From the May/June 2008 Issue

Brian Barbata (see Victoria Barbata '03).

Martha A. Burgess's new Web site is posted with her schedule of southwestern native foods for the spring and summer, and her gallery of watercolors can also be viewed at www.flordemayoarts.com. Contact Martha at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Clarke Cochran writes: "After 37 years as a professor of political science at Texas Tech Univ., I retired in January 2008 to accept the position of vice president, mission integration at Covenant Health System in Lubbock, Tex., a radical and exciting career change. Anne and I celebrated 40 years of marriage in August of 2007. We have four grown children and eight grandchildren."

Keith R. Mosher writes: "After 3¬Ω months of being 'retired' from fund-raising, I am back in banking."

Brian Murphy (see Anna Murphy Deutmeyer '99).

Larry Title writes: "Having missed the last reunion, I pledge to be at the 2012 reunion. My daughter, Becca, was admitted early to the class of 2012 so it'll be a 'twofer.'" Contact Larry at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jim Van Blarcom (see Anna Murphy Deutmeyer '99).

Susan Kantor Zepeda married Dr. Fred Seifer, a neurologist in private practice with Neuroscience Associates in Louisville, Ky., on Feb. 17, 2008. Susan is executive director of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, also based in Louisville. Their combined offspring count is eight children, ten grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Contact Susan at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the March/April 2008 Issue

Richard F. Brennan writes; "After teaching for 38 years, mostly in private schools, I returned to New England and retired. For the last four years I've been teaching part-time in the classics department at Phillips Exeter Academy and loving it!" Contact Richard at 156 Karlin Rd., Fremont, N.H. 03044.

David Chichester writes: "Life on Bainbridge Island, Wash., is good. This past summer I hosted classmate and fraternity brother John Telfer Barrett Jr. and his wife and brother. I see the Barretts several times a year in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but this was their first time visiting the Northwest. They were appropriately wowed by the view of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, especially at sunset sitting on my deck with the cocktail pennant gently blowing in the breeze. In the fall Harry Savage '65 and Peter Hendricks '66, also fraternity brothers, visited the same weekend. I hope to see more classmates this year when they visit the Northwest. The door is always open. On another note, I attended the wedding of Lynn and Steve Hazard's son, Ned, in Stonington, Conn."

James Daniels reports that he is semiretired in Orange County, Calif., working for one developer and the R.C. Bishop of Orange. Jim retired after 35 years with Latham & Watkins and is now working about 60 percent time while doing pro bono work with his wife, Gail, for various charities and arts organizations. He is spending more time in the Palm Desert area playing golf, enjoying the desert, and traveling as much as possible. He planned a February wedding for his youngest daughter.

John Hall received the Person of the Year award from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers in September 2007.

Jane Walker Ledbetter's older son graduated from law school in June 2007 and was married a week later to a classmate. Her younger son is in his last year at the Univ. of Colorado, Boulder.

Bruce Noble moved to Manhattan to be closer to work and the city's cultural life. He can be reached at 27 West 75th St., Apt. B, New York City 10023.

Rula Patterson Shore writes: "Being president of the Brown Club of Kent County here in Rhode Island has been wonderful! Last year was a learning experience, and this year I feel so comfortable on campus. Having my son, Bill '10, there also makes me feel connected on another level. This combination has energized my University volunteering commitment. The events and activities are really amazing!"

Eric Smith is proud to announce the arrival of his two new grandsons, William Travers Smith Bain, Oct. 25, and Finnegan Edward McShane Smith, Oct. 29. Everyone is doing well, especially the grandparents.

From the January / February 2008 Issue

Elizabeth Feroe Bakst writes: “I am sorry I missed our 40th reunion. I got caught up in planting my garden and in finishing end-of-the-year work as a teacher in an independent elementary school in East Providence, and reunion time just slipped right on by. The teaching work I do at the Gordon School is engaging and rewarding. The school is a leader in multicultural education and in teaching for social justice. And, yes, I am still married to M. Charles Bakst ’66, and, yes, he still writes for the Providence Journal. And, yes, I will try to get to our 50th; I am sorry I missed the 40th.”

Allen Dyer ’70 ScM, a psychiatrist at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State, spoke as the only doctor from the United States at a major continuing medical education conference in northern Iraq. He was joined by three psychiatrists from the United Kingdom. The conference was focused on the psychological effects of long-lived trauma among soldiers and civilians in war.

Margaret Blanke Henderson writes: “I enjoyed an excellent Brown Travelers tour to the Dordogne region of France this past October. It was intellectually, artistically, and culturally stimulating in the Brown tradition.” Contact Margaret at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Marilyn Friedman Hoffman ’71 AM writes: “Since 1994 I have been guiding museums during executive transitions and recruiting executive directors, curators, and educators. My firm, Museum Search & Reference, has grown rapidly; I now have three employees. My husband, Alan, and I remain near Manchester, N.H., where I retired from the Currier Museum of Art as executive director. I enjoy executive search—it’s another way to help American museums. Our son, Adam, is 23, a graduate of Endicott College in Beverly, Mass., and works in Manchester. Our daughter, Elena, is 20 and a junior in sports and events management at Johnson & Wales Univ. in Providence, which means I return to Providence frequently. Alan, while still a practicing attorney in Boston, has a book out, Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825. The second printing just appeared. Visit www.lafayetteinamerica.com to follow the book tour.” Contact Marilyn at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Carlyle A. Thayer writes: “In 2005 I was appointed the C. V. Starr Distinguished Visiting Professor in Southeast Asian Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins. In 2007 I was presented with the Rector’s Excellence in Teaching Award for my contribution to postgraduate distance education at the Australian Defense Force Academy. This year I will take up the inaugural Frances M. and Stephen H. Fuller Visiting Professorship at the Center of Southeast Asian Studies at Ohio Univ.” Contact Carlyle at 11 Ambara Pl., Aranda, ACT 2614 Australia; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 2007 Issue

