonathan Byron ’08 is a

Market Research Analyst at Tatto Media.

Joey Eugenio ’07, a senior-year captain of the baseball team, is a Grant Accountant at Boston Medical Center.

2008

Jovan Holland ’08 is a Fenway Ambassador for the Boston Red Sox.

Casaundra Knight ’08 is a

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