SummEr/FAll 2011 - Nazareth College

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’50s
Joan Ewing ’55, Chem., retired
from Xerox in 1997. She has lived
in Fairport for the past 26 years.
’60s
Carol Papadopoli Basi ’62,
Chem., still hopes to write the
Great American Novel. She and her
husband of 48 years divide their
time between Illinois and Florida,
and they have six children and 13
grandchildren.
Ann O’Brien ’64, Eng., retired
in July 2010 as an elementary
school counselor after 20 years in
the Fairfax County (Va.) Public
Schools. She also announced her
engagement to William J. Kahl of
Auburn in August 2010.
Dr. Monica Weis ’65, S.S.J.,
Eng., celebrated her 50-year
jubilee as a Sister of St. Joseph
on April 10.
Kathleen Lyons Kelly ’68,
M.D., Chem., has worked many
positions throughout her career,
including immunology lab tech at
NYU; NYU School of Medicine;
surgical residency training at St.
Vincent’s Hospital, NYC; surgical
critical care fellowship at Mt. Sinai
Hospital, NYC; director of surgical
ICU, general and trauma surgeon
at Hackensack Medical Center,
Hackensack, N.J.; director of ICU
and associate director of trauma at
Morristown Memorial Hospital,
Morristown, N.J.; director and
medical leader in clinical research
and development at Johnson and
Johnson. She has been married 41
years and has one son and one
grandchild.
Maureen McCarthy Nupp ’69,
His., was honored in October 2010
as part of New York State’s School
Board Recognition Week. She is in
her 12th year serving on the school
board in Fairport.
’70s
Catherine Aiken Labombard
’70, Chem., earned her master’s
degree in liberal studies from
SUNY Plattsburgh. She retired in
2007 after teaching chemistry,
math, and physical and environmental
science for 32 years. From
1997 until her retirement, she and
her students participated in the
Hudson Basin River Watch
Consortium. She now volunteers
and serves on the board of directors
for the Lake George
Association. She is the chair of the
water committee and volunteers
with their floating classroom program.
She and her husband have
three children.
Carol Klem ’72, ’76G, Eng.,
serves as the Village Crier for the
Town of Webster. She has been
collecting and reporting the news
for the village for more than two
decades, writing a column called
“The Village Focus” every other
week. She has also been involved
with the Webster Arboretum, the
Webster Museum, and other
community groups.
Weis Receives Fulbright Award
Nazareth College Professor of
English Dr. Monica Weis ’65,
S.S.J., has been selected by the
U.S. Department of State and the
Council for International Exchange
of Scholars to receive a 2012 Fulbright
Senior Specialist award. Weis
plans to travel to Hungary and teach
one semester at the University of
Pannonia in Veszprém.
The Fulbright Senior Specialists
Program is designed to provide
short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S.
faculty and professionals. The goals of the Fulbright Senior
Specialists Program are to increase the participation of leading
U.S. scholars and professionals in Fulbright academic exchanges,
encourage new activities that go beyond the traditional
Fulbright activities of lecturing and research, and to promote
increased connections between U.S. and non-U.S. post-secondary
academic institutions.
’80s
Kim Schroeder Cox ’82, ’87G,
Music Ed., has recently been
selected as superintendent of
Le Roy Central Schools. Prior to
this appointment she worked as
a teacher, elementary principal,
and assistant superintendent of
instruction for five years at Wayne
Central Schools.
John Drain ’83, Bus. and Acct.,
recently joined Hearst Television as
senior vice president of finance.
Mary Beth Stone West ’84,
Mgmt., is the executive vice
president and chief category and
marketing officer for Kraft Foods,
as well as a member of the board
of directors of JCPenney. She is
also involved with a nonprofit
organization called the Off the
Street Club.
Winifred Lydford Bush ’85,
Psy., has been an art teacher in
the Rome area since 1985 and has
been teaching art education for
BOCES since 1999. She recently
had a ceramics exhibition at the
Rome Art and Community Center.
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