Alexander Filipp writes: “I am continuing to work hard doing cataract and intraocular lens-implant surgery. Susan supervises student teachers for a local college, serves on several community boards, and sings with a community choral group. Larissa ’00 finished her MSW degree from the Univ. at Albany and teaches in a Head Start program in downtown Albany.”

From the July / August 2007 Issue

Alan C. Levine writes that after a thirty-five-year career as chief counsel at the IRS he retired in Apr. 2006, and is now assistant general counsel in the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue. Son Max ’05 is a first-year law student at Georgetown. Older son Daniel has just married and is completing his MBA at Harvard. Alan’s wife, Anita, is enjoying teaching elementary school art. Alan is an adjunct professor at Georgetown Univ. Law Center, teaching tax practice and procedure (litigation).

Norman Loewenthal and Sonna Miller Loewenthal announce the birth of their first grandchild, River Alden Loewenthal Lewis, son of their daughter Lena and her husband David Lewis, who live in Charlottesville, Va. In addition to his work as director of the Friday Center for Continuing Education at UNC, Chapel Hill, Norman is president of Judea Reform Congregation in Durham and a lay cantor in that synagogue. Sonna writes: “After thirty years in local government, including over twenty-two years as assistant town manager in Chapel Hill, I retired. Since then I have earned an MA in teaching English as a second language and I am now teaching children in grades K through 5. It’s wonderful to have another chance at another career!”

Robert C. O’Day retired in July, 2005, after seventeen years as principal at Plymouth South High School in Plymouth, Mass.

Leslie Brickner Roth (see Todd Waldman ’97).

Shirley Smith retired from her immigration-policy post at the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, in June 2005. She is still consulting on immigration issues as well as enjoying master gardening and traveling with husband, David Gottlieb. Their son Stuart Gottlieb (MWC ’03) is a GIS and cartography specialist working in Va. Their son Mike (Princeton ’06) recently rowed to a second victory at the Henley Royal Regatta and is now an environmental engineer working on the Earth Scope project in California.

Lawrence Title writes: “After forty years, I visited Brown for two days in Apr. with my eleventh-grade daughter, Rebecca. Her favorite school among the five Ivies and three other colleges visited? Brown. While on campus, we hooked up with Mike Natelson and his recently admitted daughter Danielle ’11.” Larry can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the May / June 2007 Issue

Lynn Mooney Hickey ’69 AM writes: “My husband, Cliff ’77 PhD, and I have both retired now and moved last June from Edmonton, Alberta, to Ladysmith, British Columbia, a beautiful community on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Our condo has a lovely view of Ladysmith Harbour. Cliff is enjoying getting to play golf more or less year round, and I have found a fun community band where I can play my clarinet. One of our sons is in the Canadian Navy based in Victoria, while the other remains in Edmonton. We recently heard from Stan O. Davis ’65, who now lives in Tucson, Ariz. I would enjoy hearing from old friends at Brown and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ”

Marsha Hurst (see Oliver Hurst-Hiller ’98).

From the March / April 2007 Issue

Class president Elaine Decker writes: “Our class celebrates its 40th reunion May 25­. We’re already hearing from those who plan to join us. Mark your calendar and check the class Web site for news and details on a full and provocative weekend. Contact me with questions, ideas, and to informally RSVP. Watch your mail for official material from Brown, and be sure we have your current e-mail!” Elaine can be reached at (401) 272-5357 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Gerry Boyle and his wife, Barbara, celebrated their first Christmas as grandparents. Barbara is a school principal in Cambridge, Mass.; Gerry is self-employed and enjoys work and the freedom for vacations and golf. He writes: “Our adult children are all healthy and independent. Chris is an investment banker in New York City; Jen departed in January for a volunteer year in Kenya; and Mike is a grad student in California.” Gerry can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

David Chichester writes: “I have lots of good news. Daughter Whitney and son-in-law Ted now have two daughters: Finley, 2, and Harper, 4 months. Grandparenthood is really fun! I have also been blessed with a wonderful lady, Lisa Sullivan, who entered my life this past summer. We are both residents of Bainbridge Island, Wash., and welcome Brown friends on their visits to the Seattle area. I currently serve as co-chair of our reunion gift committee and look forward to seeing many classmates at our reunion this May.”

Robert Conta and Barbara Saunders Conta (see Jonathan Conta ’97).

Joel M. Goldberg writes: “I recently got together with classmates Ron Leavitt and Bruce Noble. We’re looking forward to joining other classmates at our 40th reunion. In 2002 New York City Mayor Bloomberg reappointed me to serve a third term as a criminal court judge. I have been a judge for nineteen years, fourteen of them in the state supreme court, where I preside over criminal cases.”

Lynn Mooney Hickey retired last May, and she and her husband moved to Ladysmith, B.C., on Vancouver Island. She would love to hear from classmates and welcomes visitors.

