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Transforming Lives<br />
Through<br />
www.alumni.becker.edu<br />
Connecting <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> to the Community<br />
Education... a $7.5 million<br />
campaign<br />
for the<br />
future of<br />
<strong>Becker</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong><br />
Colleen Barrett ’64<br />
and Gil Boutin ’39<br />
Also:<br />
✦ New Trustees<br />
✦ Carol Erickson ’48<br />
✦ Dan Prouty ’71<br />
✦ Equestrian Show<br />
FALL <strong>2007</strong>
Capital Campaign — A Letter<br />
Message from Dean Hickey ’83<br />
Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations<br />
Dear Alumni and Friends,<br />
O<br />
n October 19, <strong>2007</strong> our college<br />
announced that it has entered into a<br />
capital campaign to raise $7.5 million<br />
to fund major improvements to the<br />
Borger Academic Center and to build a new<br />
fitness/wellness center. This announcement marks<br />
a major milestone in the development of the<br />
institution. <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> and Leicester Junior<br />
<strong>College</strong> trace their shared past to 1784, and our<br />
mission has never been more important.<br />
Historically, <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> has provided<br />
educational opportunities to first-generation<br />
college students. I have heard numerous stories<br />
about alumni who came to <strong>Becker</strong> because it was<br />
their ONLY opportunity to obtain a college<br />
degree. These types of stories are still being<br />
written today. <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> remains of critical<br />
importance because it offers a way to a better life<br />
for many who have so few of these opportunities.<br />
Application<br />
Fee Waiver<br />
BECKER COLLEGE<br />
61 Sever Street • Worcester, MA 01609<br />
Phone: 508-373-9531<br />
This fee waiver entitles the student to submit<br />
an undergraduate application to <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
without cost. This waiver is not valid without<br />
the signature of a <strong>Becker</strong> representative.<br />
The applicant must complete the<br />
information below and submit this<br />
waiver with the completed application.<br />
APPLICANT’S NAME<br />
ADDRESS<br />
SIGNATURE<br />
Fee Waiver Authorization<br />
As a representative of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> (alumnus/a,<br />
employee, sibling, other) please complete the<br />
information below.<br />
NAME<br />
RELATIONSHIP TO BECKER COLLEGE<br />
SIGNATURE<br />
Driven by higher costs, tuition at all colleges has<br />
increased dramatically. As a result, competition<br />
for students who can afford a college education<br />
has also increased. Fortunately, <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
offers two beautiful campuses that are attractive to<br />
both students and parents. Research indicates,<br />
however, that some of our current facilities need<br />
improvement, and we are making the necessary<br />
investments so that the <strong>College</strong> can continue to<br />
attract a diverse student population.<br />
As alumni and friends of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>, we<br />
have all benefited from our relationship with the<br />
institution. Many of us live happily with good<br />
jobs and nice homes to support beautiful families.<br />
We have been blessed with an opportunity to<br />
improve ourselves and, as alumni, have a<br />
responsibility to do what we can so that others<br />
who follow have the same opportunity.<br />
I understand that very few of us can write a big<br />
check. It may not be apparent now, but every gift,<br />
big or small, changes lives. We can make a gift<br />
over several years, or better yet, we can include<br />
something for <strong>Becker</strong> in our estate plans. I have<br />
chosen to have a modest amount deducted from<br />
my pay each week for the next five years.<br />
Please understand that <strong>Becker</strong> really does need<br />
your help. As a small college, our resources are<br />
very limited and we need your financial support<br />
to fulfill our mission and provide educational<br />
opportunities to promising young people who<br />
need a helping hand. We are proud of our alumni<br />
and grateful for your past, present and future<br />
advocacy. This is clearly the hour of our greatest<br />
need. Thank you for anything you can do in<br />
support of your college.<br />
Warmest regards,<br />
Dean Hickey ’83<br />
It’s important you know that<br />
your contribution, big or small,<br />
matters greatly.<br />
Each gift to the <strong>Becker</strong> Fund, regardless of size, is crucial to the<br />
<strong>College</strong>’s ability to leverage additional funding ... like government<br />
and corporate grants. Your gift demonstrates a vote of confidence<br />
in a <strong>Becker</strong> education.<br />
Your gift to the <strong>Becker</strong> Fund can be made in a way that is<br />
convenient to you:<br />
• cash, check or credit card<br />
• stock or other appreciated assets<br />
• a pledge that can be fulfilled throughout the year<br />
Make your gift or pledge, or obtain additional information, by contacting<br />
Mary Maloney at 508-373-9525, mary.maloney@becker.edu, or<br />
visit www.becker.edu.
21.<br />
President<br />
Ken Zirkle<br />
Vice President of Institutional Advancement<br />
Gerald Tuori<br />
Vice President of Development and<br />
Alumni Relations<br />
Dean Hickey ’83<br />
Editorial Staff<br />
Director of Communications<br />
Sandy Lashin-Curewitz<br />
Director of Alumni Relations<br />
and The <strong>Becker</strong> Fund<br />
Mary Maloney ’97<br />
Alumni Relations<br />
Timothy Loew<br />
Associate Director of Alumni Relations<br />
Kevin Woo ’05<br />
Sports Information Director<br />
Bettiann Michalik<br />
Alumni Office Secretary<br />
Cheryl Zukowski ’68<br />
The Alumni Online Community:<br />
www.alumni.becker.edu<br />
Design<br />
Tonelli-Brown Art & Design<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
61 Sever Street<br />
Worcester, MA 01609<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> online:<br />
www.becker.edu<br />
Photo Credits: / John Lenis ’07, cover, pp. 3-4, 14 (far left),<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Bridges<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Bridges magazine is published four times<br />
a year for alumni, parents, faculty, staff, trustees<br />
and friends of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Our goal is to produce<br />
a lively, informative publication that stimulates<br />
pride and interest in <strong>Becker</strong>.<br />
Features<br />
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.....................3<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> is on the (capital) campaign trail to raise<br />
$7.5 million, with a $3.1 million commitment<br />
already in hand. “This tremendous beginning<br />
should serve as a catalyst to energize the <strong>Becker</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> community and sends a clear signal that<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> is an institution on the rise,” said Arthur<br />
DiGeronimo, trustee and chair of the<br />
Institutional Advancement Committee.<br />
NEW TRUSTEES...........................5<br />
These are exciting times at <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>, and<br />
accordingly, six new dynamic business and community<br />
leaders have been elected to the Board of<br />
Trustees to help guide the building momentum.<br />
ALUMNI PROFILES<br />
Carol M. Erickson '48..................7<br />
Reflecting on her life has Carol asking “Wow!<br />
Where did the years go?” Carol (Cutting)<br />
Erickson ’48 graduated from <strong>Becker</strong> Junior<br />
<strong>College</strong> 60 years ago and has retired from a long<br />
and fascinating career at Worcester’s<br />
Hahnemann Hospital.<br />
Dan Prouty '71............................9<br />
After graduating with his associate’s degree from<br />
Leicester Junior <strong>College</strong> in 1971, Dan went<br />
immediately to work in real estate. “I’ve been<br />
lucky”, Dan stresses with a smile. “My mentor<br />
and first business partner and I were in the right<br />
place, at the right time.”<br />
EQUESTRIANS PUT ON A SHOW ..19<br />
The <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> Equestrian Center was a<br />
hub of activity leading up to its debut as host for<br />
the kick-off of the Intercollegiate Horse Show<br />
Association (IHSA) <strong>2007</strong>-2008 season. The<br />
buzz about <strong>Becker</strong> has been growing and should<br />
be reaching fever pitch…<br />
Table of Contents<br />
Departments<br />
s<br />
At Home and On the Road . . . . . . .11<br />
Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13<br />
Campus News & Notes . . . . . . . . .17<br />
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19<br />
Merchandise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20<br />
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21<br />
Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22<br />
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<strong>Becker</strong> launches<br />
$7.5 million<br />
Capital<br />
Campaign<br />
It’s the season to embark on<br />
the campaign trail, and friendly<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> faces have been out<br />
meeting with trustees, alumni<br />
and local foundations to secure<br />
their financial support.<br />
Transforming Lives Through<br />
Education, was launched on<br />
October 19, <strong>2007</strong> with a goal of<br />
funding campus enhancements,<br />
increased enrollment, and greater<br />
affordability for students.<br />
The <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> Board of Trustees announced<br />
the campaign to raise $7.5 million to more than<br />
150 members of the <strong>Becker</strong> community, including<br />
faculty, trustees, students, alumni and friends, at<br />
the annual <strong>Becker</strong>-Crafts Society reception. The<br />
agenda featured appearances by the Lieutenant<br />
Governor of Massachusetts, and former Worcester<br />
Mayor, Timothy Murray, and Trustee Chairman<br />
Emeritus, Gilbert Boutin ’39.<br />
Arthur DiGeronimo Jr., chairman of the<br />
Institutional Advancement Committee,<br />
enthusiastically announced the campaign, the<br />
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<strong>College</strong>’s first since 1994,<br />
and the most ambitious to<br />
date, with the good news<br />
that $3.1 million has already<br />
been committed toward the<br />
$7.5 million goal. The college’s trustees and community<br />
foundations count for much of those initial<br />
commitments.<br />
Lieutenant Governor Murray addressed the<br />
gathering at Tatnuck Country Club with the<br />
endorsement, “<strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a pre-eminent<br />
institution in Massachusetts for career-oriented<br />
education and serves as a major economic driver<br />
for this region. Your mission is so important to<br />
those who seek a better life because education is<br />
the key that unlocks the door to opportunity.”<br />
Distinguished in his bow tie, it was Mr. Boutin,<br />
the senior alumnus in the room, who stole the<br />
show. He returned to campus for the first time in<br />
more than 10 years to tell his story and to extol<br />
the virtues of a <strong>Becker</strong> education. Mr. Boutin<br />
was chairman of the <strong>Becker</strong> Board of Trustees for<br />
more than 20 years, so he took the opportunity to<br />
offer some advice to the current leadership.<br />
“Dare to be different,” he implored. “<strong>Becker</strong> has<br />
always been and always should be about offering<br />
unique programs that help students to get a job<br />
upon graduation. Knowledge and education are<br />
important for many reasons, but our graduates<br />
come from working class families and they need<br />
to get a good paying job when they are done here.<br />
Trustee Chairman Emeritus, Gilbert Boutin '39 speaks to members<br />
of the <strong>Becker</strong> community at the <strong>Becker</strong>-Crafts Society reception.<br />
It is our moral responsibility to help these kids<br />
achieve their dreams.”<br />
The campaign will fund three initiatives: the<br />
construction of a new fitness and wellness center,<br />
renovations to the Borger Academic Center, and<br />
an increased endowment to provide more financial<br />
aid. All of these initiatives are considered priorities<br />
by the <strong>College</strong>’s strategic planning committee and<br />
will significantly enhance <strong>Becker</strong>’s ability to attract<br />
and educate qualified students.<br />
Fitness/Wellness Center<br />
Conceptual plans for this facility call for a 15,000square-foot<br />
addition to the existing gymnasium on<br />
the Leicester campus, at a cost of $5.25 million.<br />
When completed, the <strong>Becker</strong> Fitness/Wellness<br />
Center will serve as a hub for academic, athletic,<br />
and health-related activities and provide the<br />
<strong>College</strong> with a striking visual presence to attract<br />
students and enhance campus pride. The plan<br />
includes spaces for students to participate in<br />
individualized fitness training as well as intramural<br />
athletics.<br />
Renovations to the Borger Academic Center<br />
The Borger Academic Center was built on the<br />
Leicester campus in 1971, and no major<br />
renovations have been made since. The facility is
BECKER-CRAFTS SOCIETY "KICKED-OFF"<br />
CAMPAIGN ON OCTOBER 19, <strong>2007</strong><br />
Conrad Zukowski, Elaine Ciborowski, Joan Dolan,<br />
Henry Ciborowski, and Tom Dolan<br />
President Ken Zirkle and<br />
Mark Fuller<br />
Joel Greene, Ann Lisi, Marla and<br />
Richard Pyle<br />
James Koehler, Tom Dolan, Jerianne Seger, and<br />
William McLaughlin<br />
Arthur DiGeronimo, Gretchen<br />
DiGeronimo, and Gregory Pogue ’70<br />
Jack McHugh, Marcia ’56 Swornsbourne<br />
Tenney and Harry Tenney<br />
Andrew Rasla ’09, Leann Norman ’10, Jenny Devio ’10<br />
(back), Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, Kate Ruscitti ’08, and<br />
Jacqueline Gallant ’08<br />
Colleen Barrett ’64<br />
and Lois Green<br />
ONE OF THE<br />
PROJECTS<br />
THE CAPITAL<br />
CAMPAIGN<br />
WILL FUND —<br />
The <strong>Becker</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong><br />
Fitness/Wellness<br />
Center as seen<br />
from Route 9 in<br />
Leicester, Mass.<br />
(architectural<br />
rendering)<br />
comprised of 14 classrooms, 10 faculty<br />
offices, 4 laboratories and Daniels Hall,<br />
the <strong>College</strong>’s 200 seat auditorium.<br />
Planned improvements include<br />
upgrading every classroom with state-ofthe-art<br />
technology, enhanced lighting,<br />
new furniture and improved acoustics.<br />
Daniels Hall will be outfitted with new<br />
seating, lighting and sound.<br />
Endowment<br />
With its endowment, an institution has<br />
the flexibility to award financial aid to<br />
students in need while directing its<br />
operating funds toward daily operations<br />
as well as short- and long-term projects.<br />
The spiraling cost of attending college is<br />
becoming a serious obstacle, keeping<br />
more college hopefuls from realizing their<br />
future goals. <strong>Becker</strong> remains faithful to its<br />
pledge to provide access to a life-changing<br />
education. To succeed in this<br />
endeavor, the <strong>College</strong> is duty-bound to<br />
grow its endowment in order to provide<br />
more financial aid for more students.<br />
This exciting campaign is part of an<br />
overarching $11.5 million initiative to<br />
enhance student life at <strong>Becker</strong>. Prior to<br />
the public launch, the <strong>College</strong> was<br />
successful in securing funds for<br />
initiatives complementary to the capital<br />
projects described here. With those<br />
funds, a residence hall is currently under<br />
construction behind the 1812 House on<br />
the Leicester campus. Additionally, the<br />
installation of a turf field, also in<br />
Leicester, is scheduled for 2008.<br />
The campaign trail is expected to reach<br />
into 2010, during which time the college<br />
will reach out to you—alumni, parents,<br />
and friends. The <strong>Becker</strong> mission has<br />
never been more important and more<br />
needed. In the last few years the<br />
momentum has been growing, and on<br />
October 19 the <strong>Becker</strong> community<br />
celebrated that momentum.<br />
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New Trustees<br />
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The <strong>College</strong> is pleased to announce the election<br />
of six new members to the Board of Trustees.<br />
Reverend Wilfred J. Bard is founder and president of both the New England Dream Center in Worcester, Mass.<br />
and Liberty Churches in Shrewsbury and Worcester. Rev. Bard has developed several leadership development programs for children,<br />
youth and young adults. He also runs numerous outreach programs from the Dream Center, thriving in the former<br />
Chestnut Street Congregational Church. Rev. Bard attended the Faith School of Theology in Charleston, Maine.<br />
Timothy F. Horan is the senior vice president of safety, health, environment and security for National Grid USA. His<br />
previous positions with National Grid and its predecessors over the past 19 years have included senior vice president of business<br />
and retail services, vice president of business services in Rhode Island and director of contract management. Mr. Horan is the<br />
treasurer of the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development and is active in his community. Prior to joining National<br />
Grid in 1988, Mr. Horan was on active duty in the U.S. Army and recently retired as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves.<br />
He is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Regis University.<br />
Joy McHugh ’55, of Cheshire, Conn., is a children’s author, pianist and retired teacher. She is a former vice president of<br />
the Royal Screw Machine Company in Waterbury, Conn. Active in her communities in Connecticut and Naples, Fla., she is a<br />
member of several cultural organizations. Mrs. McHugh is a graduate of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> and Southern Connecticut State<br />
University.<br />
Christopher P. Provo founded Provo Financial Services in 1992 after working on Wall Street. Mr. Provo is currently a<br />
registered representative, investment advisor representative, and branch manager of Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation. A<br />
well-known business leader in the greater Worcester area, he has spoken in public on a wide range of financial subjects and conducts<br />
a popular series of financial workshops. Mr. Provo is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire.<br />
Peter J. Rowden is vice president of operations for the Cytyc Corporation. A graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute<br />
and Nichols <strong>College</strong>, he began his career with the Data General Corporation in Southboro, Mass. Mr. Rowden spent time<br />
during his childhood on the Leicester campus of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>, then Leicester Junior <strong>College</strong>, with his father, noted basketball<br />
coach, Paige Rowden.<br />
Sarah Williams owns and operates Treasure Hunt Farms in Rutland, Mass., providing a home to neglected or unwanted<br />
animals for 15 years. Mrs. Williams is a strong supporter of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>, since her late husband, Jefferson Williams,<br />
a graduate of Leicester Junior <strong>College</strong> (LJC), spent more than 30 years as an LJC and <strong>Becker</strong> trustee. Mrs. Williams has long<br />
been active in college events and has provided internship and employment opportunities for <strong>Becker</strong> animal science students at<br />
Treasure Hunt Farms. She has also served as a trustee of Girls, Inc. and Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Golden Years<br />
Luncheon<br />
The Seventeenth Annual<br />
Saturday, September 15, <strong>2007</strong><br />
Golf<br />
Tournament -<br />
BECKER<br />
Golden Years Luncheon captions: 1. President Ken Zirkle with John<br />
Brosky '34 and Blanche Brosky Greeney '35 (l-r); 2. Anne and Harold<br />
Portle '54; 3. Earl Parenteau '39 (r) with classmate Doris Merchant<br />
Lilliott '39 (c) and his wife Irene (l); 4. Alumni cap off the Golden<br />
Luncheon with a football game - <strong>Becker</strong> vs. WPI.<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> had its most successful Llew Evans Scholarship Golf<br />
Tournament in its 15-year history on June 25 at the Sterling<br />
Country Club. The tournament drew 128 golfers and raised<br />
$30,000 in scholarship money. Highlights included an ace by Kevin<br />
Cote to win the hole-in-one contest on the 13th hole, and a <strong>2007</strong><br />
scholarship recipient, Alison Flynn, who attended the post-tournament<br />
reception to say thank you.<br />
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Golden Years<br />
Luncheon -<br />
On Saturday, September 15,<br />
over 60 alumni arrived at<br />
the Gilbert R. Boutin<br />
Student Center to enjoy each other's<br />
company at the annual Golden Years<br />
Luncheon. President and Mrs. Zirkle<br />
were on hand to personally welcome<br />
everyone and update the audience<br />
with some of the recent growth at<br />
