Explores - Champlain College

| CLASS NOTES |’56Vera Millham, Huntington, VT,December 16, 2008’60Patrick E. Hamilton, Burlington, VT,January 20, 2009’61Earle E. Hulburd, Mansfield, MA,September 19, 2008Charlie Lyman ’37 andwife Hattie, with family atthe May 2008 celebrationIn Memory of Our Fellow AlumniThe following members of our alumni family have passed onand will be remembered warmly by their friends, family, andalma mater.’63Ralph J. Bernardini, Boston, MA,January 18, 2009’66Susan (Mercier) Amilhat, St.Albans, VT, January 26, 2009Raymond Rung, Bridgeport, CT,September 4, 2008’68Barry V. Washburn, Richmond, VT,November 24, 2008’70Fletcher R. Brush, Salisbury, VT,November 7, 2008’73Margaret Mary Crandall,Essex Junction, VT, February 13,2009Robert J. Jolley, St. Albans, VT,March 2, 2009’37NewsCharlie Lyman reached the young ageof 90 in December 2008. Last May, hehad a family gathering at Holden Beachin Wilmington, NC, with more than 40family members attending. He and wifeHattie celebrated their 69th weddinganniversary on October 7, 2008. He has16 great-grandchildren and is enjoyingretirement in Canandaigua, NY. DaughterPat Lyman Sawyer ’61 is living inWinston-Salem, NC, and son CharlesLyman Jr. ’74 is living in Wilmington, NC.’68NewsSteven C. Holmes and his brother Jeffwere inducted into the Plattsburgh HighSchool Athletic Hall of Fame on October11, 2008. Holmes was a first-teamall-star and Black Letter award winnerin 1979 and captained the Hornets hissenior year.Please contact the Alumni Office for the mailing addresses of any of these families: (866) 421-7170or alumni@champlain.edu.’75Brian L. Helberg, Mt. Holly, VT,Oct. 3, 2008’83Elizabeth (Libby) Lyons O’Neal,Fort Meyers, FL, January 27, 2009’84Kevin LaBombard, Las Vegas, NV,January 12, 2009Daniel Richard Robinson, Fort Plain,NY, October 9, 2008’87David Vaux, Burlington, VT,December 24, 2008Kathie Knight ’64 on her 1990 FXRSconvertible’69NewsRobert K. Brown will be moving fromthe Education department at RutlandRegional Medical Center (RRMC) tothe Human Resources department asmanager, workforce development. His keyresponsibilities will be to support strategicworkforce development direction,establish and maintain relationshipswith technical and professional schools,manage the recruitment team, anddevelop a “candidate pipeline” toRRMC and career paths within theorganization. Additionally, he’ll supportthe improvement of succession planningand “on-boarding” processes, includingdevelopment of a new-employeementoring program.’71NewsJames Benoit, enrolled agent, taxspecialist, and consultant, has been hiredat Cota CPA, P.C., for the upcoming taxseason. Benoit was a supervisory IRSagent until retiring in 2007.’74NewsBruce H. Foster was recently ondonkingtv.com, announcing for aprofessional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)cage fight called Vengeance. After 25years of covering professional boxingon TV (HBO, Showtime, ESPN, ESPNII), Foster is now getting into MMA cagefights; he announced a big fight inRaleigh, NC, on October 11.’76NewsBonita (Massey) Petherbridge isworking at Rhino Foods as a projectspecialist.’78NewsVictoria L. (Lawrence) Dubois ofBurlington, VT, retired from the UnitedStates Postal Service after 24 years ofservice. For the last 10 years she waspostmaster in North Ferrisburg, VT.Deborah L. Gaudet retired from Bankof America in November after 29 years ofservice. She is looking forward to manyroad trips exploring the country.24 Champlain View | Spring 09