Mark Lefkowitz writes: “After some surgical interventions and other medical matters, it’s on to the last—and hopefully, best and longest—life adventure. In Germany this summer for World Cup soccer.”

Marjorie J. Marks writes: “After living in Colorado, which I adore, but missing New York City, I’m currently in the interminable and annoying process of buying a small pied-à-terre on the Upper West Side. By reunion-40 time I should again be (semi) bicoastal.”

Ray Risner writes: “During 2006 our oldest daughter, Juliet, was married and also received her doctorate in materials engineering from Stanford. Our youngest daughter, Mariel, graduated from Georgia State Law School and has passed the Georgia Bar.”

Rula Patterson Shore’s son Bill has matriculated as a Brown freshman, class of 2010.

Jane Golin Strom writes: “In June our daughter Jessica Strom Rutherford ’94 and her husband, Jason, had their second child, Nina Louise. Will she become a fourth generation Brunonian in our family by entering with the class of 2027, or will her older sister, Melanie, be part of the class of 2025? Their great-grandmother, the late Helen Herman Golin, was class of 1942.”

From the January / February 2007 Issue

Jane deSolms is enjoying retirement—golf, gardening, and the good life—in Williamsburg. She can be reached at 109 Birkdale, Williamsburg, Va. 23188; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Carolyn Kolb Grafton writes: “In June my husband, Robert Pearson, and I traveled to Peru as guests of the Amazon Herb Company. The high point of our trip was meeting with the Shipibo indigenous people, who harvest herbs for AHC. These people live along the Ucayali River and are full partners in our company. The wild-grown herbal formulas and natural rain-forest skin-care products make the rain forest more valuable alive than dead. I love helping people here balance their bodies, knowing that I am also impacting the rain forest and global warming. My husband and I live in Fairfax Station Va., where we are also working locally to elect political candidates who will work for the environment and ‘cool cities.’ This is an exciting change for me after many years as a software and systems engineer.” Carolyn can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Fraser Lang and his wife, Betty, sold their publishing company last year and bought the Block Island Times from Royal Bruce Montgomery ’61.

Glenn W. Mitchell ’69 ScM, ’75 MD writes: “Jane and I have been providing medical care on the Navajo reservation in the Four Corners area of Arizona since I retired from the Army in March 2005. We love the beauty of the high desert but are appalled at the poverty and lack of opportunity among these people. Please e-mail me if you would like to help.” Glenn can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 2006 Issue

Rula Patterson Shore (see Eunice Bugbee Manchester ’52).

Stan Cummings’s novel, Behind the Hedge, has been published by Xlibris.

From the November / December 2004 Issue

Rula Patterson Shore (see Martin Malinou ’55).

Julie Ann Thayer ran for state representative in Orange District 1 (Chelsea, Corinth, Orange, Vershire, Washington, and Williamstown) in Vermont. She ran as a Democrat against two Republican incumbents.

From the September / October 2004 Issue

Karen Brecher Alschuler has been elected to the American Institute of Certified Planners’ College of Fellows. She is a principal and director of planning and urban design for SMWM, a multidisciplinary design firm.

Joseph F. Campbell Jr. was named an all-star analyst by Fortune magazine in its annual top-ten list of Wall Street analysts. In 2003 he earned a 16-percent return on his recommendations.

Michael J. Hutter chairs the board of directors of New York’s Capital Defender Office (CDO), a state-funded entity that provides counsel for those charged with capital crimes in New York. The board oversees the CDO’s operations. Serving with Mike is Fred Jacobs ’78. Mike also reports that his daughter Lynne, a third-year student at Albany Law School, interned this past year with federal judge David R. Homer ’69, Mike’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity brother.

Eugene Parrs has opened a branch office of his Rochester, N.Y., law firm, Parrs & Perotto, in Hilton Head, S.C. He is also of counsel for tax and estate planning matters with Harvey & Battey, P.A., in Beaufort, S.C. Gene practices in New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the July / August 2004 Issue

Jonathan Cole and his law firm, Edwards & Angell, have donated $30,000 in legal services to the Glacier Society to restore Adm. Byrd’s flagship, the USS Glacier, and to place her in service in the Arctic. He, along with Glacier Society founder Ben Koether ’59 and Capt. Philip W. Porter Jr. ’41, is planning to sail the ship into Providence flying the Brown flag sometime in the near future.

Rula Patterson Shore writes: “I reconnected to Brown’s academic environment in a joyful way via my son. Billy’s passion always has been math. At 14 he qualified to take a math course at Brown, so he enrolled in Honors Linear Algebra with Professor Rosen last semester. The challenging class at Barus-Holley and the demanding homework were a dream come true. Billy’s enthusiasm kept him at the top of his class. Intermediate calculus (physics/engineering) with Professor Liu is just as thrilling this semester. My mother, Priscilla Thomas Patterson ’44, is proud of her grandson’s accomplishments. I know my grandfather Irving W. Patterson Sr. ’09 and late father, Irving W. Patterson Jr. ’42—both civil engineering majors—would share her sentiment. On the paternal side, the late Albert L. Shore ’30, who possessed a sharp mathematical mind, would have been thrilled to see his grandson turn 15 while studying math at Brown. As a sophomore on his Rocky Hill School team, Billy won the Rhode Island 2004 United States Academic Decathlon Gold Medal in math. I feel fortunate to be a link in the evolution of our family’s academic involvement in the great halls of Brown.” Rula can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the May / June 2004 Issue

Bob Blackburn (see Nancy Schuleen Helle ’55).