the college and expanding academic<br />
programs. After catching up over<br />
cocktails and lunch, alumni moved<br />
to the bleachers to catch a football<br />
game: <strong>Becker</strong> vs. WPI. The Golden<br />
Years Luncheon is open to all alumni<br />
who have already celebrated a 50th<br />
class reunion. It has become a timehonored<br />
tradition at <strong>Becker</strong> and<br />
grows with each passing year.<br />
Llew Evans Scholarship<br />
Golf Tournament captions:<br />
1. The day's top scoring team: Ed Byrnes,<br />
Roy Lake, Ken Lombardi and Nick<br />
Lombardi (l-r) 2. Gabe Simon '51 and<br />
Tom Dolan 3. Dick Peeso '60, Paul<br />
Chase, Sam Belluardo '38 and Frank<br />
Millerick (l-r) 4. Alison Flynn '08, a<br />
recipient of the Llew Evans Scholarship<br />
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Memorable Events<br />
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Alumni Profile<br />
M.Erickson Carol Erickson’48<br />
Reflecting on her life for “Bridges” magazine has<br />
Carol asking,“Wow! Where did the years go?”<br />
Originally from Fitchburg,<br />
Mass., Carol M. (Cutting)<br />
Erickson '48 now spends her<br />
days with her dog, Scooter,<br />
at their<br />
homes in<br />
Worcester,<br />
Mass. and<br />
Ogunquit,<br />
Maine.<br />
Carol graduated from <strong>Becker</strong><br />
Junior <strong>College</strong> 60 years ago<br />
and has retired from a<br />
fascinating career at<br />
Worcester's Hahnemann<br />
Hospital after 38 years of<br />
service. Knowing Carol,<br />
those years were dedicated<br />
to hard work.<br />
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After meeting <strong>Becker</strong> Junior president Warren Lane<br />
at his Elm Street office in the spring of 1946, Carol<br />
decided to make what was to be one of the most<br />
important decisions of her life and attend the<br />
<strong>College</strong> later that fall. She selected Heywood House<br />
on Salisbury Street as her residence, and with house<br />
mother Ethel Stetson's oversight, Carol's life for the<br />
next two years was "a wonderful adventure," meeting<br />
friends like Audrey (Harlos) Muska '48, and<br />
Betty Jane (Wedge) Brown '48, with whom she still<br />
corresponds regularly.<br />
Because of her love of medicine, Carol embarked on<br />
the medical secretarial course with Professor<br />
Madeline Army's excellent tutelage. She studied<br />
medical stenography, shorthand, transcription,<br />
anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.<br />
This very interesting course of study prepared one<br />
for employment in a physician’s office or hospital<br />
setting.<br />
After graduating in 1948, Carol was appointed secretary<br />
to the director of nursing and nursing education<br />
at Hahnemann Hospital (now UMass<br />
Memorial Medical Center Hahnemann Campus),<br />
one of the region's most prestigious and well-known<br />
institutions. For the first few years Carol did just<br />
about every job under the sun. In addition to her<br />
own duties, she covered for the medical secretary<br />
when on vacation, taking dictation from any of the
active staff surgeons' operative reports, covering<br />
the switchboard, or typing x-ray reports for the<br />
radiology department.<br />
In 1953 Carol remembers the difficult night of<br />
June 9: the day of the infamous Worcester Tornado<br />
which travelled 46 miles across the county, killed<br />
94, injured 1,288, and left 10,000 homeless.<br />
Everyone possible was involved in care that day.<br />
It was in 1962 that Carol met and married John E.<br />
Erickson. John worked as an audit supervisor for<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield. Sadly, only a decade later,<br />
John became ill and passed away from cancer.<br />
Carol furthered her education by taking evening<br />
courses at Clark University. She was sometimes<br />
tempted to return to school to become a nurse,<br />
but ultimately she decided to stay in hospital<br />
administration.<br />
Through diligence and intelligence, she moved<br />
into more important positions and eventually<br />
became the first director of human resources in the<br />
hospital's history. In 1972 Carol established and<br />
managed Hahnemann's fledgling human resources<br />
department, with responsibility, at that time, for<br />
over 1,100 employees. She was a member of a sixperson<br />
management team and had other responsibilities,<br />
including division director of the housekeeping,<br />
laundry and linens, and the volunteer<br />
departments. It was "a great challenge and one<br />
gratefully accepted,” said Carol, and she stayed in<br />
the position for the next 15 years. She still recalls<br />
that "the job was overwhelming at times, but the<br />
challenge provided many more opportunities, and<br />
I thank God for my <strong>Becker</strong> education."<br />
Though Carol had long since graduated, she<br />
stayed active with <strong>Becker</strong> as a member of the<br />
Alumni Association Board. President Van Buskirk<br />
sought her out and asked her to join the Board of<br />
Trustees. As Carol says, "imagine, a graduate of the<br />
<strong>College</strong>, and then to be a member of the Board —<br />
that was the pinnacle of my career."<br />
In 1986 Carol retired from Hahnemann Hospital.<br />
She did not sit back and relax in retirement. In<br />
fact, just the opposite is true. Carol became president<br />
of the Hahnemann Auxiliary until the merger<br />
with UMass Memorial. The Massachusetts<br />
Hospital Association selected her to serve as<br />
ombudsman and liaison to hospital auxiliaries in<br />
Worcester County, in a volunteer capacity.<br />
It was not really until recent years that Carol fully<br />
retired. Somewhat of a world traveler, she has journeyed<br />
across the United States, including Hawaii,<br />
and visited England, France, and Spain. Finally<br />
able to relax, Carol's days are filled with sports,<br />
“ ...the job<br />
was overwhelming at times,<br />
crafts, scrapbooking, reading and enjoying the<br />
Maine coast with her faithful Scooter. And after<br />
such a hard-working life, she certainly deserves it.<br />
but the challenge provided<br />
many more opportunities,<br />
and I thank God<br />
Carol Erickson<br />
became<br />
responsible for<br />
establishing and<br />
managing the<br />
Human Resources<br />
department at<br />
Hahnemann<br />
Hospital, in<br />
Worcester,<br />
Massachusetts.<br />
for my <strong>Becker</strong> education.”<br />
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Alumni Profile<br />
Prouty Dan LJC<br />
boundless enthusiasm<br />
The warehouse that<br />
partnership built:<br />
The foundation of<br />
Dan’s enterprises is<br />
relationships. He visits<br />
here with business<br />
partner Carlos Mangual<br />
(r) of Goya Foods.<br />
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’71<br />
Success,<br />
is not a<br />
destin<br />
but a<br />
jour
it is said,<br />
ation,<br />
ney.<br />
<strong>Becker</strong><br />
Success, it is said, is not a<br />
destination, but a journey.<br />
That saying couldn’t be truer for Dan<br />
Prouty, of Charlton, Mass. and 1971<br />
graduate of Leicester Junior <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Dan’s career as a real estate developer has taken<br />
him down a lot of roads over 30 years and he’s<br />
enjoyed every minute of it. To this day Dan jokes<br />
that his wife Marilyn tells their daughters,<br />
Elisabeth and Michaela, that someday their father<br />
“will figure out what he wants to do when he<br />
grows up!” One thing is for certain, Dan brings<br />
boundless enthusiasm and good humor to all<br />
aspects of his life.<br />
Dan Prouty LJC ’71 in his<br />
Charlton office.<br />
“I’ve been lucky,”<br />
Dan stresses with<br />
a smile. “My<br />
mentor and first<br />
business partner<br />
and I were in the<br />
right place, at the<br />
right time.” That<br />
right place was<br />
the Marketplace at the <strong>Fall</strong>s in historic Sturbridge,<br />
Mass., and the right time was 1981. Since then Dan<br />
has developed numerous other large-scale commercial<br />
projects, bought and sold thousands of acres of land<br />
and built a reputation as a trusted partner in the complex<br />
world of real estate development. Dan brings a<br />
real sense of friendship and openness to everything he<br />
does and the outcome speaks for itself.<br />
His most recent projects are the construction of<br />
the global headquarters of IPG Photonics, a world<br />
leader in the design and manufacture of various<br />
types of lasers, and the New England regional distribution<br />
hub for Goya Foods, which is managed<br />
by Carlos Mangual, father of <strong>Becker</strong> alumna<br />
Vanessa Mangual ‘04.<br />
Prouty is an old “Yankee name” and Dan is proud<br />
of his heritage. He grew up with his four brothers,<br />
in Oxford, just to the south of the Leicester campus.<br />
In another <strong>Becker</strong> connection, closer to<br />
home, Dan’s mother, Helen, graduated from<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Junior <strong>College</strong> in 1937, so in many ways<br />
his personal history is reflective of the rich history<br />
of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
After graduating with his associate’s degree from<br />
Leicester Junior, Dan went immediately to work in<br />
real estate. Somehow he found the time to get his<br />
baccalaureate degree at nearby Nichols <strong>College</strong>,<br />
taking classes at night. It was his years at LJC,<br />
under the watchful eyes of professors such as John<br />
Scarborough, Bert Saymon and Richard Savage,<br />
that really gave Dan the foundation on which he<br />
constructed his career.<br />
While at LJC, Dan also met two of his greatest<br />
(Left to Right) Nick Abbott LJC ’70,<br />
Mark <strong>Fall</strong>on LJC ’71, and Dan Prouty LJC ’71.<br />
friends, Mark <strong>Fall</strong>on ’71, and Nick Abbott ’70.<br />
Mark, a contractor, lives in Nashua, N.H. Nick, a<br />
National Junior <strong>College</strong> Athletic Association All<br />
New England soccer midfielder while at LJC, now<br />
resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado.<br />
To this day Dan, Mark and Nick get together<br />
often. This past summer the three enjoyed a spectacular<br />
fly-in fishing trip to interior Maine where<br />
they spent more time catching up with each other<br />
than, to their chagrin, catching fish. Nick said the<br />
LJC memories that often come up involve a conga<br />
line at the J. Geils concert in the auditorium,<br />
watching the draft lottery on television in Knight<br />
Hall, and war protests.<br />
Dan also hosts an annual charity golf tournament<br />
at Cape Arundel Golf Club in Maine where other<br />
LJC graduates drop by from time to time, including<br />
Mark, Nick and Billy Connors ’71. A couple<br />
of years ago, Dan's players crossed paths on the<br />
green with President George H. W. Bush, David<br />
Toms, and Phil Mickelson, who were there for<br />
another tournament.<br />
Dan, Mark and Nick were all glad to hear about<br />
the May 2008 LJC All-Class Reunion being<br />
organized by Ken Kaufman, LJC ’65. “It’s one of<br />
the best ideas I’ve heard in years,” said Mark.<br />
“Hopefully, it’ll give a lot of LJC graduates a<br />
chance to come back to campus and get involved.<br />
I’m really looking forward to it.”<br />
Out in Colorado, Nick is planning to make the<br />
trip east. “Knowing that this big reunion is taking<br />
place is pretty exciting,” he said.<br />
It’s that sense of excitement that Dan hopes translates<br />
to all LJC alumni, near and far. In this case he<br />
stresses, “it is about the destination!”<br />
Leicester Junior <strong>College</strong><br />
ALL CLASS REUNION<br />
May 2008<br />
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<strong>Becker</strong> at Home & on the Road<br />
At Home&<br />
Bermuda - Bermuda reception.<br />
BERMUDA Reception<br />
Director of Alumni Relations Mary Maloney<br />
hosted a cocktail reception at the Fairmont<br />
Hamilton Princess for all of our <strong>Becker</strong><br />
Bermudians.<br />
BECKER Reunion<br />
Reunion <strong>2007</strong> was a success; the rain could<br />
not dampen the spirits of our enthusiastic<br />
alumni who attended. Start planning now<br />
for Reunion 2008—call the Alumni<br />
Relations Office at 508-373-9525 or email<br />
Mary Maloney at mary.maloney@becker.edu,<br />
HYANNIS, MA Gathering<br />
Alumni, family, and friends gathered on the<br />
Cape Cod shore at the Hyannis Yacht Club<br />
on July 26 to hear some of the plans<br />
President Zirkle has in store for the <strong>College</strong>.<br />
WORCESTER, MA<br />
Tornadoes Picnic<br />
A pre-game barbeque kicked off <strong>Becker</strong>’s<br />
Family Night at the Tornadoes on August 2.<br />
Fans braved the hot sun and humidity to<br />
watch the Tornadoes take on the Nashua<br />
Pride. Though Worcester lost 15-6, a good<br />
time was had by all the Worcester faithful.<br />
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on<br />
the<br />
Road<br />
Worcester, Mass. -<br />
Worcester Tornadoes<br />
alumni picnic.<br />
Worcester, Mass. -<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
reunion.<br />
Hyannis, Mass. -<br />
Hyannis reception.
Worcester, Mass. - <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni at the Holy Trinity Nursing Home.<br />
Boston, Mass. - <strong>Becker</strong> almuni Red Sox trip.<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> at Home & on the Road<br />
Boston, Mass. - Boston reception.<br />
BOSTON, MA Red Sox<br />
On Friday, August 31, a gathering at Jillian's<br />
of Boston kicked-off <strong>Becker</strong>'s Alumni Night<br />
at Fenway Park. More than 90 die-hard fans<br />
braved the humidity to watch the Red Sox<br />
take on the Baltimore Orioles on a historic<br />
night where pitcher Mike Timlin pitched his<br />
1,000th game. After a suspenseful contest,<br />
final score was 9-8 Orioles.<br />
BOSTON, MA Alumni Reception<br />
Tia’s on the Waterfront was the spot where<br />
classmates young and young-at-heart convened<br />
for the Boston Regional Alumni<br />
Reception on September 27.<br />
WORCESTER, MA Reunion<br />
In June, with the help and coordination<br />
of the activities and volunteer director at<br />
Holy Trinity Nursing and Rehabilitation<br />
Center in Worcester, MA, Catherine Sabatini<br />
’86 and the Alumni Office held a small<br />
reunion for Barbara Zemeikis Piliponis ’35,<br />
Helen Gabree Dauginikas ’37, Carl Swenson<br />
’38, Francis Corcoran ’39 and Christine<br />
Shenette ’40. As the event progressed the<br />
office was greeted by a number of staff<br />
members and administrators who also<br />
graduated from the <strong>College</strong> and worked at<br />
the nursing and rehabilitation center,<br />
including Sue Panagiotidis ’83, and Angela<br />
Polletta Penny ’97.<br />
Enjoy the Benefits of A <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> Gift Annuity<br />
Provides fixed income that cannot be outlived • Provides partial tax-free payments<br />
Produces a charitable income tax decuction • Enables <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> to fulfill its mission<br />
Single Life Payout Rates* Age 65 70 75 80 85 90<br />
Payout 6.0% 6.5% 7.1% 8.0% 9.5% 11.3%<br />
For more information about charitable gift annuities, contact: Dean Hickey ’83, Vice President of Development<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>, 61 Sever Street, Worcester, MA 01609 • 508-373-9520 • dean.hickey@becker.edu<br />
*rates subject to change<br />
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Class<br />
’36 Mary Boulia Legacy retired<br />
in 1983 from the Greendale YMCA<br />
where she worked as an administrative<br />
assistant. She recently visited<br />
the WWII memorial in Washington,<br />
D.C. and found it very impressive.<br />
She lives in her own home in<br />
Worcester.<br />
’39 Doris Merchant Lilliott<br />
retired as an executive secretary<br />
with Digital Equipment. She organized<br />
a Sweet Adeline Society and<br />
sang in the DeBonaires quartet<br />
(New England District champions).<br />
She organized the Happy Traders<br />
Investment Club and is a member of<br />
the Ikebana Society (flower arranging).<br />
’39 Earl Parenteau and his wife,<br />
Irene, have moved to a new home,<br />
one-half mile from their current<br />
location. They are still gardening,<br />
seeing movies and mall walking.<br />
They made many visits to Maine<br />
this summer and hope to make<br />
many more.<br />
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’44 Betty Gardarian<br />
Mardirosian and her husband celebrated<br />
their 60th anniversary on<br />
October 5. They have two children,<br />
five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.<br />
Their grandson is a minister<br />
and their granddaughters’ professions<br />
include: a mechanical engineer,<br />
a music professor, a mid-wife<br />
and a physical therapist.<br />
’47 Mary Laughlin Brigham<br />
worked for the Northborough School<br />
System from 1962-1983 and the<br />
Falmouth School System from 1983-<br />
1995, when she retired as executive<br />
assistant to the administrator of<br />
special education. She has two<br />
children, Paul Brigham and Pamela<br />
Lippincott, and two grandchildren,<br />
William Lippincott IV and Ashley<br />
Lippincott. Ashley is a sophomore at<br />
<strong>Becker</strong>’s Leicester campus and is a<br />
member of the equestrian team.<br />
’47 Marilyn Cowland Fox retired<br />
from the Engineering Department of<br />
the Town of Shrewsbury and was<br />
widowed six years ago. She has<br />
GUESS WHO. He won a tennis singles<br />
championship in July <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
’42 Anita Mercadante<br />
Goulding has been married and<br />
widowed twice. Her son, Lawrence<br />
King, is single and retired. She is<br />
involved with the women of Wesley<br />
Methodist Church, serving in several<br />
capacities with church duties.<br />
’42 Leone Junkins Kallio-Kern<br />
enjoys traveling with her husband, a<br />
trip leader for the Greendale Retired<br />
Men’s Club.<br />
three sons, six grandchildren and<br />
one great-grandchild. She volunteers<br />
at her church and the senior center<br />
in Shrewsbury.<br />
’49 Betty Hogan Hamlin is a<br />
retired medical secretary and has<br />
served on the <strong>Becker</strong> Alumni Board<br />
for many years.<br />
’49 Irene Belanger Perry has<br />
served as a <strong>Becker</strong> Alumni Board<br />
member for many years.<br />
’50 Fern Camann retired two<br />
years ago as a buyer for Filene’s<br />
Basement and has lived in Boston<br />
for 45 years. After college she<br />
worked for her father’s clothing store<br />
for 10 years, then for Filene’s for 43<br />
years. She met her other half 16<br />
years ago. “My hat’s off to <strong>Becker</strong> –<br />
I have used the education I got there<br />
many times over. Thank you,<br />
<strong>Becker</strong>.”<br />
’50 Floyd and ’51 Marie<br />
Barrett Wakefield are both retired<br />
from his company, Rotating<br />
Technologies. She worked as the<br />
bookkeeper, and the systems were<br />
so ingrained in her that she still<br />
does a worksheet for their personal<br />
expenses. Their tax accountant is<br />
very impressed!<br />
’51 M. Lorraine MacIsaac<br />
Ernst enjoyed returning to <strong>Becker</strong><br />
on September 15 for the Golden<br />
Luncheon.<br />
’51 Sylvia Meder St. Jean was<br />
happy to meet fellow classmates<br />
and other <strong>Becker</strong> graduates at the<br />
Golden Luncheon – her first visit to<br />
a <strong>Becker</strong> reunion!<br />
’52 Dorothy A. Forsted happily<br />
retired as an administrative assistant<br />
for the WPI Civil Engineering<br />
Department in 2003. She is a member<br />
of the <strong>Becker</strong> Alumni Board.<br />
’52 Elaine Frantz Gaspard is<br />
retired and has travelled from Brazil<br />
to Moscow.<br />
’55 Carol Richards Biederwolf<br />
and her husband, Jack, have three<br />
children, John, Jeff and Rich, and<br />
eight grandchildren.<br />
’56 Marcia Swornsbourne<br />
Tenney enjoyed a wonderful<br />
evening at the alumni reception held<br />
at the Hyannis Yacht Club on July<br />
26. Her friends, Betty Gross<br />
Pickford ’54 and Robert Pickford,<br />
were the event hosts.<br />
’58 Richard Jarzobski<br />
played basketball in the Senior<br />
Olympics in Louisville, Ky.<br />
June 22-25 in the 70-74 age-group.<br />
He played basketball at Leicester<br />
Junior <strong>College</strong> with John ‘Red’<br />
Flynn ’58 and Frederick ‘Sarge’<br />
Connolly ’58.<br />
’58 Jeanette A. Jones is a<br />
Justice of the Peace in<br />
Massachusetts.<br />
’59 Mary Lou Ballentine retired<br />
after 20 years in Washington, D.C.<br />
as a legal secretary. She has three<br />
adult children living in Cleveland,<br />
Chicago and Minneapolis and four<br />
grandchildren. She is enjoying Cape<br />
Cod life with her dog, gardening, volunteering<br />
with VNA hospice and ACS<br />
Road to Recovery. She enjoys visiting<br />
with friends and family and fills<br />
quiet times with music, books, local<br />
theater and afternoon swims in<br />
Cape Cod Bay.<br />
’61 Nancy Scott Goodnow is<br />
retired. She and her husband, Doug,<br />
have three children and love caring<br />
for their four grandchildren.<br />
’63 John Dowd retired<br />
after 42 years as an officer with the<br />
Worcester Police Department. He<br />
leaves five sons, Thomas, Michael,<br />
Daniel, Paul and Eric, in the department<br />
to carry on his legacy. A sixth<br />
son, William, hopes to join them.
