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CLASS NOTES
1980
In late March, Doug
Burcin headed to
northern British Columbia for heliskiing
with wife Kim and son Kyle.
Chris Hess, who spent time in
Alta and Snowbird in Utah, is
employed by Harrington Hoist
in Pennsylvania.
In February, Susan Whitten
Conners, Susan Cassin Wilson,
Daryl Beth Ganss, and Susan
Sheehan Lee caught up over a meal
overlooking Rittenhouse Square in
Philadelphia. Susan Conners and Susan
Sheehan Lee are going through the
stress of having high school seniors,
while Susan Wilson and Daryl Wilson
have passed through that trial for the
last time.
Francey Kanengiser Burke,
who was host and coordinator of the
Jersey Shore co-telecast of Mikhail
Gorbachev’s speech at Lafayette, said
local high school students were riveted
by the address. News stories appeared
on evening and morning broadcasts of
the local NBC affiliate (see photos
online). In October 2011, Rotary
International President Kalyan Banerjee
presented Francey with a vocational
service award at the New Jersey Rotary
Vocational Assembly. She was one of
only five recipients from the state
(see photos online). She and husband
Dave ’79 are thrilled son Ryan was
accepted to Lafayette’s Class of ’16.
Thomas J. Reed Jr. passed away
New Year’s Day as the result of injuries
sustained in a car accident. An
economics and business graduate,
Thomas was a resident of Dallas, Pa.
President: Open
Fund Manager: Gary J. Uzelac
Reunion Chair: Daniel T. Everett
Web Administrator: Open
Correspondent:
Susan Sheehan Lee
1209 Wisteria Drive
Malvern, PA 19355-9736
seslee@aol.com
Mike Gagliardi visited
1981 Geoff Bermingham in
Telluride, Colo., in late March (see
photo online). Geoff is working on
his master’s. Mike was re-elected to
his fifth term on the board of directors
of Western Winter Sports Reps
Association, and Never Summer
Snowboards continues to grow.
Chad Everhart ’97, a good friend
of Mike’s, is a Burton Hardgoods
manager. Dodie Ownes works on
content development and physical and
virtual events with Library Journal and
School Library Journal and is editor of
SLJTeen, a semimonthly newsletter for
teen and young adult services librarians.
Mike and Dodie’s son, Paul, is a junior
at Golden (Colo.) High School, is
involved in mixed martial arts, and
takes guitar and piano lessons (see
photo online).
Dr. Jerry E. Berland has operated
on soldiers whose eyes were injured
during Desert Storm and taught
ophthalmology residents as assistant
clinical professor at Louisiana State
University School of Medicine in New
Orleans. A pediatric ophthalmologist
and partner in Thomas Eye Group,
Atlanta, Jerry is also assistant chief
of ophthalmology at Children’s
Health Care. He previously served as
president of the group, which includes
22 ophthalmologists and eight offices,
and he continues as a member of the
executive committee. Jerry, who was
featured on the Lafayette website, is
married to Laila Krauss ’84 Berland.
Joe Connolly reports son Michael
is getting married Sept. 15 and will
move to Asheville, N.C. Joe is engaged
to Joanie Sabold. The wedding most
likely will be in April or May.
On March 9, Washington, D.C.,
alumni gathered for a wine tasting to
celebrate the 186th anniversary of
Lafayette’s charter (see photo online).
Steven and Denise Mayer ’82
Brownlee, Rich Schreiber, Scott
Beisler ’80, Mark Goldstone, and
Laura Isken Doyle had a wonderful
time catching up. Rich’s son, Eric,
was set to graduate from McGill in
May, while daughter Hannah was in
her junior year at Emory. Mark’s
children, Jessica and Corey, were a
first-year student and a junior at
Syracuse, respectively. Steven and
Denise’s son, Will, was a first-year
student at Cornell and a member of
crew team, while son Andrew was a
junior at University of Virginia. Scott’s
son, Mark, is a Lafayette ’06 alumnus,
and daughter Allison is a James
Madison University ’08 alumna.
Laura’s children, Tommy and
Katherine, were in 10th grade,
Claire was in her first year at Bucknell,
and Matt was a junior at Harvard
and a pitcher on the baseball team.
Laurie Bell, Janet Edelstein
Bortnick, and Mark Goldstone are
enrolled in Alumni Summer College
on the Hill from July 19-22.
President: Antonio F. Fernandez
Fund Manager: Sharon Tchon Gruet
Reunion Chair: Daniel B. Rockafellow
Correspondent:
Laura Isken Doyle
9706 Layminster Lane
Vienna, VA 22182-4404
(703) 255-1570
lauraidoyle@aol.com
1982
Darryl Clark lives in
West Orange, N.J.
He and wife Michele have two sons—
Julian, who was a junior in high
school, and Kevin, who finished his
sophomore year at Dartmouth. Kevin
was a member of the 2011 collegiate
championship rugby sevens team. In
celebration of his 50th birthday,
Darryl, who still plays bass, jammed
with jazz legend Nat Adderley Jr.,
with Paul Rumore, fellow Sigma
Phi Chi, in attendance. Darryl works
at Nexenta Systems, an open source
storage company, and sees Bill Griffin
when he visits his Houston office.
Bill, who has worked for 20 years with
NASA’s shuttle program, is helping
wind things down before moving on
to the “next great thing.”
Paul Rosen is a clinical associate
professor at University of Maryland
School of Dentistry. Paul has written
two textbook chapters and numerous
articles on dentistry. He enjoys
reading, exercising, and coaching
his kids.
James Valenti was named to the
board of directors of T&M Associates
in Middletown, N.J. T&M provides
engineering and planning solutions.
Jim has served as senior vice president
and chief legal officer of the firm since
2010. He is also a gubernatorial
appointee and current president
of New Jersey Board of Professional
Engineers and Land Surveyors. He
lives in Colts Neck, N.J.
Dennis Zetterberg and family
moved to Texas after he was named
team manager for process control
and safety system group at Chevron.
Dennis is active in Woods Edge
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