Richard Patt (see Joshua Patt ’96).

From the January / February 2004 Issue

Stephen Cantrill received the Outstanding Teaching Award at Denver Health’s annual medical staff dinner in October. He is associate director of emergency services at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He also serves on the Colorado governor’s emergency epidemic response committee.

Gene Newman (see Alisa Newman ’96).

Judith Wolder Rosenthal writes: “I am in my thirtieth year as a professor of biological sciences at Kean University in Union, N.J. I teach biology in both English and Spanish and have published several books dealing with bilingualism. I remain good friends with Nancy Slifkin Scher Billig, who lives in Rockville, Md., and works for the Food and Drug Administration.” Judith can be reached at 33 Hawthorn Dr., Edison, N.J. 08820; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jane Golin Strom writes: “I am the alumni association chair here in west central Florida, a job I did for four years on Long Island.” She can be reached at 501 Knights Run Ave #1202, Tampa, Fla. 33602; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it (See also Jessica Strom ’94).

From the November / December 2003 Issue

Fraser Lang, president of Manisses Communications Group, Inc., has been elected to the board of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.

From the March / April 2003 Issue

David Cranmer was promoted to professor of humanities and social science at the New England Institute of Technology, where he is assistant chairman of the department. He has been at New England Tech since early 1984, shortly after he returned from Sierra Leone, where he served for four years as a Bible translation consultant with United Bible Societies. David can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the November / December 2002 Issue

Matthew Medeiros writes that he, John Rallis '69, and Rich Muratori '71, '73 Sc.M. all play in the Rhode Island Men's Senior Baseball League. Matt is a pitcher, John is a third baseman, and Rich is a shortstop. They played in the Senior League World Series in Phoenix, Ariz., last November.

John M. Robinson has been appointed chief executive for equal employment opportunity and diversity at the Internal Revenue Service. John was senior policy adviser to the secretary of the U.S. Energy Department. A former dean of student life at Brown, John began his career in government service in 1991, when the governor of Rhode Island appointed him to head the state's Department of Employment and Training.

William C. Sternfeld '69 M.M.S., of Toledo, Ohio, was installed in May as the 2002-03 president-elect of the Ohio State Medical Association. He has a general surgery practice in Toledo.

From the May / June 2002 Issue

Reunion committee chair Elaine M. Decker reports: "If you're reading this before Commencement but you aren't coming back to campus, join us via our virtual reunion. Details on how to reach class members on campus will be posted on the class Web site. If you're reading this after Memorial Day weekend and you didn't make the reunion, catch up on all the details on the class site. If we have any reunion memorabilia left over, you'll be able to buy it on the site, too. Access the class Web site through the alumni reunion page or visit www.businesstheatre. com/pages/brown67.html.

Barbara Landis Chase (see Katherine Chase '97).

David Chase '69 A.M. (see Katherine Chase '97).

Chandler Visher writes: "My wife, Deborah, and I had a baby girl, Linnea, on July 26, 1999. My daughter, Natalie Snyder, had a baby girl, Sydney, in March 2000 and a baby boy, Weston, in January. My parenting and grandparenting duties keep me busy." Chandler can be reached at 240 Stockton St., 4th Fl., San Francisco 94131; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the November / December 2000 Issue

Bob Cohen lives in Upper Montclair, N.J., with his wife, Maryann, who is director of consumer marketing at Hoffman La Roche. Bob’s musical, Suburb, recently received the 2000 Richard Rodgers Award; it was scheduled to be performed starting Sept. 14 at the Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo and is scheduled to open off-Broadway at the York Theatre in New York City on March 1, 2001. “Never give up your dream,” he writes. He can be reached at 303 Upper Mountain Ave., Upper Montclair 07043; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Stanley Cummings (see Jean Cummings ’40).

Joseph M. Toscano writes: “I married Christine Adkins, my partner for ten years, last summer in Berkeley, Calif. We met in 1988 while traveling in Nepal. At the time, Christine, an acupuncturist, was working and studying in Japan and I was working in Hong Kong. Christine graduated from UC Santa Cruz and the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. We recently moved from the Washington, D.C., area to Washington State; we love the Pacific Northwest.” Joseph can be reached at 12508 N.E. Fifth Court, Vancouver, Wash. 98685.

From the July / August 2000 Issue

Elias Safdie writes: "The Safdies have returned to Brunonia; we now live at 89 President Ave. on the East Side of Providence. Our son, Joshua ’95, is completing his master’s at R.I.S.D. and our son, Justin ’99, will finish his five-year dual-degree program in May. All returning alumni are encouraged to stop by or call."

From the May / June 2000 Issue

Eric W. Richardson writes that, having completed his third international move in the past two years, he is now senior adviser on conflict prevention, mitigation, and response at USAID’s regional office in Nairobi, Africa. It is his second tour in Kenya, where he began his international career as a Peace Corps volunteer in the mid-1970s. He was named conflict adviser after serving two years in the Balkans. Eric can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

The family of Neal S. Weinstock, who died Nov. 29 (see Obituaries, March/April BAM) can be reached at the address of his daughter, Rebecca, 34 Davis Ave., #2, Brookline, Mass. 02445. Rebecca says that her father, who was a lawyer, was a board member of Temple Emanuel in Newton, Mass., and a past president of its brotherhood. He enjoyed playing racquetball, tennis, and basketball, and also loved to read, travel, and spend time with his family. His former wife is Jane Dashef Weinstock ’69.