’64 Colleen Barrett, (see photo)<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> Trustee and president<br />
of Southwest Airlines is the<br />
first woman to earn the Tampa Bay,<br />
Fla. Tony Jannus Award for leadership<br />
in commercial aviation.<br />
Southwest is the largest carrier at<br />
Tampa International Airport. (Tony<br />
Jannus piloted the first commercial<br />
flight, from St. Petersburg to Tampa,<br />
in 1914.) Additionally, Colleen was<br />
named “Heroine of Hearts,” by<br />
executive chairman Herb Kelleher,<br />
for her dedication to Southwest’s<br />
32,000-member “family.”<br />
’64 Noland Smith retired at the<br />
age of 53 and moved back to San<br />
Diego after 18 years in Los<br />
Angeles. He has a second home in<br />
Palm Springs. He would like to hear<br />
from 1963-1965 classmates at<br />
NolandSmith@aol.com.<br />
’67 Susan Falck Bolster is<br />
retired and enjoying life on Cape<br />
Cod.<br />
’67 Tommie George<br />
won the New England 60s sectional<br />
tennis singles championship in July<br />
at the Concord Country Club.<br />
’71 Ian Keeney spent<br />
three years in the late ’70s as a<br />
PGA apprentice before finding his<br />
niche in hotel accounting. His 25year<br />
career has taken him to<br />
Atlanta, Shanghai, D.C., Chicago,<br />
Pinehurst and Austin, Texas.<br />
Currently, he is controller at Barton<br />
Creek Resort in Austin.<br />
’71 Kathie Walsh has enjoyed a<br />
career in psychiatric social work<br />
and lives and works in the Pocono<br />
Mountains of Pennsylvania. She has<br />
great memories of <strong>Becker</strong> and<br />
Colleen<br />
Barrett<br />
’64,<br />
<strong>Becker</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong><br />
Trustee<br />
and<br />
President<br />
of<br />
Southwest<br />
Airlines.<br />
(left)<br />
would like to hear from classmates<br />
and Morey Hall dorm mates.<br />
’72 Richard Griswold earned a<br />
BA from North Adams <strong>College</strong> and<br />
an MS from The Hartford Graduate<br />
Center. He spent 31 years as sales<br />
manager in the Asia/Pacific region<br />
for the Pratt & Whitney Division of<br />
United Technologies and has spent<br />
the past three years as sales manager<br />
of a Goodrich Division. He and<br />
his wife, Arlene, have been married<br />
for 32 years and have two sons,<br />
John, 30, and Ryan, 25. They live in<br />
Kennebunk, Maine and have traveled<br />
to many exotic places. He has many<br />
fond memories of living at Linden<br />
Hall and <strong>Becker</strong>.<br />
’74 Gail Linderme O’Donnell<br />
and her husband, Hugh, are living<br />
in the San Francisco Bay area.<br />
Now that their three children have<br />
left the nest, she is working as a<br />
wildlife rehabilitator for a local<br />
wildlife museum. Her friends from<br />
Bullock Hall can reach her at<br />
gailodonnel@comcast.net.<br />
’75 William Scanlon is<br />
celebrating his 15th year of working<br />
in the language arts and education<br />
industry in Asia. He has taught<br />
throughout mainland China, Japan,<br />
the Philippines and currently teaches<br />
pre-K students in a private school in<br />
Taiwan. He is an editor and author<br />
of ESL textbooks for children in<br />
China. He can be reached at<br />
willy_scanlon@yahoo.com.<br />
Laurie<br />
Molloy Lewis<br />
’83 (far left)<br />
and family,<br />
gathered<br />
during the<br />
holidays.<br />
’75 Kimberly Williams competed<br />
at the USATF National Masters<br />
Outdoor Track and Field<br />
Championships in Orono, Maine.<br />
Competing in the women’s 50-54<br />
age group, she placed sixth in the<br />
100 meter dash, fifth in the 200<br />
meter dash and won a bronze medal<br />
in the 400 meter dash.<br />
’77 Kathy Peterpaul is living and<br />
working in coastal North Carolina.<br />
She would like to hear from Danforth<br />
Hall dorm mates from 1976-1978.<br />
GUESS WHO. She placed sixth in the 100<br />
meter dash, fifth in the 200 meter dash and won<br />
a bronze medal in the 400 meter dash.<br />
’77 Jill Holman Serafinas<br />
would like to reconnect with her<br />
1976-1978 Merrill Hall dorm mates.<br />
’78 Gail Covensky-Wocoski and<br />
her husband, Joe, have been married<br />
for over 20 years. He is a quality<br />
assurance manager in software<br />
testing for Northrop Grumman. Due<br />
to serious medical issues, she had<br />
to give up her catering business and<br />
concentrate on raising their daughter,<br />
Chelsea, a sophomore at High<br />
Point University in North Carolina<br />
majoring in interior design. Gail<br />
moved to Maryland over 10 years<br />
ago and still misses New England.<br />
She would like to hear from 1978-<br />
1979 Linden Hall friends at<br />
Modemom007@yahoo.com.<br />
’78 Peter A. Mazzini is assistant<br />
vice president/security officer for the<br />
Milford National Bank & Trust Co.<br />
and has worked there for 15 years.<br />
He and his wife, Tara, have been<br />
married for 12 years and have<br />
two children, Anthony, 10, and<br />
Natalie, 7.<br />
’79 Christine Serafini<br />
Bellefeuille has been married for<br />
23 years and has a 16-year-old son.<br />
She and her brother run a family<br />
business that specializes in equine<br />
products.<br />
’82 Philip A. Cochran is the<br />
manager of financial planning at<br />
Simonds International, Inc. where he<br />
has worked for 23 years. He and his<br />
wife, Jamie, have two children, Abby,<br />
12, and Alex, 10.<br />
’83 Kim Winter Bean and<br />
Michael have been married for 16<br />
years and have two daughters,<br />
Caitlin, 11, and Kristen, 8. She is<br />
still employed in the travel industry<br />
and playing volleyball.<br />
’83 Laurie Molloy Lewis (see<br />
photo) is a full-time substitute<br />
teacher for grades K-8. She and her<br />
husband, Mark, have been married<br />
for 20 years and live in Claremont,<br />
N.C. with their children, Lindsay, 14,<br />
and Jeremy, 11. She would like to<br />
hear from her old buddies.<br />
’83 Ana Raposo McLaughlin<br />
and Alex have been married for 19<br />
years and have two sons, Conor, 16,<br />
and Riley, 13. She works from home<br />
in the travel industry.<br />
’86 Christine Paszuk is a<br />
corporate travel consultant for<br />
Abacus Travel and recently enjoyed<br />
her tenth cruise.<br />
’86 Catherine E. Sabatini is<br />
the activities and volunteer director<br />
at Holy Trinity Nursing Home in<br />
Catherine<br />
Sabatini ’86<br />
(l.) and<br />
Angela<br />
Polletta<br />
Penny ’97<br />
(r). are on<br />
staff at the<br />
Holy Trinity<br />
Nursing<br />
Home in<br />
Worcester,<br />
Mass.<br />
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Classnotes<br />
Worcester. She spent six months at<br />
her dream job — working on a<br />
cruise ship in Hawaii. She would<br />
love to hear from anyone from<br />
Denny House. Catherine can be<br />
reached at<br />
shoebaskets@yahoo.com.<br />
’88 Tim Beagan has been working<br />
as a physical therapist assistant<br />
and athletic trainer for Richard<br />
Bader Physical Therapy in Norway,<br />
Maine since 2006 and recently<br />
became a partner in Bader’s new<br />
Poland, Maine office. He resides in<br />
Scarborough.<br />
’88 Nancy Paszuk Makela and<br />
her husband, Jeff, are celebrating<br />
10 years of marriage. They have two<br />
daughters, Shelbea, 8, and Chloe, 5.<br />
Alumni Letter<br />
Dear Dr. Zirkle,<br />
This letter is long overdue. I graduated<br />
in 1950 after completing<br />
<strong>Becker</strong>’s medical secretarial course.<br />
’88 Cathy Walsh (see photo)<br />
founded Sprout in 2000 and has<br />
built it into one of the most popular<br />
floral shops in Worcester. Sprout<br />
was featured in the Worcester<br />
Business Journal’s Business Profiles<br />
<strong>2007</strong>. Specializing in exotic flowers,<br />
Cathy creates an artistic arrangement<br />
each year for the Flora in<br />
Winter exhibit at the Worcester Art<br />
Museum.<br />
’92 Monique Hill has been a<br />
forensic analyst for the Police<br />
Service for eight years. She is the<br />
first Bermudian to reach expert fingerprint<br />
status.<br />
’93 Janine Bancroft enjoys being<br />
self-employed and travelling.<br />
My home burned in January of<br />
1960 and I lost everything —<br />
including my diploma and<br />
yearbook. I contacted the Registrar’s Office and Monica actually copied<br />
the last 1950 yearbook and sent it to me. (Monica, I am so grateful.<br />
Thank you very much!)<br />
The purpose of this letter is to thank <strong>Becker</strong> for the education I received.<br />
I used it my whole life and worked until I was 70 years old. I worked in<br />
doctors’ offices, hospitals and law firms. It all served me well.<br />
My years at <strong>Becker</strong> were two of the happiest and most memorable of my<br />
life! Thank you again.<br />
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Jaiden,<br />
infant son<br />
of Lynn<br />
Cormier-<br />
Sayarath ’99<br />
with current<br />
best friend.<br />
Always,<br />
Vera Pauline D’Amaro (Polly Mason)<br />
Blackfoot, ID<br />
Cathy Walsh<br />
’88, founder<br />
of “Sprout,”<br />
a popular<br />
Worcester<br />
floral shop.<br />
’95 Wendy Moss Holland has<br />
been working as a per diem physical<br />
therapist assistant at Fairlawn<br />
Rehabilitation Hospital in Worcester<br />
since 1998. She is a full-time mom<br />
to Adam, 8, and Meghan, 5. She<br />
loves working in the health field.<br />
“<strong>Becker</strong> gave me a very solid background<br />
for building a very rewarding<br />
career.”<br />
’95 Christopher Ingham is a<br />
catastrophe analyst for Ariel<br />
Reinsurance in Bermuda and is<br />
looking forward to catching up with<br />
the old crew. His greatest creation<br />
is his daughter Alexis. His interests<br />
include martial arts, snowboarding,<br />
scuba diving and comic book art.<br />
He can be reached at<br />
cwbingham@yahoo.com.<br />
’95 Christina Shatney is a<br />
physical therapist assistant with<br />
Wake Med Health and Hospital in<br />
Raleigh, N.C., and fund-raising chair<br />
of the North Carolina Spinal Cord<br />
Injury Association. She is engaged<br />
to marry Franklin Johnston in<br />
April, 2008.<br />
’95 Kellie Smith has been a<br />
second grade teacher for 10 years<br />
and has a 9-year-old son, Jordan.<br />
’95 Theresa Theriault Toombs<br />
is a legal secretary/paralegal. She<br />
and her husband, Bill, have been<br />
married for 34 years and purchased<br />
their first house in February. She<br />
plans to attend Worcester State<br />
<strong>College</strong> for a master’s degree in<br />
non-profit management.<br />
’96 Ann Marie Reynolds-Lynch<br />
is a registered nurse at Brigham and<br />
Women’s Hospital in Boston and the<br />
Worcester Medical Center.<br />
Jessica<br />
Zorge ’07<br />
(l.) on her<br />
wedding<br />
day with<br />
mom,<br />
Susan<br />
Maloney<br />
’77 (c.) and<br />
twin sister<br />
Jennifer ’06<br />
’96 Heather Ruhl Thibeault is<br />
a certified veterinary technician and<br />
groomer. She works part-time at<br />
Pets Emergency Treatment Services<br />
and operates Hairs & Snairs Pet<br />
Salon from her home. She and her<br />
husband, Kevin, have two children,<br />
Emilie, 4, and Zackary, 1.<br />
’97 Xenia Dill is an accountant<br />
for Ariel Reinsurance. In her spare<br />
time she models, acts and coordinates<br />
fashion shows and displays.<br />
’99 Lynn Cormier-Sayarath<br />
earned a master’s degree in social<br />
work from Smith <strong>College</strong> in 2001 and<br />
married in October of that year. She is<br />
a clinical social worker for Community<br />
Health Link’s school-based services<br />
unit in Leominster, Mass. Her first<br />
child, a son, Jaiden (see photo), was<br />
born on May 1, <strong>2007</strong>. She is the<br />
junior varsity field hockey coach at<br />
Gardner High School and an adjunct<br />
faculty member in <strong>Becker</strong>’s accelerated<br />
degree program, teaching<br />
Introduction to Psychology.<br />
’02 Susan M. Maguire is a<br />
COTA (certified occupational therapy<br />
assistant) and works at UMass on<br />
the acute psychiatric unit. She was<br />
married on September 6 at St.<br />
John’s Church in Worcester and will<br />
be moving to the area. She enjoys<br />
volunteering as a dance instructor<br />
at Steps Off Broadway, teaching<br />
people to perform in musicals.<br />
’04 Jonathan and Darcy Beall<br />
are expecting their second child in<br />
February of 2008.<br />
’04 Susan Carlsen is assistant<br />
director of the early childhood program<br />
at the Westboro Area Jewish<br />
Community Center where she has
Alumniachiever<br />
Alicia Lenahan ’79<br />
recalled fond memories of her time on<br />
the <strong>Becker</strong> equestrian team when she<br />
toured the <strong>Becker</strong> Equestrian Center in<br />
Paxton, Mass. She competed during her<br />
two years at <strong>Becker</strong>, representing the<br />
<strong>College</strong> on a European tour in Austria.<br />
Horses remain a passion—she has two<br />
on her farm and competes in dressage<br />
shows with her 11-year old gelding,<br />
Second Glanz, sired by Passing Glanz.<br />
taught since 2003. She and her husband,<br />
Thomas, live in Auburn with<br />
their three daughters and one son.<br />
’05 Stepheni Seymour is a registered<br />
nurse for Travel Nurse<br />
Across America and has worked in<br />
Largo, Fla. and Hyannis Hospital on<br />
Cape Cod. She is working on a<br />
bachelor of science in nursing at<br />
Florida <strong>College</strong> of Health and<br />
Sciences and is planning her wedding<br />
for August 2008.<br />
’06 April Carron is a physical<br />
therapist assistant at Johnson<br />
Memorial Hospital in Stafford<br />
Springs, Conn.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
Felicia Shandrick Matuzek ’30<br />
Helen Spitaels Donahue ’32<br />
James J. Hughes ’37<br />
Francis D. Corcoran ’39<br />
Rita Carrstedt Rowlands ’39<br />
Frances Samko Wojnarowicz ’39<br />
Laura Chamberlin Farrelly ’40<br />
Lawrence J. McAuliffe ’40<br />
Rachel Parker Prentice ’41<br />
Charleen Croff Hayward ’42<br />
Miriam S. Nassar ’48<br />
Joyce Orcutt Blaine ’49<br />
Wendell L. Follansbee ’51<br />
Harland W. Warner ’51<br />
Roger B. Kendall ’52<br />
Jean Belanger Center ’53<br />
Dorothy Taylor Coyle ’56<br />
Patricia Lynch Benjamin ’57<br />
Charles J. Carroll, Jr. ’57<br />
After graduating from <strong>Becker</strong>, Alicia<br />
went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in<br />
paralegal studies from Anna Maria<br />
<strong>College</strong> in Paxton, and a law degree<br />
from New England School of Law in<br />
Boston. She practiced real estate law, but<br />
eventually found her heart to be in juvenile<br />
court where she represented children<br />
and parents in abuse and neglect<br />
cases. It was a natural transition for her,<br />
from practicing attorney to executive<br />
’07 Ashley Lynn Cristofolini<br />
works full-time at Greylock Animal<br />
Hospital in North Adams, Mass. and<br />
was married in August.<br />
’07 Stephanie Marie Esper is<br />
a case manager for a new program:<br />
Motivating Youth Recovery at<br />
Community Healthlink.<br />
’07 Brianna Marie LaViolette<br />
is a full-time veterinary technician at<br />
GUESS WHO. She operates a pet salon.<br />
Banfield, The Pet Hospital of<br />
Millbury, Mass.<br />
’07 Kristen Eddy Mysliny is<br />
working at Northeast Animal Shelter<br />
Robert J. McGovern ’64<br />
William Cady ’71L<br />
Linda Bergeron Tocci ’77<br />
Robin Sasse Bruce ’83<br />
Ronny B. Hamilton ’00<br />
Unknown class year<br />
Cecilia Kokernak Ball<br />
Mary Kelly Ferguson<br />
Frederick E. Lucas<br />
Kathleen Westwell Mangold<br />
Ellen Gaines Paulin<br />
Helen Chapdelaine Shumway<br />
Louisa Chase Waner<br />
director of the CASA (Court Appointed<br />
Special Advocates for children) Project,<br />
in Worcester, Mass., where she served<br />
for six years. Earlier this year, CASA volunteers<br />
nominated Alicia for recognition<br />
as a Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction.<br />
In July 2006, Alicia made the move<br />
from supporting just one human service<br />
organization to an entire community, by<br />
accepting the position of senior vice<br />
president of resource development at<br />
in Salem, Mass. She and her<br />
husband, Jim, have a new daughter,<br />
Savannah. Kristen has a<br />
three-year-old stepdaughter,<br />
Akella.<br />
’07 Lisa Maynard Santucci<br />
was married earlier this year and<br />
is teaching math in grades 3-5 at<br />
Wales Elementary School.<br />
’07 Jessica Zorge married<br />
Jason Robitaille at St. Mary's<br />
Church in Shrewsbury, on May<br />
25. A U.S. Army specialist, she<br />
spent time in Iraq, postponing<br />
graduation until this past May.<br />
Jason, an Army sergeant, is currently<br />
serving in Iraq. Jessica is<br />
employed at Charles River Labs<br />
in Shrewsbury.<br />
On July 4, <strong>2007</strong>, Harland W.<br />
Warner, class of 1951, former trustee<br />
and director of public relations and<br />
alumni activities at <strong>Becker</strong> and an<br />
award-winning public relations<br />
executive, passed away at his home in<br />
Vienna, Va. He was 76 years old.<br />
Hal, as he was known, was an expert<br />
in managing crises such as natural disasters,<br />
industrial accidents, product recalls<br />
and downsizings. In a 1998 letter to the<br />
editor of the Washington Post, Hal noted<br />
“When one is sick, a doctor is brought<br />
in. When a company or an association<br />
has communications problems, a public<br />
relations professional is often called in<br />
to write the prescription.” As a proud<br />
past president of the Public Relations<br />
Society of America, he was very active<br />
within his profession and wrote and<br />
spoke about it often.<br />
United Way of Central Massachusetts.<br />
She had been involved with United Way<br />
for several years, raising money as a<br />
loaned executive and volunteering as cochair<br />
of the Housing and Homelessness<br />
Allocations Panel.<br />
Alicia and her husband Ronald<br />
live on Garden Gate Farm in Brimfield,<br />
Mass. Her son Mason has recently<br />
joined them there, to manage the<br />
property.<br />
Alicia Lenahan ‘79<br />
GUESS WHO Answers: TENNIS PLAYER – Tommie George ’67;<br />
TRACK STAR – Kimberly Williams ’75; PET SALON – Heather Ruhl Thibeault ’96<br />
Harland W. Warner ’51<br />
Hal was educated in Worcester, first<br />
at <strong>Becker</strong> and then at Clark University.<br />
After graduation he worked for many<br />
years at the Hartford Times newspaper<br />
before returning to <strong>Becker</strong>, where, in<br />
just five years, he set the <strong>College</strong> standard<br />
in public relations and alumni<br />
affairs for years to come. He left <strong>Becker</strong><br />
in 1970 to further develop his career in<br />
PR at such firms as Corning, Manning,<br />
Selvage and Lee and Capitoline/MS&L.<br />
Hal also served as an adviser to Howard<br />
University and as an adjunct professor<br />
at George Mason University.<br />
In recent years, Hal and his wife,<br />
Joyce, spent much of their time with<br />
family and traveling the world. They<br />
took fascinating trips to China,<br />
Mongolia, India, Australia and Kenya.<br />
He is survived by his wife, their five<br />
children and nine grandchildren.<br />
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Campus News and Notes<br />
Out with<br />
the Old<br />
Gone are the tablet chairs, or one armed<br />
bandits as they were called, and in are<br />
contemporary tables and chairs. As part of<br />
a series of<br />
programmed<br />
improvements<br />
around campus<br />
this summer,<br />
students<br />
taking lecture<br />
New furniture in the Weller<br />
