Spring/Summer 2011 - Fisher College

Thank you! More than 2,400 alumni participated in theAlumni Directory Project. Visit fisher.edu/fishnet to update your profile.Christine (Perkins) Smith ’65 retired from a careeras a Medical Transcriber and can be found acouple of days a week at perSimmons in Norwell,MA. She still gets together regularly with friendsBrenda (Bettancourt) Stone ’65 and Kathleen(Begley) Hayes ’65.196645th Reunion on October 15, 2011Muriel (Powers) Dempsey ’66 recently retired fromher post as Director of the Grants Clearinghousefrom the NYS Department of Health. She is keepingbusy with a cattle and oil business in Kansasand her son Matthew is in his senior year atSt. Michael’s College in VT.Jeanette (Briggs) Rice ’66 lives in Syracuse, NY.Darlene (Morris) Peterson ’66 resides in WinterSprings, FL and is a Real Estate Broker/Managerfor Watson Realty Corporation.Eunice (Forbes) Becker ’66 is retired after a careeras a Legal Secretary and lives in Summit, NJ.Daphne (Reed) Sanchez ’66 is a teacher in PeruCentral Schools in NY.Kathleen (McGuinness) Hartley ’66 works forTimex Corporation and lives in Southbury, CT.1967Living in Andover, MA Theodora (Kokoras)Christopoulos ’67 is the proprietor of Charlie'sJunction Deli in Lynn, MA.“I am blessed with three children – Dacia, Chad,and Aric – and a grandson, Anderson,” saysKaren (Storms) Spencer ’67, who is a Secretaryat Mountain Gap Middle School in Huntsville, AL.1968Jean (Huntington) Bowman’68 is a retired CourtReporter living in Pasadena, MD. Her best Fishermemories are “meeting students from all over theBoston metro area and the international students;going to the Boston Pops; Dean MacDonald, Mrs.Hatch, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Hodgdon; andbeing co-editor of The Beacon.1969Judith Medwin ’69 is a Senior Vice President andReal Estate Broker at Prudential Douglas EllimanReal Estate, NY. She remembers “when administrationdropped the dress code and curfew. I had a greatgroup of friends with whom I have lost completecontact.” Class of 1969: Be sure to look Judith up!Writing from Wheat Ridge, CO, Sharon Rafferty’69 is a cartographer for the United StatesGeological Survey.197140th Reunion on October 15, 2011Margaret (Concannon) Abramson ’71 writes fromNorwood, MA that she is looking forward to connectingwith classmates at Reunion 2011.Pamela (Smith) Flax ’71 lives in Venice, CA and isCo-President of the Griffin-Flax Group, a personalassistant company.Patricia Bonneau ’71 is a Psychotherapist andProfessor of Psychology in Belchertown, MASusan (Hirst) Read ’71 lives in Ridgecrest, CA andis the Senior Public Affairs Specialist for the NavalAir Warfare Center, Weapons Division.1974Fern (Jacobs) Epstein ’74 lives in West Orange, NJand is a Chocolatier at Sussex House Sweets.Nancy (Gorham) Morris ’74 is a Funeral Directorat Morris Funeral Home in Southborough, MA.Writing from Chagrin Falls, OH, Laramie(Sancetta) McEnaney ‘ 74 remembers her “wonderfulfriends on the 6th floor at 102 Beacon St!”1975Kym Coleman ’75 is living in Eugene, OR.Donna (Manzelli) Berube ’75 is the EducationCoordinator at the DeCordova Sculpture Park andMuseum in Lincoln, MA.197635th Reunion on October 15, 2011Adrienne Faye ’76 lives in Venice, CA and worksas a Media Consultant for Yellowbook while shetrains to be a therapist.Deborah (Davock) Finch ’76 is a visiting facultymember at UMASS-Lowell.Fredell (Pasch) Goldberg ’76 lives in Valley Village,CA and is the Office Manager for the Law Officesof Lawrence Turner.Judy (Brillant) Ockerbloom ‘76 works for the Townof Norwell, MA as the Assistant Town Accountant.Cheryl (Peabody) Szacik ‘76 works at the Inn atSpruce Wood as a RN/Geriatrics & Hospice.1977Brenda (Valliere) Bouchard ’77 is a Court Reporterliving in Madbury, NH.Mary (Creedon) O'Brien ’77 is the Vice Presidentof International at Saucony.1978Alison (Binney) DeVincent ’78 from Attleboro, MAremembers the friendly competitive spirit amongfriends within the class.1979Kathie Sweeney-Laing ’79 works at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital.Carolyn Valley ’79 is a Legal Secretary for Lourie &Cutler, in Boston, MA.Lorraine (D’Angelo) Lee ’79 is a florist and theowner of Designs by Lorraine in Millis, MA.1980JoAnn Evans ’80 is a fourth grade teacher in theScituate (MA) Public Schools. “I transferred to Fisherprior to my second year, and I’m so glad I did.”Joan McKay ‘80 lives in Westfield, NJ.198130th Reunion on October 15, 2011Robert Brown ’81 was President and CEO of twocompanies over 20 years. He is now a managementconsultant and lives in Canton, MA. His bestmemory of Fisher College was the “intimacy of theschool, its teachers and the students. It was a greatplace to learn, wonderful faculty, and many friends.It was a very cool place, and not like some bigbureaucracy.”Writing from Murrieta, CA, Elizabeth (Pahler)Zornek ’81 remembers hanging out in the city andhaving fun in Faneuil Hall.Catherine (DeFazio) Levitt ’81 is an AdministrativeAssistant for Albion College in Michigan.Joan (Garvey) Lally ’81 lives in Woburn, MA andis a Practice Manager at Burlington Pediatrics.Patricia Goodwin Bryant ’81 lives in Acton, MA.1983Kim (Helein) Galluzo ’83 remembers enjoying bothyears at Fisher immensely, “especially Ms. Cohen,one of my professors.” She is a homemaker inLondonderry, NH.Karen (Santini) McKenzie ’83 is a Certified MedicalAssistant at Walpole Pediatrics: “I really enjoyed thefriendships and loved Ms. Cohen as an instructor.”1984Maria Crognale ’84 is a teacher and lives in Malden, MA.Debra (Belle) Raimondi ’84 is a paraprofessional atthe Pentucket Regional School District in Groveland, MA.198625th Reunion on October 15, 2011Katherine McAlevey ’86 writes from North Waterboro,MA: “I went to school for the ExecutiveSecretarial Program, fell in love with accounting,and have worked in that field for 25 years.”Katherine is the owner of C.B.A.S.Christa (Farrington) Spinato ’86 lives in ColoradoSprings, CO and works for Ingersoll Rand Schlage Lock.Mary DeBaggis ’86 is the Planning Director forMacy’s Merchandising Group in New York, NY.Laura (Sarno) Cote ’86 lives in Chelmsford, MAa Financial Analyst for Raytheon.Nichole Camacho-Pereira ’86 works in CSR forNestle Waters North America.Erin (Wells) Anderson ’86 lives in and works forthe City of Boston as an Analyst.1987Renee Clark ’87 is a Licensed Nursing Assistant atSouthern New Hampshire Medical Center.1988Lisa DeVescovi-Mahoney ’88 writes, “I would loveto connect with old friends!” Lisa lives in Winthrop,MA and is a Healthcare Manager.Jennifer Sheridan ’88 is a Medical Records Coderin Ephrata Community Hospital (Ephrata, PA).Tina (Pietrafesa) Kettle ’88 is the Manager of Financefor United Technologies Corporation, in CT.Lisa (McGonnigal) Conway ’88 lives in Weymouth,MA and is working at PricewaterhouseCoopers.“I lived at 102 Beacon, was a Fashion Merchandisingmajor, and a Resident Assistant. My bestfriends were made at Fisher!” wrote Gena Ruocco-Lockery ’88, who is the proprietor of GRL andRealtors, LLC in New Haven, CT.“My family, including my husband, my daughter,my son, and our newly rescued puppy from GAis now complete. I am starting my 17th year ofteaching! If not for my wonderful business teachersat Fisher, I would not have pursued teaching,”wrote Laura (Peterson) Isaksen ’88. “My mostmemorable experiences? Walking, talking, andbeing on a first-name basis with President ScottFisher; my relationships with the business faculty,the secretary, security, café staff, custodians, andthe bookstore and admissions staff; participating inall the clubs; Senior Luncheon; leading the seniorsinto their graduation at Trinity Church; and feelinglike I was at my second home when I was in college.”www.fisher.edu/alumni 15