From the March / April 2000 Issue

Rick Ferrell, of Denver, writes: “Six years ago we left California and moved to Colorado so that my wife, Janis, could attend medical school at the University of Colorado. She is now Dr. Ferrell and is working her way through an anesthesiology residency. Our children, Jenna and Ian, are 14 and 12. In addition to my consulting company, which provides financial, real-estate, and litigation advice, I have taken on a substantial share of the parenting duties. The entire family enjoys skiing, fishing, and hiking.” Rick can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Meg Van De Groof Shannon writes that she and her husband, Robert ’65, visited David and Linda Erickson Houghton at their house in Orleans, Mass., in August. Carolyn Laughlin and her husband, Rick Leavitt, joined them for a long weekend of fun that included boating, eating lobster, and touring Cape Cod. Rob has retired from the advertising business, and Meg has become “of counsel” to her law firm so that they can spend half the year at their house in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and the warmer part of the year in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.

From the January / February 2000 Issue

James Naughton (see Michael Brown '94).

Ricker Winsor writes that he received a grant from the Fundacion Valparaiso in Almeria, Spain, for a month's residency at its center near Mojacar, on the Mediterranean, to continue his work in landscape painting. He has also completed a guitar-and-vocal CD, Mama Don't Worry, in which he sings and plays country blues in the style of John Hurt and Mance Lipscomb. He performs at coffee houses and festivals in the Seattle area. Ricker is art department chairman at Charles Wright Academy and director of the Brown Center for the Visual Arts in Tacoma, Wash. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the November / December 1999 Issue

Carlyle A. Thayer is on a three-year leave from the Australian Defense Force Academy in Canberra. He is now working with the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies as a professor of southeast Asia security studies. The center, located in Honolulu, is a U.S. Department of Defense institution that promotes dialogue on comprehensive security issues among senior defense and military officials from the Asia-Pacific region. Carlyle can be reached at 2499 Kapiolani Blvd., #3601, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 1999 Issue

Lewis de Seife was promoted to vice president of trade marketing at the Guild Group, a sales-promotion agency in White Plains, N.Y. He works with companies such as Kraft, Lever, Nabisco, and Warner Home Video in developing programs to increase retail sales with food, drug, and mass-merchandise retailers. His wife, Linda, is a category marketing director for Pharmaton, a division of Boehringer-Ingleheim.

Dorothy Gross Nadosy and her husband, Alan, flew from Minnesota to Ohio as the surprise guests for the fiftieth birthday of Claudia MacDonald '69. Claudia's husband, former Brown faculty member Ivan Waldbauer, made the arrangements.

William Charles Sternfeld, a surgeon, has been elected fourth district councillor of the Ohio State Medical Association. He will represent nine counties at meetings of the medical association council, which acts as the group's board of trustees. He has served as president of the Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County, as an Ohio delegate to the American Medical Association, and as governor at large for the Ohio chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

From the July / August 1999 Issue

Willy Adams works for General Bank in the heart of beautiful downtown Los Angeles. He writes: "If you want a loan, just give me a call. I live in Topanga Canyon, which is also the home of Haight-Ashbury denizens who drifted south. But happily it is also the home of wildcats, hawks, coyotes, and falcons. We have separate guest quarters that are always available for itinerant alums. Y'all come." Willy can be reached at 2451 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, Calif. 90290; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Douglas Franke works for Lucent Technologies in Red Bank, N.J. His eldest son, Brian, is in his second year at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His youngest son, Paul, is a sophomore in high school. Douglas can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the May / June 1999 Issue

Allen F. Browne (See Ginger Anne Browne '96).

Albert Dalmolen is professor of political science and chair of the history and political science department at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. In recent summers he has guest-lectured at universities in Switzerland. Every July is still reserved for Chatham, Mass. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Michael J. Hutter was one of seven people submitted as candidates to New York Governor George E. Pataki for the position of associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. Mike is a professor of law at Albany Law School and is special counsel to the law firm Thuillez, Ford, Gold & Johnson, where he maintains an active appellate practice, handling appeals in New York State and federal appeals courts.

M. Arthur Johnson (see Ginger Anne Browne '96).

Robert Kotanchik (see Jennifer Kotanchik '91).

John Kwoka, professor of economics at George Washington University, writes: "My daughter, Margaret, is in her first year at Brown and reports that 'Brown is the perfect place for me.' She is making the most of the no-longer-so-new curriculum, dorm life, the Brown Orchestra, and Providence, and I have enjoyed returning to campus as well." John can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Elaine Cesaretti Prior writes: "Child-less after thirty years of my own and foster children, I'm finding other constructive uses of my time besides my job as a special education teacher aide, which supports my farming habit. In the summer I run farmer's markets in Providence, Central Falls, and Woonsocket, and grow herbs and specialty crops at our farm in Foster, R.I. Husband Dave '66 is still in the Rhode Island attorney general's office prosecuting child molesters, rapists, and various other people you wouldn't want to know. Our daughter, Katy, is an animal tech at North Carolina State University Veterinary School. She married a computer person from Yale, whose family sang Yale songs at the wedding with different lyrics for Katy's enjoyment. Our son is a tankerman aboard a tug, moving hazardous materials on barges along the East Coast."