and Borger Acedemic<br />
Centers<br />
courses in the<br />
Weller and<br />
Borger<br />
Academic<br />
Centers are now seated at tables and<br />
chairs. The new furniture offers students<br />
a more comfortable learning environment<br />
while also making it easier to use laptops<br />
and other technology in the classroom.<br />
In with<br />
the New<br />
The fall of <strong>2007</strong> marks the first year of<br />
the <strong>Becker</strong> Student Laptop Initiative. This<br />
forward-looking initiative provides all<br />
qualified freshmen with a state-of-the-art<br />
Hewlett Packard wireless laptop computer<br />
at no additional cost to the student. The<br />
Office of Academic Affairs expects the<br />
initiative to measurably enhance the<br />
academic experience and benefit new<br />
students by setting the standard across<br />
the curriculum for communication,<br />
collaboration and connectivity.<br />
In conjunction with the initiative, the<br />
college has also introduced a new course<br />
in the general education core called<br />
Technology and Society. The new course<br />
has been designed to increase students’<br />
level of awareness and understanding of<br />
the social, legal and ethical issues related<br />
to the role of technology in today’s society.<br />
Cedar Hall’s first floor was completely<br />
renovated this summer, thanks to a grant<br />
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Cedar Hall's new common<br />
room<br />
from the Ruth<br />
H. and Warren<br />
A. Ellsworth<br />
Foundation.<br />
Two new<br />
bathrooms<br />
were added,<br />
the woodwork<br />
and floors<br />
were refin-<br />
ished and new furniture was purchased.<br />
Tom Cooley, director of Student Services,<br />
has noticed that the renovations have<br />
changed how the Cedar Hall residents feel<br />
about their dormitory. “They are proud of<br />
where they live. That pride carries over<br />
into everything they do,” he emphasized.<br />
A plasma television was installed as part<br />
of the renovation, which has enabled the<br />
resident life staff to host movie nights in<br />
the dormitory. On Sundays, students<br />
gather in the living area to watch football.<br />
A study area with wireless internet access<br />
was also created so that students can<br />
work in a quiet area.<br />
On August 28,<br />
<strong>2007</strong> trustees<br />
of the<br />
Ellsworth<br />
Foundation<br />
attended the<br />
grand opening<br />
of the refur-<br />
Cedar Hall foyer<br />
bished facility<br />
to view the improvements. Among the<br />
guests were Sumner B. Tilton Jr. and Ann<br />
Ward, who, as brother and sister, visited<br />
their grandmother, Annabelle Ellsworth, at<br />
Cedar Hall when they were children. Mrs.<br />
Ellsworth served as housemother at the<br />
dormitory from 1951 until 1959. During a<br />
short speaking program, Mr. Tilton recalled<br />
how <strong>Becker</strong> students lived during that era.<br />
Times have certainly changed, but Cedar<br />
Hall continues to be a hub of activity and<br />
a point of pride for <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
This past July, Dr. Michael K. Townsley<br />
was named dean of management and<br />
criminal justice. Dr. Townsley is “eager to<br />
get going on the exciting work ahead.”<br />
He received a doctorate from the<br />
University of<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
and brings<br />
with him to<br />
the position,<br />
in addition to<br />
his years in<br />
the classroom,<br />
a<br />
wealth of<br />
experience as<br />
Michael Townsley, PhD a former<br />
college<br />
president and chief financial officer. Dr.<br />
Townsley is highly regarded within academe<br />
as an expert in finance. His most<br />
recent written work, a chapter within<br />
Academic Turnarounds: Restoring Vitality<br />
to Challenged American <strong>College</strong>s and<br />
Universities and his well-known book The<br />
Small <strong>College</strong> Guide to Financial Health:<br />
Beating the Odds, can be purchased<br />
online.<br />
The pinning ceremony used to be an<br />
annual event for graduating nursing<br />
students. With three incoming classes<br />
each year, <strong>Becker</strong> holds three pinning<br />
ceremonies, in August or September,<br />
December and in May, just before<br />
commencement. Each one is a special<br />
and moving<br />
event. On<br />
September 7,<br />
after finishing<br />
the rigorous<br />
four-semester<br />
associate’s<br />
Nurse Pinning ceremony at<br />
Worcester's New England<br />
Dream Center<br />
degree program,<br />
30<br />
uniformed<br />
graduating<br />
nurses received the pin of their profession,<br />
lit ceremonial lamps, and took the<br />
Florence Nightingale pledge at the New<br />
England Dream Center in Worcester.<br />
Professor Marilyn Tormey charged the new<br />
graduates to look carefully after their<br />
patients, “The young are acts of nature,<br />
the old are works of art,” she said.<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> has been a partner in establishing<br />
the Helen A. Bowditch Health Center, now
open at nearby Elm Park Community School.<br />
Nurse practitioners on the <strong>Becker</strong> faculty<br />
and nursing students are helping to staff<br />
the school health center, the first of its kind<br />
in Massachusetts. Operated by Family<br />
Health Center of Worcester, the center<br />
serves Elm Park students during the day<br />
and is open to community members in the<br />
afternoon and evenings.<br />
First-year students kicked off the fall<br />
semester by getting out into the community<br />
on September<br />
5. Topping last<br />
year’s numbers,<br />
more than 300<br />
students clad<br />
in <strong>Becker</strong> blue,<br />
volunteered in<br />
First-year students<br />
volunteer at Elm Park<br />
How to Make a Planned Gift to <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> Choose the Planned Gift that is Right for You<br />
Bequests<br />
Include <strong>Becker</strong> in your will/trust or amend an existing will/trust to<br />
designate <strong>Becker</strong> as a beneficiary.<br />
• Leave a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your estate to<br />
the <strong>College</strong>.<br />
• Retain unlimited access and control of your assets during your lifetime.<br />
• Reduce estate taxes and possibly increase the inheritance of your heirs.<br />
Life Income Gifts<br />
Elm Park in<br />
Worcester, on<br />
the Leicester<br />
town common, and at the Leicester Senior<br />
Center.<br />
The activity was part of <strong>Becker</strong>’s First Year<br />
Experience program for freshmen and new<br />
students, now in its third year. Director<br />
Rebecca Garcia has incorporated community<br />
service as a central theme of the program.<br />
The projects were conducted in conjunction<br />
with the United Way Day of Caring, and Kerri<br />
Sandberg, director of community service<br />
programs at United Way of Central<br />
Massachusetts, visited the students to<br />
discuss the value of volunteering.<br />
• Choose from a Charitable Gift Annuity, Charitable Remainder Trust<br />
or Charitable Lead Trust, depending on your estate planning goals.<br />
• Receive an income tax deduction in your lifetime and possibly<br />
increase the inheritance of your heirs.<br />
Bill Ruska ’37 passed away nearly 10 years ago,<br />
but his impact on <strong>Becker</strong> is stronger than ever.<br />
I<br />
n 1994, Bill and his wife Gertrude celebrated<br />
their 50 th wedding anniversary. That same year<br />
they made a gift of one-quarter of a million<br />
dollars to <strong>Becker</strong>. That was the single most<br />
generous gift the <strong>College</strong> had ever received from an<br />
alumnus until that time. Bill was adamant that he<br />
wanted to express appreciation to his alma mater for<br />
paving the way to success in business and his desire to<br />
have the family name permanently associated with<br />
<strong>Becker</strong>.<br />
After such a long and rewarding life together,<br />
Gertrude chose to honor her husband’s memory at her<br />
own passing, and perpetuate Bill’s lasting<br />
affection for <strong>Becker</strong>, by generously making a bequest to<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Gertrude just passed away last<br />
November. The <strong>College</strong> learned of her gift of $100,000<br />
in January and fittingly established the William and<br />
Gertrude Ruska Endowed Fund at <strong>Becker</strong>. The proceeds from the fund will be utilized to<br />
enhance the collection in the Ruska Library.<br />
While at <strong>Becker</strong>, Bill acquired the skills that would serve him in a long-term career.<br />
Like many other <strong>Becker</strong> graduates of his time, he was recruited upon graduation to join<br />
General Electric’s executive training program on the recommendation of then college<br />
president, Warren Lane. Bill remained at GE for 43 years, retiring in 1980.<br />
“Bill was extremely grateful for his <strong>Becker</strong> experience,” Jerry Tuori, VP at <strong>Becker</strong>,<br />
explained. “During one of my visits to their home in Swansboro, North Carolina, Bill<br />
explained that his interest in the stock market was piqued during a finance class at <strong>Becker</strong>.<br />
His success in the stock market enabled Bill to devote himself to the loves of his life —<br />
Gertrude, their two sons, golf and travel.”<br />
In the early 1960s Bill and Gertrude began a systematic program of “seeing the world,”<br />
as Bill explained. While the Alps and Scotland were among their favorite destinations, the<br />
Ruskas’ travels took them to Scandinavia, Russia, Greece, Egypt, Morocco, Japan, Thailand,<br />
China, and Malaysia. Following his retirement, Bill kept busy as an active day-trader,<br />
capitalizing on his <strong>Becker</strong> education, to fund the yearly vacations. Bill was especially fond of<br />
the Royal Troon Golf Course and St. Andrews, in Scotland.<br />
In 1995, Bill and Gertrude visited the Worcester campus to tour the newly-renovated<br />
library that was being named in his honor before an audience of classmates, family and<br />
friends, students and faculty.<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> is grateful for Bill and Gertrude’s generosity. The William and Gertrude Ruska<br />
Endowed Fund serves to enhance the collection and services of the Ruska Library, to the<br />
benefit of thousands of students building their futures at <strong>Becker</strong>.<br />
• Receive guaranteed cash payments in your lifetime.<br />
• Reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes on appreciated property.<br />
• Reduce or eliminate estate taxes.<br />
Life Insurance<br />
• Designate <strong>Becker</strong> as the beneficiary of your policy.<br />
• The death benefits and the premiums are considered a gift to <strong>Becker</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
Gifts of Retirement Accounts<br />
• Designate <strong>Becker</strong> as the beneficiary of retirement accounts to avoid income<br />
and/or estate taxes.<br />
For more information contact: Dean Hickey ’83, Vice President of Development • 508-373-9520 • dean.hickey@becker.edu<br />
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<strong>Becker</strong> Sports<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Hosts First Show<br />
at New Equestrian Center<br />
and Ties for Second<br />
The <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Equestrian Center was<br />
a hub of activity leading<br />
up to its debut as<br />
host for the October 6<br />
kick-off of the Intercollegiate<br />
Horse Show<br />
Association (IHSA)<br />
<strong>2007</strong>-2008 season. For those unfamiliar<br />
with the goings-on in the equestrian world,<br />
let’s skip right to the good stuff: in our<br />
competitive region, the equestrian team at<br />
Mount Holyoke <strong>College</strong> in South Hadley<br />
has reigned as champion since 1997;<br />
no team had been able to break the top<br />
three (Mount Holyoke, Smith <strong>College</strong> in<br />
Northampton, and University of<br />
Massachusetts at Amherst) for several<br />
years. Last year, after finishing fifth the<br />
previous two years, the <strong>Becker</strong> equestrian<br />
team made it into the winner’s circle at<br />
third place. Naturally, the buzz about<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> has been growing and should be<br />
reaching fever pitch after their tie for second,<br />
on their home turf, with UMass at the<br />
October 6 show.<br />
Riders from 10 other colleges converged<br />
on the Center’s outdoor arena in Paxton.<br />
We were honored to have Robert<br />
Cacchione, founder and executive director<br />
of the IHSA, in attendance; he arrived on<br />
Friday to meet with<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> President Ken<br />
Zirkle and others.<br />
Steve Maxwell, editorin-chief<br />
of the Campus<br />
Equestrian website<br />
also attended to cover<br />
the show.<br />
The <strong>Becker</strong> equestrians<br />
are getting better<br />
every year, and have<br />
Heather Mrzyglod<br />
BECKER COLLEGE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME<br />
Do you know of someone who showed exceptional talent and sportsmanship during their years at <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>?<br />
The Alumni Office is currently accepting nominations to the <strong>Becker</strong> Hall of Fame. If you know of someone who should be considered, please submit<br />
their name(s). The Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to <strong>Becker</strong>’s athletic programs, either as students or as<br />
alumni. Nominees must be graduates of <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> and are deemed eligible five years after their graduation date.<br />
Athlete’s Name and Address:<br />
Your Name and Phone:<br />
Please send your information to:<br />
Email: alumni@becker.edu • Mail: <strong>Becker</strong> Bridges, P.O. Box 15071, Worcester, MA 01615-0071 • Phone: 508.373.9522 • Fax: 508.831.7505<br />
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had a number of excellent<br />
performances<br />
from incoming freshmen.<br />
Freshman<br />
Heather Mrzyglod<br />
placed as High Point<br />
Reserve Champion for<br />
the day and Novice<br />
Division Champion.<br />
Junior Stacey Levitre<br />
placed as Intermediate<br />
Division Reserve<br />
Champion for the day.<br />
On his first time out,<br />
freshman Robert<br />
Sullivan, the team’s<br />
only male rider, won<br />
second place in his<br />
class.<br />
To follow the Hawks<br />
equestrians and all<br />
the <strong>Becker</strong> Hawks<br />
teams, visit<br />
www.<strong>Becker</strong>.edu<br />
and click on the<br />
ATHLETICS tab.<br />
Among the other ribbon-winning<br />
riders<br />
were Mary Omelenchuck ’07 in the alumni<br />
class, placing first over the fences and second<br />
on the flat; sophomores Jennifer Garner (second<br />
place), Kate Deidrich (third place), and<br />
Lauren Barry (third place); and freshmen<br />
Barbara Schouten (third place), Baylee<br />
Phillips (third place), Mariola Podpora (third<br />
place), Beth Bloomer (first place), and Renee<br />
Provost (second place).<br />
Helping the <strong>Becker</strong> team get a leg up, the<br />
2006-<strong>2007</strong> season was a record-breaking year.<br />
They earned several honors at the May <strong>2007</strong><br />
IHSA National Championship show in West<br />
Springfield, Mass. Freshman Carolyn Kane,<br />
who had qualified for the National Championships<br />
while earning 13 ribbons and 50 points<br />
for her team, placed sixth in the walk-trot<br />
division. It was the first time in more than 15<br />
years that a <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> rider competed in<br />
the IHSA nationals. Head coach Ed Paro also<br />
earned honors, with the annual IHSA Coach<br />
Sportsmanship Award.<br />
The <strong>Becker</strong><br />
community<br />
couldn’t be<br />
more proud<br />
of the equestrian<br />
team’s<br />
mounting<br />
success. As<br />
in most successful ventures, it’s been a collaborative<br />
effort. Coach Paro and his team<br />
have worked countless hours at the<br />
Equestrian Center, making it a second home.<br />
The <strong>Becker</strong> maintenance staff has done an<br />
outstanding job with renovations and improvements<br />
to the facility. The <strong>Becker</strong> team shared<br />
hosting responsibilities on October 6 with fellow<br />
Worcester schools Clark University and<br />
the <strong>College</strong> of the Holy Cross. Mount Holyoke,<br />
Smith, and other schools brought in a total of<br />
15 horses to add to <strong>Becker</strong>’s 20 for the IHSA<br />
competition requisite of 35.
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d. e.<br />
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g.<br />
a. Official Alumni Captain’s Chair.......................$355.00<br />
(includes shipping and handling) Personalization<br />
available — additional $25.00.<br />
b. <strong>Becker</strong> Painted Mirror........................................ $200.00<br />
Color print on reverse glass using a centuries-old<br />
technique known as eglomise.<br />
c. <strong>Becker</strong> Glass Paperweight ......................................35.00<br />
Comes with a custom-made black velvet pouch and<br />
can be personalized with the graduate’s name and<br />
date for an additional charge.<br />
d. <strong>Becker</strong>’s Box of Notecards....................................$42.00<br />
24 cards and envelopes come packaged in a grey<br />
box decorated with scene and gold border.<br />
e. <strong>Becker</strong> Color Print Mini Picture...........................$42.00<br />
Personalization with the graduate’s name and date<br />
is available for an additional $15.00<br />
f. <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> Fitted Cap ....................................$20.00<br />
g. <strong>Becker</strong> Glass Photo Frame...................................$65.00<br />
Personalization with the graduate’s name and date<br />
is available for an additional charge.<br />
h. <strong>Becker</strong> Color Print Picture..................................$120.00<br />
Personalization available-additional $15.00.<br />
i. “The Most Beautiful Tree in the Forest”..............$20.00<br />
A children’s book written by Joy Jackson McHugh ’55<br />
j. <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> T-shirt ............................................$15.00<br />
The all-purpose <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> T, cotton, in sizes s-xl.<br />
k. <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> golf shirt ......................................$40.00<br />
Win one of two<br />
5-megapixel digital cameras!<br />
Be the 1,000 th registered member<br />
or a new member,<br />
chosen at random.<br />
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January March April May June<br />
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a Commerce Bank FREE<br />
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May 30-31 —<br />
Leicester Junior<br />
<strong>College</strong> All Class<br />
Reunion<br />
June 23 —<br />
The 16th Annual<br />
Llew Evans<br />
Scholarship Golf<br />
Tournament<br />
Gabe Simon ’51 is<br />
the tournament chair.<br />
Reunion 2008<br />
Make your plans<br />
now to return to<br />
campus.<br />
For more<br />
information contact:<br />
Mary Maloney in<br />
the Alumni Office<br />
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by email at<br />
mary.maloney@<br />
becker.edu<br />
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Or call:<br />
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Alumni Relations<br />
at 508-373-9527.