From the March / April 1999 Issue

Marsha Hurst writes: "Our son Caleb Hurst-Hiller '02 has joined his brother Oliver '99 at Brown this year. Richard '66 continues to practice law in New York City, and I have recently become the director of the health advocacy graduate program at Sarah Lawrence College. It's always nice to have yet more reasons to visit Brown." They can be reached at 380 Riverside Dr., #2-H, New York City 10025; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Deborah Campbell Taylor has moved to Peterborough, Ontario, where her husband, Graham D. Taylor, has been appointed academic vice president and provost of Trent University. They can be reached at 396 Downie St., Peterborough, Ontario K9H-4J3, Canada.

From the January / February 1999 Issue

Irene Buchman writes: "Tippecanoe and sailboats too: Seven Pembrokers from our class met at Nancy Kennedy Bergeron's Mendun Lake house in New Hampshire the weekend of July 11. Dan Bergeron '66 was allowed to deliver corn and lobsters to Karen Brecher Alschuler, Irene Buchman, Pat De Cou La Mountain, Sonna Miller Loewenthal, Kenje Ogata, and Marcia Paullin, as we celebrated our thirty-five years of friendship - and our senior moments - with talk, laughter, walks, lobsters, laughter, canoeing, laughter, sailing, swimming, and more talk and laughter."

Antoinette Tingley Schleyer and her husband, Jack, have moved to Foxborough, Mass., halfway between Toni's job as production director at the American Mathematical Society in Providence and Jack's as an architect at Camp, Dresser, McKee in Cambridge. Toni can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Ron Stowe is vice president of government relations worldwide for Eli Lilly and Co. He can be reached at his office, Suite 650, 555 12th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004; (202) 393-7950; fax (202) 393-7960.

Jane Golin Strom writes: "In July we had a second grandchild, Mira Naomi Hadassah Trenner. Present for her Simchat Bat were her aunt Jessica Strom '96 and her great grandmother Helen Herman Golin '42. We moved in March to 1368 Ridge Rd., Laurel Hollow, N.Y. 11791, and Joel took a new job as chief of cardiology at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn."

Arlan Palestine Wise lives on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. She works as an astrologer, writes an astrology column for the Martha's Vineyard Times, and is the newsletter editor for PROSIG, the organization for professional astrologers.

From the November / December 1998 Issue

Allen R. Dyer '70 M.M.S., Gray, Tenn., was awarded the Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award in clinical sciences from East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in June. He has been a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences since 1992 at ETSU. Previously he was a professor and interim chair in the department of psychiatry at Albany (N.Y.) Medical College, and psychiatrist-in-chief at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Allen is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Society for Health and Human Values. He has served as a reviewer, guest editor, and a member of the editorial advisory board for a number of professional journals. He enjoys masters swimming, running, and triathlons. Allen and his wife, Susan, an assistant professor of English at ETSU, have two sons, Will and Cliff.

David and Janet Levin Hawk's daughter, Wendy, married Paul Ross Virgadamo Jr. on May 24. Both the bride and groom went to RISD, and Paul is the son of Paul Ross Virgadamo '65, and grandson of Louis Virgadamo '35 and Walter Ploettner '25. Maid of honor was the bride's sister, Amanda Hawk '97, and Kenji Kono '91 was a groomsman. "A few weeks before the wedding Paul's mother was going through some old memorabilia and came across a 1971 Brown Alumni Monthly," Janet writes. "She had saved it because it contained Paul's birth announcement among the class notes. On the following page, in the class of '67 notes, was the announcement of Wendy's birth." David and Janet can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Edmund Round has been appointed a U.S. administrative law judge after more than twenty years as a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. He is assigned to the Social Security administration office of hearings and appeals in Cleveland. Edmund and his wife, Rita Steffen, live in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with their son, Ian. They can be reached at 3545 Lytle Rd., Shaker Hts. 44122.

From the November / December 1998 Issue

Allen R. Dyer '70 M.M.S., Gray, Tenn., was awarded the Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award in clinical sciences from East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in June. He has been a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences since 1992 at ETSU. Previously he was a professor and interim chair in the department of psychiatry at Albany (N.Y.) Medical College, and psychiatrist-in-chief at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Allen is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Society for Health and Human Values. He has served as a reviewer, guest editor, and a member of the editorial advisory board for a number of professional journals. He enjoys masters swimming, running, and triathlons. Allen and his wife, Susan, an assistant professor of English at ETSU, have two sons, Will and Cliff.

David and Janet Levin Hawk's daughter, Wendy, married Paul Ross Virgadamo Jr. on May 24. Both the bride and groom went to RISD, and Paul is the son of Paul Ross Virgadamo '65, and grandson of Louis Virgadamo '35 and Walter Ploettner '25. Maid of honor was the bride's sister, Amanda Hawk '97, and Kenji Kono '91 was a groomsman. "A few weeks before the wedding Paul's mother was going through some old memorabilia and came across a 1971 Brown Alumni Monthly," Janet writes. "She had saved it because it contained Paul's birth announcement among the class notes. On the following page, in the class of '67 notes, was the announcement of Wendy's birth." David and Janet can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Edmund Round has been appointed a U.S. administrative law judge after more than twenty years as a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. He is assigned to the Social Security administration office of hearings and appeals in Cleveland. Edmund and his wife, Rita Steffen, live in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with their son, Ian. They can be reached at 3545 Lytle Rd., Shaker Hts. 44122.

From the September / October 1998 Issue

Jon Turk will publish Cold Oceans: Adventures in Kayak, Rowboat, and Dogsled (HarperCollins) this fall. In the book, Jon chronicles his explorations of some of the world's most challenging landscapes. A chemist and adventurer who has written numerous environmental and earth science textbooks, he also works for The North Face, the outdoors gear and clothing manufacturer, where he is involved in product development and promotional work. 1968 News from the 30th Our 30th reunion was an energizing weekend of reconnection with friends, pure enjoyment, perfect weather, and thoughtful engagement with the Brown of today. We were especially delighted to be on hand to welcome E. Gordon Gee as the 17th president of Brown. Those who attended look forward to returning and seeing even more of our classmates at the 35th! - Dick Trull, cochair; Margaret French Gardner, cochair; Ancelin Vogt Wolfe; John Wolcott; and Buzz DiMartino

 

30th Reunion attendees included: John Adamiak, David Barry, Sharon Barry, Penelope Baskerville, William Bazzy, Karen Maziarz Bell, John Bentz, Stephen Bieneman, Ann Wenig Billock, Alan Bogdanow, Karen Henry Briggs, Richard Brodsky, Lance Brunner, Daniel Cain, Jan Lee Cantrill, Richard Carpenter, Kenneth Chernack, Robert Cohen, Leigh Dickerson Davidson, Jim Dickson, Arthur DiMartino, John Donaldson, David Ennis, Darryl Fanelli, Shelley Fidler, John Fowler, Kenneth Galdston, Linda Gallant, Margaret Gardner, Judith Ginsberg, Richard Gouse, Judith Andrews Green, Eric Green, Terry Gross, Andrew Halvorsen, Eva Benes Hanhardt, Maggie Harrer, Jerry Hausman, Rose Swol Henderson, Judith Hofrichter, Robert Hogan, Sally Kusnitz Horn, Alan Johnston, David Jollin, Deborah Mulcare Jones, Jesse Jupiter, John Keane, Garrett Keenan, Nancy Gowen Keil, Donald Kent, Victoria Aldridge Kingslien, Richard Klaffky, Marcia Knight, Seth Kurn, Jean Trescott Lambert, Richard Landau, Roger Leo, Paul Linton, Anthony Lioce, Marcia Lloyd, Mary Lovering, Mary Sherman Lycan, Constance Berkley Margolin, Susan Van Wiggeren Markowitz, Robert Martin, Elliot Maxwell, Sandra Mertens McClaskey, Janet McLaughlin, Bernicestine McLeod, Terry Robertson Migliore, John Mogulescu, Martin Mueller, Kristan Fee Munson, Eugene Nelson, Edwin Noel, Leonard O'Donnell, Philip Osborne, Helaine Benson Palmer, Gay Parrish, Richard Payne, Fredi Pearlmutter, David Permar, Judith Pulver, Mary Ravitch, Suzanne Riggs, Kathryn Schreiner, Nancy Carlson Schrock, Susan Semonoff, Carol Eygnor Shipley, Malcolm Shookner, Marie Baker Spaulding, Henry Stevens, Larry Strongoski, Christine Hardy Sudell, A. David Sydney, Susan Primm Thel, Richard Trull, Karen Van Riper, Janet McClendon Vaskas, Carol McCue Verratti, Terry Ann Peake Vigil, Peter Voss, Susan Jolley Waldrop, Jeffrey Walters, Frank Ward, James Wich, Robin Newsome Wittusen, John Wolcott, Ancelin Vogt Wolfe, Harold Woodcome, Dennis Woods, and Lois Tingley Wyatt.

 

John M. Barry was awarded the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians for his book Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (Touchstone). The book was recently released in paperback.

Peter Bruno, Glendive, Mont., writes: "So far in 1998, I've made the transition from being a clinical director to a minister and professional speaker. Ordained in February, I've just completed a twenty-four-city speaking tour on the 'Ten Essentials to a Successful Marriage.' Celebrating our 22nd anniversary and the possibility of becoming a community college professor are on the immediate horizon."

Thom Park has been named treasurer of the executive committee for the Florida Sports Foundation. He is a vice president for investments for Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., in Tallahassee.

Barbara Sundy Smith published a second edition of her book, The Beginning Shepherd's Manual (Iowa State University Press), last spring.

From the July / August 1998 Issue

Roger M. Firestone, Oakton, Va., was elected and installed as grand master of Cryptic Masons in Washington, D.C., on March 20. The Cryptic Masons are a group within the York Rite of Freemasonry; Freemasonry is the world's oldest and largest fraternal organization. The grand master is the presiding officer of the grand council of a jurisdiction and is the highest position in Cryptic Masonry in a state or district. Roger has also been composing and arranging music; the Vienna (Va.) Community Band has premiered several of his arrangements in the past two years, with more pending for next season. Roger is employed by Teknowledge Corporation. He occasionally runs into Robert G. Munck at business meetings.

From the May / June 1998 Issue

Deborah Cooney (see John J. Cooney Jr. '41).

Nelson Martins (see Tara Brennan '92).

Melora Pond Mirza's son, Taric, graduated from Trinity College in May 1997 and is a software engineer at TVisions in Cambridge. Her younger son,Adam, is a sophomore at Williams College. Melora, who lives in Atlanta, is head of reference and an assistant professor at DeKalb College, Dunwoody campus. She is working on her second master's degree at Agnes Scott College and teaching in several continuing education programs. Her husband, Usman, is "an entrepreneur, investment banker, and the family chef," she reports.