<strong>2007</strong><br />
Annual Gift Report<br />
Transforming<br />
lives<br />
through<br />
education<br />
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<strong>2007</strong><br />
Donor Gift Report<br />
President's Message<br />
BECKER COLLEGE<br />
traces its roots back<br />
more than two centuries.<br />
Throughout its<br />
long history, the<br />
<strong>College</strong> has faced<br />
diverse challenges and<br />
opportunities. Over<br />
time there has been one<br />
constant, and that is the<br />
wonderful support we<br />
receive from our proud<br />
alumni and friends.<br />
On behalf of the entire<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> community,<br />
Ken Zirkle, President <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
I extend sincere thanks<br />
to each and every person and organization that made a gift to<br />
the <strong>College</strong> during the last fiscal year.<br />
Both the number of gifts and the total dollars raised have been<br />
growing annually, and we are optimistic that this trend will<br />
continue in the years ahead. We value your friendship and<br />
depend upon your generosity to enable the <strong>College</strong> to fulfill<br />
our educational mission and commitment to our students.<br />
This past year, your support has translated directly into a number<br />
of important positive initiatives, academic programs, student<br />
services, and campus facilities. In Academics, some major<br />
accomplishments are:<br />
❚ installation of wireless networking in all lab and<br />
lecture spaces<br />
❚ enhanced technology in the campus libraries<br />
❚ the refurbishing of all classrooms, with new tables<br />
and chairs<br />
❚ added concentrations in laboratory animal<br />
management and applied behavior analysis.<br />
These new concentrations are relatively unique among New<br />
England institutions of higher education and link with post<br />
graduation employment opportunities in the growing life sciences<br />
and educational psychology fields.<br />
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With yet another increase in enrollment, Student Services has<br />
made the following proactive changes:<br />
❚ broadened choices of co-curricular activities<br />
and programs<br />
❚ increased inter- and off-campus transportation<br />
resources<br />
❚ the addition of women’s lacrosse and men’s ice hockey<br />
programs, furthering the options for students who<br />
wish to take part in NCAA Division III athletics.<br />
Campus facilities in both Worcester and Leicester have been<br />
upgraded, renovated and constructed:<br />
❚ construction of a new residence hall behind 1812<br />
House (in progress)<br />
❚ refurbished façade of Russell House<br />
❚ new brick paver paths between the Borger Academic<br />
Center and the Student Center, which will feature a<br />
vintage wrought iron clock<br />
❚ renovations to the common areas in Cedar Hall have<br />
transformed it into a beautiful and comfortable space<br />
in which students can live and learn.<br />
Clearly, though the <strong>Becker</strong> community has accomplished<br />
much in the past year, the future still holds many challenges<br />
and high expectations. It is our goal to exceed these expectations<br />
and continue to make <strong>Becker</strong> the kind of institution you<br />
can be proud of and that our students deserve. It is an exciting<br />
time and your continued support is more important than<br />
ever as we move forward and successfully build a better <strong>Becker</strong>!<br />
My sincere thanks,<br />
Ken Zirkle
<strong>Becker</strong> Crafts Founder’s Circle<br />
($50,000.00 +)<br />
Alden Trust<br />
Colleen Barrett ’64<br />
Gilbert Boutin ’39<br />
Arthur and Gretchen DiGeronimo<br />
Fletcher Foundation<br />
George F. and Sybil H. Fuller<br />
Foundation<br />
Joyce Gormley ’50*<br />
Barbara ’54 and Peter Horstmann<br />
James and Bonnie Koehler<br />
Thomas and Edith LaVigne<br />
John and Sue Prosser<br />
Richard Pyle<br />
Gertrude W. Ruska*<br />
Stoddard Charitable<br />
Trust<br />
The Charles Irwin<br />
Travelli Fund<br />
Ken and Chris Zirkle<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Crafts<br />
Trustee’s Circle<br />
($10,000.00 +)<br />
The Allerton<br />
Foundation<br />
The Alice S. Ayling<br />
Foundation<br />
Kenneth and Nancy<br />
Cameron<br />
Henry ’47 and Elaine<br />
Ciborowski<br />
Fairlawn Foundation<br />
Gengel & Sons<br />
Construction<br />
Leonard ’84 and<br />
Cheryl Ann Gengel<br />
Dean ’83 and<br />
Kim Hickey<br />
Hoche-Scofield Foundation<br />
Michael and Janet Jesanis<br />
Massachusetts Office of Tourism<br />
and Travel<br />
Diane ’81 and Tracy Myer<br />
National Grid<br />
Raj and Lakshmi Pathi<br />
Brian and Karen Perry<br />
R. Norman and Loretta Peters<br />
Presidio Networked Solutions<br />
Jerianne Seger and<br />
William McLaughlin<br />
John ’65 and Marilyn Sharry<br />
Kathleen A. Smit<br />
Gerald and Judith Tuori<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Crafts<br />
President’s Circle<br />
($5,000.00 +)<br />
Marjorie and Richard Bemis<br />
Willard Bright<br />
June ’89 and Brian Carroll<br />
P. Scott and Jeannie Conti<br />
Richard and Joyce Ellis<br />
Martha Grace and Nason A. Hurowitz<br />
Hill’s Pet Nutrition<br />
George and Donna Isaac<br />
Leicester Savings Bank Fund<br />
Norman Family Charitable<br />
Foundation<br />
Laura Norman<br />
Gregory ’70 and Rohini Pogue<br />
SunGard Higher Education<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Crafts Charter Circle<br />
($2,500.00 +)<br />
CGT<br />
Thomas and Barbara Denesowicz<br />
Joel P. Greene and Ann T. Lisi<br />
Northbridge Donuts<br />
Gabriel Simon ’51<br />
Sodexho<br />
Worcester Rotary Club<br />
Education Fund<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> Crafts Society<br />
($1,000.00 +)<br />
Absolute Clarity & Calibration<br />
Mary and Charles Aleksiewicz<br />
<strong>2007</strong><br />
Donor Gift Report<br />
Bayer Healthcare – Animal Division<br />
Clinton Savings Bank Fund<br />
Gerard and Maureen D’Amico<br />
EBS Foran Insurance &<br />
Advisory Services<br />
Follett Higher Education Group<br />
Tyler Kelsch<br />
Earl ’41 and Frances ’45 Kittredge<br />
Lamoureux Ford<br />
Kenneth and Sara ’06 Lapierre<br />
Madge McNair<br />
Novartis Animal Health USA<br />
Wesley ’61 and Mary Perkins<br />
Protector Group<br />
Sovereign Bank<br />
Leonard ’61 and Lynne Tocci<br />
Velocity Networks<br />
Arnold and Jeanette Weller<br />
President’s Club<br />
($500.00 +)<br />
Elkanah B. Atkinson Community<br />
and Education Fund<br />
Cheryl A. Blazar<br />
Central Mass Oil<br />
Ted Duprez<br />
Elizabeth Fuller<br />
General Electric Foundation<br />
Francis and Anna George<br />
Kelleigh and Richard Gilfoy<br />
Dorothy Harding ’44<br />
Donna and Jon Holmes<br />
Shirley ’52 and Harlan Holmes<br />
Kenneth ’65 and Susan ’65 Kaufman<br />
Warren and Cynthia Lane<br />
Eugene Larkin ’50<br />
Edward Lempicki<br />
Doris Lilliott ’39<br />
Brian ’59 and Barbara Mahoney<br />
Mary ’97 and James Maloney<br />
Massachusetts MEP<br />
Joy ’55 and John McHugh<br />
Lincoln Mossop ’87<br />
New England Mechanical Services<br />
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<strong>2007</strong><br />
Donor Gift Report<br />
Donor Gift Report<br />
Gerry ’51 and Eleanor ’48 Pierce<br />
Polar Beverages<br />
Ragsdale Chevrolet<br />
Raymond ’56 and Barbara Ranzoni<br />
Carol ’56 and Gregory Reid<br />
P. L. Rider<br />
The Lester and Joan Sadowsky Family<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
Salem Five Charitable Foundation<br />
Richard ’63 and Marsha Steinberg<br />
Kevin and Lois Woods<br />
Heritage Club<br />
($250.00 +)<br />
Francis and Sharon Alex<br />
Craig and Andrea Barnett<br />
Samuel ’38 and Mary Belluardo<br />
Denise Boucher ’07<br />
David Bousquet ’02<br />
Karen ’68 and John Butner<br />
Paul ’60 and Claire Cantiani<br />
Jean ’04 and Larry Collins<br />
Nancy ’50 and Delbert Conner<br />
Country Bank for Savings<br />
Cynthia ’70 and Jeffrey Dowd<br />
Faculty Federation<br />
Robert Fernandez<br />
Kathleen Garvey<br />
Gregory Gaumond<br />
Catherine Gengel<br />
Jason ’77 and Mary-Ellen Goodrow<br />
Harold ’53 and Shirley Hackett<br />
Carol Hartz ’57<br />
Martha Hughes Main<br />
IBM<br />
Richard ’58 and T. Anne Jarzobski<br />
Debbie Kinson ’74<br />
Eugene Lemay<br />
Richard Lemay<br />
Robert ’66 and Sharon Lindgren<br />
Robert Lord<br />
Nina and Michael Mazloff<br />
Wendy and Brian Miles<br />
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Edward Montesi ’58<br />
Bernard and Nancy Pelletier<br />
Elizabeth ’54 and Robert Pickford<br />
Gerry ’51 and Eleanor ’48 Pierce<br />
Frances Polito ’68<br />
Harold ’54 and Anne Portle<br />
SBC Matching Gift Program<br />
Marcia ’56 and Harry Tenney<br />
Michael and Debra Townsley<br />
Florence and Robert Turgeon<br />
Roger and Linda Vasas<br />
Nancy ’53 and Joseph Vuono<br />
John Wigglesworth ’31<br />
Century Club<br />
($100.00 +)<br />
Christina ’62 and<br />
Dimitris Agamanolis<br />
Leonard and Barbara Allain<br />
Gene Alley<br />
Beth ’86 and Robert Anderson<br />
Polly Anderson ’62<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Beverly Aubuchon ’43<br />
Kerri and Jonathan Augusto<br />
Allan Baldwin ’54<br />
Fred Banzi, Jr.<br />
Henry ’58 and Judith Bean<br />
David ’61 and Alison Bell<br />
Bonnie Bell-Curran ’68<br />
Barbara ’81 and Raymond Bengtson<br />
Leah Bird ’47<br />
Sharon ’80 and Robert Bishop<br />
Lois Blaisdell ’47<br />
Michelle Blakeney-Couture<br />
Lynne ’82 and Tim Bobroske<br />
Brenda Bordagaray ’89<br />
Gordon ’42 and Helen Bowker<br />
Charles Wright and Susan Brokaw<br />
Jane ’68 and Robert Brossman<br />
Robert Bruce<br />
Gerald ’50 and Wanda Bulger<br />
Elizabeth ’38 and Robert Bullard<br />
Christopher Cadley ’67<br />
Kim ’95 and<br />
George Capron<br />
Nadine Carey ’57<br />
Carolyn ’66 and<br />
Robert Carter<br />
Loussarpi Chahinian ’52<br />
Paul and Nancy Chase<br />
Nicholas ’43 and<br />
Mary Colaciello<br />
Lucienne Cole-Dargan ’66<br />
and Declan Dargan<br />
Gail Conway ’72<br />
Thomas ’97 and<br />
Kerrie ’00 Cooley<br />
Jean Corson ’44<br />
Edward and<br />
Marlene Crawford<br />
Martin and Martha<br />
Crockett<br />
Cutler Charitable<br />
Foundation<br />
D. Matthew Associates<br />
Afua Danso ’99<br />
Betty ’60 and Perry Davis<br />
John Deitrick<br />
Glenn DeMallie<br />
Linda Denault<br />
Ralph and Charlene Diller<br />
Kingsley ’57 and Janet Doe<br />
Thomas Donnelly ’51<br />
Anne ’51 and Charles Doran<br />
Lillian ’58 and Thomas Downs<br />
Marion ’67 and Thomas Duclos<br />
Matthew Dusza<br />
Lisa ’83 and Jeff Dziegielewski<br />
Byron ’50 and Muriel Eddy<br />
Frederick ’51 and Doris ’50 Eggleston<br />
Bryan Eldridge ’05<br />
Kevin Eldridge ’05<br />
Dorothy ’46 and Ralph Ellis<br />
Linda Esper<br />
Michelle Fatcheric<br />
Jacqueline ’62 and Leonard Fenelon<br />
Elizabeth ’50 and Joseph Fidler<br />
John and Pat Foran<br />
Dorothy Forsted ’52<br />
Robert Fouracre
Sharon ’62 and Michael Foust<br />
Michael Foy<br />
Jeffrey ’75 and Sherrille Galli<br />
Elizabeth George<br />
Kathleen ’68 and William George<br />
Thomas ’67 and Linda George<br />
Lucille ’50 and Donald Giles<br />
Nancy ’61 and Douglas Goodnow<br />
Nancy ’56 and Raymond Gray<br />
Maureen '67 Walsh Greger<br />
and Gaylon Greger<br />
Lois Green<br />
Barbara Greenberg ’67<br />
Blanche Greeney ’35<br />
Joseph Groeger<br />
Susan ’53 and Ralph Hall<br />
Richard Hallahan ’50<br />
James Hallinan ’58<br />
John and Patricia Halpin<br />
Priscilla and H.E. Hirschy<br />
Pamela Hobin<br />
Jean ’77 and Mark Hoffman<br />
William and Jean Holden<br />
Hollingsworth & Vose<br />
Marcia ’56 and Malcolm Holman<br />
Charles ’49 and Mary Houston<br />
Mary ’69 and Thomas Hubbell<br />
Kelly Hunt ’01<br />
Ingersoll-Rand<br />
Kathleen Jenkins ’96<br />
Anne ’89 and Ronald Jette<br />
Peixing Jiang<br />
David ’84 and Lea Johnson<br />
Jennifer ’62 and Stephen Johnson<br />
Patricia Kalinowski ’71<br />
Anthony ’48 and Nickaletta Karalekas<br />
Cynthia ’69 and Peter Kawie<br />
Richard ’67 and Susan Keating<br />
Richard and Mary Ann Kennedy<br />
Kathryn ’37 and Francis Kernan<br />
Joan Kinch ’50<br />
Joan ’81 and Gary Kopervas<br />
Philip Kulp ’60<br />
Naomi ’89 and John Kunkel<br />
Edward Kurlanska ’66<br />
Christine ’82 and David Labrecque<br />
David ’64 and Anne ’64 LaLiberty<br />
Edward ’54 and Laura Lane<br />
Adeline ’56 and Gerald Lathrop<br />
Doris ’46 and Ernest LeDoyt<br />
Mark and Karen Leff<br />
Joseph Leger<br />
John ’07 and Teena Lenis<br />
Barry Levine<br />
Peter and Cindy Little<br />
Mary Loew<br />
Timothy Loew<br />
Donald ’40 and Dorothy Long<br />
Ellen ’88 and Scott Longvall<br />
Linda ’91 and Fred Looft<br />
Wayne and Ines Lucier<br />
JoAnn and Timothy Lyerla<br />
Donald ’51 and Pearl MacArthur<br />
Janet MacMillan<br />
Beth Maguire ’67<br />
Patricia ’81 and Andrew Mahon<br />
Judith ’68 and John Malley<br />
Linda ’67 and Robert Maraio<br />
David and Paula Markle<br />
Jean Marra ’44<br />
Charles ’64 and Judith Mason<br />
Rebecca ’00 and Eric McGlynn<br />
Margaret McNeil<br />
<strong>2007</strong><br />
Donor Gift Report<br />
Greg Medici ’05<br />
Richard Menard<br />
David Metzger ’55<br />
Jean Moynihan<br />
Julie and Andrew Munyan<br />
Harriet ’54 and Frederick Norris<br />
Paul Novak<br />
June Oakes ’51<br />
Sharon ’03 and Steven Oberg<br />
Mary E. O’Connor ’87<br />
Timothy ’99 and Paula ’75 O’Connor<br />
Thomas O’Keefe<br />
Richard Ostrout<br />
Leona Paige ’35<br />
Barbara ’59 and Ernest Pantos<br />
Joseph Pare<br />
Sandra ’68 and Theodore Pasculano<br />
Lisa ’84 and Richard Paulding<br />
Pitney Bowes<br />
Jon Price ’78<br />
Norma ’54 and Donald Ramsdell<br />
Raytheon<br />
Linda ’67 and Timothy Ready<br />
Marilyn ’41 and Rockwood Reed<br />
Edward ’50 and Virginia Richard<br />
Holly Riozzi ’69<br />
Jolivette ’91 and Edward Ritzer<br />
David Rivard<br />
Theodore ’51 and<br />
Goldie ’50 Robitaille<br />
Lynn ’68 and Thomas Rogers<br />
Sandra ’59 and Albert Rohlfs<br />
Teresa Root ’51<br />
Lawrence ’39 and Nelda Rossi<br />
Richard ’52 and Antoinette Royal<br />
Peter Rydzik ’41<br />
John ’71 and Deborah ’72 Saffron<br />
David ’60 and Mildred ’60 Salisbury<br />
Edward Salvas ’61<br />
David Sawin<br />
Julian ’57 and Maureen Sbardella<br />
Science Applications International<br />
Catherine Scott<br />
Robbin Seymour<br />
Robert ’72 and Deborah ’72 Shaffery<br />
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Helen ’56 and Ronald Sibley<br />
William ’65 and Bettye Siemon<br />
Robert ’49 and Veronica Silva<br />
Janet Simonds ’41<br />
Charles and Susan Sirmans<br />
Stanley ’50 and Theresa Skamarycz<br />
Sheila ’73 and John Soloperto<br />
Lawrence Spaulding<br />
Sylvia ’51 and Ronald St. Jean<br />
Brenda ’63 and John Stankoski<br />
William and Mary Beth Stanton<br />
Daryl Statkus<br />
Kim Stelmach<br />
Wayne Stepanauskas<br />
Jonathan ’91 and Dorothy Stockmal<br />
Susan ’57 and Paul Sugarman<br />
Stanley Szajna ’68<br />
E. Richmond ’63 and Sue Talbot<br />
Louise ’48 and Kenneth Thoman<br />
Gregory Thomas ’76<br />
Carol ’58 and Lawrence Tourville<br />
Aniello and Susan Trotta<br />
Beth Trowbridge ’00<br />
Marilyn ’70 and Joseph Truskowski<br />
Carol Tyksienski<br />
Enoh Ukpong<br />
Kathleen ’66 and James Viele<br />
Mario and Roberta Viniello<br />
Floyd ’50 and Marie ’51 Wakefield<br />
Cynthia Walker<br />
Mary Lou and John Watkins<br />
Antoinette ’71 and James Wheeler<br />
Melissa Wheeler ’75 and Jeff Purser<br />
Joseph and Ann Whitney<br />
Michele ’88 and Richard Wojtkowski<br />
Kevin Woo ’05<br />
Robert Wood ’38<br />
Penny Woodford ’65<br />
Stephanie ’49 and LeRoy Yeager<br />
Carol Zapustas ’63<br />
Cheryl ’68 and Conrad Zukowski<br />
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Lois ’68 and Daniel Abare<br />
Marlene ’68 and James Adler<br />
Barbara ’60 and Martin Alicandro<br />
Patricia ’57 and Edwin Allard<br />
Ronald and Michele Andronowitz<br />
Charles ’72 and Nancy Babcock<br />
June ’60 and Joseph Bafaro<br />
Helen ’60 and James Barry<br />
Joan ’55 and Gordon Battye<br />
Sally ’57 and Max Baumgardner<br />
Timothy Beagan ’89<br />
Alexander ’90 and Julie Belisle<br />
Theresa Bellini ’56<br />
James Belpedio<br />
James and Priscilla Berthiaume<br />
Diane Betti ’79<br />
Carol ’55 and John Biederwolf<br />
Jean ’57 and Philip Birkeland<br />
Dereck Blair ’03<br />