Chuck Primus and his wife, Romana Strochlitz Primus, have renovated the family business, Whaling City Ford, which is the largest Ford dealership in southeastern Connecticut. Chuck writes, "Romana's recovery after being run over by a car on August 1, 1996, has been miraculous." In June President Clinton appointed Romana to a five-year term as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. She chairs a committee planning a 1999 conference in Washington on Jewish life in the D.P. camps after World War II. Chuck and Romana's older son, Richard, will graduate from law school in June. Their twin daughters, Ida and Lisa, are both in medical school. Their younger son, Aryeh, works for a computer company near Boston. Chuck and Romana can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Carlyle A. Thayer was given a personal chair and promoted to full professor in the school of politics, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy. Carlyle just completed a three-year term as head of school and coordinator for the graduate program in defense studies. He is spending 1998 on sabbatical as a visiting fellow at the Strategic and Defense Studies Centre in Canberra, working on post-Cold War security issues in Southeast Asia. Carlyle can be reached at c-thayer@ adfa.oz.au.

From the May / June 1998 Issue

Deborah Cooney (see John J. Cooney Jr. '41).

Nelson Martins (see Tara Brennan '92).

Melora Pond Mirza's son, Taric, graduated from Trinity College in May 1997 and is a software engineer at TVisions in Cambridge. Her younger son,Adam, is a sophomore at Williams College. Melora, who lives in Atlanta, is head of reference and an assistant professor at DeKalb College, Dunwoody campus. She is working on her second master's degree at Agnes Scott College and teaching in several continuing education programs. Her husband, Usman, is "an entrepreneur, investment banker, and the family chef," she reports.

Chuck Primus and his wife, Romana Strochlitz Primus, have renovated the family business, Whaling City Ford, which is the largest Ford dealership in southeastern Connecticut. Chuck writes, "Romana's recovery after being run over by a car on August 1, 1996, has been miraculous." In June President Clinton appointed Romana to a five-year term as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. She chairs a committee planning a 1999 conference in Washington on Jewish life in the D.P. camps after World War II. Chuck and Romana's older son, Richard, will graduate from law school in June. Their twin daughters, Ida and Lisa, are both in medical school. Their younger son, Aryeh, works for a computer company near Boston. Chuck and Romana can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Carlyle A. Thayer was given a personal chair and promoted to full professor in the school of politics, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy. Carlyle just completed a three-year term as head of school and coordinator for the graduate program in defense studies. He is spending 1998 on sabbatical as a visiting fellow at the Strategic and Defense Studies Centre in Canberra, working on post-Cold War security issues in Southeast Asia. Carlyle can be reached at c-thayer@ adfa.oz.au.

From the March / April 1998 Issue

Denise Huttmann Gorham and her husband, Robert, hosted a cocktail party/fund- raiser for the Doug Ulman ('99)Wellness Fund (see "Going for the Gold,"BAM, September/ October). In attendance were Dag '68 and Robin Newsome Wittusen '68, who flew in from Oslo, Norway, for the party; and Steven Vanze '74, the architect and designer of the pool setting where the party was held. Brown alums and current students who came to support Doug and his foundation included Ulle Viiroja Holt '66, '92 A.M., Hans Wittusen '98, and Jake Perlman '98. The event raised close to $5,000 for the Ulman Fund. Denise can be reached at 5015 Worthington Dr., Bethesda, Md. 20816.

Frank Langworth and his wife, Kim, hosted Kappa Sigma fraternity members from the class of 1967 at a dinner at their home in Chappaqua, N.Y., in October. Some of those present had not seen each other since graduation. Members present were Brian Murphy, Dave Robinson, Mike Rubinger, Jim Willey, Butch Wilder, Gene Newman, David Deutsch '66, Bob O'Day, and George Armiger. Any members of the class of 1967 or of Kappa Sigma fraternity who wish to contact this group can call Frank at (914) 946-7334; or Gene at (201) 330-0101.

Barbara Lazarus '69 A.M. wrote Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No Universal Constants (Temple University Press) with other researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, where she is associate provost. The book is a collection of first-person profiles of women who have pursued careers in the fields of engineering and science.

Letitia Anne Peplau received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award given by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex. Anne was honored for her research on close relationships, including studies of gay and lesbian couples. Anne is a professor of psychology at UCLA and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Steve Gordon, and their son, David. She can be reached at 14481 Glorietta Dr., Sherman Oaks, Calif. 91423.)

Eric W. Richardson has begun a three- to four-year tour of duty in Skopje, Macedonia, as a democracy and governance officer for USAID. "We're finding Skopje far more attractive than anticipated," Eric writes. "We expected a hunkered-down bunker mentality with Serbia next door. Instead, the city is lively and clean, with friendly people and incredibly expensive and good restaurants." Eric can be reached at USAID/Macedonia, Washington, D.C. 20521; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Dennis H. Sheahan III finished the second half of his student teaching and should receive his teaching credentials later this spring. A special education teacher for the last four years, he spent two years working with severely emotionally disturbed students. For the last two years he has taught a critical-skills curriculum to a class of trainable mentally handicapped students in Banning, Calif. "I intend to continue in this field and will start a program leading to a master's degree and a severely-handicapped teaching credential," Dennis writes. He and his wife, Mary, live in Moreno Valley, Calif., and can be reached at sheahan@ deltanet.com.