Angela ’55 and Leonard Blossick<br />
Jennifere ’02 and Jeremy Borjeson<br />
Noellen Bousquet<br />
Ruth ’70 and Robert Bradley<br />
Barbara Brawley<br />
Amy ’98 and Joey Breton<br />
Gloria ’54 and James Brewster<br />
Laurel ’61 and Perry Briggs<br />
Mary ’51 and Robert Broghamer<br />
Paul Brouillard ’70<br />
Patricia Brousseau<br />
Betty ’48 and Philip Brown<br />
Leslie ’64 and David Brown<br />
Abbott Brownell ’63<br />
Carolynn ’66 and Robert Bruno<br />
Antoinette ’91 and Kevin Burgess<br />
James Bush ’70<br />
Stefan Calder-Dupres ’89<br />
Conrad ’53 and Barbara ’53 Caligaris<br />
Alan Carlson ’66<br />
Carolyn ’62 and Gordon Carlson<br />
James ’61 and Susan Casavan<br />
Bernard ’47 and Mary Chartrand<br />
Dorothy Christensen ’38<br />
Marilyn Chrzsiewski<br />
Patricia Clark ’96<br />
Julie ’59 and Robert Conte<br />
Timothy Cooney ’72<br />
Steven ’74 and Kathleen Corley<br />
Lila ’90 and Timothy Coverstone<br />
Beverly ’57 and John Coyne<br />
Norine ’53 and James Cunniff<br />
Barbara ’85 and William Davis<br />
Charles ’62 and<br />
Barbara<br />
Desmarais<br />
Claudia ’54 and<br />
Vincent Didziulis<br />
Monica and Albert<br />
DiMarzio<br />
Carol ’61 and Paul<br />
Dion<br />
Mary-Jane Dodds<br />
’57<br />
Claudia Dondzik ’75<br />
Mary Dooley<br />
Elizabeth Drislane<br />
’56<br />
Lois Dudley ’41<br />
Tomoko ’92 and Erik DuPaul<br />
Suzanne ’68 and Steven Dupuis<br />
Gail Dyer ’64<br />
Chester ’56 and Eunice Dymek<br />
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation<br />
Van Eaton ’71<br />
Hollis ’41 and Lois Ellis<br />
Dorothy ’37 and Gerald Emino<br />
Rosemarie Engler ’68<br />
Marcia ’67 and Francis Ethier<br />
George Faatz ’47<br />
Maureen ’81 and Edward Fahey<br />
Edward ’51 and Donna Fendell<br />
John ’60 and Ann Ferdella<br />
Lisa ’81 and Kurt Fischer<br />
Harriet Fisher ’38<br />
Patricia ’56 and Daniel Fisher<br />
Kevin and Kim Flaherty<br />
Eileen ’93 and William Foley<br />
Marion ’55 and Gordon Forsberg<br />
Marianne ’85 and Sun Fung
Bonnie Gahm ’62<br />
Marion ’45 and John Gaide<br />
Richard ’58 and Helen Garceau<br />
Henriette ’43 and Robert Gardinier<br />
Sharon ’82 and Michael Gaudreau<br />
Joan ’58 and Louis Geer<br />
Patricia ’57 and George Geotis<br />
Patricia Gericke ’68<br />
Gloria ’45 and Charles Gerry<br />
Martha ’57 and Charles Gillespie<br />
Anita ’42 and Farnham Goulding<br />
Esther ’78 and Michael Grady<br />
Mary Ann ’60 and Joseph Grandonico<br />
Judith ’57 and James Grant<br />
Ruth ’42 and Joseph Green<br />
Judith Griffin<br />
Lynne Griffin<br />
Robert ’58 and Elizabeth Gulla<br />
Lori ’83 and Rick Hajec<br />
Harriet ’47 and Richard Hall<br />
Sandra ’61 and Robert Hall<br />
Barbara ’53 and Richard Handy<br />
Hanover Insurance Group<br />
Helen ’62 and Roger Hanson<br />
Joyce ’68 and Glenn Harkness<br />
Gretchen ’92 and John Hartigan<br />
Jane ’66 and Robert Hayner<br />
Kathleen ’80 and Charles Hayward<br />
James ’72 and Susan Hazen<br />
Richard and Beverly Healy<br />
Alberta Hilding ’40<br />
Christine ’79 and Kenneth Hill<br />
Barry Hogan ’65<br />
Jeanette Holden<br />
Ronald and Helen Holsopple<br />
John and Carol Hooper<br />
Drew Howard<br />
Judith ’61 and George Hunt<br />
Karen ’86 and Daniel Isakson<br />
Dorothy Jackson ’46<br />
Wendy ’88 and Robert Johnson<br />
Myrtle Johnston ’49<br />
Frank ’76 and Martha Jordan<br />
Anne ’79 and David Jung<br />
Christine ’97 and Michael Keidan<br />
Joseph ’67 and Anne Kellner<br />
Patricia ’63 and Bernard Keohan<br />
Mary Kimball<br />
James Knight<br />
Edward ’58 and Kathleen Koorbusch<br />
George Krasinskas ’64<br />
Allen ’61 and Judith Kronick<br />
Christine ’75 and Steve Kvinlaug<br />
Jack ’62 and Martha Laakso<br />
Garrett Lapierre<br />
Joyce ’52 and Neil Larsen<br />
Sandy Lashin-Curewitz<br />
Suzanne Lavallee ’86<br />
Caroline ’52 and Mark<br />
Lawrie<br />
Robert ’59 and Ina ’59<br />
Lemon<br />
Phillip Lerner ’68<br />
Beth ’78 and Timothy<br />
Lewis<br />
Lori Linn ’00<br />
Helen Lord<br />
Anthony ’59 and Dale<br />
LoStocco<br />
Patricia ’58 and David<br />
Lott<br />
Linda Lovejoy-Smith<br />
Linda ’65 and Joseph Lucas<br />
James MacIntyre ’56<br />
Julianne ’89 and Douglas Mahler<br />
Harland ’39 and Marion Main<br />
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Frank Manfredi<br />
Matthew ’49 and Lorraine Marchione<br />
Eric and Wilma Marshall<br />
William and Marsha Martin<br />
Ellen ’70 and William Mason<br />
Masterman’s<br />
Doris Matthews ’75<br />
Mary ’83 and Cedric Matthews<br />
John Maziarz ’97<br />
Janet McCathern<br />
Beverly McClure<br />
Matthew McCormack ’05<br />
Joan McGovern<br />
Margaret McGrath<br />
Kathryn ’72 and Paul McHugh<br />
Phyllis ’52 and Donald McIntyre<br />
Barbara ’59 and David McPhelim<br />
William ’46 and Barbara Meservey<br />
Lynne ’72 and Jack Millea<br />
Suellen ’86 and David Molstad<br />
Mary ’55 and Anthony Monaco<br />
Theodore Monetta ’55<br />
Priscilla ’63 and Richard Moniz<br />
Laura Moriarty ’85<br />
Matthew Morrison<br />
Wendy Morrison ’03<br />
George Mortensen ’01<br />
Carole ’56 and Robert Muise<br />
David Murphy ’48<br />
David ’75 and Patricia Nabozny<br />
Susan ’97 and David Nagel<br />
Kristen Nelson ’79<br />
Irene ’54 and Erik Norberg<br />
Robert Nordborg<br />
Starr ’68 and Kenneth Oberg<br />
Hazel ’47 and Ernest O’Clair<br />
Virginia O’Connell ’38<br />
Beverly ’57 and Joseph Oliver<br />
Lynn ’69 and John O’Riley<br />
Michael Pandiscio ’51<br />
Ingrid ’67 and Michael Pando<br />
Lorraine ’66 and Lewis Panzo<br />
Barbara Parker ’59<br />
Ralph ’79 and Susan Parmenter<br />
Louise ’65 and Richard Pavlech<br />
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Sally Pelletier ’55<br />
Sophia ’84 and Anthony Pentikis<br />
Carlton and Jean Perry<br />
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts<br />
Program<br />
June Phillips<br />
Andrew and Judith Picariello<br />
Helene Pickett ’54<br />
Pier One Imports<br />
Audrey ’87 and Randall Pierce<br />
Vladimir Pistalo<br />
Sandra Place<br />
Kimberlee ’92 and Colin Plante<br />
John ’43 and Marie Plumb<br />
Lisa ’80 and Joseph Purcell<br />
Ann Raffetto ’50<br />
Miriam Rasmussen ’47<br />
Stephen Rathbone ’66<br />
Deborah ’79 and Timothy Reilly<br />
Florence Ressegue ’75<br />
Ann ’59 and Robert Rhodes<br />
Stella and Michael Richard<br />
Daniel Rivard<br />
Daisy Roach<br />
Regina ’83 and Paul Rolwood<br />
Thomas ’63 and Joy ’64 Roman<br />
Joanne ’69 and Wendell Rose<br />
Lena ’94 and Paul Roy<br />
Robert Roy ’03<br />
Donna ’65 and Melvyn Sack<br />
Saint-Gobain<br />
Leslie ’85 and Mark Saralino<br />
Norman ’63 and Marilyn Sarkisian<br />
Jeanette ’42 and Max Sarty<br />
Ellen ’83 and Richard Sawyer<br />
Ronald ’05 and Patricia Scarborough<br />
Bruce Schechter ’75<br />
Linda ’62 and Ralph Schramm<br />
G. Annabell ’55 and Anthony<br />
Scipione<br />
Barbara ’63 and Richard Seeger<br />
Stephanie Segur<br />
Cheryl ’90 and Terrence Servis<br />
Eshwar Shanker ’05<br />
Joanne Shatkin<br />
John Shepherd ’94<br />
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Aldona Shumway ’62<br />
Rhonda ’83 and Martin Shute<br />
Mary ’37 and Gilbert Shutts<br />
Harriette Siegel<br />
Martha Smart ’55<br />
Frances ’73 and Richard Smith<br />
Tadesusz ’71 and Grazyna Staszkiewicz<br />
Stephen ’58 and Francine Stein<br />
Christine Steinwand<br />
Laurence ’50 and Maureen Stoddard<br />
Anne Stone ’85<br />
Struck Catering<br />
Cheryl ’83 and Scott Sundeen<br />
Cynthia ’50 and William Sunderlin<br />
Marie ’61 and Joseph Sweeney<br />
Robert ’67 and Marion ’68 Szklarz<br />
Mary ’39 and Aram Tashjian<br />
Rebecca ’82 and Peter Taylor<br />
Betty Temple ’44<br />
Paul Thilem ’65<br />
Jane ’60 and Richard Thompson<br />
Maryellen ’79 and Patrick Thurston<br />
E. Jay Tierney<br />
Marilyn ’55 and Richard Torgersen<br />
Susan Tsimpinos ’88<br />
Carol Turner ’78<br />
Simmonnette Tyrrell ’90<br />
Carl Venditto ’53<br />
Verizon Foundation<br />
C. Douglas ’64 and Gail Volean<br />
Mary ’68 and John Walker<br />
Loretta ’64 and Edwin Watson<br />
William ’57 and Evelyn ’57 Watts<br />
WBI Recycling<br />
Roy ’50 and Norma Weaver<br />
Carolyn ’49 and Bert Webster<br />
WellPoint<br />
Karen Wells ’66<br />
Paula ’84 and Brian Wetzel<br />
Linda ’70 and Bob White<br />
Donna Wilkie ’74<br />
Elizabeth ’71 and Paul Wilson<br />
Carol ’55 and Robert Wright<br />
Eleanor ’57 and Peter Yesmentes<br />
Martha Youngsma ’93<br />
Order<br />
of the<br />
Elm<br />
Jo Anne Austad ’61<br />
The Crafts Trust<br />
Panteles Demis ’49<br />
Joyce Gormley ’50<br />
Grace S. Hampel ’47<br />
Barbara Horstmann ’54<br />
Earl ’41 and<br />
Frances ’45 Kittredge<br />
Judith Leondes ’59<br />
Gregory Pogue ’70<br />
Gertrude Ruska*<br />
Karen Woodard ’61<br />
Jo Anne Austad '61<br />
Jo Anne Sampson Austad has<br />
arranged a bequest to <strong>Becker</strong><br />
in the form of a scholarship.<br />
A 1961 graduate of the <strong>College</strong><br />
with an executive secretarial<br />
degree, she was a member of<br />
KOK sorority and served as<br />
class vice president.<br />
Continuing her education,<br />
she earned a bachelor's degree<br />
at Northeastern University,<br />
graduating with high honors,<br />
and was selected to membership<br />
in Sigma Epsilon Rho<br />
Honor Society. Following<br />
Northeastern, she attended the<br />
MBA program at Babson<br />
<strong>College</strong> in Wellesley. For many<br />
years she worked at Harvard<br />
Business School where she was the director of several executive<br />
education programs. In 1999, following the death of her husband, she<br />
made estate plans which included her planned gift to <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
A longtime resident of Winchester, Mass., she spends time at her<br />
vacation home in Wells, Maine where she owns and operates her<br />
antiques business.
Frances ’62 and William Abetz<br />
Linda ’66 and Alfred Acciardo<br />
Kathleen Adams ’81<br />
Pamela ’81 and Ben Adams<br />
Susan Adler ’79<br />
Aetna Foundation<br />
Donald ’60 and Janice Ahearn<br />
Shirley ’56 and Victor Ahlberg<br />
Nancy Ainsworth ’60<br />
Carlo ’51 and Anna Alano<br />
Judith Albair ’79<br />
Amy ’70 and Paul Albano<br />
Sally ’57 and Robert Albert<br />
Ariana ’01 and Abe Allen<br />
Margaret ’44 and Robert Allen<br />
Lesley ’74 and Kreg Almand<br />
Wayne ’79 and Mary Almstrom<br />
Roy ’51 and Darlene Alonzo<br />
Diane ’75 and Paul Anderson<br />
Kathleen Anderson ’79<br />
Anonymous<br />
Jean ’64 and Joseph Apicella<br />
Paula ’73 and Ricardo Archuleta<br />
Carol ’56 and Robert Armitage<br />
Ronald ’63 and Susan ’63 Army<br />
Elsa ’67 and Roger Arnett-Conley<br />
Carolyn ’65 and James Arnold<br />
Suzanne ’78 and Thomas Arpante<br />
Elaine ’63 and Peter Arrison<br />
Leonore Asselta ’00<br />
Assurant Employee Benefits<br />
Marlene ’58 and Thomas Atwood<br />
Michele ’84 and Gerard Aubin<br />
Lisa Audette ’99<br />
Victoria ’89 and Robert Austin<br />
Rachel Avidon ’67<br />
John ’91 and Koren ’91 Avila<br />
Elizabeth ’57 and Vernon Ayer<br />
Linda ’57 and Roger Ayers<br />
Myrtle ’48 and Robert Baader<br />
Helen ’36 and Daniel Babcock<br />
Joanne ’78 and Philip Backholm<br />
Betty ’56 and Walter Baer<br />
Sharon Baglini ’87<br />
Andrew Baglio<br />
Isabel ’46 and Archibald Bailey<br />
Ronald Baker ’65<br />
Edith ’37 and Alexander Baldiga<br />
Barbara Ball ’57<br />
Michael Balser ’89<br />
Keith Banks ’98<br />
Dorothy ’66 and Frank Barnard<br />
Other Contributors to The <strong>Becker</strong> Fund<br />
Craig and Andrea Barnett<br />
Jan ’73 and Joseph Barone<br />
Kathleen ’70 and Charles Barrie<br />
Vicki Bartlett ’85<br />
Donna ’68 and Richard Barton<br />
Rita ’44 and Leon Basque<br />
Marie ’82 and Peter Bavone<br />
William ’37 and Isabelle Bayley<br />
Judith Baylies ’58<br />
Carolyn ’78 and Robert Beale<br />
Hinda Beaman ’44<br />
Clifford Beauvais ’48<br />
Norma ’53 and Vartkes Bedrosian<br />
Teresa ’62 and John Begley<br />
Nancy ’82 and Keith Begnoche<br />
Donna Beiler ’98<br />
Anna Bekier ’46<br />
Alexander and Andree Belisle<br />
Christine ’79 and Roger Bellefeuille<br />
Marc ’75 and Mary Bellerive<br />
Samuel ’64 and Paulette ’65 Belsito<br />
Kimberly ’84 and<br />
Christopher Benincasa<br />
Diane ’75 and Edward Bennett<br />
Elin ’58 and Charles Bennett<br />
Elizabeth ’94 and Brent Bennett<br />
Rita ’47 and William Bennett<br />
Daryl Benway ’00 and<br />
Kelleen Plantier-Benway ’00<br />
Ronald ’54 and Marion Bergman<br />
Carole ’77 and Bob Berkowitz<br />
Diana ’81 and Dale Berriman<br />
Deborah Berry ’71<br />
Timothy ’77 and Laureen Berthiaume<br />
Carmella ’44 and Mario Bertone<br />
Dennis ’70 and Renee Berube<br />
Cheryl ’81 and James Bethel<br />
Karoline Bethune ’61<br />
Mary ’72 and Joseph Bianca<br />
William ’51 and Nedra ’50 Biliouris<br />
Patricia ’64 and Leo Biron<br />
Heidi ’85 and Glenn Blacklock<br />
Theresa Blake ’52<br />
Janet ’47 and William Blankenship<br />
Mary ’56 and Chester Blass<br />
Harriet ’49 and Ernest Bleau<br />
Judith ’58 and William Blinn<br />
Carol ’59 and William Blodgett<br />
Ruth Blodgett ’55<br />
John and Mary Bobola<br />
Jane Boeckh ’44<br />
Russell Boeddinghaus ’69<br />
Linda ’62 and Gary Bogosian<br />
Ralph ’64 and Linda Bohlke<br />
Dolores Boland ’53<br />
Kristen ’80 and Glenn Bongiovi<br />
Jane Bonna ’76<br />
David ’80 and Sandra Bonnette<br />
Ann-Marie ’84 and Gregory Booth<br />
Debra Booth ’97<br />
Irene ’80 and Mark Borton<br />
Charlotte ’70 and William Boston<br />
Lorita ’52 and Thomas Bosworth<br />
Sarah Botticello ’01<br />
Karla Boudreau ’95<br />
Kelly ’88 and David Boudreau<br />
Lorraine Bourgault ’55<br />
Maureen ’58 and John Bouvier<br />
Thomas Bova ’64<br />
Margaret ’75 and Alexander Bowers<br />
Sharon Boyda ’97<br />
Michele Boyer-Vivori ’80<br />
Lawrence and Marjorie ’49<br />
Rebecca Bradbury ’69<br />
Betty ’50 Dickson Brenton and<br />
Stanley Brenton<br />
Donna ’68 and George Brewer<br />
Nancy Brideau ’56<br />
Carol ’68 and Oliver Briggs<br />
Mary ’39 and Andrew Brindamour<br />
Denise Brindle<br />
Aphrodite ’49 and W. Allan Brown<br />
Beatrice ’48 and James Brown<br />
Christine Brown ’93<br />
Diane ’79 and Robert Brown<br />
Dorothy ’54 and L. Craig Brown<br />
Oressa ’56 and Richard Brown<br />
Richard and Beverly Brown<br />
Sandra ’85 and Joseph Brunette<br />
Alison ’99 and Thomas Buchter<br />
Gail Buchyn<br />
Frederick Buehler ’48<br />
Mary Buell ’68<br />
Betty ’83 and Samuel Buffa<br />
Dorothy ’58 and Robert Bugdin<br />
Lois ’61 and Richard Bump<br />
Alinda ’79 and Vito Buonomano<br />
Gary ’71 and Carolyn Bur<br />
Mary ’60 and Stephen Burgess<br />
Marvourine ’58 and Arthur Burgoyne<br />
Shirley ’48 and Dustin Burke<br />
Jodi Burns ’91<br />
Alan Burrows ’56<br />
Robert ’51 and Dorothy Burrows<br />
Michelle ’87 and Richard Burt<br />
Nancy ’55 and F. Stevenson Burton<br />
Maya ’95 and Michael Buslov<br />
Dorothy ’80 and Kenneth Buxton<br />
Patricia ’69 and Robert Buyniski<br />
Marion ’79 and Clayton Caddy<br />
William ’71 and Wallis Cady<br />
Harry ’49 and Marion Calale<br />
Francis ’40 and Christine Calarese<br />
Kathryn Callahan ’80<br />
Roberta ’77 and Philip Cameron<br />
Donna Campbell ’74<br />
Joanna ’51 and Wayne Campbell<br />
Susan ’77 and Stuart Campbell<br />
Marla ’82 and Carlos Cardoso<br />
Judith ’79 and Michael Carmody<br />
Margaret Carney ’56<br />
Kathleen ’64 and Richard Carr<br />
Holly ’83 and Douglas Carter<br />
Mary Carty ’46<br />
Crystal ’86 and Manuel Carvalho<br />
Annette Casco ’94<br />
Anne ’91 and Kevin Caselli<br />
Nancy ’77 and Richard Casey<br />
William ’71 and June Casey<br />
Jeanette ’58 and Richard Castelda<br />
JoAnn ’68 and Richard Cathcart<br />
Holly ’80 and David Caval<br />
David ’79 and Wendy Cegelka<br />
Jean ’52 and Albert Cella<br />
Ann ’45 and Carl Ceneviva<br />
Mark ’77 and Susan Chevalier<br />
Dorothy ’48 and Frank Chickerella<br />
Nancy Chilcutt ’71<br />
Amanda ’86 and Dean Christian<br />
Patricia Church ’85<br />
Dawn Clark ’01<br />
Robin ’86 and William Clayton<br />
Christine Clifford ’55<br />
Mary Clifford ’65<br />
Joan Cline ’94<br />
Carol ’85 and Robert Clouthier<br />
Erika Cloutier ’97<br />
Erin Coggins ’00<br />
Winifred Colbert ’43<br />
Joanne ’52 and Frank Cole<br />
Gloria ’57 and Gerald Coleman<br />
Joan ’80 and William Coleman<br />
Marilyn ’49 and James Colignon<br />
Amy ’97 and Michael Collette<br />
Patricia ’62 and Charles Collins<br />
Joseph ’42 and Mary Connors<br />
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Donor Gift Report<br />
Raymond ’48 and Marie Constant<br />
Ruth Converse ’43<br />
Sheila ’79 and Robert Cooke<br />
Deborah ’90 and Terry Coolidge<br />
Elizabeth ’60 and Peter Copeland<br />
Norma Cormier ’37<br />
Catherine Correia<br />
Stephen Corrigan ’67<br />
Mary ’73 and Thomas Cosey<br />
Robin Cote ’94<br />
Donna ’85 and George Coulston<br />
Lillian ’47 and Samuel Couture<br />
Jodi ’89 and Scott Coverly<br />
Kerry Cowher ’94<br />
Ruth ’47 and Mark Cramton<br />
Michele Cranston ’82<br />
Kathleen ’64 and David Crevier<br />
Paul ’77 and Cheryl ’78 Crivello<br />
David ’64 and Barbara Crocker<br />
Joan ’97 and Albert Crocker<br />
Cindy ’81 and Frank Crosby<br />
Lynn ’80 and Steven Crowley<br />
Mary Crume ’49<br />
Helen ’51 and William Cundall<br />
N. Jean ’67 and Paul Curran<br />
Sean Curran ’03<br />
Marilyn Curtis ’65<br />
Henry ’56 and Loretta Cusick<br />
Michael ’75 and Kimberly Czerkowicz<br />
Nancy ’56 and Russell Daer<br />
Kevin Dagle ’93<br />
Celia ’53 and Robert Dahlen<br />
Virginia and Timothy Daly<br />
Jeffery ’67 and Sydney Davis<br />
Barbara ’58 and Earl Deal<br />
Matthew Dean ’02<br />
William Dean ’67<br />
Helen ’72 and William Deane<br />
Janet ’53 and Kenneth Dearden<br />
Jill Debs ’78<br />
Jean ’47 and Edmund Decoteau<br />
Gloria ’48 and Charles Dee<br />
Janet Dee-Mulcahy ’77 and<br />
Kevin Mulcahy<br />
Paul ’54 and Joanne Deignan<br />
Susan ’68 and Wayne DeLaCroix<br />
Laura ’69 and Louis Dell’Olio<br />
Kathryn ’55 and William Dennis<br />
Paula Desmarais ’84<br />
Theresa ’57 and George Desmond<br />
Robin ’86 and Michael Devoe<br />
Judith ’62 and Gary Devoe<br />
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Gerald D’Haiti<br />
Roberta ’79 and Glen Dickinson<br />
Nancy ’62 and Kurt Dickson<br />
Christina DiNardi ’06<br />
Deborah Dion ’80<br />
Lois ’80 and Richard Dittrich<br />
Susan ’68 and James Docker<br />
Lisa ’’80 and John Dolan<br />
Jane ’47 and William Dolloff<br />
Robert ’65 and Mary Anne Donahue<br />
Sandra ’66 and Thomas Donahue<br />
Francis ’58 and Eileen Donelan<br />
Jean ’80 and Benjamin Perron<br />
Polly ’67 and John Donnelly<br />
Denise ’82 and Dennis Donovan<br />
Elizabeth ’79 and<br />
Anthony Doornweerd<br />
Carol ’68 and Joseph Doria<br />
John Dorsey<br />
Erin Doucas ’94<br />
Dorothy ’54 and Gerald Drew<br />
Tawnya Drumm ’98<br />
Donna ’84 and Jeffrey Dryden<br />
Nandita D’Souza ’93<br />
Shirley Dublin ’86<br />
John ’63 and Patricia Duff<br />
Joanne Dufresne ’96<br />
Thomas Dufresne ’03<br />
Janmarie ’98 and Edward Dugan<br />
Andrea ’85 and Francis Duggan<br />
Elaine ’60 and Ronald Dumouchel<br />
Marjorie ’50 and Howard Dunham<br />
Cathy ’95 and Matthew Dunn<br />
Mary-Ellen ’80 and Brian Dunne<br />
Anja Duprat ’69<br />
Arthur Duquette ’48<br />
Mercedes ’49 and Richard Duquette<br />
Colleen Durocher ’78<br />
Wynn ’05 and Peter DuVernay<br />
Ellen and Blake Duzak<br />
Sharon ’71 and David Eaton<br />
Nicole Eberle ’00<br />
Stacey Eddy ’91<br />
Lisa Edelson ’89<br />
Mary Edge ’64<br />
Bruce ’68 and Linda Edwards<br />
Demetra ’93 and David Edwards<br />
Ellen Ehrhardt ’81<br />
Ann ’60 and Gerald Eichin<br />
Linda Einczig ’65<br />
Pehr ’41 and Marianne Ellner<br />
Stephanie Elworthy ’94<br />
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Catherine ’75 and Gordon Engle<br />
M. Lorraine ’51 and Willard Ernst<br />
Sharon Esche ’67<br />
Christina Escobar ’94<br />
Jacqueline ’62 and Frank Esielionis<br />
Richard ’71 and Margaret Esten<br />
Sharon ’70 and Bruce Fagerequist<br />
Rena Falconi ’85<br />
Beatrice ’42 and John Falk<br />
Deborah ’83 and Bryan Fancy<br />
Betty ’51 and Everett Farnsworth<br />
Carol ’84 and Thomas Farrell<br />
Helene ’39 and John Farrell<br />
Jannine Farrell ’80<br />
Marisa Farri ’93<br />
Frances ’85 and William Fassett<br />
Judith ’64 Fava-Houle and<br />
Joseph Houle<br />
Cynthia Feal ’81<br />
Staci Fearon ’79<br />
Dawn Federman ’79<br />
Lois ’55 and John Feenan<br />
Susan Feige ’63<br />
Lois and Albert Feldman<br />
Lisa Feliconio ’84<br />
Franklin ’54 and Pauline Feltkamp<br />
Jeanette Fendick ’63<br />
Bonita Ferragut ’67<br />
Jane ’72 and John Ferro<br />
Virginia ’51 and Arthur Ferry<br />
Nancy ’98 and Michael Field<br />
Linda ’78 and David Firmani<br />
Beverly ’52 and Warren Fisher<br />
Marcia ’58 and Andrew Fisher<br />
Andrea Fitzpatrick ’75<br />
Kellie ’89 and James Fitzpatrick<br />
Debra ’74 and Thomas Flader<br />
Diana Flanagan ’69<br />
Helen ’62 and William Flannery<br />
Palma ’62 and Sigmund Fleck<br />
Jane Fletcher ’61<br />
John ’55 and Janet Fleury<br />
Carol ’62 and William Flood<br />
Mary Flood ’82<br />
Barbara Flynn<br />
Marjorie ’48 and William Flynn<br />
Janet ’42 and Graham Fogg<br />
Bernard Foley ’50<br />
Laura Forrister ’81<br />
Nancy ’62 and Richard Fors<br />
Sheryl Forte ’75<br />
Michelle ’87 and Charles Fosgate<br />
Elizabeth ’68 and Edward Fournier<br />
Janice ’55 and Joseph Fournier<br />
Jean ’64 and Randall Fox<br />
Barbara ’59 and Thomas Francis<br />
Dorothy ’43 and Harold Francis<br />
Dalton ’49 and Ann Franklin<br />
Janice ’81 and Peter Frawley<br />
Marlana ’91 and Fred Freitas<br />
Glenn ’88 and Tonya Frenette<br />
Paula ’69 and David Frieswick<br />
Deborah ’89 and Michael Frisbie<br />
Kathleen ’80 and Harley Fuller<br />
Julie ’99 and James Gadbois<br />
Darcy ’00 and Matthew Gagne<br />
Andrea ’95 and Ronald Galeski<br />
Vincent Galligan ’69<br />
Barbara Gallo ’81<br />
Richard Galvin ’62<br />
Edward and Barbara Ganek<br />
Martha-Anne Garabedian ’64<br />
Vanessa Garcia ’96<br />
Alphonse ’50 and Betty Gauthier<br />
Theresa Gauvin ’44<br />
Jean ’70 and Miller Gay<br />
Bethany ’97 and Jamie Gayton<br />
Karen ’88 and James Geary<br />
Theresa ’86 and Adam Gentile<br />
Anita ’83 and Steven Georgon<br />
Peter Germano ’78<br />
Jane ’74 and Greg Giallonardo<br />
Susan Gibbs ’60<br />
Lois ’50 and Rolland Gifford<br />
Christine ’86 and Robert Giguere<br />
Peggy Giguere ’54<br />
Rebecca ’76 and Michael Gijanto<br />
Virginia Gilbert ’38<br />
Susan ’71 and Dennis Giles<br />
Toby ’60 and John Gill<br />
Dawn Gillette ’91<br />
Patricia ’73 and Leo Gillis<br />
Gloria Gilrain ’51<br />
Wanda ’45 and Thaddeus Giza<br />
Sharon ’86 and Donald Gladu<br />
Edward and Constance Glavin<br />
Michelle Gleason ’93<br />
Raymond ’73 and Alicja Golaszewski<br />
Norma ’50 and John Gonet<br />
Nancy Goodhart ’52<br />
Lillian Goodman ’70<br />
John ’43 and Therese Ann Goodrich<br />
Sue ’74 and Clifford Goodwin<br />
Betsy Goolgasian ’95<br />
Kerine Gordon ’91<br />
Ann ’74 and Gregory Gotta<br />
Ellen ’62 and Paul Gould<br />
Beth ’84 and Michael Grant<br />
Nancy ’52 and Frederick Grant<br />
John ’52 and Mary-Lou Grass<br />
Theresa ’57 and Michael Gratis<br />
Judith Gravier ’79<br />
Richard Grendol ’56<br />
Joanne ’75 and James Grigos<br />
Richard ’68 and Arlene Griswold<br />
Rachel Grout ’38<br />
Susan ’83 and Paul Gualtieri<br />
George ’79 and Carol Ann Guertin<br />
Karen ’81 and Marc Guillemette<br />
Patricia Guinier ’83<br />
Joseph Haber ’56<br />
Bonnie Hagan ’80<br />
Ryan Hagan ’06<br />
Alan ’60 and Meredith Hager<br />
Theresa ’84 and Kyle Haggerty<br />
Gertrude Haldiman ’33<br />
Linda Hall ’67<br />
Harold ’48 and Bettyjane Hally<br />
Carol ’79 and David Hamilton<br />
Barbara ’69 and David Hamlen<br />
Betty Hamlin ’49<br />
Patricia ’43 and John Hammell<br />
Grace Hampel ’47<br />
Marisol ’82 and Dennis Hanlon<br />
Anne Hanscom ’65<br />
Virginia ’49 and Robert Hansen<br />
Rosemarie ’56 and Thomas Hanson<br />
Elaine Harmon ’74<br />
Theresa Harney ’98<br />
James ’66 and Bonita Harrelson<br />
Alice Harrington ’46<br />
Laura ’39 and Daniel Harrington<br />
Michele Harrington ’98<br />
Marilyn ’78 and Carl Harris<br />
Florence and Glen Harrison<br />
Deborah ’64 and Henry Hart<br />
Ellen Hart ’69<br />
Ruth ’82 and Robert Hartman<br />
Jean Hasenzahl ’44<br />
Wendy Haskell ’84<br />
Marjorie Hastings ’61<br />
Patricia ’70 and William Hatch<br />
Rhonda ’78 and Louis Caissie<br />
Margaret ’64 and Russell Haviland<br />
Patrick Hawkins ’99<br />
Nancy ’51 and Bradford Hawley<br />
David ’78 and Marian Haworth<br />
Kathleen ’83 and Rick Hayes<br />
Ann ’63 and David Haynes<br />
Nancy ’60 and William Hazel<br />
Sally ’61 and H. R. Hebert<br />
Joan ’61 and Martin Heilmann<br />
Carol ’56 and Joseph Hennigan<br />
Kristina ’88 and Chad Henry<br />
Katherine Henry-Schill<br />
Christine ’71 and John Herdson<br />
Wayne Hersey ’56<br />
Mary Heslin ’91<br />
Jennifer ’91 and Robert Heywood<br />
Nadine Hoagland ’72<br />
Paul ’43 and Elaine Hodgkins<br />
Sharon ’66 and David Hoffman<br />
Robert ’78 and Barbara Hogan<br />
Catherine ’77 and James Hogencamp<br />
Kimberly ’88 and Al Hogue<br />
Sharon ’84 and Anthony Holden<br />
Virginia ’46 and Cecil Holden<br />
Mary ’79 and Jerry Holman<br />
Susan ’61 and Kittredge Holmes<br />
Irene Homer ’51<br />
Gayle Hooke ’54<br />
Kathleen ’78 and Thomas Houck<br />
Barbara Houghton ’47<br />
Michele ’76 and Paul Howard<br />
Shannon ’94 and Chad Howe<br />
William ’41 and Beryle Howes<br />
Suzette Howland ’90<br />
Francoise Hsu<br />
Joanne Huban ’62<br />
Michael ’94 and Dorothy Hubbard<br />
Anita ’44 and Richard Hudson<br />
Jane ’80 and Robert Huelsman<br />
Judith ’95 and Stephen Hulbert<br />
Laurie ’92 and Mark Hume<br />
Gladys ’43 and Hugh Hunter<br />
Barbara Hurley ’68<br />
Laurie Hurley ’58<br />
Rose Hurlihe<br />
Priscilla ’55 and Gerald Hussey<br />
Rockwood ’78 and Ann Hyland<br />
Jacob ’48 and Margaret Iannucci<br />
Ruth Infanti ’80<br />
Morton Israel ’48<br />
Beth ’78 and Timothy Ives<br />
Elizabeth ’45 and George Jackson<br />
Barbara ’59 and Paul Jansky<br />
Anna Jardus ’34<br />
Margaret ’49 and Warren Jeffrey
Jo-Ann ’69 and Richard Jensen<br />
Debra ’87 and Robert Jerszyk<br />
Carl ’97 and Kimberly Johnson<br />
Constance ’51 and Ronald Johnson<br />
Joann ’85 and Thomas Johnson<br />
Kimberly ’97 and Carl Johnson<br />
Linda ’70 and Philip Johnson<br />
Mildred Johnson ’37<br />
Nancy Johnson ’58<br />
Therese Johnson ’49<br />
Thomas ’92 and Rebecca Johnson<br />
Charles ’72 and Laurie Jonas<br />
Elton ’38 and Shirley Jones<br />
Ereda ’49 and Phillip Jones<br />
George ’49 and Jennie Jones<br />
Nancy ’79 and Kevin Jubinville<br />
Christine Juda ’75<br />
Jane Jung<br />
Terry Kabue ’98<br />
Marilena Kakouros ’89<br />
Mary ’61 and Richard Kaley<br />
Lee ’42 Kallio-Kern and Louis Kern<br />
Debra Kaminske ’79<br />
Wendy ’74 and Matthew Kaminske<br />
Ruth ’46 and Lowell Kantzer<br />
Joan and Attila Kariko<br />
Audrey ’48 and Stephan Kaufmann<br />
Elin ’63 and Thomas Keating<br />
Nancy ’69 and Peter Keenan<br />
Kathleen ’95 and John Kelleher<br />
Oran ’63 and Bonnie Kelley<br />
Judith ’64 and Robert Kelly<br />
Wendy ’67 and Daniel Kempland<br />
Joseph ’74 and Eileen Kennedy<br />
Robert ’50 and Joan Kenny<br />
James ’55 and Stella Keresey<br />
Marcia Kerr ’70<br />
Kevin ’60 and Janice Kerrigan<br />
Lynn ’85 and Andy Keys<br />
Lana ’62 and Francis Khoury<br />
John ’40 and Mary Kilcoyne<br />
Barbara and Clifford Kimball<br />
Margaret ’70 and Jeffrey Kimma<br />
David ’64 and Elizabeth King<br />
Jane King ’53<br />
Jodi Kirby ’95<br />
Ann ’67 and John Klenakis<br />
Jean ’67 and Thomas Klimek<br />
Marcia Kline ’65<br />
Lois ’62 and Gerald Klonowski<br />
Barbara Kluger ’80<br />
Mary Louise Knapp ’54<br />
Robert and Charlotte Knebel<br />
Valerie ’79 and David Knott<br />
Henry ’47 and Katherine Knowlton<br />
Frank Kolaczyk ’48<br />
Shirley ’72 and Kenneth Kolkebeck<br />
Dorothy ’62 and Charles Koski<br />
Robert Kovacs ’71<br />
Jean ’66 and Stephen Koziol<br />
Sara ’64 and Kenneth Kraft<br />
Marian ’50 and Walter Krasinski<br />
Kathleen ’75 and Clifford Krause<br />
Kathleen ’75 and Robert Kress<br />
Mary ’44 and John Krost<br />
Jean ’53 and James Krupienski<br />
Elizabeth ’82 and Stephen Kunsey<br />
Patricia ’69 and Bruce Kupka<br />
Karen ’82 and Edward Kurr<br />
Nicolle LaBarge ’91<br />
Mark and Monique Laflamme<br />
Tammy Lajoie ’91<br />
Erin LaManna ’83<br />
Kimberly Lambert ’92<br />
Linda ’78 and David Lambert<br />
Veronica Lamkin ’69<br />
Lisa ’88 and James Lamoureux<br />
Karen ’76 Lanoue-Lambrecht and<br />
James Lambrecht<br />
Judith ’88 and John Lansing<br />
Norma ’61 and Bruce Lapierre<br />
Renee ’96 and Christopher Lapierre<br />
Janice ’59 and Bernard Lapointe<br />
Sharon Laquinta ’84<br />
Yvonne ’85 LaRoche-Pardo and<br />
Manuel Pardo<br />
Katherine Larsen ’54<br />
Richard Larson ’61<br />
Christine Latulip ’71<br />
Carole ’58 and Jacques Laverdure<br />
Ann ’54 and Stanton Lavigne<br />
Christine ’72 and Glenn Lawrence<br />
Catherine ’50 and Charles Leader<br />
Elizabeth ’69 and John Lebert<br />
Susan Ledoux ’82<br />
Eleanor ’59 and John Lee<br />
Lucille ’85 and Michael Lee<br />
Lorraine LeFebvre ’81<br />
Mary Legacy ’36<br />
Eleanore ’50 and Louis Legere<br />
Elizabeth ’56 and Donald Lema<br />
Dolores Lemay<br />
Marjorie ’45 and Paul Lemire<br />
Karol ’67 and Robert Lempicki<br />
Patricia ’56 and Stanley Lemza<br />
Helen ’38 and John Lendraitis<br />
David Lent ’63<br />
Helen ’63 and Umberto Lenti<br />
Maura Lenz ’83<br />
Josephine ’53 and Vincent Leo<br />
Sandra ’81 and Clifford Leoni<br />
Carrie Letendre ’83<br />
Joan Levenson ’78<br />
Jenny Lewis ’82<br />
Susan ’72 and Robert Lewis<br />
Patricia Lillquist ’62<br />
Cynthia ’58 and Donald Lince<br />
Sandra ’82 and Paul Lindenfelzer<br />
Ingeborg Lindquist ’41<br />
Barbara ’51 and George Lindstrom<br />
Billie Jo Litchfield ’91<br />
Johanna ’92 and Edward Lloyd<br />
Barbara Lockwood<br />
Anne ’79 and William Lodge<br />
Doreen ’79 and David Lodigiani<br />
Judith ’65 and Anthony Lodovico<br />
Virginia ’68 and Michael Lofman<br />
Louise ’80 and Timothy Lohmeyer-Rile<br />
Christine ’60 and Thomas Long<br />
Joan Long ’55<br />
Joann Longden ’63<br />
Katherine Longo ’55<br />
James and Maryann Lord<br />
Lynne ’82 and Jeff Lorusso<br />
Helen ’40 and Edmonds Love<br />
Marilyn ’74 and Joseph Loveall<br />
Dora ’37 and Alan Lundie<br />
Nancy ’67 and Darrell Lutrus<br />
Eileen Lyons ’62<br />
Donald MacFarlane ’67<br />
Ruth MacIlroy ’50<br />
Leslie MacKinnon ’78<br />
Sandra Macksey ’80<br />
Cynthia ’84 and Michael MacQueen<br />
Pauline ’42 and Dexter MacQueston<br />
Catherine ’03 and Darvin Madrigal<br />
Kathleen ’70 and James Magno<br />
Martin ’85 and Katherine Magzag<br />
Alice Mahar ’44<br />
Emile ’48 and Elizabeth Mainville<br />
Michael ’49 and Alicia Makowiecki<br />
Susan Maloney ’77<br />
Deana Manfred ’84<br />
Deanna ’72 and Frank Mangone<br />
Gail ’80 and Thomas Manning<br />
James ’70 and Theresa Mannion<br />
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Donna ’82 and Frank Manzaro<br />
Florence ’52 and Warren Marble<br />
R. Leslie Marrese ’78<br />
Lisa Marshall ’83<br />
Gem ’62 and Peter Marston<br />
Lisa ’87 and Joseph Martin<br />
Stephen ’75 and Frances Martin<br />
Gary Martinelli ’83<br />
Roberta ’73 and Lawrence Martiniano<br />
Rosanne Martino ’74<br />
Diane Martinos ’83<br />
Beverly ’48 and Paul Martiros<br />
Thomas Martucci ’85<br />
Massage by Design<br />
Laura ’88 and Joseph Mastromatteo<br />
Ann ’79 and Anthony Masullo<br />
Rosemarie ’54 and Joseph Mazzotta<br />
Dolorita ’48 and Gerald McCabe<br />
Margaret ’51 and Horace McCoan<br />
James ’68 and Jenifer McCormick<br />
Eleanore ’55 and William McEachern<br />
Leslie ’72 and Donald McElman<br />
Nancy McGilloway ’96<br />
Charles McGrath ’77<br />
Ernest ’44 and Norma McIntosh<br />
Bertha McKeon ’80<br />
Kevin McKeon ’04<br />
Elizabeth McKinsey ’54<br />
Penny ’75 and Douglas McLenithan<br />
Barbara ’54 and Donald McNamara<br />
Karin ’86 and Dana McNaughton<br />
Jean ’79 and Dennis McTeague<br />
Patricia ’48 and Frederick Meehan<br />
Winona ’56 and Max Meinen<br />
Robin Menard ’86<br />
Patricia Mendelson ’79<br />
Geraldine Meoni ’56<br />
Troy ’88 and Karen Mercado<br />
Jeannine ’83 and Michael Merolli<br />
Jean Merrill ’57<br />
MetLife Foundation<br />
Betty ’43 and Richard Michaels<br />
Marianne Mihalyo ’80<br />
Lois ’80 and Richard Mikoloski<br />
Marjorie ’56 and Richard Miller<br />
Arleen ’63 and Robert Millett<br />
Brenda Mills ’95<br />
Harvey Mills<br />
Joanne ’54 and Richard Milton<br />
Claudia ’64 and Anthony Minichiello<br />
Jaime Miranda<br />
Lynn ’79 and Francis Misiuk<br />
Cheryl ’84 and Stephen Mita<br />
Alana ’69 and Robert Mitchell<br />
Ann ’48 and James Mitchell<br />
Jane ’55 and John Mitchell<br />
Vincent ’54 and Miriam Mitchell<br />
Jonathan Mitnick ’67<br />
Michelle Mobilio<br />
Eileen Mohamed ’00<br />
Peter ’53 and Raminta Molis<br />
Linda Montgomery ’85<br />
Betty ’49 and Karl Moody<br />
Jay ’89 and Nicole Mooney<br />
Marie Moore ’82<br />
Mary ’69 and Robert Morell<br />
Donald ’58 and Suzanne Morin<br />
The Morin Family<br />
Sandra ’65 and Paul Morin<br />
Joanne ’56 and Robert Morse<br />
Joanne ’78 and Frank Mortimer<br />
Cynthia Moses ’99<br />
Sheila ’57 and Robert Mosher<br />
Douglas ’72 and Deborah Moss<br />
Lisa ’90 and Grayson Mountain<br />
Joan ’58 and William Moye<br />
Randee Moyer ’89<br />
Kathleen ’88 and Joseph Mueller<br />
Lisa ’80 and Thomas Muldoon-Wytiaz<br />
Maryann ’61 and Norman Mulvenon<br />
Mary Murphy ’72<br />
Thomas ’66 and Lorraine Murphy<br />
Carla Muskatallo ’90<br />
Bessie and Donald Myhr ’53<br />
Barbara ’67 and Henry Nardone<br />
Barbara ’81 and William Nartowt<br />
Jane ’50 and Benito Natale<br />
Sandra ’86 and Terrence Neel<br />
Steven Nelson ’95<br />
New England Electric<br />
Jill Newburg ’81<br />
Ellen Newbury ’70<br />
Gordon ’60 and Pearl Newell<br />
Barbara ’76 and Richard Newhouse<br />
Gayle ’75 and George Nicholas<br />
Joan ’64 and Eric Niehaus<br />
Ruth ’44 and Arthur Noble<br />
Marcia ’70 and Herbert Nock<br />
Dennis ’80 and Jennifer Noonan<br />
Donald Norcross ’62<br />
Paula Northrop<br />
Ruth ’61 and Thomas Nouza<br />
Laurie ’78 and Scott Nystrom<br />
Lucille ’39 and Robert O’Brien<br />
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Donor Gift Report<br />
Wendy O’Brien ’93<br />
Mary ’57 and Philip O’Connor<br />
Sharon ’67 and John O’Day<br />
Ruth O’Donnell ’43<br />
Jeffrey Ohringer ’70<br />
Marjorie ’56 and Lawrence Ohs<br />
Barbara ’57 and Robert O’Leary<br />
Diane ’80 and R.T. O’Leary<br />
Peggy ’47 and Robert Oliver<br />
Maryanne ’88 and James O’Malley<br />
Adele ’58 and William O’Neill<br />
Joan ’61 and John O’Neill<br />
Louise O’Neill ’43<br />
Nicholas ’49 and Elizabeth Onorato<br />
Judith ’59 and Lauri Orava<br />
Helen ’54 and Philip Orciuch<br />
Nancy ’74 and Peter Orlando<br />
Marcia O’Rourke ’62<br />
Barbara ’82 and Thomas Orszulak<br />
Richard Ortiz ’73<br />
Claire ’64 and Robert Ouellette<br />
Christine ’48 and Peter Pace<br />
Jacqueline Painchaud ’82<br />
Patricia ’71 and James Palladino<br />
Shirley Palmer ’46<br />
Susan Panagiotidis ’83<br />
Ruby ’56 and Angelo Panteli<br />
Beth Papaioannou ’80<br />
Glen ’89 and Gina Papaioannou<br />
Beverly ’51 and Richard Papoojian<br />
Amy Paquette ’00<br />
Patricia ’52 and Arthur Paquette<br />
Donna ’92 and Thomas Paquin<br />
Annette ’85 and Curt Paradis<br />
Louis Parente ’48<br />
Earl ’39 and Irene Parenteau<br />
Kristen ’94 and Jeffrey Parenteau<br />
Carol ’63 and James Patenaude<br />
Charlotte Patenaude ’59<br />
Anita ’60 and Warren Paterson<br />
Barbara Patnaude ’55<br />
Laurence ’46 and Dorothy Paulin<br />
Suzanne Pauquet ’52<br />
Maureen Pavik ’81<br />
Phyllis ’45 and Charles Pawlowski<br />
Lois ’53 and Raymond Payson<br />
Jeannine Peagler ’89<br />
Judith ’64 and David Pearsall<br />
Janice Pearson ’65<br />
Susan ’77 and Paul Pearson<br />
Diane ’03 and Gary Peck<br />
Ruth Pellegrini ’52<br />
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William ’81 and Carole Peluso<br />
Jo-ann ’52 and Edward Perkins<br />
Pamela Perkins ’95<br />
Erica Perrott ’90<br />
Elizabeth ’69 and Thomas Perry<br />
Irene Perry ’49<br />
Kenneth ’57 and Myrna Perry<br />
Laury ’82 and James Persano<br />
Barbara Petersen ’86<br />
Jennifer Peterson ’88<br />
Robert ’66 and Marie Petrie<br />
Cobie-Jean Pettingill ’05<br />
Joan Phalen ’49<br />
Mary ’57 and Richard Phelan<br />
Christine ’87 and William Pierce<br />
Frederick Pierce ’91<br />
Sharon ’82 and Gordon Pike<br />
Maura ’86 and Michael Pilla<br />
Judith Pineau ’94<br />
Robin Pineault ’76<br />
David ’63 and Adeline Pinney<br />
Nicholas Pinto ’98<br />
Angela ’72 Pisani-Brusa and<br />
Giuseppe Brusa<br />
Marlene ’91 and Joseph Piskala<br />
Judith ’62 and Ronald Pitt<br />
Harold ’61 and Barbara Plantinga<br />
Charlene ’92 and Christopher Plona<br />
Kenneth ’00 and April ’97 Plouffe<br />
Barbara Poland ’36<br />
John ’52 and Irene Polanik<br />
George Poleshuk ’73<br />
Pauline ’52 and Milton Polinsky<br />
Janet ’63 and Richard Potter<br />
Donald Powers ’94<br />
Robert Powers ’49<br />
Robert ’62 and Ann Prall<br />
Ileana ’54 and Gabriel Prancan<br />
Gaile Pranckevicius ’83<br />
Joyce ’98 and David Pratt<br />
Dolores Price<br />
Helen ’56 and Stephen Pritsoulis<br />
William ’62 and Linda Provencal<br />
Glenna ’42 and Henry Prussman<br />
Portia Pshar ’98<br />
Marla ’87 and George Psillas<br />
Judy Pulse ’65<br />
Ann Quinn ’80<br />
Thomas ’65 and Charon Quinn<br />
Virginia ’62 and James Quirk<br />
Judith Radcliffe ’62<br />
Lucia Raffa ’70<br />
Kristen ’80 and Jeffrey Rakers<br />
Helen ’68 and Loren Rambush<br />
Carrie ’91 and John Ramsey<br />
Susan Rapp ’83<br />
Paulette Raudsepp ’65<br />
Joyce ’56 and George Recck<br />
Edward ’48 and Jane Recko<br />
Joyce ’59 and Joseph Redden<br />
Jean ’61 and Paul Regazio<br />
Demetra Reichart ’81<br />
Joan ’60 and George Reid<br />
Michael Reidy ’75<br />
Diane ’72 and John Reil<br />
Ann ’78 and Colin Reilly<br />
Amy Rembish ’96<br />
Carol Renda ’96<br />
Steven ’84 and Kim Renzi<br />
Karen ’81 and James Rhoades<br />
Irja Riano ’39<br />
Karen ’03 and Michael Ricardi<br />
Beatrice ’52 and Joseph Ricciardi<br />
Arleen ’57 and John Richards<br />
Hubbard ’42 and Harriette Richardson<br />
Marilyn Richardson ’57<br />
Debra ’86 and Darryl Richters<br />
Nancy ’83 and Robert Riggs<br />
Carolyn and James Ringgard<br />
Robert ’88 and Melissa Risley<br />
Alissa ’96 and Robert Rivard<br />
Myrna Rivera ’85<br />
Sherry Rivers ’88<br />
Patrice Roarke ’02<br />
Ann ’60 and William Roberts<br />
Douglas Roberts ’78<br />
Tammy ’85 and Robert Robertson<br />
Linda ’69 and Richard Robichaud<br />
Sally ’70 and Bruce Robinson<br />
Jane ’60 and Richard Rockwood<br />
V. Marilyn ’53 and Frank Rodrigues<br />
Scott Rogers ’88<br />
Susanna Rogers ’65<br />
James ’67 and Elizabeth Rolston<br />
Jean Rooney ’49<br />
Denise ’60 and Albert Roosa<br />
Phyllis ’67 and Peter Roosa<br />
Julie Ross ’87<br />
Arthur ’62 and Barbara Rossi<br />
Laurie ’82 and Mark Rossmeisl<br />
Judith ’80 and James Roth<br />
Justine ’44 and Clarence Roth<br />
Susan Rothholz ’79<br />
Linda ’70 and Mark Rowden<br />
Donna ’66 and Allen Rucker<br />
Barbara ’63 and Joseph Ruczhak<br />
Paula ’72 and Paul Ruozzi<br />
Karen ’79 Rusling-Tiemann and<br />
Anthony Tiemann<br />
Stephen ’63 and Linda Russell<br />
Susan ’76 and Christopher Rutz<br />
Lynn ’77 and John Sabatalo<br />
Melanie Salafia ’97<br />
Marlene ’53 and Charles Salamone<br />
Dorothy ’50 and Mitchell Salim<br />
Barbara ’44 and Charles Salome<br />
Mara ’94 and Anthony Salvaggio<br />
Carole ’57 and David Sampson<br />
Charlene Sampson ’77<br />
Jose Sanchez ’90<br />
Carol Sander ’73<br />
Denise ’74 and Keith Sanderson<br />
Suzanne ’54 and Jarib Sanderson<br />
Nancy Sanko ’80<br />
Judith ’74 and Mark Santo Stefano<br />
Carol Santon ’64<br />
Jill ’77 and George Sarafinas<br />
Theresa ’79 and Michael Sarrette<br />
Anna ’49 and Francis Sartain<br />
Barbara ’52 and Gene Satterlee<br />
Anthony ’03 and Kimberley Sattler<br />
Lisa ’65 and Peter Saucier<br />
Kerri Sauer ’97<br />
Lida Saunders ’65<br />
Janet ’54 and Francis Sausville<br />
Kim ’83 and Shawn Savoie<br />
Jane Sawyer ’66<br />
David ’74 and Joanne Scanlon<br />
James ’70 and Sylvia Scanlon<br />
Nancy Scappaticci ’79<br />
Amelia ’85 and Kenneth Scarlata<br />
Catherine ’80 and Andrew Scavelli<br />
Edmund Schaffer ’37<br />
Patricia Schippani ’74 and Kevin<br />
Rooney<br />
Jeanne ’75 and Steven Schlitt<br />
Sue Schloeder ’79<br />
Lynn ’67 and Lawrence Schuyler<br />
Susanne ’79 and Michael Scipione<br />
Lois ’56 and Walter Scott<br />
Meredith ’72 and Jeffrey Scott<br />
Donna ’71 and David Seal<br />
Gail ’71 and Kenneth Sears<br />
Robert Seaver ’70<br />
Michele ’87 and Robert Sember<br />
Marilyn ’54 and Victor Senger<br />
Joseph Seri ’57<br />
Elaine ’70 and Richard Seveney<br />
Sylvia ’56 and Ronald Seyer<br />
Stepheni Seymour ’03<br />
Claire ’52 and Henry Shapiro<br />
Cecile ’39 and Roy Sharron<br />
Margaret ’48 and Kenneth Shaw<br />
Wilbert ’61 and Joanne Shaw<br />
Mary ’95 and Joseph Sheehan<br />
Marion ’49 and Harold Sheldon<br />
Charlene ’86 and O’Dell Shelton<br />
Lynda ’74 and Bruce Shepard<br />
Eleanor Shepardson ’54<br />
Marilyn ’59 and Allen Sherman<br />
Robert Showler ’50<br />
Dianne ’77 and Paul Silun<br />
Kathryn ’77 and John Silva<br />
Joan ’52 and Paul Silvia<br />
Rose ’46 and Owen Simmons<br />
Elaine Simones ’79 and Charles Tirrell<br />
William ’78 and Cindy Singer<br />
Kevin ’79 and Anne Siok<br />
Linda ’69 and Thomas Skinner<br />
Mary ’67 and Richard Skola<br />
Linnea ’84 and Michael Slason<br />
Kristen Sleight ’92<br />
Marjorie ’86 and Charles Slick<br />
Mary Smiarowski ’93<br />
Shirley Smiley<br />
Winifred ’47 and William Smiley<br />
Danielle ’91 and John Smith<br />
Eleanor ’54 and Gene Smith<br />
Joan ’56 and Duncan Smith<br />
Lyle ’50 and Shirley Smith<br />
Michael T. Smith<br />
Robert ’57 and Nancy Smith<br />
Robin ’74 and Grant Smith<br />
Therese Smith<br />
Althea ’50 and Orin Soest<br />
Joseph Sopel ’37 and Shirley Eastman<br />
Maria ’79 and Frank Soto<br />
Jean ’44 and Lawrence Soule<br />
Lynn ’77 and Jay Spahl<br />
Lawrence Spaulding, Jr. ’96<br />
Susan Sperry ’88<br />
Elizabeth Spinney ’41<br />
Eric ’83 and Sherri ’84 Spittle<br />
Judith ’68 and Stuart Spitz<br />
Joyce Spooner ’49<br />
Suzanne ’78 and David Sriberg<br />
Brenda St. Amand ’70<br />
Clarence ’48 and Loretta St. Peter<br />
Tammy ’90 and Frank Stachura<br />
Helen ’50 and Bill Stafford
<strong>2007</strong><br />
Donor Gift Report<br />
Donor Gift Report<br />
Sheena Stanton ’06<br />
Cathleen ’82 and Eric Tuttle<br />
Kimberly ’74 and Douglas Watson Kathleen ’71 and Douglas Whynott Carol ’73 and James Wright<br />
Diane ’58 and John Staples<br />
Murielle ’58 and George Tuxbury Janis ’69 and Gary Weaver<br />
Donna ’73 and Ronald Wiggins Theresa ’83 Wroblewski-Collins<br />
Judith ’57 and Wallace Stedman Nancy ’56 and Parker Uhlman<br />
Robert ’67 and Sandra Webb<br />
Janice ’74 and James Wilbur<br />
and Glenn Collins<br />
Colleen ’82 and Aron Stein<br />
Roland Ulcena ’93<br />
Laurie ’76 and Daniel Weber<br />
Christine ’88 and Stephen Wilder<br />
Carl ’62 and Joann Wurzbacher<br />
Barbara ’91 and John Stellon<br />
Phyllis ’52 and Ralph Unislawski Erika Weberg-Vina ’93<br />
Eleanor ’38 and Vernon Wiles<br />
Roberta Wyman ’64<br />
Matthew Stepanski ’72<br />
Nancy ’75 and Michael Untiet<br />
MaryAnn Wedgewood ’98<br />
Sandra ’86 and Gary Wilga<br />
David ’90 and Kimberly Wynja<br />
Marilyn ’60 and Glenn Stillings Patricia ’75 and Anthony Urbano Stanley ’48 and Felicitas Weiner Susanne ’57 and Gerald Willey<br />
Jeffrey ’76 and Robin Young<br />
Diana Stoddard ’64<br />
Elizabeth ’46 and Lawrence Vadnais Becky ’70 and Kenneth Welch<br />
C. Esther ’45 and Paul Williams<br />
William ’53 and Jacqueline Young<br />
Sara ’56 and Robert Stoico<br />
Constance ’59 and Neile Vaine<br />
Debra Welch ’86<br />
Mary ’55 and Robert Williams<br />
Gwen Yuskales ’80<br />
Elaine ’80 and Timothy Stone<br />
Deborah ’70 and David Valentine David Wells ’54<br />
James ’66 and Carole Williamson<br />
Tracey Zaleski ’85<br />
Abbie Stover ’43<br />
Noreen ’99 and G. Scott Valentino Elaine ’81 and James Wentzell<br />
Carol ’81 and Todd Wilson<br />
Lise Zapatka<br />
Kimberly ’77 and Ralph Stowell Kathleen ’67 and David Valois<br />
Annette ’59 and Linton West<br />
Carol ’64 and Francis Wilson<br />
Richard Zawalski ’76<br />
Susan ’95 and Peter Sullivan<br />
Rita ’49 and Martin Van Grinsven Joan West ’94<br />
Phyllis ’48 and Edward Wincek<br />
Sholie Ziegerhofer ’90<br />
John ’49 and Lois Sundquist<br />
Muriel ’46 and Leonard Van Lier Reta ’54 and Lawrence Wheater Linda ’81 Wincek-Moore and<br />
Colleen Zimmerman ’00<br />
Martha Supple ’43<br />
Lea VanAlstyne ’96<br />
Jeannie ’68 and John Wheeler<br />
Stephen Moore<br />
Leslie ’79 and George Zimmermann<br />
Mae ’39 and Carl Swenson<br />
Deborah ’60 and Stuart VandenAkker Lloyd ’57 and Laurie Wheeler<br />
Tambi ’83 and Norman Winegardner Rosanne Ziogas ’75<br />
Robert ’51 and Jean Swenson<br />
Elaine ’66 and Robert VanDerHeyden Richard Wheeler<br />
Torey ’82 and William Winn<br />
Mary ’64 and Horace Zona<br />
Peter ’69 and Linda Sykes<br />
Joan ’56 and George Vashon<br />
Deanna ’57 and John White<br />
Edward Wojdylak ’49<br />
Jocelyn ’03 and Richard Taber<br />
Elaine ’67 and Steven Vincequere Priscilla ’49 and William White<br />
Brenda ’85 and Stephen Wojtas *deceased<br />
Carol Talbot ’93<br />
Frederick ’48 and Mary Vitali<br />
Joan ’66 and Ronald Whitesell<br />
Charlotte ’63 and Richard Wojtaszek<br />
Lynn ’82 and Richard Tancrati<br />
Janet Void ’90<br />
June ’53 and Stewart Whitney<br />
Jeanne ’52 and Just Wold<br />
Sylvia Tarnove ’48<br />
Shelli Voigt ’87<br />
Margaret ’77 and Richard Whitney<br />
Karen ’61 and Dudley Woodard<br />
Jeanmarie ’77 and Peter Taube<br />
Lois Terranova ’50<br />
Judith ’49 and Albert Voll<br />
Winston ’50 and Ann Whitney<br />
Marcia ’90 and Jeffrey Wozniak<br />
Robert ’63 and Shirley Terry<br />
Karen ’74 and Albert Tetreault<br />
Stephen ’83 and Jody Thayer<br />
Diane Therrien ’71<br />
Lois ’69 and Russell Therrien<br />
Diane Thompson ’69<br />
Julie Thompson ’78<br />
Mary Thompson ’36<br />
Betty ’55 and George Thomson<br />
Eleanor ’55 and Alden Thorpe<br />
Chiaki ’90 and Brian Tierney Thank you.<br />
Joan Timm ’87<br />
Carolyn ’52 and Eugene Toohey<br />
Theresa ’94 and William Toombs<br />
Patricia ’69 and Peter Totillo<br />
Elsa ’55 and W. Oren Tower<br />
Joan ’87 and Michael Townsend<br />
Catherine ’86 and Frank Tracey<br />
Rita ’35 and Paul Trainer<br />
Ann-Marie ’77 and Anthony Trapasso<br />
Agnes ’37 and Newton Tullis<br />
Sandra ’79 Turbe-Winston and<br />
Michael Winston<br />
Gail Vowles ’64<br />
Shirley ’39 and Douglas Waddell<br />
Eric Wade ’94<br />
Susan Waers ’64<br />
Tracy Walder ’94<br />
Linda Walley<br />
Barbara Walls ’42<br />
Barbara ’41 and Joseph Walsh<br />
Catherine ’89 and Michael Walsh<br />
Joyce Walworth ’49<br />
Mary-Ellen ’81 and Lee Warner<br />
Guy and Michele Turcotte<br />
Meredith ’65 and Stewart Warren<br />
Crystal Turkmen ’98<br />
Rita ’84 and Chris Warren<br />
Elaine ’62 and Russell Turner<br />
Mariann ’52 and Robert Watkins<br />
Jean Turner ’69<br />
Beverly ’65 and Stephen Watson<br />
Nancy ’50 and John Turner<br />
Janet ’00 and Richard Watson<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> b r idges • FALL <strong>2007</strong> 34
Giving Matters to Caitlin Visscher ’08<br />
BECKERCOLLEGE<br />
P.O. Box 15071 • Worcester, MA 01615-0071<br />
Change Service Requested<br />
Closing the gap between financial<br />
aid and financial need can be<br />
extremely vexing for many <strong>Becker</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> students. For Caitlin<br />
Visscher of Kinderhook, New<br />
York, a senior majoring in interior<br />
design, receiving the Llew Evans<br />
Scholarship has made a world<br />
of difference.<br />
A resident assistant in Willow<br />
Hall on the Worcester campus,<br />
Caitlin is an active member of<br />
the <strong>Becker</strong> <strong>College</strong> community.<br />
She volunteers on campus for<br />
Student Services as an<br />
orientation leader and also gives<br />
her time off campus to Habitat<br />
for Humanity. “It’s important for<br />
me to be involved — not only<br />
with my classmates but with others<br />
too,” she voices.<br />
The scholarship has lightened her<br />
anxiety and concerns about<br />
paying for college and has<br />
changed her persepctive.<br />
“The scholarship allows me to spend more<br />
time on my education at <strong>Becker</strong> than<br />
worrying about part-time jobs or more loans.”<br />
“I am sincerely thankful to be a<br />
recipient of the Evans<br />
Scholarship,” says Caitlin. “The<br />
scholarship allows me to spend<br />
more time on my education at<br />
<strong>Becker</strong> than worrying about parttime<br />
jobs or more loans.”<br />
Lend your support to a <strong>Becker</strong> student.<br />
Contact Mary Maloney at 508-373-9525 or<br />
mary.maloney@becker.edu.<br />
NONPROFIT ORG.<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
STATE COLLEGE, PA<br />
PERMIT NO. 273